Washington Notes and Capitol Happenings Cache
The article notes political maneuvers in Congress opposing a coffee duty and a proposed constitutional amendment to move inauguration day from March 4 to April 30. It mentions a bust of Fairbanks in the Senate, Espinoza visiting Knox, and Treasury figures citing McKinley assassination costs. Taft engages with insurgents without stating a position.
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Washington
Congress
Vic
Fairbanks
Senate
Hobart
Henry
Texas
Cannon
United States
Espinoza
Nicaragua
Knox
Treasury Department
McKinley
Taft
Roosevelts Subpoena Ties to Old Scandal and Notables
Former President Roosevelt is served with a subpoena in a case linked to the Facts and Fancies scandal. Indicted P. J. Kieran, ex-president of Fidelity Fandr g Co of New York, faces embezzlement and larceny charges in Pittsburgh. Robert O. Bailey becomes private secretary to Treasury Secretary Franklin Mac Veagh, a Washington News veteran. Mayor Arthur C. Harper of Los Angeles resigns amid recall controversy. Taft joins the Optimist Club of America. William Childs, wandering across the country, is cured in Milwaukee by a camera flash. Harry Selfridge opens a London department store on the American plan. Mrs. T. P. O Connor arrives to push Irish Industries society depot plans.
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Roosevelt
P. J. Kieran
Fidelity Fandr>g Company
New York
Pittsburge
Robert O. Bailey
Washington
Franklin MacVeagh
the Treasury
Mr. Bailey
Leena
National Capital
Arthur C. Harper
Los Angeles
Cal
Taft
Optimist Club of America
William Childs
Milwaukee
Harry Selfridge
Chicago
London
T. P. O'Connor
Irish Industries Society
Roosevelt remark cited amid campaign banner pride and timing
A young man claimed to carry a Roosevelt banner in two campaigns and hopes for the honor again as time will tell. The miners conference at Philadelphia adjourned without agreement and a strike is anticipated. Other brief items include a long-running card duel ending in Wallace’s final win, a large family with multiple children, a Kentucky runaway injury, and regional political developments in Central America and Nebraska.
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Roosevelt
Philadelphia
John W. Wallace
D. W. Lazelle
Mancelona
Mich
Wallace
John Davers
Guy
Willson
Kentucky
Robert M. Lyman
New York
Frankfort
Aso
Soya
Honolulu
Isoe
Japan Navy
San Francisco
Seattle
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Honduras
Guatemala
Salvador
Costa Rica
Central America
Brinkley
Ark
Kingdon Gould
George Gould
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Nebraska Senate
United Mine Workers of America
Terre Haute
Ind
W. P. Rolliza
Linton
Murder mystery linked to three arrests in Washington
Police in Washington arrest three negroes including a man who pawned a dead man's watch in a bid to solve the Walter F. Schultz murder near Alexandria Virginia. The report ties a string of crimes and investigations across the country from Vincennes to Georgia with various political and legal developments.
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Washington
Walter F. Shultz
Chicago
Alexandria
Vincennes
Ind
Boston
Judge Wright
John Mitchell
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
American Railway Engineering & Maintenance of Way Association
Palermo
Sicily
Petrosino
New York Police Department
Cornell
Cornell University
Krasnoyarsk
Yeniseisk
Siberia
Turukhansk
Urry Jones
Muscatine
Col. Davidson
Edward
Great Brita
Liberia
Republic
West Africa
Salvador
Nicaragua
William F. Maines
Rhode Island Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
John D. Rockefeller
C. A. Culver
Beloit College
United States
Zelaya
Emery
James Christiansen
Utah
Grays
Fitzgerald
John B. Porter
Army
Philippines
George M. Dunn
Judge Advocate of the
Omaha
Interstate Commerce Commission
Philadelphia
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Justice Gould
Buck Stove & Range Company
Dayton
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forest Service
Cooper
Nashville
Tenn
State Bank
Baldwin
Wis
Arkansas House
Boult-Whittington
At Springs
Fairmount
W. Va
Georgia Division
The
United, Daughters of the Confederacy
Andersonville
Wirz
Taft Urges Congress to Revise Tariff Act
President Taft asks Congress to convene an extra session to revise the Dingley tariff due to changed production and business conditions and to address revenue shortfalls. He cites a $100,000,000 yearly deficit by July and urges swift, thorough action on a new tariff bill.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
William H. Taft
White House
Hegeman Must Stand Trial in Perjury Case
The New York Court of Appeals upheld that John R. Hegeman, president of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., must face trial for perjury over alleged misstatements in the 1905 Metropolitan Life annual report filed with the state insurance superintendent. He was arrested in February 1908 on perjury and forgery warrants. The appellate division had orders for release.
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Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
John R. Hegeman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Metropolitan Life
State Superintendent of Insurance
Hegeman
New York
First Department
Jerome
African Fly Campaign Aims to Fight Sleeping Sickness
New York City. James Ricalton, noted faunal naturalist and entomologist, sails for Africa to launch a campaign against sleeping sickness. He carries a camera with a special lens and shutter to photograph the fly spreading the pest. He previously hunted in South Africa during the Boer War.
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New York City
James Ricalton
Africa
Ricalton
South Africa
Warships to Keep Peace in Central America
Washington reports the administration plans to keep three U S war vessels on the western coast to maintain order amid unsettled conditions in Central America for an unspecified period.
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Washington, D. C
Central America
Must Not Call Man a Liar in Georgia Court Ruling
Georgia court of appeals holds that calling a man a liar breaches the peace and can provoke a fight. The decision outlines the potential consequences of such statements under state law.
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Atlanta
Georgia
State Court of Appeals
Wages Cut At Pennsylvania Steel Co
Pennsylvania Steel Co announces a about ten percent wage reduction effective April 1 for its 6090 employees as operations resume to normal business conditions. Vice President W W Reynders cites tariff considerations and demand weakness as the cause and urges lawful cooperation to regain orders and competitiveness.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Steel Co
W. W. Reynders
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Weston Starts Long Walk to San Francisco
Edward Payson Weston the 71 year old walker began a 4300 mile trek from New York City toward San Francisco. Postmaster Morgan sent him off with a greeting message as thousands cheered in City Hall Park. Weston will pass through Troy Buffalo Pittsburg and Chicago on the way west and aims to reach the Pacific coast by July 8.
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New York City
Edward Payson Weston
New York
San Francisco
Weston
Morgan
City Hall Park
Seventh Regiment
Troy
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Strike of French Telegraphers Paralyzes Post Offices
Paris reports a general strike of post office telegraphers declared after a meeting of 5,000 members of the General Association of Post Telegraph Employees. The vote was unanimous and all telegraphic bureau operators were ordered to withdraw. Less than a third of railway mail clerks reported for duty.
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Paris
France
Post Office Department
General Association of Post-Telegraph Employes
Ethel Barrymore Marries in Hyde Park Ceremony
Actress Ethel Barrymore and Russell Griswold Colt of Bristol Rhode Island married at the rectory of the Most Precious Blood Church in Hyde Park Boston. Colt is the son of Col Samuel Pomeroy Colt longtime president of United States Rubber Co. The couple wed while Barrymore was appearing in Lady Frederick at Hollis street theater.
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Boston
Mass
Ethel Barrymore
Frederick
Hollis Street
Russell Griswold Colt
Bristol
R. I
Samuel Pomeroy Colt
United States Rubber Co
Congress Re-Elects Cannon Speaker in Stormy Session
In a stormy session the House re elected Joseph G Cannon as speaker on the 15th after amending several rules. The Senate had little action aside from swearing in Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin.
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Washington
Cannon
House
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Senate
Wages Cut Planned at Sparrows Point Plant
Maryland Steel Co. announces a 10 percent wage reduction across all divisions at Sparrows Point in Baltimore. The cut takes effect on April 1 as directed by a company official.
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Baltimore
Sparrows Point
Maryland Steel Co
Smallpox Epidemic Reported at Guatemala Frontier
An epidemic of smallpox is said to prevail in northern Guatemala. Hundreds of villagers along the Mexican frontier are affected.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Guatemala
Favors Locke Idea in Panama Canal
Washington report by Lieut Col George W Goethals chairing the Isthmian Canal Commission defends a lock canal at Panama over sea level, arguing time and money savings. He reviews canal history, cites estimates: lock canal total about 375.2 million, sea level about 563 million including sanitation and government costs.
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Washington, D. C
Panama
George W. Goethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
Col. Goethals
United States
Congress
Board of Consulting Engineers
Revolt erupts in Cuban Republic near Vueltas uprising
In early days after Gen. Gomez’s inauguration a small armed uprising broke out near Vueltas in Santa Clara province. A sergeant and seven men plus rural guard members and peasants fled to the woods as troops pursue them. The Libera l Miguelista factions show broad discontent over office distribution.
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Havana
Cuba
Gomez
Vueltas
Santa Clara
Monteagudo
Placetas
Lavastida
Richardo
Bowling record set at ninth international tourney
In Pittsburg Mrs. M. Kern and her daughter Miss Bertie of St. Louis set a new world record in the doubles events with a 1 024 score, surpassing the 964 by Mrs. Null and Mrs. Resskopf from Cincinnati last year, though the team did not finish in the top ten.
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Pittsburg
American Bowling Congress
M. Kern
Bertie
St. Louis
Matador's Quiet Valor and the White Bull's Hard Test
In Maud Howe Elliott's Sun and Shadow in Spain a mata dor recalls a gentle view of bull fighters. She records the matador’s claim of 3,500 bulls killed and the white bull that shuffled after him like a dog, a hardest foe to kill, while he speaks of fear and nerve.
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Maud Howe Elliott
Spain
Don Jose Villegas
The Tax of the Insect
The article states that crop losses from nationwide insect ravages last year reached about 800 million dollars, with total agricultural damage near one billion dollars when including cereals, forage, forests, and forest products. C. L. Bartlett notes crop value around eight billion, inflationary pressures from pests.
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Panama Canal
C. L. Bartlett
Woman's Dress as Compensation for Social Disadvantages
The Ladies' Friend argues that dress is a key compensation for women facing social limits. A gown must harmonize with surroundings, as overdressing can ruin beauty and social impact. individuality in dress is essential for women to honor society and time.
Clara Morris Debunks Husbands as Head of Home
Clara Morris declares in the Housekeeper for October that the husband is not the head of the house, merely a courtesy title. She asserts the wife and mother are the home’s true existence and the sun of domestic happiness.
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Clara Morris
Remedies for Open Cut Heal Wounds with Alum Water and Rosin
The article prescribes home remedies for an open cut. Apply alum water twice daily and use powdered rosin as a healing aid. Pound the rosin in a clean mortar until pulverized, sift onto the wound from a sterilized pepper pot, cover with a soft cloth, and occasionally wet with cold water to prevent inflammation and soreness.
High-Priced Havana Cigars Exhibit in London Show
Havana cigars priced at five dollars each were displayed at a London tobacco exposition highlighting premium imports and notable demand among enthusiasts and retailers.
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Havana
The Markets Quiet on New York Currency and Commodities
In New York on March 17 money markets show cash easy at 1 to 2 percent. Sterling exchange at 4 88.20 for demand. Government bonds steady. Grain and provisions show Minnesota patent flour at 5.60 to 6.00. Wheat No 2 red at 1.24 percent elevator. Corn No 2 white 74 cents. Oats 57 to 58 1/4. Hay steady. Cattle weak. Sheep steady at 4.00 to 6.00 with lambs at 8.05.
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New York
Sterling Exchange
Minnesota
Grain and livestock price report from multiple cities
Market notes from Cleveland Toledo Buffalo and Pittsburg dated March 17 list prices for flour wheat corn oats butter cheese eggs potatoes hay cattle sheep and hogs. Prices show ranges for new crop and cash bids across regions with steers calves hogs and lambs detailed by quality.
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Pittsburg
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