District Bills Pass for Street Extensions and Rail Changes
The House approved multiple measures to extend streets and update the rail system. Actions included widening roads, extending Minnesotas and Massachusetts avenues, and authorizing the City and Suburban Railway to relocate tracks, with debates on freight use and potential property questions. The session also addressed a hospital admission bill and gas price legislation amid procedural wrangling.
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Smith
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Hepresenta
Tennessee
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Congress
Mann
Sime
Milla Avenue
Franklin Street
Twentieth Street
Rhode Teland
Grenwood Cemetery
Massachusetts Avenue
Fortieth Street
Bowen Road
City and Suburban Railway Company
Michigon Avenue
Munroe Street
Baltimore
Ohio
Usis
Twelfth Street
Hunker Hill
Ilinais
Plan site for memorial discussion by Columbus commission
The Columbus memorial commission will meet at 10 o clock in Secretary of War Wrights office to discuss the character and location of a memorial to Lincoln. Yesterday’s meeting was abandoned for lack of a quorum. Members include the Secretary of State the Secretary of War Senator Wetmore former Representative Melleary and E L Hearn supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus. P H Burnham was in consultation with Secretary Wright yesterday and will meet the commission tomorrow to share his view on the most suitable Lincoln memorial.
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Columbus Memorial
Columbus Memorial Commission
Wright
Wetmore
Melleary
E. L. Hearn
The
Knights of Columbus
P. H. Burnham
Commission
Lincoln
$50 000 Sent to Sufferers in Earthquake Relief Effort
The Christian Herald funded relief for earthquake victims, supplying $1,000 daily for three weeks, totaling $3,000, with an additional $5,000 contributed. Miss Mabel Boardman sent funds via Ambassador Mayer des Planches. A local case involves “the woman in brown” Mrs Aimee S Lloyd to be released from prison for return to trial. Arthur M Poynton resigns from District service after nine years, moving to private work. T H Pardo de Tavera resigns from Philippine commission for ill health, with Juan Sumolong named to the vacancy.
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Italy
Christian Herald
Mabel Boardman
Red Crogs
Mayer Des Planches
Brown
Aimee S. Lloyd
Washington
Rochester
Mlan
Stillwater
Bis City
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
Philippine Commission
Juan Sumolong
Rizal
Philippine Court of Firat Instance
Inaugural Plans for Taft Ceremony at Capitol Unveiled
Details of the forthcoming inauguration outline arrangements for Chief Justice Fuller to administer the oath to President elect Taft. The parade reviewing stands open February 20, with Marine units and sailors from several yards to participate. A joint congressional committee has printed a souvenir program and announced seating, processions, and security plans for the Capitol event.
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Waft
Knox
Idee
Bacon Ang
Burke, Young
Gaines
Joint Congressional Committee
Fuller
Taft
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Senate Chamber
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Cradk Acmimntary Marching Club
South Bethleham
Haw
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J.devis Brodhead
Bennsylvania
W. A. McCleary
Patansto Company
Knigtta
Pythias
Baltimore
Chat Morgan
Henry Bellheimer
Bufaio
Erie County Republican Committee
John “B. Larner
Lafayette ‘Andare
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Colorado
LeRoy Mark
Lafayette
Larner
Market Place
Seventh
West
Ninth
Fifteenth Streets
United States Marines
James FE. Mahoney
Wendel C. Neville
R. R Sterner
L. M. King
George H. Murray
Staunton
Col
H. H.wart
Virginia
Minister Godoy Relieved In Embassy Rotation
Jose T. Godoy, former Mexican minister and chargé d affaires, has been relieved of his duties. Victoriano Salado Alvarez is appointed chargé d'affaires. Berra, the new ambassador, will reach Washington from Mexico in a few weeks. Godoy will depart for Havana to resume his post as minister to Cuba.
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Jose T. Godoy
Creel
Nocencade
Don Francisco de la Berra
Cuba
Havana
Victoriano Salado Alvarez
Berra
Washington
Mexico
Professional Cards and Rail Rate Debate
A mixed clipping notes two items. One lists professional cards for Josef Kaspar with connections to cor ts tidiy Georgetown Orchestra in radio and a Mist address. The other reports Senator Elkins presenting the Senate with a report on the Futton bill limiting Interstate Commerce Commission power to suspend railroad rate changes, arguing it would centralize rate setting and prompt protests, while noting current law permits protests and that hearings proceed without formal pleadings.
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Josef Kaspar Wonincor
Elkins
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Voices Power of Senate faces executive resistance
The dispute between Senate and President grows over the refusal to permit the Attorney General to explain why he will not pursue action against the steel trust for absorbing the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. Senator Rayner offered a resolution asserting Senate power to compel obedience and testimony from all civil officers, a measure aligned with earlier proposals by Bacon and Teller.
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Senate
Steel Trust
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Rayner
United States
Bacon
Teller
Battleships Expensive Costs For Upkeep Revealed
Secretary Newberry reports to the Senate that maintaining a first class battleship in repair and ready condition costs 109,856 dollars per year excluding major overhauls. Coal expenses for fiscal year 1908 totaled 5,544,945 dollars after transport and storage, with suppliers ranging from 2.60 to 6.75 dollars per ton.
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Clay
Senate
Newberry
Sixteer
House votes to disagree with Senate on district appropriation amendments
The House opposed the Senate amended district appropriation bill yesterday. Representative Gardner of Michigan moved to disagree and demand a conference. The motion passed and the Speaker named conferees Gardner Michigan Madlen Illinois Burleson Texas to negotiate.
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Senate
Gardner
Michigan
Madlen
Ilinois
Burleson
Texas
Witness Helped Extradition Defendant Arrested in Old Jewel Theft
New York February 8 An appearance by a witness in an extradition case tied to the murder in Glasgow led to the arrest of David Jacobs a London jewelry dealer charged with taking part in a $7000 theft from the Earl of Chesterfield. Jacobs appeared to sign a deposition for Slater and was seized at the Tombs awaiting an extradition warrant from Washington. He was committed without bail as the case proceeds.
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Earl of Chesterfield
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Slater
United States
Henke Técalied
Washington
Chesterfext Mattek
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