Rate Fight Conversation at Forestry Congress Hints
A conference on railroad rate regulation unfolds as Senate and House prep fresh interstate commerce bills. Democrats show muted stance while magnates from Great Northern Rock Island Northern Pacific and others plan private talks with lawmakers. A formal court rate-approval proposal faces opposition from minority lawyers, with a vigorous counter campaign anticipated from railroad interests.
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Senate
House
Moody
Congress
Forest Congress
Hill
Great Northern
Winchell
Rock Island
Elliott
Northern Pacific
Johnson
Norfolk and Western
Manderson
Burlington
Forestry Association
White House
Rease
Iowa
Gov. Cummins
West
Forest Congress Set in Washington January 2 to Next Week
Friends of the Trees announce a two session American Forest Congress in Washington City from January 2 onward under the American Forestry Association. President Roosevelt will address next Thursday afternoon on The Forest In the Life of a Nation. J. J. Jusserand will discuss The Forest Policy of France. Attendees include Secretary James Wilson and Senators Ammons Warren Bard. railway presidents Hill and Elliott. lumber head B Weyerhaeuser. university chancellor Wiegins. and stock association head Hagenharth. admission by ticket.
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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 Dead at Georgetown Hospital
Mrs. Mary Gray fifty six years a veteran trained nurse died at George Town University Hospital after weeks of heart disease. Native of Norfolk she spent most of her life in Washington living at 33233 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest.
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Mary Gray
Georgetown University Hospital
Gray
Norfolk
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pension Office clerks pay restored likely after recess
A Senate appropriations subcommittee adjourned until January after hearings on the pension office payroll. Officials from the Department of the Interior were heard and the panel informal discussions touched on restoring salaries for Pension Office clerks omitted by the House bill. No decision announced yet, but restoration of jobs appears likely. House subcommittee has not met during recess. Representative McCleary stays in Washington working on the DC appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee For Appropriations
Senate
Congress
Department of the Interigort
Hitchcock
House
House Committee On Appropriations
District of Columbia
McCleary
Washington
Size of Treasury Deficit Seen Growing This Year
The Treasury deficit for the first six months of the current fiscal year stood at 23,212,775 dollars with two days to close. A surplus of 7,304,000 dollars was recorded in the last six months of the previous year. If business remains strong, the full year deficit could approach 16,000,000 dollars, not including Panama Canal payments.
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Treasury
Panama Canal
Hawaii Governor Urges Labor Reforms To Save Sugar Industry
Governor G R Carter in his annual Interior report urges amending Chinese exclusion laws to allow limited Chinese labor in Hawaii cane and rice fields and easing Portuguese immigration aid. He warns natives won t work and Americans cannot fill the gap, risking sugar industry collapse. He also calls to remove land leasing limits, arguing long fruiting crops need longer commitments, and proposes county organization to balance development beyond Honolulu.
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Secretary of the Interior
G. R. Carter
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Carter
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific Coast
Landa
Arizona delegate fights double territory plan in Senate
Delegate Wilson of Arizona works through recess to defeat the measure admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one state and New Mexico with Arizona as separate. He writes a history of Arizona and plans to present briefs to senators in January. Wilson cites near unanimous Arizona opposition to joining New Mexico and warns of defeating the bill if not amended. A Petworth Citizens Association protests street car service and seeks a public hearing after Congress reconvenes.
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Delegate Wilson
Arizona
Senate
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
New Mexico
Col
Wilson
Col. Wilson
Petworth Citizens
Petworth Citizens’ Association
Babcock
House Committee
District of Columbia
Congress
Finns Resent Czar Policy in Finland Diet Clash
John Callan O Laughlin reports on Finnish hostility to Russian aims under the czar, Sweden's influence, and Diet opposition at Helsingfors. He notes bold reforms, censorship, and discontent as Russians press language, military reforms, and governance while Finns push back.
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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 Aims to Preserve Separate Finnish Identity in Russia
In the wake of Russian control, Finns fear loss of language and autonomy as discussions surface about Russian education mandates. Finnish leaders argue for prudence, urging the imperial government to consider Finland’s laws and institutions while maintaining its distinct civilization. The Moderate party seeks sympathetic treatment from Prince Obilewski, stressing Finns’ loyalty yet desire for self-rule.
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Qbilenski
Finland
Russia
Sweden
Germany
England
Fennoman Party
Moderate
Grand Duchy
Empire
Prince Obilewski
John Callan O'Laughlin
Secret Panama Canal clerks stage hidden protest meeting
Panamanian clerks and engineers on the Isthmus held a secret gathering to condemn intolerable conditions and alleged lavish Canal Commission spending. Papers mailed to Washington allege roof gardens and liveried coachmen at government expense while workers endure unsanitary housing and long hours.
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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
Economic shift threat to labor supply prompts wages rise
The excerpt warns that if training bodies and unions fail to adapt, a labor shortage could trigger rapid salary increases and disrupted work across administrative and clerical sectors. It envisions unions and associations needing to broaden programs to prevent a standstill in office and outside work.
Civil Service Rules Adopted for Panama Canal Zone
Commissioner Greene and Examiner Snyder returned from a three weeks visit to the Panama Canal Zone to introduce Civil Service Commission rules for canal employment. They established a local board to examine skilled laborers and authorized a local list of eligibles to aid recruitment. Greene notes good health among canal employees with an average of 1500 Americans on the isthmus for eight months and no deaths.
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Commissioner Greene
Examiner Snyder
Civil Service Commission
Panama Canal Zone
Commission
Greene
Head tax on aliens proposed at Atlantic Steamship meeting
New York Dec 29 Representatives of the Atlantic Steamship Conference and the Trunk Line Passenger Association discussed a $2 head tax on aliens entering the United States from Canada for crossing to an Atlantic port en route to Europe. The plan mirrors the tax used on migrants at U S ports and aims at the associations’ protection. Commissioner General of Immigration Sargent noted law requires carriers to deposit $2 per alien in transit as a guarantee of departure, refundable on proof of exit.
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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
Funeral services for William L. Chery held at St Patrick's
Funeral services for William L. Chery were conducted yesterday morning at St. Patrick's Catholic Church with Rev. Father Stafford officiating. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery as Gregorian chant filled the service. Six nephews served as honorary pallbearers and a list of acting pallbearers accompanied the cortege. The mass featured soprano Annie Fugitt and alt Miss Mamie Grant, with Armand Gomprecht at the organ. The choir sang O Quam Meritis Passionis and Nearer My God to Thee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Chery
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Father Stafford
Carroll
McGee
Oak Hill Cemetery
Annie Fugitt
Mamie Grant
Armand Gomprecht
W. F. Roberts
J. McL. Dodson
Day of Strikes Over Says T V Powderly
New York Dec. 29 former Knights of Labor head T V Powderly believes the day of the strike is past though not in a sense of no future strikes. He cites recent conferences between capitalists and laborers as promising peaceful solutions and fewer yearly causes of strikes. Ade Pratt a young woman from Colesville Md who ran away from a Commonwealth Community farm was committed to St Elizabeths Asylum after police examined her mental condition.
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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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Honolulu
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W. B. Moses & Sons
F Street, Cor. 11Th
Fairbanks
New York Tribune
Engineering Association
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
St. Patrick’s
George Adams
Haymarket
Adams
A All Draggists
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
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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
Man OF Mystery
Landseer
Wesk
Suwanesd River
Abby Johnson
Abby
Stoneleigh
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
aSee Se
Kernan’s
Matinee Daily
Capital
Georgetown
Fulton's
Winth Street N. W
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