Taft Discusses Potomac Park Improvements With Tawney
President Taft and Representative Tawney, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, discussed immediate Potomac Park work. Col Cosby urged about 160000 for park care and new lodge construction and road work from the railroad embankment eastward, with several line items across north and west shores.
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House Appropriations Committee
Malang
Col. Cosby
Taft
Representative Tawney
House
Potomac Park
Washington
Col Cosby
Cosby
Inter
Twenty-sixth Street
Perion
Tidal Basin
Batreet
West Potomac Park
Riverside Park
GEN WOOD RECOVERS. WOOD TO PANAMA PLAN BATTLE STAFF
Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore reports Maj General Leonard Wood recovering well after four week old operation. Brig Gen Welter Howe USA named temporarily to command the Department of the East as Wood transitions. Wood to Panama Canal plans board. to become Army Chief of Staff after Gen J Franklin Bell retires in early April. May Gen FD Grant to command the Department of the East from Governors Island in New York.
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Leobard Wood
Déversl
Welter Howe USA
Department of the East
Wood
Gen Wood
Panorma
Panama Canal
Army
J Franklin Bell
Department of the Iahen
Chicago
Govenora Island
Department of the Ast
Battle picture for middies hangs at Naval Academy
A canvas by AC Howland titled View of the Duel Between Alabama and Kearnavatar from the Heights near Cherbourg will not be sold at the upcoming American Art Galleries auction. It was bought recently by Robert M Thompson and other naval academy supporters and will hang in the large building at Annapolis.
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Howland
Kearsarge
Alabama
Academy
Kearvatar
Ube Heights
Cherbourg
Bank Burglars Arrested in Bloomington Bank Job
Burglars blew the Citizens Bank of Chatsworth safe with nitroglycerin and escaped with about $12,000 in cash and silver. Night watchman Kate and Albert Kerber, civic residents, were found later bound and gagged. Authorities pursue suspects with limited details available.
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Bloomington
Ill
Citizens Bank of Chatsworth
Esc
Kate
Albert Kerber
Merger of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific examined
Traffic expert John Stubbs testified in a federal dissolution hearing on the Union Pacific Southern Pacific merger of 190F. He admitted UP owned Oregon Short Line stock giving a direct Missouri River route to Portland, concentrating Asiatic freight at UP. Figures showed New York freight share on the Sunset Line shrinking from 79 percent in 1891 to 39 percent in 1901, with the government arguing limited legitimate competition.
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New York
Missouri River
Portland
San Francisco
Union Pacifi-Southern Pacific
John Stubbs
Harriman Lines
Sylvester C Willams
Stubbs
Union Pacific
Oregon
Mackay Firms to Sell AT&T Holdings Ending Merger Rumors
New York Feb 15 Mackay interests decide to sell their entire AT and T stock to meet public concern over a rumored merger linking Postal Telegraph Cable and Western Union. The Postal system will stay independent, while AT T controls Western Union. The move ends talks of a telegraph combining bloc.
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New York
Mackay Companies
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
George Gould
T| Waa
Thia Waa
Mackey Copanies
American Telephone God Telegraph Company
C C Adams
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Ite
American ‘Telephone and Telegraph Company
Tategraph Company
Gun fires at Sandy Hook target tests concrete fortifications
An ordnance experiment at the Sandy Hook proving ground fired an 8 inch gun at a reinforced concrete target to gauge resisting power of concrete fortifications. War Department experts witnessed the test, whose result was telegrammed but not released. The study followed a suggestion by First Lieut John J Kingman, relating to fortifications on BE Fralle Island near Manila Bay.
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Sandy Hook Proving Ground
War Department
John J Kingman
Navy Department opens late for after hours duty assignment
Secretary of the Navy Meyer orders a tevalu officer to duty at the department on weekdays after 4 30 pm until 8 00 pm and from 9 to 10 00 pm Sundays and holidays. The aim is to handle emergency telegrams outside regular hours and aid newspaper correspondents who previously faced access issues after close of the department.
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Secretary of the Navy
Meyer
No Strike in Pittsburg District as Mines Get Wage Hopes
Special to Tha Washington Post reports mine owners in the Pittsburg coal region show no strike on April 1. A quiet poll finds enough operators ready to grant reasonable advances to miners, ensuring winters receive at least part of the demanded 1 increase. C. H. D to Spend 8,000,000. Cincinnati Feb 15.
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Pittsburg
Washington Post
Pittsburg Pa
Hope to depress cotton prices by extending abortive run
The American Section of the Federation of Master Cotton Bombers decided to continue the abortive running until April. Owners of 4,000,000 spindles outside the federation may operate under this agreement. Hopes are that spinners can break the cotton ring.
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Washington
Manchester
Federation of Master Cotton Bompers
Roosevelt to be honored with modest Paris visit
Paris reports that Theodore Roosevelt will travel to Paris for a lecture at the Sorbonne and a planned banquet, but he seeks to avoid ostentation. Officials intend a ceremonial reception and a grand salon gathering with French scholars, while the Elysee dinner is confirmed. Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt voyage to Khartoum via Naples with plans to return to the United States by June.
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Paris
Stard
University of Paris
Theodora Toogevelt
United States
Roosevelt
Grants
Grant
Fallleres
Elysee Palace
Jusserand
Sorbonne
Academy of Political and Moral Sciences
Loubet
France
Roosevelt Saris
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Ethel
Hamburg
Naples
Khartoum
Gol Roosevelt
Europe
Cairo
Nile
Col Roosevelt
Neplen
Johnson
Board of Aldermen
Committee On Rules
Loeb
Taft
Col Tector Loeb
Mr Loeb
Government Clerke Council Forms Permanent Body
The Government Clerke Council met at the public library to plan a permanent cooperative entity. Members aim to buy essentials through merchants offering special prices and cash discounts. Jackson H. Ralston discussed taxation as a main price driver, and Willet M Hays spoke on remedies and overproduction concerns. A resolution urges government employees to organize for protection amid high living costs.
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Ife
Jackson H. Ralston
Willet M Hays
Ford
83 Children Die in Fire in Brooklyn Tenement
A multi story Brooklyn fire killed 83 people including three children aged 9 and 4 in a Willamsburg tenement. Michael Shinn nine and Frank Shinn four perished on the ground floor while Katherine Craig suffocated on the fourth floor in her parents flat. Mrs Shinn left her children alone to shop. Eighteen families were displaced.
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New York
Senis
Willamsbues
Brooklyn
Michael
Frank Shinn
Katherine Craig
Cotton King's Wife Sued In New York Court
Paragraphs report Emma Sully wife of ex cotton king Daniel Sully appearing as defendant in a New York Supreme Court suit against Tiffany & Co over about 400 charged to her individual account. Testimony includes details of purchases and accounts. Also noted are Jusserand leaving Washington for France with Mme Jusserand and a Senate pension bill advancing for Civil War widows.
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New York
Emma Sully
Daniel Sully
Cotton King
Supreme Court
Tiffany & Co
Sully
Netany & Co
Fim
Lodge May Head Committee to Probe Food Costs
Senate eyes a Dikins resolution inquiry into food costs with a high protectionist, Senator Lodge, likely named chair. Crawford attacked gold production as key to rising prices, urging wage hikes over price cuts. Burkett defended the postal savings bank constitutionality as other measures pass. Senate session lasted two and a half hours.
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Sherman
Senate
Benater Crawford
South Dakota
Crawford
Burkett
West Point Military Academy
Hogs Reach Record High Prices in Chicago and Fort Worth
Hog prices surged to 9.20 in Chicago, the top since 183, with hogs at 9.20 per hundredweight and futures holding above a year earlier. Fort Worth followed, buyers paying 2.90 per hundredweight as traders expect nine-dollar hogs to be possible this week.
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Warington F
Chicago
Fort Worth
Tex
Grand Jury Questions National Packing's VP in Beef Probe
Chicago grand jury questioned LB Patterson, vice president of National Packing Company, signaling the investigation will reach higher officials. Patterson testified before the jurors, with other company executives expected to be called as the meat industry faces scrutiny. John Agar, president of Agar Packing and Western Packing and Provision, appeared as a witness and offered a vigorous defense.
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Chicago Grand Jury
National Packing Company Special
Washington Peat
Chicago
Federal
LB Patterson
National Packing Company
Federal Grand Jury
Patterson
Grand Jury
John Agar
Agar Packing Company
Western Packing and Provision Company
Wesl
Clergyman Found Dead in Roxboro Home In Self Destruction
In Philadelphia pastor Oliver Stocking of Emanuel Methodist Episcopal Church Roxboro a suburb was found dead today in his bathtub with his throat cut a razor lay nearby authorities say he committed death by his own action in a temporarily insane condition Brain concussion from a fall five years ago is believed to have affected his mind Stocking aged 58 and a Dickinson College grad
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Philadelphia
Oliver Stocking
Emanuel Methodist Dpiscopal Church
Roxbato
Stocking
Ida
Merentius
Tamerlane
Ekulla
Russian Empress Health Rumors Denied by Ambassador
The Russian ambassador to the United States stated that Empress Alexandra Feodorovna is convalescent after heart related illness and firmly denies rumors about her health reported in foreign newspapers. Baron Rosen conveyed the denial on behalf of czarina and imperial court.
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Baron Rosen
Sus
United States
Craria
Alexandre Feodorovna
Russia
Making of Violins: from craftsman to factory and beyond
A historical survey traces violin making from master hand craft to industrial production. It notes a few revered makers like George Gewa under Astoria, reports on European and American talent, and discusses varnish legends, Stradivarius prices, and modern mechanical attempts to imitate or surpass traditional tone.
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America
Europe
George Gewaunder
Astoria
United States
Chicago
Baltimore
Ms Finder
Venice
Itelan Mekers
Joseph Gparneriva
New York
Stradivarius
Europa
Pis
Italy
England
Markne
Ira Wood
Driggs
London
Officers to Panama for canal fortifications survey
A joint army and navy board led by Gen Wotherspoon and Gen Murray sails for Panama to select sites for canal fortifications. Maj Haan Capt Kneap and Comdr Maxwell join. Gen Grover Mar shell and Gen Mar shell engineer to join within two weeks. They plan to return to Washington around April after a five week survey.
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Wotherspoon
Army War College
Mai Haan
Coast Artiilery Corps
Kneap
Maxwell
Navy
Washington
Panama
Grover
Murray
Coast Artillery
Marshell
Army
Joint
Army and Navy Board
Coleman
Explosion Court Called In Hopkins Destroyer Disaster
San Pedro, Caleb 15 A court of inquiry was summoned to fix responsibility for yesterday's explosion on torpedo boat destroyer Hopkins. The blast killed RS Taylor, first class fireman, and seriously injured all others. The inquiry will determine if a loose tube caused water to flood the fire box, hurling fire and steam at the crew as the hatches closed, leaving no escape.
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San Pedro
Caleb
Hopkins
RS Taylor
L OC Richardson
Delaware Delivered Dreadnought Arrives at Norfolk Yard
The Delaware, the first American type dreadnought, is formally delivered to the government at Norfolk Navy Yard from Newport News Shipbuilding. After minor alterations, she will be commissioned at the yard in early spring.
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Delaware
Norfolk Navy Yard
Newport Ewe
Norfolk
Norfolk Na
Newport Newz Shipbuildinge and Dry Dock Company
Naval Officers Ordered to Duty and Assignments Listed
A garbled dispatch lists several officers and sailors with duties at various U S Navy yards and ships. It names Lind AF Falféeld, Rosgx 3X Letrwla, Hailyn GO Carter, North Dakota crew, and duties at Wabash yard Boston, North Dakota, and on board ships. Additional assignments include naval hospitals in Fant Hoston Mags, De Chis Rostewsin, G J Mer at hospital Washington De, Bontewain BR, Plumay, Fenkington, Massionu well, Sound, Gunner AH Berney, Sowa and Muty, Gunter BC Wurdher, Caenter D A Shes, Cupenter WR Thomas, Machinist AP McCarthy, Magniniet 7 Mencher, Huphard, Markinis HJ Reuse, Machialet, Badgett, Stentor, and others, with dates around January 10 and related commission notes.
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Ders
Bontewain
Plumay
Carrie Fimo
Uy Me
Bontawain
Fenkington
Massionu
Commiexion
AH Berney
Sowa andMuty
Gunter BC Wurdher
Masschusetts
Complexian
HY C Wetmore
Indiana
Caenter
Shes
Mansachusetts
Cammfeatant Cupenter WR
Thomas
Soromisalon Machinist
AP McCarthy
oMeers
Mencher
Fowe Mashini
Iowa Markinis
Towa
Mackutyre
Mamachunetts
WC Stentor
Maneschetete
Army Orders and officer movements in wartime dispatches
Army orders list several officers reassigned or placed on temporary duty including Col Edwan at Fort Firat cavalry, Brigadier Walter Goo taking command in Maj Gen Leonard absence, Col Efwerd Chempe Carter to Fort Spring Arkansas for observation, Capt Bernley to Upny Mass for coastal artillery duties, and Lt Battery Anderson replacing Captain Rucksot Belcome at Fort neuropia. It notes ships and ports including Michigan at Culebra Vicksburg at Acagalee and Port Limon for wear wear, plus numerous transfers. Frederick Carlton Ackert to be arraigned for larceny in police court this morning in Birmingham.
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Edwan
Gaya
Harts
Howland Twents
Santry Tell
Goo ‘Walter Ows
Department of the Leal
Leonard” ‘ Woot
Efwerd Chempe Carter
Spring
Ark
Offoe
Army and Navy General Hospital
Bercy AW Bernley
Coast Artillery Corps
Upny Mass
Witten F Hake
Coast Artillery Cops
Bettery Anderson
Fort Neuropia
Rucksot
Belcome Artillers Corpa
Plain Talks With Women on Marrying to Reform Drunk Husbands
A dated piece argues against marrying a drinker to reform him, citing police court tales from New York and Elsewhere. It warns women that love alone cannot change dissipation, detailing ruined marriages, chained misery, and the harm to children from habitual drunkenness.
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Mei
New York
Hess
Delaware Railway Lease Decision at Dover Meeting
Stockholders of the Delaware Railroad Company meet in Dover to approve a 98 year lease to the Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company controlled by Pennsylvania interests. The action moves to the Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington stockholders for a special Wilmington meeting next Monday. The remainder of the printed text contains unrelated excerpts referencing temperance and a church event with disjointed phrasing.
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Wilmington
Delaware Railroad Company
Seuason
Dover
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company
Philadelphia
Baltimore and Washington
Pennysylvania
Philadelphia, Balstimore and Washington Railroad
Page's Diuretic Claim of Kidney Relief Promoted
An advertisement touts Page's Diuretic as a miracle cure for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims rapid, thorough relief by targeting the kidneys and urinary system, urging readers to buy only this brand from druggists.
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