Taylor Obtains Large Increase for Post Office
Congressman George Taylor of Alabama secures a 75000 increase in the Mobile post office building appropriation, boosting cost to 325000 plus site price. The plan calls for stone facing, terra cotta, marble loggia columns, a tile roof, and fireproof interior with marble tile lobby and hardwood trim.
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George Taylor
Alabama
Postoffice
Mobile
Congress
Burnett
House Committee On Public Grounds
Taylor
Sherman Allen
Secretary of the Treasury
Allen
St. Joseph Street
St. Michael
St. Michael and
St. Louis Streets
St. Michael Street
St. Joseph
Truitt
St. Louis Street
Royal Street
Royal
Tombigbee
Black Warrior
Alabama Coal Fields
Gulf
Mobile Harbor
Lucedale Court Adjourns Amid Election Muddle
Special to The Register Lucedale Miss February 9 Judge T H Barrett adjourned circuit court until next Monday due to illness of a child. The docket includes the Lucedale election muddle ten week general on his own monster proceeding with new officers claiming their offices from last fall. Five murder cases set next Monday Hinton Eu banks and Marshall Jim Clark white men indicted for killing the old negro Shine.
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Lucedale
Miss
T.H. Barrett
H- W. Hinton
Harry Eubanks
Marshall Jim Clark
Shine
Graft Exposed in Gotham Police by Ex-Captain Walsh
Feb 9 report says Thomas J. Walsh former Gotham police captain testified before a grand jury on police graft. He claimed he shared graft payments in his precinct with inspectors and higher ups over the past three years.
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New York
Thomas J. Walsh
Walsh
Nine Indictments Anticipated in New York Police Graft
Nine indictments and possibly ten are expected from the grand jury in the New York police graft case. Two indictments target police department members, including a suspected inspector. A prominent lawyer is also named among those to be charged as the district attorney pursues higher officials.
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New York
Eugene Fox
Thomas Walsh
Walsh
Whitman
Waldo
Dennis Sweeny
Wall Street
Akee
Turkey
Balkan
Free Army Revolt and Coast to Coast Road Projected
A review of multiple items including a Free Army revolt, Diaz in Cot, and Enver Bey moves. plans for a coast to coast road project are disclosed. Also notes on reclamation service inquiries, post office pay raises, and revenue cutters saving millions.
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Diaz
Cott Alloway
Reclamation Service
Taylor
Enver Bey
Araujo
Melendez
Bryan meets Cuban president during Havana visit
William Jennings Bryan arrived in Havana yesterday and met with President Gomez at the American legation. He delivered a lecture today and planned to depart for the Isle of Pines tomorrow with Mr. Bruyatt.
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Havana
William Jennings Bryan
Gomez
Legation
Bruyatt
Isle of Pines
Berolzheimer Suicide Noted In Vienna
Martin Berolzheimer once American vice consul from 1895 to 1897 killed himself in Vienna by shooting today. He had been ill recently and suffered insomnia, with illness believed to have prompted the act.
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Vienna
Martin Berolzheimer
Copyul
Berolzheimer
Eulogies for Senators Frye and Reps Hubbard Otter
In Washington today a joint tribute symposium honored the late Senator Frye of Maine and Representatives Hubbard of Iowa and Otter of Rhode Island. Many representatives joined in the homage during the session.
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Washington
Senator Frye
Maine
Hubbard
Iowa
Otter
Rhode Island
Inquiry Sought Into Reclamation Service Incompetence
A committee report calls for a congressional inquiry into reclamation service mismanagement. It asks a $25,000 appropriation and suggests removing Interior Secretary Samuel Adams and officials including F. H. Newell and L. C. Hill. The document accuses Newell and associates of favoring canal firms and bondholders in the Salt River project, with projected losses cited at about $6.7 million.
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Washington
Reclamation Service
House
Committee On Interior Department
Secretary of the Interior
Samuel Adams
F. H. Newell
L.C. Hill
Interior Department
Newell
Hensley
Callaway
Texas
Hanna
North Dakota
Salt River
Pacific ‘and Electric Company
Gila River
W. H. Code
Indian Bureau
Code
A. J. Chandler
River steamer sinks near Clifton after collision
The river steamer City of Florence, owned by the St Louis and Tentemgee River Packet Co, collided with a barge on the Tennessee River near Clifton and sank late last night. Ruth Tarbett, 11, daughter of a Saltillo planter, and four dockhands drowned. Remaining passengers and crew reached shore. value estimates put at about 19 000 dollars.
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Clifton
Tenn
Florence
St. Louis and Tentemgee River Packet Company
Tennessee River
Ruth Tarbett
Saltillo
Vreeland Relieved as Navy Secretary Aide for Operations
Rear Admiral Charles Vreeland is relieved of duties as aide for operations to the secretary of the navy. He will become aide for inspections under Rear Admiral Bradley A. E., at his own request due to health reasons. He will continue as a member of the general naval board.
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Washington
Charlies x Vreeland
Secretary of the Navy
Bradley
A. E
Admiral Vreeland
General Naval Board
Bicyclists Hurt In Saucer Track Incident
Frederick Windt of East St Louis died from injuries after a collision with Walden C. Martin of St Louis, an Olympic team member, at the Coliseum saucer track. Martin was seriously hurt with fractures to his left leg and wrist and remained in precarious condition tonight.
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ST. Louis
Frederick Windt
East St. Louis
Walden OC. Martin
United States
Stockholm
Coliseum
Martin
Hermitage Center of Bitter Fight in Tennessee Assembly
Nashville reports a heated battle over the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, with bills proposing use of 400 acres for the Knapp School of Country Life valued at 400000 dollars and a 12500 dollar yearly rental for ten years, while another measure seeks to gift 200 acres to the Ladies Hermitage Association for Jackson Park. The Confederate soldiers' home currently sits on the property.
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Nashville
Tenn
Andrew Jackson
General Assembly
Jackson
Knapp School of Country Life
Seaman A.knapp
Ladies’ “Hermitage Association
Ita
Jackson Park
Confederate Soldiers’ Home
Ladies’ Hermitage Association
Hermitage
General Jackson
Normal Weekly Weather Forecast From Bureau
Normal winter temperatures are expected across most areas east of the Rockies with slightly above normal on the Pacific coast. Precipitation should run below normal nationwide except the Pacific states where rain will be frequent. A significant disturbance will reach the Far West around midweek bringing colder conditions to the Northwest by Thursday.
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Washington
Rocky Mountains
Pacific
Weekly
Weather Bureau
Pacific States
Far West
Poe Reas
Norh
Ian
Yaing
Southe
Sean
Garment Workers Strike Deepens as Employers Break Off Talks
New York Feb 9 The United Manufacturers and Merchants Association representing most of the 100000 garment workers on strike withdraws all settlement offers to the United Garment Workers Union. Talks fail after six weeks of stoppage with no access to proposals by the union.
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New York
United Manufacturers and Merchants Association
United Garment Workers Union
Suffragettes Rebuke Socialist James Keir Hardie in Edinburgh
In Edinburgh on February 9 suffragettes greeted James Keir Hardie, the Socialist and Independent Labour member for Merthyr Tydfil, with a warm reception before vocally denouncing him. Hardie promised Labour support to push the next bill as a government measure, but the audience repeatedly interrupted as one speaker was forcibly removed after a violent outburst, causing a tumult.
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Edinburgh
James Keir Hardie
Merthyrdfil
Labor Party
Illicit Tennessee Distillery Captured in Lincoln County
In Lincoln county deputies seized what may be the state’s largest illicit distillery, with over 3,000 gallons of incomplete whiskey and a 150 gallon capacity outfit. Three operators fled and are pursued as the tenth outfit found in Tennessee in six days.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
Lincoln County
Porter
Baby dies in fire caused by matches in Nashville home
In Nashville, Henry O'Keefe Jarvis aged two died from burns after his clothing ignited when he struck matches in a room. The incident occurred at the family home while the child was playing with the matches.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry O'Keefe Jarvis
Chino
Iid
Setae Peng
Battleships Depart for Guantanamo from Colon
The United States battleships Minnesota Ohio and Idaho sailed today for Guantanamo from Colon. The move marks a rapid deployment as tensions rise in the region.
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Colon
United States
Minnesota
Ohio
Idaho
Guantanamo
Cala
Tariff Revision Seen Despite Market Indifference on Wall Street
New York Feb 9 The stock market stays frozen as traders await tariff changes seen as inevitable. H Altoway notes persistent forecasts from financiers fail to move markets while European turmoil and rising debt strain global finance. He cites dividend issues at big corporations like Illinois Central and looming congressional action to split tariff bills for revenue.
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H. Altoway
New York
Wall Street
Europe
Turkey
América
London
Paris
Berlin
Congress
Washington
Underwood
Department of Industry
Mexico Revolt in Capital as Madero Defends Palace
United States dispatch reports heavy fighting in Mexico City as President Madero and loyal troops defend the National Palace against General Diaz and mutineers. Death toll rises with hundreds killed and the city in chaos as Diaz supporters seize arsenals and rail on through the streets.
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Mexico City
Francisco Madero
Felix Dias
Madero
Republic
Associated Press
Boya
Huerta
Pont
Villar
Lascurain
Ernesto Madera
Dias
Vera Cruz
Diaz
Jaz
Porfirio Diaz
Blanquet
Toluca
Tlaipalpan
Felix Diaz
Reyes
Santiago
Twenty-fourth Cavalry
Manuel Mondragon
National Palace
Lauro Villar
Mander
Wateral Garcia Pena
Troe
Chapultepec
Ie Ike Ene
Adero Ser eCet Eee
Eral
Garza Oftrict
Eral Villar
Mir
Crt
White Cross
Morelos
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Thinois Central
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