News Roundup Mixes War, Law, and Cuba Subways
Secretary Bonaparte denounces pacifist neglect at a banquet honoring John Ericsson. A New Jersey court commutes a Bergen County murder sentence to seven and a half years. In the Philippines near Jolo, Moros and American forces suffer heavy casualties on both sides, with Moro losses around 600. Taft to be named to a Supreme Court vacancy. Springfield riot convictions surface with leniency urged. A York child endangerment case shocks readers. Havana cancels the 99 year Havana Subway concession amid Cuban unrest. George M Painter awarded Havana subway contract amid New York backing.
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Antoinette Tolla
Bergen County
Joseph Senta
Court of Pardons
Trenton
N J
Jolo
Western Union Telegraph Company
Minnesota
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
United States Supreme Court
Henry K. Brown
Fuller
Mr. Taft
Springfield
Ohio
Harry Garber
John Pierpont
George Epprecht
Carl Kloenfer
Glen Johnson
Frank Young
Carl Wise
Kemp Reeder
Lillian Thornman
Robert and
Heathr Dorsey
York
Dorney
New York
United States
Cuba
Palma Hoe
Havana
Blundell
George M Painter
Chicago
Subway
Parliaments and Policies In Brief Across Nations
Highlights include Lord Grey opening the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa and President Roosevelt ordering department heads to combat consumption. Virginia Senate approves a department of Insurance and other legislative items. A British blue book cites the empire's vast land and population. A mystery drowning, seized rifles on a liner, embezzlement case, railway rate fixes, and various political moves fill the ledger of global incidents and policy actions.
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Lord Grey
Ottawa
Roosevelt
Virginia Senate
House
Department of Insurance
Trade Reviews
British Empire
Duluth
Minn
Tee
Omdern
Sanbranwen
Oa Brothers
Casper
Wye
Ivens on Trial in Chicago Murder Case
Chicago youth Richard Glines Ivens, 24, faces murder charges for killing Mrs. Franklin Hollister at his father’s barn at 488 Relden avenue on January 12. The defense challenged the admissibility of a confession, alleging police coercion, while the victim was a Wesley Methodist Church choir singer.
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Chicago
Wesley Methodist Church
Ivens
Billboards For Religion In Colorado Churches Advertise Aggressively
Religious groups in Denver increasingly use billboards posters and placards to promote services a trend sparked by Rev Christian Reisner of Grace Methodist and boosted by Billy Sunday revivals. The Denver YMCA seeks 200000 in a month renting a downtown HQ with hourly reports and district captains while Sunday schools adopt rival cheer styles echoing campus rivalry.
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Colorado
Denver
Christian F. Reisner
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Billy Sunday
Sunday
Colorado Springs
Denver Young Men's Christian Association
Central California Raisin Growers Disband in Fresno
In Fresno the Central California Raisin Growers Company dissolved amid financial and organizational changes. A separate incident involved damage to the Equitable Life Assurance Society’s building in Memphis, with losses estimated at $200000. The era's shakeups touched industry and financial institutions nationwide.
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Central California
Battle near Jolo Ends With Heavy Casualties
Major General Leonard Wood reports a two day action at Mount Dajo near Jolo between American forces and Moros. Fifteen enlisted men killed, one commissioned officer wounded, additional wounded among sailors and constabulary. Moros suffer about 600 killed. all defenders of the stronghold slain. The operation eliminates a local outlaw band.
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Jolo
Leonard Wood
Division of the
Philippines
Sulu Ishinds
Mount Dajo
Ensign II
Cooke, Jr
United States
Tampangia
Pampanga
Gilmore
Constabulary
John Ro White
Lyree Rivers
Gordon
Wylie T Conway
Sixth Infantry
Joseph W. Duncan
Fire damages across towns in Kentucky and New Hampshire
News brief reports several facilities damaged by fire. Up ton Kentucky suffered a $25,000 loss across three stores and a hotel. Bardwell Kentucky saw the Flegle Brothers roller mill burn with a $25,000 loss. Lincoln New Hampshire’s J E Henry & Sons paper hill burned with about $150,000 loss. Also mentions the New York Central Federated Section agreeing to arbitration with the Building Trades Employers Association.
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Upton
Flegle Brothers
Bardwell
J. E .Henry & Sons
Lincoln
N H
New York Central’ Federated Seaion
Building Trades Employers’ Asociation
Cost Of Living at Thirty Year High Says Dun Agency
The Dun Mercantile agency records confirm the cost of living has reached its highest level in thirty years. Prices overall, especially building materials, rose while meats advanced and dairy items showed modest declines. Meat prices drove February gains, with pork up $1.25 per barrel and $1.75 since year start. Milk eggs hay and cheese fell slightly, butter climbed a cent, and vegetables edged up.
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Dun Mercantile Agency
Lock Canal Preferred by Executive Branch and Taft Report
The Panama Canal will have a summit level of 85 feet with a lock canal plan led by Jocka, costing 139,705,200 dollars and 8.5 years to complete, per Roosevelt's transmission of the canal commission report and Chief Engineer Stevens. The majority of engineers support sea level questions while foreign engineers oppose. Congress must decide. The plan contrasts with the sea level option costing about 247,621,000 dollars but with lower operating costs, and the winter closure of the Sault Ste. Marie canal noted for traffic comparisons.
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Panama Canal
Jocka
Roosevelt
Congress
Canal Commission
Stevens
Board of Consulting Engineers
Admiral Endicott
Taft
Suez Canal
Sault Ste. Marie
Senate and House Debate on Statehood and Tariffs
In a lively Senate session on Monday the calendar included debates on a $100,000 appropriation for delegates to a third annual American States conference and a compulsory education plan for the District of Columbia. The Alaska delegate measure passed the Senate while disputes over army reform and Indian affairs continued. The House passed the Indian appropriation bill and debated abolishing the lieutenant general rank. Oklahoma statehood legislation moved forward, with Arizona and New Mexico provisions struck from the measure. The day closed with pension bills, naturalization debates, and adjournment until Monday.
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Board of Dire Ory
Associated Billposters
United States
Canada
Aizona
New Mexico
Senate
Oklahoma
A. Augustus Healy
United States Leather Company
Hide and Leather Association of
New York and
Rae Tapa Aane Ie
District of Columbia
Revenue Cutter Service
Knox
Nelson
House
Hale
Carter
Gallinger
Warren
Blackburn
Long
Clapp
McCumber
du Bois
Five Civilized Tribes
Anthony Michalek
Ilinois
Scott
Messrs
Perkins
Spooner
Burke
Mr. Kline
Brantley
Haughen
Iowa
Gardner
Mass
Gaines
Tenn
Henry Clay
Messrs. McCumber
Patterson
Beveridge
Secretary of State
Werbert
H. D. Peirce
Orient
Bhanghal
Bourke Cochran
Indian Territory
Arizona
Columbia River
Indahoma Union
Shawnee
Cromwell Testifies on Panama Affairs Before Senate Panel
William Nelson Cromwell, prominent New York lawyer, appears before the Senate committee on inter oceanic canals. He explains connections with the French canal company and the Panama railroad, denies funds from French rights purchase reaching his firm, and notes about 200000 dollars earned from the new Panama company while serving as Panama’s legal adviser since 1904. He cites client confidentiality for his services.
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Morgan Quisses Cromwell
William Nelson Cromwell
New York
Panama Republic
Panama Canal
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Morgan
Alabama
Cromwell
Panama
Republic of Panama
Senate
New Panama Company
Missouri ruling compels foreign corporate officers to testify
The Missouri Supreme Court holds officers of foreign corporations doing business in Missouri must testify and produce business records when demanded, with contempt consequences for refusing. Judge Gildersleeve of New York plans to follow this ruling regarding H. H. Rogers and other Standard Oil witnesses, including potential testimony from John D. Rockefeller.
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Supreme Court of Missouri
Gildersleeve
New York
Missouri
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil
Rogers
John D. Rockefeller
Oil Trust
Pennsylvania fights railroad over 1000 mile ticket cash hold
Secretary of Internal Affairs Brown leads a state probe into the Pennsylvania Railroad practice of taking $800 cash for 1000 mile tickets with a promise of $10 refund after use and returning stubs. Attorney General Carson orders immediate action against the railroad to stop the alleged extortion.
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Brown
State of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Carson
Congress urged to curb dangerous immigrant flow
Notes of the National Capital report Congressman Hopkins pressing Congress to limit a dangerous class of immigrants. The piece notes proposed seeds distribution cessation, a $250000 yearly government grant if agriculture committees’ recommendation passes, and Secretary Shaw backing grain alcohol tax cuts. Hill speaks for army bill amid forecasts of friction with China and Russian development impacting Manchurian commerce. a federal commission on a fleet appears unlikely.
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Hopkins
Congress
House Committees On Agriculture
Shaw
Internal Revenue
Congressman Hill
The
House
China
Manchuria
State Department
Federal Comsspeesen
Clipping Horses in Spring Boosts Health and Value
A 1900s Horse Review note explains clipping horses in early spring improves comfort, drying perspiration, and health. A Buffalo street car company study of 500 horses found clipped animals stayed healthy while unclipped ones suffered coughs and pneumonia. a basic clipping machine costs under seven dollars.
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Exigland
Runes
Buffalo Street Cal Company
Opie Read Finds the Way in Arkansas on Horseback
Opie Read travels through Arkansas on horseback and asks a squatter for directions. The squatter replies with rustic humor about riding and hitting the road. Read grows irritated as the man fiddles and shoots back a string of coarse, characteristic replies.
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Opie Read
Arkansas
Opie
Jes
Mr Read
The Public Would Escape Ballooning Policy Joke
A Philadelphia Ledger quip recalls a public wish to abandon automobiles for ballooning. The speaker jokes that ballooning offers safety, noting a fall would not guarantee landing on someone else. The exchange satirizes transportation fears with dry humor.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Editor Explains How to Maintain Mental and Physical Vigor
A New Jersey editor describes recovering from nervous dyspepsia after a long indulgence in improper food. A strict Grape-Nuta diet paired with outdoor exercise rebuilt digestion and stamina, enabling the editor to resume work and write with renewed vigor.
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New Jersey
Nusrhd
Wellylie
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Teague
John Ericsson
Hadley
Moigseurt
John [ Rockefeller
Franklin
Pollister
Willister
Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburg Coal Company
President Robbins
Th Pittsburg Coal Company
Steel Trust
George Jould
West
Kitn- Mines
Pittsburg
Richard Ivess
Billboards
Frederick Wodeward
Garfield
Watts
Toledo, Ohio
U. S
Prince
Isle of
Sense Volcano
Wood
Sulu
Philippine Archipelago
Manila
Mindanao
Phillippines
Horneo
Department of Luzon
J & Weston
Krig
J A S Buchanan
Department of Visayas
Casper H. Bliss
Department of Mindanao
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