American battleships not free from defects
The Senate naval affairs committee heard naval officers defend and critique battleship design. Hill urged full coal load to maximize speed and armor distribution, Vogelgesand urged structural separation between turrets and handling rooms, and Fiske offered limited critique with little experience for firm fixes.
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Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Washington, D. C
Reuterdahl
F. K. Hill
Carl T. Vogelgesand
Bradley A. Fiske
Capps
Hill
Vogelgesand
Atlantic
Fiske
More Italian Anarchists Reported in Pittsburg
Pittsburg police deny Denver's claim that four Italians were arrested on suspicion of complicity in Father Leo's assassination. In three months local police have arrested many Italians, including the four named, on charges of publishing obscene and incendiary literature attacking the Catholic church and clergy and promoting anarchism. Disclosures link police actions to New York and Italy.
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Pittsburg
Denver
Leo
Denver Dispatch
New York
Italy
Farmers Fear Coyote Hydrophobia Near Hardin
In Greeley Colorado on February 29 excitement grows as a coyote, foaming at the mouth and snarling, enters the Frig Smiley ranch near Hardin. Hunters shoot the animal after dogs are bitten. fearing rabies, the dogs and hogs nearby are killed. Subsequent reports confirm hydrophobia signs in the carcass area.
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Greeley
Colo
Hardin
Frig Smiley Ranch
Pena
Weather Forecast For Wyoming In 1908
Forecast notes fair conditions in Wyoming for Sunday and Monday with no major storms. Local data shows 24 hour extremes: max 63 F, min 22 F, precipitation 0.01 inch, wind 40 mph from the northwest at 12 15 p m. Palmer signs the report as Section Director.
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Washington, D. C
Wyoming
Palmer
Man Dies After Shooting Self On Train Car
Nashville Tennessee February 20 A man identified as Hugh Campbell died in city hospital from self inflicted wounds after shooting himself in a smoking car of the Louisville and Nashville train from St Louis to Nashville He said he was being pursued for an assault on a woman in the west and died after being brought to the hospital near Sadlers Tennessee forty miles north of Nashville.
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Nashville, Tenn
Hugh Campbell
Louisville & Nashville
St. Louis
Nashville
Sadlers, Tenn
Here
West
Attell Stops Kelley In Seventh Round Bout
Abe Attell defending the featherweight title floored Ed Kelley four times in the seventh round of a scheduled twenty round match in San Francisco. Police halted the bout after Kelley could not continue, as Attell dominated the uneven contest.
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Attell
Edward Kelley
San Francisco
Cal
Abe Attell
Ed, Kelley
Buffalo Newadoy
Wicked
T. J. Cahill Named Circulator of Leader
T. Joe Cahill assumes charge of the Leader circulation department with full direction. All future circulation matters should be handled directly with Mr. Cahill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Cahill
T. Joe Cahill
Leader
Mr. Cahill
Evelyn Thaw denies near separation and money offers
Mrs Evelyn Thaw denied that she had defended 1,000,000 or received any money offer to consent to an annulment of her marriage to Harry Thaw. She said there was no lawyers conference and none planned, and she had received no money offer or made any demand for money.
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New York
Evelyn Thaw
Fuel Company to Concentrate Heads at Pueblo
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company announces a season shift of headquarters for its fuel and iron divisions from Denver to Pueblo. The fuel department will be led by W. Thompson and the iron mines by D. Gilchrist, moving about twenty five staff to Pueblo while Denver remains the overall headquarters.
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Denver
Colo
J. F. Welborn
Colorado Fu & Iron Company
Tts
Tts Fuel, Mines and Engineering de
Pueblo
W. Thompson
D. Gilchrist
State
New Mexico
Jealous husband kills wife in Brooklyn after accusing infidelity
Giuseppe Aniello shot his wife as she cared for their 9 month old in their Elizabeth street home. The brother-in-law Joseph Tuzza detained. Aniello wounded by the victim’s brother and presumed to die. Police say motive linked to alleged extramarital attention from workers in sweat shops.
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New York
Giuseppe Aniello
Elizabeth Street
Aniello
Joseph Tuzza
Fish Renewed War on Harriman in Illinois Central Vote
Chicago Feb 29 Henry W Leaman counsel for Stuyvesant Fish in Illinois Central case filed a bill in superior court seeking to enjoin Union Pacific and Railroad Securities from voting 281 231 shares of Illinois Central stock at the March 2 annual meeting.
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Harriman
Chicago
Henry W. Leman
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central
Ball
Fish
Superior Court
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad Securities Company
Ilinois Central
Mother and Three Babies Cremated in Fire
A mother and her three children perished in a blaze in the Brereton avenue foreign district in Pittsburg. Several others were injured as a large number of foreigners faced narrow escapes from death and injury early today.
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Pittsburg
Brereton Avenue
Admiral Byrne Reports Health Improving Steadily
Washington February 29. Admiral Byrne commanding the battleship feat cabled his wife in this city that his health is improving steadily and rumors to the contrary are untrue. He has been reported to still suffer rheumatic complaints.
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Washington, D. C
Byane
Bie Inalth
Pat Garrett Shot by Ranchman Near Las Cruces
Pat Garrett, famed killer of Billy the Kid and former Lincoln County sheriff, was shot and killed by J Wayne Brazile near Las Cruces New Mexico over a ranch lease dispute. An inquest ruled Garrett died from a revolver wound inflicted by Brazile who said self defense. Garrett had been Roosevelt’s friend and El Paso customs collector.
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el Paso
Tex
Pat Garrett
Billy, the Kid
J. Wayne Bragle
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Garrett
Brazile
Brazle
Brazie
Wayne Brazile
Carl Adamson
Roosevelt
Albuquerque
N. M
Lincoln County
Billy
Kid
Dona Ana County
Rangers
Texas
Curry
Dona Ann County
Laramie Consultants Cheyenne Architect on Opera House
William DuBoise, the architect, recently returned from Laramie after a consultation on the proposed $40,000 opera house in Cheyenne. M. J. Barry of Cheyenne expresses interest in the project.
Mrs Stanley Dies at Ogden in Cheyenne Circles
Mr and Mrs G W Stanley announce the death of Mrs Stanley in Ogden conveyed by their son Charles who resides there. Her passing will be mourned by many friends in Cheyenne where she was well known.
Fowler Currency Bill Reported To House For Ban
Washington February 29 the house committee on ranking and currency by 11 to 5 with three absentees authorized its chairman Representative Fowler of New Jersey to report to the house the Fowler currency bill with a recommendation that it be banned.
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Fowler
Washington, D. C
House Committee On
New Jersey
House
American Fleet Sails For Magdalena Bay
The American fleet departed today for Magdalena Bay in lower California amid public regret expressed in Tim and Callao newspapers.
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Magdalena Bay
Callao
Lower
California
Tima
Bryan Accuses Trusts and Railroads of Bribery
In Jackson Mississippi on February 29 William J Bryan spoke to lawmakers and thousands about a growing Democratic strength and a derided Republican decline. He praised Oklahoma's depositors protection law and endorsed John Sharp Williams’s currency bill while alleging trusts and railroads back bribery to control delegations for his nomination.
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Jackson
Miss
Wm. J. Bryan
Century Theater
House
Senate
Bryan
Oklahoma
John Sharp Williams
Congress
Ing
Denver
Minsiasippi Valley
Mississippi Valley
Bomb for Persian Shah
Teheran Persia February 29 Mohammed Ali Mirza the Shah of Persia narrowly escaped death as a bomb from a roof exploded near his automobile killing three escorts and wounding a chauffeur and bystanders. The shah had driven in front of the car to avoid the blast and survived the attack. No statement of responsibility yet.
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Teheran
Persia
Mohammed Ali Mirza
Shah of Persia
Pat Garrett Murder Claim From Friends In Las Cruces
Friends of Pat Garrett in Las Cruces allege his El Paso death was a conspiracy. They say he was shot in the back of the head and then in the breast, his shotgun loaded with bird shot, and that he would not have turned his back on an adversary to give him a chance to shoot.
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el Paso
Tex
Pat Garrett
Las Cruces
Hoagland Wins Six Days Walking Championship
Kansas City February 29 W A Hoagland of Auburn New York won the six days walking match with 280 miles in sixty two hours securing the world's championship. Tom Slater 276 miles IH P Messier 272 H J Player 268 Hartley 268 others finished in the field.
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Kansas City
W. A. Hoagland
Auburn
N. Y
Tom Slater
IH. P. Messier
H. J. Player
Hartley
American car arrives in Iowa in New York to Paris race
The American car in the New York to Paris automobile contest reached Dixon at 0:05 and left at 9:25. The crew aims for Cedar Rapids as roads are reported good. Earlier reports note the car passed Sterling at 10:21 a.m. and reached Clinton, with other contestants, the Italian and first French machines, departing earlier today.
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Dixon
New York
Paris
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Clinton, Ia
Clinton
Chicago
Return From Meeting Of University Trustees
United States District Attorney Timothy F. Burke and Miss Harriet Knight returned from Laramie after attending a special meeting of the University of Wyoming board of trustees, of which they are members.
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United States
Timothy F. Burke
Harriet Knight
Laramie
University of Wyoming
Tribune City Editor Resigns to Pursue Journalistic Work
D. J. Kennedy city editor resigns from the Tribune and leaves for Denver to undertake special journalism assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
D. J. Kennedy
the Tribune
Denver
Army Appropriation Bill Passes in the House
In Washington, D C, during debate on the army appropriation bill, Mann of Indiana charged a land syndicate sought influence to sell government land near Washington for a target range. A $250,000 provision for 6,000 acres was stripped out after a point of order. the bill’s total stood at $84,757,068.
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Washington, D. C
Mann
Inole
Young
Michigan
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Weather Report
Evelyn
Bor
W. J. Bryan
Sterling, WI
Sterling
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