War Claims Bill Would Extend Court Jurisdiction on Seized Property
Washington The House committee on war claims, led by Rep Sims of Tennessee, reports a bill to extend court of claims jurisdiction for suits to recover proceeds from captured and abandoned property seized from Confederate states. Treasury records show over 30 million dollars in proceeds, with 10.9 million paid to Southern states and about 10 million held undisposed. The panel states the funds belong to the owners and should be distributed, while safeguarding government interests.
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Washington
House
Sims
Tennessee
Court of Claims
Treasury
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury of
War Claims Committee
Busines
W. W. Welch
Jones County
Weeklong political preview with GOP conventions
The forecast highlights a Republican state convention in Ohio and Kansas to select delegates for the national convention, plus a Louisiana Black and Tan faction meeting to name Chicago delegates. Taft and Bryan schedule addresses across regions, with Nebraska Democrats meeting in Omaha to pick Denver delegates. The week also features the American fleet voyage, Mardi Gras festivities, Illinois Central Rail Road meeting adjournment, and New Brunswick general election race.
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Ohio
Kansas
Taft
Louisiana
Republican Party
Chicago
Taftis
Massachusetts
William J. Bryan
South
Middle West
Omaha
Nebraska
Denver
South America
New Orleans
Illinois Central Railroad
New Brunswick
Militia Budget Fails by One Vote in House
The House rejected by 59 to 60 an amendment by Mr Foster of Illinois to allocate one million dollars for joint maneuvers of militia and regular troops after a day of debate. Earlier, by a special rule, it restored pay increases for noncommissioned officers and soldiers and ended private paid employment of army musicians.
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House of Representatives
Foster
Illinois
House
EmployersLiability Bill Hearings Ended in House Committee
The House Committee on the Judiciary decided to give no further hearings on the Sterling employers liability bill and to take up the measure for disposition March 11.
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House Committee On the Judiciary
Campaign Managers Alarmed By La Follette Western Boom
Westward expansion of La Follette support alarms Taft campaign managers. The surge challenges Taft as organizers rush to counter the momentum and limit spread among voters.
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West
Taft
Vicksburg Sues Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Edward Mayes of Jackson appears before the U S Supreme Court in the case of the city of Vicksburg versus the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company over back and future taxes. The city seeks $6,000 annually for years. the railroad seeks exemption for back taxes and thirty years more. Also notes a war department procurement dispute and Army bill remarks by Chairman Hull about advertising.
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Edward Mayes
Jackson, Miss
Illinois Central
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
United States Supreme Court
City of
War Department
Department
Hull
Seizure of Cassie Chadwick Jewels Questioned
United States Customs Collector Leach of Cleveland seized jewelry in New York tied to Cassie L Chadwick case. The U S vs A H Larkin of New York, connected to the seizure, was dismissed by the U S Supreme Court.
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Cassie
United States
Leach
Cleveland
Ohio
New York
Cassie L. Chadwick
A. H. Larkin
Supreme Court of the United States
Stillings Loses Public Printer Post
Public printer Charles A. Stillings will not be restored to duty. President Roosevelt disclosed the decision to friends discussing the government tangle. The Rossiter report to the President is expected within a week.
Taft in Court Over Arkansas Pass Channel Work
Secretary of War Taft visited the supreme court of the district of Columbia as Justice Gould dismissed the bill of complaint filed by Lewis M. Haupt of Philadelphia to restrain Taft from prosecuting the deepening of the Arkansas Pass channel in Texas with an estimated cost of $200,000.
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Taft
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Gould
Lewis M. Haupt
Philadelphia
Arkansas Pass
Texas
Internal Revenue Collections January 1908 Totals
The January 1908 statement shows total receipts of 19 742 004 dollars, down 967 013 from January 1907. Losses occurred in spirits 479 533 tobacco 445 829 and fermented liquors 22 580.
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Internal Revenue
Arbitration request filed by Southern Railway employees
Want Arbitration Committee. Southern Railway Company failed to reach wage agreement and has asked the Interstate Commerce Commission and Bureau of Labor mediation under the Erdman act. Also, a Department of Agriculture order permits limited use of benzoate of soda and sulfur dioxide as food preservatives pending action by the Referee Board of Consulting Scientific Experts.
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The
Southern Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Labor
Referee Board
Department of Agriculture
Torpedo Boat Flotilla Heads to Callao Peru
The torpedo boat flotilla under Lieutenant Commander Cone with the supply ship Arethusa sails from Talcahuana for Callao Peru a voyage of eight days. The flotilla will reach Callao several days after the battleships depart.
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Cone
Arethusa
Magdalena Bay
Talacahuana
Callao
Peru
Invitation Extended by House to International Tuberculosis Congress
A House resolution authorizes the secretary of state to invite foreign governments to send delegates to the International Tuberculosis Congress to be held in Washington D C in September next.
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House of Representatives
Secretary of State
Washington, D. C
Crosby S Noyes Buried In Rock Creek Cemetery
Crosby S Noyes editor of the Evening Star was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery after a funeral escorted by high dignitaries and hundreds of citizens, following his death in Pasadena California.
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Crosby Noyes
Crosby S. Noyes
The
Evening Star
Pasadena
Cal
Rock Creek
Congressman seeks ship for Atchafalaya Channel opening
Mr Broussard urged the Secretary of the Navy to assign a war vessel for the formal opening of the Atchafalaya Bay ship channel in Morgan City in the spring. Mr Metcalf declined to commit and asked to raise the matter later, saying the department could not promise a vessel at this time.
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Atchafalaya
Broussard
Secretary of the Navy
Atchafalaya Bay
Morgan City
Metcalf
Leader of Rangers Pat Garrett Shot by Youth Near Las Cruces
Pat Garrett famed for killing Billy the Kid was shot and killed by J Wayne Brazle a young ranchman near Las Cruces New Mexico after a dispute over a leased ranch Brazle fired twice while Garrett tried to reach a shotgun Brazle rode to Las Cruces and surrendered to Sheriff Lucero claiming self defense Garrett who had been Lincoln County sheriff in the early 80s led campaigns against cattle rustlers and had many frontier era confrontations
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el Paso
Tex
Patrick F.garrett
Billy the Kid
J. Wayne
Brazle
Las Cruces
N. M
Garrett
New Mexico
Lucero
Rett
Pat
Lincoln County
Rich gold find near Arrowa sparks county excitement
In Hancock county near Arrowa on Miss Virginia Brown's Arrowa farm an oil well bailer from 200 feet yielded a solid gold ore with a value cited as 7.50 or 7000 per ton. Capitalist offers from largely Pittsburgh investors to lease adjacent land were rejected by the landowners.
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New Cumberland
W. Va
Hancock County
Arrowa
Pennsylvania
Sawmill Run Oil Company
Houston Considers Steamship Line Proposal
A Houston meeting of businessmen chaired by Mayor Rice discussed J. T. Miles of Norway proposing a Houston Mexico Central America West Indies steamship line. Miles would take one third interest if Houston takes two thirds. The group favored the project and empowered a committee to investigate and report.
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Houston
Tex
J. T. Miles
Norway
Mexico
Central America
West Indies
Rice
Miles
Judge Stover Grants Temp Injunction Over State Ousting
In the circuit court here Judge Stover issues a temporary injunction restraining Missouri state officials from ousting Prudential Life Insurance of New Jersey Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York and Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York from the state.
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Kansas City
Stover
Missouri
Prudential Life Insurance Company of
New Jersey
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
Lowenstein Bequest Funds Memphis Charities
The $10,000 gift from Bernard Lowenstein is divided equally among Memphis charities. Each organization receives $5,000, with pro rata distribution to Jewish, Protestant, and Catholic groups. The Canfield Negro Orphan Asylum is among the beneficiaries.
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B. Lowenstein
Memphis
Tenn
Bernard Lowenstein
Canfield
Felony Charge Ties Hamby Realty to Bankruptcy Filing
In Cleveland Ohio the Hamby Realty Company filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition and assigned assets to Citizens Savings and Trust Company. Liabilities total 350000 with assets of 250000. A creditor obtained a warrant for the arrest of J W Ham, president, on charges of obtaining money by false pretenses.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Hamby Realty Company
Citizens’ Savings and Trust’ Company
J. W. Hamby
Experts Tell Capitol Graft in Harrisburg Testimony
Four furniture manufacturers from Wisconsin and Ohio were called by the state to rebut former Auditor General Snyder who said he could not determine the cash value of capitol furniture bought from contractor John R. Sanderson. The experts testified that rostrums for senate and house caucus rooms cost $4000 value, a bootblack stand worth $182.50, a sofa valued at $280, and another sofa at $120, while Sanderson was paid $90,748.80 and $1,619.20 and $358 for these items.
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Harrisburg
Wisconsin
Ohio
Snyder
Capitol
John R. Sanderson
Commonwealth
Senate
House
Sanderson
Suicide at Sister's Home in Bessemer
H B Rocketts of Birmingham killed himself at his sister's home in Bessemer by shooting. He left notes and a telegram to his son Carson Rocketts of New Orleans, arranged funds, and prepared envelopes for his children with funeral expenses, then sent a final telegram.
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Birmingham
Ala
H. B. Rocketts
Bessemer
Carson Rocketts
New Orleans
Fish backs road through Tennessee coal fields
Woodbury Tennessee rumor says Stuyvessant Fish backs the proposed Cincinnati and Huntsville railroad. John Henderson of McMinnville is here to secure rights of way through Cannon County. He says the company has funds to build the line and a promise of 250 to 300 coal cars daily from Tennessee coal fields, with the road planned to run through the heart of the coal region.
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Woodbury
Tenn
Stuyvessant Fish
Cincinnati
Ingenious bank swindle nets $100,000 in Europe
Paris authorities probe a bold scheme where a New York recipient obtained a letter of credit from a major bank and created perfect photographs of duplicates. Accomplices in London Paris Rome Vienna Marseilles Genoa Hamburg and Munich cashed the forged drafts simultaneously, totaling $100,000.
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Paris
New York
London
Rome
Vienna
Marseilles
Genoa
Hamburg
Munich
Duel to the Death in Texas Land Patch
In Kennedale Texas a landlord tenant knife duel ended with John Batey slain by a throat slash. E H Probst, the landowner occupier, was arrested then released on bond after waiving a preliminary hearing. Probst claims self defense and that Batey attacked him first over money owed. Batey, 45, left a wife and three children.
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Kennedale
Tex
John Batey
E. H. Probst
Batey
Fort Worth
Probst
United Railway Men to Open Atlanta Branch
National Labor Branch in Atlanta to host the Gay Branch of the United Railway Men's Association. The group, formed after a New York monster meeting, opposes Hughes for the presidency and vows to push labor’s recognition in the coming campaign. The Atlanta branch will target union railroad workers nationwide.
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National Labor
Atlanta
National Organization of Union Railroad Men
New York
Hughes
United Railway Men’s Association
Indicted for Embezzlement in Macon Bank Case
Grand jury returns indictments against Alex Wachtel and Charles P. Bannon for embezzling $30,000 from the defunct Exchange Bank. Cashier C. M. Orr and President J. W. Cabaniss face related criminal charges. Bannon, a bookkeeper, is accused of taking funds and making false entries. Wachtel, assistant cashier, is charged with aiding him.
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Macon
Alex Wachtel
Charles P. Bannon
Exchange Bank
C. M. Orr
J. W. Cabaniss
Bannon
Wachtel
Bryan Criticizes Bradley Senate Choice Feature
The News-Scimitar prints a brief interview with William J. Bryan from Memphis Tennessee. Bryan says the selection of former Governor Bradley as United States senator from Kentucky will not affect national politics but calls it a great misfortune.
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Memphis
Tenn
News-Scimitar
William J. Bryan
Bradley
United States
Kentucky
Bryan
Farmers Union Monitor Sees Cotton Shortage and Policy Watch
President Hightower reports from Atlantic states that the 1907 world cotton yield is about four million bales below 1906, with Southern mills running near March, New England by April, and European demand rising. The piece urges Union factions to stay optimistic, outlines fertilizer note arrangements, discusses mule production for local markets, and supports road bond issues while cautioning against rapid, heavy borrowing.
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President Hightower
Mississippi
The
Farmers Union
Atlantic States
Jackson
Union
South Carolina
Florida
New England
New York
China
Korea
Farmers’ Union
Texas
Arkansas
Bear Gang
Georgia
Hightower
Delta section shows farming boom in vegetables
The Delta section of the State rises in prominence as a farming center. Mark and Stephenson farm five miles from Lyon, producing high quality vegetables and supplying nearby towns for several years. Celery has grown successfully each year.
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Messrs
Mark and
Stephenson
Lyon
Pecan Nursery Owner Sells Trees to Jones County Buyer
L B Hall of Hattiesburg, owner of a Scranton pecan nursery, sold 1000 dollars worth of pecan trees to P M Skeler of Jones county for orchard planting. The Tallahatchie drainage district bill now in force is expected to drain about 1.5 million acres of Delta land across DeSoto Tunica Quitman Coahoma Tate Panola and Tallahatchie counties into cultivation.
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L, Be, Hall
Hattiesburg
Scranton
P. M. Skeler
Jones County
Tallahatchie
Senate
DeSoto
Tunica
Quitman
Coahoma
Tate
Panola
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Self
Fish Backs Road
Bryan Deplores
By & E Blakeslee
Miss
Grenada Bentings
Kolb
Monroe County Union
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