Declines for Titles Across Historic Figures and Barons
At the opening of the South African parliament General Botha and Smuts refused titles. Gladstone declined peerages repeatedly, preferring to stay plain Mr. Gladstone. Dickens and Meredith declined knighthoods or baronetcies. Carlyle rejected Sir Thomas. Lord Curzon accepted viceroy but declined a peerage. Victoria later made him an Irish peer to allow Commons service. He sought a Lords seat after India.
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Botha
Smuts
Mr. Gladstone
Queen Victoria
Charlo Dickens
George Meredith
Beronetcy
Thomas Carlyle
Sir Thomas
Lord Curzon
Lord Baltabury
India
George Nathaniel Curzon
House of Commons
Te Eoning
M. P
House of Lords
A Boy Once Himasif in Village School
A village principal in Kanges sees a pupil cutting letters on a desk and grabs the collar in anger. He discovers the boy’s initials match the principal’s former name, written years ago. The incident haunts him as he becomes a judge in a great city, pondering justice.
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Himasif
Kanges
Principas
Western School Journal
Too Wail Known Is the Guy Nor In
A clipped dialogue scene shows a tense exchange in an office between a visitor and an office boy. The visitor demands to know if the governor is present, while the boy nonchalantly rebuffs with sharp wit and a cigarette cloud as he resumes reading.
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Guy-Nor
Chaiter
London
Cutting Retorts From the Duke of Connaught In Inspection
The Duke of Connaught jeers at slovenliness and sobriety during an officer inspection. He jokes about excuses for a sword, drinking, grandfathers, and a colonel, using sharp, witty lines that reveal his blunt style and authority.
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Duke of Connaught
Anhaltern
Het
Old Timers Question Henry Influence On Liberty Slogan
Historian speculates Patrick Henry did not originate the plea Give me Liberty or give me death and argues the slogan has shaped humanity since early marriages.
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Henry
Patrick Henry
Enspeckler
Maximiliare Confessor Pere Valero Dies During Mass in Mexico
Pere Valero confessor of the late Emperor Maximilian died suddenly while celebrating Mass in the Church of San Luis Potosi Mexico. He served over 43 years alongside his imperial master and was a noted religious figure of the era.
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Maximiliaire
Pere Valero
Maximilian
San Luis
Potos
Mexico
The Spoony Thing Becomes Geraldine’s Hard Expectation
Dialogue fragment shows Gerald predicting death with Geraldine remarking you won’t die or you have lived, noting Gerald’s reputation for softness. It captures tense exchange and character dynamics in a cryptic exchange between two named individuals.
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Gerald
Geraldine
U S Army Recruiting Push Amid Mexican Rebellion Threats
Washington reports call for six to seven thousand recruits to strengthen Texas and California infantry regiments. In San Antonio, John Hamilton Dignowitty and three others were executed by Mexican authorities for joining the insurrection. Doctor Caracristi warns Taft will intervene if peace not achieved by May 1, citing billion-dollar U.S. investments in Mexico and rival financial interests fueling the revolt.
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Washington
Texas
California
War Department
San Antono
Vex
Maron
John Hamilton Dignowitty
Dignowitty
Fred Digbowittty
Hal
Ham
Chthushua
A. ¥. Caracrist
Mexican Revolutionary Junta
United States
Mexico
Madero
San Antonio
Finance Limantour
Paris
Cald
United Stats Wul
Tasubjrets
Caracati
Diaz
Women Granted Senate Passage In Blot Vote
Springfield reports the women's suffrage bill passed the senate 31 to 10 with eight Democrats, including five from Chicago, voting against it. The employes' compensation bill, a major labor measure, passed renata unanimously. It guarantees four times annual salary up to 1600 minimum and 3500 maximum on death, with pay continuation for ninety days after injury.
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Springfield
Senate
Chicago
Ft. Stanton OC. Pemberton
W. C. Potter
Tower Horse
Old Battleship Texas Shattered by Shells
The old battleship Texas, renamed San Marcos for observers, was sunk under shellfire from the newer New Hampshire in Tangier Sound. Holes tore her port side and armor, masts shot away, deck littered with debris as Secretary of the Navy Mayor watched from nearby.
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Stringham
Chesapeake Bay
Toran
Tangier Sound
United States Navy
New Hampshire
San Marcos
Texas
Secretary of the Navy
Dolphin
Woman Suffrage Bill Defeated in State Senate Fight
Des Moines Iowa March 22 Woman suffragists may again face defeat in the state senate where a 27 to 1 vote denied their request to petition the people for the ballot Senator Allen of Pocahontas led the push with Gilliland and Chapman opposing. Albany March 22 The senate judiciary committee voted 8 to 3 against reporting the two suffrage resolutions from Senator Newcombe Boston March 22 The legislature committee on constitutional amendments reported against the measures and recommended reference to the next session.
Packers in Defeat Over Rule on Immunity for Indicted Men
Chicago March 23 The Indicted Packers lost their bid to avoid trial as Judge Carpenter overruled their demurrer and held immunity from the 1906 Humphrey decision does not cover current charges based on later acts. The ruling clarifies that immunity applies only to acts before the indictment date, while post indictment offenses remain prosecutable as separate crimes. Defendants named include Louis Swift E. E Swift Charles F Swift Francis A Fowler Edward Tilden J Ogden Armour Arthur Meeker Thomas J Conners Edward Morris Louis H Heyman United States District Attorney Sime said remand and trial dates would be set soon.
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Chicago
Chicago Uckers
Carbenter
United States District Court
Humphrey
Federal Circuit Court
Carpenter
Menu
Louis ©. Swift
E. E., Swift
Charles F. Swift
Francis A. Fowler
Edward Tilden
J. Ogden Armour
Arthur Meeker
Thomas J. Conners
Edward Morris
Louis H. Heyman
United States
Sime
Packera
Nave
Sims
Noted Editor Thomas T Williams Dies in New York
Thomas T Williams, a forceful figure in modern journalism, died in his Hotel Gotham apartment after a brief illness that began with a heavy cold and erysipelas. He served as treasurer of the New York Evening Journal Publishing Company and as publisher of the New York Evening Journal.
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Thomas T. Williams
New York Evening Journal
New York
Journalim
Gotham
Williams
Eryaspelas
New York Evening Journal Publishing Company
True Bill in Trust Case Indictments Against Cummins
New York on March 22 reports a grand jury probing the Carnegie Trust company scandal returned three indictments against William J. Cummins, the master promoter and director. The charges allege grand larceny in the first degree, carrying a maximum penalty of ten years on each offense.
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William J. Cummins
Gannegia Company of
New York
Carnegie Trust Company
Willlam
J. Cummins
Patten Must Stand Trial in Federal Monopoly Case
The U.S. Circuit Court, Judge Noyes, overruled demurrers by Patten Scales Hayne Brown and Thompson. Indicted for conspiracy to monopolize interstate trade and commerce during the cotton pool merger last summer. Court denies motion to quash indictments and holds facts warrant trial.
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Noyes
New York
United States Circuit Court
de Murrers
James A. Patten
Eugene M. Scales
Frank 5. Hayne
William P. Brown
Robert M. Thompson
Cattle Law Upheld by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court sustained a law barring interstate cattle transport for more than twenty eight hours without rest for water or feed. The decision involved the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway case against the government.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway
Russian Minister to China Murder Rumor Reports
A dispatch from Peking relays a claim that M. Korostoveta the Russian minister to China has been murdered in Peking. The report, echoed from St. Petersburg, repeats a rumor circulating in earlier news.
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Cologne
Germany
Quick Divorce Law Signed in Caron Nev
Governor Oddie signed the time-tock divorce law defining six months continuous physical presence in the country as the sole requirement for 10 bage jurisdiction in divorce proceedings.
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Caron
Nev
Oddie
Homer Davenport Sues Wife for Divorce in Salem
Homer Davenport the cartoonist files for divorce from Daisy B Davenport alleging cruel treatment and other complaints. In Washington, the oil trust wins on railroads as the Interstate Commerce Commission orders a rate cut of one half cent per hundred pounds on crude oil shipments from Standard Oil wells at Incey to Indiana points.
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Salem
Ore
Homer Davenport
Mad
Daisy B. Davenport
Davenport
Bis
OM Trust
Washington
Oil Trust
Trinoly
Indiana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Standard Company
Stcy
Pointe
Flying Fox Dies After French Turf Career
From Paris comes the news that Flying Fox, the famed race horse bought by Edmund Blanc for 200000 dollars, is dead. He won about 190000 dollars in purses on the French turf before his death.
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Flying Fox
New York
Paris
Edmund Blanc
Town Shaken by Blast at Gypsum Plant
Port Clinton March 23 four people were hurt but none seriously when load pounds of powder exploded at the American Gypsum company plant in Gypsum near here. The shock was felt for miles around.
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Port Clinton
Rone
American Gypsum Company
Gypsum
Taft Receives Japanese Ambassador for Treaty Ratification
President Taft summoned Baron Uchida the Japanese ambassador to the White House to arrange the mutual exchange of ratifications of the American Japanese treaty at the State Department. The president stated the interview's facts and conveyed official and personal regards while accepting the ratifications.
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Washington
Taft
Haron Uchida
White House
State Department
Baron Uchida
Japan
Mexico
Mikado
Socialists Lose Primary In Milwaukee Vote
In Milwaukee on Monday, Socialist candidates for school director fared poorly with only two of four nominated, finishing sixth and ninth. James H. Doerne led nonpartisan hopefuls with 14,022 votes while Socialist Jacob H. Rubin placed sixth with 6,328. Women voters showed higher participation in wealthier wards, with about 6,000 of roughly 25,000 ballots cast by women.
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Milwaukee
Emil Seidel
Bsoclallat
James H. Doerne
Jacob H. Rubin
Big Cradle
Tefa
Harden Wins Over Hoops In Alienation Suit
New York reports Percival L. Harden editor of Club Fellow won a $10,000 verdict against William T. Hoops, his former chum, for alienation of Harden's wife. Mrs Harden divorced in Chicago in 1907, then married Hoops and now lives with him. Harden had sued for $150,000, alleging Hoops wooed his wife behind his back and won her away.
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New York
Percival L. Harden
Club
William T. Hoops
Hta
Chum
Mia
Harden
Chicago
Hoops
Lving
Aviator Flies with Eleven Passengers in France
Aviator Louis Breguet carried eleven passengers in a monoplane over a two mile distance at Dauai France on March 24. The flight occurred at an altitude between fifty and seventy five feet and the combined weight of aircraft and occupants was 2602 pounds.
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Dauai
France
Louis Breguet
Judge Attacks Gaynor in Open Letter Wave of Crime Rumor
Magistrate Corrigal issues open letter denouncing crime in New York City and blaming Mayor Gaynor's "Rule by epistle" policy, sparking a tremendous sensation in the city.
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Gaynor
New York
Corrigal
New York City
Epistle
Firemen perished as roof collapsed at Friend building blaze
Milwaukee fire at 354 Broadway gutted the five story Friend building, home to Middleton Manufacturing. Eight firemen reportedly died and score injured as bricks and debris trapped crews. Loss estimated around 150000 to 160000, with extensive damage to adjoining businesses and multiple smaller firms incurring heavy losses in the days around the blaze.
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Milwaukee
Friend
Broadway
Middleton Manufacturing Company
Mid- Ueton Company
Jacob Hentz
Richard J. Burke
Edward Hagte
Pipemas
Paul Fenske
Terry O'Donnell
W. C. Middleton
Adolph T Landawer & Son
Futing Anudrae & Sone Company
Adolph Landauer & Son
Minn Billiard Factory
Church of Emmaus Lutheran Congregation
Lasa
Grove Show Print Company
Arthur Manger
Insane Man Kahne Hidden Three Days in Room
Edward Kahne, once a West Bend hotel keeper, vanished after doctors declared him sane. A three day search ended when authorities found him barricaded in a room, unharmed but secluded.
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Fond du Lac
Edward Kahne
West Bend
Gilbert Receives Recess Appointment as Wisconsin Revenue Collector
President Taft appoints Frank E. Gilbert of Madison as collector of internal revenue for the western district of Wisconsin by recess appointment.
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Gilbert
Washington, D. C
Taft H
Frank E. Gilbert
Madison
Internal Revenue
Wisconsin
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