Congress Set To Reopen With Light Agenda
Congress reconvenes after Christmas recess with limited plans. Senate leaders expect slow business. major aims include supply appropriation bills and the Brownsville investigation debate and Smoot eligibility questions. Railway employes hours and general pension matters loom, while house proceedings await committee action and upcoming fortifications and district of Columbia appropriations.
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Foraker
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Tex
Epsoda
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Smoot
Aker
Utah
Gearlh
Oregon
Secord
la Follettes
McCumber
House
Committee On
District of Columbia
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Denial of Texas colonization plan by Jewish emigration group
Tarah Zangwill refutes a reported Russian colony plan near Galveston and denied a $560 subsidy by Jacob Schiff for such a colony. The American land aid effort aims to steer Jews away from New York, outlining emigrant guidance and ports options. Officials warn against concentrating Jews in a single town and emphasize safer access routes to the West.
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Washington Post
Tarah Zangwill
Russia
Galveston
Jacob Schiff
AMD
Huss
America
New York
Newark
Cleveland Still In Bed Despite Optimistic Doctor Outlook
Special to The Washingtonport News, Dec. 30. Grover Cleveland’s condition remained unimproved today in Princeton. Dr John M Carnochan said he believes he will be out of bed by Saturday. A small lake with a cement bottom was built on the Cleveland grounds for skating when there is no ice. many skating party invitations were sent but have been canceled.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
John M Carnochan
Dence
de Raylan
Baron Schuppenbach
Chicago
Chicago Hussars
Russlang
Bandits Attack Convent in Nijni Novgorod Province
A band of armed robbers attacked the Mamonofska convent in Nijin Novgorod government, forcing nuns to surrender money. Bells rang, villagers rallied, shots fired, nine robbers killed, five wounded, others escaped with villagers in pursuit. Washington Post calendar promotes 1907 calendar with Berryman bear pictures.
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Mamonofska
Nijnt- Novgorod
Washington Post
Berryman
Post
Berrymen
Paat
Thaw Insanity Claim From Alienist Dr Hamilton
Dr A McLane Hamilton an alienist returned from London and declares Harry K Thaw insane and worse than Czolgoss. He says Thaw faces a dangerous predicament as a lunatic attempting to conduct his own defense. He notes District Attorney Jerome may accept a plea of insanity and that Thaw’s supporters have influenced the case.
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White
Czolgosz
New York
A. McLane Hamilton
London
Careala
Harry K Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
Czolgoss
Jerome
Fiton
Brother
Favors Indian Trust to Control Coal Deposits
A plan proposed for Congress would place Choctaw and Chickasaw coal and asphalt lands in a twenty five year joint stock company. The federal government would hold directorships and per capita stock would be issued to enrolled tribal members. Dividends would fund ongoing operations while government oversight remained via specified cabinet officers.
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United States
Francis Epp
Commissioner of
Indian Affairs
Hoosevelt
Indian Territory
Board of Directors
James R. Garfield
Hitchcock
Leupp
Coroortion
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner Leupp
Raisuli Hides Family as Morocco Crises Escalate
Reports claim Raisuli prepares to defend Zinat against a German flag seizure while seeking to draw in the powers by allying with the pretender. Zinat may be sold to a German firm, Raisuli relocates family to the Beni Arras mountains, and Ben Mansour and other former followers drift away as a large Beni Arras force gathers.
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Morocco
Raisuli'a
Zinat
Zina
Ralevil
Raisull
Beni Arras
Ben Ghazi
Tangier
Ben Mansour
Raisuli
Beni Arros
Baroness Burdett Coutts Dead at Ninety Two in London
Baroness Burdett Coutts died at her London residence on Christmas Eve aged ninety two. Known as a famed philanthropist and close friend of Queen Victoria, she funded churches and schools, endowed bishoprics in Adelaide Cape Town and British Columbia, supported Jerusalem surveys, and managed part of Coutts Bank wealth. She was beloved in Whitechapel and celebrated for lifelong charitable work across England.
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Queen Victoria
Edward
England
London
Baroness Burdett. Coutts
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Napoleon
Whitechapel
Baroness
Bartlett-Coutts
William Ashmead Bartlett
Westminster
Plymouth
Mass
Burdett-Coutts
William IV
Charles Dickena
United Kingdom
Chuich
St Stephen's
Adelaide
Cape Town
British Columbia
Henry James
Jerusalem
Coutts & Co
Europe
Mempstead Heath
Dick Turpin
York
Holly Lefigeer
Keats House in Rome Bought by Memorial Committee
The Anglo American Keats-Shelley Memorial Committee purchased the Rome residence where poet John Keats died in Piazza Spagna for 12000 dollars. Nelson Ray and R Hitt led the effort with embassy backing. 3200 more is needed to clear the front mortgage. support from King Edward, President Roosevelt, and King Victor Emmanuel is noted.
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Keats-Shelley
Nelson Ray
Boston
R Hitt
Piazza Spagna
Keats
King Edward
Roosevelt
Victor Emmanuel
Shah Sits Up as Iran Constitution Signed
Teheran reports the Shah regained some strength today and has taken no solid food since Saturday. The Shah and the crown prince signed the constitution at 10 this morning. The crown prince pledged not to dissolve Parliament for two years, and the constitution creates an elective Senate and financial oversight by the Lower House.
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Teheran
Shah
Cambon Named to Berlin Post in Diplomatic Shuffle
Paris reports that Jules Cambon the French minister to Spain will move from Madrid to Berlin to succeed M Elhourd who retires Georges Leygues a former colonies minister will become ambassador to Madrid
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Jules Cambon
Spain
Madrid
Berlin
M. Elhourd
Georges Leygues
Clerks Stop Work At NoonIn New Year Half Holiday
Government Printing Office clerks observe a half day at noon to mark New Year’s Eve as part of an executive order. Some departments report pressure to maintain work pace, but efforts are made to grant the full force early release at noon today.
Recount bid in New York to be revisited by new attorney general
Attorney General elect Jackson wrote Hearst that he would grant a rehearing on any renewed quo warranto attempt against Mayor George B McClellan, noting the need for an immediate settlement of the state’s serious questions. Hearst representatives said papers for a recount suit were ready and would be presented to Jackson on Tuesday.
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New York
Jackson
William R. Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
Julius Mayer
State of
George B McClellan
City of
Hearst
Donelson Caffery Dies at 102 in New Orleans Hotel
Former U.S. Senator from Louisiana Donelson Caffery, aged 102, dies in his Cosmopolitan Hotel apartment after a weeklong illness. Born September 10, 1835 in St Mary Parish, he served in the Civil War, helped form Louisiana politics, was appointed and elected to the Senate in the 1890s, and later built a sugar plantation fortune.
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Washington Post
New Orleans
Donelson Caffery
United States
Louisiana
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Mr Caffery
Parish
St Mary
St Mary's College
Maryland
Thirteenth
W. Walker
State Senate
Randall Lee Gibson
Senate
Franklin
Caffery
Bryan
Rev C F Aked Accepts New York Pastorate
Liverpool church leader Rev C F Aked announces in a Pembroke Chapel meeting that he accepts the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in New York and resigns Pembroke. He cites health strain and traffic noise, says he will not leave Liverpool before March, and notes support from Rockefeller and others urging his move.
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Pembroke Chapel
Charles F .Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
New York
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Ines
Trafic
God
Aked
Fifth Avenue Church
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Associated Press
Akad
John D. Rockefeller
Hugh Bleck
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Edinburgh
America
England
Ships Sunk in Collision Off Humber. Crew Saved
Snow storms persist across England as the Swedish steamer Orion was rammed in the River Humber by the liner Idaho from New York. The Orion sank within minutes but all crew were saved by the Idaho which then went to Hull. Bear calendar notes and local advertisements follow with a 1907 calendar promotion.
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England
Orion
Humber
Idaho
New York
Hull
Wife Beat De Raylan Shown in Domestic Life Tale
New York World account from Lucy Kwitschoff details Nicholas de Raylan a man with three so-called wives. The Chicago secretary of the Russian consulate lived in deception, keeping a wife and a Russian circle while secretly supporting two other women, with jealousy, fights, and a fatal culmination in death.
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Nicholas de Raylan
New York World
Lucy Kwitschoff
Paterson
de Raylan
Chicago
Mra Kwitschott
Lucy Bail
Robert Collings
Little Falls Road
Kwitschoff
Mra Kwitschoff
de Raylans
California Avenue
Baron Schlippenbach
Ewltschot
Phenix, Ari
Mrg de Raylanmeyer
Jeal Dugy
de Bajlan
Mia de Raglan
Annie Davidson
Juno
Mrs de Raylan
de Raylen
C. Raylan
Virginia Woman in Custody on Fifth Avenue
A refined Virginia woman was taken into custody on Fifth Avenue New York after police failed to learn details. She was moved to Bellevue Hospital for observation of her mental condition. She claimed to be Miss Codeuk of Virginia and a sister of a Nashville Supreme Court Justice.
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Bellevue Hospital
Dr Fleming
Bellevue
Miss Codeuk
Virginia
Supreme Court
Nashville
Samuel Becelsine
Jersey City
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