Democrats Hope Annexation Favored by Reciprocity Debate
Washington Post discusses how Democrats in Congress, led by Mr. Clark, favor reciprocity with Canada and hint at annexation as a goal. The piece notes Taft's stance contrasts with Democratic support and questions whether future House actions may push annexation as a policy aim.
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Champ Clark
House
North Pole
Norris
Nebraska
Mr. Clark
Canada
Mr. Daizett
Sandwich Islands
Taft
Champ Clerk
Clark
Jaji Bin Ydris and the Senate Claim of Compensation
A fragmented tale narrates Jaji Bin Ydris from Jolo Sulu, vessel owner and boatman, as a U S procession considers AM No 1631 to pay him 740 dollars for his lost craft Panco after colliding with the Ogden off Pilas Island. The senator’s bill moves. the scene shifts to home pride and distant civility.
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Jaji bin Ydris
Jolo
Island
Sulu
Pilas Island
Panco
Jast
United States
Ogden
bin Ydina
Adack
Ja bin Ydris
Jafi bin Ydris
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Jaji bin Yaris
Jaii
Samar
Isle
Hin Yaris
Jaji
Mre
Furtheat
Federal Judge Attacks Pure Food Prosecutions In Court
The article reports Judge Holt condemning federal tactics in enforcing the pure food law, criticizing interstate purchase methods used to build cases. It discusses constitutional tensions with states rights, potential conflicts with the Department of Justice, and the law’s aim to curb adulteration while noting ongoing Nicaragua and Pan American topics.
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Holt
Wiley
Tig Honor
New York
Judge Holt
Immigration Service
Department of Justice
The Oregon Idea in Bourne’s Proposals for Reform
Senator Bourne extols Oregon as a political Commonwealth and the model for national reform. He cites the Australian ballot registration direct primary initiative referendum Corrupt practices act and presidential preference bill as core features. He traces history from Cromwell to Jefferson to frame the case for progress and popular sovereignty.
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Oregon
Bourne
Cromwell
Locke
Hume
Jean Jacques
Thomas Jefferson
G. Hill
New York Tribune
Jonathan Bourne
Kant
Thomas Paine
Jean Jacques Rousseau
France
Senate
United States
Louis
Trianons
Eckert claims Booth body thrown into Delaware Bay
Gen Eckert testified in Surrogate Cohalan's court that he and three others disposed of John Wilkes Booth's body by throwing it into Delaware Bay after retrieving it from a burial site. He said he was the last survivor of the quartet and recounted the secret task.
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Eckert
Delaware Bay
New York Tribune
James Clendenin Eckert
Thomas T. Eckert
Western Union Telegraph Company
Cohalan
Thomas T. Eckert, Jr
Richard G. Page, Jr
Thomas Reilly
Etheron
N. J
Russell Sage
Gen. Eckert
Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Reilly
Treasury ruling hits poor transatlantic travelers hard
New Treasury order excludes from the $100 duty free value of articles travelers bring home from foreign ports except wear on the person toiletries and essentials for sea voyage. Many arrivals, like on the Bermuda liner Oceana, know little of the change and cannot afford small abroad purchases now taxable. Customs inspectors complain of overwork and underpay, noting their crucial role in valuing imports and securing duties, with salaries around 1200 dollars and many resignations.
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Treasury
New York Times
New Treasury
Bermuda
Oceana
Board of General Appraisers
New York
Colonials in the Lords debate reforms for empire
From the Montreal ware, Lord Curzon of Kedleston suggests reforming the House of Lords by adding colonial members. The idea faces resistance in both colonies and Britain. A colonial peer would be unpopular with Britain’s radical majority, who favor abolition of peers. The Lords may evolve into a senate not tied to hereditary birth.
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Senate
House
Montreal
Curzon
Kedleston
House of Lords
Great Britain
Alfred Rothschild
Albert Rothschild
Vienna
Hoffaehig
Imperial House
Count Golouchowski
Nathaniel
Rothschild
Golouchowski
Qualified for Free Trip From the Sar Fraucisey Van
A man visits Northwestern Pacific passenger agent J. J. Geary to claim a free trip under a law granting transport to required caretakers of livestock poultry and fruit. He jokes that an aunt that's a hen, a girl that's a peach, and a nephew that's a mule make him an eligible party.
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J. J. Geary
Northwestern Pacific
Geary
Larry
War and Invention in the Arts of War
CH Claudy argues in St Nicholas that every invention bears on war from balloons and air ships to wireless telegraphy and condensed foods. He notes bids in wireless tech fail to be the most important modification of the fighting brain and nerves.
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CH. Claudy
St. Nicholas
A Large Contract From the Heston Transcript
A dialogue scene shows a tramp negotiating a meal with a woman who offers food if he cuts wood. The tramp resists, saying he doesn’t want a lavish banquet and questions the price. The exchange hints at practical streetwise bargaining in a tense urban setting.
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Heston Transcript
Jady
Lady Sarah Wilson Boer War heroine arrives in New York
Lady Sarah Wilson arrives on the Cunard liner Mauretania for a weeks long stay in New York. She is the daughter of the seventh Duke of Marlborough and aunt to Winston Churchill. A noted war heroine, she served with Col. Gordon Wilson during the Mafeking siege, earned Red Cross honors, and was twice captured by the Boers.
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Sarah Wilson
New York
Cunard
Mauretania
Duke of Marlborough
Lord Randolph Churchill
Duke
England
Home Department
Winston Churchill
Col
Gordon Wilson
Royal Horse Guards
Samuel Wilson
Col. Wilson
Robert Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Sarah
Order of the Red Cross
Messates
Boernes
Edward VII
London
Edward VI
George V
Hampton Court
India
Rockies
Mons
East
Africa
Australia
North
Eton
Roderick McLean
Queen Victoria
Windsor
Leslie Murray Robertson
Windsor Castle
Insanity and a Bank Break Quip in Telegraph Humor
A brief comic exchange from the New York Telegraph mocks insanity as an awful thing and quips that breaking a bank would be a greater misdeed, highlighting a sharp wartime era wit.
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The
New York Telegraph
Education in Africa Plans Native College in South America
The South African native races committee plans a central college for training native teachers and higher education in Fort Hare Cape Province near the Lovedale Institution. Endorsed by Lord Selborne and Lord Milner, with broad church and academic support, the project seeks $250000 initial funding and has already raised European and native contributions.
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Springfield Republican
South African Native Races Committee
South America
Lord Selburne
Lord Milner
Lincoln and
Birmingham
Godfrey Langden
Sadler
E. B. Sargent
High Commissioner
South Africa
South African Native Affairs Commission
Fort Hare
Cape Province
Lovedale
Lieutenant Black Buys $25,000 House in Five Minutes
Lieut Roger Derby Black U S A staggered a local realty agent by closing a $25 000 deal in five minutes for a rambling new house at the junction of State street and Washington avenue overlooking Washington park and the Normal School grounds. He paid cash and acted as casually as buying shoes.
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New York Herald
Roger Derby Black
State Street
Washington Avenue
Washington Park
New Normal School
Lieut. Black
Engineering Corps
Army
Upper
Hudson
West Point
Col. Black
Black
Miss Smith
Portland
Gov. Dix
Lieut
Dapperieutenant
Chief Smith Holds Six Borough Roles in Netcong
Alvin C. Smith of Netcong New Jersey holds six borough jobs including chief of police and water department posts. He was reappointed by the borough council and received a monthly raise. The total raise amounts to 45 dollars monthly for the six roles with an additional water collection percentage worth about 12 dollars and 30 cents.
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New York World
Alvin C. Smith
Netcong
N. J
Chief Smith
Collector Smith
Smith
Officer Smith
Alvin
Police Department
Water Department
Borough Hall
Distance Lends Enchantment to the View Quoted
From the Philadelphia press a pretty girl quotes distance lending enchantment to the view while a young man replies that saying you are far off carries ambiguity in their exchange.
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Philadelphia
Albany Deadlock Costs State Big Taxpayer Bill
Albany Dispatch reports the senate stalemate in Albany has cost taxpayers at least 2500 per day for nearly five weeks, totaling about 62500, with the legislature delivering scant legislation. Democrats pause to reassess and consider the impact on a businesslike administration as they weigh ending the tie up amid ongoing committee hearings.
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Albany
New York Herald
Capitol
Song of Gray Days and Other Clippings
A collage of verse and prose items includes Leon Rutledge Whipple’s gray day poem about wandering memory and friendship, Theodosia Garrison’s reflection on youth and enduring bond, plus a risqué mail-language anecdote about a widow and husbands. It also features weather notes from Kansas City and light witticisms on manners and aging.
Reflections of 4 Bachelor from the New York Press
The devil knew his business when he invented idleness. A college education takes years to sprout afterward. A girl is pretty sure a man loves her until he proves it. The sorrow a woman hides deepens the joys she shares. We love people for their feelings toward us and hate them for the same reason.
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New York Press
Interpreting Capital Visitors on Cotton, Trade and Cuba
Portland era interviews feature Judge Hamilton McWhorter of Athens on Georgia cotton stability and a ten year growth in the South. Henry G Riggs of Baltimore pushes Baltimore as convention host. J Ryan of Virginia warns on reciprocity amid farm price shifts. C A Johnson Harding of Havana cautions about Cuba fortunes and business needs.
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Mississippi
South
Harmon
Woodrow Wilson
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