Boone Heard Selections at Augu span a College
The performance by Blind Boone at AugusPana college drew high praise for mastery of both classical works and negro melodies. His precision and brilliance in Chopin and Gottschalk pieces impressed the audience, while his own plantation-inspired compositions showcased strong rhythm and realism. Boone's companions Emma Smith and Lillian Fields contributed vocal parts, with Fields captivating the crowd through a clear mezzo voice.
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Blind Boone
Auguspana College
Boone
Gottschalk
Lizst
Chopin
Schubert
Boone's Company
Emma Smith
Lillian Fields
Miss Fields
Congress Reverses Auto for White House in Deficit Bill
The House voted 90 to 161 to strike the half million for air balloons from the army appropriation, while restoring the $12,000 for White House automobiles to please President-elect Taft. The senate had cut the auto provision. The bill moves to conference. Opium importation remains restricted for non medical use. The Brownsville bill vote is set for February 23. A mother's letter denies charges against the president's daughter.
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House
White House
Tawney
Minnesota
Senate
Taft
United States
Brownsville
Elizabeth M. Rhodes
Los Angeles
Cal
Captain Qualtrough Denies Drunken Charge On Battleship Georgia
In Gibraltar on February 2, Captain Edward F. Qualtrough of the battleship Georgia faces a court martial for alleged intoxication at a shore reception. He denies the charge as Rear Admiral Wainwright files the accusations. The ship’s executive officer took command after the captain was relieved.
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Gibraltar
Sperry
Edward F. Qualtrough
Georgia
Wainwright
President Roosevelt Denies Horse Strike Allegation
Washington February 2 President Roosevelt breaks silence to deny charges that during a Thanksgiving day ride in Rock Creek Park he struck the horse ridden by Miss Rhodes with his crop while a party of seminary girls accompanied him criticizing the girls for not yielding to his pace and direction
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Rock Creek Park
Taft Made Mason at Sight by Ohio Grand Master
Cincinnati, Feb. 2. The grand master of Ohio Masonry, Charles Hoskinson, tendered to William Howard Taft the rare honor of being made a Mason at sight, which Taft accepted. He will return Feb. 18 for a Scottish Rite Cathedral ceremony, a prerogative reserved for the grand master. Only one prior instance in 100 years, 1892 Asa S. Bushnell.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio Masons
Charles Hoskinson
William Howard Taft
Taft
Asa. S$. Bushnell
Lewis Wins Out Walker Will Not Contest
In Indianapolis the United Mine Workers convention affirmed President Lewis. Delegates approved his refusal to finance the Mercer Butler field strike and rebuked Pittsburg district officers over the national authority dispute. John Walker withdrew, saying the convention was packed against him. Lewis urged peace and rapid business completion, noting future elections for national vice president and secretary treasurer on the floor.
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Indianapolis
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Mercer- Butler
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Ind
John Walker
Illinois
Walker
Senate Plans Lincoln Day Holiday and Lincoln Way Bill
Washington Feb 2 The senate passed without amendment a house bill making Feb 12 1909 the tenth anniversary of Lincoln s birth a legal holiday and urging national celebration by proclamation. The bill authorizes a Lincoln Way highway from Washington to Gettysburg Pa with 50000 set for survey and plans. Lincoln Cabin Taken Back Louisville Ky Feb 2 To mark Lincoln centenary the birthplace cabin near Hodgenville Ky was moved to the memorial farm.
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Washington
Senate
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Lincoln
Washington City
Jettysburg
Louisville
Hodgenville
Memorial Farm
Orders Author Arrested Brandenberg Fails to Face Charges
New York report says Brandenberg, a magazine writer, faced a grand larceny in the second degree charge over an article said to be written by the late President Cleveland and sold to the New York Times. He did not appear for trial and his $1,500 cash bail was forfeited. Also in Chicago, John H. Edwards, secretary of L Gould Manufacturing, was indicted for embezzling over $8,000 of company funds.
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Cleveland
New York
Broughton Brandenberg
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
New York Times
William H. Taft
American Bonding Company
Chicago
John H. Edwards
L. Gould Manufacturing Company
Mine Explosion Kills Sixteen in Birmingham
An explosion at the Short Creek mines of the Birmingham Coal and Iron company in Birmingham Alabama reportedly killed 16 men with several others seriously injured. Six bodies have been recovered.
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Birmingham
Ala
Short Creek
Birmingham Coal and Iron Company
Helen Maloney Weds Arthur Osborn After International Romance
Miss Helen M. Maloney and Arthur Herbert Osborn married at St. Catherine's church Spring Lake New Jersey. The tale traces from an October 1907 elopement with Samuel R. Clarkson of London to a prior marriage annulment for Osborn and a later annulment ruling after Maloney testified the 1908 ceremony was precautionary to avoid unwanted advances from foreign suitors.
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Philadelphia
Helen M. Maloney
This
Arthur Herbert Osborn
New York
St. Catherine's Roman Catholic Church
Spring Lake
N. J
Martin Maloney
Helen Maloney
Samuel R. Clarkson
London
Maloney
Europe
Miss Maloney
Albert Herbert Osborn
Princeton University
Mamoroneck
N.Y
Leo XII
Rome
Archdiocese of the Catholic Church
Miss Malojney
Osborn
Anti Japanese Bills Dominant in California and Nevada Legislatures
In Carson City and Sacramento the Nevada legislature votes on a anti Japanese resolution and land ownership ban while California lawmakers push measures to bar aliens from land, segregate Japanese in corporations, and spurn Roosevelt’s stance. Tokyo's foreign minister predicts no international crisis as Japan seeks peace and resource development.
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Nev
Theodore Roosevelt
Pacific
Nevada
California
Roosevelt
Grove L. Johnson
Japan
Tokio
Komura
United States
Canada
Mack testifies before grand jury in Panama libel probe
Norman E. Mack of Buffalo, head of the Democratic National Committee, testified before the federal grand jury probing the Panama canal libel case against the New York World. He was asked about reports on canal sale offers to the party during the prior presidential campaign. A second item notes Missouri legislature hearing on amendments to the state constitution while another report mentions the death of Cora Belle Forbes, wife of R. T. Forbes, in St. Louis.
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Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
National Democratic Committee
Federal Grand Jury
Panama Canal
New York World
Mack
Jefferson” City
Chicago
Cora Belle
R. T. Forbes
Drovers
Deadlock persists as Illinois and Wisconsin hold on Senate ballots
SpringfieldIllinois February 2 United States senator balloting resumes in Illinois joint session with Hopkins 74 Stringer 76 Mason 3 Sherman 22 and other totals. Wisconsin Stephenson 63 votes, three short of majority as adjournment occurs to tomorrow.
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Finois
Hopkins
Foss
Stringer
Shurtleff
Mason
McKinley
Lowden
Calhoun
Sherman
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
United States
Stephenson
Library Board Meeting Records January Claims
The library board met in regular session last evening and approved January claims. Librarian report listed expenditures for A. C. McClurg & Co., Kramer Printing, The MacArthur Co, Rock Island Argus, Channon & Dufva, Lerch & Grove, Rock Island Land, and salaries, totaling the allowed amounts.
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A. C. McClurg & Co
Kramer Printing Co
the MacArthur Co
Rock Island Argus
Channon & Dufva
Lerch & Grove
T. Ww
Renoe
Rock Islami
Congress Recap: Bills Pass First Steps in Navy, Lincoln Holiday
Yesterday in Washington the Senate approved court martial rules for midshipmen, naturalization for service in the Navy, and a Lincoln centennial legal holiday. House actions cut military funds and opposed several bills including opium importation and federal judges pensions, with adjournment at 5:28 PM.
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Congress
Senate
Lake Erie & Ohio River Ship Canal
Philippines
Abraham Lincoln
Brownsville
HOUSE
West Point
Corregidor Island
Manila Bay
Payne
US sues railroad over dispatcher work hours
Chicago Feb 2 The United States files the first suit under the federal law regulating dispatcher hours against the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad. Seven violations charged. if guilty fines total 3500 dollars may be imposed.
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United States
Sims ‘Im
Delon States
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Root
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