Progres Taft and Roosevelt Attend Southern Congress Gathering
Prominent national figures including Taft Roosevelt Wilson Dickinson and state governors join leaders from the South at the Southern Commercial Congress opening in Atlanta. Speeches cover agriculture electricity efficiency and the nation’s future as the event marks fifty years since Civil War divisions.
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Atlanta
Prescient Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Dickinson
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Southern Commercial Congress
George Weatinghouse
George W. Perkina
Duncan U. Fletcher
Florida
Senator Money
Mississippi
Panama Canal
James Gordon
Milesisaippi
Clarence J. Owens
Nehlef
The
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
Roosevelt
Taft
Seven Indicted for Fraud in Alaska Land Deal
Detroit officials of the Michigan Alaska Development company are charged in a federal indictment with conspiring to lure 200 to 200 stockholders through fraudulent Alaska coal land locations. The scheme allegedly violated land entry laws, aiming to patent more than 640 acres per person. The defendants include Wilbur W. McAlpine Albert H. Boehme George W. Rosa Frank P. Andrus Arthur Holmes McCurdy Le Beau of Detroit and John M. Bushnell of Chicago.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Wilbur W. McAlpine
Albert H. Boehme
George W. Rosa
Frank P. Andrus
Arthur Holmes
McCurdy
le Beau
John M. Bushnell
Exoneration of Philippine Friar Land Officers Cited
Washington reports complete exoneration of Philippine government officers over friar land administration and sales. Both majority and minority House Insular Affairs subcommittee findings fault the laws for monopoly risk and note public officers acted under the best legal guidance in acquiring 66 000 acres for Horace Havemeyer and partners.
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Washington
Falands
House Committee
Insular Affairs
House
E L. Poole
Horace Havemeyer
Charles J. Webb
Charles H. Senff
Marchers May Disband Over Fresno Conditions
An advance agent of the Industrial Workers of the World arrived in Sacramento reporting the marching force may disband here if Fresno conditions remain peaceful.
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Sacramento
Cal
Industrial Workers of the World
Fresno
Mrs Mary Jenkins Dieu Dies at Home in Baltimore
Mrs Mary Jaabella Jenkins wife of Michael Jenkins a capitalist and philanthropist died at her home Monday. The tithe of duchess of Llewellyn was conferred on Mrs Jenkins by Pope Pius X.
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Mary. Jenkins
Plot to Kill Taft Three Men Arrested in Spokane
Spokane police announce an alleged anarchist plot to assassinate President Taft and Spokane Mayor Pratt. Three men Stuart Moffett John Steele and Andrew Johnson are jailed on anarchist and murder links with police using verbatim hotel room transcripts to show planned killings and prior riots.
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Spokane
Wash
Taft
Pratt
Sullivan
Stuart Moffett
John Steele
Andrew Johnson
Platt
White House
Moffett
Haymarket
Steele
Johnson
San Francisco
Moffetts
Mr. Pratt
Pallee Sullivan
Burns
Dretective Burne
World’s air mark broken near Laredo and Eagle Pass
Lieut Benjamin D. Foulois and Aviator Philip C. Parmalee set an aviation distance record of 106 miles in two hours seven minutes between Laredo Texas and Eagle Pass. In Madrid an aviator lost control of his machine, crashing into a crowd killing a woman and injuring four others. the pilot survived.
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Laredo
Tex
Eagle Pass
Benjamin D. Foulois
United States Army
Philip C. Parmalee
Ap Army
Madrid
Crown Prince Frederick William Arrives in Cairo
The German Crown Prince Frederick William arrived in Cairo from Suez and was greeted at the railway station by the khedive, ministers, and resident diplomats. He will spend some time in Egypt.
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Cairo
Keyote
Frederick William
Sues
Egypt
Author of Il Santo Dies in Venice at 69
Antonio Fogarzaro, author of Il Santo, died in Venice after a battle with liver cancer. He was sixty nine and had undergone surgery recently.
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Venice
Italy
Antonio Fogarzaro
Fogartaro
Taft Calls Extra Session as Bailey Resigns then Withdraws
Washington reports President Taft set April 4 for an extraordinary session to push reciprocity after the Sixty-first congress adjourned. Senator Bailey sent and then withdrew his resignation amid Democratic protests over Arizona statehood and recall. Positive results cited include funding for Panama canal fortifications, two new battleships, judicial codification, and Appalachian White Mountain forests. Negative: Canadian reciprocity fail, tariff board and direct election of senators, and Arizona New Mexico admissions opposed by filibuster.
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Washington
Taft
Sixty-second
House
Senate
Canada
Bailey
Colquitt
Texas
Arizona
Panama Canal
Appalachian
White Mountains
Permanent Tariff Board
New Mexico
United States
Ballinger-Pinecot
Ellen Wade Colfax Dies at 73 in South Bend Home
Mrs. Ellen Wade Colfax widow of Schuyler Colfax dies at her South Bend home on the forty second anniversary of her late husband vice president inaugurations after months of illness. She was seventy three years old.
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South Bend
United States
Ellen Wade Colfax
Schuyler Colfax
Puglist Charged in Boxing Death After New York Bout
Following Angelo Venaino's death in Newark New Jersey a pugilist is charged with manslaughter against opponent William Kennedy. Venaino allegedly received injuries during a four round boxing match leading to the fatality.
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Puglist Oles
New York
Angelo Venaino
Newark
St Iv
William Kennedy
Alfonso's Son Deaf and Dumb in Spain
Paris report states experts informed the king and queen of Spain on Saturday that their second son Infante Jaime is deaf and dumb. The announcement follows medical examinations and changes in royal communications.
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Alfonso
Paris
Bpain
Infante
Jaime
Roosevelt Begins Two Month Southern Tour
Former President Roosevelt leaves on a two month trip across the south and west. The itinerary includes a $10,000 dinner in New Orleans, a Rough Riders reunion in Arizona, openings of the Roosevelt dam, and addresses in Birmingham San Antonio Albuquerque Grand Canyon Phoenix Los Angeles and San Francisco. He will lecture at Berkeley and visit Reno and Oregon Nevada before finishing in Seattle Spokane and Idaho.
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New York
Roosevelt
Wweat
Rough Riders
Ariz
Rockies
Birmingham
Child Labor Commission
New Orleans
Commercial Club of Louisiana
Texas
San Antonio
Albuquerque
N. M
Grand Canyon
Arix
Phoenix
Roosevelt Dam
Los Angeles
Johnson
San Francisco
Flore
University of California
Berkeley
Earl
Pacific Slope
Reno
Oregon
Nevada
Seattle
Spokane
Idaho
Sand Point
Montana
North
Middle West
Almost Unanimous Ollis Yards Bill Passes Senate
The Senate approves the Ollis yards bill by a 25 to 3 vote. Supporters say the measure streamlines property development and expands yard spaces, while opponents warn of potential environmental concerns.
Douglas Representatives Abstain as Stock Yards Bill Passes
Three Douglas county lawmakers Tanner Horton and Reagan opposed the Ollis stock yards bill, delivering written explanations calling it harmful to Nebraska industry. The Senate approved the measure 25 to 9 amid disagreements and absentees Bartos Placek Smith. Albert supported the bill with reservations, voting yes after committee changes.
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Ollis
Senate
Douglas County
Tanner
Horton
Reagan
Nebraska
Albert
Bartos
Placek
Smith
Fillmore
Cordeal
Volpp
Ninety Burned to Death in Florida Theater Fire
A moving picture theater fire in St. Petersburg killed ninety people and injured forty as panicked crowds fled a stampede. Hundreds watched the exhibition. flames and smoke surged along the side of the building triggering a rapid, deadly crush at the exits.
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St. Petersburg
Hologole
Shoemaker bill would make concealed weapons a felony
A House committee of the whole recommended passage for a Shoemaker bill expanding concealed carry from a misdemeanor with a $100 fine to a two year maximum in prison. The measure adds value by allowing any honest citizen to carry a weapon for self protection.
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Shoemaker
House Committee of
Law to Guarantee Pure Seeds in House Roll 219
Former legislators push House Roll 219 by Hardin and Sanborn to require seed quality standards. Seeds must be weed free and meet a specified germination power test, ensuring purity beyond existing pure foods drugs and paints laws.
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Hardin
Sanborn
Senate and House Pass 406 Bills This Session
The Senate introduced 336 new bills on the last day of filing. total bills this year reach 406. Two years ago the upper house saw 407 introductions. In the House on the final day 100 new measures were added, pushing the session total to 703, 325 more than two years prior.
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Senate
Interior Secretary Tallinger Signals Land Settlement Extension
A Senate letter from R. A. Tallinger secretary of the interior says the resolution to extend time for North Platte district settlers to pay for their land will receive his best attention. It is understood Hallinger has assured congressmen that the extension will be granted.
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Senate
R. A. Tallinger
Secretary of the Interior
North Platte
Hallinger
Major blaze devastates Syndicate block in Minneapolis
Fire in Minneapolis destroys the Syndicate block on Nicollet Avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets. Total loss estimated at 1,500,000 dollars with two dives potentially lost. The business district was threatened for a time.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Thin City
Ninollet Avenue
Fifth
Sixth
Nebraska school land bill revised for location specifics
Holmes of Donwellis introduced a new measure to amend the treat bill authorizing the purchase of additional lands for the Nebraska school at Omaha. The revised proposal adds required location details and adjusts appropriations, replacing the undefined land buy.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Holmes of Donwellis
Senate rejects measure on state control for dependent children
The senate passed Munke Roll No. 84 on third reading after long debate, signaling possible defeat of the bill. It would create a state board of control for dependent neglectful children and would not interfere with existing private and benevolent associations or homes.
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Senate
Hilles Named Taft's Choice for Secretary to the President
Washington reports that Charles J. Hilles, assistant secretary of the treasury, will succeed Charles Norton as secretary to the president on April 4, the opening day of Congress. Norton will become vice president of the First National Bank of New York on April 8.
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Washington
DC. C
Charles 1. Hilles
the Treasury
Charles 1, Norton
Norton
Bowling Tournament Opens in Spokane Armory
Spokane opens the bowling tournament in the state armory with about fifteen hundred bowlers from across the West. Prizes total six thousand dollars.
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Spokane
Wash
State Armory
Weat
Charles Grown Lore Dies Former Delaware Chief Justice
Charles Brown Lore, chief justice of the Delaware court for 16 years, was found dead in his bed at his Wilmington residence on Monday.
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Charles Grown Lore
Wilmington
Del
Charles Brown Lore
Delaware Court
Anti-Treat Bill Advances in House Action
The Evane antitreat Bill moves toward third reading in the House. It would impose heavy responsibility on saloon keepers or Miles employees to prevent any form of treating at bars under the existing state law.
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Miles
Change in Election Hours Bill Passed House
A bill to set election hours from morning to night was recommended for passage by the house. The change aims to allow farmers and workers to vote without missing work.
Senate passes mortgage tax exemption bill No 271
Senate approves Senate File 271 by Aubrey Smith exempting all real estate mortgages from taxation. Several members doubt benefits for borrowers but back the measure. A clerical error corrected on third reading by unanimous consent. Vote 27 to 1 with Gos of Hawilton voting no.
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State Senate
Senate
Aubrey Smith
Gos
Hawilton
Ollie stock yards bill moves to general file in senate
The Ollie stock yards measure, amended in conference, advances in the Senate toward passage unless a senator changes stance. The house also placed the Taylor-Dolezal bill on the same path, with a lengthy text defining stock yards as common carriers and granting the state railway commission power to regulate service, penalties, and charges.
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Ollie
Senate
Unleas Sono
House
State Railway Commission
Cobbey
Nebraska
Bill to Raise State Officials Salaries on Third Reading
The senate advances Valpp and Tanner bills increasing salaries for state officers. If enacted the governor would receive 7500 dollars annually, the auditor treasurer and attorney general 4500 dollars, and other state officers 3500 dollars.
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Senate
Valpp
DHS
House Deficiencies and Claims Bills Advance in Legislature
The deficits and claims bills were among the light bateh introduced in the house. The latter carries a total of $60,006.75, a8 vgainet $179,042 two years ago. A few minor deficiencies have been addressed in sop pate Wiha.
The Measure Postponed in Dowglas County Court Fee Debate
Robert Smith, district court clerk, appeared before the House Committee on Judiciary and secured an indefinite postponement of a measure showing the fee system for court clerks.
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Robert Smith
Dowglas County
House
Albert bill defeated in senate on public utilities plan
The Albert Bill placing all public service corporations under the state railway commission was killed in the senate by a 20 to 11 vote.
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State Railway Commission
Senate
Memorial to Congress Extends Water Rights Payment Time
The house adopted a resolution introduced by Bushee memorializing Congress to pass the pending bill extending to settlers in the government reclamation district a longer time to pay for their water rights.
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Congress
House
Bushee
Government Reclamation
New Capital Removal Bill Reported in Senate
A new capital removal bill from Hodinwon of Buffalo Buhr man of alls and Tibbets of Adams proposes asking voters at the next election whether to relocate the capital. If a majority favors relocation, the capital moves to the city with the most votes.
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Senate
Hodinwon
Buffalo
Park Life Institute trains Iowa youths in farm life
Pubuque Iowa launches Park Life a farm based school for boys aged twelve to sixteen two years old teaches outdoor living scientific farming crop planning livestock and basic agricultural engineering including ditch digging road building and irrigation to curb city lure and keep youth productive
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Pubuque
Iowa
Chief Delight of Paris Boulevard Life
A reflective piece on Paris’s boulevard as the city’s moral center. The author recalls returning from two years in the provinces and rushing to the Madeleine to ride an omnibus along the boulevards, savoring Parisian life.
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Paris
Madeleine
Bastille
Keep In Touch for Local Elvic Development Society
The note urges a community group to monitor progress in elvic betterment. It emphasizes sanitary conditions education facilities and industrial interests. It argues society action can attract investors and home seekers, addressing matters beyond individual reach.
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Elvic Development Society
Elvic
Fua
Starting School Gardens
The text urges beginning school garden work with the right spirit. It downplays teacher expertise in plants or soils, advocating an "I don’t know" approach and learning as work progresses. A willing, positive attitude is seen as the key to success.
Docks and Steamers Extend Reach on Transatlantic Route
South Brooklyn docks already handle a thousand foot ships and more long slips are planned. The Mersey dock and harbor board will build docks of that length, while a major transatlantic line plans to start construction of at least one steamer longer than any existing vessel though not heavier in tonnage.
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Brooklyn
Mersey Dock and Harbor Board
Alma President states three aims of education
William de Witt Hyde, president of Bowdoin College, argues education should enable earning a living through trained powers, bolster society by intelligent appreciation, and enable enjoyment of art and civilization through cultivated imagination.
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William de Witt Hyde
Bowdoin College
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