Naval fleet’s 13000 mile Pacific cruise reaches Magdalena Bay
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans leads the American battleship fleet into Magdalena Bay after a long voyage from Callao. The Pacific base hosts target drills and battle practice as plans shift to San Francisco and a holiday tour up the coast. The fleet’s machinery hulls and crews are praised for superior condition and readiness for any emergency.
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San Diego
Cal
Robly D. Evans
Magdalena Bay
Redondo
Magdalena
Naval Base of the Pacific
San Francisco
San Drego
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
Harbor
Pacific Coast
Tennessee
Washington
Albany
Callao
Admiral Evans
Hampton Roads
United States
Roosevelt Sermon to Mothers at National Congress
President Roosevelt addressed the National Mothers Congress at the White House, praising mothers as superior to veterans and stressing that strong motherhood and child rearing are essential to national progress and survival. He warned against self indulgence and urged women to balance family duties with civic responsibility.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Mothers’ Congress
White House
Tight Corsets Cause Death in Salt Lake City
Mrs. Carl Gunkel of Bingham Utah died after tightly lacing a new corset crushing her chest and sending blood to the heart. A physician arriving too late attributed death to cardiac paralysis from the lacing.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Carl Gunkel
Bingham
Tragedy in Oskaloosa Leaves Family Dead
On a busy downtown street corner in Oskaloosa town Inee Grubb fatally shot his eighteen year old wife then killed his six month old baby before taking his own life in front of about fifty witnesses.
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Oskaloosa
Inee Grubb
Hoosier Nominated for Tacoma Mayoral Race
Tacoma Washington nominates John W W Link former Madison Indiana mayor and 1896 Indiana legislator for Tacoma mayor. Link held political roles in Indiana before being named as the nominee in Tacoma.
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Hoosier
Tacoma
Wash
Republicans
John W.W. Link
Madison
Ind
Link
Japan Warns Tokyo Cable on China Tatsu Affair
The Asahi calls for restraint with China and urges the government not to push China to extremes. It warns Japan should watch arms exports to insurgents and notes Foreign Office sentiment favors an amicable settlement with Britain stressing moral obligation toward China.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
The
Asahi
Foreign Office
Great Britain
First Successful Public Flight of Heavier Than Air in America
Prof Alexander Bell's Red Wing made a test flight at Hammondsport New York over Lake Keuka last week. Engineer F W Baldwin supervised the build for Lieut Thomas Selfridge. The craft glided about 200 feet then rose to ten feet and flew 319 feet at 25 to 30 mph before a tail failure caused a landing.
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Hammondsport
N. Y
Alexander Graham Bell
Lake Keuka
F. W. Baldwin
Aerial Experiment Association
Thomas Selfridge
America
Dieterich Marriage Scandal Reaches France
New York gossip centers on Mr Alfred Dieterich known as the young Standard Oil man and his wife Mrs Dieterich who eloped with Harry Brenchley former coachman for Alfred Vanderbilt. The two are now in France and Mrs Dieterich owns six million dollars in her own right.
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New York
Alfred Dieterich
Dieterich
Standard Oil
Harry Brenchley
Alfred Vanderbilt
France
Most Expensive Ever Taft Campaign Says City Man Backing
A New York World special from Washington reports William Taft’s 750000 dollar campaign outlay through December, funded largely by Charles P Taft of Cincinnati. The piece notes growing monthly costs, the influence of Hitchcock and Vorys staff, and heavy spending in Missouri Oklahoma Kansas and Ohio with Ohio pivotal to nomination chances.
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New York
New York World
Washington
William Taft
Cincinnati
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati Times-Star
William H
Taft
Mark Hanna
Frank H. Hitchcock
William R. Hearst
Hearst
William H. Taft
Charles P
Congress
Howe
St. Louis
Missouri
Oklahoma
Frank Hitchcock
Arthur Vorys
Union
Kansas
Ohio
Senate
Mate to Marry Island Princess After Lurline Voyage
John Olsen, mate on the brig Lurline, plans to sail back to Taiohae in the Marquesas to wed Princess Medena, famed ruler of Taiohae. He chose her from among island girls and won her heart at first sight. The captain objected to bringing her aboard, but Olsen intends to return soon to marry her as Mrs Olsen.
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San Francisco
Cal
John Olsen
Taiohae
Marquesas
Medena
Olsen
Wealth in Congress Quietly Revealed in Profiles
Washington report notes Senator Proctor of Vermont as among the richest, with claims of Guggenheim wealth near 60 million and Stephenson’s lumber and land holdings. It suggests many lawmakers are wealthy but blend life in Washington with quiet propriety, and cites Blaine’s grand Washington home as an example.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Proctor
Vermont
Guggenheim
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Marble Trust
Colorado
Milwaukee
Senator Brown
Nebraska
House
Washington
James G. Blaine
George M. Pullman
Sleepwalker Extraordinarily Quieted by Nighttime Feats
Dr James Russell reports a 21 year old Birmingham hospital patient admitted for sleepwalking. The student and teacher read and wrote in darkness after hours, played piano, tuned a violin, and crocheted while avoiding any light. She left bed three to four hours after sleep.
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London
Cable
James Russell
Birmingham Hospital
Exterminate Them In Mexican Territory War Sparks Outrage
Dr. E J Ackerman reports Yaqui Indians killed two Mexicans near Oputo Sonora in a region with many Americans. The prefect of Montezuma has mobilized 126 Mexican troops to confront the Indians.
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Paso
Texas
E. J. Ackerman
Douglas
Ariz
Oputo
Sonora
Montezuma
Display of the Big Stick Moves World Opinion
The Slovo praises the return of the American fleet as a pacifying act and credits the big stick display, Japanese prudence, and British mediation with peace. Novoe Vremya notes the cruise serves as a public test of the American navy and regrets the fleet will not return to its shores.
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St. Petersburg
Slovo
Pacific
Europe
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Novoe Vremya
Jury Exonerates Actress in Accidental Shooting
New York jury absolves Antoinette de Franne of blame for the March 3 shooting of Mitzi Morok. The coroner's jury finds the death an accident after de Franne testified the gun went off while they examined an old revolver.
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New York
Antoinette de Franne
Mitzi Morok
Miss de Franne
Miss Morok
Double Tragedy at Boston Girls School
Miss Sarah Chamberlin Weed of Philadelphia shot Elizabeth Bailey Hardee of East Savannah before killing herself at Laurens School in the Fenway district. The incidents occurred amid reports of melancholia and overwork among students and staff at the boarding school.
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Boston
Mass
Sarah Chamberlin Weed
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Bailey Hardee
East Savanah, Ga
Laurens School
Fenway District
High School Fraternities in Chicago to be Outlawed
City announces a ban on all high school fraternities and sororities effective September 1 1908. After the date any member will face immediate suspension from the public school system.
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Chicago
Man Gets Ninety Nine Years For Killing Hat Tie Boatwright
Mayfield Kentucky special: Harry Blake convicted of murdering his sweetheart Hat Tie Boatwright and sentenced to 99 years in the state prison. The trial drew one of the largest crowds ever in the courtroom.
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Mayfield, Ky
Harry Blake
Hattie Boatwright
Quits Stage for Pulpit by Washington Actor
Robert L. Downing, a veteran actor famed for The Gladiator and recent political dramas, will quit the stage to enter the pulpit, a report here credibly confirms. He has built a long career and risen to the top of his profession.
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Washington
Robert L. Downing
Downing
the Gladiator
Prohibition Era Drug Prescriptions Draw Local Scrutiny
In Charlotte doctors last year earned $20 000 for writing 39 645 whisky prescriptions totaling 35 011 quarts and 210 dozen beer bottles. Fourteen drug stores collected $43 760 for whisky alone. Charlotte's 35 000 inhabitants have lived under prohibition for three years.
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Charlotte
N. C
Five boys fall ill and three die after eating skunk cabbage
Hackensack New Jersey report states that at Norwood three boys are dead and two more are critically ill after consuming skunk cabbage root. Medical teams race to treat the victims as authorities investigate the incident.
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Hackensack, N. J
Norwood
Walsh Sentenced Five Years For Bank Funds Misuse
John R. Walsh former president of the Chicago National Bank was sentenced to five years in the Fort Leavenworth penitentiary by Judge Anderson after the court denied his plea for a new trial for illegal use of bank funds.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Fort Leavenworth
Anderson
Manitoba Premier-robin Criticizes Roosevelt Stance
The Hon. R. P. Roblin, premier of Manitoba and Canada’s agriculture minister, visiting the Merchants’ Exchange, says President Roosevelt is clever but would be beheaded if he ruled England under a king’s powers.
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St. Louis
R. P. Roblin
Manitoba
Agriculture
Canada
Merchants’ Exchange
Roosevelt
England
Schmitz Released From Jail After Dismissal of Extortion Charges
Eugene E. Schmitz has been freed from jail in San Francisco as the extortion charges against him, on which trial had not yet begun, were dismissed in a special report.
Americans Impress French With Navy Equality to Britain
Paris reports the decision to send the American battleship fleet back via Australia and the Suez canal as proof of the U.S. navy’s efficiency. French observers note the voyage around South America and Magdalena Bay without boiler trouble suggests American vessels rival British strength, prompting calls for French adoption of American boiler technology.
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Paris
Atlantic
Australia
Suez Canal
South America
Magdalena Bay
Hampton Roads
Great Britain
M. Thompson
de Blancre
Washington
San Francisco
France
Not Down on the Bill at Garrick Theater
A Delaware Hospital for the Insane patient leaped onto the Garrick Theater stage during a vaudeville act in Wilmington. Mrs. Collins escorted six women patients to the show. The intruder danced briefly before being removed by the matron and theater staff while other patients remained seated.
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Wilmington
Del
Garrick Theater
Delaware Hospital For
Collins
Billy Farnon
Orchard pleads guilty to Steunenberg murder in Idaho
Harry Orchard appeared before Judge Fremont Wood in Caldwell District Court and withdrew his not guilty plea to enter a guilty plea for first degree murder. He acknowledged killing ex Governor Steunenberg with a dynamite bomb at his residence on December 30, 1905. Orchard said he was hired by William Haywood Charles H. Moyer and George A. Pettibone. Haywood and Pettibone were tried in Boise and discharged. Moyer's case was dismissed. sentencing set for March 18.
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Caldwell
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Fremont Wood
Wood
Orchard
Steunenberg
William Haywood
Charles H. Moyer
George A. Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Haywood
Pettibone
Boise
Moyer
First Automobile In Jerusalem Stirs Crowds Across City
Charles F. Glidden, a Boston auto enthusiast, drives the first car into Jerusalem from Haifa and is followed by Mrs. Glidden and huge crowds. The event marks a historic moment as residents witness motor travel in the holy city.
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Jerusalem
Cable
Charles F. Glidden
Boston
Haifa
Syria
Stoessel's Sentence Commuted to Ten Years in Fortress
The Czar commutes General Stoessel's death sentence for surrendering Port Arthur to ten years in a fortress and a full pardon is anticipated soon.
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St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Farmer Finds Gold Ore in Kentucky Hillside Mine
J. E. Cole, two miles south of Mayfield, Kentucky, unearthed several small gold nuggets while digging into a hillside on his farm. The ore is described as a high grade.
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Mayfield
J. E. Coleman
Five St Paul Girls Die by Own Hands in New York
Seventeen year old Helen Baxter tells how five young women who traveled from St Paul to New York after business training died by suicide within a year. She explains that each became a victim of failed marriages, false friendship, and unemployment as the group pursued life in the big city.
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New York
St. Paul
Helen Baxter
Helen
Minnesota
Beveridge Warns on Child Labor Law Output
Senator Beveridge declares ten thousand children die and 250000 become degenerates yearly from mills and factories. He says Congress must pass an adequate law to ban child produced goods from entering states and expects passage despite opposition after meeting the President.
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Beveridge
Washington
Indiana
Congress
Congressmen Daughters Form Society in Washington
Fifty daughters of congressmen organized the Society of Daughters of Congressmen in Washington. The group includes daughters of senators and representatives who meet during winters for afternoon teas and receptions, using clubrooms to gather when they cannot meet at home.
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Congressmen’s Daughters
Washington
Special
Daughters of Congressmen
Society of Daughters of Congressmen
British Flag Graft in the U S and Political Corruption
The Evening Standard condemns American graft as a widespread cancer from coast to coast. It laments the difficulty of eradicating corruption from San Francisco to Pennsylvania and Washington.
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U. S
London
Pennsylvania
Evening Standard
United States
San Francisco
Washington
the Standard
Good Wins After Hard Fight in Indiana Convention
Dr. Charles H. Good of Warren Huntington county was nominated by Republicans of Indiana's Eleventh district on the 610th ballot. The nomination capped a years long effort and marked the culmination of a remarkable congressional convention in Marion.
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Marion
Ind
Charles H. Good
Warren
Huntington County
Indiana
Attempted assassination of King Haakon in Christiana Palace
A party of laborers fired ten shots at the palace garden in Christiana Norway aiming at King Haakon. The royal family were absent. the would be assassins were captured and confessed their intent to kill the king.
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Christiana
Norway
Haakon
More Books, Less Navies, Says Andy
A petition signed by Andrey Carnegie Robert Fulton Cutting and about 400 other New York City figures protests adding over 60 million for four new battleships and cruisers to the naval budget. It argues that 65 percent of the national income is now spent on war.
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Andy
Washington, Special
Andrey Carnegie
Robert Fulton Cutting
New York City
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