Capitol Visitors Fill Rotunda For Inaugural Scene
Crowds packed the Capitol Rotunda and galleries as members of Senate and House moved between corridors. Officials and guests, many first-time visitors to Washington, marveled at the festive inaugural atmosphere. The House and Senate floor activities reflected ongoing legislation, with clerks, members, and military bands adding to the bustle into the late night. Regular business resumed with votes and committee work, while reporters noted the mounting workload before adjournment.
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Capitol
Washington
Midnight session yields multiple approvals in House action
The House cleared the calendar before and after midnight passing measures urged by President Roosevelt authorizing quarantine districts for cattle movement, changing a public building site in Natchitoches, resurveying lands in Wyoming, and several bridge and river projects. A leprosy bill failed after heated debate, and conference actions on Indian and Osage issues proceeded as the chamber adjourned at 1:22 a.m. until today.
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New Mexico
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Pennsylvania
Sims
Tennessee
Williams
Mississippi
Hitchcock
Nebraska
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New York
Stephens
Senate
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Curtis
Raw
Texas
Cowherd
Missouri
House
District of Columbia
Canal Zone Government Battle Lets Congress Kill Canal
Congress remains deadlocked over the Panama Canal Zone government bill as conferees report futility in compromise. The House insists on abolishing the canal commission while the Senate seeks reductions. If accepted, the clash could end canal governance and allow executive control under the Spooner act until 1905. A separate measure to place telegraph lines underground advances through conference. The Agricultural appropriation bill clears the House and goes to the President.
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Jamestown Expo Bill Passed by House in 1927 Vote
The Jamestown celebration bill granting $250,000 for a May to November 1997 expo on the Hampton Roads waters was approved 192 to 81 under a suspension of the rules. Supporters cited education and national heritage while opponents questioned cost and scope. The measure, urged by Virginia figures, also passed the Senate and heads to the President.
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New York
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Maine
Burkett
Nebraska
Hepburn
Iowa
Baker
Swanson
Grosvenor
Ohio
Grand Old Patriotic Commonwealth of
Martin
America
Free Transfer Provision Stricken from Maryland Railway Bill
Representative Babcock pressed the conference report on the bill allowing the Anacostia Surrattsvile and Brandywine Railway Company to extend into the District. Opposed by Bartlett and Davis, the measure limits operations to freight cars for milk and garden truck into Anacostia and restricts Washington city service to passenger cars. The free transfer clause was removed in conference, and the bill passes.
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Pay Delays Hit Customs Officers as Funds Await Congress
Delays in deficiency appropriation leave New York and other cities without Treasury funds to pay customs service officers and employees for late February. Bi weekly payroll at the Port of New York totals about 150 000 dollars. Funds should flow once the bill passes, though Treasury closes Saturday and pay arrives Monday or Tuesday. President Roosevelt signed the army appropriation bill, the second major supply measure completed.
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Beautify Your Complexion With Skinhealth Treatment
An advertisement promises a free first set of Skinhealth Treatment to prove its claims for skin scalp and blood cleansing. It touts HARFINA S50AP medicated soap, Skinhealth Ointment, and Skinhealth Tablets, with a coupon to mail to Philo Hay Specialties Co. Newark New Jersey for a full size set trial.
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New Jersey
Postal Conferees Reach Final Post Office Bill Accord
Final conference on the post office appropriation bill yields Senate increases for pneumatic tube service and foreign mail, retains wartime transportation boosts, and rejects a 3 cent per pound rural free delivery rate. Senate adds 75 for postal car service and preserves veteran transfers in railway postal service.
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Indian Bill Agreements Reached in Indian Appropriation Conferees
Conferees on the Indian appropriation reached a broad agreement on pay with three amendments. The Bard measure restricting alienation by Five Civilized Tribes is struck out except for minors and homesteads. Senate funds include 1.5 million for Colville treaty implementation and 150 thousand for Pima irrigation. Several Senate provisions are altered or dropped, including agency funding delays, tribal council acts, and Klamath Modoc-Yahoo skin payments, with key adjustments on leases, royalty rules, and Osage town sites.
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Utah
Montana
President Roosevelt Receives Tuvalu District Governors Letter
Faivae and Tu tuila Western district chiefs express satisfaction with Commander Underwood's administration. Roosevelt replies thanking them, praising education progress and good citizenship and pledging to appoint governors of strong character to advance Tutuila and Maoua.
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Gudger Appointed Judge of Panama Canal Zone Court
President names H A Gudger of North Carolina to replace Judge Osceola Kyle who resigned. Gudger has served as consul general at Panama since July 1897 and is versed in local customs and language. Taft notes no reflection on Kyle’s character.
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Alabama
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Senator Platt backs presidential appointment for Alaska interests
Senator Platt of Connecticut urged the President to appoint a special agent to represent Alaska in Washington rather than creating a Delegate position. The move would confer official standing and be as valuable to Alaska as a delegate. A new Illinois judicial district was created, transferring Southern district offices and prompting pending presidential appointments from Illinois lawmakers.
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West Pushes Steel From St Louis Exhibit for Washington Auditorium
Commissioner West celebrates Senate amendment allowing District to use structural steel from the government exhibit building in St Louis for a proposed Washington auditorium. The plan hinges on a ninety day decision window, with estimated removal and transport costs around 20000 dollars and the steel valued at 102000 dollars if suitable. A post inauguration meeting of inaugural and Board of Trade committees will plan the project steps.
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Navy enlistment and naval academy graduates report
Annapolis news notes Ricardo Iglesias a United States Naval Academy graduate born in Costa Rica arrived in Annapolis to seek naturalization so he may enter the Navy as an ensign. The article also lists various naval appointments movements and examinations including assistant surgeon exams dates and ships Maureen and other fleet movements with the schoolship Saratoga beginning its West Indies cruise from Philadelphia after ice delays.
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Seafaring voyage and Army assignments listed aboard
The Saratoga set sail with eighty boys on board including thirty firsttimers visiting Santa Cruz St Thomas St Kitts and Porto Rico returning about May 1. Army officers receive various leave extensions orders and postings across hospitals boards and court matters with multiple officers detailed to meet at Fort Bliss Vancouver Barracks Hot Springs and Fort Du Pont and others ordered to report for duty or trials.
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Yellow Fever At Panama Reported By Canal Governor
Cablegram dated March 1 from Gen. Davis governor of the Canal Zone notes one death in the past month T. S. Clarke and W. B. Ledyard dying today. Seven yellow fever cases among US employees and families, with three deaths since May 1904.
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Rumors of New Indictments at U S District Attorney Office
An air of mystery surrounds the U S district attorney’s office with District Attorney Morgan H Beach and aides in frequent conferences. Special U S Attorney Hermes Conrad has consulted with Beach, fueling talk of imminent indictments in the Crawfurd Machen Lorenz post office case and related investigations, as the grand jury holds a special session.
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Seawright Magnesian Lithia Water Endorsed by Readers
Letters from Hartford Washington Staunton and Virginia students praise Seawright Water for gout rheumatism and general relief. Recipients mention shipments, repeated use by a sister in law, and the water’s purity and merit beyond advertised claims.
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Malden
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Robert B. Tenney
Seawright Water Praised by Eastern Physicians
A parade of physicians from well known Eastern cities extoll the Seawright Water. They claim it restores chemical balance and cures diabetes mellitus and bladder inflammation. They report remarkable tonic effects on broken down systems and eruptive diseases, with several noting rapid recovery in challenging cases.
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