Ratification Battle Grows as Senate Votes Split
The Senate debates the amended Santo Domingo treaty as administration senators push for Democratic votes to reach a two thirds majority. Party lines dominate, with amendments aimed to reassure opponents and avoid a precedent, while several Republicans plan further study and arguments before voting.
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Santo Domingo
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Bate
Delaware
Missouri
Tennessee
Gov. la Follette
Wisconsin
Burtom
Mitchell
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States of America
Dominican Republic
United States
Fairbanks
Cullom
Frye
Lodge
Clark
Wye
Foraker
Spooner
Kean
Morgan
Bacon
Money
Mont
McCreary
No Merits Expressed Yet Tone Shifts on Monroe Doctrine Clause
The Bevate did not express an opinion on merits but indicated sentiment through amendments that strike out of the treaty the provisions defining the Monroe doctrine and granting it specific application to Santo Domingo.
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Santo Domingo
State Department Refutes Santo Domingo Treaty Rumors
The Secretary of State stated there was no plan to push any Santo Domingo agreement to action without Senate approval. He clarified that the January 21 protocol and Santo Domingo City instrument were not known until press reports emerged and stressed the administration would submit any treaty or protocol to the Senate in due course.
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Santo Domingo
Senate
Senate of
United States
Santo Domingo City
Dillingham
State Department
United States Senate
Washington
Department
Buffalo Jones reports Yellowstone preservation push and foe
Col. J. Jones known as Buffalo Jones visited Washington to secure funds and authorization to enlarge the fenced area of Yellowstone Park. He notes 39 tame buffalo, 25 to 30 wild in higher mountain regions, and urges more pasture. He cites pumas as the major threat and reports increases in beaver elk and mountain sheep populations. He attended the Sportsman's Exposition in New York before returning to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Jones
National Park
J. Jones
Washington
Yellowstone Park
Col. Jones
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Yellowstone
Jones
New York City
Madison Square Garden
West
Catholic University Deans Deny Scharf Affiliation
A faculty statement from Deans O Connell Grannan Griffin Robinson Shea repudiates the claim that E L Scharf is an instructor at the Catholic University of America or that his public remarks reflect university endorsement. The card, tied to debates on government funding for segregated Indian schools, states Scharf has no association with the university.
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Catholic University
Catholic University of America
O'Connell
Charles P Grannan
Theology
John J. Griffin
Philosophy
William C. Robinson
Law
Daniel W. Shea
E. L. Scharf
Sign of poor blood circulation and heart cure remedy
Description lists symptoms of poor blood circulation such as shortness of breath after walking stairs or exertion. It links the condition to a weak heart and tired nerves and endorses Dr Miles New Heart Cure as the quickest safe treatment to obtain promptly.
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Miles
Dr Miles New Heart Cure Offers Money Back Guarantee
Dr Miles New Heart Cure promises cure at low expense compared with doctors. If the first bottle fails, the druggist refunds. Reverend W A Sins of Port Bigin Ontario testifies he recovered after two months of weak heart and nervous prostration using the Heart Cure and Nervine.
Dayton Nomination Quiet as Opposition Fails to Form
West Virginia politics swirl around Representative Dayton as Senators Bacon and Bailey limit opposition to his district judge nomination. Bacon seeks delay for investigation, Bailey opts for a brief statement. West Virginia leaders push for three patronage appointments, including clerkship for a Fayette Journal editor, amid election timing for the 2nd district.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Dayton
West Virginia
Bacon
Judiciary Committee
Rye
Bailey
Swayne
Senate
District Court
Warrant Paid To Indian Attorneys and Home Purchase News
A Treasury warrant for 750000 was issued in favor of Mansfield McMurray and Cornish for services to the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. Interior declined approval as excessive, but Congress ordered payment per contract. Senator Burkett bought a Washington home for 17500 at 1816 Nineteenth Street, described as a mansard brick house with twelve rooms and four baths, designed by Wood Donn and Dunning.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Mansfield, McMurray & Cornish
Indian Territory
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Burkett
Washington
Elmer J. Burkett
Nebraska
Nineteenth Street
Willige, Gibbs & Daniel
Wood, Donn & Dunning
Chester I. Long
Nas
Fifteenth Street
Highland Terrace
Stephen Girard Elected to National Geographic Society
Austin announces in a letter to Philadelphia that Stephen Girard has been elected a National Geographic Society member at its annual meeting in this city. The note says he must pay fees to enjoy privileges, though Girard has been dead for 74 years. The society aims to increase geographic knowledge. Roosevelt Cleveland and many prominent officials are members.
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Austin
Stephen Girard
Geographic Society
Friends of
Bureau of Statistics
Philadelphia
Fon Stephen
Girard
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Board of City Trusts
National Geographic Society
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Mediation Push Backed By Building Trades Leaders
A delegation of building trades representatives pressed President Roosevelt for mediation and arbitration to avert strikes in construction. The group, including Frank Buchanan and William D. Huber, urged that unions use boards to settle disputes before labor unrest escalates. The President supported preemptive mediation as preferable to poststrike arbitration.
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Comptroller of Treasury
Robert J. Tracewell
Rider Haggard
Dawes
Ohio
William G. Helens
Ilinois
Frank Buchanan
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Samuel Parks
New York
Robert A. McKeem
Peoria
International Union of Steam Engineers
Wiliam J. Spencer
Structural Building Trades Alliance
Dayton
William D. Huber
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Indianapolis
C. P. Hughes
The
Brotherhood of Trainmen
de Soto
F. J. McNulty
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
James G. Honnahan
Hoisting and Portable Engineers
Chicago
J. B. Bruner
Cincinnati
Roosey
Taft
Morton
Cannon
Bohemians in America Pastor Speaks on Slavic Immigrants
Baltimore pastor Rev. V Vanek told West Street Church that Bohemian and Slavic immigrants have shaped US history. He noted Civil War service, the large immigrant stream, and that about fifty years ago Bohemians began settling in Baltimore and other states. He cited counts of 80000 Bohemian souls and 87 Bohemian Protestant churches nationwide. The piece also notes tonight's whipping post debate at George Washington University with judges United States Senator Thomas S Martin Wendell Phillips Stafford and John Paul Earnest and lists affirmative and negative speakers.
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Baltimore
Home Mission Society
Presbytery of
Washington City
V. Vanek
Bohemia
America
New York
Ohio
Ilinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
United States
George Washington University
Thomas 8
Martin
Virginia
Wendell Phillips Stafford
District Supreme Court
John Paul Earnest
George Washington
Messrs
Meyers. Newmyer
Rhodes
Hellerstedt
Hickox
Pharr
Kirkman To Be Tried By Court Martial At Fort Niobrara
Secretary Taft declined to accept Captain George W. Kirkman’s resignation as he faces court martial at Fort Niobrara Nebraska on charges of scandalous conduct. The court recessed until May 10 awaiting Philippine evidence. New serious charges were added and will be referred to the same court for consideration with the original charges.
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Taft
George W. Kirkman
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Fort Niobrara
Nebr
Philippines
Department
Kirkman
Review of Mohns Trial Sealed for Presidential Action
The Second Lieutenant Albert J. Mohn Fourth Cavalry case is under review by Judge Advocate General Davia before submission to the President for final action. Mohn resisted defense due to witness subpoenas blocked from Rome and elsewhere, and the findings will not be public until the President acts. Ordinarily such cases are not sent to the President unless dismissal is involved.
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Albert J. Mohn
Fourth Cavalry
Davia
Mohn
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Department of the Missouri
Rome
Italy
Missouri
Lieut
Molin
Haz
Ifa
Exemption Claim Void As Passenger Failures Declared Fatal
The board of general customs appraisers in New York rule that a returning US resident who does not file a detailed declaration of abroad purchases and values cannot qualify for the 3100 exemption under paragraph 697 of the Tariff Act of 1897. This marks a department statement aligning with prior court decisions but never before explicit.
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Board of General Customs Appraisers
New York
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Architect Burnham Plans to Enlarge Manila
FOR A GREATER MANILA Architect Burnham Preparing Plans to Enlarge and Beautify City Chicago March 9 D H H Burnham who was sent to the Philippines by the Department of War to report on a plan for the architectural improvement and growth of Manila returned to Chicago today after an absence of six months Plans and notes on all subjects to be considered in forming comprehensive schemes for a large city that promises rapid growth were made by Mr Burnham From these a report to the Secretary of War will be made It will not be ready before fall
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Burnham
Chicago
D. HH. Burnham
Philippines
Department of War
Manila
Secretary of War
Orders to Army Officers in Early 20th Century Militia
Military notices detail leave of absence for several officers, assignments to West Point and Danville Military Institute, and reporting instructions. Transfers include Lieutenants De Lestre Benjamin and others, plus reassignments for pay, recruiting, and station duties across Columbus Barracks, Marinette, Danville, Cavite, and vessels in the Asiatic fleet. The document preserves names, ranks, and future duties with dates around 1905.
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Samuel M. de Lestre
Margeon
Julien A. Benjamin
Third Cavalry
United States Military Academy
Weat Point
N. Y
Col
Alfed ©. Sharpe
William K. McCue
Danville Military Institute
Danville
Samuel B. Pearson
Ninth Cavalry
Liewillyn W. Oliver
Eighth Cavalry
Albert D. Kniskern
Alton
Ohio
Kendallville
Ind
John ©. White
Marinette
Wis
Charles 3. Tarlton
Columbus Barracks
Ohto
Witte
Marine Hospital Changes and Leaves of Absence
Marine Hospital notices list officers granted leaves of absence from March 3 to March 7 1903 involving W. Vu Pullings A J McLoughlin and Edward Francis. A board in Washington DC on March 10 1905 examined a Revenue Cutter Service officer while another board in San Francisco on April 3 2005 aimed to determine fitness for promotion.
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T. M. Yotts
Inspection and Survey
Washington, D. &. C
Ranger
Asiatic Station
J. F. Hellweg
Hartford
Pennsylvania
J. H. Blackburn
Onio
Chicago
J. H. Newton, Jr
J. W. Ogan
Independence
Navy Yard
Mare Island
Cal
H. A. Maxson
Pensacola
Naval Training Station
San Francisco
Cal, &c
Ohio
R. M. Fawall
W. O. Spears
8. B. Smith
I. G. Hobbs
Navy Way Office
Newport
H. E. Drury
Portsmouth
N. H
R. I
Fay
W. W. Barry
P. G. Kannardé
Southern
M. G. Goldsborough
Norfolk
Michigan
G. Skipwith
New York
T. D. Harris
Olongapo
Raileigh
W. A. Howard
Cincinnati
A. McAllister
Marine Headquarters
Washington, D. C
W. G. Fay
Wisconsin
J. W. Wadleigh
Raleigh
Washington, D C
W. L. Redles
Monadyock
G. ©. Sweet
Cavite Station
Naval Station
Guam
W. D. MacDougall
Vitalobos
W. FR. Sexton
Bainbridge
Home
C. H.woodward
Decatur
W. W. Smith
Helena
Amnistent
R. A. Bachmann
Wilmington
Villalobos
RH. Michels
C. W. Cowles
Cavite
W. Vu
Burgeon
A. J. McLoughlin
Edward Francis
Revenue Cutter Service
G. T
Praise for Prairie's men and naval shore liberty record
Praises for the Prairie crew in Washington notes exemplary conduct with over 40 sailors ashore and returning sober and orderly. Also announces the new cruiser Galveston sailing to receive a silver service from Galveston citizens and a West Point visiting board appointment. Movements list includes vessels arriving at Hampton Roads Monte Cristi and Lambert Point and ships sailing from Monte Cristi to San Juan and Guantanamo.
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Washington
Prairie
Navy Department
National
Department
Norfolk
United States
Galveston
Norfolk Navy Yard
Tex
Newport
R. I
Weat Point
Military Academy At
West Point
Charles F. Brooker
Connecticut
Dudley Hivana
New York
George Su
Magruder
D. C
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
J. G. Cannon
Illinois
William F. Prosser
State of Washington
John F. Schroers
Missouri
Pratria
Hampton Roads
Denver
Monte Cristi
Abarenda
Lambert Point
Woren
San Juan
Arethuga
Guantanamo
Vixen
Kingston
MR Vogt Meets Pastors at Christian Endeavor Conference
Van Ogden Vogt general secretary of the United Society of Christian Endeavor held two conferences with local pastors and Endeavorers yesterday. He plans two more sessions this afternoon at First Congregational Church and a junior workers meeting at First Presbyterian Church. An evening mass meeting will feature Vogt with the topic Present Day Christian Endeavor. The talks stressed active work to engage youth in church life and character building. Vogt has led the society about two years and is visiting Washington for a two day stay after arriving from Baltimore.
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Christian Endeavor
van Ogden Vogt
United Society of Christian Endeavor
First Congregational Church
First Presbyterian Church
Vogt
Christian Endeavor Society
Society
Washington
Baltimore
Admiral Chester to Lecture on Canal for National Geographic
Admiral Chester, superintendent of the Naval Observatory, will give an illustrated address on the Panama Canal before the National Geographic Society at the W National Rifles Armory on G Street. He will share experiences from canal region travels as part of the society’s ten winter talks on the far east. Theodore Roosevelt cites stable policy and Secretary Taft plans to speak on the Philippines. Huske & Smith advertise Northwestern life policy.
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Admiral Chester
Naval Observatory
National Geographic Society
Panama Canal
National Rifles’ Armory
G Street
Canal
Far East
Taft
Society
Philippines
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Campaign For Ratification
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Ade
Peggy
Paris
Newspape
HAY
Dr. Miles
Tyne
C. F. Teeter
Ira
KH. Robinson
Grafton
Republcan
Internal Revenue
Parkersburg
Baker
BIG Counsel
Thomas Jefferson
DEATS
Labor
Boards of Mediation
Hemenway
Indiana
Treasury
Tracewell
Loomis
H. Rider Haggard
Mr. Haggard
Francis ©. Leupp
Commissioner of
Indian Affairs
Geronimo
Quaneh Parker
Hollow Horn
Bohemians
Castoria
W. B. Moses & Sons
F Street, Cor. 11Th
Department of Missouri
Palais Royal
Eleventh Streets
M. Holliday
Baltimore and Return
Isuine
Excope Gonsunday
Jay Ant
Cope
Theodore Roosevelt
Northwestern
Huske & Smith
Fourteenth
Florence Holtzman
Janet Spencer
Edward Barrow
Oscar Garekissen
H Street
Festival of Nations
TRE Working Boys’ Home and Children’s Aid Association
Ratachera
Adrilasion
Cohferens
Marine Band
Laren
Fawkes
A. Lisner
Otis Skinner
Burton Holmes
Wess
Japan
Eats
New Willard Ballroom
T Arthur Smith's
Ace
Nancy Brown
Chase
Eugene
Charles EB. Blaney
Shepard
WEW National
Charles Frohman
Charles Wyndham
Mary Moore
London
Susan
David Garrick
Richard Mansfield
Tzar Ivan
Alexis Talstol
Ivan the Terrible
Mme
Sophie de Messen
Beau Brummel
Sednesday
Alexis Talstoi
the Haron Chevrial
King Richard
Shakespeare
Richard II
DR. Jekyll
MR. Hyde
Mr. Mansfield
Matinees Daily
Fay Foster
Royal Zouave Girls
AMD
Jolly GA
R. H. H. Freeman
St Joann’s Church
St John's Church
Hatreets
A. Wilbotcr Bache
Barstone
Aastate
Capital City
Georgetown
Fulton’s
Ninth Street
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