President and Wilkie Flayed by Iowa Representative
Washington notes report of House action on restricting Treasury Secret Service detectives in sundry civil appropriation bill. Iowa Republican Smith brands agents “common liars” and accuses them of watchfulness failures surrounding McKinley’s assassination.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Committee On Appropriations
Treasury Department
Representative Cook
Colorado
Representative Smith
Iowa
Secret Service
McKinley
Calis
Wilkie
Smith
Buffalo
Rattled Messages Warn of Encroaching Executive Power
The speaker urges readers to study his paragraphs as they reveal insinua tions and abusive phrases against legislative and judicial departments. He claims liberty is being gradually and secretly stolen by sneaking executive encroachments.
Shrubb Beats Dorando in Fifteen Mile Race
Alfred Shrubb easily defeated Dorando Pietri in a fifteen mile race here in Buffalo on February 26. Pietri filled in for Tom Longboat after Longboat’s terms were rejected by local promoters. Pietri had little time to prepare, arriving by train hours before the start.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Alfred Shrubb
Dorando Pietri
Tom Longboat
Pietri
Broker Altress Wedding Hint Ties to Stage Circle
New York on February 26 Lewis Ginter Young, once a partner of A O Brown tied to a bankrupt brokerage, secured a marriage license to wed Miss Leona Aronson. Aronson is a friend of Edna Wallace Hopper, who Brown married previously. the performer is known on stage as Leona Anderson.
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Miss Aronson
Edna Wallace Kopper
Brown
Leona Anderson
Eliot denies Harvard president would accept British ambassadorship
Former Harvard president Eliott said a report offering him the British ambassadorship was unfounded and he would be unable to accept the post if offered he stated in Austin Texas on February 26.
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Cook
Roosevelt
The
Republic
Secret Service
Colorado
Harvard
Austin
Tex
Eliot
Harvard University
Lkely
Great Britain
Negroes Fight Drink Evil at Atlanta Anti Saloon Convention
Atlanta, Feb 26 The first anti saloon convention of negroes opens in Atlanta following white leaders. Sessions include addresses by southern leaders of both races. The committee says the movement shows negro resolve in moral reform and in promoting the public good.
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Atlanta
Ghurgh Workers Meet in Conference
Pittsburg February 26. A major conference of Protestant laity opens with representatives from Episcopal, Baptist, United Presbyterian, Congregational, Methodist, and other brotherhoods. Discussions focus on uniting church groups in cities and nationally, and elevating men's role in church and charitable work to match that of women.
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Pittsburg
United States
Episcopal Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip
Baptist Brotherhood
United Presbyterian Men’s League
Congregational Brotherhood
Methodist Brotherhood
Men
United Brotherhood Church
Southern Presbyterian Brotherhood
League of Universalist
Canadian Presbyterian Brotherhood
Men's Movement
Christian Church
Presbyterian Brotherhood of America
Horse Smothered by Mail in New York Wagon Accident
A horse died as 150 sacks of trade papers were loaded into a wagon on West Thirty-Ninth Street. The wagon overturned during loading from a canvas chute, dumping the mail and burying the horses. one animal perished before workers could free it.
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New York
West Thirty-Ninth Street
Wright Returns to Flight After Fort Myer Accident
Orville Wright makes his first ascent since the Fort Myer crash. he travels as a passenger in the balloon Icarus with Marquis de Kergariou piloting and accompanied by his sister.
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Wright
Pan
France
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Icarus
Marquis de Kergariou
Tobacco Trust Controlled by Ten Shareholders Over 60 Percent
Herbert Knox Smith releases report on the tobacco industry noting the American Tobacco Company and its three major affiliates dominate the industry. The combination includes eighty-two subsidiaries in the United States Porto Rico and Cuba with a total net capitalization above 316 million dollars.
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American Tobacco Company
Washington
Herbert Knox Smith
Tobacco Combination
Treat
American Snuff Company
American Cigar Company
United States
Porto Rico
Cuba
Cigarette Prices Expected to Rise in New York
New York Feb 26 dealers plan higher cigarette prices amid reports manufacturers will raise costs due to a short Turkish tobacco crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Park Street Church Marks Centennial Anniversary
The Park Street Church in Boston celebrates 100 years since its founding with a week of centennial events. Noted as the site where America was first sung publicly and where abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison delivered his first anti slavery address. The Congregationalist church has hosted several renowned preachers.
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America
Boston
Park Street
William Lloyd Garrison
Laurier's Note of Peace Cites Anglo-Saxon Unity
Ottawa February 26 Sir Wilfrid Laurier says Canada has little fear of invasion and that among the Anglo-Saxon nations civilization has reached a point where bloodshed would be regarded with horror comparable to a civil war. He notes the United States as Canada's sole continental neighbor and recalls past frontier crossings.
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Ottawa
Ont
Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
United States
Police Chief Under Fire Over Fees for Papers and Detectives
Chippewa Falls Wisconsin February 26. A council committee investigates whether Chief Wands may accept fees for serving papers or acting as a private detective. Plaintiff Thomas Rowan alleges improper conduct. Wands admits fees but says he acted as deputy sheriff or off duty private detective.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Council
Thomas Rowan
Wands
Fast train derailed. engineer killed in Minnesota wreck
Minneapolis, Feb 26. Engineer Frank M. Dunn of Minneapolis died when Chicago fast mail No. 57 left the rails near Kellogg. Fireman Lerbeck jumped and suffered slight injuries. A loose rail caused the wreck on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railway.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Frank M. Dunn
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Kellogg
Lerbeck
Governor Urges Tree Planting for Arbor Day
Governor Augustus E. Willson of Kentucky appeals to Kentucky children to plant trees for Arbor Day on Friday April 2. He discusses deforestation and cites Sir Walter Scott urging youngsters to plant trees that will be growing when they sleep.
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Willison
Kentucky
Frankfort
Augustus E. Willson
Walter Scott
Harriman 61 Celebrates Birthday With Pistol and Rifle
San Antonio reports B. H. Harriman, one day past 61, says his outing is doing him good and that he feels chipper as a bluejay. He marked his birthday by practicing with a pistol and a rifle.
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San Antonio
B. H. Harriman
Bluejay
Stevenson’s Aids Paid in Stephenson Primary Inquiry
Madison dispatch reports a statement by Rodney Sackett to the legislative committee detailing payments to office holders and others who aided Isaac Stephenson in the recent senatorial primary. Amounts include $5,000 to Solon Perrine and $2,500 to J. W. Stone, with various officials named. The committee chair anticipates no senate selection will occur until the inquiry ends.
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Madison
Wis
United States
Isaac Stephenson
Rodney Sackett
Legislative Committee
Levi H. Bancroft
Assembly
J. W. Stone
L. B. Dresser
State Board of Control
W. G. Wheeler
John T. Kelly
Milwaukee
Rock Flint
United States Marshall
George Gordon
la Crosse
Solon Perrine
Superior
D. E B. Riordan
CC. C. Wellensgard
Hugh Lewis
United States Senate
T. Purtell
Marsh
Stephenson
Cooper on Stand as Carmack Slaying Trial Resumes
Nashville reports Colonel Duncan B. Cooper faces renewed examination in the slaying of former Senator E. W. Carmack. The defense plans a brief redirect before state cross examination resumes, with Governor Patterson and Adjutant General Tulley Brown then testifying on their roles in the political tragedy.
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E. W. Carmack
French Tariff Commission Rejects Meat Protection Plan
Paris February 26 The tariff commission refused to back a government proposal for a 35 franc per 100 kg mini toam duty on refrigerated meat. French cattlemen fear foreign meat will flood home markets and oppose a 50 franc general tariff as harmful to foreign relations.
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Tariff Commission
Paris
Dignified Taft Inaugural Parade Promised by Bell
Washington Feb 26 General J Franklin Bell chief marshal announces no freak features will appear in the Taft inaugural parade Cowboys and wild animals are barred and all organizations must conform to a dignified occasion to mark the ceremony.
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General Bell
Washington
J. Franklin Bell
Stolen Pearl Necklace At Mardi Gras Ball In San Francisco
A $50,000 pearl necklace belonging to Miss Jennie Crocker was taken during a Mardi Gras ball hosted by Mrs. Charles C. Alexander at the St Francis Hotel, San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Jennie Crocker
Charles C. Alexander
St. Francis Hotel
Bronze bust unveiled for Washington Star editor Crosby Noyes
In memory of Crosby S. Noyes veteran editor of the Washington Star a bronze bust was unveiled in the main entrance of the new District building in Washington on February 26.
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Crosby S. Noyes
Washington
The
Washington Star
Methodist Episcopal Church In Russia Dedicated on German Frontier
The First Methodist Episcopal church in Russia was dedicated at Wirballen on the German frontier. Bishop Burt of Zurich, Switzerland presided over the ceremony.
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Methodist Episcopal Church In
Russia
St. Petersburg
Wirballen
Burt
Zurich
Switzerland
Prisoner Husband Not In Right Place Says Telegraph
A London Telegraph quip notes a wife answering a magistrate that her husband no longer beats her as before, and the magistrate responds with irony about his heart being in the right place, while the wife counters that his entire body is in prison.
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London Telegraph
Hogs and cattle markets in Chicago February 26 1909
Estimated receipts today around 20 000 with official yesterday 17 854. Market slow but steady versus yesterday with hogs ranging from 6 15 to 6 70 and cattle and sheep figures steady to slightly higher. Closing market softening 5 to 10 lower on some classes.
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Texas
Fire devastates Albert Dickinson Seed Co. building
Chicago officials report the Albert Dickinson Seed Co. warehouse and office building destroyed by fire with losses over 1 million dollars. Six firemen are believed killed as walls collapsed trapping them. The blaze followed reports of a train wreck near Van Horn affecting the Overland Limited.
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Chicago
Evening Journal
Albert Dickinson Seed Co
Train wreck kills with engineer C. H. Brown in Iowa
A Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Overland Limited derailed near Van Horn Iowa early today. Reports say several fatalities including Engineer C H Brown of Perry Iowa.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
van Horn
Des Moines
Evening Journal
Chicago
C. H. Brown
Perry
Iowa
U. S. Plans Gloucester Mackerel Expedition
The United States launches a Grampus expedition from Gloucester under Captain Jerry Cook to trace the mackerel migration along the eastern coast. Captain Benjamin F. McGray warns that failure to discover the route could endanger mackerel supplies as crews chase fish from April off Hatteras to November near Cape North and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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New Epingood
Uncle Sam
Gloucester
Mass
Jerry Cook
New England
Benjamin F. McGray
Boston
Hatteras
Labrador
Hampton Roads
New York
Cape North
Massachusetts Bay
Nova Scotia
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Final Appeal for Stage Dancers by Ben Teal
Ben Teal directs chorus to embody style grace and breeding on stage. He emphasizes poise and distinction and warns performers not to walk like ducks. The Chicago Tribune reports his demand for refined presentation.
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Ben Teal
Mr. Teal
Chicago Tribune
A Man to Let Alone in a Bookkeeper Joke
A Detroit Free Press quip describes a new bookkeeper as highly responsive, stating if you say two words to him he will say 200. The line highlights a comic view of workplace efficiency.
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Detroit Free Press
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Broker
Altress Wedding
Ghurgh
Laurier
Harriman
Carmack
Colonel Cooper
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Duncan B. Cooper
the Coopers
John D. Sharp
Fitzhugh
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Bert Sc
Pt Eeeenee
John A. Babcock
North American Live Stock Commission Company
U.S
Chicago, Ill
Chicago Fire
Overland Limited
U. S
Atlantic
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