Taft names cabinet and calls extra session March 15
Washington reports President Taft appointing his cabinet, Senate confirmation, and oath taking for most members. A tariff bill is drafted with an inheritance tax idea. Taft plans an extra session on March 15 to focus solely on tariff revision. Philander Knox resigns his Senate seat to become Secretary of State.
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White House
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New York
Prouty
Vermont
Lake Champlain
Plettsburg
Darlington
Cuba
de Metrino Castillo Duany
United States
Red W. Carpenter
Wickersham Takes Oath as Attorney General
Washington on March 5 George W Wickersham took the oath of office as attorney general at the department of justice at 3 45 in the afternoon The ceremony was witnessed only by Mrs Wickersham their daughter Miss Lillie Wickersham Lady Hadfield Mrs Wickershams sister Mr and Mrs Henry W Taft and the private secretary The ceremony concluded with introductions of principal officers and clerks of the department
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George W. Wickersham
Department of Justice
Wickersham
Lillie Wickersham
Hadfield
Henry W. Taft
Department
Durnett Resolution Seeks Ashine Exclusion Law
Sacramento March 5 The Senate resolution by Senator Lester G Durnett asking Congress to pass an exclusion law to place Japanese on the same footing as Chinese was referred by the assembly today to a select committee of one led by Speaker Philip A Atanton, who has opposed such legislation.
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Philip A Atanton
Doomed Murderer Seeks Death Penalty Appeal
Albert T. Patrick pleads before the New York Supreme Court in Brooklyn urging life imprisonment over the death sentence for the 1900 murder of William Marsh Rice. He claims a vast conspiracy by trial justices and prosecutors and contends Governor Higgins had no role.
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William Marsh iRice
Appelate Division
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Jerome
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Osborne
Gotf
Taylor
Court of Appeals
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Baltimore Storm Damage Reaches Up To One Million
Estimates from Washington and Baltimore based on today and tonight figures place yesterday's storm damage to public service corporations between 700000 and 1600000 dollars. Harry Granger, brother-in-law of former governor candidate George K R Gaither, was found dead after attempting to walk home through cold from Mount Washington Forest Park.
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Roosevelt Papedition Heads to Africa From Smithsonian
Preparations at the Smithsonian Institution are under way for the Africa expedition led by Theodore Roosevelt. Naturalists J Alden Loring and Edmund Heller have assisted Major Edgar A Mearns, who will manage the expedition. Roosevelt plans to finalize plans at Oyster Bay before the party lands at Mombasa Bay and begins exploration with a clear game plan.
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Edmund Heller
Washington
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Kier Hardie Hooted by British Students at Oxford Meeting
James Kier Hardie, socialist member of parliament and principal speaker, faced a disrupted address at a Fabian Society meeting in Oxford’s town hall. The audience drowned his remarks with jeers and noise, preventing him from speaking.
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Oxford
England
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Aggressive Undergraduate Demonstration Breaks Up Meeting
Hostile demonstrations by undergraduates disrupted a university event. Firecrackers and car horns echoed as students shouted sang and threw eggs and oranges. The platform was stormed and fights occurred while the proctor failed to gain a hearing for Mr. Hardie. the gathering eventually broke up.
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Russian Statesman Urges Big Gold Reserve
St. Petersburg budget debate sees Finance Minister Kokovessoff stress the gold standard. He cites a gold reserve of 1.2 billion rubles and a surplus to issue currency up to 480 million rubles. He notes indirect taxes impose hardships and proposes income tax on the rich.
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Manila rumor says American lieutenant among head hunters
A Manila cable reported by The Tribune claims Lieutenant Harry L. King of the First Cavalry and a detachment mapping northern Luzon have been killed by head hunters.
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Harry L. King
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Federal Statute Ruling Clears Manning Case
Judge Robert E. Lewis in Denver threw out the Manning case on mall fraud charges finding the federal statute too broad for mining property disputes. Manning, a Denver mining man, sold stock at two cents a share to buyers likely unaware the mine was producing, prompting warnings that the government cannot prosecute every dubious mining deal.
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Denver
Colo
Robert E. Lewis
United States District Court Today
United States District
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J. F. Manning
Manning
Moat
President Roosevelt Bans Influence on Navy Assignments
Washington March 5. One of Roosevelt's final acts was to issue an order supplementing an August 19 1905 directive prohibiting the use of influence to obtain Navy and Marine Corps assignments. The order requires all requests and recommendations to go through regular official channels and be filed on officers records.
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Roosevelt
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Crder
Grafters Attorney Springs Sensation in Pittsburg
Attorney John Marron representing Councilman J F Klein declared that the bribery act of 1874 used to prosecute graft has been repealed and never enacted. He claimed the graft case was illegal if his assertion is substantiated, challenging the prosecutions.
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Mare
John Marron
J FP Klein
Appeals for aid to rescue Arctic explorer Cook
Rear Admiral Schley on behalf of the Arete lab of America appeals for financial aid to rescue Arctic explorer Dillon Wallace and Dr Frederick Albert Cook, last heard from March near 40 miles north of Cape Thomas Hubbard in good condition and preparing a dash for the pole.
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Schley
Arete Lab of America
Dillon Wallace
Frederick Albert Cook
Arctic
Cook
Cape Thomas Hubbard
North Pole
State sensational murder trial dominates Tennessee headlines
The trial of Colonel D. T. Cooper Robin Cooper and John D. Sharpe for Carmack’s 1900 murder dominates Nashville coverage. The state impeaches testimony from J S Binning and the governor while defense witnesses challenge the shooting narrative and timing. Court maintains order as spectators jeer and officials seek restraint.
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Morning Journal Special
Nashville
Tenn
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John D. Sharpe
Carmack
J.S. Binning
Binning
Coopers
Manchurian Question Live Issue in Russia
Report from Saint Petersburg dated March 5 notes rising tension over Harbin Manchuria as Russian railroad authorities seek control of local administration. Chinese and American protests draw attention and fear foreign complications. The Novoe Vremya criticizes the foreign office and suggests Germany may be stirring the issue to divert attention from the Near East.
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Roosevelt Sails for Africa March 23
Former President Roosevelt, now private citizen, prepares to depart Sagamore Hill for Africa aboard the Hamburg on March 23. He grants a brief statement after early exercise and interviews with reporters.
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Messages From World Friends Deluge Sagamore Hill
A flood of letters telegrams and cablegrams arrived at Sagamore Hill for Mr Roosevelt. He asked the press to relay that while he appreciates the sentiments and would like to reply to each message it is physically impossible to answer even one tenth of them.
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Sagamore Hill
Lucky Baldwins Will Sparks Claim Of Unknown Child
Los Angeles March 6 Interest centers on the will of Lucky Baldwin revealing a possible daughter, Mrs Seelda Selby, wife of an Oakland confectioner, and the lifelong friend of Abraham Sharpe former SF police sergeant. Sharpe visited Baldwin at his bedside before death and the two families had a rumored pledge from years ago.
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Seelda Selby
Lucky Baldwin
Oakland
Abraham Sharpe
San Francisco
Baldwin
Sergeant Sharpe
Sharpe
Virginia City
Senate appoints Hale to lead ten select committees
Washington reports Republican and Democratic senators met to fill vacancies on standing committees. Hale will name committees after the March 16 special session. Culberson was re elected chairman of the conference committee and a Republican House caucus is set for March 13 to nominate speaker and other offices.
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Bual- Nene
Congress
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Talleferra
Renater Culberson
Culberson
Committee On Committer
Republican Committee of the House
World Editor Delayed in Libel Case
New York World publisher Press Publishing Co and Caleb Van Hamm managing editor gain a one week delay to answer fourteen indictments charging criminal libel over Panama canal publications. Van Hamm remains under parole. potential penalties include up to one year and a $5000 fine per count.
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New York World
Caleb van Hamm
the World
Today
van Hamm
Panama Canal
Weet Pointe
Federal Post Office
Twelve Men Secured to Try Pat Calhoun
For the third time in four weeks twelve men have been accepted by the attorneys in the Patrick Calhoun bribery case. John R. Allen a dry goods salesman was accepted after brief questions and soon after John T. Costello an insurance broker warned his interests could be harmed if required to attend further sessions.
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Marc S
Patrick Calhoun
United Hmailroads Company
John R. Allen
John T. Costello
Court adjourns with juror excused and panel filled
Judge Lawlor excused a juror who was distracted by personal affairs. A fresh panel vacancy appeared just before adjournment. James L. Arthur, not a builder, was examined at length, and Abraham Ruef, previously discharged, was accepted by both sides. Court recessed until Monday afternoon for further peremptory challenges.
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American pork under suspicion in London
Officials of the department of agriculture doubt Dr Williams the Port of London medical officer who alleged diseased American meat consignments. Dr Melvin chief of the bureau of animal industry will conduct a thorough investigation. Britain had asked for a special stamp on fresh pork to show no disease but the United States refused citing no distinct stamp could be used.
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Department of Agriculture
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Port of London
Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States
Taft’s Inaugural Seen as Loom of Disarmament Hope
Bristol speaker Mr Virell chief secretary for Ireland argues Taft’s Inaugural address signals hope for world disarmament. He says there is a universal wish for less armament but urges maintaining a navy strong enough to guard Great Britain’s shores, with the US joining the call.
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Taft
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Storm leaves Baltimore with widespread electrical damage
The city faces about 190 miles of prostrated electric wires and over 100 downed poles after yesterday's storm. Estimated damage reaches 250000 dollars affecting telephone telegraph and railroad revenue as thousands work to repair tangled lines across Abolapolis.
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Aboapolis
Supposed Maniac Defies County Authorities at Kentucky Home
Barricaded in his country home in Irington Shelby County John W Thomas Jr defies officials and threatens to kill anyone approaching the house He demands a relative place 15000 at his order or be killed An appeal for state troops was denied by the adjutant general Governor refuses troops amid the standoff
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Mare
John W Thomas, Jr
Shelby County
Thomas
Adjutant General
Swindler Found Letter From Cardinal Gibbons Used In Court
Rafael Binayaga, a Filipino, pleaded guilty to taking money from Boston men by showing a Roosevelt letter as a credential. A Cardinal Gibbons letter was produced in court and later detained. Binayaga sought to bring in any additional letters to support his claim of aiding poor Filipino students. E H Harriman and party left Tucson on a special train for a Mexican coast trip.
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Ariz
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Saloons Bill Voices Free Lunch Ban Dies In Assembly
Madison March 5 officials report the assembly killed the bill prohibiting free lunches in saloons and refused engrossment on the bill banning saloon treating. The measures aimed to curb gratuities in taverns and regulate social provisions.
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Wis
Taft Cabinet Confirmed by Senate in Unopposed Session
The Senate confirmed Taft cabinet nominees with no opposition amid pointed remarks on Nagel and Meyer. Knox was approved for secretary of state, MacVeagh to treasury, Dickinson to war, Wickersham to attorney general, Hitchcock postmaster general, Meyer secretary of the navy, Ballinger interior, Wilson agriculture, Nagel commerce and labor, and Huntington Wilson as assistant secretary of state.
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Tennessee
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Iowa
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Charles Nagel
Missouri
Hiuntington Wilson
Dinois
Hearst Attorney Questions Governor Haskell
Seon MacReynolds of Brooklyn filed a $10,000 damages suit against Governor Charles N. Haskell and others over the seizure of papers connected with Haskell’s $600,000 suit with Hearst. The case names law secretary Orville T. Smith sheriff John Mahoney and Robert L. Lanseford of Iveland Okla. The court ruled the seizure illegitimate.
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John Mahoney
Leean County
Robert L. Lanseford
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Oklo
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Clovernor Haskell
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