Taft Sets Brief Message for Extra Session on Tariff Revision
President Taft told Ways and Means Republicans the extra session will focus solely on tariff revision and aims to finish work by June 1. He announced no tariff detail discussions, swore in Fred W. Carpenter as secretary, and met governors of New York Rhode Island Vermont New Jersey Illinois and Missouri before a walk with his brother.
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Ways and Means
Deneen
Taft
Congress
Philander C. Knox
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
New York
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Jersey
Illinois
Missouri
Fred W. Carpenter
Henry W. Taft
Sherman to Dine with Philadelphia Congressman Tonight
Vice President Sherman will attend a dinner in Washington tonight hosted by Representative J Hampton Moore of Philadelphia. Invitations extend to the Pennsylvania congressional delegation, the Gridiron Club members, and the Five o'Clock Club of Philadelphia.
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Washington
Sherman
J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
National League of Republican Clubs
Pennsylvania
Congress
Gridiron Club
Five o'Clock Club
Cannon Favors May Day Inauguration Date Change
Speaker Cannon advocates moving the presidential inauguration from March 4 to May 1 to avoid harsh weather. He cites 1872 and Harrison inauguration conditions as reasons. The discussion touches on April rain discomfort and personal anecdotes about sacrifice.
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Washington
Cannon
Harrison
Cleveland
Taft and disarmament call fuels naval strength
Bristol March 6 Chief Secretary for Ireland Birrell told a political meeting that Taft in his inaugural address signaled the doom of disarmament and that nations must build stronger navies. He said the United States has joined the drive for armaments and that Britain must keep its shores inviolate.
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Sirreil
Bristol
England
Ireland
Birrell
Taft
United States
Hirrell
Great Britain
Ohio Leaders Serenaded by Cincinnati Young Republicans
In Washington on March 6 ex Senator Foraker his successor Senator Burton Senator Dick all of Ohio and Representative Goebel of Cincinnati were serenaded by the Young Men's Blaine Republican club of Cincinnati. They spoke briefly from their front doors. A luncheon followed at John R McLean's residence. Prominent young society women, including Mrs Nicholas Longworth, participated in the service.
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Washington
Foraker
Burton
Ohio
Representative Goebel
Cincinnati
Blaine Republican Club
John R. McLean
Nicholas Longworth
In the Seat of the Mighty Inaugural Visitors Try Chair
Thousands of inaugural visitors gained free access to the floor and the speaker's chair when the house was not in session. They crowded the raised platform and seized loose items such as books pamphlets pencils and other objects as souvenirs of the moment.
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Cannon
Washington
Weather Bureau labels inaugural storm a flareback
Forecaster Professor Edward Garriott calls the inaugural weather event a flareback arising from a prior coastal storm near Long Island. He explains it could not have been predicted by forecasters, as it followed offshore activity hours earlier.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Edward B. Garriott
Long Island
Taft Address Aids Financial and Trade Confidence
Dun's Weekly Review notes price readjustments already lifting demand and Taft's inaugural statements favoring stability bolster confidence and the prospect of full industrial recovery. Iron and steel show signs of demand gains alongside improving sentiment and new business.
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Taft
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Healy Exhibits Boxwood Stick At Nationalist Meeting
Dublin reports Eugene Crean charging Joseph Devlin and Dennis Johnston with assault and disrupting a Nationalist convention after William O'Brien was denied a hearing. Healy, Crean’s counsel, claimed Belfast paid bludgeon men were brought in to shout down O'Brienites, and that Cork native Crean was the first target due to his Cork accent.
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Belfast
Dublin
William O’brien
Eugene Crean
Cork
Joseph Devlin
West Belfast
Dennis Johnston
United Irish League
Healy
Crean
Timothy Healy
John E. Redmond
Devlin
America
Ireland
Molly Maguire
Order of Hibernians
Johnston
Hungarian Folk Roots Shape Distinctive Music
Review notes Hungarian music relies on popular themes reflecting the soul of the people. The critic argues this approach yields fresher, more soulful results than contrived, elaborate compositions.
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Revue de Hongroie
Budapest
Five Men Face Criticism Over School Panic Alarm
In Buffalo on March 6 authorities criticized five men for the panic at St. Stanislaus' school. Six girls were trampled but are recovering. surgeons say all will recover. Fire next door and bells caused fear. officials argued better control could have kept order with an officer inside the school.
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Buffalo
N. Y
St. Stanislaus’ School
Ground near Collinwood school to become state monument site
Cleveland Ohio March 6 the Collinwood ground where the schoolhouse burned one year ago killing 170 children will be purchased by the state and held as a probable monument site for remembrance and tribute.
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Collinwood
Cleveland, O
Cooper witness arrested in Carmack murder trial
Nashville reports show Daisy Lee testified Judge Bradford vowed to shoot Carmack with little remorse and Paul Davis said he would perjure himself for jury placement. Attorney General McCain led charges arresting S. J. Binning for perjury over Carmack revolver testimony.
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Nashville
Tenn
D. B. Cooper
Robin Cooper
John D. Sharp
United States
E. W. Carmack
Daisy Lee
Bradford
Carmack
Paul Davis
McCain
J. Binning
Admiral Schley urges expedition aid for Arctic rescue
Rear Admiral Schley retired, president of the Arctic Club of America, appeals for $30,000 to fund Dillon Wallace and an Arctic rescue for Dr. Frederick Albert Cook last heard from in March after vanishing in July 1907. The plan envisions eighteen months of expedition readiness from July 1909.
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Schley
New York
Arctic Club of America
Dillon Wallace
Frederick Albert Cook
Arctic
Admiral Schley
Innocent Man Pleads Quiet End On The Gallows
R Mead Shumway, condemned for murder, protested his innocence before execution in Lincoln Nebraska on March 6. He asked that his coat stay buttoned and his neck be covered to hide the scar of his death and preserve his dignity.
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Lincoln, Neb
R. Mead Shumway
Sarah Martin
Follows Girl to Grave Suicide Ties Separated Lovers
Benton Ill March 6 A sequel to the death by self destruction of Burl Somers two days ago John Nichols twenty five years old killed himself with a revolver as did Miss Somers He left a note asserting he had nothing more to live for since his sweetheart's death
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Benton, Ill
Burl Somers
John Nichols
Miss Somers
Taft Shakes Hands With 4000 Admirers at White House
President Taft greeted about 4,000 people at the White House on March 6, greeting every seeker who was vouched for. He offered no refusals and kept the circle moving through the day.
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Taft
Washington
White House
Texas House Votes Unanimously Invite Taft to Visit
Austin Texas March 6 The Texas House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution inviting President Taft to visit Texas. The move signals strong expression of regional hospitality and interest in federal leadership.
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Taft
Texas
Austin
Tex
Hogs and cattle markets show steady to higher notes in Chicago
Chicago market reports for March 6 1909 show hogs and cattle at steady to higher levels with heavy grading and mixed packer entries. Official receipts yesterday 33331, shipments 10874, with estimated receipts today around 18000 and tomorrow about 45000. Sheep at 2000 steady. porkers and pigs priced in ranges, and bulk trading common in light and heavy grades.
Negroes Demand Pullman Report On Jim Crow Cars
Oklahoma legislator A C Hamlin secured approval of a resolution calling on the corporation commission for a detailed report on how the Jim Crow law operates in the state. The measure notes that negroes lack Pullman dining and smoking car accommodations.
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Guthrie
Okla
A. C. Hamlin
Corporation Commission
Oklahoma
Coal Conference March 11 Planned in Philadelphia
About fifty mine workers met with National President Lewis in Wilkes Barre to arrange a conference with anthracite operators. Lewis said the meeting will start Thursday March 11 at the Reading Terminal building in Philadelphia.
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Lewis
Philadelphia
Wilkesbarre
Reading Terminal
Philadelhia
Maloney Defeats White in Marathon Finish
Paddy White of Ireland led eighteen miles in the professional marathon in New York before stopping at the twentieth mile and Matt Maloney of Yonkers won the race.
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Maloney
White
New York
Paddy White
Ireland
Matt Maloney
Yonkers
Africa expedition party for Roosevelt readied at Smithsonian
Final preparations by the Smithsonian for the Africa scientific expedition headed by former President Roosevelt proceed under Major Edgar A. Mearns with naturalists J Alden Loring and Edmund Heller. Roosevelt will review plans at Oyster Bay before the voyage, aiming to depart for Mombassa on April 21.
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Smithsonian Institute
Mr. Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
J. Alden Loring
Edmund Heller
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Africa
Roosevelt
Edgar A. Mearns
Major Mearns
Mombassa
30-Foot Flywheel Burst at Wisconsin Central Powerhouse
A 30 foot flywheel weighing two tons burst at the Wisconsin Central powerhouse in North Fond du Lac Fond du Lac Wis on March 6 demolishing the 150 horsepower engine and tearing out the west wall and roof of the building. A rim fragment was hurled two blocks away and another piece was blown through the floor and wall. No fatalities reported.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Wisconsin Central Power House
North Fond du Lac
Pure Shoe Bill in Iowa Aims at Proper Labeling
Des Moines March 6 Senator Bruce introduced a bill requiring all boots and shoes sold in Iowa to be properly labeled with material details. Violations to incur heavy fines and labels must note materials such as leather and oak tanned soles.
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Bruce
Des Moines
Iowa
Tawa
Surgical Kits on Trains Promoted by First Aid Society
Emergency surgical kits would be carried by all railroads if the Society for the Instruction of First Aid to the Injured wins adoption of its recommendations. Resolutions calling for passenger trains to carry kits were approved, though compulsory action would require new legislation.
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First Aid Society
New York
Society
Old Time Barbers and the Royal Surgeons Origin
A note traces the Barbers Company in England to 1308 and shows that by 1745 surgeons separated to form the Royal Surgeons, shaping medical and barbering history.
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Barbers’ Company
England
Royal Surgeons
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New York American
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Chicago
Beach-Wickham Grain
Coal Conference
John A. Babcock
North American Live Stock Commission Company
U.S. Yards
Chicago,ill
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