Panama Canal Dispute Spurs Replacement Of Engineers
February report on Panama Canal strain shows Chief Engineer Stevens dismissed by President Roosevelt for insubordination after sending a dictatorial letter to the President. Secretary Taft travels to Panama to assess Gatun dam groundwork while reorganization plans replace several commission members and retain Admiral Endicott.
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Oliver
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White House
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United States Army
Benjamin Harrod
Endicott
Panama Canal Seeks Passage to New York
A fragment notes a Panama canal vessel departing from here bound for New York, indicating continued transit movements and trade activity between regions.
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Panama Canal
New York
Missing Bank Treasurer Walker Traced to Portland Hotel
New York dispatch says a local detective agency chasing William F. Walker the missing New Britain Conn bank treasurer found him at the Portland hotel Portland Oregon on the night of February 18 giving the name W D efher. He left the next morning and further tracking was lost. Walker was advertised at about eight o clock the morning of February 19 bound for Vancouver B C and likely on to the Orient.
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New York
William F. Walker
New Britain
Trolley lines lack right of eminent domain in Minnesota
District court full bench rules Minnesota electric trolley lines have no right of eminent domain in the case Minneapolis and St. Paul Suburban Railway Co versus Excelsior. In Washington officials report a White House conference decided to proceed with the tobacco trust prosecution begun weeks ago in New York, with no details released.
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State of
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District Court
Minneapolis and St. Paul
Washington
White House
New York
Tobacco Trust
Thief in Oakland Saloon Robbery Caught Near Prison
Four hundred dollars in gold stolen from five men in a Oakland saloon near the city prison was recovered in an ash barrel with clothing discarded by the suspect. Walter Myers, 22, is detained by police and denies guilt after being found hiding in a shed nose where the money was found.
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Cal
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Panama Canal Chief John F Stevens Retires
Fragmentary OCR indicates John F. Stevens associated with the Panama Canal, with notes implying retirement or a recent change in position. No clear date or full context provided.
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John F. Stevens
Panama
Commandant of Siberian Town Shot in Krasnoyarsk
In Krasnoyarsk Siberia on February 28 the town commandant was shot twice and killed in the streets. The assassin escaped.
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Siberian
Krasnoyarsk
Siberia
Thaw Lunacy Move Signal in Trial Tussle
In New York on February 28 the Thaw case shifted as District Attorney Horne hinted at calling a lunacy commission to assess Harry Thaw’s mental state. Dr. Britton Evans testified amid cross examination about acute melancholia, with Jerome planning rebuttal by Dr. Hamilton and physician Bingaman. Nesbit to testify to challenge Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s credibility as the defense targets a possible lunacy ruling.
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New Jersey Hospital
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Jerome
Harry Thaw
White
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William Thaw
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Kellogg
Hillliard
Rock Island
Hilliard
Hilliar
Stanton
Former detective shot in saloon fight in St Louis
St Louis reports R Lee Killian a former city detective shot and fatally wounded in a saloon fight by George Williams a former detective who was arrested and admitted the shootings claiming self defense while Killian’s brother Don Killian was severely beaten about the head
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R. Lee Killian
George Williams
Don Killian
Williams
Senate backs river harbor bill amid protests over Mississippi works
Washington reports the Senate approved the conference report on the river and harbor appropriation with a reduced Mississippi river improvement fund from Cairo to St. Louis. Protests by Hopkins Cullom Stone Allison and Overman failed to block the smaller allocation. The Daniel bill to promote industrial peace passed, creating a trustee board to coordinate Roosevelt’s Nobel prize fund. An expatriation bill was approved governing passports for prospective citizens and six month validity. The hil1 grants citizenship status rules for foreign marriages and naturalized citizens abroad. Fifty minor bills also passed.
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Patterson
Colorado
Senate
Mississippi
Cairo
St. Louis
Roosevelt
United States
Postmaster General Cortelyou to nome Shallenberger’s successor
Washington reports that W S Shallenberger resigns as second assistant postmaster general after submitting his letter to President Roosevelt on February 7 and will stay on briefly. Rep James T McCleary of Minnesota will replace him. Edwin C Madden to retire soon. Alexander Grant to become general superintendent of the railway mail service.
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Cortetear
W. S. Shallenberger
Rewers
Shallenberger
Roosevelt
Shallenberge
James T. McCleary
Minnesota
Congress
McCleary
Cortelyou
Edwin C. Madden
Post Office Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Alexander Grant
Railway Mail Service
James B. White
Grant
Congress Concludes Rivers and Harbors Bill Action
The House agrees to conference reports on the rivers and harbors appropriations and adopts Senate amendments in the army bill enabling retirement of Civil War brigadier generals who held major general ranks. The president vetoes a tax evasion relief bill for oleomargarine retailers, and lengthy debate continues over the ship subsidy bill with extended hours and a late-night session.
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House
Senate
J. W. Bauer
Adda
Fire destroys Waldheim & Co. furniture house on Ontario Street
Fire believed incendiary destroys five story Waldheim and Co. furniture building on Ontario street. John Scatfor, asleep in a neighboring rooming house, suffocated. Property loss estimated at 150,004 dollars.
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Cleveland
Waldheim & Co
Ontario Street
John Scatfor
Connecticut Typhoid Fever Crisis Rises Aboard Warship
Norfolk reports the battleship Connecticut en route to New York from Southern waters carries an epidemic of typhoid fever among crew. Fifteen sailors are in critical condition, the vessel in wireless contact with Norfolk via the Virginia capes.
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Connecticut
New York
Virginia Capes
Connectic
Seventeen Executed for Rising at Tukum
Riga Russia February 28 sources report 17 men condemned by court martial for taking part in the recent rising at Tukum were executed on Wednesday.
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Riga
Russia
Tukum
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