Session Highlights In Congress Taft Accepts Results
Yesterday in congress the Tariff Board bill was pending while appropriation bills moved. Navy sundry civil and post office measures passed by day session. deficiency bill approved at night. Magazine postage rate cut to four cents a pound. Taft compromise to cost service commission adopted. Panama Canal fortifications $3,000,000 appropriation approved. House held night session and promoted Captain Robert E Peary to rear admiral.
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Sente
Civil and Post Office
Post Office
Taft
Panama Canal
House
Robert E. Peary
President sets call for special session amid Senate work
The Tribune reports March 3 that the President prepared a simple call for a special session to be sent after Congress adjourns. The Senate completed several supply bills while the House moved calendar business, with debate on the Tariff Board bill due to resume. The Lorimer case and ongoing fiscal maneuvers add tension as Congress nears adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
TafteWay
Stone
Missouri
Maret X
Senate
Beijing
Tariff Board
House
Cinculaton
Lorimer
Hale
Lover
Larimer
Nnst
Usu
Taft Sees Omens in Sky After Congress Recess
President Taft, returning from a walk in Washington, said he noticed a setting sun and a new moon, praising numerous bills passed while declining to blame Congress for not enacting reciprocity. He hailed the Judiciary codification bill and canal fortifications as major gains, and looked to the new Congress for reciprocity.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
Panama Canal
Airship kills a woman during Madrid demonstration
A French aeronaut’s demonstration at an Madrid aerodrome ended in tragedy as spectators surged onto the field. The aircraft struck a crowd, killing a woman by decapitation and seriously injuring four others including Colonel Villar y Villare, brother of a former War Minister. Mauvais aboard the plane remained uninjured.
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Neuvad
Villar Y Villare
Villar
Mauvais
American aviators set cross country record Laredo to Eagle Pass
Lieutenant Foulofa and Philip Parmalee piloted an Army Wright aircraft 106 miles in 2 hours 7 minutes making the American cross country record with a passenger. They left Fort McIntosh at 2 PM and landed Eagle Pass at 4:07 PM amid favorable military reaction.
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Trhowles
Laredo
Tex
Eagle Pass
Benjamin D. Foulofa
U.S A
Philip
Parmalee
San Francisco
Wright
Trentenant Pammerman
Chalona
France
Montigny-Sur-Aube
United States
Fort McIntosh
Prints Her Nuptial Plans In Informal Notice
Dora Morrell editor of The Up 11 announces forthcoming marriage to Henry Hills Hughes in a Gardiner Maine letter. She lists March 17 ceremony at St Luke Allston and a move to Baltimore after. She requests no invitations or gifts and asks letters or gifts be sent to reach Baltimore after March 20.
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Allston
Baltimore
Boston
Gang att5ck on patrolman near 70th street store
A mob attacked Patrolman John de Biboy of the Eust 67th Street station outside a grocery on 70th Street. He kept them at bay with his revolver for ten minutes and prevented a prisoner’s escape until East Sixth Street reserves arrived to disperse the crowd.
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Eust
6Ath Street
Mrs Julia W Curtiss Again a Bride in Secret Marriage
Philadelphia dispatch details a sensational Broadway raid on a Second floor resort near 4th Street failing to capture principals. Deputy Commissioner Flynn's squad battled heavy doors and a difficult staircase as two hundred men were arrested inside. several escaped via rear windows and a roof extension toward Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre. Separate report notes Mrs Julia Watt Morris Curtiss Lawrence, once married to Peter H Morris and Rollin A Curtiss, has wed Dr G Alfred Lawrence in Wilmington after long legal struggles over her fortune estimated up to 50 to 200 million, with conservators appointed to manage estate interests in Connecticut and New York.
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Hammerstein
Victoria Theatre
Weat 47Th Street
Ivan
Jtenant Collins
Techune
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Mareha
G. Alfred Lawrence
New York
Dr. Lawrence
Julia Watt Morris Curtiss Lawrence
Peter H. Morris
Boston
Louis
Keith
Hilda
Rollin A. Curtiss
Bridgeport
Lawrence
Hrady
Supreme Court
Appellate Division
Curtiss
Connecticut
L. Lafin Kellogg
St. Reels
Fifth Avenue
New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital
Peacers
Apawamis Clubs
Sons of the American Revolution
Leland Stanford Junior University
Columbia, Collage of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Haymarket Near End Sale of Notorious Hall at Haymarket
Klein and Jackson bought the Haymarket property at Sixth Avenue and 30th Street from executor Isaac T. Smith via Leopold Well and Frederick Davidson. The triangular plot occupies the south side of 20th Street between Sixth Avenue and Broadway with Broadway and Sixth Avenue frontages. The piety has been held at $1,000,000. The Haymarket has long been linked to night life in the Tenderloin drawing attention from police and famed figures. the Bureau of Licenses is weighing whether to renew its permit under a new law.
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Haymarket
Sixth Avenue
30Th Street
Klein & Jackson
Leopold Well
Frederick Davidson
Isaac T. Smith
20Th Street
Broadway
Tonderloin
Thirteen Dead in Honolulu Cholera Outbreak
A fragmentary report from Honolulu states thirteen deaths have occurred from cholera with two more deaths noted today. The chaotic text mentions the number of fatalities and ongoing illness, reflecting a public health scare in the city.
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Honolulu
Six Thousand For House Tenancy At Ett-Coutts Mansion
London notices reveal enormous rents for coronation season as John Hays Hammond reportedly paid sixty thousand for a six weeks’ tenancy of the Ett-Coutts mansion at 1 Stratfield Pleendilly. The inflated prices reflect high demand among Londoners seeking premium residences for the royal event.
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Letetat Canin Towne
London
March
John Hays Hammond
ett-Coutts Mansion
Strat- 4
Pleendilly
Reapportionment Bill Fails in Present Session
Washington March 1 There will be no reapportionment by the Gls Congress. The bill failed after strong opposition in the Senate and House, with members arguing against increasing the House membership.
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Washington
Gls Congress
Sen
Gots
Home Rule for Ireland Plans Pivot to Gladstone’s Line
Augustine Birrell in Oxford tonight outlined government aims for a Home Rule bill for Ireland aligned with Gladstone’s earlier proposal. He noted ongoing inquiry into Ireland’s financial position as a prerequisite to granting Home Rule and said modifications reflecting evolving wisdom would guide the measure.
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Gladstone
London
Augustine Birrell
Ireland
Oxford
Gainsboroughs Sold Three Works Bought for America
An item announces that three Gainsborough paintings were recently sent to America. The pieces include a head of J Thomson from the Sir John Milburn collection, a full length of Miss Sparrow from the Huth collection, and a half length of Admiral John Montague from Sir George Donaldson's section.
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Londe Post
Gainsboroughs
America
J. Thomson
John Milburn
Miss Sparrow
Huth
Admiral John Montague
Sir George Donaldson
Millions Go To Hungary Sent Abroad by Residents in This Country
Vienna dispatch reports that Austro-Hungarians in America wired 37 million dollars to Hungary in 1910. The amount exceeds fivefold the sum Hungary received from the same sources in 1900, according to Hungarian post office records.
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Hungary
Vienna
America
Spineless Executive Arraigned Over Tilden Memorial Debate
Washington was the scene as Representative Hamilton Fish of New York arraigned the New York governor in the House. Fish recalled Tilden’s 1860s win and said the state would benefit from his leadership, while condemning Albans for delaying legislation and avoiding a clear stance to appease factions ahead of the next convention.
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Washington
Dix
New York
Hamilton Fish
Samuel J. Tilden
Tilden
Fish
Albans
Emancipation Edict Aims To Free Russian Serfs Economically
Imperial rescript from St Petersburg pledges to complete the emancipation by transforming peasants into economically strong landowners. It proposes freedom to leave communes and agricultural progress to improve outcomes. The plan contrasts with historical serf conditions from Peter the Great to Catherine II and the 1861 ukase, detailing land ownership, state loans, and the path to full freedom for millions. Also notes new Philadelphia-bound trains from New Jersey Central with revised Sunday services.
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Nicholas
Thussia
Peter the Great
Catherine II
Alexander I
Courland
Livonia
Alexander II
Princess Trigona di Sant Ella Murdered by Baron Paterno
Rome reports the sensational killing of Princess Giulia Trigona di Sant Ella by Lieutenant Baron Paterno. The baron, wounded after a self-inflicted gunshot, allegedly abused the princess, pressed for money, and threatened to kill her in the Royal Palace. Police indicate Paterno’s coercive acts and theft of the princess’s funds led to the murder, with the princess attempting separation before the fatal dispute. The court’s daughters learned of their mother’s death after an apparent automobile accident postponement.
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Giulia Trigona di Sant’ Ella
Baron Paterno
Paterno
Patri
Palermo
Trigona
Helena
Paterna
Quirinal
Dix urges Democrats to drop Sheehan for Senate
Governor Dix tells Democratic legislators that Sheehan’s election is impossible and urges immediate action. He cites interference with promised legislation and the need for an extra session, noting the party risks losing representation in the U.S. Senate if the deadlock continues.
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Dix
William F. Sheehan
United States Senate
United States
Sheehan
Congress
Democratic Party
Senate
Murphy
Cholray
New York
National Council of the
Joiun A. Din
Governor Dix Heads to Thomson Home with Senate Statement
Albany dispatch reports Governor Dix traveled to his country home at Thomson tonight carrying a prepared statement on the United States senatorship. Commander De Kay soon departed for New York on the Empire State Bus press as Dix met the correspondent later.
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Dix
Thomson
United States
de Kay
New York
Empire State
Corres
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