Sixtieth Ohio Regiment Defended by Senator Foraker
Senator Foraker delivered a forceful defense of the Sixtieth Ohio Volunteers, arguing the regiment was not disorganized or disloyal and praising Colonel William H. Trimble. He cited Ohio State roster records showing the unit’s one year service and subsequent honorable discharge, and noted postwar reputations of its soldiers.
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Sixtieth Ohio Volunteers
Senate
Foraker
Brownsville
Tex
Sixtieth Ohio
Texas
Highland
Bixteth Ohio
Ohio
Sixtieth Regiment
Ohio Infantry Volunteers
War Department
William H. Trimble
Hillsboro
Trimble
Fort Meigs
Sandusky
Congressional Cemetery
Wintelaw Reid
Highland County
Whitelaw Reid
Great Britain
Reid
Mr. Foraker
Blie Volunteers
State of
Harper's Ferry
Chicago
Senator Foraker
Twenty-fifth
Lie
Lravey
Congress Condensed Senate and House Debates on Troops
Senate discussed the colored troops of the Twenty-fifth Infantry for two hours. Banatar Lodge defended the President's action after being discharged without honor. The Senate adjourned to meet January 3 after the holiday recess. House members debated a resolution about the President's message with no action taken before adjournment.
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Senate
Seastar Foraker
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Banatar Lodge
Weasion
Compalttees
House Adjourns Amid Holiday Silence and Cuba Debate
Only 52 of 386 members attended the session as lawmakers failed to engage in substantial debate. Discussions centered on Cuba’s status, the Isle of Pines, and a race death by own action. Chairmen Payne, Williams, and Olmsted sparred briefly over committee referrals before adjournment for holidays. The House reconvenes January 3, 1907.
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Cuba
Isle of Pines
House
Serena Payne
Mr. Olmsted
Foreign Affairs Committee
Committee On
Insular Affairs
United States
Payne
Mr. Payne
John Sharp Williams
John Wealey
Guinea
Mr. Gaines
No Delegates Wanted Disapproves Kline Measure
The District commissioners rejected a Pennsylvania bill proposing two DC House delegates via universal manhood suffrage. They warned it would invite partisan politics, sow dissension, and impede the capital’s efficient governance, arguing current representation already serves District interests well.
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J. W. Babcock
House District Committee
Kline
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
House of Representatives
Congress
Tas Peopl
Hitchcock Stands Pat on Five Civilized Tribes Land
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock testified before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs that the large 4,000,000 acre land grant to the Five Civilized Tribes remains valid and will not be restored unless an ongoing legality inquiry shows he overstepped authority. The senate hearing sparked House interest with Rep Stevens urging full disclosure on Choctaw and Chickasaw allotments. Tams Bixby, commissioner for the tribes, was asked to travel to Washington to provide information on his administration.
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Hitchcock
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Five Civilized Tribes
Senate Indian Territory Investigating Committee
House
Stevens
Texas
Secretary of the Interior
Tams Bixby
Washington
Gallinger pushes pay raise debate in Senate
Senator Gallinger opened the fight in the Senate to increase salaries for members of Congress after a House defeat. He offered an amendment to the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill proposing a decrease to 7500 dollars annually for Senators, Representatives and Delegates in Congress.
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Senate
Congress
Gallinger
House
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Bill Introduced in House
A bill to appropriate 1.2 million dollars for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition to be held in Seattle in 1903 was introduced in the House by Representative Humphrey. The plan allocates 360000 to Interior, 150000 to War, 350000 to Alaska, 60000 to Hawaii, and 106600 to the Philippine Islands.
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Seattle
Humphrey
Department of Interior
Department of War
Alaska
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
Westerners to Go to Panama on Labor Inquiry
The Facule Coast Congressional delegation leaves Washington for the Isthmo of Panama to investigate labor conditions. They sail from New York and will not return until after Congress reconvenes on January 3. The lookout committee of Representatives Kahn McKinlay and Hayes, reappointed by coast members, will not meet to decide policy on anti Japanese and Chinese legislation until their return.
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Panama
Washington
New York
Congress
Kahn
McKinlay
Hayes
Majestic Brings Largest Trans Atlantic Mail Yet
The White Star liner Majestic arrived from Liverpool with the largest trans Atlantic mail ever received in the country. Four thousand six hundred forty bags of mail and parcels post were loaded after a five hour delay at Queenstown. The post-office boat then ferried up to the Majestic’s pier to complete bag transfer.
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New York
President Roosevelts Immigration Message After Holidays
President Roosevelt plans a special Congress message after the holiday recess on immigration. Reports say Terence Powderly and Labor Commissioner Neill with Reynolds studied causes and social impact in Europe and major U.S. cities. Expect recommendations for tighter immigration laws and possible steamship company controls to curb flows. Senate committees will also review Indian and general appropriation bills during the break.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Terence V. Powdery
Commissioner General of Immigration
United States
Charles P. Neill
Labor
James B. Reynolds
New York
Mr Powderly
Europe
England
Ireland
France
Italy
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Messrs. Neill
Reynolds
Foraker Attacks on Senate Evidence in Blocksom Case
Senator Foraker challenged the President and the Senate military inquiry, citing that only eight of twenty-one witnesses had real facts under oath. He accused Blocksom of partial reports and questioned precedents for action in peacetime, urging further testimony and cross-examination. Senator Scott and Senator Lodge defended scrutiny and urged balanced review.
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Foraker
Mej. Blocksom
Ohio
Col. Garlington
Mr. Foraker
Maj. Blocksom
Bilocksom
Senator Foraker
Senate
Blooksom
Vallandigham
Senate Committee
Knox
Pennsylvania
Col
Garlington
Gurlington
Judge Advocate General
Scott
Military Affairs Committee
Tenth Cavalry
White House
Senator Lodge
Rome
Lodge
Call to celebrate emancipation day by Afro-American Council
New York leader Deewisnop Walters calls on Afro-Americans to mark January 1 as the forty third anniversary of Lincoln's emancipation proclamation. He urges reporting progress and condemns disfranchisement and the dismissal of African American soldiers amid ongoing race prejudice.
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New York
Deewisnop Walters
South
Secretary Shaw Pranks Pittsburg Delegation Over Post Office Site
Secretary Shaw played a joke on a large Pittsburg delegation in Washington. The businessmen and real estate interests had clashed over site choices for the new post office funded by Congress. After a lengthy hearing the Secretary invited them back at 7:30 the next morning to hear more from him, sparking astonishment and renewed bargaining.
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Shaw
Grant Boulevard
Seventh Avenue
Oaing
Life Savers Dismissed Over Holland Harbor Tragedy
Secretary Shaw dismissed Keeper Chauncey D. Pool and Surfman Jacob C. Johnson from the Life-Saving Service after Inspector Ballinger’s review of the Holland Michigan drowning on November 21. The rest of the crew faced no further action despite failed rescue attempts, deemed unpardonable. Movements of naval vessels and personnel orders follow to various yards and stations.
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Shaw
Holand
Mich
Secretary of the Treasury
Chauncey D. Pool
Jacob C. Johnson
Ballinger
Twelfth District
Holland
Army orders and royal update from Stockholm
Army orders list transfers and duties for Majors and captains across Cavalry, Ordnance, and Paymaster departments including Swift, Dawes, Dunn, Gery, Hof. No. concise notes on moves to Forts and guarding subsistence stores. King Oscar shows improvement in Stockholm with ongoing recovery progress as of December 20.
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Ordaines Department
Bendy Hook Proving Ground
Sandy Hook
William L Gery
Seattle
Tacoma
Bemuet Hof
Ordnance Department
E. 1 du Pont Company
Wilmington
Del
Roosevelt's rush orders speed transcript in coal famine hearing
President Roosevelt ordered haste in transcribing Interstate Commerce Commission testimony on the coal famine. Graphophones were rushed between the courtroom and Majes hotel as witnesses testified, with the record expected to set a world speed for transcription. Cattle breeders in Kansas City complained of car shortages and shippers blamed inadequate motive power and storage. Great Northern announces two forty-car coal trains at 42 mph for Grand Forks.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Great Northern
Northwest
Spedal
Washington Post
Roosevelt
Majéshe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Harlan and Lane
Minneapolis
South
W. #. Biddle
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Galveston
Biddle
Julius Eutieobnltt
Oi M
Union Pacific
Harriman Lines
San Francisco
C. A. Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
St. Pau
Minn
Vec
Chicago- St. Paulines
Minnesota
Superior
Wis
Grand Forks
N. D
Shippers Delay Cars Prompt Calls for Faster Loading
President A B Stickney of the Chicago Northwestern Railroad urges Interstate Commerce Commission action to shorten loading and unloading times. He cites average car distance 256 miles, one day transit, nine days for loading and unloading, and warns that delaying loading extends overall transport time and costs. He argues legislation must compel faster loading to improve freight equipment efficiency and avoid higher rates.
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Stickney
A. B Stickney
Chicago Northwestern Railroad
Interstate Commerce
Attorney General sues American Ice Company to dissolve trust
In New York County Supreme Court, Julius Mayer began an action against the American Ice Company seeking dissolution of the ice trust. The complaint alleges a scheme securing a monopoly of ice output and distribution from Greater New York to nearby communities, including control of the Maine field and price manipulation. It seeks nullification of alleged agreements and restrictions on sale, plus injunctive relief to halt continued acts.
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Maine
Hudson River
American Ice Company
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Elk Grove
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Judiciary
Champ Clark
Pat
Seattle Exposition
BIG Christmas Mail
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CeMibizu
Maj
Blocksom
Gischargen
Smother
South Carolina
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Life Savers
Arelvnd
Tennessey
League Island
Hopkins
Charleston
Prabie
Santo Barbera
San Pedro
West Virginia
Colorado
Maryland
Cavite
Hongkong
Andrews
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Washington, DC
Boned
W Marshall
Navy Yard
N.Y
C. B Thelen
Naval Proving Ground
Imilan Head
ARMY
Oscar
Atockholm
Sweden
Oscarontinues
Comtusewaer Sroury
Misssissippi
Pittsburg
Ohio River
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Mit
Cigar Stores Co
West
T7th St
United C
IGAR
Orp
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fifteenth Street N. W
American Company
State
Aleges Combine
Shah Abie
Teheran
Persia
Shah
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Brut Grand Vin Sec Carte Blanche
Louis
Roederer
la Montagne & Sons
Beaver St
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Nat G Goodwin
Apara
Charles Dillingham
Kyrle Bellew
Conan Dotle
Charles Frohman
Gerard
Karmata
Annie Russell
the Prince OF
India
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Matibers Fime
Alhambra
Foreigs
Watly
Fabert
Yak Alstyne
Louise Henry
Sel Sutoner
Mark Murphy
Kremeka Cook
Silvia Quigg
Meckey
Nickerson
Mile Belle Vecin le Roy
Will McRessy
Blanche Dayne
Volta Dave Lewis
Foster
Foster Cook
Madison Murry Hill
Balzers
Lafayette Amusement Co
Matthiss Nor
Majestic
Americas
Kathryn Parnes
Camille
Lyceum Matinee Daily
Dreamland
Dave Marion
Roseland
Merry Maidens. Academy
Tacssoar E Saroncar
Young Buffalo
King Vie
Wild West
Choral Society
Congregational Church
Handel
Sydney Liar
Taing
Wachus Harden-Hickey
Franceska
Soprandi
Clara Drew
Joan Roberts
Harry Btevens
Ballen Terrem
Teno O
William Corbacgh
Arthur W Porter
Arthur D Mato
Frederick Smith
T Arthur Smith
Genders & Steyman’s
Fat Sanders & Steyr
Vento
Willerd
Great Falls OF the Potomac
Beewy
Megara
Gf&o DR. R. Care
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