World events recap from U S and abroad headlines
The Supreme Court resumes after recess as Taft defends U S policy on Mexico. Wilson reacts to Madero’s death while domestic cases unfold including labor strikes, a boiler explosion, a Milwaukee factory lockout settlement, and a suspect murder verdict in New Jersey. A Meade transport ships Marines to Guantanamo as fires and public notices ripple across the nation.
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Meade
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Guantanamo
Mexico
Prominent Washington society gifts Taft with pearl pin and necklace
National capital social leaders presented President Taft with a rare pearl scart pin valued at 1500 dollars while Mrs Taft received a 25000 dollar diamond necklace of pure white stones as tokens of esteem in Washington society. Jasper N Baker of Indiana named examiner of the United States mint.
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National Capital
Taft
Washington
Jasper N. Baker
Indiana
United States Mint
Baker
Mint
Treasury Department
Women’s Parade In Washington March 8 Draws Mixed Supports
Washington readers note a staged suffrage parade with about forty senators and representatives likely marching with banners. Fear of hoodlums and protection needs spark debate among male relatives and army women riders plus hunt club members, as supporters push for visible endorsement of women’s voting rights.
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George Clinton
Washington
House
Wilson
Ant
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hunt Clubs
Congress
Colorado Springs
Taft
Pike's Peak
Senate
Guggenheim
Colorado
Agricultural Department
Department of Agriculture
Conservation
Fashionable apartment house name idea exchange
A reader suggests King’s Court as a toppy option for a stylish apartment building while another proposes Divorce Court to attract the sharpest residents, noting the contrast in tone and appeal.
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King's Court
Congressional Setbacks and River Appropriations in Senate Action
Washington February 26 The Senate passed La Follette's railroad valuation bill without a roll call and approved the rivers and harbors appropriation bill totaling 48 091 000 a lift of about 8 000 000 over the House figure. The diplomatic and coastal bill went to conference while naval bill amendments limited midshipmen service counted toward navy time. A plan to fully irrigate the capitol after the session drew a sponsor from Mr Moore. A measure to prevent rate hikes at Washington hotels and taxis during inauguration passed 119 to 65 amid a tight quorum dispute with Kentucky's Mr Johnson noting hotel rates quoted up to 150 dollars.
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Colorado Springs
Congress
Mr. Pitchot
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Department of Labor
Taft
Wilsom
Washington
Wilson
Labor
John Mitchell
Senate
la Follette
Naval Academy
Moore
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Johnson
Kentucky
Trapper Eats Guide After Killing in Canadian Wilderness
In a brutal case near Mile 63 in British Columbia, Henri Le Claire, a French trapper, stabbed Len Lemieux, the Bay Company guide, eight times and partially ate his body after 30 days living on animal skins and eight days of starvation. Le Claire fled, leaving a scratched confession in a deserted shack. Lemieux’s body lay undiscovered.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Henri le Claire
Len Lemieux
Bay Company
Mile 63
British Columbia
le Claire
Lemieux
Be Claire
Mrs Darrow Testifies in McNamara Trial Row
Mrs Darrow wife of the McNamara attorney testified about a conversation with John R Harrington of Chicago tied to the defense. Darrow followed as the closing defense witness. State rebuttal is to be finished and final arguments to begin early next week.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Darrow
McNamara
John R Harrington
Chicago
Henwood Freed of Murder Charge in 1911 Slaying
Denver judge vacates murder charge against Harold F. P. Henwood for the killing of balloonist Sylvester von Phul at the Brown Palace bar May 24, 1911. Motion by John T. Bottom contends trials not held within two terms, freeing Henwood. Bottom files motion to also discharge Henwood from another murder conviction of George Coneland and life sentence.
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Denver
Colo
Harold FP
Henwood
Sylvester von Phul
St. Louis
Brown Palace
Butler
West Side Court
John T. Bottom
Bottom
George Coneland
Laws Are Too Numerous
In St Louis on February 26 Attorney General Wickersham told City Club members that federal statute books are overcrowded with unenforced laws. He praised the AG supervision of district attorneys as a check on misuses and urged states to adopt a similar practice.
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Edward FP
Mytius
United States
Eilts Island
King George V
Noyes
United States District Court
New York City
MyHus
St. Louis
Wickersham
Mare
States
Texas Guards Rushed to Brownsville Border Clash Risk
War Department warns against crossing the Rio Grande as Gov Colquitt orders four Texas State Guard companies toward Brownsville after Americans were reportedly seized for a $20000 ransom in Matamoros. Washington fears a serious clash with federal troops near the border and mobilizes 7000 more troops to Galveston.
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War Department
Steever
Boundary Line
Matamoras
Gonaul
Colquitt
National Guard
Brownsville
Cameron County
Joseph Johnson
Matuineragy
Americana
Morney
Halas Troopa
Texas
Heatag
Colauitt
Head
United States
Fort Sam Houston
Washington
Tex
Rio Grande
Mex
Calquitt
Bru
HE. Z. Steaver
Secretary of War
Wood
Cokquiit
Leonard Wood
Fort Myer
Taft
Galveston
Mexico
Central Department
Carter
Manj
William H. Carter
Chicago
Staf
Mato City
Mexican Republic
Madero
Suarez, Jr
Consula
Mexico City
Huerta
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Elgin, Iowa
Supreme Court of the United States
Motiera
Suarez
Henry Lane Wilson
Francisco Madéro
Wnlons
Department of Justice
Aundry
House of Representatives
Rockefeller Foundation
Judiciary
United States Senate
George M. Trumble
Mechanics-American
National Bani
Hazal Flynn
Fira
Guy
William Sulzer
People's House
Albany
Atlantic Cotton Compressa
Columbus
A. O. Smith Company
Milwaukee
Erie Railroad
Hackensack
N. J
Parker
New York
United Garment Workers’ Union
Walllaville
Laporte
Ind
Z. R. Willam Meyer
Wiliam Greening
Mre. Greening
Liberty Ladies’ College
Liberty
Marlon
Vittorio Beneditto
Antonio Stefano
Stefano
Freeport, II
Tingle
State Senate
Ralston
W. T. Logan
Knobnouter
LB. F. Summers
Attuck Summers
Sulzer
Committee of Inquiry
N. Y
John W. Russell
Matteawan State Hospital
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Russell
John Joseph Hogan
Diocese of
Western Missouri
Kansas City, Mo
Nathan B. Goff
West Virginia
Pan-American Union
Knox
Latin America
Charles C. Weld
Newport, R. 1
Massachusettes Institute of Technology
Mr. Weld
Ye Ho Na la
China
Peking
Emperor Kwangsa
Crete
Great Britain
Russia
France
Italy
Francisco J. Madero
Gustavo Madero
Hia Brother
Bia
Republic of Mexico
Zacatecas
Coahuila
Nuevo Leon
Vera Cruz
Sinaloa
San Luis Potosi
Sonora
Yucatan
Francisco T. Madero
Josephino Suarez
Scutari
Constantinople
Mads
Congressmen
Dodge
Congressional
Trapper
Guide
Henri le
Glaire
Beiberg
von Phul
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