House Debates Adjourning Date and Taft Visit Invitation
Austin March 5 The house debates recalling from the senate the date for sine die adjournment and notes divisions over authority to reverse senate action. The house unanimously adopts Reedy's invitation to President Taft to visit Texas while considering Nichols anti barratry and tax bills and nurse qualification and a southeastern asylum ward proposal.
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House
Fuller
Crisp
Harman
Harger
Lawson
Bierschwab
Cureton
Baker
Hood
Cathey
Brooks
Stoher
Senate
Ray
Reedy
Taft
Texas
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Marshall
Mason
Committee On Public Health
Meachum
Terrell
Bexar
Southwestern Insane Asylum
Taft Opens White House Busy With Nominations and Talks Tariff
President Taft starts his day at 9:30 am receiving cabinet nominations including Knox as secretary of state and Huntington Wilson as assistant secretary of state. He reviews the Seventh New York regiment, hosts delegations in the East Room, and tells Ways and Means members his tariff message will be brief and limit discussion to tariff legislation.
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William H. Taft
White House
United States
Philander C. Knox
Mr. Knox
President Taft
William Loeb Jr
New York
Huntington Wilson
Beckham Winthrop
Navy
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Taft
Fred Carpenter
Carpenter
Blaine Club
Cincinnati
Republican County Committee
Hughes
Prouty
Vermont
Dillingham
Page and
Foster
Lake Champlain
Plattsburg
N. Y
Burlington
House Committee On Ways and Means
Congress
Kealing resigns as Indiana U S attorney over libel case
United States District Attorney Kealing resigns rather than assist in removal of Delavan Smith and Joseph Pulitzer to Washington for trial on alleged criminal libel tied to Panama canal and railroad publications. He informs the attorney general of his formal resignation to be effective by March 15 1909.
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Pulitzer
Washington
United States
Healing
Indianapolis
Department of Justice
Delevan Smith
Joseph Pulitzer
Panama Canal and Railroad
Kealing
District of Indiana
District of Columbia
Delavan Smith
Charles Williams
Indianapolis News
Robbery Report From Dallas Involving Traveling Salesman
J. D. Bacon of St. Louis said he was robbed of $500 by a Black woman in Dallas on March 5. Police reported no arrests.
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Dallas
J. D. Bacon
St. Louis
Culberson Reappointed Chairman Of Conference Committee
A bipartisan conference to fill standing committee vacancies met in Washington. Senator Culberson was reelected chairman, with Senator Money as vice chairman and Senator Owen as secretary. The Democratic caucus also elected a committee on permanent rules and proceedings, including Senators Clark Daniel and Taliaferro.
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Clark
Arkansas
Daniel
Taliaferro
Culberson
Money
Owen
Worst of Winter Strikes Philadelphia Area
A severe rain and sleet storm blankets eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware halting wire communications with the south. Telegraph telephone and railroad lines lose all wires between Wilmington Delaware and Baltimore Maryland as poles and wires are brought down by wind and ice. Train service to Washington is slowed due to the communication outages.
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Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
Wilmington
Del
Baltimore
Washington
Dallas infant found murdered on Hawkins Street
The body of a newborn white child was found on Hawkins Street wrapped in a towel and newspaper with the skull crushed and head severed. Remainder of the remains placed in a sack and left in an alley near Hawkins Street. no clues were reported.
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Dallas
Hawkins Street
Union Depot
Little One Alive After Near Burial in Orange
In Orange Texas on March 5 a two months old infant once deemed dead revived Friday morning after preparations for burial were completed. The undertaker had been notified and the child began to move and cry, stunning the parents and friends with joy.
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Orange
Tex
C. C. Harrington
Judge Hosea Townsend Dies at 69 in Ardmore
Ardmore Oklahoma March 5 Judge Hosea Townsend United States judge for the Southern District of Indian Territory until Oklahoma statehood died here aged sixty nine.
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Ardmore
Fire destroys Bates barn near Durant
A large barn owned by W. L. Bates twelve miles west of Durant burned down. Twelve cattle and several horses were killed, along with fifty tons of hay. The total loss is estimated at $6,000. The fire’s origin remains unknown.
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Durant
Okla
W. L. Bates
Here
Tramps Attack Train Near Ontario. Conductor Beaten
A south bound freight train west of Ontario was assaulted by about thirty armed tramps. Conductor Sutherland of Los Angeles was clubbed into unconsciousness. A Los Angeles passenger train arrived during the attack and the crew routed the vandals. Posses captured fourteen suspects as the incident ended.
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San Bernardino
Southern Pacific Railway
Ontario
Sutherland
Los Angeless
Los Angeles
Charles Gerry Dies at Breakfast in Beaumont Home
Charles Gerry aged sixty a capitalist dropped dead in his chair while eating his breakfast at his Beaumont home on March 5.
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Beaumont
Charles Gerry
Snowberger Found Guilty in W B Anderson Killing
Dallas March 5 The jury found A C Snowberger guilty of murdering W B Anderson and set punishment at life imprisonment.
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Dallas
A. C. Snowberger
W. B. Anderson
Roosevelt to Sail March 28 for Africa from Oyster Bay
Former President Rosevelt announced plans to sail March 28 for Africa, with a first stop in Hamburg Germany, from Oyster Bay New York on the state voyage.
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N. Y
Rosevelt
Africa
Hamburg
Germany
Burglar Foiled by Woman With Sixshooter
Mrs. Jessie Woodhull, in San Antonio on March 5, kept a burglar under guard with a sixshooter until police arrived, preventing entry at her home.
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San Antonio
Jessie Woodhull
Inauguration Day Casualties Reach Three Dead
Washington reports three deaths and three likely fatally injured with more than seventy five others hurt during the inaugural ceremonies. Victims include Samuel Young of Washington Norman Stall of Richmond and Andrew Doran of Pittsburgh. Serious injuries include Dirk Samuel Carter and William Deneil. Young was electrocuted by a live wire. Stall died of epilepsy while watching the parade. Doran, a Pullman conductor, died of heart disease at Union Station.
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Washington
Samuel Young
Norman Stall
Richmond
Andrew Doran
Pittsburg
Dirk
Samuel Carter
Virginia
Wiliam Deneil
Admiral Cervera Nearing Death in Cadiz
Vice Admiral Cervera once led the Spanish fleet defeated at Santiago de Cuba in 1898. He is dying at Puerto Real and received the last sacraments this past Friday.
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Cadiz
Cervera
Santiago
Cuba
Puerto Real
Governor Delays Baseball Sunday Decision to Courts
Governor Marshall forwards a special measure to the legislature stating he will neither sign nor veto the bill legalizing base ball on Sunday. He declares the constitutionality of the measure to be resolved by the courts.
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Indianapolis
Marshall
Secretary Straus Ice Man Takes Washington Role
The sun dry civil appropriation bill designates the secretary of commerce and labor as the official ice man of Washington. He will advertise and contract for ice, fuel, stationery, and other supplies for executive departments when not restricted by public contingency. Committees may consult with him. Work on the Gulf Texas and Western railway continues at Jakksboro.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Poultry Market Prices And Demand Report
The market lists egg and poultry prices with 10 hens at 3.00 to 4.00 dollars, fryers and broilers across several ranges, geese and ducks per pound, and roosters at 1.80 to 2.00. Demand is excellent for all poultry while the egg market is dull and declining.
Land Sale Notice in Franklin Texas Parcel Details
Franklin Texas lists 1470 acres in the Moses Rughes survey near Edge with reasonable price and terms. Includes 80 acres adjoining A&M College land near Providence church and 90 acres with Double Sulphur springs on the Navasota River known as the George Platter place. Prospective buyers contact V. B. Hudson.
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Edge
M. College
Providence Church
George Platter
Navasota River
Hudson
J. W. Batts Real Estate Ad Shows Abstract Books
Real estate agent J. W. Batts promotes property near a house location with emphasis on the office and the only set of abstract books available in the area.
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Itice Ip
Taliaferro Builling
Phare
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