Washington Notes From the Taft Era
A tariff bill partial print aims to cut lumber duties by half and add hides to the free list while projecting 350 million dollars in extra revenue. The senate may probe alleged election-buying by Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin as the house debates the tariff. Taft cabinet confirmed with oath taken by most members. MacVeagh and Dickinson yet to swear in. The house adjourns to March 15 as cabinet selection emphasizes geographic balance. A secret service report cites no permanent legal authority. Senate honors Fairbanks with silver service and a loving cup. Beveridge likens Roosevelt to Washington and Lincoln. Ohio House moves to state constitution amendment for initiative and referendum. Wright brothers receive gold medals for aerial navigation achievements.
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Wisconsin
House
Taft
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United States Senate
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Beveridge
Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln
Ohio House of Representatives
Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright
Notable Trials and Political Moves Highlight Era News
Charles E Brown of Danville stands trial in federal court for counterfeiting. John W Fisher once a Buffalo lawyer and politician receives Auburn prison term for first degree grand larceny involving 2500 dollars stolen from Cheektowaga. Theodore Roosevelt plans a March 23 Hamburg voyage for an Africa hunt and European visits. Isaac Stephenson narrowly wins Wisconsin US Senate seat after weeks of deadlock. Former Vice President Fairbanks returns to Indianapolis amid greetings.
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Charles E. Brown
Danville
John W. Fisher
Buffalo
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Auburn
Cheektowaga
Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Hamburg
Isaac Stephenson
United States
Wisconsin
Bankers’ discrepancy eyed at Western penitentiary
Convicted bankers and prisoners at the Western Penitentiary of Pennsylvania investigate a $26,000 discrepancy in prison accounts. Nine tornado deaths reported in Arkansas with Brinkley ruins set ablaze after the storm. Capt. Fitzhugh denounces Carmack slayers as state arguments begin.
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Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Brinkley
Fitzhugh
Carmack
West
Chicago
Delavan Smith
Charles R. Williams
Panama
E. H. Harriman
Tucson
Ariz
Mexiczen
Joseph B. Kealing
United States
Indianapolis
Rath
Otto C. Heinze
New York
Omaha
Immense immigrant influx and political notes across 1909
The era shows a flood of immigration with 1,500 arrivals on the steamer Romania into Boston the largest in 16 months. Gov. Haskell and others face March 15 plea deadlines for Muskogee town lot cases. Snowden H. Fairall dies in Iowa City a longtime Iowa lawmaker. Roosevelt taft era vignettes include church visits and praise from Rev. Holmes.
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Court of St. James
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Romania
Mediterranean
Charles N. Haskell
Muskogee
Federal Grand Jury
Vinita
Snowden H. Fairall
Iowa City
Iowa House
Senate
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Taft
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Theodore Roosevelt
John Haynes Holmes
New York
Walter F. Schultz
Chicago
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Washington
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Detroit
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Des Moines
Elton Baldwin
Saugatuck
Mich
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Tenn
Rockwell
Tex
Fred Parker
Brookfield
William H. Bishop
Jones
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Wilkesbarre
Mathews
Collier
Sagatuck
Andrew Layton
Beloit
Wis
E. B. Cochems
University of Wisconsin
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Victor Emanuel
William Marconi
London
Berlin
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Great Britain
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Magdalena Bay
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Thomas S. Stone
White House
Charles D. A. Loeffler
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The
Treasury
Cortelyou
Brinkley Tornado Leaves City in Ruins and Casualties
A devastating tornado struck Brinkley Arkansas on Monday night killing about thirty people and injuring around sixty with extensive property loss estimated at one million dollars. Main street and Cypress avenue were blocked by wreckage. several hotels were destroyed while the Roman Catholic church survived. Relief squads worked through the day as another tornado near Little Rock caused six deaths and eight injuries.
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Brinkley
Ark
Main Street
Cypress Avenue
Arlington Hotel
Brinkley Hotel
Southern Hotel
Kelley Hotel
Little Rock
Severe Snow Sweeps Midwestern States With Delays
A series of winter storms hit western states and the upper Midwest. Winona Minnesota reports 14 inches of snow paralyzing telegraph and telephone lines and halting streetcars. Wisconsin and Michigan towns report heavy snow and train delays. Des Moines Iowa records six inches and stalled rail service with the Iowa cat seed special stuck near Waterloo.
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Winona
Minn
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Marinette
Iron Mountain
Mich
Des Moines
Jta
Iowa
Cyclone devastates Cuthbert area killing and injuring many
A cyclone ripped through northwestern Cuthbert last night destroying 75 to 100 dwellings and business houses, killing six Black residents and injuring about 30 others. About 30 freight cars on the railroad were wrecked in the disaster. No white fatalities reported.
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Cuthbert
Heavy Downpour Threatens Montgomery Alabama
North Montgomery residents abandon homes as floodwaters rise leaving streets impassable. In the Grand theatre flooding causes heavy damage while the Advertiser building suffers $1,000 in water damage to papers and press room amid widespread power outages and waterlogged business district.
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Montgomery
Ala
Grand Theatre
Dexter Avenue
Advertiser
Aldermen Approve 300000 for Hudson Fulton Celebration
New York City officials allocate 300000 for the Hudson Fulton celebration scheduled next September. Herman Ridder testified before the Aldermen urging the appropriation.
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New York City
Hudson-Fulton
Herman Ridder
Less Ice on Great Lakes Signals Change this Winter
Detroit reports to the local weather bureau that ice on all Great Lakes is lighter than on the same date last year. Green Bay ice remains firmer with less honeycomb structure than last year, suggesting a cooler subset of conditions.
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Detroit
Mich
United States Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Green Bay
Missouri Judge Rules Rail Rates Are Confiscatory
Judge McPherson of the U S district court in Kansas City ruled the Missouri two cent fare and maximum freight rate statutes are not remunerative for 18 lines. He found deficits or minimal earnings across major railroads and predicted a quick return to three cent fares in Missouri.
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McPherson
United States District Court
Missouri
State of
St. Louis
Hannibal
Burlington
Rock Island
Clinton
Springfield
Great Western
San Francisco
Santa Fe
Wheat Corn and Oats on Hand March First 1909
Washington report from the Department of Agriculture shows March 1 stocks: wheat 145,692,000 bushels 21.6 percent of 1908 crop, corn 1,047,763,000 bushels 39.3 percent, oats 278,847,000 bushels 34.6 percent. Comparisons with 1907 crop on hand and ten year averages are given for each grain.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Missouri Supreme Court Rehearing Denied in Ouster Suit
Missouri supreme court overruled motions by Standard Oil of Indiana and Republic Oil of Ohio for rehearing and modification. Waters-Pierce Oil Co. win upheld as Indiana and Ohio firms are expelled from Missouri while Waters-Pierce regains right to operate in the state with Standard Oil New Jersey owning 60 percent.
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Jefferson City
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Republic Oil Company of Ohio
Missouri Supreme Court
Waters-Pierce Oil Co
Missouri Company
Ohio
Missouri
Waters-Pierce Co
New Jersey
Man Found Slain in Chicago Doorway
Hugh Hopkins aged 37 son of J J Hopkins superintendent of stations South Side Elevated railroad was found slain in a doorway at 3703 Wentworth avenue Chicago Illinois police reported the grisly discovery.
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Chicago
Ill
Hugh Hopkins
J. J. Hopkins
South Side Elevated Railroad
Wentworth Avenue
Deputy Sheriff and Brother Killed in South Carolina
Deputy Sheriff W. F. Corbett and his brother Charles were killed at J. B. Palmer's house near Walhalla, Seneca. Reports say Corbett held a warrant for the arrest of one of Palmer's sons.
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Seneca, S. C
W. F. Corbett
Charles
J. B. Palmer
Walhalla
Corbett
Palmer
O F Piper to Testify in Mellon National Bank Case
In a habeas corpus proceeding an order directs O. F. Piper former cashier of the People's Bank of California now imprisoned to be brought to Washington to testify in the Mellon National Bank of Pittsburg versus the People's Bank of California. In Punxsutawney the Big Run school closed early as principals Homer Adams and Emma Brown wed at the bride’s home.
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Washington
O. F. Piper
People’s Bank of California
Western Penitentiary
Mellon National Bank of
State Treasurer Flags $38 Million Corporation Tax Shortfall
Harrisburg report says records show a considerable sum due the state. Treasurer Sheatz sends Attorney General Todd a balance statement from treasury books through 1907, totaling nearly 38,000,000 dollars in outstanding corporate tax accounts.
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Harrisburg
Sheatz
Todd
Treasury
Public meeting mobilizes $1500 cash and ongoing pledges for relief and work
At a Butler courthouse meeting led by Attorney Alexander Mitchell citizens gave $1500 in cash and pledged $505 monthly to fund work for the unemployed, with some funds to aid widows and orphans. They urged street cleaning paving and other improvements to provide immediate jobs. In Webster a hand to hand clash led Station Agent Mulford Snyder to shoot a burglar twice, the intruder wounded and a former Monongahela driver claimed unemployment.
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Butler
Alexander Mitchell
Webster
Mulford Snyder
Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad
Monongahela
Snyder
Centenarians Among 1908 Pennsylvania Deaths Reach A Century
Harrisburg records show 112 291 deaths in 1908 with ten people over 100. Two exceed 110 and one reaches 115. Seven of the ten were women. Birth origins include Pennsylvania Virginia Ireland Scotland and Hungary. Only one death linked to acute disease. State and empire comparisons noted for age 100 plus populations.
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State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Department of Health
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Ireland
Scotland
Hungary
A. D
Quarantine Order Tightens Pennsylvania Cattle Shipments
The state livestock sanitary board imposes a new quarantine on cattle and other ruminants from New York Michigan and Maryland. Sealed cars with federal veterinary inspection are required for imports. Hides skins and hoofs since January 1 are exempt from inspection. Dairy and breeding cattle require inspection and tuberculin test or state permit with post arrival inspection. Hay fodder may be shipped after inspection.
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Harrisburg
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Pennsylvania
New York
Michigan
Maryland
Fair local option bill defeated on second reading
Harrisburg report notes the Fair local option bill was defeated 137 to 66 in the house. Introduced by Representative Fair of Westmoreland County, it would have let electors in boroughs townships and wards vote on liquor sales. The chamber was packed with hundreds of supporters and opponents from across the state.
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Harrisburg
House of Representatives
Fair
Westmoreland County
George T Oliver Named Republican Senate Candidate
Harrisburg reports George Tener Oliver of Greater Pittsburgh was chosen by the joint caucus as the Republican candidate for the U S Senate to fill the Knox unexpired term. The caucus drew 204 of 212 Republican members. Oliver tally 200 votes, Scarlet 3, Niles 1, with unanimous nomination.
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Harrisburg
George Tener Oliver
Greater
Pittsburg
United States
Philander C. Knox
Taft
General Assembly
George T. Oliver
James Scarlet
Danville
Henry C. Niles
York
Napkins and Table Etiquette Through the Ages
The piece traces how napkins were first used by children in the fifteenth century and adopted by adults later. It notes changes in placement and handling, French vs English adoption, and historic folding shapes including birds, animals, and symbolic patterns from Pierre David’s 1650 guide in The Maistre d hostel.
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France
England
Pierre David
The
Holy Cross
Lorraine Cross
the Sunday Magazine
Bamboo for Paper Moves in Japan Reform Drive
Kobe Consul John H Snodgrass reports Japan fears a paper famine as bamboo forests in Formosa are eyed by Mitsubishi Kaisha. The plan covers 3000 cho over 7350 acres to convert timber into paper, potentially yielding up to 10 million bamboos annually. The Kaisha may build a mill in Formosa or ship partly finished product to Japan.
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Kobe
John H. Snodgrass
Japan
Paper Mills Department
Mitsubishi Kaisha
Toraku
Formosa
Drawing-room Exchange About Miss Watson
A clipped dialogue records a remark by Mr. Sark as the speaker greets Miss Watson in the drawing-room. Clara replies with a coy answer emphasizing the phrase that draws attention to the word that.
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Miss Watson
Fright Perfume and Hat Quip from Yonkers Statesman
A humorous exchange cites a woman asking about her new Merry Widow hat and explaining she threw it at a cat to frighten it. The Yonkers Statesman snippet presents a playful, lighthearted moment without further context.
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Merry Widow
Yonkers Statesman
Market Briefs From New York to Pittsburgh
Financial notes show call money easy at 1 to 2 percent with prime mercantile paper at 3 to 4 percent and sterling at 4.82 1/2 for demand. Regional grain, flour, wheat, corn, oats and livestock prices are listed for Cleveland Toledo Buffalo and Pittsburgh with ranges for cattle sheep hogs and lambs.
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Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Minnesota
Cleveland
York State
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