Publicity Bill Urged In McConnell's Riotous Meeting
A fragmented report describes efforts by Senator Burrows chairing a subcommittee to advance a publicity bill. Former Senator Chandler of New Hampshire warns against measures punishing crime and reducing representation. The piece notes political maneuvering, party positions, and calls for clearer action in Congress while detailing attendees and debated tactics.
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William E Chandler
New Hampshie
Burrows cChaiman
Mine Bureau Bill Passes For Investigation Plan
A proposed mine bureau measure authorizes a department commission to investigate subject areas and methodically assess mining operations. The bill directs the bureau to study treatment, electricity costs, and market impacts while outlining the bureau’s authority to make recommendations.
Hood's Appetite Restorer Promises Quick Appetite Return
A misread ad describes Hood's to restore appetite and vitality, claiming it strengthens digestion and makes eating pleasant. It urges readers to take Hood's for loss of appetite and stresses it as the best remedy.
Burrows Visits President on Keynote Speech Prospects
Michigan Senator Burrows, named temporary chairman of the Republican national convention, called at the White House with a fifteen to twenty minute interview. He left optimistic, saying no discussion of the chairmanship or the keynote speech occurred, and he will prepare his address for Chicago with the President reportedly aware of his plan.
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Michigill
Sys
Manship
Senator Burrows
Michigan
bHcan
Beveridge
Witte House
Hfteen
Mir Burrows
Burrows
Congress
White House
Bettef
Chicago
Monument Sites Inspected for Barry and Jones Monuments
Secretary Mercall and Representative McCall of Assachusetts commissions appointed to examine Washington sites for proposed monuments to Commodore Barry and John Paul Jones. They were favorably impressed with Franklin Park for Barry and Naval Observatory Grounds for Jones. Full commission members will convene to report.
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Mercall
McCall
Assachusetts
John Barry
John Paul Jones
Washington
Franklin Park
Barry
Naval Observatory
John Pauli Jones
FAVORS MONETARY INQUIRY INTO SENATE UNION OF STUDY BOARDS
A Senate plan proposes a nine member Senate and nine member House commission to study banking and currency laws. The measure authorizes a currency commission to report to Congress as soon as possible, with hearings during the recess and possible further investigations into monetary reform and banking isolation.
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Aldrich
Luer
Aldieh
Riandese
Aligeh
Army Captain Disappears Near Presidio in San Francisco
Captain Allister of the Thirty first Cavalry has vanished from the Presidio area, leaving friends unable to contact him since early January. He has served about three years. his wife remains at home, and his family has not heard from him since January.
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Marin Army
Fkeer Jie
Sui
Judge Wook
Alliss Famly
Januim
Agreement On District Child Labor Bill Reached In Upper House
The Senate approved the conference report on the District child labor bill with no dissent and the measure now heads to the House. It tightens work limits for underage workers, requires age and schooling certificates, bans child labor during school hours, and empowers the Juvenile Court judge to issue permits for light work to older children under strict conditions.
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Senate
Leilivec
Committee On Education and Labor
House
Juvenils Court
Ani
Sesson
May Make Rome a Seaport
Signor Paolo Tuccimet of Rome has been commissioned by the Italian government to promote a twelve mile ship canal from the Tiber mouth to connect Rome directly with the sea. He will tour major U S and Canadian cities to gauge travel interest and the canal’s potential appeal to American tourists.
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Talian
Signor
Paolo 1Uccimet
Rome
Washington
Italan
Tuccimes
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
United States
Canada
Orders to Naval Officers and Army Staff 1908 1909
A dense list of 1908 1909 military assignments and changes including captains and officers to various posts. Mentions Naval War College Forts Newport Hot Springs Oglethorpe and Alaska with leave grants and retirements.
Public Has Right To Fish In North Pond
The Washington Post reports the United States Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the 1960 decree in Percy Summer Club v Astel. It upholds the public’s right to fish in the pond area excluding ten acres, covering large ponds in the state. The 1888 purchase by Percy Summer Club aimed to bar public access, but state courts ruled for public fishing rights.
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Washington Post
Concord
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Circuit Court
Percy Summer Club
Astel
Pablo
North Pond
New York
Washington
Paper Makers Face House Inquiry On Costs And Prices
Eastern manufacturers wrapped up their testimony before a special House committee probing wood pulp and print paper prices. Western producers continue today as the panel aims to finish hearings. Witnesses described rising paper costs and falling market values as the central issue.
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Eastern News
House
Cicar
Rand
Final Trial of the Octopus Submarine Boat Test Monday
The Nai Department announces the final acceptance trial of the submarine boat Octopus in Narragansett Bay on Monday. Capt Charles Marsh, superintendent of the torpedo division, and members of the Board of Inspection and Survey will attend. Capt Marsh is said to command the cruiser Yankee, the parent ship of the torpedo boats on the Atlantic coast.
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Narragansett Bay
Nai Department
Narraganett Bay
Charles ( Marsh
Torpedo Division
Board of Inspection and Survey
Woll
Marsh
Wll
Yankee
Atlantic
Bishop Addresses Graduates In North Capitol Hall Ceremony
Bishop Joseph A Sperry DD delivered the principal address at a graduation ceremony for Sphirty graduates in Rust Hall North Capitol Street northwest. Dr C W Gallagher presided, urging graduates to pursue noble careers serving others. Thirty graduates in white gowns received recognition with gifts to Dr and Mrs Gallagher as lists of graduates from Deaconess Missionary and Nurse training courses were read, including Delia Belle Beechley and numerous others from Mount Vernon Iowa to New York and Pittsburgh.
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Sphirty
Deasconesses
Sibley Hoespital
Rust Hall
North Cap ‘Ttol
M_streeta
Joseph A. Sperry
C W Gallagher
Adout Land Hospital
Adams
Mre Gallagher
Delia Belle Beechley
Mount Vernon Iowa
Gértrue L Catlin Challasorg Fenn Lottis
Ethel Com
Michelles
White Plainsville
Krminte Wilber
Helen Frans Erk
Pittsburg
Annie Lee Price
Baltimore
Marie Rogers
Rochester
Will Sign Buildings Bill and Seek Careful Examination
President Roosevelt will sign the public buildings bill if it contains only legitimate items and has been checked by Secretary Cor telyou and Treasury officials. The measure is under review, with inspections under way, as the President weighs fund availability and policy implications before approval.
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Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Taylor
Senate
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Sy Ealed
Congress
Col Symons to Get Post as Army Engineer Chief
Col Thomas W Symons, veteran engineer and adviser on canal construction, is expected to be appointed chief engineer of Spencer’s Army. Born in Keeseville, he trained at the Military Academy and served on major surveys in the West. He helped plan the New York Barge Canal and built the largest breakwater in the world at Buffalo.
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Thomas W Symons
Corns
Milleryan
Roosevelt
Spencers
Crea
Alexander Mackenne
Symens
Conculine
Engness
Barge Canal
New York
Symens Wis
Keesville
Flint
West
United States Miliary, Academy
Wallets Pont
Department of the Columbia
Washington
Buffalo
Col Symons
Inland Rates Rule Ordered for Export and Import Traffic
An executive order tightens Interstate Commerce Commission rules on export and import traffic between U S points and foreign countries. Carriers must publish inland rates and fares for port connections, with tariffs clearly stating inland charges. Compliance with tariff formats is required by July 1, 1908, including cancellation of nonconforming tariffs.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Lander
Engag
Peints
Fifteen Years for Deserter in Army Prison
San Francisco reports David Sheehan, labeled the army’s most notorious deserter, was sentenced to fifteen years in a U S military prison. He allegedly enlisted eleven times and escaped ten times with uniforms sold. Court martial included seven desertion charges in peace and one for leaving during war.
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San Francisco
United States Military
David Sheehan
Sheehan
Ireland to Represent Army at AMA Meeting
Maj Merritt W Ireland was detailed by the medical department of the army to represent the service at the American Medical Association meeting in Chicago in June.
Deadlock Over Anti Injunction Bills Ends With House Vote
The House Republican conference rejected any anti injunction legislation for the current session by a 75 to 63 vote after three hours of debate. Speaker Cannon attacked Samuel Gompers as the AFL head backed the bill while Fassett Towne Esch and others pressed for motion deferral. The adjournment was later allowed sine die by 75 to 68, signaling no agreement for new injunction measures this session.
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Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
House Republicans
Representative Fasset
New York
Fassett
Towne
Minnesota
Sherman
Gannon
Samuel Gompes
American Federation of Labor
Townsend
Michigan
Esch
Wisconsin
Safeguarding Depositors Urged After Pittsburgh Bank Failure
James C. Hall from Washington argues for federal action to protect depositors after Allegheny Bank collapse in Pittsburgh with a $1.6 million loss. He urges Roosevelt and Congress to consider legislation ensuring every dollar in national banks in key cities like New York Chicago and St Louis is safe, proposing penalties to banks that shortchange depositors.
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Alleglengationel
Pittsbore
City of the Forks
Ohio
Roosevelt
Congress
Pittsburg
New York
New York City
Duce
Canaa
Sovereign Bank
Ite Cocks
Long Island
Cystler Tay
Iris
Ile
Vaile
Vreeland
Chicago
St Tous
James C Hall
Washington
Nervine Restore Nervous Energy Claims by Dr Miles
Broken down overwork and nervous strain claimed to affect the whole body. Dr Miles Nervine said to restore nervous energy and rebuild the system. A testimonial from Lititz Pennsylvania describes wife near death from nervous prostration then recovering after use. Reprint by Miles Medical Co.
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Miles’ Nervine
Miles
Momey’ Riles Medical CO
Elkhart, Ind
Final Debate on Sherman Antitrust Law at National University
The National University Law School Debating Society holds its final debate for 1907 1908 at the National University law building on thirteenth street NW. The topic argues amending the Sherman antitrust act to exclude labor unions. Affirmative speakers are Tarbot Gundy and Clabaugh, while Hurley Campbell and Strimmer speak for the negative. Judges include Courtney W Hamlin Samuel Gompers and Dean Charles Francis Carual.
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National University Law School
National University Law
Thirteenth Street
New York Avenue
I Street
John B. Tarbot
South Carolina
Charles T Gundy
Missouri
Bank Reforms Urged Amid Stringent Finance Critique
A Washington visitor from the commercial sector denounces harsh banking practices seen in New York during the stringency period. He cites a case where a man faced 3 percent charges on funds, partial loan denial, and high commissions, arguing for state and national banking laws to curb such extortion and protect honest business.
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Cast
New Yorker
Heavuy
Washington
United Business Community
Cit
New York
Newark
Nw York
Inventor unveils land and water auto at San Francisco Bay
Charles F Hilden, a former sailor, claims to have built an automobile that travels on land and water using two turbine engines and twelve propeller blades. After trials at Lake Merritt, Sprackels Lake, Golden Gate Park, and Harbor View, he plans a test across land and water near San Francisco Bay, asserting potential to revolutionize life at sea and provide a new pleasure craft.
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San Franesco
Charles F H1den
San Franisco Bay
Hilden
San Francisco
Lake Merritt
Sprackels Lake
Golden Gate Park
Harbor View
Cn Uy
Panama Commissioners Attend Central American Peace Conference
Panama May 1 The cruiser Albany is docked with W T Burhman and Enrique Creel high commissioners of the United States and Mexico to a Central American court of Justice. Dr Madrz and Dr Baranara Guatemalan delegates will sail to Cartago Costa Rica for a peace conference. No landing at Puntarenas due to yellow fever.
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Panama
Albany
Todas
T Burhman
Enrique
Creel
United States
Mexico
President Named In Will After Death In Somersee
Boston May 21 A testator Penjamin Hedley left a fortune valued at $1000 to be distributed among English relatives if a new bill and two radicils are authentic. The document questions may determine whether the entire estate except a small bequest to the President goes to Hedley’s English kin.
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Boston
Boorevrlt
Penjamin Hedley
NGM
Hadley
Court of Appeals and Circuit Court Diary of Cases and Notices
Adjourned dockets list numerous cases across DC appeal and circuit courts. Names include Walker Rosenberg Lam bert Hutton O Donnell Dudley Jenkins Woolf Dowling and more. Entries reference receivers, restraining orders, bankruptcies, probate, and criminal matters with dates and attorney firms.
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Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Ceauity Court NO
Clabaugh
Guaranty and Surety Company
Wa Stewart
Philip Walker
Rosenberg
Spanier
A. Wolf
J . Payser Weaver
Chick
Wolf & Rosenberg
a'Donnetl
O'Donnell
Hargraves
Storneys
Shea ‘Layier
Johnsen
Benjamin Asi
Seege
Callaghan
Darr Bello
Hill
Gilbert
Thomreon
Hehitag Thomas
O Donoghue
Otis Eievator Company Et al
Meyers
Simmons
Douglass and Fetes
Real Estate Transfers Across Broad City Neighborhoods
A compilation of property transfers showing numerous grants of lots and blocks in diverse districts. Transactions list buyers such as Bruce L Hernan Elias Wolfe and John W Hudson with parcels including blocks 71 16 8 1045 and 477. Also noted are transfers in Georgetown Meridian and Columbia Heights with sums around 10 to 16 dollars per lot and various square numbers.
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Charles W
Elias Wolfe
Holmeador
Alexander Mainr
Mogmltem Wand Magaree
Anaron W Lukes
Sinth Street
Thomas A Dail
Harry O al- Durger
Fourth
Firth
Iliam
Kelir
Deniel KC Jackson
Beer
Sher Wood
Edwards Land and Building Company
Bartlett
Harper
Huron
Mary Henderson
John
Henderson
Meridian Hall
Dwucen Fira
Atresis
Daniel WO Donogue
Joseph Bo Scin
Hall
First
William
Msini
Jarksom Bog
Msivare Rad
MT Alki
Jary T Palmer Yo Jauisa F Krwin Partners
Schurtzen Pank
George P Horan
KOH Marea Foc
Strert Solthn Fst
Charles Weltzel
Amelia Weitzel
Harvard Street
Worthwest
Harvey Winfeld
Columbia
Don
Sanford
Irene O Henderson
Joe
Pacit Park—Hortle
Hollinelt
Mary Virgina Heliif
Whitehaven
Jacop Po Clark Co
William TL Malone
Sand O Wrest
Mardin
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George A Warth Tur Iva
ASO
Jacob J Willer
Thomas Boies
al Truetees
Francia
Blundon
Fannie
Buena Vista
James Horhats
Albert Whitworth
Plock & Bquarf
William Wisnéey
John FE Gul
Gertrude
Alfel Shan
HK Stein
Donghue
Nh Fowler
Daniel W
Odonghe Ystee
Ogina Tol
Joseph Tee
Grann
Pele
Johanna Fee
Samir
Por
Pat Origna Loi
Collmaia
Hpiguts Heey
Winfield
O Wale
Wilcox
Gerge Podane
Ara Aquilla
Alyer
Thomas Wrnter
Eouce Cena
Warren
Sim
Bale Warren
Jane L. Mexenze
Keng Ie Bergmann
Tharies
Hafar
Dola Loper
Weedon
Sinan Pope
Rob
Yoo
Padsworth
Marie Slomate
Bercy
Stason
Bera Hare
Bo Wlan
Harry Wardman
Nonthly
ASA Cstio
Iaie
Ato
George Hlls
Whim Halland
John Tonki
Francia Salaers
Oather
John Fom
Gere Conden
Charles Hanan
Annie Rawlings
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Land and Water Auto
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Silters & Forret
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Collady
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Thomas Soreville Company
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Webb
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George P Caver
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Bureey
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Ardoreen Jackson
Taredart
Open Court
Loné
Planiis
Wolt & Rosenberg
Turling
Palace Pila Kaitting Mill Company
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Og Potomac Dredg Iim Company
Columba National Land Dredg Pr Company
Aomer Hanlon & Olbert J Oh Viayden No 4
Stone Company
Rowsill Attorneys P Tamuert Bestow Pecitheinnon ‘ ” Sullivan Vs
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G Cshinn
Lipscomb
Rokes
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Lambert
MrAlistor
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Leor Tousiner
Torméton
Toll
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Tiurstan & Bailinger
Dawkeasr Stoll
Gitelisage & Chamberlig
Turston & Bul Inge
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Gres J Lambert
Mgrnihar
Providence Hospital
Attorme & Joa Johnson
Gates Ard Nelson Witan
Cenrge
Hamilton
Commernapial Traction Company
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Russ Perry & Son
G PT
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Baliinger
Thompson Sterrett Company
Neubeck
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Rex Dey & Son
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Aon
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Joe Fash
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Tsadlere Kahn
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Willem MW Weaver
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Noal Poih Manufacturing Company
Willem Bowen
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