Roosevelt backs lock canal for Panama waterway
President Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress approving a lock canal for the Panama waterway. He attached Taft’s summary and written reports arguing locks allow safe passage by large ships and faster navigation, preferring the lock canal over sea level, with cost and timing figures and military considerations noted.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Panama Waterway
Taft
Board of Consulting Engineers
Isthmian Canal Commission
Stevens
Commission
of Congress
Chagres
Conger
Visited Isthmus and weighs sea level vs locks canal
The speaker recalls visiting the Isthmus a year and a half ago and hearing engineers discuss the choice between a sea level canal and a lock canal. He cites the majority report’s arguments and, citing the minority’s findings on locks, concludes that current time and cost make a broad sea level canal impractical despite its advantages.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Miraefiores
Isthmus
United States
Indian Land Sale Plan Faces Choctaw and Chickasaw Opposition
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee nears a report on a bill to sell 400000 acres of coal and asphalt lands held by the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations under the 1902 treaty. Indian representatives argue the plan, favoring the Secretary of the Interior and lessees, would strip tribal rights and confiscate millions in value, threatening the tribes’ interests in the vast coal field.
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Senate Committee On
United States
West
Texas
Oklahoma
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Washington
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Wey
Mansfield, McMurray & Cornish
South McAlester
J. T
Choctaws
J. F. McMurray
Clark
Wyoming
Hostetter's Will Promises Relief for Digestive Ailments
Claims thousands have been cured of poor appetite indigestion flatulence constipation dyspepsia colds grippe female complaints and general debility by using Hostetter's. Encourages readers to try it today.
Rates No Party Issue Judicial Review
A Senate interview discusses railway rate legislation and the feasibility of non reviewable government rate power. Both parties show broad support for reasonable rates with judicial review, while opposition worries about erasing courts' oversight. The Hepburn bill and a Roosevelt stance are examined for potential party-line divisions on the issue.
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Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
House
Roosevelt
Moseley
Commission
Circuit Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate Committee
Knapp
Clapp
Cockrell
Mellen Disputes Hepburn Plan on Rail Rates
Charles Mellen president of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad after White House talks says the Hepburn bill is flawed and would overly advantage large lines. He cites Philadelphia terminal facilities and urges a just law balancing passengers and carriers. Roosevelt Moody Knapp and Prouty favor a constitutional but limited appeal provision, aiming for a better bill than Hepburn.
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Charles §. Mellen
New York
Mellen
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Mr. Mellen
White House
Moody
Cannon Lawe
Clapp
Delliver
Knapp
Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Thoreoughly
Tao
Messrs. Moody, Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Congress
President declines invitation to locomotive engineers convention
The President yesterday declined an invitation to attend the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers biennial convention to be held in Memphis next May. The invitation came from W. & Stone, grand chief engineer, who visited the White House with Thomas H. Miner and Memphis citizens including Mayor Malone.
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Locomotive Engineers
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Memphis
W. & Stone
Brotherhood
White House
Thomas H. Miner
Malone
Order
Favors Assisting Alaskan Railways Hearings
W B Poland chief engineer of the Alaska Central Railway urged the Lovering bill before the House Committee on Territories to guarantee interest on railway bonds to finish projects now partially built. John E Balaine of Seattle highlighted Alaska’s mineral wealth and said development hinges on railway aid.
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W. B. Poland
Seward
Alaska
Alaska Central Railway
House Committee On Territories
Lovering
John E. Balaine
Seattle
Wash
Mineral Wealth of
Indian Seal Hunters on Strike in British Columbia
Victoria Feb 19 The steamer Queen City reports Indian seal hunters strike over price they will seal skins for this spring demanding ten dollars per skin opposed to six dollars paid last year. No schooner crews secured yet as crews unavailable.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Queen City
Vancouver Island
The Easy Oil Scott's Emulsion Marketing Pitch
The ad extols Scott's Emulsion as the easy to take cod liver oil, avoiding griping and nausea of raw oil. It warns against cheap emulsions or alcoholic substitutes, claiming superior health benefits and “fulfills every mission” of cod liver oil.
Scott and Bowne at 409 Pearl Street New York
The entry notes the address Scott and Bowne located at 409 Pearl Street in New York. The brief item lists the firm and its street location as part of a directory-like notice. References to the company name and exact address appear without additional context or events.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Tillman resolution to probe railroads coal interests and oil ties
The Tillman resolution to investigate the alleged community of interest between railroads and coal companies will be reported to the House today with amendments to focus on the core grievances of shippers. The panel also expands inquiry to Standard Oil's relations with national transportation firms. Immediate action is urged as the conference at Col Hepburn's residence concluded late last night.
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Tillman
Committee On Interstate and Toreign Commerce
Raiilroads
Standard Oil Company
Col. Hepburn
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Tulman
Gillespie
Hepburn
Townsend
Adamson
Senate
Campbell
Kansas
Oil Company
Moody
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
Congress
Commission
Naval Officers Ordered to Lighthouse Board Duty
Orders issued to Rear Admiral G. Reiter to serve on the lighthouse board in Washington. Rear Admiral B. P. Lamberton ordered home. Several midshipmen assigned to ships including Texas, Chicago, Minneapolis, Rhode Island, and others with dates in February and March 1904. Retirements announced for Gen Palmer G. Wood Gen Henry A. Reed and Col William B. Wheeler. Rhoda Island commissioned with Capt Perry Garst. Meade arrives at Honolulu. Actor Joseph T Osborne killed after falling from train.
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G. ©. Reiter
Lighthouse Board
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington, D. C
B. P. Lamberton
W. H. Booth
H. K. Aiken
J.B. Goldman
Texas
W. Wallace
Giazsford, Jr
G. Davis
W. N. Metcalf
Graves
CG. A. Woodruff
F. M. Perkins
Chicago
San Diego
Cal
Saturn
A. C. Meyers
TS. Moses
AL Sharp
L. M. Atkins
PH. Field
W. H. Stevenson
Minneapolis
B. D. Washburn, Jr
F. J. Bletcher
Jt, G. Stapler
H. B Kelly
N. M. Smith
Rhode Island
Distillation and Whisky History from Early Texts
From Usquebaugh to modern whisky the evolution of spirits is traced via distillation notes. Nettleton on reducing impurities, a pot still method, and fluids decanting at patent stills. The history cites Henry VIII era Irish practice and the broad meaning of whisky.
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wNettleton
Morewood
Admiral Reiter to Relieve Lamberton on Lighthouse Board
Rear Admiral George Reiter was ordered to relieve Rear Admiral B P Lamberton as a member of the light house board under the Department of Commerce and Labor. Lamberton will retire February 25 due to age. Reiter began service in 1861, reached rear admiral in 1995, and commanded in the Philippines.
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George . Reiter
B. P. Lamberton
Department of Commerce and Labor
Lamberton
Rejter
Philippine i
Asiatic Squadron Returns Home After Deployment
A squadron of the Asiatic squadron has remained at sea until yesterday when orders arrived to return home, ending a coastal patrol and signaling a shift in regional operations. The group, previously active in eastern waters, is now heading toward its home port.
Army Orders Leaves of Absence and Retirements
Army orders list Major Granger Adams of the Artillery Corps taking a three month leave about March 20, 1906. Lieut Col Henry G Ree’s extension lasts ten years. Col William B Wheeler of the Twenty second Infantry retires from February 1906. Brig Gen Palmer G Wood is retired from February 17, 1906. Second Lieutenant George E Welson of the Third Cavalry will proceed to the Philippines for transport to sail about March 25, 1906.
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Palmer G. Wood
Henry A. Reed
William B. Wheeler
War Department
Wood
Reed
Col. Wheeler
Twenty-second Infantry
Granger Adams
Artillery Corps
Henry G Ree
William B Wheeler
George E Welson
Third Cavalry
Philppine Islanda An
Admiral Longnecker Retires From Navy After Long Career
Rear Admiral Edwin Longnecker, late commandant of the League Island Navy Yard, has been placed on the retired list. Capt J M Daston will be promoted to rear admiral, Commander H Osterhaus to captain, and Lieutenant Commander R S Griffin to commander. Longnecker entered service in 1861 and has 17 years and 6 months of sea duty.
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Navy Department
Edwin Longnecker
League Island Navy Yard
Navy
J. 11. Daston
H. Osterhaus
R. S Griffin
Lpangnecker
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Meade
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British Parliamentary Commission On Whisky
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North American Review
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