Taft Ends Canal Visit With New Orleans Festivities
President elect Taft closes his Isthmus trip aboard the North Carolina at Colon and prepares for New Orleans. Lt Col Goethals and the Montana accompany the party. Taft says progress meets expectations and engineers will report on completion plans. In New Orleans, Taft and Mrs Taft will attend the Elves of Oberon ball and a Friday banquet closes the visit.
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W. H. Taft
United States
North Carolina
New Orleans
Montana
Goethals
Taft
Washington
Gatun
William Howard Taft
Birmingham
General Newton
Cardinal to Attend Taft Dinner In New Orleans
Cardinal Gibbons left Baltimore for New Orleans to visit his brother and attend the dinner honoring President Elect Taft where he will deliver the invocation.
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Taft
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
New Orleans
Lillian Russell In The Shadow Of A Love Triangle
New York reports Edna McCauley and Jesse Lewisohn engaged while Broadway frets over Lillian Russell. Lewisohn has long supported the famous actress and financed her recent success. A Lewisohn race horse photo surfaces as talks of England nuptials stir the theatre world. Oscar Lewisohn is married to Enda May, a fellow footlights queen.
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Edna McCauley
Jesse Lewisohn
England
Broadway
Lillian Russell
Lewisohn
America
Oscar
Enda May
Miss McCauley
Convicted Russian Grafters Dismissed and Fined
In St Petersburg General Fredericks former governor of Nuzhni Novgorod was convicted of negligence and corruption in grain relief scandals. He received dismissal from service and a $5,000 fine. In Clinton Iowa W A Edwards husband and father of victims in the Iroquois theater fire died at age 58.
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Fredericks
Nuzhni- Novgorod
Clinton
W. A. Edwards
Skating Champs Meet Attracts County Amateurs In New York
In New York at St Nicholas rink tonight the pick of the country’s amateur skaters compete in half mile and one mile international championships and a special one mile Class A handicap race. Entrants include Edmund Lally and Lot Roe, with Fred Robson among others from Canada and Chicago rivals Clarence Creager Phil Kearney and O Bush of Montreal, plus Fisher Milwaukee and Anderson Rand.
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Eais
Edmund Lally
Lot Roe
Fred Robson
Canada
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Montreal
North America
Clarence Creager
Phil Kearney
Anderson
Rand
Chicago
Fisher
Milwaukee
Ahbothey
Duluth
Calhoun Bribery Trial Panel Reported Examined
In San Francisco on February 8 the ninth panel of talesmen from a total of 770 summoned is to be examined in the Patrick Calhoun bribery prosecution. Calhoun heads the United Railroads and is sued by Francis J. Heney.
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Cal
Patrick Calhoun
Terppted
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Calhoun
United Railroads
Francis J. Heney
Threatens 10 Drive Factories to Canada
Washington reports that American tariff experts expect France to update its tariff within a year, potentially discriminating against U S imports. The new French Canadian treaty would give Canada the minimum French tariff rates, prompting many American manufacturers to shift production across the border.
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France
United States
Canada
German Legation Officer Burned in Chile Fire
The charred body of Secretary Beckert of the German legation was found among the ruins of the burning legation in Santiago Chile on February 8.
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Chile
Beckert
Legation
Roosevelt Letter Glorifies Stanton On Japanese School Bill Fight
In Sacramento February 8, anti Japanese legislation tops the state legislature agenda. Two resolutions by Crewe L. Johnson would segregate Japanese in schools and residential areas. A dispatch quotes a presidential telegram praising Speaker Stanton for delaying action and upholding California's stance amid U S Japan tensions. The senate plans a debate on executive communications, with minority leaders poised to push a minority report.
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Cal
Crewe L. Johnson
Boards of Supervisors
Roosevelt
Japan
United States
Philip A. Stanton
Gillett
Stanton
California
Assembly
Senate
Committee On Executive Communications
A. B E. Campbell
Notie
California Governor urged to raise sixteen coast defense militia
Sacramento February 8 Governor Gillett reportedly received from the War Department in Washington a request to organize sixteen militia companies to be held in reserve for coast defense along the California coast.
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Sacramento
Cal
Gillett
War Department
Washington
Riot at Amoy Theatre Over Mourning Edict
A Chinese theater proprietor, a Spanish subject, was arrested for keeping his theater open against the imperial mourning edict. Rioting followed the raid, with several believed killed, until the proprietor was released by the French consul representing Spanish interests.
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Amoy
China
Sixteen Revolutionists Sentenced in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on February 8, sixteen of the total charged for a 1907 revolt in the garrison were condemned to penal servitude for terms from three to eight years. The nine civilians and fourteen soldiers faced the court proceedings.
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St. Petersburg
Preparations for King Edward Visit to Berlin Complete
Berlin reports that the welcoming arrangements for King Edward's four day stay in the city are finished. He will be greeted at the station by Emperor William the empress Crown Prince Frederick William and other royal family members. On Thursday he will tour Potsdam by automobile and place a wreath on his sister's tomb.
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Edward
Emperor William
Frederick William
Royal House
Potsdam
Five New Battleships England Plans if Pledges Hold
London reports government pledges to sustain the two power standard with a 10 percent margin. Conservative naval officers urge a budget to add at least five capital ships to keep England 10 percent ahead of the combined navies of America and Germany. Some deem America unlikely to be a threat and argue exclusion from estimates.
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London
America
Germany
Explosion Kills Six in Nancy Storehouse Blast
In Nancy France on February 8 a large storehouse containing dynamite and 10 000 blasting cartridges exploded, killing six people. Rescue crews searched the rubble as authorities investigated the incident.
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France
Weather forecast across Midwest shows mixed precipitation
The forecast covers Illinois and Indiana with cloudy skies and rain or snow. Lower Michigan expected snow and colder air, while Wisconsin and Iowa face rain or snow as a weather system moves through the region.
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Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Chicago Hog and Cattle Market Report of February 8 1909
Market notes show mixed receipts and prices across hogs cattle and sheep with official figures for yesterday and last week. Hogs ranged from 5 85 to 6 50 for light to heavy grades while cattle and sheep posted varied gains and steady levels amid a slow morning the report lists estimated receipts for today tomorrow and the week with regional price bands and market tone.
John A. Babcock Ad Promise Incomplete Notice
Fragmentary OCR text shows a personal endorsement promising a square deal but lacks clear event, date, or location details to form a complete news item.
Tariff Conference Draws 2000 Delegates in Indianapolis
Indianapolis February 8 over two thousand delegates including manufacturers congressmen and financiers attend the National Tariff Commission convention. The National Association of Manufacturers says it seeks an advisory or recommendatory tariff body not a rates making commission. Speakers include Oscar S Straus Senators Peveridge Cummins Owen Brown Marshall Cochran Van Cleave Towns Stahl and Farm ers National Congress president. Fifteen congressmen also on the program.
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National Tariff Commission
National Association of Manuffacturers
Congress
Hst
Oscar S. Straus
Secretary
Commerce and Labor
Albert J. Peveridge
Indiana
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma
Norris Brown
Nebraska
Thomas R. Marshall
Rourke Cochran
J. W. van Cleave
National Association of Manufacturers
Henry R. Towns
Merchants’ Association of New York
John M. Stahl
Farmers’ National Congress
Miners Trade Reinstatement Seals Hudson Union Case
President Lewis of the United Mine Workers announced the Hudson Indiana miners union charter would be returned and district 11 officers reconciled with national authorities. The dispute, once a top issue at the union convention, followed suspensions for defying a work-resume mandate during arbitration talks with mine operators.
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Indianapolis
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Hudson, Indiana
District No. 11
National Executive Board
Hudson
Indiana
Hudson Mine
Reynolds A Fifty Thousand Dollar Annual Salary
Directors of the Continental National Bank raised president George M. Reynolds annual pay from 35000 to 50000 by unanimous vote. The increase is seen as a factor in his choice on accepting or declining the informal Treasury Secretary offer reportedly extended by President Taft.
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Chicago
Continental National Bank
George M. Reynolds
Reynolds
the Treasury
Breet Taft
Binns in England Today Receives Ovation on Baltic
The White Star steamer Baltic reached Liverpool with Captain Inman Sealby of the Republic and wireless operator Jack Binns aboard. Crowds greeted the men with ovations as steam sirens roared. Baltic saloon passengers collected for the Republic crew.
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Liverpool
Baltic
Inman Sealby
Nantucket
Jack” Binns
Moran's lively career as graft grand jury figure
Boston February 8 John R Moran district attorney of Suffolk county who died in Phoenix Ariz earned the nickname The Man Who Cares. He once summoned the entire Massachusetts legislature to testify before a grand jury over alleged bribery in the anti bucket shop bill. Members were immune. one expelled for taking a bribe.
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John R. Moran
Suffolk County
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Ariz
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