Hopkins and Teller Clash Over Panama Canal Plans
Senator Teller alleges congress favored a sea level canal at Panama till 1902 and that plans have shifted every six months. He cites Gatun dam changes due to weak rock and driftwood. Hopkins defends the foundation as solid, while warning about lock-based dangers and naval risks.
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Teller
Panama
Washington
Congress
Bohillo
Gatun
Hopkins
Secretary of the Navy
Subsidy Bill Defeated in the House by Narrow Vote
Washington March 3 The house rejected the ship subsidy bill by 172 to 175 with Representative Moon leading the opposition. Minority Leader Clark charged a lobby backed the bill on the floor while Cochran closed the debate condemning sending the flag abroad as an outrageous concession that enslaves a people through government action.
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Washington
House
Representative Moon
Treasury
Clark
Moon
Tennessee
Cochran
Country Life Inquiry Sparks House Debate on Farms
Washington report notes adoption of the conference bill on agriculture after debate over the country life commission. Representative Stanley warns against frock coats and silk hats lecturing farmers on greens and dairy. Representative Tawney cautions that continued commissions risk rule by executive choice rather than law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Country Life Commission
Stanley
Tawney
Liberian Commission Members Sought for Liberia Inquiry
Washington March 3 Anticipating congressional action on a bill to fund a commission to Liberia to investigate conditions there Robert Co Ogden Jacob H Hollander and Booker T Washington have been asked to serve It is understood they will serve
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Washington
Congress
Liberia
Robert Co. Ogden
Jacob H. Hollander
Booker T. Washington
Deficiency Bill Passed Includes Lincoln Memorial Funding
The deficien cy bill advancing more than $19,000,000 in appropriations was approved by the Senate. An amendment providing $50,000 for a Lincoln memorial on the Lincoln farm in Kentucky was also approved.
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Washington
Senate
Kentucky
Will of Emma Cummings Leaves Olga Roosevelt Income Interest
The Emma Cummings will bequeaths estate income to Olga Roosevelt, a cousin of the president, totaling $200,000 income until she turns twenty one. At that time she receives the principal of the estate valued over $1,000,000.
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Olga Roosevelt
New York
Emma Cummings
Earthquake Destroys Masran Near Jerusalem
Reports from Rome say Masran near Jerusalem was leveled by a quake. More than two hundred residents were buried under ruins, with only a few escaping the disaster.
Roosevelt Accused of Violating the Law in Steel Merger
Seven members of the senate judiciary committee report that President Roosevelt, acting without legal authority, approved the absorption of Tennessee Coal and Iron by United States Steel, a merger they say violated the Sherman anti-trust law. Two majority members offer mitigating views. named senators include Nelson Kittredge Foraker Culberson Bacon Rayner Overman.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Roosevelt
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
Nelson
Kittredge
Foraker
Culberson
Bacon
Rayner
Overman
Markets Open in Chicago Hogs and Cattle Prices Rise
Chicago market notes for March 3 1909 show hog receipts around 25 000 with prices 5 higher than yesterday for light and mixed packers 6 15 to 6 70. cattle and sheep steady to higher with beves cows and heifers and western cattle described. total receipts and shipments given with further price bands and future estimates. Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Co and Postal Telegraph Bla g Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Excuses Cooper Audience In Carmack Slaying Trial
Nashville March 3. Defense rests in the murder trial of Colonel Duncan Cooper Robin J Cooper and John D Sharp in the Carmack case. Judge Anderson adjourns to 9 am tomorrow and excuses spectators until 6 oclock Thursday noting potential new witnesses.
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Nashville
Tenn
L Dnncan Cooper
Robin J. Cooper
John D. Sharp
United States
E. W. Carmack
Anderson
MicCain
Orlock
Murder as Fine Art in Howard Trial
New Bedford mass March 3 pages from the notebook of Artillery man William C Howard on trial for murdering his wife include notes by his handwriting about compressing the carotid artery as a method of death. Other pages list thirteen young women described as his sweethearts including Grace Sturtevant.
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New Bedford
Mass
William C. Howard
Prohibitionists Confer in Boston on 1912 Campaign
Charles R. Jones of Chicago and Eugene W. Chaf in of Evanston Illinois attended a New England Prohibition conference at Bowdoin Square Baptist tabernacle to discuss campaign plans through the 1912 presidential election.
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Boston
Charles R. Jones
Chicago
Prohibition National Committee
Eugene W. Chafin
Evanston, IL
New England
Bowdoin Square Baptist Tabernacle
Refuse Yerkes Gallery Dispute Deepens in New York
In New York on March 3 a new tangle surrounds the Yerkes art gallery once sold at foreclosure on January 6. The syndicate of real estate speculators who bought the property has refused to take title. The Mutual Life Insurance Company, holder of the mortgage, has applied to compel the syndicate to act.
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New York
Yerkes Art
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Taft In White House Tonight And Golf Victory
President elect Taft will occupy the White House tonight with Mrs Taft as guests of President and Mrs Roosevelt. A Taft family reunion is planned during inauguration day. Taft won a golf match against General Clarence R Edwards at Chevy Chase and met with Elihu Root prior to the game. He plans to remain at Boardman Avenue in the morning and ride in his motor car. Weather histories compare inauguration days from Grant to Theodore Roosevelt.
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Edwards
Elihu Root
Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
White House
Chevy Chase
Clarence R. Edwards
Chevy Chase Club
Secret Service
Boardman
The
Weather Bureau
Grant
President Hayes
Garfield
Cleveland
Harrison
McKinley
Inaugural Weather Recap Mentions Cleveland 85 Pleasant Day
Washington dispatch notes officials tracking weather patterns with references to Cleveland in 1885 and a colder period in 1893. March 3 report highlights brief conditions affecting activities and forecasts across regions.
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Cleveland
Washington
Escort of Honor for Roosevelt Planned by New York Republicans
New York Republicans eight hundred strong arrange a ceremonial escort for President Roosevelt after Taft speaks. Senators elect Root and Chauncey Depew, along with Timothy Woodruff, will march in a hollow square around Roosevelt’s carriage as it proceeds to the Delaware avenue railroad station.
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New York
Republican County Committee
Roosevelt
Taft
Delaware Avenue
Root
Chauncey M. Depew
Timothy Woodruff
Sherman Receives Gold Card Case From Indian Affairs Panel
Vice President Elect Sherman was presented with a handsome gold card case by the members of the house committee on Indian affairs of which he is chairman.
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Sherman
Washington
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Confederate Veterans to March Inauguration Trip
Augusta Ga March 3 Camp 435 United Confederate Veterans the first veterans organization formed left for the inauguration with forty five members in the party.
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Augusta
United Confederate Veterans
Confederate Veterans
Weather outlook for Midwest states
Illinois and Indiana forecast fair today and tomorrow. Lower Michigan expects snow flurries today with fair weather tomorrow. Wisconsin and Iowa remain fair today and tomorrow.
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Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Unknown man found dead in carload of hot cinders
Body of an unidentified man, burned beyond recognition, discovered in a wagonload of cinders shipped from Council Bluffs two weeks earlier. Authorities believe the cinders were still hot when loaded and the man crawled inside and suffocated.
Pastor shoots lunatic at General Miller home
In Temple New Hampshire on March 3 Reverend Harvey Eastman, pastor of the local Congregational church, shot and killed Geo. L. Marcotte after the valet refused to surrender a pistol during an armed outburst at General James Miller’s residence. Eight armed men had surrounded the house and a formal inquest was held.
Will Put 1 000 To Work Carnegie Steel Mills Resume
The Reed mill at the South Sharon works of Carnegie Steel will resume Monday with the bar and billet mills starting tomorrow and the open hearth departments today. All departments have been idle ten months and about 1,000 men will be employed.
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Carnegie Steel Company
Sharon
South Sharon
Cement Plant to Be Operated Near Manheim
Morgantown March 3 A deal closes with Alpha Portland Cement Co taking ownership of Buckhorn line at Manheim West Virginia for 600000 dollars. The idle plant will be restarted at once and operations begin promptly.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Alpha Portland Cement Company
Manheim
Buckhorn Portland Cement Company
Paid for write ups by Senator Stephenson campaign
Madison March 3. J A Van Cleve told a Wisconsin legislative committee investigating the senatorial primary about campaign expenditures in Marinette. A $200 payment to Eicher F Noyes of the Marinette Eagle Star for write ups sparked debate. Other county journalists and workers received smaller sums for similar services.
Sperry to Quit Command March 8 as Schroeder Takes Over
Washington dispatch reports Admiral Sperry will haul down his flag as commander in chief on March 8 and Admiral Schroeder will assume command. President Roosevelt will release a letter praising the fleet’s achievements. The article also suggests Admiral Wainwright may command before summer.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Admiral Sperry
Admiral Schroeder
Admiral Wainwright
Navy Department
President Roosevelt
Ex-Supervisor Coffey Sentenced for Bribe Case
Ex-Supervisor M. W. Coffey of Frisco was sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty of accepting a bribe tied to granting a trolley franchise to United Railroads. The March 3 verdict and the bribery case link Coffey to city transportation politics in San Francisco.
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Coffey
Frisco
San Francisco
Cal
M. W. Coffey
Troley
United Railroads
Cannon's Nephew Injured on Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington March 3 reports Richard Cannon of Danville Illinois a nephew of Speaker Cannon sustained a scalp wound after collapsing on Pennsylvania Avenue during the inauguration visitor proceedings. He received a palm full scalp injury and was attended by medical staff.
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Cannon
Washington
Richard Cannon
Danville, IL
Speaker Cannon
Pennsylvania Avenue
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Los Angeles Times
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U.S
Chicago,ill
Clergyman
Sperry
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