Washington’s Week in Review of Crises and Court Rulings
A Crandbury digest lists White House actions and department notes. It reports Mexico’s death crimes list issued by the embassy in Washington, limits on sending arms under neutrality laws, the Supreme Court upholding the Federal Corporation Tax, and Postmaster Hitchcock barring debtors mail. Ex-Speaker Cannon declines to say if he will seek minority leadership.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
United States Supreme Court
Hitchcock
Cannon
Reverend Isaac Amada Cornelison Dead at 60 Years in Washington
The Rev. Isaac Amada Cornelison longtime Presbyterian pastor in Washington Illinois and Princeton University’s oldest graduate has died after sixty years in ministry. Carrie Nation remains weakened in Leavenworth sanitarium. Charles F Aked resigns as pastor of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church New York. Theodore Roosevelt spearheads a flying Tenew of troops in San Antonio then speaks at the University of Texas Austin. Sir Frank Newnes visits New York Press Club where he notes decline of English press power. Four additional meningitis cases among Greeks arriving in New York aboard an Austrian liner bring total under care to nine.
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Isaac Amada Cornelison
Washington, Ill
Princeton University
Carrie Nation
Leavenworth
Charles F. Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
San Antonio
Tex
Unirsity of Texas
Austin
Frank Newnes
Press Club
England
Various 1907 U S News Briefs Include Fires Drownings Arrests
The report notes Senor Limanteur’s Mexico departure linked to reforms. Toll bridges at Pittsburg and McKeesport were freed. A Boston sugar weighing probe found no fraud. St Charles College near Willcott City Md burned. Camp at San Antonio sees no manoeuvres. Seven drowned when tug Silver Spray sank near Cleveland. Frank Work dies in New York at 93. Nine coal land grabbers indicted in Chicago. Ohio National Guard ordered to Texas. Edith Melcher convicted in Albany for murder of her son, facing 20 years to life. Riverpoint Rhode Island mill machinery imported under Payne Aldrich law. Roosevelt calls for order justice independence in El Paso. Pain’s fireworks seeks dissolution in New York courts. Randolph Hall Harvard dorm partly destroyed by fire. Turret captain Mostin shot Hugo Rhein and then himself. both killed and a dancer killed as well.
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Senor Limanteur
Mexico
Allegheny River
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Frank Work
New York City
Chicago
Weybrecht
Ohio National Guard
War Department
Ohio
Texas
Edith Melcher
Albany
N. Y
Riverpoint
R. I
Theodore Roosevelt
el Paso
United States
Mexican Finance Minister Leaves New York Amid Secret Dispatch
Senor Limantour, Mexico's finance minister, departed New York after receiving a secret dispatch from President Diaz and issued a statement accusing muckraking writers in America of fomenting revolt. In other news, Iron River fire destroys half its mining district, with $200000 loss. George J. Gould retains Missouri Pacific control despite retirement from the presidency.
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Senor Limantour
New York
Diaz
America
Iron River
Wis
Foreign notes on Home Rule and international affairs
Statements by John Redmond William O'Brien and Lord Dunraven claim progress toward Home Rule while preferring different routes. Global items include a Bolivian tragedy, naval cost estimates, aero contests, Irish leader remarks in London, a damaged French submarine and a Parseval airship collision, insurrectos in Vera Cruz receiving Mausers, a high profile murder trial in London, Canada’s stance on Bahamas annexation, U S ship visits in Valparaiso and Ottawa notes on reciprocity talks.
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John Redmond
William O’brien
Lord Dunraven
St. Patrick’s Eve
Malcolm Knowles
United States
Bolivia
la Paz
Dole
Reginald McKenna
Admiralty
British Aero Club
de Lessups
Balfour
Taft
Great Britain
Redmond
St. Patrick’s
Loutre
la Palice
Johannisthal
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Germany
Stinie Morrison
Joseph Beron
London
Houndsditch
Mexico Urges Army Recall and Ends Invasion Fears
President Taft maintains a firm stance to stop the revolution in Mexico and restore order while urging the recall of the 20 000 American troops near the border. The Mexican ambassador reports that reports of troop movements hurt Mexico and Taft orders official silence on troop news until authorized.
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Taft
Washington
Mexico
Don Francisco Leon de la Barra
Camp Sam Houston
Dickinson
Carter
Congress
500 GOP Officials Doomed as House Swaps Surfaces
Washington expects mass turnover when Democrats take House control April 4. About 500 Republican office holders will be ousted after 16 years in office. Only the House stenographers and Michigans Rev Henry E Cowden the blind chaplain appear secure amid the political shakeup.
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Washington
House
Henry E. Cowden
Michigan
French Lick Dynamited Third Time At Local Hotel
A third dynamite blast targeted the French Lick Hotel Company in French Lick Indiana. The explosion rattled town buildings and frightened hotel guests while proprietor Thomas Taggart tried to downplay the incident.
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French Lick
Ind
Thomas ‘Taggart
India population rises to 315 million despite famine
Calcutta reports provisional census figures showing India’s population reached about 315 million, up more than 20 million in the last decade despite famines and plague. The growth occurred across regions amid humanitarian distress.
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Calcutta
India
Taft’s Message to Congress Focuses on Reciprocity and Tariff Commission
Washington report notes President Taft will address only two topics in his first message to the Sixty second Congress reciprocity with Canada and the tariff commission. The brief document aims to set policy direction on these two issues.
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Washington
Taft
Sixty-second Congress
Canada
Tariff Commission
Yadkin River Power Company Chartered in North Carolina
Power firm based in Raleigh with a $4 000 000 capital is chartered to take over the Blewitt Falls plant in Richmond County and operate it in North Carolina.
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Charlotte
N. C
Yadkin River Power Company
Raleigh
North Carolina
Blewitt Falls
Richmond County
New Judge Appointed to Canal Zone Supreme Court
President Taft signed the commission of BE W Warwick of Cincinnati as a judge of the Supreme Court of the Panama Canal Zone. The appointment adds a new jurist to the judicial bench overseeing Canal Zone affairs.
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Washington
Taft
W. W. Warwick
Cincinnati
Supreme Court of the
Panama Canal Zone
New Jersey Officers Gate for U S Army Maneuvers on Mexican Border
In response to War Department requests Adjutant General Sadler has arranged for New Jersey National Guard officers to attend the U S army maneuvers on the Mexican border. Major William B. Martin and Captain William E. Pedrick are detailed from the Second Regiment, with others from different regiments also listed. Washington has the forwarded names and acceptance is expected for most New Jersey officers.
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Trenton
War Department
Washington
Sadler
New Jersey National Guard
United States Army
William B. Martin
Elizabeth
William E. Pedrick
Nelson Y. Dugan
New Jersey
Jersey City Aims Mosquito Free Summer In Hudson County
State Entomologist J P Smith and Hudson County Health Commissioner W Delaney plan a mosquitoless season by draining Hackensack meadows to destroy millions of mosquito nests. Smith directs Rutgers College station and leads the study with Delaney.
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New Brunswick
J. P. Smith
New Jersey
William Delaney
Hudson County Board of Health
Jersey City
Bayonne
Hudson County
Hackensack Meadows
Smith
Rutgers College
Delaney
Died While Going to Son’s Church in Newark
Dr. John B. Richmond 81 prominent Newark insurer died suddenly of heart failure on his way to Mass at the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel where his son Rev WJ Richmond serves as pastor. He was Rutgers College’s oldest living graduate and former president and founder of the Hibernian Fire Insurance Co. of New Jersey.
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Newark
John B. Richmond
Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel
Wj.richmond
Richmond
Rutgers College
Hibernian Fire Insurance Company of
New Jersey
Hens Avenged by Feathers at Police Station
Feathers from a hundred hens were spread at the Bloomfield police station for owners to identify missing fowls. The plumage was found under a bed in the home of William Hunter a Black man. Recorder Cadmus held Hunter without bail.
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Bloomfield
William Hunter
Jennie
Mame
Cadmus
Poison Candy Death Alarms Parents Near Paterson Schools
One child died after eating poisoned candy and 1,700 mothers at Paterson public schools fear further danger. They plan to urge authorities to close candy shops near the schools to protect students and curb the threat.
Tailor Dies In Crowd After Timber Fall At Construction Site
In Newton a heavy timber collapse at a building under construction caused panic among spectators. Anthony Wielkopolsky, 30, collapsed and died from shock amid the onlookers.
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Newton
Anthony Wielkopolsky
Norway Seeks Indemnity Over Sailors Detention
The Norwegian Government has asked its Washington legation about seeking indemnity from the United States for the detention of three Norwegian sailors in Hudson County jail for a month. The sailors were taken from the Ingrid and held as witnesses in the Jersey City dynamite explosion case from February.
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Trenton
Washington
United States
Hudson County
Ingrid
Jersey City
Plans Supervision of Charities in Trenton
Interchurch Federation and local groups propose centralized charity supervision to prevent overlap in distribution. A single investigator would handle all claims with cooperation from the Common Council and the overseer of the Board of Trenton.
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Trenton
Commission
Interchurch Federation
Chamber of Commerce
St. Vincent de, Paul
Common Council
Noar
Bread as Resource: Frugal Uses and Desserts in Domestic Texts
The piece extols bread saving by housekeepers and offers recipes and tips. It describes toasting triangles with butter for a dessert, Brown Betty with breadcrumbs and apples, layering buttered bread slices with stewed fruit, and using bread crumbs for croquettes and escalloped dishes. It also notes drying crumbs, making bread for salads, and serving bread in attractive ways to counter appetite decline.
Woman preps for higher work demands says Mable
The piece quotes Hamilton Wright Mable noting that a woman who lives a diligently ordered life constantly prepares herself for future tougher tasks. It emphasizes daily competence and ongoing self-improvement.
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Hamilton Wright Mable
Lenten Salads And Salmo n Dishes
A collection of practical Lenten salads and fish dishes. Recipes include Salmon Loaf and Salmon Sauce with simple steps, Normandy and Western salads with olives eggs peas and cheese, and a cheese salad using Neufchatel or Waukesha cheese.
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Normandy
Neufchatel
Waukesha
Notable figures and their famed dining choices
A humorous New York piece lists John Pierpont Morgan favoring corned beef and cabbage, James R. Keene preferring a full course with elegance, Theodore Roosevelt enjoying good wine, and Taft abstaining until dinners compel. It notes Gaynor opting for Scotch, Carnegie for simple meals, and Leary observing Lent by quitting smoking, per the New York Press.
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John Pierpont Morgan
Sixth Avenue
Ohio
Gaynor
Andrew Carnegie Nyeg
Weathering Smiles and Holiday Talk by Grace and Jack
Grace remarks on the pleasant slebehing weather and invites Jack to try it. Jack agrees and asks if Grace believes her father would lend him a big horse, showing playful family banter and curiosity about borrowing a horse.
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Grace
Jack
Cure for Eye Disease Claims Cuticura Triumph
A testimonial from Mrs. Julia Csepicska of St. Louis praises Cuticura products for curing severe eye irritation after doctors failed. She details persistent burning and watering, then notes rapid improvement and full recovery after six weeks using Cuticura Pills Soap and Ointment. Dated August 25 1910.
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Julia Csepicska
Utah St
St. Louis
Handshake line sparks satire in old exercise joke
A physician chides a character for lack of exercise. Serrator Sorghum retorts that his presence at home with fellow citizens lining up to shake hands explains his activity level. The exchange mocks public appearances and social rituals.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Helps Women Avoid Surgery
Mrs Sapin Mull en of Elwood Indiana says after six bottles she recovered from months of pain and could walk again. The ad touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female ills including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and nervous prostration and offers free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Sapin Mullen
N.B. St
Llwood
Ind
Lydia E
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Thomas F. Ryan
Aero Club of America
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Colean
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Gloucester
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Hope
Bryn Mawr College
James J. Hill
Nevada Senate
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Music Hall of Historic Fame
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