Citizens Blamed In Brownsville Riot Case Admits Defense Sought
Testimony in the Brownsville shooting case reveals the defense claims Brownsville citizens may have fired on themselves to drive out colored soldiers. Cook Charles Dade and sergeants Fraser and Reeves contradicted key witnesses while Fraser described his Philippine service and urged credibility. The scene showed efforts by the Constitution League to urge soldiers to swear statements shifting blame away from locals.
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Cook Dade
Constitution League
Brownsville
Sergis
Fraser
Reeves
Sergi. Harris
Gilchrist Stewart
Frownsville
Charles Dade
Cook
Foster
Louisiana
Iday
Foraker
Pettus
Congress Condensed Senate Debates Taft appropriation bill
Senate discussed amendments to the Taft appropriation bill and river and harbor funding, with no conclusion reached. In Brownsville the record covers testimony on the Fort Brown raid, soldiers' uniforms, cartridge shells, and accusations of misconduct by locals. Witnesses describe the cleaning of pistols, inspection times, and confusion over who fired the shots, with ongoing questions about conspiracies and responsibilities. The hearing adjourned with further testimony expected.
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Senator Foraker
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Fort Brown
Twenty-fifth
Twenty-sixth
Brownsville
Foraker
Philippines War Expenditure Inquiry Resolution Debated
Senator Clay introduced a resolution asking the Secretary of War to report to the Senate the total U S spending in the Philippines since July 1, 1896 for equipment supplies and military operations. The inquiry seeks details on railway and road payments, soldier counts, duration of army presence, costs to maintain order, and progress toward self government. The resolution was postponed until today on Mr Spoone's suggestion.
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Secretary of War
Senate
United States
Philippines
Iuo
Lipinos
Mr. Spoane
Land Fight Hurts West as Newlands Seeks Land Patent Reforms
Senator Newlands in the Senate committee proposed a five member panel and urged a House counterpart to confer with the President and Interior Secretary to break deadlocks over land patent issues. The debate centered on resolving controversies hindering western development and a larger panel to study land law revisions while leaving holdings discussions to the committee and officials.
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Newlands
Committee On Public Lands
House
Secretary of the Interior
Department of Senior
Army records Hoyt Robinson re enlistment in Kentucky
Inspector General Galbraith of the U S Army took Robinson's deposition at Lexington, a Black trumpeter from the Twenty-fifth Infantry stationed at Brownsville, Texas, regarding rioting events on August 13. Robinson says he took no part in the riots, and no decision on his re enlistment was announced. The application appears to be the first sworn by a recently discharged soldier under War Department orders.
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Harris
Senator Overman
Roi Call
Lyons
Jerry E. Reeves
Reeves
Brownsville
Cook
Maj
Penrose
Lexington
Galbraith
United States Army
Hoyt Robinson
United States —Infantry
Tex
Robinson
War Department
Whic
Waterway Plan Defeated in House Vote on 3 Million Bond
A House vote 4 to 16 defeated an amendment to the river and harbor bill proposing a 3 million dollar appropriation to begin a waterway from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Illinois reps Madden Lorimer and Bartholdt urged the plan. Chairman Burton opposed citing feasibility and cost. Burton warned against reckless spending and noted the need to assess full costs before proceeding. The session adjourned after a lengthy debate and a test vote on a separate dam project.
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Houss
Lerbor
Chicago
Gulf of Mexico
Lorimer
Bartholt
House
Madden
Illinois
Bartholdt
Missouri
Burton
Fr. Bartholdt
Transfers Hearings Spark Clash Over Law and Fairness
Universal transfers between connecting streetcar lines in the District are not feasible, said Capital Traction President Dunlop during a Madden bills hearing before the House District Committee. He defended his company, challenged a transfer mandate as unnecessary, and criticized commissioners for implying a legal compulsion while offering no penalty. The session also covered Madden’s gas-rate proposals, with R. H. Goldsborough of Washington Gas Light arguing for a fair return and against drastic cuts, and a volunteer witness praising local gas quality.
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Washington Gas Light Company
Capital Traction Company
Madden
House District Committee
Thetus Wilbette Sims
Tennessee
Sims
Mr. Duninp
R. H. Goldsborough
Congress
Mr. Goldsborough
Chicago
Washington
Hepburn Sidelined by Cold Delays Key Railway Bills
Representative Hepburn chairing the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee is home with a severe cold and has missed two Capitol days. Pending his recovery, the committee postponed action on bills limiting railway workers to fifteen hours a day and on a two cent a mile mileage book usable on all railways. The timber and stone land law repeal bill and related land sales measures were favorably reported to the Senate, with a recommendation to relieve homestead entrymen from winter land reboarding requirements. Rural delivery operations up to February 1 show 54,323 petitions, 37,191 routes in operation, and 147 new routes in January, with 37,191 regular rural letter carriers at the start of the month.
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House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Senate
Committee On Public Lands
Forth
de Grak
William Brown McKinley
Illinois
McKinley
Clinton
Congress
Jim Trevett
Champaign
Reginald de Korver
House Committee On Patents
de Koven
Ae F. Hopkinson Smith
Thomas Nelson Page
Thurman Conkings
Blaines
Randalls
Ren’ Hills
Lamars
Senate Preas
Haa
Spanish Claims Commission seeks extension of time
President Roosevelt received a letter from former Senator William Chandler, head of the Spanish Claims Commission, requesting the extension of the commission's jurisdiction from March 2 to September 2. Of 542 claims filed totaling 61,612,077 dollars, 364,8535 have been awarded and 200 claims remain undisposed of for 75,985,601 dollars.
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Roosevelt
Congress
William ©. Chandler
The
Spanish Claims Commission
Commission
The Bitters Promises Cure All Ailments
An advertisement claims thousands across many walks of life were cured by Bitters for ailments of the stomach liver and kidneys after all other remedies failed. It invites skeptics to try a bottle to prove the benefits.
Indian Bill Stirs Senate Over Removal of Restrictions
Senate debate on removing sales restrictions in Indian Territory provoked clashes between Senators Clapp and McCumber. Clapp argued restrictions unconstitutional and harmful to landowners, while McCumber warned of land grafters. The body adjourned after a point of order halted progress, with further remarks anticipated.
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Clapp
McCumber
Indian ‘Territory
Congress
Plans for Sea Monster Battleship Revealed to Public
Senator Hale presented to the Senate a public document detailing a proposed battleship. The 51 3-½ feet long vessel would feature ten 11 inch breech rifles in five electrically controlled turrets, two forward, two aft, and one amidships, plus two submerged torpedo tubes. Secondary armament includes fourteen 5 inch guns, four 3 pounders, four 1 pounders, two field pieces, and two machine guns, with gun deck layout to maximize firing range.
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Hale
Senate
WANTS TAX OFFICE PROBED BY RESOLUTION
Representative Morrell of Pennsylvania introduced a resolution directing the Bureau of Corporations to probe how improvements and land values are ascertained by the District board of assistant assessors. It charges that property has been assessed at one third of its true value while the government paid three times assessed for the sites of new House and Senate offices.
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Morrell
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Corporations
House
Senate
Speaker Cannon Ill With Cold Amid House Debate
Speaker Cannon remains at home with a severe cold as the river and harbor bill faces all-day action in the House In the Committee of the Whole. L W Busbey said Cannon could attend if necessary but his absence will not delay business. A public hearing on the anti tipping bill from Representative Murphy of Missouri is planned but a date is not yet set. Also appears a fragment from the Princeton Herald and Somerville Journal with a quip about language and a brief exchange.
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Wan
Dalzell
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Burton
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Burlen
River and Harbor Committee
Durzen
Dalzeh
Dalge
Cannon
L. W. Busbey
Representative Murphy
Missouri
Weather maps and a cross state water bill at the Capitol
Senators study weather maps in marble rooms while Mr Platt pursues a New York water company bill to lay two pipes from Bayonne New Jersey to Staten Island. The scene features Mr Kean and the House and Senate maps showing temperature from Maine to California and from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Platt
New York
Senate
New York Water ‘Company
Bayonne
N. J
Staten Island
Kean
New Jersey
Oysters, Oaths, and a Brownsville Raid Tale in Senate
Youthful North Dakota Senator Mc Cumber spoke on the Indian appropriation bill while visitors in the Senate watched. Maj. Mann and Col. Harry Libbey hosted oysters for the press gallery, prompting jokes about timing. Senator Warner’s gun question drew laughter, and Sergt. Reeves quipped the cook’s gun was rusty from lack of use during the raid.
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McCumber
Fane
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House
Maj. Mann
Col
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Virginia
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Mr. Libbey
Libbey
Brownsville
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Sergt. Reeves
National Bank for Persia Granted Concession in Tehran
The concession for a national bank with 55 million dollars capital is signed in Teheran. It bars foreign participation and allows government revenue collection, loans, and priority in railroads and mining. The bank may issue notes if the Imperial Bank expires and may lend the government about 3.5 million dollars. London observers doubt Persia will reach the capital goal.
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Teheran
Persia
Imperial Bank of Persia
London
National Bank of Persia
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