Brownsville Brownsville Attack Evidence Ties Soldiers to Garrison
President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft relay findings from the Brownsville inquiry. Springfield rifle cartridges and bullets recovered from Brownsville streets point to United States troops, including negro units of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, as the culprits in the August 13 shooting. The president revokes the civil service bar of the discharged men while asserting full power to enforce enlistment bans.
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Springfield
Winchester
Iherewith
United States
Brownsville
Roosevelt
Senate
Purdy
Maj. Blocksom
Texas
Fort Brown
Saya
Taft
Twenty-fifth Infantry
May Blocksom
Parks
RB. Creager
Springfield Rifles
Afil ' Davita
Preciado
Bens
Leutenant
Union
Mexico
Gardon
Charles R. Chese
Amado Martinez
Kate Leahy
Paterno Piedado
Ygnacio Dominguez
Macedonio Ramirez
George W. Rendall
Jose Martinez
J F. McDonald
F. H. A Sanborn
Herbert Ekins
Hele Odin
Hale Odin
Judge Parks
Joseph Bodin
Genero Padron
Moore
Dr. Thorn
Charles § Canada
Charles A Hammond
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Maj Blocksom
Land
Shera
Art
Elizabeth Street
Mayor Combe
Blacksom
Cowan
Yturria
Br. Garca
Fourteenth Street
McDonald
Noone
War Department
Washing Flannels by Hand in Porcelain Tubs
Forty-first Chat explains a home flannel washing method using porcelain tubs olive oil soap and filtered water. Flannels are cleaned dried brushed steamed softened and ironed by hand to return soft fluffy wool. The ad invites customers to mail their flannels for service.
Hope for ship subsidies nears House panel vote
Burst of optimism surrounds ship subsidy legislation as Rep Littauer and Rep Watson press for action after a dinner with Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee members. Defectors Birdsell Hinshaw Wilson and allies weigh plan to attend to ensure a quorum, while a $5 million annual mail subsidy package spans routes from New York to Rio and Buenos Aires to Tokyo.
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Representative Littauer
House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Representative Watson
Tf Littauer
Watson
Hinshaw and
Wilson
Birdsell
Hinshaw
Representative Flack
McDermott
Representative Spight
Mississippi
Representative Greene
Greene
Friends of Subsidy
Fordney
Michigan
Grosvenor
Minor Greene
Wachter
Littlefield
Humphrey
Littauer
Birdsall
New York
Rio Zantiro
Buenos Ayres
New Orleans
Colon
Peret Sourid
Tokyo
San Francisco
Australia
Valnaralso
Settlers granted extension for Crow reservation lands
Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior Department issued an order extending the residence requirement for homestead entrants on former Crow lands in Montana opened under the April 27 1904 act. The filing deadline is moved to May 15 1907 for entrants including soldiers and others who fled declaratory statements. The extension accounts for harsh climate and coal scarcity in the Northwest.
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Hitchcock
Interior Department
Crow
Montana
Army Orders and Naval Movements Across U S Ports
Army orders list leaves and duty extensions for officers including Lieut Col George A Dodd and First Lieut James R Goodale plus assignments for Ms Thames A Slavens to Fort Eben Allen and Fort Flattsburg Canucks for inspection work. Naval movements note arrivals and sailings at Lambert Point Magdalene Bay Guantanamo and Sydney with officers assigned and Fort Sill to hold court martial for Corp Knowles in a pending case.
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Abesnee
George A. Dodd
Tenth Cavalry
James R- Goodale
Twenty
Alcatraz Inland
Cal
Wil
Whipple Barracks
Arizona Territory
Thames
Fort Eben Allen
Flattsburg Canucks
Lebanon
Lambert Point
Paul Jones
Magdaleng Bay
Guantanamo
Potomac
Sydney
Arethusa
Boston
Nery Yard
New York
Wasp
Crisfold
Norfolk
Cleveland
Havana
Hampton Roads
P. Perktox
Pacifi Naval District
Barkeley
Cal Liett
J. F. Landis
Diplomat Peirce accused in seal dispute hearing
Prof H W Elliott testified before the House Ways and Means Committee alleging that Herbert A D Peirce while serving as Third Assistant Secretary of State and representing The Hague claims owners of the J Hamilton Lewis vessel and sought a fee from the award. He urged annulment of pelagic sealing leases and charged officials with perjury. The panel promised further hearings to probe the charges.
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House Committee
The
Hague
Herbert A.D. Peirce
United States
Morway
House Committee On Ways and Means
H.W. Elliott
Cleveland
Ohio
Prof
Hillett
Peirce
J. Hamilton Lewis
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Champ Clark
John Sharp Willams
Mr. Hillett
Elliott
Pribilof Islands
North American Commercial Company
Alexander McClain
Hiliott
Eliott
Hay
Lberty
State Department
Hitchcock
Frank H. Hitchcock
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department of Commerce
Tabbor
New York
Republican National Committee
Utes Visit President at White House
Six Ute chiefs met with President Roosevelt and Indian Affairs Commissioner Leupp in the White House to present grievances after a summer uprising. Accompanied by Army officers, the delegation spoke via an interpreter about desires to join Sioux on Cheyenne River and their need for rations while detained at Fort Meade.
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White House
Fort Meade
St. Oak
Indian Affairs
Col. Rogers
Sixth Cavalry
Capt
Johnson
Tenth Cavalry
Leupp
Roosevelt
Toox
Cheyenne River
Tepor Colony Opened for Leprosy Patients in Philippines
After a long delay the Tepor leper colony in the Philippine islands opened in May 1906. It houses about 800 patients with modern sewerage and water systems, laundries, baths, dining halls, a band, theater, and accommodation for many residents. Four Sisters of Charity and Father Valles join as staff. The director travels by launch between residences.
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Philippine Islands
Cebu
Sisters of Charity
Father Valles
May Deport Mexican Villereal Held in El Paso
Antonio Villereal a Mexican, detained at El Paso Texas, has until February 1 to show cause why he should not be deported under immigration law. Mexican authorities accuse him of murder in Mexico and seek his removal as an excludable alien. He has lived in the United States two years and may be deported if evidence confirms he falls under exclusion classes.
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Antonio Villereal
el Paso
Tex
Villereal
United States
Joseph Benson Foraker
Onto
Brownsville
St Louis
Ohio
Mound City
Foraker
William McKinley
Smith
Philadelphia Press
East
Murat Halstead
Cincinatti
Halstead
Mr Foraker
Youngs
Maryland
Washington
Congress
Halgerstown
Terra Cotta
Brunswick
Ine
Inc
Carter
Candy or ammunition in Senate Browneville message
Heard at the Capitol describes Assistant Secretary Latte presenting a wrapped pack to the Senate with the Browneville message. It opens to shells and cartridges, provoking quips about a sugarcoat, while Congress discusses rail safety and other remarks about Foraker, Kahn, and a Kentucky drinking fountain resolution.
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Latte
White House
Senate
Browneville
Mr. Roosevelt
Brownsville
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