Townsend Confers With Roosevelt On Railway Rate Bill
Representative Townsend of Michigan reports accord with President Roosevelt on main principles of railway rate legislation. A new measure will be drafted to meet objections and include regulation of private cars and terminal charges. Further conferences planned to align Congress and administration.
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Michigan
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Representative Townsend
Townsend
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Representative Esch
Wisconsin
House
Ita
Town
Senate
Jownsena
Commission
Ilinois
Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gig
Railroads Help Trusts Abolition of Discriminating Freight Rates
Philadelphia Oct 5 Freight rates and labor groups dominated the final Carriage Builders National Association session. Henry Staver of Chicago urged abolishing freight rate discrimination to curb trusts and pressed members to lobby Congress for necessary legislation.
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Philadelphia
The
Carriage Builders’ National Association
Henry ©. Staver
Chicago
Visitors at the White House with European officials
President Roosevelt met Minister A Grip of Sweden and Norway who spoke of a potential Norwegian king. Italian Marquis Doria, Dr Lloyd Thomas of the British navy, and other figures including Corporal Tanner, Jose F. Godoy, Eugene Ware, and J E Wilson visited the President during the day.
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Roosevelt
A. Grip
Sweden
Norway
Oscar
Taft
Marquis Doria
Italy
Canada
Lloyd Thomas
Atlee
Tanner
Jose F. Godoy
J. E. Wilson
Interior
Cost of Public Printing Aids Public Inquiry
Four of the six members of the joint committee to investigate the cost of public printing met in Senator Platt's office in New York. The group planned a three member subcommittee to review prior work and pursue future inquiries, chaired by Landis with Gorman and Perkins as members.
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Joint Congressional Committee
Washington Post
New York
Senator Platt
Broadway
Arthur P. Gorman
Maryland
Frederick Landis
Indiana
J. P. Per- Ying
5S. B. Dikins
West Virginia
J. M. Griggs
Georgia
Joint Committee
Platt
Landis
Gorman
Perkins
Consul George E. Anderson Visits Washington
George E. Anderson former Springfield journalist and U S consul at Amoy China, stops in Washington. Born August 1860 in Normal Illinois, he grew up in Springfield and studied at Shurtleff College and Timels Wesleyan University. He led several newspapers before joining the U S consular service and later married Mary Kumler with one child.
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George E. Anderson
United States
Amoy
China
Washington
Mr. Anderson
Normal
Springfield
Shurtleff College
Upper Aston
Springfield News
Peoria Journal
Timels Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Harris Ewing
Hangchow
Anderson
Mary A. Kumler
John A. Kumler
Walden University
Nashville
Tean
United States to Consider Czar Invitation for Second Hague Peace Conference
Secretary Root to draft response to Baron Rosen after conference at the State Department. The Russian ambassador carried the Czar's invitation for U S participation in a second Hague peace congress. President Roosevelt gave tacit support and urged broader inclusion, with South and Central American states to be admitted.
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Baron Rosen
Root
State Department
Hague
Russia
United States
Oither
Roosevelt
Ryan
Baron Roxen
Oyster Bay
Improv
Nicholas
Thomas sails for Orient with troops and cargo
The army transport Thomas, repaired into first class condition, sails from San Francisco for Honolulu, Guam, and Manila carrying Thirteenth Infantry Company F Signal Corps officers and men, several casuals, and thirteen Marines. Cabin passengers include Col. Martaley, Col. Ward, and Maj. Gresham. a large cargo of general army supplies is aboard.
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San Francisco
J. C. Gresham
Thiras
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promote Digestive Health
A Victorian style blurb touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a digestion focused remedy for dyspepsia, indigestion, and stomach troubles. It claims the tablets digest food, improve stomach vigor, and avoid the irritation of cathartics, with tests showing one grain digesting 3,000 grains of pareat and eggs. They are sold by druggists and advised for after meals use.
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Stuart
Treaty at Tokyo Cabinet Target of Attack
Tokyo reports warn acts of violence possible if government suppresses popular opinion against the treaty as Japan faces a debt of 1.25 billion dollars. G M Yamaza and H W Denison arrived at Yokohama from Seattle with the Portsmouth peace treaty, amid guarded public meetings and demand for a Diet session. Former Foreign Minister Okuma warned the burden may threaten tax and per capita debt, urging business leaders to boost productive works despite unrest.
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Tokyo
G.M. Yamaza
Foreign Office
H. W. Denison
Yokohama
Dakota
Seattle
Portsmouth
Ralrosis
Privy Council
Sakhatin
Diet
Okuma
Progressive Party
Associated Chambers of Commerce
Root holds first weekly reception for diplomatic corps
Secretary Root conducted his inaugural weekly reception for the diplomatic corps at the State Department. Most ambassadors ministers and charg es d affaires in Washington called during the forenoon, with many staying briefly. The practice will continue with Thursday forenoon visits, drawing X officials from Russia Nicaragua Haiti Japan China Mexico and Korea among others. Senor Quesada Cuban minister presented Senor Francisco Pina named second secretary of the Cuban Legation, succeeding Senor de la Vega y Calderon. Mexican embassy official Gamboa noted Mexico’s Dr. Eduardo Lueaga will attend the International Sanitary Congress in Washington next week.
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Root
Washington
State Department
Senor Quesada
Francisco Pina
Legation
Manuel de la Vega Y Calderon
Senor Gamboa
Eduardo Lueaga
National Board of Health of
Mexico
Fight over control of Maryland Trust reorganization plan
Baltimore Oct 5 A clash over Maryland Trust Company reorganization pits the Bond plan backed by Speyer & Co against a Baltimorean syndicate led by Middendorf Williams & Co. Stock trades around 33 a share up 88 since initial offers as fiduciaries urge stockholders to deposit shares with Safe Deposit to vote for the plan. The Maryland Finance Corporation backs a $1,000,000 cash capital upgrade, debt free operations, and a $606,000 cap for reorganization costs with Speyer to buy and stockholders to buy preferred stock at par.
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Maryland Trust
Baltimore
Maryland Trust Company
Speyer & Co
New York
The Double Edge Pun at the Atlantic Monthly
A compact study of wordplay and double meaning notes how puns hinge on two edges that meet in wit. It recalls examples from Disraeli and a crude quip about poetry, tracing how dulling refinements transformed a sharp form into mere banality.
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The
Atlantic Monthly
Disraeli
Aelf
Shakespeare
Elomerere
Heine
Packers to buy meat inspection tags under proposed plan
Secretary Wilson to discuss a plan at Cabinet on charging packers for inspection tags and packaging, based on Attorney General opinion that current law does not require government to cover costs. Government would also fund more inspectors, with large packers bearing most tag costs after last year’s heavy usage by the beef trust.
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Wilson
Congress
Beef Trust
Taft and Roosevelt push for larger diplomatic pay and posts
President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft advocate higher salaries for diplomats and consuls to raise American prestige abroad. They urge Congress to fund bigger salaries and expanded embassies, noting U S establishments in London Paris and Berlin lag behind rivals while ground status only China has owned land. Secretary Root’s reforms history may support new appropriations to strengthen foreign service.
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Department
Roosevelt
Taft
China
Far East
London
Paris
Berlin
Girl Dies Singing Hymn After Train Tragedy
Louey BH Butler a Morgan Park chorister, dies on Blue Island Hospital table after being crushed by a Rock Island train. She sang Abide with Me in the operating room as surgeons worked, speaking softly to her family and asking to tell her pastor and mother she was not afraid to die.
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Butler
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Little Baptist
Morgan Park
Louey BH. Butler
Rock Island
Blue Island
Bara
Railroads see widespread promotions and investments in 1905
F A Alfred resigns as Pere Marquette chief engineer. James Pell named traveling passenger agent of Cotton Belt. B and O orders ten Pullman express cars. NYC seeks 160000 tons steel rails for 1908. Pennsylvaniadrives shop force up 40 percent. Numerous appointees across Chicago and Northwestern, Wabash, Alton, Oregon Short Line, and Vandalia. Rail earnings rise. Missouri Kansas Texas reports strong 1905 year. Interstate rate and terminal enhancements announced. California fruit shipments east and block system on Southern Railway. Court actions constrain Little Kanawha syndicate. convertible debentures offered by NYNH&H. Detroit River tunnel prep underway. Rock Island promotes freight and passenger staff changes.
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F. A. Alfred
Pere Marquette
James Pell
Baltimore and Ohio
Pullman Company
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
A. H. Winter
Chicago
Northwestern
L. W. Botts
Loulaville
Henderson
St. Louid
H. V. Sanders
F .W. G. Rose
Bi Louis
H. KK. Mudd
Charles A. King
Alton
T. M. Schumacher
Oregon Short Line
United Fruit Company
Lake Shore
Lehigh Valley
Lehigh Valley Dispatch
Kansas City
M. McMurtrie
Wyn B. Morris
Pittsburg and
Lake Erie
Pittsburg
C. H E. Swindell
Texarkana
Fort Smith
Vandalia
California
New York
Boston
Southern Railway
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Robert Blickensderfer
Wabash-Finsburg
Wheeling
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Queen and Crescent
Norfolk and Southern
Norfolk
Pennsylvania
Broad Street
Philadelphia
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Texas
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Ilinois Central
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Trunk Line Committee
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Great Northern
Northern Steamship Company
Texas Raiilroad Commission
Texas Railways
Georgia Railroad Commission
Atlanta
Augusta
Savannah
Riverside
Baltimore
Howard Brady & Son
United States
Cincinnati
Richards Hag
Michigan Central
Canada Southern
Detroit River
Detroit
Windsor
Ontario
Troffic
Rock Island
Gov Glenn to Invite President for State Fair Visit
Gov Glenn plans to travel to Washington next Monday to invite President Roosevelt to visit North Carolina and the Raleigh State fair. President Ashley Horne of the State Fair Association will accompany the governor, per a telegram from the President. Norfolk diary notes a visit by a notable figure on Wearapeon Roads returning from New Orleans.
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Raleigh
N. C
Glenn
Roosevelt
North Carolina
Ashley Horne
State Fair Association
Norfolk
Wearapeon Roads
New Orleans
Russian Character Study Provokes Sharp Comparisons
Critics praise a stark Russian character study set in the days of the White Czar fighting the Turks. The Portland critic notes brutal realism while the Charleston paper commends psychological depth and destiny. The Detroit and others highlight critiques of nobility, wealth, and failed reform efforts.
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Zola
Portland Oregonian
Charleston News and Courier
Senate building stone bids opened for front work
Preparatory to tomorrow's Senate office building commission meeting, bids on stone work were opened by Capitol superintendent Hilliott Woods. Forty six bids were received including granite fronts by Booth Brothers and Hurricane Isle Co of New York at 1 010 00, marble fronts by Vermont Marble Co at 1 048 000, and limestone fronts by William Bradley & Gon of New York. The commission of Senators Custom Guallinger and Teller will decide the material to be used at the meeting.
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United States Senate Office Building Commission
William Bradley& Gon
New York
President Names Postmasters in Alabama to Wisconsin
The President announced appointments for postmasters in multiple states including Cullman Alabama and Plymouth Massachusetts. The list names individuals such as William A. Heck Ivoryton George B French Walter Stickney and others across Connecticut Iowa Minnesota Missouri Oregon Texas Washington and Wisconsin. A separate note says Marvin J. Phipps was named fourth class postmaster at Shosi Virginia. The Railroad Cannot Build Drawbridge. Secretary Daft tas approved findings denying Southern Pacific Railroad’s request to build a drawbridge across Carquines Straitz. Only a pier bridge sixty feet above water could be built, shortening the San Francisco to Sacramento distance.
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Cullman
William A. Heck
Connecticut
Ivoryton
George B. French
Sharon
Willam Baker
Kindy
Warren
Walter’ Stickney
Alana
Notre Dame
Joh A. Zahm
Iowa
Charter Oak
L'A
Michigan
Stockbridge
J. G. Hines
Minnesota
Biwabli
Ivan R. Gillpatrick
Missouri
de Soto
Theodore Walther
Hele
Clyde M. Hudson
North
Harvey S. Buck
Texas
Bartlett
Jefferson D. Bell
Washington
South Bend
Frank L. Turner
Wisconsin
Blair
Ida BE. Gilbert
Weyauwega
Hans
Olgon
Marvin J. Phipps Wea
Shosi
Daft Tas
Chiefs of Engineers
Southern Pacifc Railroad
Carquines Straitz
San Francisco
Sacramento
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