Happenings In Brief From Across The Globe
Senator Bailey of Texas denounces protective tariff as unfair in a two day Senate speech. Senator Smith of Michigan defends a Detroit negro in Washington police court. Sen La Follette proposes data on duties by US Germany and France. Dolliver and Nelson attack tariff duties as too high. Liberian commission members to sail from New York to study conditions in Liberia after conference with Taft. Cummins proposes income tax to raise 40 million. Taft orders Wickersham to investigate Harriman railroad charges.
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Bailey
Texas
Senate
Senator Smith
Michigan
Detroit
Washington
la Follette
United States
Germany
France
Dolliver
Iowa
Nelson
Minnesota
Liberian Commission
New York
Africa
Negro Republic
Taft
Cummins
Iowas
Wickersham
Harriman
Utah
Notable Early 1900s Honors and Political Moves
Raymond L. May of Evansville Indiana receives a Carnegie Medal for saving a boy. Opera star Mme Olive Fremstad among 200 guests who fled a Battery Park Asheville hotel fire in scant attire. Harvey W. Scott rejects ambassadorship to Mexico in a letter to Taft. Robert Waterborn resigns as New York immigration commissioner. Joseph Murray acts as commissioner. Mrs Matthew T Scott of Bloomington elected president general of the DAR. Yung Kwai forecasts China will have self rule in ten years. Roland P Falkner takes Liberian commission chair and member.
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Raymond L. May
Evansville
Ind
Mme
Olive Fremstad
Opera Star
Battery Par
Asheville
N. C
Harvey W. Scott
Portland
Ore
Mexico
Taft
Robert Waterborn
New York
Joseph Murray
Matthew T. Scott
Bloomington
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Yung Kwai
China
United States
Roland P. Falkner
Liberian Commission
International and Domestic Dispatches From Washington and Abroad
Multiple early 20th century items report changes in diplomacy military commands and society figures. Thomas C Dawson travels from Bogota to Washington for a conference before going to Santiago while Captain Cowles moves from Kentucky to Kansas. Mrs Matthew Scott presides over D A R meetings and Dudley Loomis remains missing since March 13 in Rio de Janeiro. Major General Duvall assumes command in the Philippines as Elliott Northcott is confirmed minister to Colombia. Former Harvard director Goodale resigns, Roosevelt hunts big game in Africa, and ex-judge Gordon is arrested in Spokane for embezzlement.
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Thomas C. Dawson
United States of Colombia
Chile
Bogota
Washington
Santiago
W. C. Cowles
Kentucky
Kansas
Matthew Scott
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Board of the Management
Southampton
Rio Janeiro
England
Calvin P. Titus
Fourteenth Infantry
Pekin
St. Louis
Holy Ghost
Senate
George Lincoln Goodale
Harvard University
Botanical Garden
Roosevelt
Mombasa
M. J. Gordon
Great Northern Railroad Company
Spokane
Wash
Automobiles hit by train kill one, injure four in Illinois
A Pon tiac merchant A B Rennie and four companions were killed or wounded when their car was struck by a train near Elmhurst Illinois. The list included several unnamed individuals and the collision shocked local officials.
Taft Addresses Grant Birthday Dinner in Philadelphia
President Taft, keynote speaker at the Grant birthday dinner of the Union League in Philadelphia, praises Ulysses S. Grant as man soldier and chief executive. The event draws 2000 at receptions and a 300-seat banquet, with Gen. Frederick Dent Grant and P C Knox among speakers.
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Knox
Maj. Gen
Frederick Dent Grant
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
W. H. Taft
Grant
Union League
Taft
Gen. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Horace Porter
New York
Gov. Stewart
Pennsylvania
Reyburn
James F. Hope
Union League Club
P. C. Knox
The
Americas Republican Club
U. S. Grant
New York City
Wickersham
Union League Club of
Brooklyn
Customs Receipts Rise at New York Port in 1908-09
Customs receipts at the New York port for the 249 working days of the 1908-09 fiscal year show a rise over the same period in 1907-08. Total duties collected amount to 164,187,532 dollars versus 161,647,385 dollars in 1907-08, while 1906-07 totals were 185,528,296 dollars. Officers note revival of import trade began after the national election.
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New York City
Eleven Men Killed by Explosion Aboard Italian Sub Foca
An explosion on board the Italian submarine Foca in Naples killed eleven sailors and wounded eleven others, authorities said. Investigators opened a probe into the blast aboard the vessel.
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Naples
Foca
Keystone State Jets and Legal Notices Across Towns
William F. Bott was sentenced to 30 months for bigamy after marrying Mary Brown in Cleveland under the name Barclay Butler. In Canonsburg oil leasing activity follows a successful producer on the McCandless lot. Tony Pilligrino of Bishop received a Black Hand threat demanding 500 with death as the alternative and police guard his home. Altoona reports a 44 locomotive order for Juniata shops. Harrisburg notes Gov. Stuart recalls a death warrant for Staney Marca vitch and a pending pardon commutation review.
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Homestead
William F. Bott
Mary Brown
Cleveland
Barclay
Canonsburg
Tony Pilligrino
Pilligrino
Harrisburg
Gov
Stuart
Northumberland
Staney Marcavitch
Board of Pardons
Johnson and O'Brien To Meet In Six Round Fight
Pittsburg reports a heavyweight bout scheduled for May 19 in Philadelphia between champion Jack Johnson and challenger Jack O'Brien. The purse is set at $5,000 with a $2,000 forfeit posted by O'Brien in New York to be covered by Johnson.
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Liberia
New York
Niagara River
Jack Johnson
Jack O’brien
Philadelphia
Canada
Detroit
Turkey
Constantinople
Mercer
James Boyle
Willie Whitla
James W. van Cleave
St. Louis
Citizens’ Industrial Alliance
Pittsburg
O'Brien
Johnson
Local Hero Recalls Carnegie Award for Drowning Rescue
Louis Lamedo of Williamsport earned a Carnegie Hero Fund Commission award for rescuing several young men from drowning. He received a silver medal and $500 in cash for the act.
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Williamsport
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Louis Lamada
Woman in Whitla kidnapping case offered vaudeville work
Sharon, Mrs Jas H Boyle, linked to the Billy Whitla kidnaping case, has a proposed vaudeville contract with an eastern syndicate offering 500 dollars weekly for afternoon and evening shows. Prosecutors doubt she can accept. trial slated for Tuesday May 4.
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Sharon
Jas. H. Boyle
Billy Whitla
Powers, Star Catcher for Philadelphia, Dies at 46
Maurice Powers, famed Philadelphia American League catcher and popular figure, died in a hospital on Monday April 26 from gangrene poisoning. A Holy Cross graduate who studied medicine at Notre Dame, he began his pro career in 1898 in Louisville.
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Philadelphia
Maurice Powers
Philadelphia American League Baseball Club
Holy Cross
Notre Dame
Louisville
Waynesburg Brewing Co Closes Amid Ice Shortage
In Waynesburg the court refused to license the Waynesburg Brewing Co causing an ice famine. Directors ordered immediate closure and disposal of stock by May 1. Storage houses were locked and production halted as beer flowed away and boilers were drawn. The brewery was the county’s sole ice maker.
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Waynesburg
Waynesburg Brewing Co
Brewing Company
Anthracite Talks Move Toward New Operator Offer
The tri district union miners meet in Scranton to review the latest proposition from mine operators. The three anthracite executive boards and National President Lewis debated the operators offer and five amendments were accepted by the employers.
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Scranton
Lewis
Deer leaps over freight train near White Haven station
A full grown buck chased by dogs leaped over a moving Lehigh Valley freight train near Hickory Run and White Haven. The dash to escape ended with the deer landing on the river bank, staggering, then regaining its feet and swimming away while the pursuing dogs were halted by the train.
Adjutant General Issues Shoes Buy Plan for Guardsmen
Harrisburg Adjutant General Stewart announces arrangements for purchasing army regulation russet shoes by the National Guard. Guardsmen may pay the cost and keep the shoes after encampment under the new orders.
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Harrisburg
Stewart
National Guard
Pittsburg Vote Rejects Petition Against Franchise in Perpetuity
Seventy-eight people gathered for a mass meeting in Pittsburg and, by a 45 to 33 vote, decided not to petition Governor Stuart to veto the new school code, framed as a franchise in perpetuity benefiting the book trust.
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Pittsburg
Stuart
Book Trust
Exclusive Club Dinner Tale From J M Barrie
A dinner party recounts J M Barrie recalling joining the Athenaeum and seeking the smoking room. An elderly man with white hair, long isolated, asks Barrie to dine with him, revealing Barrie is the first member to speak to him in 30 years.
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Athenaeum
J. M. Barrie
Athenaeum Club
Bellman
Cats Ancient and Modern Span Across Eras
Experts debate the origin of the domestic cat with ancient Romans and Greeks misidentified as a weasel like ailurus. The mummified Egyptian cat is genuine though its teeth differ from modern cats. A cat census in Osaka finds 54,389 owned by 48,222 families and 5,696 homeless cats with no cats in plague areas.
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Europe
Koch
Germany
Osaka
Origin of America's Name Curiosity and German Link
Professor Penck notes that America likely bears a German name from Waldseemüller who first labeled the new world after Amerigo Vespucci. He suggests Columbus would have been fairer, and observes Vespucci’s German family name despite Italian roots. The name may loosely mean rich in corn, if interpreted via German roots.
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America
Waldseemueller
Brazil
Florentine
Amerigo Vespucci
New World
Columbus
A Hat Store Dash Sparks Story of Magnetic Hat
A hurried woman fleeing a hat shop crashes into a friend. She reveals a scene of temptation with a magnetic girl inside who might have coerced her into buying an oversized hat with a cherry tree, had she not run.
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Nick
Markets Report Across Cities With Grain and Livestock Prices
New York on call rates steady at 14 2 percent with mercantile paper at 3 4 percent. Grain and livestock prices quoted for Minnesota and Ohio markets including wheat at 1.40, corn 79 to 84 cents, oats 58 to 58 1 2 cents, cattle veals 7 dollars, sheep 5 to 6 60, hogs 7 60 to 7 75, various regional prices for Cleveland Toledo Buffalo Pittsburg including cattle hogs and sheep entries.
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New York
Prime Mercantile Paper
Sterling Exchange
Minnesota
Cleveland
York State
Practical Fashions Paris Pattern No 2875
Pattern in seven sizes for a dove gray mercerized poplin dress with a gray cotton net guimpe. Describes fabric yardage by width for a 36 bust and outlines how to order by sending 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address and size.
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Paris
Child's low necked dress pattern request
The newspaper notes the Pattern Department offers a pattern for a child's low necked dress. It promises details on size and pattern number upon inquiry.
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Child
Men admire clever women yet marry the silly ones
The saying notes a recurring contrast where men praise wit in women but end up choosing less sensible partners, highlighting a common social pattern involving attraction and judgment.
Rivalry Over a Woman Attracts Two Suitors
A young solicitor and a young doctor court the same woman named Her in a tale of rivalry. The solicitor probes with hypothetical questions while the doctor offers gentle physical care, raising questions of who truly leads.
Visitors Cited as Toughest Part of Prison Life
A convict remarks that visitors are the hardest aspect of life behind bars, while an unnamed question from a reader prompts the exchange.
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Washington News
General News
A. B. Rennie
Pontiac
Lil
Elmhurst
Beirut
Adana
Adele Boas
Boston
International Kindergarten Union
Buffalo
Admiral Ijichi
Peru
Yale Corporation
Henry L. Wilson
Belgium
State Department
Ronald Ramsay
Cer Dalhousie
J. C. Maybray
Des Moines
J. J. McCann
Lord” Barrington
Eagle
Missisippi River
New Orleans
N. D. North
Nagle
E. Dana Durand
Asiatic Turkey
Hal Chase
Augusta
Francis Joseph
Count Andrassy
Flower Hospital
York
New York City Railway Company
Cooper Union
Gov. Willson
Taylor
Finley
John Powers
Holland Whittaker
John Davis
Zach
Steele
Goebel
Theodore Roosevelt
U.S. Grant
Port of
Birmingham
Ala
J. M. Jones
Eastlake
Keystone State Jets
Butler
McCandless
Altoona
Juniata Locomotive Shops
Pennsylvania Railroad
Juniata
Toledo
Guimpe
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