Debates Over Absorption Merger and Maine Bodies
In Washington on February 27 the house passed the sundry civil appropriation bill amid heated debate. Hitchcock and Bartlett urged action against United States Steel for absorbing Tennessee Coal and Iron, calling the merger gigantic and monopolistic. Also noted were remarks about the Maine battleship wreck and a salary cut for the Isthmian Canal Secretary.
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Washington
House
Bartlett
Hitchcock
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Tennessee Company
United States
Sulzer
Maine
Douglas
Objects to trust goods protest Navy tobacco contract
Representative Lamb of Virginia protested to President Roosevelt against the Navy award to the American Tobacco Company for 220000 pounds of chewing tobacco. He argued the government had been exposing the deeds of this large trust and should not deal with it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lamb
Virginia
Roosevelt
American Tobacco Company
Navy
Forestry Funding Cut Shocks Forestry Service
Washington February 27 The senate passed the agricultural appropriation bill but rejected the proposed five hundred thousand dollar increase for the forestry service.
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Washington
Senate
Forestry Service
Senators in contempt over missing election law vote
Nashville report says thirteen Tennessee state senators fled the state to defeat the new election laws after Patterson veto. They are declared in contempt and expected to be absent for the remaining executive session days.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
State Senate
Patterson
Wires Back Roosevelts Honest Government Fight
The Indiana Society Sons of the American Revolution telegrammed President Roosevelt sending hearty support. The message approved every phase of his fight for honest government and civil righteousness and hope for continuance thereof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana Society, Sons of the American Revolution
Roosevelt
Catholics Want No Church State Union
Cardinal Gibbons states in the March North American Review that fifteen million Catholics in the United States value liberty for both church and citizenry. They see separation of church and state as natural and best for religion and state, and would dread any change in their relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
North American Review
Cardinal Gibbons
British Isles
Germany
Poland
Governor Vetoes Sunday Baseball Bill in Indiana
Indianapolis February 27 Governor Marshall vetoed the measure legalizing Sunday baseball. He said he opposes Sunday games personally but did not want to undo the legislature’s decision, warning the bill could be read as allowing all Sunday activities including prize fights horse racing and betting. Representative Brolley noted new draft by three lawyers.
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Indianapolis
Marshall
Indiana
Brolley
Mohawk Stranded in Hell Gate After Reef Crash
The U S revenue cutter Mohawk ran onto a reef in Hell Gate while en route from New London to Tompkinsville. The vessel is hard aground with a leaking fire room water in the pumps hold, and tugs struggle to refloat her. Bow plates are broken as the tide roars through the dangerous channel.
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New York
United States Revenue
Mohawk
New London
Tompkinsville
Hell Gate
Transformation of Pension Building for Inaugural Ball
In Washington on February 27 preparations begin for the inaugural ball. The Pension Building will be transformed into a fairyland with decorations costing about 25,000 dollars. The electrical display will use 7,000 to 10,000 incandescent lights and miles of wire.
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Washington
Zhign Fined Over Tolstoi Article in Moscow
Moscow reports Zhign newspaper fined 1500 dollars for printing Count Tolstoi's反 No Evil Without Good arguing against the death penalty. The action highlights censorship pressure on dissenting literary pieces.
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Tolstoi
Moscow
Zhign
Fleet's Cruise Wrecks Mind of Captain Hutchins on Kearsarge
Washington reports Captain Hamilton Hutchins of the battleship Kearsarge will be examined by a special medical board for mental and physical strain. He requested relief of command before Gibraltar and said he could not be trusted on the bridge for long. Admiral Sperry notes no charges against Hutchins. secretary approves court martial actions against Captain Qualtrough of the Georgia.
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Sperry
Washington
Hamilton Hutchins
Kearsarge
Hutchins
Gibraltar
Admiral Sperry
Department
United States
Newberry
E. F. Qualtrough
Qualtrough
Georgia
Suex Canal
Arkansas Battlship Name Assigned in Congress Action
Washington February 27 confirms Arkansas has been chosen as the name for a new battleship authorized by Congress. The monitor bearing the name will be rechristened to reflect the designation.
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Arkansas
Washington
Congress
Monitor
Dun's Review of Trade Reports Little Change in Conditions
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade notes steel cuts add confusion to iron and copper weakness and stock declines, but supply and demand will eventually aid the business situation. General trade movement remains practically unchanged, large yet lacking buoyancy, with dry goods only for known needs and cotton goods prices stationary. Boston shoe shipments exceed 1908 by 20 percent while the domestic hide market remains weak and leather inactive.
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Boston
Beekman Family Die in Fire Suspected Murder Case
Bakersfield California February 27. Mrs M W Beekman a widow and her four children seven miles from the city on Union avenue road perished when their home burned. Authorities believe the fire was set to cover a murder.
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Bakersfield
Cal
M. W. Beekman
Union Avenue Road
Taft Calls Tariff Revision Urgent Amid Misunderstanding
President elect Taft protested New York papers misstating his answer on tariff revision, saying business mood suffers as schedules will be rearranged in an extra session set to meet March 15. He endorsed a permanent tariff commission to study the new law for a rational, scientific future.
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New York
Taft
Cue Experts In Match In Milwaukee Tonight
Youthful Calvin Demarest, 22, former amateur world champion, meets George H. Sutton, the handless wonder, at Milwaukee Athletic Club in a 52 balk line race. Demarest is tipped as a future world champion. Sutton adapts to billiards with a stump-based cueing style and bridge play despite losing both hands.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Athletic Club
Calvin Demarest
United States
George H. Sutton
Demarest
Sutton
America
Wireless telegraph trial from moving train to Chicago
A Lake Shore train traveling from Buffalo to Chicago will send messages to a LaSalle Street station using a wireless telegraph system. The tall flagpole at the station now serves as the receiving antenna. This marks the first time such an experiment has been attempted from a moving train.
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Chicago
LaSalle Street Railway
Lake Shore Railway
Buffalo
N. Y
Capitalize Burbank Discoveries to Be Distributed by Capitalists
In San Francisco on February 27 Luther Burbank the plant wizard had his plant discoveries capitalized for several million dollars to ease business worries and broaden distribution. Hartland Law and his brother Herbert Law, owners of the Fairmount hotel, secured the sole right to distribute the Santa Rosa naturalist's discoveries.
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San Francisco
Luther Burbank
Santa Rosa
Hartland Law
Herbert
Fairmount Hotel
Rob Mrs J Ogden Armour Silverware Stolen in Suffield
Silverware valued in the several thousand dollars was stolen from the home of Martin H. Sheldon in Suffield Connecticut. The property belonged chiefly to Mrs. J Ogden Armour of Chicago, daughter of Sheldon. Investigation followed the Feb 27 report.
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Suffield
Conn
Martin H. Sheldon
J. Ogden Armour
Chicago
Sheldon
Quote on Communication Without Dates
A compact reflective line notes that people undervalue their own words while overvaluing others words hearers. It echoes Eliot wisdom on communication priorities and listening balance.
Bowling Tournament Opens Tonight in Duquesne Gardens
Pittsburg February 27 The ninth annual American Bowling Congress tournament begins tonight at Duquesne Gardens with 2137 entries from 90 cities in the United States and Canada. An estimated 20 000 games will be bowled on special alleys, with prizes totaling 25280. The city has prepared to host about 50000 visitors.
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Pittsburg
Duquesne Gardens
America
American Bowling Congress
United States
Canada
Wax bullets thrill duelists at Gotham club
In New York on February 27 wax bullets were used in a duel at the New York Athletic Club. Combatants stood sixty feet apart and were each hit just below the shoulder with no injuries. The pellets left marks on gowns made for the event. The bullets were first imports from France and this sport is said to have a bright future.
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Gotham
New York
Fire at Albert Dickinson seed warehouse causes $150000 loss
Chicago February 27 The Albert Dickinson Company seeds warehouse No 2 burned in a large blaze. The eight story brick structure 500 feet long held thousands of bushels of seeds aiding rapid fire spread. Several score employees escaped unharmed with substantial property damage reported.
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Albert Dickinson Company
Chicago
Chicago Hogs and Cattle Market Report February 26 1909
Market bulletins show hog receipts estimated 15000 for today with lows around 6 35 to 6 60 for different hog grades and steady cattle and sheep demand. Official yesterday receipts were 21548 with 8075 shipments and tomorrow’s estimate about 45000, reflecting slower market conditions and varied packer bids.
Billy Sunday Horsewhipped at Springfield Tabernacle Attack
Rev. W. A. Sunday was struck by Sherman Potts during a revival in Springfield before 8000. Potts, once confined to Jacksonville asylum, charged that he acted to defend womanhood as Sunday faced alleged criticism. Potts was jailed after the melee. Sunday suffered bruises.
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Springfield
W. A. Sunday
Billy Sunday
Sunday Tabernacle
Sherman Potts
Sunday
Potts
Gun used as a gavel in the Cooper case
Nashville testimony in the Cooper Sharpe trial on Senator Carmack’s slaying featured bitter exchanges. Judge Hart, toying with a revolver, pounded the table as tension rose while evidence linked two revolvers to Cooper and Carmack.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cooper-Sharp
United States
BE. W. Carmack
Hart
Cooper
Garner
Washington
Senator Carmack
Colonel Cooper
Major Vertrees
Tom Hutchinson
Licenses Proposed for Dining Cars in Michigan
Lansing Feb 27 A bill by Representative Crampton would tax dining cars on Michigan railroads 250 for liquor licenses. Current cafe cars pay no license fee and the measure does not authorize sales of intoxicants in cars in local option counties.
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Lansing
Mich
Crampton
Michigan
Boll Weevil Expected to Reach Atlantic Coast Early
J A Taylor president of the National Ginners association warns that the boll weevil will reach the Atlantic coast in 1914, two years ahead of his previous estimate. He predicts the pest will invade Arkansas cotton fields within two years.
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Little Rock
Ark
J. A. Taylor
National Ginders’ Association
Atlantic
Arkansas
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Gary ‘Concern
Isthmian Canal
Bishopr
Bishop
Pension Building
FLEET
Captain Hutchins
Captain Qualtrough
Dun’s Review OF Trade
R. G. Dun &O.’S Weekly Review of Trade
Burbank Genius
Eliot
BIG Seed Warehouse
Beach- Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
Live B Stock Commission Company
U.S
Chicago,ill
New Tabernacle
Asylum For Insane
Carmack
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