Porto Rican delegate and Taft discussion swirl in White House
A Porto Rican delegation led by Senor Iglesias pressed the White House for citizenship rights and support while whispers swirled about the Ohio Senate vacancy. President Taft indicated he has been busy but would not confirm a candidate, with Warrington and Lurton linked in talks.
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Senor
Santiago Iules
Treland
White House
Vnet Vet Am
Wint House
Hlacae
Washington
Ohle
Taft
Olio
Ohio
Bell Owns One Third Of Western Union Telegraph
Theodore N. Matl president of American Telephone and Telegraph Company testifies on a proposed merger with Western Union. Bell Telephone interests claim 30,000 shares valued around $100,000, with a plan to consolidate telegraph and telephone assets while considering regulatory implications and monopoly concerns.
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Vail
Amerlean Tele- Loan and Telegraph Company
Bell Presta
Priehentle
Wall
German Chancellor’s Maiden Speech Promotes Government Unity
In a maiden address Chancellor Quthaecs frames a government without permanent party control, urging reliance on administrative measures. He seeks to avoid factional division and stresses strong central governance while balancing various party supports and economic measures. He criticizes extremism and calls for orderly policy, outlining a bureaucratic approach to reform.
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Quthaecs
Rothman
Antisaloon League Elects Officers at Convention
The Antisaloon League of America elected officers at its convention. Key figures include President Bishop Luther B Wilson of Philadelphia and Vice Presidents Rev Sym C Barr Louisiana Rev David James Burrell New York and Father James M Cleary Minnesota among others. Samuel P Spreng Ohio was named secretary and Fowler Copeland Ohio treasurer with Rev PA Baker serving as general superintendent.
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F. D . Power
Washington
Meago
Antisaloon League of America
Luther B Wilson
Phiadelphia
C Barr
Louisiana
David James Burrell
New York
Mey
James M Cleary
Minneota
WB Crompton
Ala- Dama
Washington Gladden
Ohio
Wiliam L McEwan
Fennaylvania
WN McVickar
Ahndsetland
G MM Mathews
Abnots
HC Morrison
Flor- Wa
Charles A Pollock
North Dakota
FD Power
Dislke
Columbia
Samuel P | Spreng
ST | Nicholson
Pennsylvania
Fowler Copeland
PA Baker
Political Figures and Officials Named in Senate and House List
A dated roster cites numerous figures including Senators DeFew La Follette Cullom Elk ins Bacon Clay Daniel Smith Oliver Bailey Gamble Taylon Bankhead Jowers and representatives Brownlow Tawney Clare Edwards Burleson Hanna and more. Also listed are Judge Hunter and state party chairs Newell Sanders Stimmel Minor Wilmer Townson Eastwood Woodward and others from Rochester and surrounding districts.
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Senator Defew
New York
la, Follette
Wisconsin
Cullom
Tufnois
Elkins
West Virginia
Bacon
Georgia
Bemster Clay
Georgi
Daniel
Virginia
Beoxtor
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Michigan
Oliver
Peonzylvanis
Benator Baile
Texas
Gamble
South Dakota
Bepater Taylon
Tennesse
Bankhead
Alabame
Ieuator
Jowmbon
Alabam
Representative Brownlow
Tennes
Tawney
Minzewls
Champ Clare
3Tssouri
Edwards
Kentucky
Burleson
Hanna
North Dakota
Hunter Tt. Morr, Jr
Parkersboro
Yanewell Sanders
Tennessee
South Stimmel
Furze
A. B Eastwood
Rochester
R . Woodward
Money chosen leader as Mississippi senator accepts chairmanship
The Democratic Senate caucus elected Senator Money of Mississippi as chair and Senator Bhivaly of Indiana as vice chairman after reconsidering a resignation plan. The move follows Senator Cullerson's resignation and Bacon’s initial consideration for leadership. Money will lead the minority for the remainder of the term with Shively as a companion vice chair.
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Manths
Bacon
Georgan
Shively
Money
Missiasipzi
Bhivaly
Indiana
Mr. Money
Culeberson
Ness
Senator Bacon
Senate
Cullerson
Mr Money
Georgii
Esterday
Go Siong
The Great Speakership Fights in Congress History
A concise survey of how Speakership elections moved from party caucus battles to dramatic House contests from the early Congresses through the Civil War era, highlighting pivotal figures like Cannon, Banks, Aiken, Orr, Grow, Sherman, Pennington, and the shift to party-driven ballots and rare cross-party defections that shaped the Speaker role.
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James L Orr
Galusha
Congress
House of Representates
Grow
John Sherman
Sherman
House of the Indoraement
Horiton Rowan Helper
Chaig
Shermans
Grows
Hha
Shots From The Fort Inquiry Boosts Negro Troop Abolition Talk
A court of inquiry into the Browneville shooting by the Twenty fifth Infantry, colored, is said to have obtained conclusive evidence. Reports claim bullets and bullet holes traced to barracks intruded on the town, fueling Southern demands in Congress to abolish colored troops, a debate echoing Roosevelt era tensions as hearings proceed in Washington.
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Congress
Browneville
Tex
Twenty - Fifth Infantry
Texas
Roosevelt
Itre
Brownsville
Congressional
Twenty Fifth
Ole
Rocaevelt
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Washington
China protests Russian railway guards withdrawal demand
The Chinese government protests the Harbin and Manchuria affairs deeming them outside Russian administration. It argues treaties and 1906 contract entrusted railway defense to China, signaling a possible demand to remove Russian guards in Manchuria while echoing the U S stance to Russia.
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St Petersburg
China
Harbin
Manchuria
Russia
Chine
M Kokovsoff
War and Foreign Office
United States
Runglan
M Krupouksky
Washington
Rosen
Sought literary autographs in Haber library sale
Special to The Washington Post reports the third day of Louis I Haber’s library sale at Anderson Auction, featuring letters by John Brown to his wife, Robert Burns advice, Byron to Moore, Dickens to Genoa, and Franklin to Strahan. Prices ranged from 1 to 86 dollars. Engravings and portraits by Abbey, Cousins, Walker, Green, and McArdell fetched up to 475 dollars.
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Washington Post
New York
Louis I Haber
Anderson Auction Company
John Brown
Ussawatomie
Robert Burns
William
Longtown
G H Richmond
Byron
Thomas Moore
Moore Fm
Benjamo Franklin
William Strahan
Landon
Ber
Dodd Mead & Co
B. A. Abbey
Charles Halla
Mme Normaine- Tuda
Semuel Cousins
William Walker
Gate Plate
Nasmyth
Valentine Green
John Trumbulls
Washington
James McArdell
Peg Wastington
Dyspepsia Tablets Marketed To Aid Old Age Digestion
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a superior substitute for natural gastric juices, claiming they improve digestion and nutrition in old age and can aid any age with stomach troubles. It promises a sample on request and directs readers to the I A Stuart Company in Marshall Michigan.
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Sweart
Hugh @Donnell
Florida Avenue
Bibley Hospital
Second Street
Florida
I. A Stuart Company
Stuart Inc
Uilding
Marshall, Michigan
Tourists Hit by Avalanche Near Monte Rona
Reports from Macugnaga and near the Swiss frontier say several Alpini and guides were overtaken by a 46 avalanche on Monte Rona. Four were severely injured, others believed killed or missing. A rescue party is organized and some parties are imprisoned in a hut awaiting help. Separately, Herbert G. Squiera of New York will not return to Panama as American minister, amid unconfirmed rumors of Panama mission abolition. Also, Ole C. Fugtskeyie, a Scandinavian Lutheran missionary, was found frozen to death near Spooner Minnesota after going missing Sunday.
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Geneva
Macugnaga 4
Sledmont
Italy
Monte Rona
Panama
Herbert G Squiera
New York
Spooner Minn
Ole C. Fugteskyie
Rad
Tomorrow The American Congress XIX The Reed Rules Controversy
The brief item notes a forthcoming discussion in the American Congress about the Reed Rules controversy. It identifies the topic of debate as a constitutional or procedural dispute centered on Reed Rule interpretations and potential legislative outcomes.
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American Congress
Diplomats See Poultry Exhibition at Armory
Members of the diplomatic corps Senators representatives social leaders and businessmen toured the Washington Light Infantry Armory exhibition of the Columbus Poultry and Pigeon Association. Austria’s ambassador and Baroness Hengelmuller observed with delight noting the beauty of the fowls and prizes awarded to Maryland Virginia and District breeders. Judge Gould also showed interest in the show.
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Light Infantry Armory
Yaterday
Columbis
Washington Light Infantry Suinory
Austria
Hengelmuller
Baron Hengelmuller
Gould
Supreme Court
Maryland
Regigia
District
Haakon 18 Edward's Guest in London for Visit
Norway's King Haakon arrived at Buckingham Palace to join Queen Maud and the crown prince. They plan to depart England for Norway on December 15, after an informal stay in London.
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Queen Maud
England
London
King Haakon of
Buckingham Palace
May Change District Day Subcommittees Named
Charman Smith and associates discuss moving the District committee meeting from Thursday to Wednesday to avoid conflicts with other panels. The change, announced at yesterday's first meeting, will be decided next Tuesday. Subcommittees list includes Judiciary, Ways and Means, Educational Labor, Street Railways, Steam Railroads, and Incorporations with named chairmen and members. Louis Miller reappointed clerk and Mrs Katherine Dickey as assistant clerk. The House appropriations committee will report the District appropriation bill Monday and likely dispose of it before holidays.
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House
Charman Smith
Tie Associates
Smith
Judiciary
Campbell
Pearre
Guernsey
Smth
Johnson, Borland
Gilmore
Ways and Meane
Nye
Olcott, Coudrey
Fish, Rothermal
Cox Educational, Labor and Charities
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Kahn Couarey
Aiken
Johnson
Wiley
Shackleford
C Ox
Imore
Moore
Carey Wiley
Denver Girl Court's Bride Sealed in Denver Wedding
The wedding joined Misa Hoéa Solis, daughter of Ramon Solis a wealthy Denver cigar manufacturer, to Count Emmerich Syory of Hungary. The ceremony occurred December 9 with Solis’s employer as traveling salesman noted among the day's details.
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Denver
Misa Hoéa Solis
Ramon Solis
Ossicles
Emmerich Syory
Hungary
Boblemen
Belaw
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