Omnibus War Claims Bill Blocked After Heated Debate
The House adjourned without acting on a war claims bill carrying nearly one million dollars to settle long running Bowman act, French spoliation, and miscellaneous cases. Illinois Congressman Mann attacked the omnibus measure amid criticism of government handling of private citizens, while Chairman Mahon defended the bill and claimed some support for full payment of the Schiffner claim. The dispute centered on historic cotton proceeds tied to a Savannah firm and whether the original owners could recover.
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Uncle Sam
House
Schiffer & Co
Congress
Mann
Illinois
Mahon
Committee On
War Claims
Savannah
Ecotton
United States
Supreme Court
Schiffner & Co
Aliso
Court of Claims
Charles B Stark
Joseph C. Stark
Iiti
Cotton men bluff statement from Livingston in New York
Representative Livingston of tevergla Maine states the board of managers of the New York Cotton Exchange faces pressure over alleged fraud orders. He asserts the push is aimed at the governing body and steering committee, not at him personally, and that many honest men remain in the exchange.
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Livingston
Tevergla
Meoteeday
New York Cotton I Thange
New York
Dun
Comaull
Rity of Brining
Abet
Lumelf
Jordan
Southrrn Cott Growers’ Association
Cher
Festofics Department
The
Exchange
Englebright Named to House Committee in Williamson's Place
In the House the Speaker announced Rep Englebright of California to the Committee on Mines and Mining, replacing Rep Williamson of Oregon who was elected to the Fifty seventh Congress but did not attend any sessions. Williamson was indicted for fraud, appealed, and has not appeared in the Capitol since his 1884 election.
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Oregon
Triad
Cent
Haa
Tm Ie Caplio
California
Pacific Coast
Panama
Isthmus
Bartholdt Receives Bronze Medal For Peace Efforts
Representative Richard Bartholdt of Missouri, chairman of the American branch of the Interparliamentary Union, received through Nicholas Murray Butler a bronze medal from Baron d Estourneile de Constant of the Association for International Conciliation. The award honors Bartholdt for service to universal peace. Also note changes to Washington Southern Railway schedules effective January 6 1907 and various Seaboard and Atlantic Coast Line departures and arrivals with adjusted times and limited stops.
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Richard Bartholdt
Missouri
Interparliamentary
Uunia
Nicholas Murray Butler
Salues
Baron d’Estourneile de Constant
Association For Internatonal Conciliation
Bartholdt
Washington
Richmond
A. C. la
Seaboard Frida Limited
Penboard Express
New York
Florida
Beahoara Uxprosa
South
Seatwart Porida Limited
Puffman
Excore Mundas
A. cL
Byccid
Alt Pilliman Tars
Bespendean Mall
Outh
Postal rates debate presses reform for semiweekly papers
Mr Randall of Texas argued that newspaper postage rules from over twenty five years ago fail to reflect modern mail service. He urged changing the law to make semiweekly and triweekly papers eligible for the same 1 cent rate as weekly papers, ensuring local delivery in towns without letter carriers and preserving access for farmers and rural readers.
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Randall
Texas
Post-Office Department
Foraker Leads Plan to Preserve Inquiry into Troop Discharge
Republican Senate leaders plan to adopt the Foraker resolution as is to probe the discharge of a Texas battalion of Negro troops amid rioting accusations. They reject Senator Lodge of Massachusetts' amendment to limit the inquiry, referring the Lodge proposal to the Judiciary Committee for possible pigeonholing while ensuring a thorough military affairs review.
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Ohio
Senate
Senaor Lodge
Massachusetts
Nator Foraker
Lodge
Texas
Foraker
Iowa
Committee On Judiciary
Yoraker
Judiciary
Repub
Tean
Senator Lodge
Hart B Holton Dead Former Maryland Congressman
Hart B. Holton, sixty six, former Maryland congressman and Meadow View Stock Farm proprietor, died at his country home in Baltimore County after a chronic ailment. native of Cecil County, brother-in-law to former Postmaster General James A. Gary, he left no children. After Congress he ran for Maryland governor as a Republican and then retired to focus on horse breeding. Meadow View Stock Farm gained fame for trotting stock and the Orange Blossom strain produced notable winners.
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Baltimore
Hart B. Holton
Meadow View
Baltimore County
Holton
Cecil County
James A. Gary
Cornelia A. Gary
Maryland
Frank Intown
Hig Farm
Bat
Dr Edward Griggs to Lecture on Great Moral Leaders in Washington
The Playground Association announces a lecture series by Dr Edward Howard Griggs of New York City. The opening talk in Washington at the Church of the Covenant will cover Socrates with four additional topics Sauvaronola Carlyle Emerson and Tolstoi. Seats at 1927 F Street limited and priced. lectures aimed to be widely accessible.
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the Playground Association
Edward Howard Griggs
New York City
Griggs
Washington
Church of the Covenant
Socrates
Savonarola
Carlyle
Emerson
Tolstoi
Grigas
The
Playground Association
T. Arthur Smith
Secret Societies
Cherus Miss Beelman
Cornetist
Southern Presbyterian
Aquthern Presbyterian
Twenty-Second Street
Q—Bermons
H. Waddell Pratt
James EL ‘Taylor
Nordica Satioral
Beate
Gente Sow
Aale
Dsthar Smiths
Kneisel Quartet
Monart
Glazounow
Smetana
Sanders & Braymans
Jenua Christ
Crapsey
Julian EK. Smyth
New Church Sixteenth and Corcoran
Coach topples on Catalina injuring five in avalanche crash
Five people are injured when a stage coach toppled from a precipitous mountain road on Catalina Island near Avalon California. Among the injured are C. C. Carlisle and J. V. Allen of Grand Rapids Michigan Mrs James Connell and E Ogden of Macarah M I T he Tajurtas are not serious
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Stagn
Avalon
Cal
Cuntaining
Catalina
C. C. Carlisle
J. Vv. Alien
Grand Rapids
Mich
James Connell
E. Ogden
Macarah
Purdy's Report Ready Roosevelts Action In Senate Clash Looms
The Brownsville affair second chapter will be supplied by the War Department Monday with a preliminary report on the discharge of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. Secretary Tait aims to present new evidence to the Senate to strengthen the administration's position. A Browneville insider claims a negro trooper names provided by a former soldier could reveal guilt, with fears of retaliation if he testifies.
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Roosevelt
Texas
Purdy
Brownsville
War Department
Tait
Senate
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Pardir
Department
Hale
Foraker
Lodge
Spooner
Wisconsin
War
Tols Browneville
John Bannon
Board of Trade
Browneville
Tex
Purity
Bannon
Rand
Leaves of Absence Granted to Florida and New York Democrats
Thursday’s congressional records note indefinite leave of absence for William Clark of Florida due to family sickness and later for important business. Lindsay of New York also received indefinite leave while dangerously ill at home in Brooklyn.
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William Clark
Florida
Tis
Clark
House
Speaker
Lindsay
New York
Brooklyn
Greene charges Chancellor with breaking school law
Massachusetts Representative Greene accuses Chancellor of violating the school law and says no appearance is needed to establish the fact. Greene’s bill to reinstate all missed teachers faces subcommittee and House approval as hearings begin Monday. Morrell will confer with Greene upon his return to the city.
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Chancellor
Representative Greene
Massachusetts
Morrell
Greene
Wood Testing Laboratory Bill Aims for District Lab
Wallace of Arkansas introduced a bill to establish a national wood testing laboratory in the District at a cost of 200000 dollars. The facility would be run by the Department of Agriculture to aid the Bureau of Forestry in its experimental work and air testing programs.
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Bureau of Forestry
Ita
Air, Wallace
Arkansas
Department of Agriculture
Southern Cities Hearings Set On Subtreasury Location
The Ways and Means Committee begins hearings today on subtreasury sites for the South with the Atlante delegation first in line and other delegations expected to follow. Tennessee representative Gaines will appear tomorrow to push for a Nashville hearing.
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Treasury
South
Atlante
Gaines
Tennessee
Nashville
Bingham names five new New York police inspectors
Police Commissioner Bingham announced five promotions from the civil service list: James B. Dillon, Sylvester D. Baldwin, William G. Hogan, James D. Hussey, and Stephen O'Brien. Hogan led the first list with .87, though Langman, Hussey, Murtha, and Dillon were high on the rankings but not chosen. Bingham previously opposed rapid promotions, stating he would not appoint from the list unless compelled by the court.
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New York
Bingham
James B. Dillon
Sylvester D. Baldwin
William G. Hogan
James D. Hussey
Stephen O'Brien
Hogan
John W. Cottrell
O'Brien
Baldwin
James F. Langman
Hussey
John J. Murtha
Dillon
Supreme Court
Seaman Denounces Colonization In Lecture At Hall
Dr Louis Livingstone Seaman condemned colonial expansion as a curse of civilization in a National Geographic Society lecture. He warned European powers, except a few, are forcing upheaval on Africa and questioned the Philippines policy, urging natural selection via Chinaman importation as a solution.
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Louis Livingstone Seaman
Europe
Switzerland
Russia
National Rifles’ Hall
National Geographic Society
Seaman
Willis Moore
Beaman
Philippines
Pacific
California
England
Congo
Hubbard Memorial Hall
O. F. Cook
United States Department of Agriculture
Guatemala
Subsidy Bill to Slumber on House Committee Agenda
The House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries plans no definite action on the ship subsidy bill Monday. Supporters of the Grosvenor bill lack numbers to report it out awaiting a Presidential message. Michigan's Fiordney may be detained in state, while Flack of New Jersey and McDermott may be unable to attend.
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House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Friends of
Grosvenor
Fiordney
Michigan
Flack
Newarks
McDermott
NJ Jersey
Grain Trade Injured by Elevator and Railroad Combines
Interstate Commerce Commission reports show grain elevator firms and railroads colluding to limit competition. Elevators control prices and impose arbitrary grading, with railroad officials in the West as stockholders. The voluminous inquiry, begun under a Senate mandate, will be sent to the Senate.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
West
Senate
Withdrawal of Public Lands Reported by Interior
Secretary interior report to Congress details total land withdrawals amounting to 64,193,560 acres with 600 acres not coal land. States Wyoming Colorado New Mexico Oregon North Dakota Montana and Washington hold the bulk. Major holdings include Montana and Idaho forest reservations and irrigation withdrawals, plus Washington and Montana leading temporary withdrawals.
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Hitenvoen
Department of the Interior
Congress
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Oregon
North Dakota
Montana
Washington
Texas Representative Brooks and elevator caper at the Capitol
Moses Lycurgus Broocks, a first-term Texas House member, caused stir with a looping elevator sequence on several floors of the Capitol. Colleagues joked about Texas antics while peers noted his inexperience. Panama excursion California delegation to return soon. Col. Pearce notes a 1906 bill to license telegraph operators handling block signals to reduce railroad accidents.
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Moses Lycurgus Broocks
Lone Star
Washington
Capitol Building
Texas
Brooks
Broocks
Capitol
Martin
Brownsville
Senate
George A. Pearce
Maryland
Col. Pearce
United States
Railroad safety bill faces delays in Congress
Col Pearce advocates a proposed interstate railroad law with heavy fines and prison terms. He argues staffing reforms in signal towers would cut accidents, urging immediate action before the Commerce Committee. Heflin of Alabama debuts a humorous ode to the old year. Agee, a deaf assistant secretary, has a comic misidentification led by a lawman, corrected by Frelinghuysen and Gresham.
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Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Col. Pearce
Lam
Capitol
Congress
Commerce Committee
Hauge
James Thomas Heflin
Alabama
The
Hose
Heflin
Epeath
Indians Seek Injunction Over Cherokee Allotment Split
William H. Robeson and Daniel Henderson filed in the District Supreme Court for an injunction against Secretary Hitchcock and Commissioner Leupp to halt partition of Janda allotment among Cherokee members born since 1902. Chief Justice Clabaugh signed an order requiring cause by January 18. Names involved include David Muskrat and J Henry Dick among others. suit argues 1902 act called for equal allotment of 4,500,000 acres to all enrolled members, with 60,000 to the Treasury, while Interior reportedly plans to divide remaining land and money among 5,941 children born after 1902, a plan plaintiffs deem illegal and unfair to earlier allottees.
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William H. Robeson
Daniel Henderson
District Supreme Court
Hitchcock
Indian
Leupp
Clabaugh
David Muskrat
J. Henry Dick
Henry Elffert
Levi B. Gretts
Nicholas Comingdeer
Johnson Menning
United States
Acta of Congress
United States Treasury
Interior Department
al- Teged
Revival of the boycott denied by Chinese minister
Chinese Minister Bir Chentung Liang-Cheng said no information supported reports of a Canton movement to revive a boycott of American goods. He doubted the effort would gain traction, noting the Pekin government would not countenance trouble, despite possible grievances.
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Bir Chentung Liang-Cheng
Canton
Pekin
Sunday Church Services at Local Northwes Church
Sunday listings detail morning and evening services across multiple churches. Foundry M B Church invites Sunday school at 2:37 AM, sacraments, and preaching. Metropolitan Memorial also hosts communion and Bible study. Unitarian All Souls outlines sermons and youth programs. several congregations schedule Sunday schools, prayer meetings, and evening services with choir and special lectures.
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Foundry M. B
Stresta Northwest
Hey
Robert M. Moore
Epworth League
Trea
All Welcome
Metropolitan Memorial M. EB
BP. m
Frank M. Bristol
D.D
THE
Ascension
Massachugetta Avenue
Sorthwest
Clement Brown
M. Thompson
Preschers
Benjamin L. Ancell
Su-Chow
Ching
ST. John's Church
Sixteenth
Haiveete
Roland Cotton Smith
Edward Bieter Dunlop
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Ede
Hepburn
Paine
Thiness
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My Mann
New York Exchange
Association For International Conciliation
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Bladensburg Road
NeaAvaresth River
Oak Street
Center Street
Fourteenth Street
Allen
DR. Griggs
Mountain Side
Jpholds
Wood Testing Laboratory
E.W. Grave
New York Police
Friends
John Sharp Wiliams
Charles H. Grosvenor
James W. Wadsworth
Joseph W. Labcock
Mr. Williams
Willams
Mississippi
Jatam
Yale Laundry
Obice and Works
New York Ave
10Th St
Alvin A. Agee
Arthur
Idte
Judge Wyle
Judge Wylie
Mr. Adee
Adee
Ages
Mr. Frelinghuysen
Walter Q. Gresham
Frelinghuysen
Gresham
Methodist Episcopal
ALL Souls’ Church
Ulymes
G. B. Pares
Ainister
First Congregational Church
Tenth
Ntréeta Northwest
Charles H. Everest
Il A
Hiception
Femibera
Qdectet
Joe Blacks
Talvary Baptist Church
Eighth and Hall
Samuel W. Greens
D. D
P. H. Boleton
Ietor
Endeavor
P. m
Universalist
Church OF Our Father
Thirteenth
L Stresta Northwest
John van Schatck
Hey Fidward Everett Hale
Ristian Science
First Church OF
C Street
Oliver C. Sabin
Reg- Evangelical Christian Science Church
Ular
Episcopal
Cpiphany Church
G Street
R. H. McKim
Holy Communion
Bervica
P. mm
Joho D. le Mothe
New Churgh
New Church Mission
Young Women’s Christian Association
W.C. A. Vesper
Sundat
Carotenevich
Secular League
Bon. B. V. Brookshire
Gospel Mission
Pennsylvania Avenue
Carrie A. Nation
Central Union Mission
Tennis Hamlin
Church of the Covenant ‘Good Truste
Philip B. Stewart
General Land Office
Colorado Springs
Colo
Richards
Stewart
Lyceum
Second Bapist Church
Third Street
H and Streats
Richard T. Greener
R. E H. Toomey
Shelby J. Davidson
Eva Height
Jessa Lawson
Wil
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Karl Mack
National Theater
Beloit
T. Adamowski
Wents
T. Arthur Smith‘s
Winfred Goff
Barytors
Savage Grand Opereta
Thomas Evans Greene
Savage Grand Opera Co
Florence
Wale St. Arthur
Columbia Boater
Harry Bulger
Ngs
Bryan
An Klein
Wagnuigent
Augustus Pitou Pereme
Chaungey Olcott
Eileen Asthore
Theodore Burt Beyre
Olcott
Phee
Eileen Asthora
Burton
CaiRo
Athens
Olym
Vesuvius
Eroptic
Japan
Treland
Tyrolean Alps
Lmnes Elogues
Ran. Sale
Warhington
Richard Garle
Alauu
E. S. Willard
Mal
Colonel Newcome
David Garrick
Tom Fitch
Willard
Malinae
Eddie Foy
Earl and the Girl
Foreign & American Motion Pictures
Henry E. Swow
Ramsey Morris
Rae
Jim
Iwelte Amusement Co
Squvente
Billy S. Clifford Ante
Jolly Baron
Daniel Sully
Polite
Ene
Joseph Hart
Quigley Brothers
Harry Iadell
Ross Crouch
Four Dunbars
Zena Kelfe
Pony
Avatin Waleh
R E. Graham and Co
Sidney Ayes and Co
Halley and Austin, &c
Kentucky Belles
Blue Grass Tate
Alcazar Beauties
Morni
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Potomac
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Great Gorge
Sereen
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