Fail for Third Time to Agree on Salary Boost
Washington March 1 reports show the conference on the legislative and judiciary appropriation bill again disagreed on amendments raising salaries for the president vice president Speaker of the house and federal judges. House sundry civil bill carries 1 077 000000 was sent to the senate. a joint resolution asks the president to press negotiations with Russia for uniform passport protection. The Appalachian and White Mountain forest acquisition bill passed under suspension. fortifications appropriation bill approved in senate. Cook speech review finds no breach of debate privileges. report approved. Senate passes river and harbor bill about 9 700 000 with power leasing tightened in St. Marys river pending Michigan consent. In the house a clash between Cannon and Gaines over mace authority led to the mace being ordered from its pedestal briefly.
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Washington
House
Senate
Russia
Appalachian
White Mountains
Cook
Mann
Illinois
Colorado
St. Mary's River
Shorn Lambs Arrive in Little Rock as Swindle Victims
Little Rock Arkansas March 1 victims of a gang of swindlers under arrest here arrive and identify J. G. Mabray the alleged reader and members of a quartet. Identifications come from J. G. Kile of Decatur IL J S Tierney of Streator IL and W H McGrath of Minneapolis MN each claiming to have lost $10 000 on fixed wrestling matches or races.
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Little Rock
Art
J. G. Mabray
J. G. Kile
Decatur
J. S. Tierney
Streator
W. H. McGrath
Minneapolis
Minn
Far Reaching Immigration Inquiry Warns of Major Legislation
Washington March 1 The joint commission on immigration appointed Feb 20 1907 presented a preliminary report outlining broad questions from oriental aliens to white slave traffic and deportment of steerage to school inquiries and alien crime. The report shows no conclusions but signals extensive legislation forthcoming and seeks a 250000 appropriation to fund continued work through the next fiscal year.
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Washington
Joint Commission and Immigration
Congress
Commission
Haskell Loses In First Round In Governor Case
Guthrie Oklahoma March 1 District Judge Strang voided the writ of search and seizure in the Scott MacRaynolds Governor Haskell case for lack of sufficient facts and ordered the papers returned to MacRaynolds with the decision issued this afternoon in the damaged filing.
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Guthrie
Okio
Strang
Scott MacRaynolds
Haskell
Mac- Raynolds
Booth Head Indicted In Fish Trust Conspiracy
Chicago March 1 W V Booth president of A Booth Co the so called fish trust once under a receiver and F R Robbins former assistant treasurer were indicted Saturday. They with others to the grand jury unknown are charged with conspiring to steal 306000 from the Continental National Bank of Chicago in a wilful malicious felonious act. The two men face a single true bill containing three counts.
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Chicago
W. Vernon Booth
A. Booth & Co
Fish Trust
F. R. Robbins
Continental National Bank of Chicago
Inaugural Day Plan for President Taft March Fourth
The program outlines Taft's inauguration at the Capitol with 10:30 oath in the Senate, 12 noon oath by the Supreme Court chief justice, and a full day of parades, luncheon, fireworks, and a grand march at 10:30 p.m. at the Pension Building. Sherman to be inaugurated as vice president in the Senate. Roosevelt to depart for Oyster Bay after Taft’s oath.
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Capitol
James S. Sherman
Senate
Frye
Maine
Supreme Court of the United States
Taft
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Sherman
Whitehouse
Inauguration Hall
Pension Building
Senate committee rebukes Roosevelt over merger beaming
Washington March 1 The senate judiciary committee reports disagreement on the absorption of Tenne Coal & Iron by United States Steel It says views submitted will be individual reports not committee sanctioned Some regard it as a compromise while others see it as a challenge to Sherman antitrust law and presidential role. Wireless from speeding train is reported from Cleveland Ohio March 1 Messages sent Saturday by wireless telegraph between a Lake Shore train moving 0 miles per hour and railroad stations mark a first-time feat.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Tenne Coal & Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
Senate
Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Shore
Penalties Sought in Arkansas Anti-Trust Case
Six packing houses Swift Cold Cudahy National Morris and Southern Beef Provisions face lawsuits filed by Arkansas Attorney General Norwood seeking 3 300 000 penalties from each for alleged illegal price fixing to control meat prices in Arkansas since January 19 1907. Daily violations may add further penalties under the 1905 anti trust statute, mirroring a Supreme Court upheld Hammond Packing case.
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Little Rock, Ark
Norwood
Swift, Cold, Cudahy
National
Morris Packing Companies
Southern Beef & Provision Company
Arkansas
Supreme Court
United State Supreme Court
Hammond Packing Company
Only Engine Men Killed Passengers Escape in Boiler Blast
Passengers escaped unharmed as the boiler of a Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton passenger engine exploded five miles west of Findlay Ohio early today. Engineer George of Findlay was killed instantly and Fireman Richards seriously injured. The incident was followed by a separate report that Senate Finance Committee favored George S Terry’s nomination as assistant treasurer of the United States at New York.
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Findlay
Ohio
George of Findlay
Richards
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Terry
U. S
Washington
Senate
George
United States
New York
Governor Deneen Heads to Washington for Taft Inauguration
Governor Deneen and his staff depart Springfield on a special train to Washington to attend the Taft inauguration. Lieutenant Governor Oglesby will act as governor in Deneen's absence.
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Hinds
Springfield
Deneen
Washington
Taft
Oglesby
Pittsburg Councilmen Found Guilty in Graft Case
After a 60 hour deliberation the jury found Councilmen Klein Wasson and Brand guilty of conspiracy in the graft scandal in Pittsburg Pa March 1. Banker W W Ramsey was acquitted. The verdict recommends mercy of the court.
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Pittsburg
Klein
Wasson
Brand
W. W. Ramsey
Patrick Seeks Freedom from Sing Sing in High Court Plea
Albert T Patrick, serving life for the murder of William Marsh Rice, left Sing Sing to appear before the Appellate Division in Brooklyn on a habeas corpus writ. He argues he deserves either death by electric chair or freedom, claiming his life sentence is illegal.
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New York
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Sing Sing Prison
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Patrick
Hiegal
Arbor and Bird Days Proclaimed
Springfield NL March 1 Governor Deneen issued a proclamation designating April 23 as Arbor Day and October 22 as Bird Day in the community setting the state observances for both days.
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Springfield
Deneen
The Cross Origin Debate at Augustana Seminary
Professor Mauritzson summarizes three cross forms Greek Roman and T cross with Greek dating to the 18th century BC and tied to sun god symbolism. He outlines Roman cross theories including evolution from the Greek cross and a sun god axe motif, and notes Christ's crucifixion on the T cross per historic tradition.
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Jules Mauritzson
Concordia Society of Augustana Seminary
Mauritzson
Montelius
Royal Keeper of Archives
Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Iowa State University
Augustana College
Cross as Religious Emblem Through Ages and Tradition
Professor Mauritzson discussed the cross as a sacred emblem long before Christ. He noted the Roman cross likely evolved from the T cross via Pilate’s inscription and contrasted Christian reverence with pagan use, stressing distinct motives for adoption.
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Mauritzson
Men Who Worked and Played With Roosevelt Farewell Meet
President Roosevelt hosts a farewell luncheon at the White House for the so called tennis cabinet and other longtime aides. He praises their loyal service and notes the country has benefited from their dedication, while recalling the close ties from hunting, racing, and westward days.
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Roosevelt
Washington
White House
West
Cavanaugh Arrives in Davenport Over Lost $37,000
J. E. Cavanaugh, the Davenport plaintiff in a $37,000 dispute from a staged fight, arrived to seek recovery of three tin boxes at the American Express office. He must obtain court authority to check contents, with rumors saying the boxes may hold corn juice samples or sand rather than valuables.
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J. E. Cavanaugh
Arkansas
Lucky Baldwin Dies at 81 in Los Angeles
Los Angeles March 1 E. J. Lucky Baldwin died at his home after several weeks illness aged 81. He will be buried in San Francisco, with funeral date not yet set. Baldwin’s fortune is estimated at twenty five million by his manager. Details of the will remain largely unknown.
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Los Angeles
Cal
E. J
Lucky
Baldwin
San Francisco
Ashdown Honored as Port Byron Farmer Institute Director
W H Ashdown of Port Byron, a Rock Island County man, was elected director of the county farmers institutes in Illinois Fourteenth congressional district by the state farmers institute in Rockford last week. Only two other changes occurred among state officers.
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Rock Island
Man Farmers’ Institute
State Farmers’ Institute
Rockford
W. H. Ashdown
Port Byron
Fourteenth
Stephenson Blocked by Democrat Bolts on Ballot
Madison Wis March 1 Stephen son might have been elected on the 20th ballot today had not all the democrats except one and the social democrats bolted There was no quorum present Stephenson received 52 votes scattering two.
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Madison
Wis
Stephenson
Social Democrats
Boston Inventor Says He Stores Sun Rays for Lighting
Boston inventor George S. Cove claims to store the sun’s rays as electric energy and light his Somerville workshop without external wires. His glass encased device uses a steel frame with 61 metal plugs and heat absorbing material to generate current, enough to power a house for days, with a $100 build and a 10 year life. an automatic cutout regains power during cloud cover. Cove, who recently received a Canadian gold model for a Fundy bay plan, demonstrates the system generating electricity from sunlight.
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Boston
Mass
George S. Cove
Somerville
Institute of Technology
Cove
Gover
Bay of Fundy
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