Women Suffrage Hearings In Senate and House Committees
Washington March 4 Advocates of woman suffrage addressed the senate committee on woman suffrage led by Clay and the house judiciary committee led by Jenkins Speakers included Mrs Harriett Taylor Upton Miss Emma Gillette Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt Senator Owen Rose Sullivan Mary E Craigie Ida Porter Boyer Kate Gordon and others arguing suffrage as a right based on education citizenship and equal training of voters and noting the constitution’s lack of sex restrictions.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Committee On
House
Judiciary Committee
Clay
Weeting
Anna Shaw
National Female Suffrage Association
Bei Tockwo
Jenkins
Harriett Taylor Upton
Ohio
Emma Gillette
Carrie Chapman Catt
New York
Richard W. Witzgerald
Massachusetts
Senator Owen
Oklahoma
Rose Sullivan
Utah
Mary E. Craigie
Ida Porter Boyer
Pennsylvania
Kate Gordon
Louisiana
Craigie
Upton
Isabelle. Barrows
Barrows
Ella Crosset
Anna Miller
Ella S. Stewart
Illinois
Ida Husted Harper
Susan B. Anthony
Laura Jay
Kentucky
Miss Miller
Hughes
Miss Clay
Suffrage Debate and Naval Gunnery Remarks Featured
A Oklahoma hearing features Senator Owen defending universal suffrage and advocating votes for immigrant women amid opposition from liquor forces and critics. Other speakers include Mrs. Barrows Miss Miller and Carrie Chapman Catt. Separately Professor Alger defends U S Navy gunnery citing improvements since Santiago and telescope sights adoption.
Navy turret experts defend U S Navy before Senate panel
Washington March 4 Four naval officers experts in turret construction and ammunition manufacture testified before the senate naval committee in defense of the United States Navy against criticism. Three witnesses Professor R Alger Commander F F Fletcher and Lieutenant Commander V O Chase spoke in defense.
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Washington
Senate Naval Committee
United States Navy
R. Alger
Naval Academy
F. F. Fletcher
V. O. Chase
Senate and House in Brief March 4
In the senate McCumber of North Dakota and Newlands of Nevada spoke on the pending currency bill, urging changes to the emergency currency measure. House members reported a $70,000,000 railroads-malls theft charge by Lloyd of Missouri. The post office bill remained under consideration at adjournment.
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Senate
House
Washington
McCumber
N. D
Newlands
House of Representatives
Lloyd
Porter Not Related to Mrs Roosevelt in Oklahoma DA Nomination
White House states Porter, withdrawn as Oklahoma district attorney nominee, is not related to Mrs. Roosevelt as previously published.
Taft Rules The Roost At Ohio State Convention
Ohio Republicans elected a Taft controlled state central committee replacing all bias favorable to Foraker and Dick. Eleven of twenty one members were re elected with seven Foraker men ousted, and all new members aligned with Taft. Foraker and Dick received hostile framing with banners hung and platforms expected to praise Ohio representatives while backing the railway rate bill. Garfield, secretary of the interior, opened the convention as temporary chairman.
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Columbus
Ohio
Taft
Foraker
State Central Committee
Congress
Garfield
Interior
Anarchism Seen as Target in Chicago After Shippy Attack
Chicago authorities coordinate city state and federal efforts to stamp out anarchist activity following Lazarus Averbuch's assault on Police Chief Shippy. Officials plan hearings and surveillance, with key arrests of Isadore Maron and Joseph Freedman and updates on the wounded chief's son Harry Shippy.
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Chicago
Shippy
Lazarus Averbuch
Schuettler
Busse
Healy
Sims
Averbuch
Isadore Maron
Joseph Freedman
Harry Shippy
SeventyFive Children Killed In Ohio School Disaster
A Chicago area report recounts a mass tragedy as fire and stampede at the Collinwood public school in Cleveland claim at least seventy five young lives. Parents swarm the scene while investigators probe the cause and extent of the collapse and inferno.
Sister Tells Her Story About Brother and Case
Olga Averbuch sister of the alleged assassin is the focal point of general interest and endured a lengthy examination with limited results reported. She is described as a good girl and a good sister by witnesses and officials in the evolving case.
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Olga Averbuch
Sheen Named for President at Christian County Convention
March 4 In Taylorville Illinois Prohibitionists from Christian county met in convention and instructed delegates to the state convention in Springfield in May to nominate Dan R Sheen of Peoria for president and Eugene W Chatin of Chicago for governor.
Rotterdam Liner Rotterdam Launch Success Amid Repairs
The 24 170 ton Holland America liner Rotterdam was launched successfully in Belfast on March 4 after a failed attempt on February 28 due to water pressure from improperly greased brakes. A 300 man watch squad guarded the vessel to prevent accidents during the delay.
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Belfast
Ireland
Rotterdam
Chicago Markets Hogs And Cattle Prices March 4 1908
Estimated hog receipts 38000 yesterday left 3663 market slow. hogs 420 to 445 mixed packers 425 to 450. Cattle and sheep prices steady to strong with beef cattle 3 90 to 6 00. cows and heifers 1 80 to 4 90. western cattle 4 00 to 5 00. sheep 15000 strong to 10 higher. Official receipts 27156 yesterday shipments 8850. tomorrow estimated 42000. market weak vs yesterday's average. hogs 4 25 to 4 60. cattle 3 90 to 6 00. sheep 3 25 to 6 90.
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Texas
National Fellowship of the University Militant Forms in Kansas City
A new national movement establishes headquarters in Kansas City to push a municipal university model in every U S city. Notables like Edward Everett Hale and Louis H Sullivan support the effort, led by Rev Charles Ferguson who promotes a "university of the people" to end class antagonism and spur prosperity.
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Kansas City
National Fellowship
Edward Everett Hale
Henry M. Alden
Julian Hawthorne
Edwin Markham
Brand Whitlock
Bailey Millard
Edward Clement
Charles Zueblin
Louis H. Sullivan
Gerald Stanley
United States
Charles Ferguson
All Souls’ Church
Kansas City University
University of the People
Adventists Split Hurts War Over Tabernacle Sale
In Battle Creek Michigan on March 4 factions led by Dr Kellogg and the Prophetess White hold separate church services amid the Adventist rift. A suit by Professor E Belden to stop White faction from selling the tabernacle was dismissed for lack of financial interest, though a new suit is feared to block another sale attempt.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Dr. Kellogg
Adventist Church
E. Belden
Tabernacle
Grain Market Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Co
Grain market update from Beach Wickham Grain Company based in Chicago lists supply details and pricing at the 544 and 545 Postal Telegraph Building location. The notice emphasizes stock levels and accessibility for buyers and traders in the Chicago area.
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Beach- Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
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