Inaugural Storm Delays Taft's Oath Parade and Ball
A severe snow and sleet storm hit Washington for Taft's inauguration, forcing the oath in the senate chamber rather than the capitol. About 50,000 marchers joined a delayed parade as cleanup crews cleared a slushy path for the procession. Roosevelt walked to Oyster Bay. Taft and Roosevelt attended a grand inaugural ball at the Pension Building after lunch with Roosevelt. The day featured a blizzard atmosphere, fireworks along the mall, and a press of attendees despite the weather.
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Washington
Mar
William Taft
Taft
James §. Sherman
Senate Chamber
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Capitol
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Great Hall
Sherman
Great Mall
Potomac
Tait
Mr. Roosevelt
Africa
Committee On
Senate
Mr. Taft
Knox
Puller
Stephenson Re-elected U S Senator After 23 Ballots
Madison reports Isaac Stephenson won reelection to the U S Senate on the twenty third ballot in the Wisconsin legislature joint session. He polled 63 votes as the weeks long fight ended amid protests and political pressure from rivals and lawmakers. The final tally listed Stephenson 63 and scattered votes for 21 others.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
United States
Isaac Stephenson
Strange
Stephenson
Blaine
Page
Dorner
Milwaukee
Brown
Hsch
Cooper
Rummell
Hastbrook
Kindlin
Kalaher
Sanborn
Emigration Figures Show Japanese Labor Class Exceeds First Class
Tokyo reports 1908 figures: 1,354 Japanese left for the United States and 3,500 returned between June and December, with 2,681 of returnees in third class. Hawaii departures totaled 1,161 with 2,951 returns, 2,889 in third class. January 1909 saw 152 sail for the U S and 295 return, 264 in third class.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
United States
Pacific
Hawaii
Japan
Islands
Michigan Woman Found Slain at Saugatuck Home
Mary Baldwin was found murdered yesterday at her home two miles east of Saugatuck Michigan. The head bore a deep sharp instrument or revolver wound, and a hurried search through bureau drawers appeared. Her son, who lived with her, found the body. Earlier the Baldwin barn had been burned with stock destroyed.
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Saugatuck
Mich
Mar
Mary Baldwin
War Looms In South America As Nations Mobilize
Salina Cruz Mexico March 5 The steamer Hathor from Ajajutla reports inevitable war between Nicaragua and Salvador with both sides mobilizing troops. Salvador’s battleship Presidente, the full navy, has sailed under sealed orders and is expected to bombard Nicaraguan ports.
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Salina Cruz
Mexico
Hathor
Ajajutla
Nicaragua
Salvador
Presidente
Two Die in Incendiary Fire in Brooklyn Tenements
Two unidentified parsons died in a Brooklyn fire that swept three four story tenements at Seventh Avenue numbers 311 to 315. A woman about 25 and a 12 year old boy perished. the blaze started with a basement explosion and is suspected incendiary. Nearby, 60 skeletons were linked to a 62 year old shipwreck memory on St Pierre Island.
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New York
Mar
Parsons
Nog
Seventh Avenue
Brooklyn
St. Pierre
Mig
Joug
Clarisse
Forges Way to Wealth
New York telegram reports Robert C. Watson arrested in Chicago after 26 years of forgeries under 400 aliases, tied to Boston authorities. Separately, the federal grand jury in New York handed down indictments in the Panama libel case against the New York World publishers and editors, with names withheld at present.
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New York
Robert C. Watson
Chicago
Boston
Panama
New York World
March Blizzard Halts Wires From New York to Washington
A severe March blizzard cripples telegraph and telephone lines from New York to Washington and Baltimore isolating the capital for eight hours. New York endures fierce gales with a few storm deaths, while Baltimore sees widespread wire outages and disorganized streetcar service. Temperature clears by noon. Taft salary set at 75 thousand with travel allowance possibility reaching 100 thousand.
Devastating Canton River Flower Boat Fire Claims Over 1000
A mass fire on the Canton river caused by an overturned lamp on a flower boat spread to dozens of tied vessels. smoke hindered rescue efforts and only about 25 of the flower boat passengers survived to shore, with many dying from burns as Akima Maru departed for Hong Kong. A second item notes Postmaster Mull en on trial for bootlegging in Savoy, Illinois. A third brief reports injuries from a toy cannon in Attica celebrating the wet victory in Fountain County.
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Victoria
B. C
Canton
Hong Kong
Danville
Ill
Grant Feury
Thomas Hatton
Fountain County
Chicago Bandits Hit Three Elevated Stations in Broad Daylight
Two men staged three bold robberies at Northwestern Lake street Metropolis Halsted Morgan Morgan streets elevated stations. Victims Fritz Rees Fred Schultz and Joseph Hoff were robbed of cash and valuables with Rees assaulted and hospitalized. Police spread across Chicago as detectives chased suspects after exchange of gunfire but captured none.
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Chicago
Northwestern Elevated
Lake Street
Metropolitan
Halsted Street
Morgan Street
Chicago &Oak Park Road
Fritz Rees
Farmer
Union, I
Fred L. Schultz
Harlem Avenue
Forest Park
Oak Park Road
Joseph Hoff
Jackson Boulevard
Metropolitan Road
Rees
United States
Jicken Boulevard
Market Street
Metropolitan Elevated
F. A. Nehse
la Sate Street
Quirk
City Hall
Loop District
Bryan mule claim sparks Montgomery county vote grant requests
Congressman James M. Cox received a letter from William J. Bryan seeking the certified presidential vote of Montgomery county to prove its claim to the Bryan mule awarded to the state with the largest Democratic gain. Bryan asserts the figures indicate Montgomery county has won the distinction.
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Ohio
Dayton
James M. Cox
Willam J. Bryan
Montgomery County
Bryan
Grain Dealers Elect Officers in Decatur Meeting
Illinois Farmers' Grain Dealers' Association held 1,000 delegates and farmers in Decatur to elect officers. Thomas B. Lamb of Bement was named president with J H McCreery of Mason City as secretary, John Church of Galesville and W T Waller of Monica as vice presidents, and J B Abbott of Mason City as treasurer. Former officials sued in Lima for alleged illegal fees totaling $9,000.
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Decatur
Illinois Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association
Thomas
B. Lamb
Bement
J. H. McCreery
Mason City
John Church
Galesville
W. T. Wallaker
Monica
J. B. Abbott
Lima
Ohio
Burned to Death by Oil Stove in Missouri Home
Thomas Bryant aged 32 fatally burned using an oil stove at her home near Palmyra Missouri. In Hastings Minnesota a two and a half year old girl Eva Hastig perished when their residence burned to the ground. In De Queen Arkansas dynamiting damaged two negro homes and injured a girl as residents plan to leave. The Colima volcano in Colla Mexico is active with smoke and sparks.
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Quincy
Hastings, Minn
L. P. Hastig
Eva
de Queen
Ark
de Quéen
Earthquake Shakes Isthmus and State News
A tremor struck the isthmus with damage in Mozozintla Chiapas and felt in Tonala San Cristobal de Las Casas Tugla and Juan Bautista Tabasco. Natives were terror stricken but no major destruction reported. W D Jamieson resigns Iowa Senate seat as congressman elect to take duties in Washington. fight anticipated over successor and election timing as Gov. Carroll decides.
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Mexico
Mar
Mozozintla
Chiapag
Tonala
San Cristobal de Las Casas
Tugtla
Juan Juan Bautista
Tabasco
Jamieson
Iowa Senate
Des Moines
W. D. Jamieson
Washington
Gov. Carroll
Page
Fremont
Detroit Proclamation Urges Five-Minute Haste in Taft Inaugural
Detroit mayor Phillip Breitmeyer issued a proclamation urging residents to pause in their work for five minutes at the moment of President elect William H Taft's inauguration in Washington marking a communal civic gesture across the city today.
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Detroit
Mich
Philip Breitmeyer
William H. Taft
Indiana counties vote dry in local option measures
Sullivan and Jay counties in Indiana adopted dry status by large majorities in local option elections on March 5. Jay County closed 21 saloons, while Sullivan County had already removed saloons through remonstrances against temperance actions.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Sullivan and
Jay
Jay County
Sullivan County
Stormy Seas Hamper Fleet as Wires Fail Across Cities
Amid 40 mph winds, Sperry fleet battles blizzard at Hampton Roads with ships secure but launches sunk or driven ashore. Rescue by breeches buoy saves crew from Miles M. Merry. Rail and telegraph lines fail south of Elkton, wireless only link to Washington. Norfolk reports 62 mph gusts Cape Hatteras, Raleigh 42 mph. Two drown in barge George H Bates wreck near Staten Island. Washington isolated, trains late, Union Station packed.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Sperry
Wisconsin
Old Point
U. S
Panther
New York
Long Island
Miles M. Merry
Merry
Philadelphia
Elkton
Washington
Wilmington
Mar
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
Cape Hatteras
Raleigh
N. C
Union Stations
Colonial Express
Boston
William Ferguson
Mary
George H Bates
Baltimore , Ohio Railroad
Phonograph for President Delivered at Oyster Bay
A special aluminum phonograph was delivered to President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay yesterday. The device, built by a Bridgeport firm, is designed to record animal sounds and native dialects from Africa. It is compact and portable for field use by the hunting party.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Wilds
Africa
Bunttig Party
Defends Senator La Follette in Senate remarks
Senator Clapp spoke in the Senate stressing that Senator La Follette had tendered service beyond calculation and that his absence from Indian affairs committee meetings was due to illness. He argued it was unjust to fault him for non attendance on sessions.
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Senator la Follette
Washington
Mar
Clapp
Senate
la Follette
Language Professor Drops Dead in Orono
Joseph W. Carr, Ph. D., professor of Germanic languages at the University of Maine, died suddenly of heart trouble yesterday while on his way to his class in Orono, Maine.
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Orono
Joseph W. Carr
University of Maina
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