Railways face 10 percent cut in railway mail pay plan
House aims to amend the Post Office appropriation bill to reduce railway mail pay by 10 percent. Second Assistant Postmaster General Shallenberger defends current rates and suggests paying railroads for space in apartment cars. Committee staff cite concerns over cost, efficiency, and past amendments, noting routes, car types, and total mileage in railway mail service.
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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
Rail car earnings reveal mail trains lag in miles profits
A railway commission analyzed earnings per train mile across mail, passenger, and freight trains. Mail trains earned 92 cents per mile while passenger trains averaged 156 dollars per mile from passengers alone. Overall, freight lines earned 149 cents per mile. Cars per train showed mail trains with 31 1 2 cars, passenger trains 71 2, and freight trains 2. The Burl ington paid 26 29 cents per mile for a mail car, 13 86 cents for a passenger car, and 5 94 cents for a freight car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Kennett
Burlington
Bennett
States Finances for Year From Washington Railway and Electric
The Washington Railway and Electric Company reported annual figures to Congress showing total receipts of 1,206,143 with net income from securities at 362,063 and total income 1,568,662. Operating expenses reached 522,831 and fixed charges 566,820, leaving a surplus of 478,038 allocated to dividends, depreciation credit, and other items. Additional railroads reported mixed results: City and Suburban had 375,156 receipts and 446,772 expenses with 328,384 surplus. Boughtwood recorded 68,248 receipts with 116,155 expenses and a 47,837 deficit. Georgetown and Tennallytown had 341,930 receipts and 57,875 expenses for a 315,945 deficit. Andcostia and Potomac showed 459,377 receipts and 101,794 expenses for a 2226 deficit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Mr West amid mild protest and follow‑ups
The Senate confirmed Henry Litchien West as a DC commissioner despite a brief protest by Senator Scott. Scott urged lawmakers review district testimony from investigations into West, but did not block the viva voce confirmation. Additional confirmations included land office registers and postmasters across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
House Hearing On National Pure Wine Law By Committee
A long Ways and Means hearing on the national pure wine bill was held with 15 to 20 leading wine makers from New York, Ohio, Missouri, California and beyond urging favorable action. Association leaders Emerson Morgan Vance outlined aims to curb adulteration and protect the industry. Dr. Wiley signaled support while committee members showed favorable interest.
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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 Reports On Bills Involving District Affairs
The House District Committee reported without recommendation a bill by Representative Adams on a whip yard post as punishment for wife beaters in the District of Columbia. Ten votes for, three against, with next District day February 12 to discuss and decide. The panel also heard the Wiley bill on water supply purification and chemical treatment. Hazen favored filtration improvements at $10,000 annual cost. Rixey bill to extend highway bridge completion drew support. A pharmacy practice bill and Hayes measure to restore a historic district name also advanced.
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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 In Senate Hearing
Senator Bacon announced at a hearing on the Woman suffrage bill that any Senator could discuss the question by submitting a resolution. Rev Olympia Brown of Racine Wis spokeswoman for the National Equal Suffrage Association said delegation members would instruct their friends. A general meeting on woman’s suffrage is set for February 15 in the Senate marble room. The Life saving Service retirement bill, allowing three fourths pay for keepers and surfmen serving thirty years or disabled, was favorably reported by the Senate Commerce Committee. The Departments recommended the bill to enable a high standard of men in the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shallenberger
Nike
Travestus Offessis
Addindhal
Sillbererr
Rhoks
Postel
Tamibis and Friends
Jimoiry
Otis
Tautlan
Bacon
Olympia Brown
Racine
Wis
National Equal Suffrage Association
Miss Brown
Senate Marble Room
Senate Committee On Commerce
Dares Department
Chaffee
War Department
Secretary of War
Quarantine Bill Aims for Federal State Cooperation
Southern and Gulf legislators push a national quarantine measure limited to yellow fever. The plan increases the Surgeon General salary to 7000 and calls for Public Health and Marine Hospital Service joint action with states to enforce interstate quarantine and prevent importation and spread of yellow fever. Representative J Sharp Williams says the bill should appeal to the Chattanooga convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Idaho Senator Heyburn Ill With Appendicitis
Idaho Senator Heyburn is ill at his apartments with appendicitis and not in danger The attending physician expects the ailment will yield to treatment An earlier attack last September was more severe but required no operation Senator Heyburn is ailing but stable and under care
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heyburn
Idaho
Hevburn
Hitt Out of Danger After Severe Indigestion Attack
Illinois Representative R R Hitt, longtime congressman and chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, improved last night after a serious illness with acute indigestion and heart trouble. He has been at home since Monday and now appears out of danger. Hitt, a Cleveland native who settled in Illinois, announced last Saturday that he will not seek another term. His physicians, Drs. W G Morgan and T A Clater, expect a rapid recovery. He began public service in 1874 in Paris and has served in Congress since 1881 following the death of KR M A Hawk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Adjourns At Naval Academy
Annapolis Md Feb 1 the court martial trying midshipmen on hazing charges adjourned with admiral Sands consent to meet February 13 next to avoid interfering with exams begun yesterday. The reassembly is the day after graduation, ensuring all first class members not yet tried graduate though charges may follow. The session lasted about an hour reviewing yesterday's proceedings.
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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
The pardon secretary urged by Bonaparte recommends pardoning Midshipman Miller of Kentucky for a hazing conviction at Annapolis. Roosevelt may grant the pardon once the application reaches him, barring congressional opposition tied to academy funding. Miller’s act was mild and technical, with debate over hazing laws and budget implications for the Naval Academy.
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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 Officers
A final meeting of the Endicott board tasked with revising national defense plans was held yesterday. Taft will transmit the completed report to Roosevelt, with subcommittees having studied insular defenses and frontier protection, recognizing obsolete elements and the need for modern fortifications on the Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Army and Navy
Endicott
Roosevelt
Taft
Board of Revision
United States
Canada
Mexico
Great Lake
Lakes
Wolverine
Michigan
Erie
Perry
Tranaimleston
Tennessee Omit Preliminary Run For Trial Trip
The armored cruiser Tennessee sails from Cramp's shipyard for the government trial off Maine, skipping the usual Delaware capes run due to confidence in meeting contract specs. Captain W A Faulkner commands. Also noted are changes in Savannah river district engineer leadership and a search for the derelict brig Irene by the Seminole, after a Norwegian sighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Philadelphia
Cramp‘s
Maine
Delaware Capes
Pennsylvania
W. A. Faulkner
Seminole
North Carolina
Ress
Irene
Cape Lookout
Revenue Cutter Service
Bell to be Chief of Staff and Major General
President Roosevelt nominates Brig. Gen. J Franklin Bell to become lieutenant general and chief of staff upon Gen. Bates retirement in April. The move marks a rapid rise for Bell, famed for action in the Philippine conflict and as head of the Infantry and Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth.
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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
Military command reshuffle at St Louis with Corbin advise
General Corbin urged reserving lieutenant general rank for veteran officers and emboldening a younger staff. President accepted, elevating officers from Bates to Orhin and then MacArthur, who will hold the role until 1905 unless retiring earlier to allow Leonard Wood succession.
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St. Louis
Sherman
Corbin
Will
Bates
Orhin
MacArthur
Leonard Wood
Army orders change officers and grant leaves
The Army issues leave of absence for several officers including First Lieut Nathenm J Shelton and Second Lieut Frencis A Ruggles with specified dates. Several officers gain or move assignments in Artillery Corps and Corps of Engineers. Retirement and cross service details involve Capt Benjamin F Montgomery and Capt Evan H Humphrey with transfers to the Philippines and Fort Riley duties. Surgeon James D Gatewood joins a joint Army Navy medical board to standardize equipment.
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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
Havanneh
Maj
Gillette
Benjamin F. Montgomery
Signa Corpa
Army
James D. Gatewood
United States Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Joint Board of Medical Officers of
Army and
Navy
Charles F. Stokes
Evan H. Humphrey
Seventh Cavalry
Quarterchester
George P. White
White
Philippine Islands
Gilbert ©. Smith
Second Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kans
Quasi Point
Troops Near Orient and Hawaii Lands Reserved for Military Use
Honolulu reports the federal government explores sites for large troop garrisons to acclimate troops to tropics or prepare for potential Orient conflicts with China. Empress of China notes fears of anti foreign unrest in China as Peking acts minimally. President sets aside Diamond Head Kupikipikio and Punch Bowl Hill lands for military reservations pending surveys. Captain Montgomery retired for disability after long White House telegraph duty.
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Honolulu
Tropics
Orient
China
Victoria
B. C
Peking
Japan
Shanghai
Diamond Head
Kupikipikio
Punch Bowl Hill
Hawai
Secretary Bonaparte Confined at Home with Tonsillitis
Special to The Washington Rose Baltimore Feb. 1 Secretary of the Navy Charles Bonaparte is confined to his home at Park Avenue and Canter Street with tonsillitis. He suffered a mild attack in Washington and arrived in Baltimore last night. An Baltimore an epidemic of tonsillitis is reported, with doctors and nurses in hospitals assisting. Bonaparte is expected to resume official duties within the week. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Barry and others are handling naval affairs meantime. Also listed are naval officer assignments and transfers, including captains and lieutenants to and from Asiatic station, Cavite, Guam, and other posts. First Infantry sails for the Orient from New York, bound for the Philippines with arrival anticipated in 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
Stry
Hta
Department of the Week
Barry
Ry Iy
Naval Affai House
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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Timpa
Ite
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwestern
Dixon H. Kennett
Missouri Hnes
Railway Mail Commission
Omaha
Washinton Railway and Electric Company
Mr.west
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
Lamont
Ifantry
Division
Northern Department
Grosner
House of Kuppenheimer
Wright
Marcellus
Monte Cristi
Scorpion
Bon Juvi
Concert
Olongepo
St. Kits
Antigua
Montgomery
Army Signal Corps
White House
Day Montgomery
Pacific Coast
Aan Te
Balage
Seridgeanaur
Appli
Bradfield Regulator Co
Uu Weu
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