Taft-backed Reciprocity Move Divides Democratic Caucus
President Taft and lawmakers in Washington pushed a Canadian reciprocity plan. Democratic caucus members debated commitments to constituents and majority rulings as they charted support. The outcome suggested strong passage with a large party majority.
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Fed
House
Puyo Broussart
Louisiana
Vwoebb
Carolina
Hammond
Glass
Champ Clark
Mia
Underwood of
Hardy
Tex Cullen
Indiana
Call to deny annexation and loosen ties with Britain
A political plea urges Sir Wilfrid Laurier to resist reciprocity with the United States and withdraw from Great Britain. The piece warns that independence and self respect would be endangered by closer links to the U S and foresees losses in timber, mines, and forest lands. It frames the decision as Canada’s fate under Sir John A Macdonald and empire builders.
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Great Britain
New York
Canada
John A MacDonald
Canucks Fear Integrity Of Yankees Trade Controversy
Edith Paper questions Laurier about preventing a trade agreement and warns that Sir Wilfrid Laurier could face political peril if he opposes the deal. The piece labels the offer as a cunning trap and suggests Canada’s national future hangs on parliamentary votes.
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Edith
Laurier
Mestrea Fen
Nd Lan
Mon Star
L United Ane
Canada
Willam
Wilfrid
Plague Report Spurs Siberian Trade Halt Orders
The report describes a fast spreading plague moving from Manuria toward Europe with hundreds of millions at risk. The Russian government weighs stopping railroad trade into western Siberia and Manchuria as soldiers reinforce actions. Grave diggers are ordered to assist authorities in affected regions.
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St Petersburg
Manuria
Europe
Itban
Trate Ratkala
Siberia
Manchuria
Disappearance Report From Bermuda Atlantic Steamer
A patient from a sanitarium who traveled with Ni cola, head of a sanitarium, vanished from the Bermuda Atlantic steamship Orvaba 45 as it neared New York harbor after sailing from Bermuda last Saturday. The incident involved a nervous trouble case and occurred near port.
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New York
Nicola
Sanitariu
Artboro
Mass
Bermuda
Orvaba
Best friend accused in fatal stabbing in Jackson County
Andrew Harrison, 22, died at Mercy hospital after being stabbed in the throat by his best friend Babe Anglin at a galoon. Both Kentucky fans from Jackson County, the men reportedly fought over a bar dispute and Anglin was arrested on murder charges.
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Hamilton
Anglin
Andrew Harrison
Mercy Hospital
Kentucky
Jackson County
Harrison
Nine Men Perish by Powder Explosion and Political Notes
A powder explosion claims nine lives including Tennessee’s young senator elect Tee Lea. Davis Elkins of West Virginia is also mentioned as a thirty-year-old appointee, while the piece reviews Lea’s lineage, Sewanee law background, and his independent, prohibitionist stance amid Tennessee politics and gubernatorial alignments.
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Tee Lea
Tennessee
Senate
Vce
Davis Elkins
West Virginia
Mr Lea
Nashville
Tenesean
Cartiack
Etter
Coopera Tew
Patterson
Lea
Leat
Ile
Trovernor Hooper
Powder factory wrecked in Ishpeming explosion kills nine
An explosion at Piute Powder companys factory south of Ishpeming Michigan killed nine men who worked in the gelatine building. One man is missing believed blown to pieces and another injured. Names of the nine dead include Michael OConnor foreman Joseph J Riper Thomas Riper Robert Askew George Wahlberg Justin Joran Charles Kemp. The missing man is Andrew Mattison.
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Offiials
Michael O'Connor
Joseph J Riper
Thomas Riper
Robert Askew
Edward
George Woodward
George Wahlberg
Justin
Joran
Charles Kemp
Andrew Mattison
Foreman O
Juarez Reinforcements Rise as Orozco Eludes Capture
Reports from El Paso indicate federal and insurgent forces concentrate around Juarez while rebel leader Pascual Orozco remains missing. Juarez has been reinforced, with claims he faced shortages of food and water for his troops. Reinforcements reportedly travel from Chihuahua and the south and east to aid the Juarez garrison as bridges are repaired and bandits vanish from nearby towns.
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Pascual Orozco
Juarez
Robage
Tery Orozco
el Paso
Orozco
Chihuahua
Juares
Hima Bunjas
Galleno
Montezuma
Ialiego
Chihuahu
Rosales
Jose Aranes
Jesus Orarias
Jefe Politio San Jove
Angel Robles
Sinalo
London Census Boycott Prompts Freedom League Action
The article notes a London protest urging a census boycott. Activist group members, led by Mrs Crapard, address a meeting at an unspecified venue in April. The statement calls for obstructing enumerators during the census.
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London
Mra Crapard
Wonen
Freedom Leauge
Four Die in Utah Mine Uprising Suppressed
A violent clash at a Kenilworth Utah coal mine left four men dead two fatally wounded and several others injured as authorities crushed the uprising led by Greek miners amid fearful clashes and gunfire.
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Salt Lake City
Kenilworth
Carbon Outy
Utah
Evers
Gas Explosion in Cottage Basement Kills Two in Carpenteraville
A gas explosion in a cottage basement in Carpenteraville on February to injure about a dozen people and fatally kill two men. Fire officials say the blast caused extensive damage and emergency crews responded quickly to the scene.
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Carpenteraville
Death of Springfield inventor William N Whiteley at 76
Dead Springfield Feb 7 William N Whiteley 76 inventor of the champion reaper mower and self binder died after a week long illness kidney trouble. He started in the 500 with Jerome Fossier and Oliver Kelly joined forces built a vast plant second to Krupp gun works, employing thousands. The plant was later sold to Charien W Veirbrenks.
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Springfield
William N. Whiteley
Jerome Fossier
Oliver
Kelly
Krupp
Whiteley
Reverees
Charien W. Veirbrenks
Vivien Goulds Wedding Outing Marred by Threats
Miss Vivien Gould daughter of Mr and Mrs George Gould will wed Lord Decies at St Bartholomews Church this afternoon. Police guard her car to the ceremony and additional officers will encircle the Gould home amid threats against the groom.
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Vivien Gould
George Gould
St. Bartholomew's Church
Lord Decies
England
Goulds
Miss Gould
O'Conser
East Fifty-first Street
Hughes
East Sixty-seventh Street
Gould
Leré Dectes
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