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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
2
A murky discussion unfolds over Morgan and Wall Street influence in Washington. The piece references opposition and maneuvers aimed at amending policies, with focus on forces resisting perceived external pressure and the ongoing struggle for control amid political and financial tensions.
Reports from Washington indicate Senator Aldrich and J. P. Morgan face opposition as a banking bill moves through the Senate. Democrats and anti bank forces rally to block amendments while some Republicans seek to pass the measure with limited debate, fearing electoral backlash.
The Washington conference among Seth Marne of Chicago John Fells of Boston and Secretary Wilson discussed self sustaining suburban farming schools to employ idled workers. Wilson said states and cities should provide land near towns within a five cent farm radius and he would dispatch experts and seeds to demonstrate and aid the effort.
New York February 18 Captain William H. Van Schaick who commanded the steamboat General Slocum when it burned and about 1000 people died will begin a ten year sentence next Tuesday after a decision not to appeal to the U S Supreme Court. An appeal to President Roosevelt will be sought with petitions circulated citywide by allied groups and pilots committees. Friends say imprisonment would hasten his death.
Citizens of Breathitt County Kentucky petition Governor Patterson of Tennessee to commute the death sentence of Turner, a convicted wife murderer who has a Godless upbringing and limited opportunities to learn right from wrong. Turner is slated to hang February 27. The petition claims his parents died young, his wife’s illness affected him, and he killed her not from hatred but love.
Senator Ashbury C. Latimer of South Carolina is in critical condition at Providence Hospital in Washington after an operation for a twist of the bowels. Though previously well, Latimer aged fifty seven faced a severe discovery when incision revealed intestines involved. William Sells, last of the Sells Bros circus founders and famed bareback rider, died suddenly in New York at Reb 18.
Fair and warmer conditions in West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania give way to rain or snow and rising temperatures midweek. Ohio sees increasing cloudiness with rain or snow in the east. Chicago grain markets show wheat and corn declines amid overall soft trends. various Pittsburgh and regional market quotes list prices for eggs butter cheese cattle hogs and calves with mixed gains and losses.
Reports from Siberia indicate months of Russian troop shifts southwest toward the Caucasus and Central Asia as tensions with Turkey rise. Armenian dispatches claim Turkish reserve forces massing in Asia Minor, while Turkish revolutionary groups urge protests. Russian authorities register horses for war and officials in St Petersburg discuss national defense amid a looming crisis. Experts deem the Asia Minor actions a bluff likely unable to sustain hostilities.
Quoted by W. A. Hamilton from the Marshall Building, the closing quotations on the Chicago Board of Trade are presented. The report covers dealings across major markets including Atchison Can Pac Chee Ohio CG Great West Colonial Erie La ay N Y C Nor We j Ont Wei Penn a RK BR Peoples Gs Pressed Steel B 0 B RT Reading Rep Iron Rep Pid Rook Inlard Southern Rwy Pac Sugar Bt Paul Texas U S Rubber cess cone Uns P&C iiss cere U B Sheth recceers U Steal Pid iii 4 Wabash Pid 00 be Vir Chen Cloaing.
A Spanish newspaper editorial calls the Maine explosion a direct act by American officers as part of a pro Cuba plan. The piece questions the official US account and argues the blast served a broader power agenda.
A dining establishment remains open around the clock serving meals at all hours. Patrons can access breakfast, lunch, and dinner anytime, with continuous service and no scheduled closing time. Staff are available to attend to customers throughout the day and night.
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