Tariff to the Front Contests Over Committees
Democratic leaders in the House prep for a caucus to shape the next Congress with a Ways and Means chair from Underwood Alabama and a push to organize committees by caucus. In the Senate, insurgents and Democrats weigh tariff revision plans as President Taft’s veto looms and broader legislation stalls amid appropriations and canal regulation talks.
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New York
Ways and Means
Champ Clark
Missouri
S.t Have
Ways and Means Committee
Underwood
Alabama
Peters
Massachusetts
Harrison
Palmer
Pennsylvania
Dixon
Indiana
James
Kentucky
Hammond
Minnesota
Hughes
New Jersey
Shackleford
Handels
Texas
Brenties
Georgia
Kitchin
North Carolina
Flint
Tennessee
Rainsy
Thiiwis
House
Cianitee
Baltimore
Senate
Repub- Hcan
Committee On Finan Fee
Aldrich
Gurrows
Hale
Asx
Money
Taliaferro
Daniel
Committee On Committees
Taft
Flena
Lerimer
Capt. Peary
Congress
North Pole
Washington's Giant John Turner Dies at 7 Feet 7 Inches
John Turner a Washington Giant from Prince George County Maryland died at the Washington Asylum Hospital. He stood 7 feet 7 inches tall with 16 inch hands and weighed more than ordinary men. Turner never learned to read or write and worked as a teamster. He faced repeated illnesses and hospitalizations but survived longer than typical giants. His body required a larger casket and transport arrangements reflecting his extraordinary size.
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Washington Asylum
John Turner
Prince George County
Washington
Asylm
Eleventh Street
Turner
Washington Asylum T Hospital
Providence Hospital
Congressional Cemetery
T!e Man
Tuupner
A. South
Four Die in Niobrara Hotel Gas Explosion
A Niobrara Nebr gas leak caused a three story hotel to explode and burn, killing four people and injuring four. Proprietor Michael Kendall and his son Kenneth Kendall perished alongside Anna Duseer f rook and Roy F Crosby a traveling salesman from Lincoln Nebr. Crosby and his wife each suffered severe injuries including leg and facial injuries, while Kendall’s wife Had one leg broken. Nine injured are expected to recover though three remain in serious condition.
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Niobrara
Nebr
Michael Kendall
Kenneth Kendalt
Anna Duseer
F Rook
Roy FO Crosby
Lincoln
Njuren
Crosby
Rey FL Crosby
Mrs. Kendal
Pearl
Veenant
Actress Zena Dare to Wed Hon Maurice Brett
London January 15 announcement of the engagement of Zena Dare the actress to the Hon Maurice Vyner Brett second son of Viscount Esher Miss Dare has starred with Seymour Hicks company and first appeared on stage in 1899 Brett a captain in the Coldstream Guards.
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London
Zena Dare
Maurice Vyner Rbalm Brett
Viscount Esher
Miss Dare
Seymour Hicks
Brett
Coldstream Guards
Plotters Hide on Mount Kiso Plot Targets Empire Leaders
London dispatch reports a Japan assassination plot aimed at the Emperor, royalty, peers, and officials. Twenty six Japanese anarchists were secretly tried and sentenced to capital punishment after explosions near Mount Kiso were linked to a dynamite factory. A separate incident notes Stanislaus Goplick drowning after skating onto Ware River ice while pursuing a wounded deer.
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London
Yokohama
Japan
Mount
Kiso
Roeyal
Voyal
Washington Post
Ware
Mass
Stanislaus Goplick
Soas
Political strife and shifting allegiances in Congress
A panorama of Democratic and Republican maneuvering in Washington centers on New York’s Senate race and Tammany influence. Governors, party leaders, and progressive factions in Colorado and elsewhere weigh the impact of a potential Dix backed candidate and the fate of Hughes’ succession efforts amid calls for reform and bank deposit guarantees.
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York
Sheehan
Tammany
Gov. Dix
Senate
House
Money
Mississippi
New York
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Democratic House
Goasip
Colorado
Charles James Hughes
Democratic Party
Davis Elkins
Hughes
Atterson Walden Rucker
Arapahoe
Rucker
Guggenheim
Court of Record
Kentucky
Bonynge
Geographic Society
Champ Clark
Dwight
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California
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Sherman
Ohio
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Adams County
Lawrence
Johnson
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Charles P. Taft
Lawrence County
J. Hampton
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George McCreary
Philadelphia
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J. Hampton Moore
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