Ohio Insurgent Fight Over Southern District Judge Nomination
Columbus lawyer W. Q. Henderson, opposed by Foraker and Dick, emerges as the likely U S judge for the Southern District of Ohio. Burton’s insurgent faction pressures President Taft, who may shift from Adams, triggering Senate displeasure and a concerted Ohio party fight.
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W. Q. Henderson
Columbus
Ohio
Jenn J Adams
Zanesville
Wenderson
Burton
Cleveland
Dick and Foraker
Dayton
Judge Adams
Taft
Interior Garfield
Foraker
Gen
Senate
Thas
Mc Peaher
Washington
Republican Party
Buckeye
Adams
Muskingum County
Iook
Henderson
Mherests
Shl
Adame
Ellis Not After Judgeship Denies Candidacy
Special to The Washington Post Columbus Ohio March 6 Attorney General Wade H Ellis denied reports he sought the coadjutor seat on the U S court saying he only traveled to Washington to discuss mutual government matters and the Standard Oil case He stressed he has too much work to consider a federal judgeship and attributed rumors to friendly lawyers. Palmer resigns from Enrolled Bills Committee to join Senator Briggs of New Jersey praising his record of timely bills and efficient committee work after lengthy service since the Hanna and Dryden eras.
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Washington Post
Columbus
Wade H Ellis
United States Court
Washington
Attorney General’s Department
Ohio
Palmer
Briggs
William M. Palmer
Senate
Jersey
Cpl
Lowell
Hanna
Dryden
Thomas Casey Dies After Civil War Monitor Duel
Thomas Casey, seventy eight, a government employee and survivor of the Monitor Merrimac duel, died Saturday at Providence Hospital. Born in Baltimore, he moved to Alabama youth, worked as an iron worker, later served at Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond. In 1887 he joined the Bureau of Education, ill for months before death.
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Thomas Casey
Providence Hospital
Cal. Casey
Baltimore
Alabama
Tredegar Iron Works
Richmond
Bureau of Education
Roosevelt Shifts Child Labor Inquiry to Commerce Department
President Roosevelt moves the child labor investigation planned for spring and summer from the civil service to the Department of Commerce and Labor. A $150,000 appropriation remains, with use of civil service staff through new appointments. Representative Crumpacker discussed the plan with the President, and nominations may include sociologist Jones Bronson Reynolds if he meets the special exam.
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Bureau of Labor
Roosevelt
Senate
Department of Commerce and Labor
Civil Service
Department
Crumpacker
House Committee On Census
News
Jones Bronson Reynolds
Chicago
Roosevelt Reassures West Lumber Interests on Forest Policy
President Roosevelt met yesterday with Victor Beckman secretary of the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers Association J C Defapaugh editor of the American Lumberman and F B Hubbard a Centria Wash lumber maker. With Senators Ankeny and Piles and Commissioner Ballinger they affirmed that the sole interest is that Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast states be safeguarded in managing the public domain.
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Roosevelt
West
Victor Beckman
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
J. C. Defapaugh
The
American Lumberman
Chicago
F. B. Hubbard
Centralia
Wash
Ankeny and Piles
Ballinger
Lang
Hoosevelt
Jhig
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast States
WANTS PACIFIC COAST MAN
The President spoke with Immigration Commission members including Lodge Dillingham Latimer Bennet of New York and Howell of New Jersey about commission work but no conclusion was reached. Roosevelt plans to announce the remaining three members later.
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Immigration Commission
White House
Pacific Coat
President Advocates Ship Subsidy Policy
President Roosevelt, speaking to visitors at the White House since Congress adjourned, again backs ship subsidy and plans to press a subsidy bill in the next Congress. He will deliver Memorial Day remarks in Indianapolis on May 30 and address Michigan Agricultural College in Lansing the next day, marking the college's fiftieth anniversary. His supporters expect him to discuss the subsidy proposal at both events.
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White House
Congress
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
The
Agricultural College
Lansing
Mich
Agricultural College of the
Wolverine State
Purchase of Camp Alger Rifle Range Favored
A Washington committee seeks a 150000 appropriation in the next Congress for buying Camp Alger eight miles from Washington on the Virginia bank of the Potomac. The site, once a Spanish-American War rendezvous, is described as well suited for army navy and Marine Corps range use. The White House was visited to gain presidential support. The President reportedly favors the plan.
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Congress
Alger
Washington
Virginia
Potomac
Army
Navyy
Marine Corps
White House
Wanger Holds Twenty Five Valley Forge Cannons
Representative Wanger of Pennsylvania has twenty five brass cannons in his possession to honor Valley Forge and General Washington. He sought War Department transport but the carriages were unavailable. Mrs Wanger will await the next Congress for funds to buy carriages.
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Wanger
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania
Valley Forge Association
George Washington
Congress
War Department
Regrets subsidy defeat in Argentina Congress
Disappointment spread through commercial and official circles in Buenos Ayres over the failure of the American Congress to adopt a bill providing subsidies for steamers trading between the United States and South America. Sympathy was offered to Secretary Root for efforts to strengthen relations between the two Americas.
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Argentina
Buenos Ayres
Mar
River Plate
He American Congress
United States
South Amerea
Root
Americas
Taft to Pass on Cock Fights in Cuba Controversy
The article discusses Secretary Taft’s arrival in Cuba and the push to abrogate Governor General Wani’s decree banning cock fighting. It notes arrests of several prominent Cubans, including a presidential candidate, for attending a cock fight and presents the ensuing policy debate.
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Taft
Cuba
Wani
Kelsey to Face Hearing on Removal Recommendation
Albany March 6 a senate judiciary committee adopted a resolution to notify State Superintendent of Insurance Kelsey it will hear him and his counsel on Wednesday regarding Hughes recommendation to remove him.
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Albany
Senate
Kelsey
No Tariff Concession Relief In Hands Of Senate
The upper house must decide if it will avert tariff wars by approving reciprocity treaties with France and Germany. The executive branch has abandoned hopes of concessions to prevent maximum tariff rates on American products. France and Germany face similar positions, with no price of minimum tariffs for American goods available. The State Department focuses on live cattle and dressed meats when negotiating with France.
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Congress
France
Germany
Roosevelt
Senate
State Department
Department of Agriculture
Kasson
French List Limited
United States
Cham
Dagne
Kayson
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Roat
San Francisco Mayor Schmitz Seeks Re election and Views on Japanese Education
Mayor Eugene Schmitz, returning from Washington, says he will run again if supported and refuses to be driven out by newspapers. He also reflects on Roosevelt’s stance on admitting Japanese students and supports allowing schooling while opposing broad Orientals immigration.
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Frisco
Saya
San Francisco
Cal
Mar
J Eugene Schmitz
Washington
Roosevelt
Schmitz
Los Angeles
Roosavelt
Page alleges theft of public utilities bill in Albany
At the capitol, Senator Page claimed a copy of the public utilities bill was stolen before introduction and that New York interests used the information. A prominent New York lawyer and a corporation representative are named as implicated. An investigation is under way to identify the source of the leak, with Gov. Hughes kept informed but not commenting.
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Albany
Capitol
Page
Senate
New York
Penrose in difficulty in Brownsville court martial
San Antonio Texas March 6 the concluding testimony of Lieut Grier in the Maj Penrose court martial case was taken and the prosecution rested its case The defense faces trouble in obtaining witnesses Discharged negroes from Washington are being considered as witnesses Several telegrams to Washington were sent and court and counsel refuse to reveal witness names
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San Antonio
Tex
Lieut. Grier
Maj Penrose
Brownsville
Washington
Cuba may hold elections to test new law soon
Municipal and provincial elections in Cuba are being considered in administration circles to test the new election law and gauge the republic’s temper before a national election. A decision is expected after Secretary Taft’s trip to Cuba, Porto Rico and Panama that started March 24.
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Cuba
Taft
Porto Rico
Panama
Women Seek Cure with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
Anxious women desire improved health and begin using Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The ad promises guaranteed purity and proven cures, claiming the remedy will cure them as it has others.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Aimed at Digestive Ailments
An 19th century ad touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic to strengthen and tone the entire female system and cure backache, sick headache, cramps, dizziness, dyspepsia, indigestion, chills, colds, or la grippe.
Stone protests to Meyer over mail ban on publications
Senator Stone wrote to Postmaster General Meyer denouncing the department’s ban on Woman's Magazine and Woman's Journal as second class mail. He alleges possible sinister influence behind the order issued by Cortelyou before his retirement and accuses the action of tyranny and injustice affecting a valued property worth millions and thousands of citizens.
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William Jawiy
Vu. Sussouri
Meyer
Department
Woman's Magazine
Woman's Journal
B. G. Lewis Publishing Company
St. Louis
Cortelyou
Iis
Stone
Lewis
Crumpnacker Chill
Post-Office Department
United States Saovings Bank
Needs Brief Autograph by Secretary Garfield
Interior Secretary James Rudolph Garfield faces pressure to sign as J R Garfield to save time. Historical examples show leaders shortening names, from Roosevelt to Root, while some attempts at a signature stamp failed legally.
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James Rudolph Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Garfield
Interior Department
J. R. Garfield
John Addison Porter
McKinley
Roosevelt
T Roosevelt
Navy
Theodore
EH. Root
James Eaton Reynolds
Tresury
Treasury
Canadian Talks Temperance at Local Anti Saloon League Meeting
The Anti-Saloon League held its regular monthly meeting at the Woman's Christian Temperance Union building on Sixth Street near FL. Attendees from Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church South and other co operative bodies submitted credentials for new representatives. Courtney Fossey of Toronto, Canada, representing the Dominion Alliance, spoke on temperance asAttorney Shoemaker reported monthly progress.
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Dominion Alliance
Anti-Saloon League
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Sixth Street
Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church
South
W. L. Wingfield
Central Young Woman's Christian Temperance Union
C. W. Cuthbertnon
C. E. van Ostrand
Duncan Stuart
Willis B. Robinson
H. W. Reeve
Friends' Church
Orthodox
J. Edgar Hiatt
Attorney Shoemaker
League
Mayor Schmitz Linked In Extortion Haunt Ruef Fugitive Status
San Francisco news ties Eugene Schmitz to extortion charges as Abraham Ruef remains a fugitive after a judge rules Sheriff ONeill failed to produce Ruef. A writ of error to the U S Supreme Court was sought, and Coroner Walsh is to serve Ruef’s appearance while Hebbard faces a separate intoxication accusation by Heney. Mayor Schmitz expected in court. Hebbard hospitalized.
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San Francisco Bar Association
Hebbard
San Francisco
Mar
Abraham Ruet
Eugene Schmitz
Dunne
O'Neill
Ruef
Walsh
Elisor
Ruel
Supreme Court of the United States
Heney
Francis Heney
Rueff
Walsh Os
Judge Dunne
Schmitz
Abraham Ruef
Bar Association
Judge Hebbard
Clara Barton Hospital
President as peacemaker in South Dakota Senate quarrel
The President is pressing to settle a factional split between Senators Gamble and Kittredge over patronage. Gamble defeated Kittredge’s bid to block his re election, with Parker and W C Cook at the White House. A compromise slate and restored party harmony are hoped for within days as both sides admit the dispute risks the party, but expect a truce soon.
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South Dakota
Gamble
Kittredge
White House
Representative Parker
W. C. Cook
Dakota Republican State Committee
May quit the canal path hinted for Maltby
A report from Champaign dated March 6 indicates Frank B. Maltby, chief assistant engineer of the Panama Canal, plans to resign and follow his chief John H. Stevens. Maltby, en route to New York, says in a letter to his mother that resignations are likely after Stevens. He travels to Washington to learn his and fellow engineers' status.
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Washington
Stevens
Fifty three Representatives Sail To Panama Canal Study
Fifty three members of Congress set sail aboard the Panama for Colon to inspect canal construction firsthand. accompanying them are Lieut. Col. George P. Goethals the Army engineer in charge and Maj. Galland who will assist him.
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New York
Congress
Panama Canal
Panama
Colon
George TP. Goethals
United States Army
Maj
Galland
Col
Goethals
Logan E Bleckley Dead in Georgia Supreme Court Era
Logan E Bleckley died at his Clarksville Georgia home of Brights disease. He served as chief justice of the State Supreme Court for many years and was over seventy. Also noted: Frank T Campbell, Lima leader and former Lima Republican publisher, died at seventy four. A Democratic nomination for Congress: H L Fulton of Oklahoma City. Balloting for US Senator in Providence district shows Ghoddard 41 votes, Colt 26, Wetmore 30.
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Georgia Supreme Court
Atlanta
Logan
Bleckley
Clarksville
Bright
Blackley
State Supreme Court
Lima
Ohio
Frank T. Campbell
Republican Party
Lima Republican Gazette
Providence
Washington
R. C
United States
Joint Assembly
Ghoddard
Colt
Wetmore
Utter L
Railroads Face Financial Hurdles In Haines City Branch
President T M Emerson of Atlantic Coast Line cites anti railroad sentiment and tight money as reasons delaying the Haines City branch. He notes equipment spending exceeds 18 million over two years, Florida capital needs and, despite improvements, state railway commissions and freight pressure cut profits, delaying construction.
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Emerson
Coast Line
M. Emerson
Atlantic Coast Line
Bureau of Manufactures
Wilmington
N. C
Haines City
Iti
R Lailroad
Florida
Florida Railroad Commission
Tt. M. Emerson
Railway plans halted after court ruling and tax law
Omaha March 6 Following Union Pacific action to stop all work and a Supreme Court decision forcing Nebraska railroads to pay delinquent taxes, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad postponed plans for its massive Omaha freight depot. Legislators consider a 2 cent fare law and terminal taxation that could raise city taxes on railroads, prompting the hold.
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Omaha
Nebr
Mohier
Union Pacific Railroad
All Story
United States Supreme Court
Nebraska
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Holdredge
Bonaparte Will Wait on Merger Inquiry
Congress discussed the Morgan Hill Facine railroad merger before adjournment but did not pass a resolution for an investigation. Attorney General Bonaparte said he had not been officially notified and did not plan to take steps unless it was brought to his attention.
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Morgan-Hill Facine
Congress
Bonaparte
Judge Ewing Rules Nonresidents Cannot Sue US Firms Without Treaties
In Pittsburgh on March 1 Judge Nathaniel Ewing of the United States Circuit Court ruled that nonresidents cannot sue American companies unless future treaties are made with foreign nations. The case of Mayer Zeiger of Hungary against the Pennsylvania Railroad over damages for the death of George Zeiger underscores the need for cross border agreements. The ruling reflects limits on extraterritorial legal rights and notes objections by foreign kingdoms to such treaties due to American tourist travel.
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Pittsburg
Nathaniel Ewing
United States Circuit Court
Mayer Zeiger
Zenta
Hungary
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
George Zeiger
Platniff
Pennsylvania
Harnsburg
Ewing
Anr
Allong
Bryan's Offer Declined in Chicago Mayoral Campaign
Chicago speaker plan shifts to locally selected voices. Mayor Dunne announced Wilam Jennings Bryan would not appear, citing a preference for strictly local issues and unity within the county central committee.
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Voice of the
Chicago
Mar
Wilam Jennings Bryan
Dunne
Bryan
County Central Committee
Legislation Blocks Copper Deal Effort
In Lansing today a bill to prevent stockholders in one company from voting the majority of stock in another was advanced. The senate passed it and sent it to the house as a special order for tomorrow. The move follows an act two years ago that rendered Michigan anti trust law ineffective for mining companies.
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Lansing
Mica
Mar
Calumet and
Hecla
Centennial
Leuse
Osceola
Senate
Michigan
Brazilian Consul General Becomes Minister to Cuba
New York March 6. Mr Fontoura Xavier for ten years Brazilian consul general at New York will soon leave for Havana to assume his new post of Brazilian Minister to Cuba and Central America. He will be succeeded as consul general by Jose Joaquim Gomez Santos.
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Cuba
New York
Mar
Fontoura- Xavier
Havana
Central America
Fontoura
Jose Joaquim Gomez Santos
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