Trade Tariff Talks Between Canada and United States Near Breakthrough
A high level meeting in Ottawa aims to resolve lingering trade and tariff tensions between Canada and the United States. Officials expect a swift agreement that would avert a general tariff war and protect Canadian exports such as lumber and pulp, while noting potential concessions on favored nation rates.
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Res ' Taft
United States
Canada
Dominion
British Reai
Papanatican
Anil
Torelercan Iron and Steel
Sorvey
Russia
Giseny
Caganeta
The Promise and Peril in a New York Escape
Wickham guides Pauline Allard through a bittersweet encounter with past loyalties and present risk. A missing gambler’s past surfaces as Pauline hides a photo and questions the man about a criminal connection. Wickham realizes Jack Frederick’s letter links to a daring finish in New York set for Wednesday.
Turnbull Sweeps Fourth District Victory in Special Election
In the Virginia special election for the Fourth District, Robert Turnbull of Brunswick won every vote cast except one in Surry County. The Board of Canvassers reported a total district turnout of 2,564, with results by county and city sent to Turnbull in Washington.
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Richmond
Senate Board of Canvassers
Capitol
Congress
Francis Rives Lassiter
Robert Turnbull
Brunswick
Uinton Surry
Walter
Aol
Charles T. le
Ssler
Counies
Sth
R. Turnbull
Washington
Monte Daletevtselsesa Ae
Dinwiddie
Greenesville
Lunenburg
Mecklenburg
Nottoway
Petersburg
Powhatan
Prince Edward
Prince George
McEy Bee Pestit Pusds
Wey
Dormitory Fire At Harbison College Kills Three Students
The boys dormitory at Harbison College, a major negro college in the South, burned Thursday morning. Three students died in the blaze and two others were likely fatally hurt after leaping from second story windows. Authorities suspect arson as the fire's origin.
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Abbeville
Harbison College
South
Cannon Meet Stinging Defeat Over Speaker Cannon Fight
A dramatic House action leaves Speaker Cannon facing possible ouster as insurgents and Democrats unite in defeating the motion to table the Mame appeal. Large crowds and tight security highlight a high stakes struggle impacting the party’s control ahead of the next election.
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Uncle Joe
House
Esch
Wisconsin
Rules Committee
Struggie
United States
New York
Ohio
Cannon
Crisis over House rules as Cannon rules on constitutional privilege
In Washington on March 19 the House faced a heated crisis as Speaker Cannon delivered a ruling on a rule change. The session featured loud protests, a pivotal appeal by Norris, and moves by Dalzell and Gaines to table or adjourn. The chair argued for orderly process and constitutional limits while discussions favored enlarging the Rules Committee and removing the Speaker from its membership. The outcome favored a ten member panel split by party, with a note that the Norris measure would likely not pass.
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Washington, D. C
Isl Noel
Representative Olmsted
Pennsylvania
Abe Speaker
Cannon
Norris
Nebraska
Representative Dalzell
Gaines
West Virginia
Tlouse
Dalzell
Clark
Missouri
Congress
House
Jen
Roger Q. Mills
Texas
Samuel J. Randall
Mills
Committee On
Cmittee
Making Men Good By Law Analysis
A concise essay argues law’s aim is to prevent crime and compel right action. It notes direct legal coercion can be moral in effect, while motives are often not punished. Indirectly, law shapes public opinion as condemned acts become immoral in society. The piece cites how fearful restraint and honorable conduct yield better citizens. The Farm and Ranch.
Gossips Hint Bride For Astor In New York Society
Rumor swirls around Colonel John Jacob Astor as society weighs a possible engagement to Mrs Adolph Ladenburg. She deflects questions with witty refusals while expectations rise amid Astor’s upcoming Europe trip and Newport plans. Ladenburg, a widow with vast wealth, is a noted hostess and horsewoman.
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New York
John Jacob Aster
Adolph Ladenburg
World
Plaza
Jsg
Colonel Astor
de Ladenburg
Long Island
Reward of Merit from a Strict Presbyterian Family
A fragment recalls a girl in a stern Presbyterian upbringing where Sundays meant Bible reading and strict discipline. The child would yawningly tell her mother about eternal baptism as a distant, pious memory from long ago.
Richmond Grain Market Wholesale Quotations Change No 2 Red
Market report from Richmond noting wholesale quotations for corn oats and peanuts plus beans. Prices listed for red wheat red Virginia staples oats and corn in various bag lots and grades. Petersburg Virginia peanut market reports firm Spanish Virginias machine picked and shelling stock pricing.
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New
New Eye Newm
Petersburg
Pfant
Virginias
Origin of Parliament Power in Restoration England
Warper's Weekly writer Charles John ston analyzes the English constitution after the Restoration. He argues the House of Lords embodies England through selection from above by the King and notes that stable government arises from a balance of Lords and Commons. The piece discusses whether this balance should be readjusted.
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Warper's Weekly
Charles Johnston
England
House of Lords
Charles II
Lords
United States Steel to Invest 25 Million in Future Fuel
Pittsburg plan involves acquiring Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company and appraising its property as US Steel eyes coal lands along the Monongahela Allegheny and Ohio rivers. Theo llation aims to restrict coal shipments to the South to reserve river coalfields for future fuel use.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Monongahela, Allegheny
Ohio
Monongahela River
Great River
Motoring Causes Baldness in Women
Boston report quotes Dr. C J White of Massachusetts General Hospital warning that frequent auto travel damages hair. He advises women to cover their heads properly and limit trips, noting regular shampoos and excessive washing worsen hair loss after age twenty five.
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Boston
Mass
C. J. White
Massachusetts General Hospital
United States Steel reports record capital and profits for 1909
The United States Steel Corporation reports a record capital stock of 229 million and surplus of 151 million for 1909. Bonds issued totaled 20.9 million with net bonded debt rising by 12.7 million. Subscriptions for 25,000 shares of preferred stock attracted 17,444 employees. Common dividends total 3.306 million, yielding 10.48 percent on 508.3 million capital. Average employment reached 195,500, up 20,000. Chair Gary notes spring revival sustained through year.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Wall Street
Copany
BE. H. Gary
DIES OF BRAIN CONCUSSION IN Brooklyn police cell
James States a tugboat worker died in Norwegian Hospital after spending twenty three hours in a Brooklyn police cell. He was found in a coal hole Sunday and diagnosed as intoxication by Ambulance Surgeon Carr. Doctors ruled concussion as a misattribution and said any head injury occurred later.
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New York
James States
Brooklyn
States
Carr
Fourth Avenue
Maintrate Geismar
Murry
Seney Hospital
Man Hangs His Fate With Gas In Brooklyn Rooms
Francis Villeo, 35, a cigar maker from Spain, was found dead in his furnished room at 290 Windsor Place Brooklyn. A gas jet was on and he likely died by accidental asphyxiation. Villeo, engaged to a girl in Spain, planned to sail next Thursday for marriage. A roll of $769 and a diamond ring were found on him. Other jets in the room were closed.
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New York
Francis Villeo
Anna Merendez
Windsor Place
Brooklyn
Villeo
Spain
Fulton Street
Manhattan
Theater genius on stage commands, yet no supernatural seen
I asked the director if he believes in the supernatural. He, who guides actors and shapes the play, admits after a lifetime in theater that he has never seen a truly supernatural event. Lippincott's notes the remark.
Forests of old US held vast lumber riches and acres
The piece recalls the five great original forests covering about 850 million acres with 62 billion feet of lumber. A humorous aside notes a man’s retreat when his wife kept house, from Yonkers Statesman in The Good Old Days section.
Kentucky Rejects the Income Tax Amendment
Kentucky follows Virginia in voting down the proposed constitutional amendment to authorize a federal income tax. The measure, submitted to the states last August, faced swift rejection in Kentucky as Alabama acted within weeks. Local advocates warned of nationwide impact.
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Virginia
Washington, D. C
Kentucky
United States
Alabama
Still Proclaims His Innocence in Suffolk Murder
Sam Hardy, convicted of murdering Tiberius G. Jones in Holland, nearly seventeen months ago, was sentenced by Circuit Judge McLemore to be electrocuted May 20. Hardy maintained his innocence as the judge said May the Lord have mercy on your soul. Rehearing petitions and possible commutation are under consideration.
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Suffolk
Sam Hardy
Tiberius G. Jones
Holland
McLemore
M Hardy
Hardy
Supreme Court
Suffolk Man Denies Escape Plan as He Faces Death Penalty
Sam Hardy, condemned for the murder of Tiberius G. Jones, declares he will not flee even if jail walls were razed and would rather die an innocent man than be rescued by violence. Counsel plans a State Supreme Court re hearing before seeking executive clemency.
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Suffolk
Sam Hardy
Tiberius G. Jones
State Supreme Court
Roanoke Judge Robertson Dies at 54
Roanoke Virginia March 146 Judge William Gordon Robertson died at his home Wednesday aged fifty four He leaves a widow and six children He was a leading lawyer in the region and the first judge of the Corporation Court serving two terms He declined reap pointment at his death he was senior partner in Robertson Smith and Wingfeld a member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention for Roanoke He was half brother to Judge Edward W Robertson of Roanoke Law and Equity Court
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Roanoke
Wiliam Gordon Robertson
Robertson
Virginia
Mwe
Corporation Court
Robertson, Smith & Wingfeld
Roanoke City
Edward W. Robertson
Off Law and Equity Court of
Tugboat Wasp Explodes Killing Three at Pierlington
New Orleans dispatch reports the tugboat Wasp exploded near Pierlington, Mississippi, on Thursday morning, killing two sons and a deck hand. The vessel and crew were identified by W. L. Rhodes, with authorities investigating the deadly blast.
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New Orleans
W. L. Rhodes
Wasp
Pierlington
Miss
Mornbong
Senator Tillman Returns To His Home In 8s Co
Senator Tillman has recovered enough to depart Washington at 4 10 p m Wednesday with his wife and daughter for his home in Trenton D C He plans to return to Washington after he has recuperated further and feels able to resume duties
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Tillman
Washington
D. C
Trenton
Policing the Air and Frontier Guards in Flight
R B Kidd writes in Harper’s Weekly that the Balloon Mix Amer ican was seized by Russian troops after landing in Russia as the James Gordon Bennett cup race unfolds. He notes European powers guard borders against foreign spies and that U S law offers no clear provision for hovering aircraft near military reservations but authorities would act if needed.
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Mix
R. B. Kidd
Seue
Harper's Weekly
Navy Yard
Virginia Gains Full Delegation in House After Turnbull Swearing
Virginia’s delegation to the U S House is completed with Robert Turnbull sworn in to the Fourth District, succeeding Francis R. Lassiter. Turnbull, the longest-serving Virginian Democrat, was delayed by his commission but was sworn in Wednesday at the clerks desk. He resides at the New Varnum. Mrs. Turnbull does not accompany him.
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Wickham
Jack Fredérick
New York
John Frederick
Pauline
Carson
Jack
Winch
Washington
Sperat
Virginia
House of Repontatives
Robert Turnbull
Francis R. Lassiter
Weesday
Representative Jones
Turnbull
New Varnum
Roosevelt refuses Western return plan for cross country trip
Khartoum dispatch reports Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will not backtrack to San Francisco. I B Bonfils, Denver paper owner, notes futile bid to meet Roosevelt on the back door return. The former president opts to travel via New York to attend the wedding of Theodore Roosevelt Sr. to Miss Eleanor B. Alexander.
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Khartoum
Theodore Roosevelt
America
San Francisco
I. B. Bonfils
Denver
Roosevelt
Lynchburg to Lease a Clubhouse Site
Lynchburg Boat Club directors hope to lease a site from Chesapeake and Ohio Railway for a clubhouse replacing a winter-burned one. Upon securing the lease, construction will begin on a roughly $5,000 structure designed to resemble the old building.
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Lynchburg
Lynchburg Boat Club
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
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