Conference On Rate Fight Ahead For Forestry Congress
A session of the forestry congress next week will focus on freight rate control and pave the way for private talks with Senators and House members. Lawmakers anticipate new bills from influential figures, with opposition from Democrats to a court fixing rates, and railroad leaders plan informal discussions to safeguard interests amid looming federal regulation debates.
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Forest Congress
Hill
Great Northern
Winchell
Rock Island
Elliott
Northern Pacific
Johnson
Norfolk and Western
Manderson
Burlington
Congress
Forestry Association
White House
Rease
Iowa
Gov. Cummins
West
Forest Congress to convene in city January 2
The American Forest Congress under the American Forestry Association will meet in the city from January 2 to January next. Two sessions daily except Monday with Roosevelt addressing next Thursday afternoon on The Forest In the Life of a Nation. Speakers include J J Jusserand and Secretary James Wilson with Senators Sammons Warren Bard and others. Admission by ticket. The congress opens at National Rifles Armory at 10 o clock Tuesday morning.
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American Forest
American Forestry Association
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
J. J. Jusserand
France
James Wilson
Agriculture
United States
Senatorsammons
North Carolina
Warren
Wyoming
Bard
California
Preacetine Lamb
Virginia
J. J. Hill
Great North Railway
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific Railway
B. Weyerhaueser
The
Weyerhaueser Lumber Company
BL. Wiegins
Tce
University of the South
F. J. Hagenharth
National Live Stock Association
Wilson
National Rifles’ Armory
Veteran Trained Nurse Mary Gray Dies in Georgetown Hospital
Mrs. Mary Gray sixty six years old and a veteran trained nurse died at Georgetown University Hospital last evening after weeks under care from heart disease. A Norfolk native she spent most of her life in Washington her home was 33233 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest.
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Mary Gray
Georgetown University Hospital
Gray
Norfolk
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pension Office Clerks Likely Restored in Senate Bill
A Senate subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee has adjourned until January after hearings on the fiscal year funding bill. Officials from the Department of the Interior and others testified as the panel weighs Secretary Hitchcock’s request to add salaries for many Pension Office clerks omitted by the House. No decision has been made, but restoration of those jobs is broadly anticipated. House subcommittee activities paused during recess as Representative McCleary keeps work on the District of Columbia appropriation.
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Committee For Appropriations
Senate
Congress
Department of the Interigort
Hitchcock
House
House Committee On Appropriations
District of Columbia
McCleary
Washington
Size of Treasury Deficit for First Half of Present Year
Treasury deficit for the first six months ended, as of yesterday, stood at 23,212,775 dollars with only today and tomorrow remaining. If the same pace continues, the full year deficit may reach about 16,000,000 dollars beyond the six months outcome. Figures exclude Panama Canal payments.
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Treasury
Panama Canal
Governor Carter urges easing Chinese labor restriction in Hawaii sugar fields
In his annual report to the Interior Secretary, Hawaii Governor G R Carter calls for amending Chinese exclusion laws to allow limited Chinese labor in cane and rice fields, easing immigration aid to Portuguese workers, and removing land lease limits to boost sugar and rice industries. He argues natives won’t work and Americans cannot sustain production, warns of economic threat, and proposes county organization to balance governance beyond Honolulu.
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Carter
Secretary of the Interior
G. R. Carter
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific Coast
Landa
Congress
Honolulu
Oahu
Arizona Delegate Fights Double Territory Plan
Delegate Wilson of Arizona resists joining with New Mexico and Oklahoma in a single state. He writes a history brief arguing Arizona must enter the Union as a separate state and plans to lobby Senators in January. If the plan fails he vows to defeat the measure, citing near-unanimous Arizona sentiment against joining with New Mexico. Petworth Citizens protest streetcar service and seek a public hearing after Congress reconvenes in January.
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Delegate Wilson
Arizona
Senate
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
New Mexico
Col
Wilson
Col. Wilson
Finland's Silent Resistance to Russian Rule
John Callan O'Laughlin chronicles Finnish opposition to Czarist policy in Helsingfors. He notes widespread hostility among Finns, Swedish influence, and government measures seen as repressive, including language changes, censorship, and military reforms, with Finns urged to resist imperial unification.
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John Callan O'Laughlin
Russia
Helsingfors
Russian Empire
Grand Duchy of Finland
Grand Duchy
Finland
Bobrikoff
Sweden
Prince Obilewski
Swedien
Denmark
Europe
Schaumann
Alexander I
St. Petersburg
Empire
Alexander II
Nicholas
Finland Plans and Finnish Language in Schools
A 1904 dispatch discusses Russia's aims in Finland amid unrest. It asserts only higher schools in Finland teach Russian, questions the disbanding of Finnish regiments by Gen Bobrikoff, and notes Finns favor Japanese victory to pressure Russia into concessions. The Moderate party counsels prudence while urging Obilewski to consider Finland’s laws and desires within empire policy.
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Finland
Russia
Bobrikoff
Qbilenski
Sweden
Germany
England
Fennoman Party
Moderate
Grand Duchy
Empire
Prince Obilewski
John Callan O'Laughlin
Panama Canal Clerks Protest Harsh Conditions At Secret Meeting
Panama Canal clerks and engineers convened a secret meeting to protest intolerable working and living conditions. Articles in the Panama Journal allege lavish government spending on roof gardens and liveried staff while workers endure unsanitary quarters and long hours in tropical heat. Copies were mailed to Washington officials as employees seek expedited relief and fair contracts.
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Panama
Panama Journal
Washington
George Eugene Bryson
Cuba
Isthmug
Panama Canal Commission
Washington Post
Engineers, &c
Journalettes
Canal Commission
Manila
American Dredgemen’s Union
Chicago
Isthmian Commission
Supply of clerks and stenographers would reshape jobs
The passage argues that if unions and associations push for better pay, every engineering association and trades union would influence clerks and stenographers labor. It contends higher salaries would spread across offices and line work, forcing changes or risking a work stoppage.
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Engineering Association
Civil Service Doctors Visit Panama Canal Zone
Commissioner Greene and Examiner Snyder of the Civil Service Commission return from a three week trip to the Panama Canal Zone. They establish a local board to examine skilled laborers and authorize a local list of eligibles to aid canal authorities. Greene notes good health among employees with about 1500 Americans on the isthmus and no deaths in eight months.
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Commissioner Greene
Examiner Snyder
Civil Service Commission
Panama Canal Zone
Commission
Greene
Head tax on aliens proposed at Atlantic conference
New York Dec 29 representatives of the Atlantic Steamship Conference and the Trunk Line Passenger Association discussed a proposed head tax of $2 on aliens entering the United States from Canada for crossing to an Atlantic port and en route to Europe. The plan mirrors the tax levied on migrants at ports and aims at the association's protection with further talks planned. Commissioner General Sargent noted law requires transporters to deposit $2 per alien in transit, refundable on proof of departure.
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New York
United States
Canada
Atlantic
Europe
Atlantic Steamship Conference
Trunk Line Passenger Association
The
Steamship Association
Steamship Companies
Immigration
Sargent
Day of Strikes Over Says Powderly in New York
T V Powderly former Knights of Labor leader arrives from Pittsburgh and declares the strike era is over though future strikes may occur. He praises recent capital and labor conferences as fostering peaceful, amicable relations and settling disputes. Ade Pratt is committed to St Elizabeth's Asylum after being held for mental condition evaluation following a run from the Commonwealth Community farm.
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T. V. Powderly
New York
Knights of Labor
Mr. Powderly
Pittsburg
St. Elizabeth’s Asylum
Ade Pratt
Commonwealth Community
Colesville
Wee
St Elizabeth's Asylum
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Moody
Friends OF the Trees
American Forest Congress
Petworth Citizens
Petworth Citizens’ Association
Babcock
House Committee
Druggista
Munyon
Philadelphia
Ganal Glerks
W. B. Moses & Sons
F Street, Cor. 11Th
Fairbanks
New York Tribune
Civil Service AT
Jackson Bros
Great Credit House
Seventh Street
Dr. Shoop
Racine
Wis
Chase
Hyves
and &Co
Vassar Girls
Ton
Georgia Gardner
Jo's
Maddern & Co
Raymond & Caverly
Howard Bros, Foulton & Daley
Carlo’ Doge
Imperial Japanese Guarda, &T
William L. Chery
St. Patrick’s
Oak Hill Cemetery
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Father Stafford
Carroll
McGee
Annie Fugitt
Mamie Grant
Armand Gomprecht
W. F. Roberts
J. McL. Dodson
George Adams
Haymarket
Adams
Palais Royal
Eleventh Streets
Rogers & Gallet’s
Piver’s
Imperial Hall
Kirk
Lyons
Woodworth
Kenzel
Charles
Piver
Given
Colgate
A. Lisner
Charles Frohman
Schumann-Heink Aza
Bestoineiegenras
Steva
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Columbia Feattieus
Svat
Eddie Foy
Alice Fischer
R. E. Graham
Vinie Daly
Jafayette
Melville B. Raymond
Mate
Ars
F.C. Whitney
Buster Master Gabriel
Abubter
Brown
Jame
Man OF Mystery
Landseer
Suwanes River
Abby Johnson
Abby
Ll.st
Stoneleigh Co
Convention Hall
ANT
David Belasco Precarte Ure
Leslie Carter
David Belasco
John Luther Long
Belanco
N. Y
Philpitt
David Belanco
Maurice Campbell
Henrietta Crosman
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Philpitt's
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Kernan’s
Matinee Daily
Capital
Georgetown
I. O
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Minth Street N. W
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