Senators in temper five witnesses examined
Eyewitness testimony from Company D veterans, including Yuther Thornton and Winter Washington, described the Brownsville incident as confusion over town firing. Senators Foraker Overman Warner and Benner Scott clashed over questions on gun racks, inspections, and potential movements, with Reeves and Roland detailing ammunition handling and defense committee activity.
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Senate Adopts No Amendments On Indian Appropriation Bill
Congress Condensed reports the Senate defeated nearly all committee amendments to the Indian appropriation bill yesterday. Action expected today as the Senate meets at noon. In the House, the river and harbor bill with about 84 million dollars in appropriations passed, the Hill denatured tax bill was noted, and the naval appropriation bill was taken up before adjourning at 6:35 PM until noon today.
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Pension Bill Signed By President For Civil War Veterans
The President signed a service pension bill passed by the House granting monthly pensions to Civil War veterans who served 90 days or more. Eligible veterans aged 62 receive 12, 70 receive 15, and 75 receive 20 per month, with Mexican War veterans serving 60 days also included.
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Burton Victory Over River and Harbor Bill Passes Without Dissent
The House passed the river and harbor bill without a single vote against it after rejecting several amendments aimed at criticizing Chairman Burton and the Rivers and Harbors Committee. A point of order by Mr Mann struck a section seeking to fix a boundary with Canada. Debates touched on denatured alcohol and naval appropriations as adjournment neared.
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Democrats Block Santo Domingo Treaty Vote
Democrats announce they will block ratification of the Santo Domingo Convention in a Senate special session. They warn Republicans must bear responsibility if the treaty, continuing current financial relations, is ratified after March 4. The minority plans an immediate vote to shift accountability to the Republicans.
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Tilman Targets Hanks Over Rail Rate Probe in Senate
Senator Tilman moved against Charles S Hanks of Boston amid a rail rate inquiry. he urged the Attorney General and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to report if Hanks ever was paid from public funds and by whom, plus any related investigation reports. Mallory backs a copyright bill favoring automatic musical instrument makers to transfer music to records. A bill would honor Paul Jones with a navy remembrance on September 2, assigning a dress ship to all American vessels in port.
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Indian Lands Bill Enters Rough Senate Session
Senate debate over the Indian appropriation bill featured heavy committee amendments and many points of order. Key provisions on alienation of surplus lands for full-blood Indians were defeated 1 to 22, keeping the McCumber rule in place and delaying surface coal land sales in the Indian Territory.
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President suspends land order over Cherokee intermarried whites
President Roosevelt issued a suspension of Secretary Hitchcock's dispossession order in the Indian Territory. Whites who intermarried with Cherokee Indians and settled on tribal lands are given until March 6 to dispose of improvements or for Congress to act. The move follows a Supreme Court decision limiting entitlement to lands.
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Oklahoma Unfit Says Missouri Rep in Guthrie Convention
Representative Murphy of Missouri challenges the Guthrie constitutional convention for Oklahoma claiming the body failed to adopt the U S Constitution, evades Congress, misuses funds, and shows unfitness to draft a state charter for the proposed state. He urges repeal of the admission act of June 16 1906.
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La Follette Names Man for Eastern Wisconsin Marshal
Jairy A Well, Ripon former mayor and La Follette lieutenant, nominated for marshal for the Eastern district of Wisconsin. Senator Spooner finds the nomination unobjectionable and expects confirmation. Also notes Wisconsin patronage rights and a favorable Senate committee report on Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition funding. A Mississippi bill seeks pensioning Confederate soldiers and widows via Secretary Shaw.
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Shaw Denounces Sweatshop Amid Money Printing Bureau
Secretary Shaw writes to Speaker Cannon condemning the Washington building housing the Bureau of Engraving and Printing as a worse sweatshop on earth. He cites unbearable summer conditions for employees and urges improvements as the House Building and Grounds Committee plans a hearing on a bill for a new facility.
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Beveridge Calls Child Labor Report Absurd and Dangerous
Senator Beveridge denounces the House Judiciary Committee report on the child labor bill as absurd legally and dangerous politically. He argues it ignores Supreme Court decisions and existing laws, warns against cloaking reform measures in a junior Senate run judiciary, and calls for direct Congressional votes on reforms.
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Morrell Defends District School Reorganization Plan
Representative Morrell of Pennsylvania released a statement defending his bill to reorganize the District of Columbia schools into nine local boards with a central school board. He argues the central board is essential for system life and efficiency, while local boards reduce friction, foster local pride, and cost nothing, attracting strong neighborhood talent.
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Senator Lodge Denies Criticism of Massachusetts Leader
Senator Lodge repudiates a Boston published claim that he denounced Gov Guild’s letter to the President urging an extra Congress session for tariff reciprocity. He says the letter was proper and he backs tariff revision as Massachusetts supports. He asserts he will not cross party lines to pursue tariff changes and warns against Democratic revision hurting protection.
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Philippines Report Fought In Senate Over War Spending
Senator Clay of Georgia pressed a resolution demanding information from the Secretary of War on army and navy expenditures in the Philippines. Republicans opposed, Lodge and Spooner offering limits and alternatives, Aldrich noting lack of War Department data. The measure was laid over until today.
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Promotions and legal notes from the Senate and Supreme Court
The President sent nominations to the Senate including George E Pond to retired brigadier general and other posts such as John J Boyce and an Alaska claim. Also testimony plans were announced by Commissioner Maher in the Sheriff Bhbip contempt case with hearings set.
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Tipping Bill Favored by Murphy in House Debates
Representative Murphy leads a push to abolish tipping in the District, with House District Committee approval and plans to debate Monday. He cites legislators' concerns about restaurant charges and aims to set an example for the nation. A boycott strategy is proposed by Mr Adamson to curb hotel and boarding house extortion on lawmakers.
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Indian budget talk and a ship named for the G AR
At the Capitol Speaker Cannon’s absence prompts Col Busbey to report on medical ranks in the army and a proposal to fund a battleship by G A R subscriptions. Senate debate on Indian lands and federal aid follows with Spooner condemning pure land sales and Fairbanks lightening the mood with dry humor.
W A Smith resigns from the Michigan delegation
Representative William Alden Smith of Michigan's Fifth District resigns from the Fifty-ninth Congress effective February 9 1907. The House applauded his departure as he leaves for a broader field of public service with thanks for his conduct and a letter to Speaker Cannon conveys his respect and appreciation. Charles J Byrnes arrives with Smiths election credentials to become Senator and will be sworn in Monday. Favorable Lighthouse Bills: Frye instructed to report omnibus lighthouse measures with Senate-endorsed amendments likely.
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Ispheming, Mich
Senate Committee On Commerce
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Comment on De mortuis nil in Foraker interview
Senator Foraker refused to finish a controversial quotation about the dead, declining to endorse the phrase nisi bonum when confronted with a claimed interview about his stance against Republican administrations. The exchange resonated amid broader political coverage in the period.
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Ohno
Prelate O Gorman Visits War Secretary Taft
Bishop O Gorman of Sioux Falls called on Secretary Taft and spoke briefly. The meeting was described as without significance though O Gorman is an old friend of Taft and had been in Rome during Taft's Vatican visit related to the friar lands in the Philippines and in the negotiations there.
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Cuba Rural Guards Plan Under Delayed US Approval
Governor Magoon has asked Secretary Taft to suspend indefinitely a decree to raise Cuba’s rural guard to 12 000 men. Protests cross party lines as recruitment may continue to fill the force after American troops depart. War Department says the enrollment provision is militia-like and not a forced draft.
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Returning Dead Letters Under New Handling Method
By direction of the Postmaster General a new method for unclaimed domestic dead letters was enacted. Envelopes are opened without contents examination and sent to 25 clerks to pick deliverable items. January totals show 1,022,700 opened, 266,231 returned, and $7,459 found in 7,986 letters. Eighty percent of returnables were restored. more clerks planned to reach full efficiency. Special efforts push for return addresses to improve results.
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de Graw
Central America warlike tensions prompt naval caution
The State Department urged the Navy to consider dispatching ships to Central America as dispute talks proceed in San Salvador. The Chicago and Yorktown, after drydock repairs, head south, likely stopping at Salvadorean or Nicaraguan ports. Senor Cordova met Secretary Root about Salvador Honduran border tensions, while Mr Merry aided arbitration efforts with Mexican influence expected to assist again.
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Speaker Cannon Improves After Grip Attack
Speaker Joseph Cannon, confined at home with a grip threat, shows marked improvement last evening. The fever has subsided, and if no setback occurs he may take a short walk this afternoon, but will not visit the Capitol until tomorrow. Dr Sowers hopes for full recovery by Saturday.
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Germans Favor Foreign Traders in Tsingtau Report
A State Department consular report from Tsingtau in Shantung Province states Germans in the port are friendly to non German merchants and that German officials seek diversified competition. The report notes German is the Shantung trade language and many native shopkeepers speak a pidgin German. Ambassador Nabuco of Brazil will address Buffalo Liberal Club on Latin American trade relations in light of Secretary Root’s South American visit.
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Cure for cough claimed by lung specialist
A noted authority on lung trouble recommends a home remedy for colds and coughs. The mixture uses virgin pine oil, glycerine, and whisky in measured doses, claimed to break a cold in 24 hours and cure any curable cough. The preparation must use the genuine pine oil in sealed druggist vials made by Leach Chemical Co of Cincinnati.
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