Taft Calls Congress into Special Session in 1909
President Taft issues a proclamation calling the 61st Congress to convene in Washington on March 15 1909 at noon. The notice specifies no stated object for the special session but requests congressional attendance for executive communications. The document is signed by William Howard Taft and Secretary of State P C Knox.
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Congress
Capitol
Washington
Taft
Sixty-First Congress
United States of America
Congress of the
Numder
United States
William H. Taft
P.C Knox
Balkan Affair Deepens Amid Serbia Austria-Hungary Talks
Berlin March 6 The Austro-Serbian dispute over compensation for Bosnia and Herzegovina grows tenser while officials note clearer issues. Serbia renounces demands but pressures Russia for an international conference, Austria-Hungary and Germany oppose outside intervention and favor direct negotiation.
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Berlin
Austria-Hungary
Servia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Russia
Austriat Hungary
Germany
Turkey
Austria-Huncary
Weekly Statement Of Clearing House Banks In New York
The week’s report shows banks hold 11,782,193 beyond reserve requirements, down 2,097,800 from last week. Loans 1,812,622,500. mortgages 1,960,950,000. circulation 48,515,500. legal tenders 80,904,400. reserves 352,019,900 with surplus 11,782,175. Ex U S deposits 12,383,450. Actual reserve 24.94 percent. Greater New York banks report deposits 1,218,974,700. cash on hand 152,948,900. loans 1,075,911,500.
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New York
U. S
Clearing House Banke
Banks and Trust Companies
Greater New York
Clearing House
Children Fall Through Ventilator at Richmond Hill Church
Arthur McGuiness aged 11 and Bertha Buller aged 14 of Richmond Hill Staten Island were injured when they fell 46 feet through a damaged ventilator into a church auditorium. They wandered into the attic while carpenters worked and stepped on weak grills before landing on pews. Both were in serious condition at St Mary's Hospital.
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New York
Arthur E. McGuiness
Bgbertha Buller
Richmond Hill
Staten Island
St. Mary's Hospital
Richmond Hil
Kriesz Globe Trotter Readies For Orient Sail
Gilbert W. Kruss of Denver travels on a second world walking tour. He previously earned 5000 on the first journey and now bets 8000. Kruss began in Denver January 5 with John Vrolth, who entered Salt Lake City hospital, later joined by Erick Welen, then planned to reach Japan and China.
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San Francisco
Gilbert W. Kruss
Denver
Kriean
Ron Denver
John Vrolth
Salt Lake City
Erick Welen
Coset
Thor
Screamer
Japan
China
Riches in Potato Patch Unearthed Near San Francisco
A California digger named Richard Cornett uncovered 23000 dollars in gold dust and nuggets from a rusty tin box buried in a potato patch near San Francisco. The box lay where twenty two spikes in a log pointed toward the treasure, left by an old Australian miner who died over thirty years ago. Residents now comb the area hoping for more riches.
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San Francisco
Porthand
Richard Cornett
Treasre
Pound Cake Recipe Sparks Policy Tug at Northwestern Advocate
Chicago March 6 Charles M Stuart editor of the Northwestern Christian Advocate reports a printer’s devil inserted a pound cake recipe featuring butter sugar yolks whisky milk and flour. Subscribers protested since the paper advocates anti liquor policy and the editor issued a corrective note distancing from the error and affirming the publication’s stance.
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Chicago
Charles M. Stuart
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Roosevelt to Africa Quest May End in Death, Warns Professor
A professor warns that Theodore Roosevelt’s plan to explore Africa’s dark regions in search of big game could prove fatal. The ominous view suggests insidious fevers and sleeping sickness threaten his return to the United States.
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Chicago
March
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Africa
Profesor
Ex-President’s Africa Warns of Congo Fever Dangers
Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago warns students about the Congo Free State perils based on expeditions there. He cites sleeping sickness and deadly fevers as the chief risks and recalls narrowly escaping illness during nine visits.
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Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Congo Free State
Bive
Africa
Athol Savings From Widow’s Death Cited In Debt Tale
Worcester report notes Mrs. Lyman Jennings died at 89 in Orange. Her husband lent Athol 9,000 in 1876 to stave bankruptcy, with annual payments of 540 to him, 180 to his wife, and 120 to their daughter. Town saved 180 yearly as of this year, having paid 16,200 since the loan began.
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Worcester
Mass
Lyman Jennings
Orange
Athol
Jennings
Whetston
Wealthy Widow to Wed Chauffeur in Sacramento
A marriage license was issued in San Francisco for Mrs. George M. Van Voorhies, wealthy Sacramento society woman, and Arnold G. Patterson, her longtime chauffeur. The late husband left an estate valued at $500,000. The wedding is planned at the bride's home.
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San Francisco
Sacramento
George M. van Voorhies
Arnold G. Patterson
van Voorhies
Patterson
Forty Seven Vessels Built In February
Washington reports forty seven sail and steam vessels totaling 6824 cross tons were built in February and officially numbered. Distribution by waters shows Atlantic and gulf two, Pacific eleven, Great Lakes one, Western rivers ten. Six ships are steel built, the rest are wood.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Navigation of the Department of Commerce
F Hor
Atlantic and Gulf
Pacifie
Great Lakes
Western Rivers
Prominent Railway Man Drops Dead While Hunting
J W Blythe of Burlington Iowa general counsel for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railway collapsed and died this morning at Wapello while hunting. He was 50 years old and administrator for the estate of C B Perkins former Burlington president, and a son in law of the late Senator John Gear.
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Des Moines
J. W. Blythe
Burlington
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway
Wapello
Blythe
C. BE. Perkins
Burlington System
John Gear
No New Recruits Accepted For U S Army
Los Angeles March 6. For the first time in years the United States Army is not seeking new recruits. The force is at full 77,753 men and recruitment stations have been ordered to discontinue advertising and to limit work to reenlistments. Captain W P Graves, in charge of the local station, cites pay increases for enlisted men and retirees as the main cause of the decline in enlistments.
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Los Angeles
Sams
W. P. Graves
20Th
United States Infantry
Graves
Janitor Proposes Pay Cut at Bayonne School
Thomas McIntyre a janitor in a Bayonne NJ school asked the school board to reduce his salary from fifty to forty dollars a month. The request was granted without debate. He said fifty dollars was too high for his services.
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Bayonne
Thomas McIntyre
McIntyre
Boy Hero Foils Highway Robbers in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles County a 10 year old boy, Charlie Rhinehart of West Glendale, tracked two highway robbers with a double barreled shotgun. He drew a passerby who helped chase them to a swamp. one suspect surrendered at gunpoint, the other escaped. The victim, Mark Caoring, was beaten and robbed.
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Los Angeles
Cal
March
Charle Rhinehart
West Glendale
George Mickel
Charlie
Mark Caoring
Peculiar Case in Court Involving Pastor Resignation
Chicago March 66 A bill for injunction in the superior court alleges a pastor’s resignation sparked by threats to publish a confession by Mary Lavender to Rev Crawford of Woodlawn Park Methodist church. The filing accuses Crawford of misrepresentation and betrayal while seeking to bar publication among church members. Judge Barnes denied the injunction for lack of notice to the other side.
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Chicago
John Lavender
Edw. B. Crawford
Woodlawn Park Methodist Church
Mary Lavender
Crawford
E. B. Crawford
John D. Leek
Western Avenue Methodist Church
Fle
Big whipping post day in Delaware unfolds at workhouse
In Wilmington on March 6, the largest Delaware crime records day saw eighteen prisoners whipped for offences mainly larceny and a murder. A calvary of whips delivered 2205 stripes across bare backs as punishment.
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Delaware
Wilmington
Del
Jashes
Nune
World Markets Close With Mixed Shifts In Stocks
New York reports show irregular opening trading with gains in Colorado Fuel and declines in Min Heapolils and St Paul Laurie St Marie. Rail stocks active while rails, divers, and oils moved on profit taking as the market edged easy by late sessions.
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New York
Colorado
Republic Steel
American Ice
American Car
Heapolils
St. Paul
Laurie St. Marie
Brie
Usu Jendors
Browlig Lumours
American Ice Sain Od
New York Stocks and Bond Prices Across Major Firms
Amalgamated Copper at 68 1 4. American Car and Foundry 1 a8. American Locomotive 51 1 2. United States Steel 45 and 111 14. Wabash 17 1 2. Reading 128 1 2. Southern Pacific 117 1 5. New York Central 122 1 8. Erie 25 34. Stock readings cover railroads and metals with fluctuating quotes.
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Amalgamated Copper
American Car and Foundry
American Locomotive
American Smelting
American Sugar Refining
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchison Railway
Baltimore and Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago Northwestern
Chicago
Mil
St. Pat
Colorado Fuel and Iron
Colorado and Southern
Delaware and Hudson
Denver and Rio Grande
Denver and
Rio Grande
Erie Railway
Great Northern
Great Northern Ore Ctfs
Ilinois Central
New York Central
Reading Railway
Stock Island Co
Hock Island Co
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
United States Steel
United States Steel, Ptd
Wabash Railway
Western Union
Standard Old Company
Chicago Cattle and Hogs Market Receipts Reported
Chicago reports cattle receipts near 300 with market steady and varied steer prices from 4.10 to 5.60, hog receipts around 18 000 with most sales in 6.15 to 6.50 per hundredweight, and sheep receipts about 2 000 with native and western lambs and yearlings priced between 2.50 and 7.10.
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Chicago
Texas
Western
Wheat and Market Summaries from Chicago and Kansas City
Chicago markets show wheat futures with May at 1.16 and July 1.04, corn and oats listings, and May pork at 17.79. Kansas City receipts number 2,000 with steady market for native cattle and hogs, calves, and western stockers, with prices from 4.75 to 7.50 for cattle and hogs hardening slightly. Sugar and coffee reports from New York and metal and wool notes from St Louis round out daily commodity activity.
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Chicago
Timothy
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Packers Aid
Lost Handicap Match in Chicago Grapples Rogers and Olson
In Chicago on March 5 Joe Rogera defeated Joe Olson in a hard fought handicap wrestling match Rogers agreed to throw Olson off ice in thirty minutes.
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Chicago
Joe Rogera
Joe Olson
Olson
House Speaker Cannon Faces Committee Selections
Washington March 6 Speaker Cannon plans to appoint the next Congress's committees as insurgent Republicans seek a rules panel with Democrats. Western and eastern reps contend for seats on the powerful committee, with Tawney Mann and Sherman among top contenders.
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Washington
Can- Hon
Congress
Miles
Cannon Dann
Sherman
Williama
Mississippi
Tawney
Appropriations
Representative Mann
Ilinois
New York
Grosvenor
Ohio
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Messrs
Townaeend
Denby
Smith
Town
Currier
New Hampshire
Foster
Vermont
Clark
Dearmenn
Missouri
Fitzgerald
Admiral Evans Says War Talk With Japan Is Buncombe
Rear Admiral Robley Evans arrived in Colorado Springs and dismissed war talk with Japan as buncombe. He argued Japan has priorities with Russia and building a Siberian railroad, and said California school intrigues won t trigger conflict. He praised Roosevelt s handling of the treaty and blamed jingoes for the agitation.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Japan
Buncombe
Robley D. Hvans
Siberia
Russia
Evans
California
United States
Roosevelt
Attempted to Kill Family in Waterloo Domestic Tragedy
In Waterloo Iowa on March 6 Winston Bucknell killed his sister Frances Miller aged 1 and attempted to kill his mother in law Mrs Frederick Batziass after a quarrel over property division. Bucknell was captured by citizens after the failed attempt and threats were made against him.
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Waterloo
Ida
Winston Bucknell
Frances Miller
Frederick Batziass
Green Vesterday
Bucknell
Lyooh
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