Tafts and New Orleans Welcome Tour Unearths Taft Presidency
Reported in New Orleans as President elect Taft arrives aboard the cruiser North Carolina with the Taft party, greeted by thousands. Crowds line the streets while reception details unfold at the harbor and city hall, with plans for a grand welcome to the Crescent City.
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laft
North Carolina
Mignehi
caiiser
yeserday
talen
todas ater
lts
mids
Wavoat Aehimiat
Pitt
Elves of
Oberona
potmister generian de Patterie
PW Upham
Chica
Colona
Goevha
Taft party
Attempted Socialist Demonstration Nipped by Police in Lafayette Square
Shortly before noon in Lafayette Square authorities halted an attempted Socialist demonstration. Great crimson banners bearing phrases such as Why Should One Man Hold Another s Job and Bolish Povert were hung from a house in the square amid rumors of an antagonistic crowd. Police ordered the banners removed and Tift was slated to speak today.
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Lafayette square
Tift
Rooseveltan policies in canal zone noted in figures
New figures from the Isthmian Canal Commission show that the canal zone population remains largely married couples with children. The report highlights rising American numbers, a trend toward family housing, and that about one third of American workers live in married quarters.
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Washington
canal zone
canal commission
Guilty of Murder in Second Degree At Trial
Pitishiig Pr Tech 11 George Toulks, ex Baltimore and Ohio detective, was found guilty of murder in the second degree for killing Frank I Saunders in a hotel lobby last October. The court reconvened Wednesday and recommended mercy be shown for the defendant.
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Pitishiig
Pr Tech 11
George TE Toulks
Baltimore & Olno railroad
daclective
imurder
Frank I Saunders
heary
Prosector Biswas Murderer Claims Revolutionary Ties
A native assassin in Calcutta has boasted in custody that he is a member of a revolutionary band and planned multiple murders to terrorize imperial authorities. He admits to killing Prosecutor Biswas in the Allepi court and claims more attacks were prearranged. Police arrest dozens as authorities bolster crackdowns across Bengal cities.
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Empire—Police
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Ashutos Biswat
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Nome Demonstration Draws British Consul Enroute Home
British consul at Nome, 11-Colonel T Stewart Wetherby, on board the steamer Fi rleans from Queenstown today en route to New York. Demonstration planned for Nome as the steamer arrives with Anloceann from Queenstown.
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T Stewart Wetherby
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Nome
Queenstown
Atlantic Fleet Returns Parade To Meet President
Battleships enroute to Hampton Roads for Washingtons birthday review. Admiral Sperry will lead the fleet aboard the Mayflower with two armored ships and three scout cruisers in tow. Fourteen more ships join from Guantanamo and Philadelphia as the third squadron sails to meet the Atlantic fleet for a grand review along the Chesapeake Bay. The fleet will form in a column, receive the president, and pass in review before Washington.
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Sperry
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Philadelphia
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Guantanamo
Atlantic
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Salem
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Grave Bigglers Seek Clarification From Leadership
In New York on February 11 the building trades faced rejection of their application. The stave diggers' union plans to elevate the matter to President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor to decide if they are builders or placed in a miscellaneous class by the rejection.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Lincoln
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Pak Slope board of trade
Brooklyn
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Living Trees as Monuments in Cleveland
City Forester Bodds proposed living trees as monuments to great men. The plan would place silver tubes with the name and date of planting and a tribute to the honoree, carved in the tree trunk. Over time the tablets would be absorbed as the tree grows, preserving a record for many years until the tree dies or is removed.
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Cleveland
Mel
Bodds
Mary Jane Taylor Drops into Sleep After 18 Months
Danville Kentucky February 11. Mary Jane Taylor age forty slept eighteen months and was awakened a few days ago. She visited a neighbor Tuesday, fell asleep again and every effort to rouse her since has failed. The case is regarded as remarkable and physicians cannot explain the condition.
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Danvile Ky
Wiss
Mary Jane Taylor
Fremont Man Proposes Stepper Speed Demonstration
A Fremont elder named Stevenson claims to own a colt and seeks state approval to contract with Jim for a speed demonstration with the animal at a state fair eggs event. He argues the stunt would outperform early aviation shows and offers a modest fee. a portrait and sketch accompany the plea.
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Stevenson
Fremont
state agricultural board
Jim
Wieghts
Wrights
Tumselp
mon yace
Vi Stevenson
Shipping of 8000 Chinese Bones From Brooklyn to China
The Shimosa carries a cargo of 8000 Chinese remains dug up for interment in China. The voyage sails from Brooklyn to Chinese ports with intent to bury the bones in the Flowery Kingdom as part of Chinese ancestor worship. Chinese Americans pay a weekly sum to a society for disposal and shipment to San Francisco for final transfer.
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Brooklyn
Barber line
W Clark Russell
Joseph Conrad
Truman
United States
China
America
letal
New York
Mississippi
San Francisco
Corned Beef Contract For British Army Awarded
London reports 11-Armour & Company of Chicago warded by contract to supply the British army with corned beef for three years. First delivery estimated between 400 000 and 1 600 000 pounds will be made this coming summer.
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London
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Chicago
Senate Rebukes Roosevelt Over Secret Service Use
A Senate appropriations subcommittee rebukes the president for restrictions on secret service use arguing the amendment is technical and insufficient to curb abuses. The report calls for continued inquiry into secret service and related departments to detail services and ensure proper enforcement amid bipartisan oversight.
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Washington
Roosevelt
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congress
imall
Transfer policy and animal protection amend fund rise
The article notes that a congress amendment aimed to protect animals and affected transfer details while approving nearly 5 million dollars more than any prior appropriation to strengthen the executive branch in law administration. It describes legislative action and fiscal changes without graphic detail.
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Big Bill Edwards Threatened Over Snow Removal Graft
New York February 11. Six Black Hand letters threaten tin with vengeance if Big Bill Edwards does not step down from the snow removal graft prosecution. Communications warn the street cleaning commissioner will meet his fate at a time set at various homes from 4 PM this afternoon to midnight Saturday.
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New York
Wdwards
varons
Disappearance of Chancellor Bechert Unsolved in Chile
The body found in the German legation ruins is not Bechert. Chilean authorities and German officials pursue leads amid anti German sentiment. Observations suggest Bechert may be captive or harmed by natives connected to consular attacks. The case follows prior legation violence and threats against German posts in Valparaiso and Santiago. A separate report notes the steamer Lindustan battered by a monster wave near Manday. Craig option bill passes Senate setting wet/dry rules based on county and city population.
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Chite Tech
Chancellon Bechert
Baron Bodman
legation
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Chile
herve
al Valparaiso
regation
Craig Bull
Senate
Charleston
WooVa
State Surplus Shrinks as Reforms Proposed for Institutions
Columbus Web 14 reports a state surplus drop from 6 million to 3.4 million with further cuts expected after house finance committee allocations. The plan limits new spending, funds only maintenance, calls for a single state commission to oversee all charitable and correctional institutions, and suggests layoffs for Wertz era job losses.
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Ritter
Legislative Committee
Harmon
Columbus
Web
house finance committee
Gil
Delaware
WANTS CATHOLIC FOR PRESIDENT WANTS CATHOLIC FOR PRESIDENT
Monsignor Mundheim urges a Catholic for U S president at a future date saying 14 million Catholics would support him with free exercise of religion and no discrimination. He praises William Saft and stresses unity across faiths to win.
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Mundheim
New York
Med
Roosevelt
William Saft
George W. Mundheim
Manhattan college
United States
Colonel Bryan Enjoys the Joke in Alabama
In Montgomery Alabama on February 11 J Bryan and Sheriff Hood shared a joke after an awkward misrecognition. A caller, mistaken for a criminal, was told to hold on until Bryan could arrive to arrest him. The encounter amused Bryan and Hood when their paths finally crossed.
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