Mail train cost debate spurs Post Office budget amendment
House members study railway mail pay amid concerns routes carry more mail than schedules show. Second Assistant Postmaster General Shallenberger defends current rates and proposes 50 cents per lineal foot for apartment car space, aiming to shift pay to railroads based on space used. Committee findings suggest potential net increase in railroad compensation, with figures showing substantial mail movement on 308 routes totaling 241,485 miles and extensive use of postal cars on 2770 routes last year.
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House
House of Representatives
Congress
House Committee On Post Offices and Post Roads
Shallenberger
Mir Shailenberger
Tauit
Sugestien Fur
Suil
United States
al- Ugh
Heiwater
Mstminster
Post-office Department
Mr Shallenberge
Miagl Rey
Nike
Travestus Offessis
Addindhal
Sillbererr
Rhoks
Postel
Tamibis and Friends
Jimoiry
Otis
Tautlan
Chicago
Timpa
Burlington
Ite
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwestern
Dixon H. Kennett
Missouri Hnes
Railway Mail Commission
Omaha
Mail, Passenger, and Freight Cars Revenue Compared
The commission compared earnings per train mile for mail, passenger, and freight trains. Mail trains paid 92 cents per mile. six through passenger trains earned 156 dollars per mile. overall passenger earnings were 13 per mile. freight trains earned 1.49 per mile. Car counts: mail 3.5, passenger 7.5, freight 2. Burling ton revenue per car: mail 26.29 cents, passenger 13.86 cents, freight 5.94 cents.
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Commission
Kennett
Burlington
Bennett
State Finances From Washington Railway and Electric Company Report
The annual report to Congress shows receipts from passengers 1 183 022 and total receipts 1 206 143. Net income from securities 362 063 and total income 1 568 662. Operating expenses 522 831 fixed charges 566 820 total expenses 1 089 662. Surplus 478 038. Dividends on preferred stock 425 000 depreciat ion ye, 50 7 0M, credit of profit and loss 638. City and Suburban Railroad total receipts 375 156 and total expenses 446 772 surplus 328 384. Boughtwood Railroad 68 248 receipts, 116 155 expenses, deficit 47 837. Georgetown and Tennallytown Railroad 341 930 receipts, 57 875 expenses, deficit 315 945. Andcolia and Potomac Railroad 459 377 receipts, 101 794 expenses, deficit 22 26.
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Washington Railway and Electric Company
Congress
City and Suburban
Boghtwood Railroad Company
Defcit
Georgetown and Tennallytown Railroad Company
Andcostia and
Fpotomac Railroad Company
Senate confirms West amid mild protests and other confirmations
The Senate confirmed Henry Litchien West as a District of Columbia commissioner after a brief debate led by Senator Scott who urged reviewing testimony from the District committee. The vote proceeded viva voce without obstruction. Other confirmations followed, including federal posts and postmasters in Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Alabama, and Colorado.
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Henry Litchien West
District of Columbia
Senate
Scott
Mr West
Warner Stutler
Viva Voce
F. Cochran
District of South Carolina
J. C. Herman Engel
Register of the Land Office
Duluth
Minn
Charles D. Ford
Denver
Col
William §. Graham
Surveyor General
California
Oregon
Merrilt A. Daker
Weston
Pennsylvania
George Lowash
Irwin
Claytord. Slater
Latrobe
John M. Carson
Homer City
Texas
Leon Wi. Barkley
Fort Worth
Alabama
William Moseley
Decatur
Wine Growers Hear House Committee On Pure Wine Bill
The Ways and Means Committee held a lengthy hearing from 2 to 5 pm with leading wine makers from New York Ohio Missouri California and other states urging a favorable report on a national pure wine law. Association officials Emerson Morgan Vance and others argued for national standards to curb adulteration while Dr H W Wiley supported the aim.
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Ways and Means Committee
House
J. Sidat Fassatt
New York
American Wine Growers’ Association
Ohio
Missouri
California
Edward R Emerson
Washingtonville
Percy T. Morgan
San Francisco
Cal
James Veel
Urbana
N. Y
Lee J Vance
New York City
Messrs
Emerson
Morgan
Vance
H. W. Wiley
District committee considers bills on punishment yard, water, and bridges
The House District Committee reported without recommendation the Adams bill proposing a whip yard post as punishment for wife beaters in the District of Columbia. A Wiley bill for water treatment was heard with $10,000 annual cost. Hazen urged filtration benefits. A Rixey bridge extension and a pharmacy regulation bill were discussed, along with Hayes bill restoring California name on the Storoughts.
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House
Adams
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Wiley
Army
Allen Hazen
Board of Engineers
Capt. Crosby
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hayes
California
Columbia Road
Massachusetts Avenue
Will Discuss Woman Suffrage at Senate Hearing
Senator Bacon told Rev Olympia Brown of Racine Wis spokeswoman for the National Equal Suffrage Association that any Senator may discuss the question by submitting a resolution. A general meeting on woman suffrage is set for February 15 in the Senate marble room. The Life saving Service retirement bill for keepers and surfmen with thirty years service or disability was favorably reported by the Senate Commerce Committee.
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Bacon
Olympia Brown
Racine
Wis
National Equal Suffrage Association
Miss Brown
Senate Marble Room
Senate Committee On Commerce
Dares Department
Federal quarantine plan limited to yellow fever control
A Southern and Gulf States coalition agreed a compromise bill to give federal and state authorities joint control of quarantine for yellow fever. The measure limits federal power to yellow fever, increases the Surgeon General salary to 7000 dollars, and funds interstate quarantine with state cooperation to prevent importation and spread of the disease. Representative John Sharp Williams said the bill should satisfy the Chattanooga convention.
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Congress
Southern
Gulf States
Ganger Zone
Senate
Mallory
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
John Sharp Williams
Chattanooga
Senator Heyburn Stricken With Appendicitis Illness
Senator Heyburn of Idaho is ill at his apartments with appendicitis. The attack is serious but not dangerous, and surgery is not expected. A physician forecasts a swift recovery with treatment, noting a prior September attack was more severe.
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Heyburn
Idaho
Hevburn
Hitt Out of Danger After Severe Indigestion Attack
Illinois Representative R. R. Hitt, hospitalized since Monday with acute indigestion and heart trouble, showed improvement and is nearly out of danger. Hitt, 13th term congressman and chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, announced last Saturday he would not seek another term due to declining health. Born January 16, 1834, he spent most of his life in Illinois after starting his career in diplomacy and state service, with early roles in Paris and as Assistant Secretary of State.
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R. R. Hitt
Illinois
Committee On Foreign Affaires
Congress
Ohio
Hitt
Ilinois
KR. M. A. Hawk
Ute
Legation
Paris
Rock River Minery
Pigune Morris College
E Pauniversity
Ee Tow
Hazing Trial Adjourned at Naval Academy Court
Annapolis Md Feb 1 The court martial trying midshipmen on hazing charges adjourned with Admiral James H Sands approval to meet Feb 13 to avoid interfering with exams The reassembly will be the day after graduation Those tried include George H Melvin Genoa Illinois and William T Boyd Jr Peoria Illinois The session reviewed yesterday’s fees and verdicts for these cases.
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Annapolis
Morehan
Naval Road
James H. Sands
George H. Melvin
Geneseo
Til
William T. Boyd, Jr
Peoria
Secretary Bonaparte Recommends Pardon for Midshipman Miller
Secretary of War Bonaparte recommends pardon for Midshipman Miller of Kentucky over a hazing conviction at Annapolis. President Roosevelt was unofficially advised and is expected to grant if Congress does not block due to academy funding concerns. The hazing act was mild, but partisan tensions in Congress threaten the pardon with potential budgetary opposition.
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Naval Academy
Bonaparte
Miller
Kentucky
Annapolis
Department of Justice
Roosevelt
Congress
Academy
House of Representatives
Defense Plans Revised by Endicott Board Members
Final meeting of the army and navy officers appointed to revise the Endicott defense plan was held yesterday. Taft, ex‑officio head, will transmit the finished report to Roosevelt. The board examined insular defenses and frontier protection, noting Canada and Mexico risks and the need to fortify Great Lakes cities.
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Board of Army and Navy
Endicott
Roosevelt
Taft
Board of Revision
United States
Canada
Mexico
Great Lake
Lakes
Wolverine
Michigan
Erie
Perry
Tranaimleston
Tennessee Omitted Preliminary Run For Trial Trip
The armored cruiser Tennessee left Cramp's shipyard for a government trial trip off Maine. Builders trust the ship meets contract specs so a Delaware capes trial is skipped. Captain W A Faulkner commands the Tennessee. Separately Savannah officers Quinn and Gillette exchange posts in river and harbor duties. A Norwegian sighting reports the derelict brig Irene off Cape Lookout as crewless and adrift. Seminole to search per Captain Ress.
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Tennessee
Philadelphia
Cramp‘s
Maine
Delaware Capes
Pennsylvania
W. A. Faulkner
Seminole
North Carolina
Ress
Irene
Cape Lookout
Revenue Cutter Service
Bell to become chief of staff and major general
President Roosevelt nominates Brigadier General J Franklin Bell to head the general staff when General Bates retires in April. Bell will be made a major general, replacing the vacancy created by Gen Chaffee. The moves place Bell as potential chief of staff as senior officers face shifts and retirements.
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Gen. Bates
Gen
Chaffee
Bell
J. Franklin Bell
Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
John C. Bates
Roosevelt
Frederick Dent Grant
Gen. Bell
Gen. Chaffee
A. W. Greely
Signal Corps
James Alien
General staff reform reshapes U.S. Army high command
General Corbin urged reserving lieutenant general for veteran deeds and naming young, energetic officers to lead the general staff. The plan, announced yesterday, makes the chief of staff the senior ranking officer while the lieutenant general role passes from Bates to Orpin to MacArthur, who will hold until 1905 or retire earlier for Leonard Wood.
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St. Louis
Sherman
Corbin
Will
Bates
Orhin
MacArthur
Leonard Wood
Army Officers Granted Leaves and Reassignments
Army orders grant four months leave for First Lieut Nathenm J Shelton Artillery Corps and sick leave for Second Lieut Francis A Ruggles Fifteenth Cavalry through April 30 1906. Capt Philip B M Walker receives one month leave after sick leave ends. First Lieut Laurence Halstead gets seven days leave. Changes in Artillery: Second Lieut Sydney H Guthrie moves to Twenty-sixth Battery and Second Lieut Loula Brinton Jr transfers to Nineteenth Battery. Leo P Quinn remains with Twenty-sixth Battery. Engineers: Lieut Col James B Ginn temporarily transfers works and property to Maj Cassiuff H Gillette. Maj Hiram M Chittenden relieved, moves to Havana Ga. Maj Gillette temporarily takes over works. Capt Benjamin F Montgomery retired for disability Jan 21 1906 and returns home. Surgeon James D Gatewood to join joint Army Navy board on first aid drawings. Capt Evan H Humphrey detailed to Quartermaster vacancy, Capt George P White to Philippines. First Lieut Gilbert Smith to Fort Riley Kansas awaiting troop arrival.
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Nathenm J. Shelton
Artillery Corps
Frencis A Ruggles
Fifteenth Cavalry
Philip B. M. Walker
Twelfth Infantry
Laurence Haletead
Thirteenth Infantry
Sydney H. Guthrie
Nineteenth Battery
Field Artillery
Twenty-sixth
Loula ©. Brinton, Jr
Field Artilery
Nineteenth
Leo P. Quinn
Corps of Engineers
James B. @ginn
Cassiuff H. Gillette
Greene
Gaynor
Quinn
Sioux City
Hiram M. Chittenden
Maj. Chittenden
Havannah
Maj
Gillette
Col
Joint Board of Medical Officers of
Army
Navy
Charles F. Stokes
United States Navy
Evan H. Humphrey
Seventh Cavalry
Quarterchester
George P. White
White
Philippine Islands
Gilbert ©. Smith
Second Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kans
Quasi Paint
Troops Draw Near Orient as U S Reads Hawaii Sites
Honolulu reports the federal government studies potential garrison grounds to house 15 000 to 20 000 troops for tropic camp life or nearer to the Orient amid China tensions. Victoria notes fears of anti foreign unrest and Peking moves while Japan opposes troop evacuations. Diamond Head area lands set aside for military use in Hawaii. Capt Montgomery retires for disability after long White House telegraph service and Spanish War duty.
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Honolulu
Tropics
Orient
China
Victoria
B. C
Peking
Japan
Shanghai
Montgomery
Benjamin F. Montgomery
Army Signal Corps
White House
Day Montgomery
Pacific Coast
Secretary Bonaparte Confined Home With Tonsillitis in Baltimore
Special to The Washington rose Beltimore Md Feb 1 Secretary of the Navy Charles 3 Bonaparte is confined to his home Park avenue and Canter street with tonsillitis He felt the attack yesterday in Washington and came to Baltimore last night A mild attack expected to subside soon There is an epidemic of tonsillitis in Baltimore Hospitals have many cases Assistant Secretary Bainbridge to handle naval affairs in his absence Orders to Naval Officers Captain J H Dayton to Asiatic station Commander Rzon assigned to Bureau of Equipment etc First Infantry sails for the Philippines from New York Feb 1 via Kilpatrick and McClellan awaiting arrival Manila by April 4
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Bell
Archipelago
Seventh Cavalry
Frederick Funston
Gen
Otis
Little Brown
Philippines
MacArthur
Malagang
Rell
Heil
Gag. Bell
United States
Infantry
Cavalry
Chaffee
War Department
West Point
New York
Santiago
Cuba
Washington Rose
Beltimore
Charles 3
Bonaparte
Park Avenue
Canter Street
Washington
Baltimore
J. H Dayton
Ktation
San Francisco
Cal
R_zon
Bureau of Equipment
Navy
W Lee
W. H." Chambers
Sonehore
Newton
First Infantry
Orient
United States Infantry
Gdi
W. G. Dugcan
Kilpatrick
McClellan
Suez Canal
Manila
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Senator Heyburn
K Banc
People’s Savings Bank
14Th St. N. W
Middy
May Grant II
Savannah
J. B. Quinn
Cassius Gillette
Col. Quinn
Chittenden
Maj. Gillettee
Secretary of War
Lamont
Ifantry
Division
Northern Department
Grosner
House of Kuppenheimer
Wright
Marcellus
Monte Cristi
Scorpion
Bon Juvi
Concert
Olongepo
St. Kits
Antigua
Diamond Head
Kupikipikio
Punch Bowl Hill
Hawai
Aan Te
Balage
Stry
Hta
Department of the Week
Barry
Ry Iy
Naval Affai House
Bradfield Regulator Co
Uu Weu
Mother’s Am FF
Neewspapref Rcbiye
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