Minnesota House Debates Stuart Exemption Bill Amid Senate Clash
In St Paul on February 25 Representative Nolan and seven tax committee members failed to kill the Stuart bill for exemption credits, but the House adopted the majority report and sent it to general orders. The session also saw debates on school site allocations, forest experiment plans, and measures restricting saloon numbers, with woman suffrage postponed and express companies pressed on rate cuts and earnings taxes.
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St. Paul
W. A. Nolen
Grand Meadow
Tax
House
Nolan
Judiciary Committee
Case Lake
Bemidji
Thief River Falls
Senate
Cass Lake
Junket
Committee On Elections
Canfield
J. T. Elwell
Minneapolis
Cloquet
Senate Committee On Elections
Ole Segeng
Otter Tall
8. F. Alderman
Brainerd
8. A. Nelson
Nelson
W. W. Dunn
Express Companies
House Committee On
Express, Telegraph and Telephone
R. BE. Olds
United States Express Company
New York
House Committee On Commerce and
Storm Sweeps Hampton Roads Battleship Fleet
At Fort Monroe on February 25 the American battleship fleet in Hampton Roads endured a severe afternoon storm after a clear morning. Two sailors fell from launch craft but were rescued. one Rhode Island launch was wrecked near the gangway, causing fainting aboard a luncheon party. Admiral Sperry remains commander in chief as rumors swirl about a future appointment. Admiral Sperry plans a Norfolk visit with 140 officers and 2,000 bluejackets joining a parade with Fort Monroe troops.
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Fort Monroe
Hampton Roads
Rhode Teland
Washington
Admiral Sperry
Feet
Roosevelt
Norfolk Entertainment Committee
Inebler
Norfolk
Fortress Monroe
Tafts Cabinet Complete As Treasury Offer Accepted
New York, Feb 25 President Elect Taft completed his cabinet with the treasury portfolio offered to Franklin MacVeagh of Chicago and accepted. He hinted at an imminent reveal though doubting certainty. Reports also named A B Hepburn as a possible successor if MacVeagh does not serve.
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New York
William H. Taft
Treasury
Franklin MacVeagh
Chicago
MacVeagh
A. B. Hepburn
Currency
New York City
Hepburn
Graft Trial Details In Pittsburg Council Clash
In Pittsburg on February 25 the graft trial names Councilman John F Klein and Councilman J C Wasson along with Council President Willam Brand and banker W W Ramsey. Witness Harry B Wassell says Klein would rather be a councilman than mayor due to pay. He testifies of a 3900 bribe for paving Fourth Avenue with wooden blocks and 15 percent of future contracts. The jury toured hotels to view alleged bribery evidence via gimlet holes in doors.
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Pittsburg
John F. Klein
Harry B. Wassell
Klein
J. C. Wasson
Willam Brand
W. W. Ramsey
Wasser
Wilser
Wasson
Three Fatally Injured In Cleveland Streetcar Crash
Three persons died and twenty others were injured when a Pennsylvania railway train struck a southbound street car in Cleveland. The locomotive hit near the rear, splitting the car in two. The low train speed prevented more deaths.
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania Railway
Costly Fire Destroys Building in Jacksonville
A three story brick business district building on Forsyth Street in Jacksonville was totally destroyed by fire causing an estimated loss of 800000. No injuries reported and firefighters contained the blaze after extensive efforts. The origin of the fire was not immediately known.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Forsyth Street
Cooper Sill on the Stand in Cooper Sharp Murder Trial
The Cooper Sharp trial for the murder of former Senator Carmack continues with Colonel D. B. Cooper on the stand. The state plans to prove a defalcation of over $100 000 while Maury County clerk and master of chancery. Cooper admits irregularities but says they were due to bad bookkeeping and that all funds were restored. He is described as hard to manage and repeatedly pushes for broader questioning. The cross examination may extend into another day.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cooper-Sharp
Carmack
D. B. Cooper
Cooper
Maury County
Hart
M. T. Polk
Polk
Duncan B. Cooper
North Carolina
Nashville American
Yventures
Anderson
War scare between Austria and Servia not imminent says officials
Berlin reports there is no reason to believe war between Austria and Servia is imminent. Semi official circles deem alarmist reports exaggerated while admitting the situation is not clear.
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Austria
Servia
Berlin
Powers urged to press Russia on Belgrade peace efforts
The article discusses France and other powers urging Russia to persuade Belgrade that Servia cannot expectRussian aid if war occurs. It notes Britain and Italy might join France in preserving peace, with the key question resting on Russia’s forthcoming decision at St Petersburg.
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France
St Petersburg
Russia
Belgrade
Servia
Great Britain
Italy
Advocates of Gatun Dam Found Among Mining Engineers
Earnest advocates of confining the Chagres River waters at Gatun were identified among American Institute of Mining Engineers members during a Panama Canal discussion at the ninety sixth meeting in New Haven. Henry G. Granger of Cartagena led opposition to the lock plan, criticizing the recent engineers’ Panama report seen by Judge Taft’s delegation.
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New Haven
Conn
Gatun
Chagres River
Panama
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Panama Canal
Henry G. Granger
Cartagena
Colombia
Taft
Aged Man Kills Wife Then Ends His Life in Portrait Gallery
John Tempest Dawson seventy shoots his wife at the National Portrait Gallery in London and dies by suicide. Mrs. Dawson dies later in hospital. The couple, believed American, had lived in Brighton for ten years. Medical papers indicate premeditation.
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London
John Tempest Dawson
National Portrait Gallery
Committed to the Tombs in Gould Divorce Case
Mrs. Margaret Teal was ordered committed to the Tombs by Judge Foster after trial developments in the Helen Kelly Gould Frank J. Gould divorce action. She had previously posted a 5900 bail. Witnesses included Mrs. Julia Fleming McCabe and Detective Mousley. Blanche Hale and Margaret Falk testified about false affidavits. Ravens of the DA’s staff testified about arrests and a photo of Gould and affidavits found in Mousley’s pocket.
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New York
Margaret Teal
Helen Kelly Gould
Frank J. Gould
Tombs Prison
Foster
Julia Fleming McCabe
Teal
Mousley
Blanche Hale
Drowning of Prince Casimir Sapieha Kodenski at Santa Cruz
Prince Casimir Sapieha-Kodenski born 1882, heir to Galicia estates, drowned off Teneriffe when a boat capsized. His brothers Prince Leon and Prince Alexander were aboard. Leon and Alexander were saved, Casimir did not survive.
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Santa Cruz
Teneriffe
Casimir Sapieha-Kodenski
Galicia
Prince Leon
Prince Alexander
Casimir
Prince Casimir
War Paint and Debate as House Rebuffs Salary Increases
Washington February 25 The House rejected amendments to the legislative appropriation bill that would raise salaries for the president vice president speaker judiciary and create new State Department posts. The chamber ran six hours of fierce exchanges with Speaker presiding firmly despite cross party clashes. The bill went to conference after lengthy debate and a night session was called to tackle the sundry civil appropriation bill. The session ended with the House recessed before completing the measure.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Secret Service
Senate debates agricultural appropriation bill in Washington
The agricultural appropriation bill dominated the senate session with long remarks by Senator McCumber on constitutional standards for grain and the value of Western grain. Senator Heyburn criticized forest service administration in a two hour speech. Debate did not conclude.
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Washington
Senate
Mc Cumber
North Dakota
Congress
Heyburn
Forest Service
Marshall Pass Opened After Two-Week Blockade
Pueblo Colorado reports Marshall Pass opened for traffic after a two week blockade. Denver and Rio Grande train No. 316 arrived here from Gunnison, covering seventy two miles in five days.
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Pueblo
Colo
Marshall Pass
Denver and
Rio Grande
Gunnison
Indian Breaks Indoor Running Records in Toronto
Fred Sampson, a Peterboro Indian, set indoor marks in Toronto on February 26 by running ten miles in 62:30 and five miles in 25:35, both records.
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Toronto
Ont
Fred Sampson
Peterboro
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