New York Senator Attacks Panama Canal Tolls Change
Senate debate features James A. O’Gorman and Joseph Bristow denouncing repeal efforts. O’Gorman argues tolls repeal threatens national rights and warns welfare of 100 million freemen cannot depend on one man. He cites Hay-Paunce treaty issues and Suez precedent to justify opposition. Public reception shows broad gallery interest and bipartisan reactions.
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Interoceanic Canals Committee
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Kansas
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House of Representatives
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O'Gorman
Great Britain
Suez Canal
Democratic Party
United States
Wedding Runaway to College Park in President's Car
A sensational tale says a newly married couple slipped from the White House in the President's private auto to a private Pullman car awaiting in College Park Maryland for their first journey as man and wife. Friends insist the hush hush ceremony and secrecy hid the departure from public view.
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Bride Cuts Cake and Rings Miss Helen Bones at White House Wedding
Miss Helen Bones drew a ring from the wedding cake at a White House ceremony attended by President Wilson, Mrs. Wilson, and Dr. Cary Grayson. The supper in the state dining room featured guests including Margaret Wilson, Sallie McAdoo, Nancy Lane, and Mrs. Sayre, with the couple later leaving for a dance.
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Harriet Lane
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Mr. McKinley
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Nancy Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Cary Travers Grayson
Princeton
Sylvester W. Beach
May March On City Of Mexico Crisis Near In Capital
Army officials seek to deploy up to 60 000 troops to Vera Cruz and possibly Mexico City to rescue foreigners and restore order if Huerta collapses Officials say no aggression is ordered while cabinet considers mediation and the President and Secretary of State resist early military action unless a crisis worsens in Mexico City Refugees report critical conditions in the capital and warn of potential anarchy alongside fears of significant casualties in any advance toward Mexico City.
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Town Named Tango Debuts in Lincoln County West Virginia
The Lincoln county community has been christened Tango and will appear on all future maps of West Virginia. Despite the name, Tango in town is not about dancing as residents say no one can dance the steps that gave the name.
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Unusual Honor at Christening of American Envoy’s Granddaughter
At the American embassy, a christening honored the infant daughter of Lieut Comer Walter R Gherardi naval attaché. His majesty and the godfather, American historian George Bancroft, attended to mark the high regard for the family.
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Englishman Coxon jailed at Soledad by Maas
G H Coxon Englishman and manager of the Vera Cruz Street Railway Company is a prisoner of General Gustavo Maas at Soledad. He was held there ordered not to leave without Maas's permission then attempted to escape on a horse, was recaptured and returned to Soledad and confined in prison.
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Spirit of Stead Appears to Psychic and Secretary After Titanic Loss
Maj. Gen. Sir Alfred Turner reports that William T. Stead returned from the dead and appeared to a psychologist and Stead’s secretary. The statements describe Stead’s posthumous communications about the Titanic disaster and urging the pursuit of truth.
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Thrift confession clears OLeary cow in 1871 Chicago fire
Miss Rebecca Thrift, 70, in a deathbed confession from Lima Ohio infirmary claims she started the Chicago fire by burning a lamp and fled through flames to escape arrest. The Washington Post reports the deathbed tale is under investigation and contradicts Mrs OLeary's cow involvement.
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Lima
Ohio
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American woman sues for English officer wedding settlement
Miss Derryle E. Law of Atlantic City sues the executors of Captain Patrick Hamilton to enforce a settlement of a yearly sum by an English army officer killed at Salisbury Plain. The case arose after Hamilton proposed marriage and a Washington wedding was planned for the following February. The plaintiff’s counsel described the arrangement and subsequent actions in chancery court.
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London
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Atlantic City
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Salisbury Plain
Hamilton
Long Island
Washington
Notable Assembly at McAdoo Wilson Nuptials
President's daughter Eleanor Randolph Wilson wed William Gibbs McAdoo in a simple White House ceremony. Cabinet members and high officials attended in a restrained setting in the blue room with Marine Band music. The service, conducted by Rev. Sylvester W. Beach, followed a quiet state dinner in the state dining room.
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White House Romance Linked to First Family Names
On a June night 28 years ago a bell rang as Eleanor Randolph Wilson and William Gibbs McAdoo took vows in the Cleveland Folsom wedding scene. The ceremony placed them near Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom, seen as a notable White House romance echoing through history.
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