Navy war scare denounced as Senate schedules budget talk
The Navy war scare is denounced as Senator Foraker is expected to criticize Beveridge in a floor clash over war warnings. Senate opens at 11 for debate on four battle ships and to finish the nasal bill before adjournment. Several appropriation bills and the sundry civil bill dominate the week as House plans a full agenda and Greeney caucus eyes party strategy.
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Foraker
Beveridge
Senate
House
Ecome
Miliary Academy
Half Million a Year Salary for Hammond at Guggenheims
An article notes John Hammond receives a salary of 1 ahead of a five year contract with the Guggenheims. It reports his own mining ventures and income from California, Mexico, South Africa, and other properties. The piece mentions Hammond and associates planning to develop water power and coal on their properties.
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John Hass
Harmrmyend
South Africa
Wil
dHammond
Mamiya al
Mamiya al Are Invited Nullans of Dollarg
Max Zeer
Rutgenheims
Hemmond
Mexico limits colonies and land grants spark protests
The federal government tightens rules on American colonies near U S borders. An applicant who sought to establish a colony in California was denied and then secured land in Texas as a staging area. The Harman railroad project is said to traverse the newly involved territory, linking policies to infrastructure in the region.
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Sneata
Wash
Natan Post
Harman Ralrnal
Soldiers remain in Cuba as withdrawal reports spread
Unofficial Washington news confirms plans to pull back troops, but two battalions of the Twenty seventh Infantry have not yet departed. Surprise and concern deepen over U S policy, with Gov Magoon stating he knows nothing and appears not to have been consulted.
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Weashington
Hatvara
Wthdrawal
Twenty Seventh Infantry
Washington
Massachusetts no-license wave hits May first in six cities
Boston dispatch reports major shifts in liquor laws across New England May 1 as Massachusetts enforces local option. Worcester votes to close saloons affecting 128 licenses. Haverhill and Lowell move to no-license regimes while Lawrence Gloucester and smaller towns follow suit. Revenue loss, tax pressures, and employment impacts loom as licenses expire and towns switch to禁止.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampdenhire
Rhode Island
House of Representatives
Worcester
Worccester
Wasasachusetts
Lonn
Haverhill
Lawrence
Gloucester
Mid Meton
Essex
Wood
Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society
Electrocution vs Hanging in Early Humane Death Debate
Dr Snitvka presents a Philadelphia session defense of electrocution as the humane method, citing thirty one executions in New York state prisons and comparisons with hangings in several states. He notes immediate loss of consciousness in electrocution, post mortem temperature rises, and blood changes, contrasting with hanging where the heart may beat for minutes and a Chinaman reportedly dies of zooplexy.
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Snitvka
American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
Sing Sing
Auburn Dannem
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Massachusetts
V.bedy
Mosamensiig
Reading
Jefferson Hospital
Campaign Fights Plague in Caracas Sanitation Plan
President Castro tasks Ene Academy of Medicine to formulate meas ure for Caracas sanitation to curb bubonic plague if it breaks out. Orders issued for immediate rat destruction street washing foci of infection removal and hospital huts built in suburbs. Sanitary commissions named for each ward as alarm rises over suspicious cases.
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Caracas
Willemstad
Castro
Ene Academy of Medicine
Mocha Coffee Restricted to Arabian Yemen Region
The Board of Food and Drug Inspection with Secretary Wilson approval restricts the term mocha to coffee grown in Yemen north and east of Hodeidah. Data from consular agents in the Yemen districts support the classification of true media coffee as Yemen grown and shipped worldwide. Bridge Collapses as Granite Hauls Car Sink in River at Petersburg. Special to The Washington Post reports a bridge carrying granite blocks to the Appomattox dam gave way, sending two stone cars into the river. diversion work nears completion.
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Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Arabia
Hodeidah
Yemen
Akshir
Washington Post
Petersburg
Appomattox
District Legislature Battles Over Child Labor and Street Railway Bills
District business remains unfinished as Congress nears adjournment. House efforts to set a District day fail while the appropriation bill advances in Senate hands. Conferees on the street railway bill clash over universal transfers and district supervision, with little chance of compromise this session.
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Congress
Senate
Gallinger
Washington
New Hampshire
Senate Committee On Appropriations
House
Appropriations Committee
Smith
House District Committee
Bath Houses
Michigan
Sims
Conferres
Polluted Waters Deadly Campaign Urges Sanitation Reform
In Elmira New York on April 26 Representative J Sloat Fassett was renominated by Republicans in the Thirty third Congressional district amid a push from New York merchants and a pollution committee for modern sewerage and fly abatement. The group cites typhoid fever linked to polluted waters and advocates removing dirt accumulations to eradicate flies as a public health remedy.
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Stites
New
30K Merchants Association
Tire Dculation
Woods Slutchinson
United States
Hutchinson
Jlig
Gihiligalon
Lals
J Sloat Fassett
Elmira NY
Thirty Third Congressional District
Urges Postal Reform Laws Convention in Washington
Responses come to an invitation through Secretaryames M Cowles of the Postal Progress League for public men and organizations to meet in Washington in May to press Congress for postal reform before the season ends. Chairman Overstreet supports the effort, with the National Grange also showing interest though its master N J Bachelor cannot attend. The Grange endorses other reforms urged by Postmaster General Meyer.
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M. ‘Cowles
Postal Progress League
Washington
Congress
League
Overstreet
House Post Offce
National Grange
N J. Bachelor
The
Grange
Meyer
Pneumonia Surpasses Tuberculosis as Chief Death Cause
New York reports pneumonia as the leading killer, with 36 deaths per 10,000 residents, followed by Boston. The Health Commission study notes rising rates in the U.S. and Europe, pneumonia’s infectious nature, and urban living conditions as factors. a commission led by Drs GraneWay Osler Prudden Smith Welch investigates the germ and transmission, urging precautions.
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Boston
Health Commission
United States
Vienna
Stockholm
Berlin
Thomas Darlington
New York City
United, States
Europe
Register Generals
England
Wales
Joao
Peary
Thesir
Far North
Philadelphia
Chicago
Ee Ee
President at Grace Reform church draws crowds and Secret Service
The New York Sun reports President Roosevelt attends Grace Reform Church on Sundays. Secret Service men accompany him as crowds gather outside and inside for a glimpse. He arrives early, prays, sings softly, and exits quickly toward the White House along Rhode Island Avenue, drawing spectators of all backgrounds.
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Wellington
New York Sun
Ths
Washington
Grace Reformed
Fifteenth Street
White House
St John's
St Johns
Teddy
Sexton
Grave
Grace Reformed Church
Secret Service
Hass
Rhode Island Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Wakte House
Galt
St John
Mrs Roosevelt
Dr Miles Heart Cure Promises Sinking Spell Relief
Becca Bennict of Indianapolis reports frequent sinking spells with heart stoppages. After five bottles of Dr Miles Heart Cure, the spells ceased, claiming a full cure. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
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Myles
Dr Miles
Becca Bennict
Indianapolis
Ind
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart
Penrose to Resume Duties After Illness
Senator Penrose plans to return to Washington this week to resume his duties after a period of illness. Reports from his brother’s farm near Philadelphia confirm strength is returning and letters praising his convalescence flood in from supporters. His party’s strong backing helped ensure reelection support and a loyal majority in the legislature. As Pontefies Committee chair he will rejoin the group’s labor, while his postal commission work elevated national postal facilities to a higher standard.
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Senator Penrose
Washington
Philadelphia
Senate
Pontefies Committee
Postal Commission
Second district Republicans split over Taft endorsement
At the Second district Republican meeting in Raleigh on April 26 a split occurred between the Capers faction favoring Taft and the faction seeking an uninstructed delegation. Two delegations were chosen for the State convention, and a contest will be filed against the Capers Tart faction candidate slate.
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South Carolina
Aiken
Capers
Taft
Interstate Commerce Commission Rules on Coal Car Distribution
Six decisions by the Interstate Commerce Commission address fuel car distribution among coal mines and railroads. Rulings set that each mine receives a fair pro rata share of car tonnage, with adjustments for surplus or shortage in subsequent reports. Fuel cars can be used for mines’ own fuel supply but count against those mines if they ship commercial coal.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Cockrell and Clark
Royal Coal and Coke Company
Tennessee Coal Company
Minersville Coal Company
Southern Railway Company
Cockrell
Thellinois Collieries Company
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company
Chicago Peoria and St Louis Railway Company
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Clark
Sannot
Commission
Railroad Commission of Ohio
Gold Medal Flour Promises Superior Bread Quality
The copy touts Gold Medal Flour as finer, richer, purer bread with all nourishment of the best wheat. It claims the proof is in the loaf and invites readers to try a sack to see the difference for themselves.
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Interstate Commission
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E Street N. W
Prince William Hotel
Manassas Va
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11Th St
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Harry BF. Seamark
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17Th St
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Princeton Triangle Club
Princeton
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