Homecoming of Big Fleet at Fort Monroe Virginia
The fleet returns after a world cruise as President Roosevelt and Secretary Newberry attend. Thousands gather at Fort Monroe for a naval review with 25 ships in line, cheers, salutes, and multiple receptions planned at the Chamberlin hotel and Norfolk navy yard.
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Sal Ormen
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Thimble Shoal
Virginia
Sperry
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Arnold
Connecticut
Nebraska
Atdlantic Seaboard
Louisiana
Admiral Sperry
Newport News
Chamberlin Hotel
Navy League
Norfolk Navy Yard
Congressional progress on bills and eulogies
The week saw the House and Senate advance key items including a cut in the secretary of state salary and Knox appointment changes. Arizona and New Mexico statehood bills passed, naval and postal funding approved, and multiple penal, fortifications, and river bills addressed. Eulogies were delivered for three lawmakers in a special session with 33 speakers.
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Knox
Senate
Arizona
New Mexico
Taft Cabinet Lists Final Recruits and Open Secretary Position
President Taft hints progress in selecting a Secretary of the Treasury but says the post remains unfilled. Under consideration are Franklin MacVeagh and Myron T. Herrick. The cabinet lineup includes Knox, Wickersham, Dickinson, NagLE, and others with Ballinger as interior and Hitchcock as postmaster general.
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Philander C. Knox
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George W. Wickersham
New York
J. M. Dickinson
Tennessee
Charles Nagle
Missouri
Navy
George von L Mever
Massachusetts
R. A. Ballinger
Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
James Wilson
Iowa
Steel War in Sight Promises Open Market Price Adjustments
United States Steel announces it may sell at modified prices in the open market to regain its fair share of trade. Details on pricing will be set by manufacturers and conveyed directly to consumers. The statement comes from chairman E. H. Gary and the board.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
E. H. Gary
Sensational Plot Reported To Dethrone Czar Nicholas
Anonymous statements from St. Petersburg claim a plot to dethrone Czar Nicholas. The plan allegedly aimed to establish a regency and stemmed from the assassination of Grand Duke Vladimir, the emperor’s eldest uncle.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Nicholas
Vladimir
Death of Geronimo at Fort Sill Ends Apache Fierce History
Lawton Oklahoma February 18 Geronimo the noted Apache chief died at Fort Sill where he had been confined as a prisoner of war for years. The report notes he was given a month to live. Roanoke Virginia February 20 Aurelius Christian a negro who assaulted and murdered Mary Dobbs fourteen daughter of a Botetourt farmer has been sentenced to die in the electric chair on March 22.
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Elect Taft
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Jem Driscoll
Abe Attell
New York
Federal libel indictments target World and News publishers
Grand jury charges libel in Panama canal stories against Joseph Pulitzer Caleb Van Hamm Robert H Lyman and Press Publishing company of New York and against Delavan Smith Charles R Williams owners of the Indianapolis News Indictments list seven counts for the News owners and five counts for the World defendants naming Roosevelt Morgan Taft Root and Cromwell among allegedly libeled figures Removed to District of Columbia resisted by defense lawyer Henry E Davis as he says the World will contest transfer to DC court
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Robert H. Lyman
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Charles R. Williams
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Agree the World
Henry E. Davis
District of Columbia
Roosevelt denials on Europe trip and local trials ongoing
A denial states Mrs. Roosevelt will not accompany the president to Europe. In San Francisco a jury is still deliberating in the Patrick Calhoun bribery case. In Medina Ohio the trial of Cuy Raser for the murder of his sweetheart Miss Orie Lee on October 8 is underway.
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Europe
San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
Cuy Raser
Orie Lee
Medina, O
Eight Chinamen cross ice into Ogdensburg NY
Patrol reports eight men from Canada walked across the St. Lawrence ice into Ogdensburg New York. The incident adds precursor to border enforcement and raises questions about illegal crossings during harsh winter conditions.
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N. Y
St. Lawrence River
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News Will Fight Back in Extradition Fight
Indianapolis Feb 18 News owners contest extradition to the District of Columbia claiming any offense occurred in Indianapolis the place of publication of the News.
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The
News
District of Columbia
Navy Secretary Receives Qualtrough Court Martial Record
Captain Edward F. Qualtrough of Muncie Indiana formerly in command of the battleship Georgia of the Atlantic fleet was convicted by a Gibraltar court martial for being intoxicated at an official Tangier banquet and sentenced to six months suspension and a ten-number rank reduction. Navy Secretary approval is required before the rank loss portion can take effect.
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Washington
Newberry
Edward F. Qualtrough
Muncie
Ind
Georgia
Gibraltar
Tangier
Secretary of the Navy
National tariff convention calls for permanent tariff commission
The National Tariff Convention in Indianapolis adjourned after adopting resolutions demanding that Congress create a permanent tariff commission to collect and study facts. It urges Congress to enact a tariff law in the interim that is fair to all interests until modern framing methods are available.
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Indianapolis
Congress
Harvard Student Killed in Dormitory Fall
Stewart Douglas Robinson of New York City aged nineteen, nephew of President Roosevelt, a Harvard sophomore, died after falling from a sixth floor window at Hampton Hall on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge. He was the son of Douglas Robinson and his mother is Roosevelt’s sister.
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Railroad Cashier's Death Tells Of Fatal Act In Minnesota
St Paul February 20. Holder Brayton a cashier in the Northern Pacific railroad land department shot himself. He died from the pistol wound after taking short several hundred dollars from his accounts.
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Northern Pacific Railroad Land Department
Absolute prohibition could ban liquor prescriptions in Kansas
Topeka sources report that if Governor Stubbs signs the bill, Kansas would enact an absolute prohibition law. The measure, supported by both chambers, would bar physicians from prescribing liquor even for medical use, after the senate accepted the house amendment.
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Senate
Kansas
Blizzards Claim Numerous Victims in Russia
Odessa reports over a hundred fifty people killed in three days as southwest Russia endures severe blizzards with widespread deaths and damage amid frigid conditions and heavy snowfall.
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Russia
Fire Loss at Wayne Shoe Plant reaches 75000
A fire in the jobbing department of the Wayne Shoe Manufacturing company in Fort Wayne Indiana caused damage estimated at 75000 dollars. The blaze broke out February 20 and prompted efforts by local firefighters to control the flames.
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Fort Wayne, Ind
Wayne Shoe Manufacturing Company
Marshall Not Guilty In Indianapolis Patch Fraud Case
Henry W. Marshall head of the Western Construction company was acquitted after thirty six minutes of jury deliberation in a criminal court. He faced charges of defrauding the city of Indianapolis over asphalt street patching contracts. The case alleged a conspiracy with Darry Brunaugh, the company’s Indianapolis representative, who was convicted of altering records.
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Henry W. Marshall
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Darry Brunaugh
Brunaugh
Legislative week summary of bills and actions
The week covered a Senate pass of six bills and 26 new ones, with the Sunday baseball bill moving to second reading. The House amended and passed the tenement house bill amid changes. The following day the House passed five bills, killed three, and received 27. new courts were created and the governor’s mansion bill was killed in the Senate. Wednesday saw the House repeal metropolitan police law and kill Muncie normal school, while the Senate repealed the anti cigarette law, reduced Indianapolis councilmen to nine, and raised salaries to 900 dollars. Thursday had 15 Senate introductions, six passes including transcript fees to county clerks, and the Governor Hanly vetoes two years past. the House passed three and received 35 new bills, with public accounting postponed. Friday’s items included a governor message urging county treasurers to pay early to avoid bankruptcy, the Employers liability bill passed the Senate, and cities fourth class offices were abolished. Saturday the Senate endorsed pension for Civil War teamsters, while the House passed the public accounting bill, repealed the three mile gravel road law, and raised the Indianapolis police court judge salary among others.
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Hanly
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Congress
Indiana Faces Shortage As State Debts Rise
Governor Marshall warns the General Assembly the state will default on obligations by April 1 unless the auditor is given power to seek advance tax payments from county treasurers. The shortage stems from money advanced by counties and a shift to bank deposits under the public depository law, with political fault lines noted between Republicans and Democrats.
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Marshall
General Assembly
Hanly
Prediction of War Opens With Birth Rate Clue
Indianapolis February 20. Secretary Harry of the Indiana board of health says the nation prepares for a great war. January births total 4161 with 2181 males and 1980 females, a male surplus seen as a sign, a mystery of nature.
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Harry
Indiana State Board of Health
Agar Charged With Forgery in Princeton
Henry Agar former secretary and treasurer of the Princeton Elevator company appeared before Judge O M Welborn of the circuit court in Princeton Indiana on forgery charges He waived arraignment and was bond by 4000 to appear March 19 in court.
Fire starts with coal oil. two die and three injured
In Frankfort Indiana on February 20 Charles Yeagley started a fire using coal oil and was badly burned. He died a few hours later his wife who was injured died shortly after. Three of their sons suffered serious injuries.
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Ind
Charles Yeagley
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