The Cost of the Government in the 1905 Budget
The Washington Post analyzes Senate and House appropriation practices, noting total federal spending around 618 million dollars for the last session. It argues expensive programs reflect national needs, not waste, and that supervision remains diligent despite large sums. It warns tariffs may rise pressure for reform as protectionists face a potential shift toward free trade.
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Hemenway
Livingston
Congresa
Congress
House Committee On Appropriations
Senate
Spain
United States
West Indies
Senators Debate Indian Pension Claim Amid Dakotas Nomenclature
A column reviews Congress actions on 1862 Dakota pony raid claims and a 200 payout proposal. It mocks Senator Platts of Connecticut and Senator Gamble from the Dakotas, noting amendments, debates, and a suspenseful return of the band Pretty Bear and Red Dog to public memory while predicting the money will reappear next session.
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Pretty Bear
Martin Charger
Swift Bird
Walking Crane
Dakotas
District of Columbia
Grand River
Dakota
United States Treasury
Congress
State Committee
Platt
Connecticut
Gamble
Beveridge
Plat
Red Dog
Treasury
Senator Gamble
Indiana
Cawdor Castle and Macbeths in Historic Scotland
The article surveys Cawdor Castle in Wales and Scotland, detailing Lord Cawdor’s seat, historic ties to the Macbeths and Duncan, the hawthorn relic, and legends of Muriel Calder. It traces the Campbell line, the earldoms of Southesk and Carnegie, notable ancestors, and royal ties including Victoria and the Hanoverians, with travels and ventures of family members across Britain and abroad.
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Admiralty
Lord Cawdor
Cawdor
Wairn
Scotland
Macbeth
Duncan
Thane of
Castle Tower
Earl of
John Campbell
MacCallum More
Wales
Vaughans of Golden Grove
Earl of Carbery
Cawdor Castle
Macbeths
Lady Macbeth
Lord Canéor
Great Western Railroad
Muriel
Campbells
Thane
House of Cawdor
Beotland
Thaneship
Caldere
Muriel Calder
Campbella
Calder
Insult to Womanhood Ends in Pittsburg Heiress Marriage
A Hansea City Journal report details Elizabeth Howe, heiress of Pittsburg, rejecting Count Charles de Cini’s marriage contract demanding cash, debt payment, and a life annuity with a two year limit on “being good.” She wed Frank P. Sproull, an American attorney, on the same day the count arrived from Europe.
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Pittsburg
Hansea City Journal
Europe
Elizabeth Howe
Ty Frank P. Sproull
Charles de Cini
America
Leo XIII
Count de Cini
Misa Howe
de Cini
Count de Cink
de ‘Cin
de Cnnt
Santo Domingo Protocol and U S Plans Stir Atlantic News
The New York Sun cites a January 23 report on a Dominican settlement plan to have U S agents manage finances and customs within ten days. It notes the arrangement lacks treaty status and requires no Senate ratification. Also referenced are U S plans for a Fort Niagara post and Canadian border fears.
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New York Sun
Dillingham Ranches
Santo Domingo
New York Tribune
Washington
Department of State
Guata Domingo
United States
Banto Domingo
Morales
Dominican Republic
Tribune
Senate
The
Montreal
United States War Department
Fort Niagara
Niagara River
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Canada
Americans top world in coffee consumption and nerves
The Bureau of Statistics notes Americans use the most coffee of any nation. It then attributes the race's apparent nervousness to hustle and the strenuous life rather than the coffee.
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Bouton ‘Transcript
Government Bureau of Statistics
All That Saved Him from Detroit Tribune
A moralist and a demoralizer debate the ease of taking a life citing a neighbor. The demoralizer quips that the man is learning to play the cornet, suggesting a harmless vice as a disguise for violence.
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The
Detroit Tribune
Vardaman portrayed as a steadfast Mississippi governor
The Memphis Commercial Appeal notes Gov. Vardaman stands as a suppressor of lynchers and white cappers, likely to draw Northern attention. Regardless of attention, he will continue fulfilling his duties as Mississippi governor.
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Memphis
Unanimous push and war news from multiple papers
Dolliver holds the Senate in error over railroad probing while national opinion pins fault on others. Japan advances after war news, and Russia may stiffen at Mukden. California senators face expulsion for bribery. public sentiment awakens as a harsh season tests transgressors.
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Minneapolis Times
Dolliver
Senate
SEA LEVEL CANAL PLANS GET FULL CONSIDERATION
The article explains that the isthmian canal can progress five years or more before deciding on sea level versus lock system without delaying construction. Excavation would be similar for both, allowing exhaustive study of engineering issues. A sea level plan would require more funding and another congressional authorization, though the Executive and the commission favor it.
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Beffore
Congress
Executive
Commission
Canal Commission Meets in Panama City
Isthmian Canal Commission held its bi weekly meeting at the Panama Railroad Company building in Panama. All commissioners attended except Maj Gen George W Davis now at Panama. Admiral Walker said routine matters were discussed and a Washington dispatch suggested he may not be retained. Directors of the Panama Railroad Company met briefly in the afternoon. Panama, March 9 reports 388 West Indian contract laborers arrived to work on the canal.
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New York
Isthmian Canal Commission
Pnce
Panama Railroad Company
George W. Davis
Panama
John G. Walker
Canal
Parsons
Washington
Britain Negotiates Two Treaties With Nicaragua
The British government through Minister Harrison negotiates a commercial treaty to boost trade with Nicaragua and a separate accord addressing Mosquito Indians. Britain seeks to cancel protection obligations by transferring Indian land grants to Nicaragua and exempting Indians from military service. Sir Mortimer Durand has advised on progress.
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Nicaragua
Mr. Harrison
Great Britain
Plea for Neutral Zones At North Atlantic Convention
The State Department received a memorial adopted at the maritime interests convention in Boston advocating a movement toward international agreements to declare neutral zones across the North Atlantic during war. The issue ties to exempting private property on the high seas from seizure and may be held for The Hague tribunal's consideration after the war ends.
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State Department
Convention of Maritime Interests
Boston
North Atlantic
High Seas
Hague
Built of native logs at Portland fair forestry building
The forestry building at the Lewis and Clark Exposition grounds in Portland Oregon is completed and praised as one of the world’s most unique. It is built entirely of immense logs with mother bark and 92 giant supports. The structure uses two miles of five and six foot fir logs eight miles of poles 43000 fir shakes and 30000 fir bark shingles. The largest log measures seven feet nine inches and required twelve horsepower to lift into place.
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Portland Fair
Portland
Oreg
Mareh
RECEPTION BY CORTELYOU AND OTHER DIPLOMATIC NOTES
Postmaster General Cortelyou received over 200 department chiefs and assistants, pledging personal interest and urging full cooperation. Swiss Minister Leo Vogel visited the State Department and will be presented at the White House. Ernst Probst has led the Swiss Legation since January. Secretary Metcalf named Richard K. Campbell to study alien naturalization laws for possible reforms. Fourth class postmasters appointed in New York Pennsylvania Virginia and Wisconsin. Senator Quaries sworn in as circuit judge for the Eastern district of Wisconsin.
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John Hay
Santo Domingo
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Hay
United States
State Department
Cortelyou
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Coartelyou
Department of Commerce and Labor
Weaver
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Raind
Barbados
Lou Payn
Justice Truax
New York
Luzon
Kuropatkin
Czar
Chicago
Billy Lorimer
Minister Vogel
Leo Vogel
White House
Vogel
Fernand du Martheray
Europe
Legation
Ernst Probst
Metcalf
Richard K. Campbell
Bureau of Immigration
Department
Notable Americans Talk Politics at New Willard
Prominent Indianapolis figure A. M. Sweeney, head of State Life Insurance and school board president, mingles in New Willard hotel lobby amid upbeat talk on Democratic prospects and a potential Bryan comeback. Richmond and Virginia politics are debated by Montague and Willard aides as a national mood shifts post election. A New York veteran cites age progress and executives, while Montreal extraditions of fugitives prompt legal commentary from Mr. Erwin and Mr. Lyon in Washington.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Republican Journal
Roosevelt
GO. P
Paul Morton
Mr. Morton
Washington
Indianapolis
A. M. Sweeney
New
Willard
State Life Insurance Company
Sweeney
Indiana
Wiliam J Bryan Bryan Js Sil
Virginia
United States Senate
Fairfax TG Montague
Richmond
New Willard
Joseph FE Willard
Montague
Harry McBride
New York
Arlington
Worcester
Ohio
Mr Eckert
Western Union Telegraph Company
Taggart
Samuel Kauffmann
Evening Star of
Hints for the Front Lawn and Comic Snippets
A fragment from a Philadelphia Press item advises washing a snowy lawn with castile soap to remove soot and warns against shampooing the grass. The remainder includes humorous quips about insurance salesmen, talking canaries, parrots, and pawnshop idle chatter from Cleveland papers.
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Alexandria
Dall
Washington Post Co
Tashington
BD. c
Vanderbilt Bullchnk
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Unity Building
Mere
Port Simon
Costa Rica
Inter Oce
Abraham
Lincoln
Supreme Court
Chadwick
Carnegie
Cleveland
M. Witte
Gen. Pflug
Japan
Pflug
Coliege
France
Russia
Philadephia
Loch
National Republican Editorial Association
Warsaw
Conger
Peking
Hussia
Mukden
Colorado
Philadel Phila
Mexico
Cynthiana
Standard Oil Company
George Beavers
Mitchell
Rojestvensky
Mada
Ascar
National Geographical Society
Stephen Girard
New Jersey
Joan
Rough Riders
Chicago News
Teleles
Wallace
Panama Canal Zone
Department of Agriculture Eects
Chicago Exchange
Henpeck
Southesk
House of Lords
David II
Forfarshire
John de Balinhard
Carnegies
Mary Queen of Scots
Stodden
Hila Son
Lord Southesk
Agnes Eliot
Andrew Elliiot
Queen Victoria
David Carnegie
Nigeria
Australia
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Marquis of Queensberry
Coglgardie
Western Australia
Coolgardie
Derby
Fitzroy River
Ladysmith
Earls
Lord Carnegie
Stephanie
Belgium
Countess Longay
Leopold
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Philadelphia Record
Oldbach
Henpeckke
Mar Ted
Vardamian
Harbin
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Boodlers
Soonman
Baltimore
California
Canal Commission
Walker
Hague ‘Tribunal
Rorsle
G. ©. Raven
Pennsylvania
Datington
R. L. Balderston
Slate Lick
M. R. Schaeffer
Virginia—Palace
M. T. Smith
Sturgeonville
A. W. Johnson
Quaries
Senator Quaries
Gistsiee
Wisconsin
Supreme
Marion Erwin
Raleigh
Erwin
Quebec
Benjamin T. Greene
John F Gaynor
Baal
Pros Council
Secret Service
Ernest L. Lyon
Allegany County
N. Y
Frank ‘8. Lyon
House of Representatives
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Wuillargd
Old Dominion
Capt Willard
Massachusetts
St. Louis Grove
Philadelphia Press
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jinks
Ester Binks
Rabhive
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