James N Tyner a Long Career in Public Service Ends
James Noble Tyner former Postmaster General and Congressman died at 78 at his home in Peru, Indiana, after a life in public service marked by a dramatic 1908 removal and later acquittal. Survived by wife Albert, son in Cuba, and daughter Lilly Tyner in Chicago. The death follows a lengthy decline rooted in senile health and prior strokes. Tyner’s career spanned Indiana politics, the House, and top posts in the Post Office Department, ending with a high-profile trial over conspiratorial mail use.
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Public Service
James Noble Tyner
Post-office Department
Kenesaw Avenue
Sone
Yen. Tyner
Tyner
Barrett
Harrison J. Barrett
Indiana
Lew Wallace
Oak Hill
Peru
Ind
Albert Tyner
Cuba
Lilly E. Tyner
Chicago
Atlantic City
Payne
Christiancey
Foth
Tong
Flo
Maryland
Potomac
James Noble
United States
Elis
South Carolina
Tsuer
Brookville
Len Wallace
Cambridge
Berth Tad
Ase
Indiana Senate
Lincoln
Yorners
Department Uy
Fouth
West
Grant
Port
Schuyler Colfax
Representative Lane
Senate
Gen. Tyner
House
Appropriations Committee
Douring
Hayes
Gen. Key
Washington
McKintey
Ne Eral
Post Office Department
White House
Nora
Body Found in Marsh by Potter's Field Hearse Driver
A nameless man is found frozen in a southeastern marsh. William J. O'Brien is identified by a union card. Coroner Navitt and Morguemaster Schoenberger report death from exposure. the body awaits relatives as authorities contact Richmond for clues.
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George Rotherdale
Potter's Field
Ratherdale
Navitt
Schoenberger
William J. O’brien
Oval Stonecutters’ Union
Richmond
Fire at Vice President-elect Fairbanks Home
Painters at 1800 Massachusetts avenue northwest yesterday started a fire while cleaning the floor with torches touching a benzine can. An explosion followed but the blaze was smothered by a Smyrna rug, preventing further damage beyond the rug valued at about zero dollars.
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Fairbanks
Massachusetts Avenue
Mystery in notes tied to Cassie Chadwick case continues
Fragment from a Cleveland era report details ongoing Chadwick affair with banker witnesses and Carnegie denial. It describes Mrs Chadwick signing statements, notes bearing Carnegie's name, and Secret Service scrutiny at Holland House as investigations into bank dealings and securities proceed with potential arrests in New York.
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Andrew Carnegie
Beckwith
Sir Reynolds
Cassie T. Chadwick
Wade Park Bank
Reynolds
Carnegie
New York
Cleveland
Sullivan
Halland House
United States Secret Service
Philip Carpenter
Chadwick
Waldorf-Astoria
Associated Press
Carpenter
Leroy
George Ryall
Herbert D. Newton
Brookline
Mass
Myr
Ryall
Newton
Secret Service
Holland House
Oberlin National Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
Restg. Ee
Andrew Carnegis
Mr. Carnegie
Government Spending Slashed in 1906 Budget Estimates
The treasury reveals 1906 appropriations totaling 19,669,862.23. down nearly 5 million from 1905. The document allocates funds across departments, with notable cuts to the District of Columbia and a major Washington Navy Yard program. Highlights include Navy Yard improvements totaling 320,000 and expanded salaries across several bureaus, plus new buildings and posts abroad and higher pay for consuls and officials.
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Washington Navy Yard
House of Representatives
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Legislative
Executive
State Department
Treasury Department
Interior Department
Post-office Department
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Cces
Department of Justice
War Department
Navy Department
Consular Expenses Listed For Various Posts Worldwide
A summary of consular costs including salaries and allowances for consuls general in Belgrade Bucharest Tehran and others, plus funds for guard and interpreter expenses, consular buildings in Chefoo and Tajhilt, and general contingent expenses totaling 85 100. The figures cover numerous stations in Europe Asia Africa and the Americas with several thousands allocated to specific posts and activities. The listing implies an annual or fiscal appropriation for foreign service operations across many countries and regions.
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Rala
Belgrade
Servia
Oghabad
Austria
Horee-Daker
Amita, Ave
Jakands
Manxanile
Mexico
Japan
Korea
China
Turkey
Chefoo
Tajhitl
Sociery
Commissioners Protest Over Secretary Shaw Cuts
At the Capitol Commissioner Macfarland pressed Senate and House Appropriations committees about District cuts. He urged a permanent plan separating extraordinary expenditures from current costs to allow the District to repay advances from the U.S. Treasury while meeting current needs. He warned a large reduction could cripple services and emphasized the District can cover one half of current expenditures with its revenues.
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Capitol
Macfarland
Senate
House Appropriations
House
House Committee
District of Columbia
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Water Department
United States Treasury
Treasury
Weat
Spark Exploded Gasoline In Auto Garage Fire
A spark from a gasoline machine driven by a chauffeur caused explosions at an automobile garage on West Thirty-ninth Street New York. Ten people were injured and about a quarter of a million dollars in property was destroyed as forty autos were damaged or destroyed. Fire spread rapidly, forcing workers on the second story to leap from windows. Injured include Baptiste Mayer Louis Hoft John Julius John Erskine and Ter ence Redmond. they were hospitalized. The 100 gallon tank fed ten blasts, and dense smoke hampered rescue.
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New York
Dec
West Thirty-ninth Street
Baptiste Mayer
Louis Hoft
John Julius
John Erskine
Terence Redmond
Yale Football Figure Freed After Short Jail Term
Harry Betchel der, a former Yale football player, was released from jail in Reading Pennsylvania after serving less than three months of a six month sentence for running a gambling house. He will complete the remainder of his term on letters from college professors and educators.
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Yale
Reading
Dec
Harry
Betchelder
Waiter John Regan Takes His Own Life in Park Hotel
John A Regan a 45 year old waiter at the Park Hotel on Eleventh Street and New York Avenue Northwest killed himself yesterday. An empty bottle with carbolic acid was found in his hotel room. Coroner Nevitt ruled suicide. No relatives or friends were known, body sent to the morgue.
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John Regan
John A. Regan
Park Hotel
Eleventh Street
New York Avenue
Regan
Nevitt
Weather and temperature summary with a fatality at Patent Office
The weather service reports a northeast moving storm off the coast, with rains in the south and snow in the Middle Atlantic and New England, plus high winds along the coast. A second depression tracks over the St Lawrence Valley as high pressure eases eastward. Tuesday will be fair nationwide except snow in the Lake region and New England’s early clearing. In addition, William Ferguson, a 60 year old Patent Office employee, collapsed and died on duty from natural causes.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Alabama
Hatteras
St. Lawrence Valley
Middle Atlantic
New England
North Carolina
Rocky Mountain
Mississippi
Ohio River
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
Lake Region
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Mississippi Valley
Middle
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Gulf
Great Lakes
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McGill & Wallace
Macdonnall School of Phrenology and Psychology
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Lea Shoomaker
Archhes & SN Lite
Clara A. Westl
the Brunswick
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Wilbur L. Smith
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