Washington Looms As Center Of Interest In Week
Week’s news highlights show Washington dominating legislative activity across states. President Taft reports a $30 720 rise in taxable property to $51 940 total value. Republican Mann criticized as lobbyist. Mrs Helen Pierce Grey dubbed historian of opposition. Taft directs Mexico warning for American losses. Pascual Orozco named rebel target. Navy shifts command with Rear Admiral Howard replaced by Fiske. Porto Rico delegation protests free sugar bill and rejects another island delegation’s plea for independence.
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Mann
Yiouse
Helen Pierce Grey
Taft
Pascual Orozco
Navy Department
Thomas B. Howard Mmand
Thion
Bradley A. Fiske
Memorial services and notable society notes from 1900s papers
Personal memorials in New York for Alfred T. Dickens son of the English novelist. Prince Adalbert hosts guests in Bavaria at St Louis figures. Clara Barton dies at Glen Echo Maryland aged ninety. Jennie Crocker engaged to Michael Whitman, Harvard remark by President Joel. Dudley Sargent proposes shorter high school hours with added physical training.
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Alfred T. Dickens
Prince Adalbert
Emperor William
Goeggingen
Bavaria
Julius Orthfein
St. Louis
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
Glen Echo
Jennie M. Crocker
Maicel D. Whitman
Jowell
Harvard
Dudley A. Sargent
Harvard University
Frank Chance’s Last Regular Game With Cubs at Cincinnati
A retrospective note on Frank Chance finishing his regular-season tenure with the Chicago Cubs in a game versus Cincinnati. Mentions golf’s declining long-course craze and Yale’s strong showing against the Giants signaling solid Blue representation on the diamond this year. Also praises Taft’s Olympics appointment and previews college baseball outlook with Princeton Yale Harvard leading, others strong.
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Cincinnati
Yale
Giants
Taft
James F. Sullivan
Amateur Athletic Union
United States
Stockholm
Sweden
Princeton
Harvard
Brown
Pennsylvania
Darthmouth
Williams
Amherst
Mintz Theatre owner commits suicide on darkened stage
General Michael Mintz owner of the Lip kin Theatre New York turned off lights after a performance and killed himself by firing a bullet into his brain. In Germantown Pennsylvania the old Washington Lane House linked to the Charlie Ross kidnapping was sold by the boy’s mother. Charles Deacon a 17 year old from Batavia New York confessed to attempting to wreck the New York Central by removing spikes from rails though grooves kept rails in place. Dr Jacob Gould Schurman Senator Theodore Burton and Representative Samuel McCall spoke at a Philadelphia meeting in support of Taft renomination. The First National Bank of New Berlin New York was closed for a 250000 shortage dating forty years back. Postmaster General Hitchcock denied rumors he would resign from the cabinet.
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Lipkin Theatre
New York
Washington Lane
Germantown
Charlie Ross
New York Central
Jacob Gould Schurman
Pheodore E. Burton
Samuel W. MccCall
Citizens
Taft
Philadelphia
First National Bank of
New Berlin
N. Y
F. D. Arnold
Hitchcock
Contested 1908 Campaign News From National to Local
A collage of campaign notes and incidents: Taft’s delegate counts and cabinet shifts. Roosevelt momentum in Pennsylvania primaries. Taft and Roosevelts factions at state conventions. suffrage efforts in Chicago. a body of varied events from a West Scranton death to a Boston fatality and tax sales in Concord.
Titanic Sinks After Hitting Iceberg Off Newfoundland
News brief describes the White Star liner Titanic striking an iceberg at 10.25 p m Sunday and sinking around 2 20 a m with about 1 500 lives lost. Carpathia rescues 675 survivors, 866 known saved including many women and children, while other ships search the area.
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Isador Straus
Archibald W. Butt
Taft
George D. Widener
Widener
Philadelphia
Henry S. Harper
William T. Stead
London
F. D. Miller
Atlantic
Olympic
Carpathia
Titanic
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Arctic
Titanic described as largest ship afloat and safest yet
The report details the Titanic's size and capacity, noting its length of 882 12 feet, 92 feet beam, 66 000 tons displacement, and 45 000 registered tons. It cites nine steel decks, three upper promenades, vast cabins for 5000 passengers, extensive amenities, and a large crew as authorities flag the vessel's luxury and safety.
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White Star Line
Atlantic
Europe
America
Titanic cost and launch figures reveal vast insurance gaps
A underwriter with a leading firm estimated the Titanic cost about 10 million dollars to build and hull insured for 5 million. He suggested owners faced potential exposure around 7.25 to 7.5 million. The May 31 launch in Belfast drew J Pierpont Morgan Lord Pirrie and J Bruce Ismay. the event highlighted new marine design features including two private promenades.
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Lince
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Lord Pirrie
Harland__& Wolff Company
J. Bruce Ismay
International Mercentile Marine’ Company
Fade of Disaster to Titanic Quick Read
Reconstruction of a maritime catastrophe notes cargo worth 750000 insured at 50 percent. Col Washington Roebling reportedly lost with 2358 aboard, including 903 crew. Vessel valued at 10000000 with 35000000 in insurance. international mercantile marine shares trade in London at 2.00. Property loss excluding the ship projected at 15000000.
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Washington Roebling
International Mercantile Marine
London
Baseball Season Blazes Open Amid Broad Enthusiasm
The baseball season opened with a roar, showing stronger, firmer hold and growing popularity coast to coast. Department of California and Nevada allows sons and daughters of veterans to wear the G A R emblem. Wonderland amusement park in Revere Beach sold for 50 000 to a promoter who will parcel the site into building lots. Roosevelt says he cannot make an agreement with Colombia. Priest Belford denounces socialism and faces a warrant. Strikes or threats linger at several New England mill centers despite wage gains totaling 12 million dollars a year.
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Department of California
Nevada
Sons and Daughters of Veterans
Wonderland
Revere Beach
Mass
Col. Roosevelt
Colombia
John L. Belford
Brooklyn Socialist Party
New England
Milk wholesale price dip in New York markets
The April 1 wholesale price for milk dropped to 34 2 cents per quart in the 26 cent zone, equating to about $1.71 per 40 quart can delivered in New York.
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