Taft poised for youngest Supreme Court justice seat
The text notes Taft, born September 15, 1857, set to become the youngest Supreme Court justice. It describes his rapid rise from Cabinet roles to acting presidency when President Roosevelt traveled, and praises his intellect, statesmanship, and affable nature while serving under the administration.
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United States City
Taft
Supreme Court
Day
Hay
Washington
State Department
Moony
New Y M C A Club Forms Canoe and Boat Group
One hundred twenty five men signed rosters for the newly organized N Y M C A Canoe and Boat Club at its first meeting. Meetings and a constitution were adopted and membership limited to YMCA members. Plans include a camp along the broad water between High and Sycamore Islands, a club boathouse, and an outdoor track. Officers elected last night include Commodore R. A. Hord president Philip Keaman secretary A J Hamner treasurer G F Pollock and H F Carl first vice president. A commodore and vice commodore to be elected at next meeting early next week.
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High
Sycamore Islands
Oultivers
Wereoa
Hord
Philip Keaman
A. J. Hamner
G. F P. Pollock
H.F. Carl
Eight Rioters Convicted in Springfield Riot Case
Springfield Ohio March jury found eight young men guilty of rioting: Harry Garber John F Piepont George Epprecht Cad Kreehfer Glan Johnson Frank Young Carl Wise Kemp Reeder Leniency urged, workhouse sentence asked to be avoided. Preston Ladd described the shooting of Mark Davis and implicated Dean, tying to last week’s riot.
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Springfield
Ohto
Harry Garber
John Fpiepont
George Epprecht
Cad Kreehfer
Glan Johnson
Frank Young
Carl Wise
Kemp Reeder
Upyton
Ohio
Sheriff Wright
Preston Ladd
Mark Davis
Davis
Dean
Beck's Defense of Rogers in Bay State Gas Suit
Former U S A G James M Beck finished his defense for Jenny H Rogers in the Pepper receivership case over about 4000 dollars tied to gas transactions in Boston. Judge Putnam adjourned the case to Wednesday as Beck argued Rogers' policy on the gas sale and argued he owed nothing to the plaintiff.
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Boston
Mass
United States
James M. Beck
Delay in Steunenberg Case Arraignments Postponed
Charles H. Mover William BD Haynwood and George A Pettipene were arraigned before Judge Frank Smith in Caldwell on charges of murdering former Gov Frank Sivunenberg. On defense request for time to prepare a motion to quash the indictment, proceedings were postponed to next Friday when defendants will reappear to enter pleas.
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Iho
Charles H. Mover
Willian BD. Haynwood
George A. Pettipene
Frank Smith
Caldwell
Frank Sivunenberg
Tragic Prize Shoot Accident Near Greensburg
In Greensburg Pennsylvania Howard Hegan thirty five was accidentally shot in the head during a prize shoot at the Robert Shuey farm three miles from town He died two hours later Le BP Wentzen a contestant fired the fatal shot both men were noted marksmen Wentzen is prostrated Also reported are twenty wreck victims at Westmoreland Hospital three amputations performed with all expected to recover The American Pipy Manufacturing Company will bury the three dead locally
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Greensburg
Robert Shuey
Howard Hegan
le BP
Wentzen
Marca
Radebaugh
Westmoreland Hospital
American Pipy Manufacturing Company
Sullivan to represent U S at Athens Olympic games
James E Sullivan of New York named the sole U S representative for the Athens Olympic Games opening April 22 by Royal demand. Roosevelt hosted a White House luncheon with athletic leaders to finalize plans for a large American team of about thirty. The group will sail late March with $54 000 pledged to cover expenses. Other selections include James D Lightbody James Connolly and D Sullivan. Canadian athletes may join the Americans.
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Athens
Sullivan
America
George
Greece
Whch
Roosevelt
Caspar Whitney
White House
United States
James E. Sullivan
Hig
Wis
New York
James D. Lightbody
University of Chicago
James Connolly
Reston
D. Sullivan
Butte
Mont
Portlami
Oreg
Connally
Mshiigarorieg
Sea Lules
Lightbody
Foronto
Vem
Miss Burke Denies Engaged To Marquis Of Anglesey
London singer Miss Burke and her friend Stanley Cary deny engagement to the Marquis of Anglesey or any man. Cary, described as a wealthy Devonshire resident, leaves Washington amid press inquiries while Burke says she is in town to tend a dying friend.
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Marquis of
Anglesey
Devonshire
Billy’ Burke
London
Washington
Sean
Stanley’ Cary
Marquis of Anglesey
Mr. Cary
Miss Burke
Burke
New York
Shoreham
Warhhington
Mins Burke
Stanley Cary
Cary
Embezzler Hull Sought After Cashier Misreadings
J Prescott & Co faces possible losses from embezzlement by bookkeeper J A Hull who stole 9300. A bank call, a one sided conversation, and a guilty conscience led to Hull’s disappearance before audit. Police nationwide alerted. bench warrant issued for Hull on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses.
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J. Prescott
J. Prescott & Co
Hull
Prescott
Justice Gould
Joseph A. Hull
Lawrence
Minister Figures In Divorce Suit Against Rev Hunt
Rev E Lawrence Hunt, former pastor of Washington Heights Presbyterian Church, is a central figure in a DC Supreme Court divorce petition filed by Charles E Bassett against Fanny Rice Bassett. The complaint cites conduct in 1901 1905 across Washington Baltimore Atlantic City and New York and notes Bassett has not lived with his wife since May 1 194. Mrs Bassett, now in Omaha, Nebraska, also filed for divorce in Nebraska. The couple married November 11 1891 and have four children aged two to ten who are with their mother. Attorneys include E F Colladay G L Talt for Bassett and Hilary A Herbert for Bassett.
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E. Lawrence Hunt
E. Bassett
BE. Lawrence Hunt
Washington Heights Presbyterian Church
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Charles E. Bassett
Fanny Rice Bassett
Washington
Baltimore
Atlantic City
New York
Hunt
Brooklyn
Bassett
Surrey
E. F. Colladay
G. L. Talt
Illinois Leaders Praise Lincoln and Grant at Meeting
Illinois Republican Association leaders An drews of Nebraska and Graff of Illinois addressed the group at the Riggs House, tracing Illinois role in history. Andrews linked Hamilton Jeffersonian ideas to Lincoln and Grant, praising their defense of national sovereignty. Graff lauded Lincoln and Grant, noting their leadership from Sumter to Appomattox. Music by Featherstone and Varney provided.
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Graff
Lincoln
Grant
Republican Association
W. E. Andrews
Nebraska
Grail
Illinois
Bufors
Ilinois Republican Association of the Distrit
Riggs House
The
Republic
Hamilton
Jefferson
Sumter
Abraham Lincoln
Union
Ilnois
Ulysses S.S. Grant
Lee
Appomattox
Tlinois
Logan
Gruff
Gen
Floyd Featherstone
Dota Varney
Hopsting
Three Soldiers Kidnapped In Chicago Armory Incident
Three Troop C Illinois Cavalry members were seized from their armory by three assailants aided by a teamster. A free-for-all rescue followed, and the abductors were later arrested by order of Alderman Milton Foreman. The motive was said to be personal feuds and factional tensions over a local election. Harry Ullman was a candidate linked to the rival group.
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Chicago
First
Ilnois Cavalry
Milton J. Foreman
Alderman Foreman
Burt Lloyd
Harry Ullman
Police Chief Stiles Shoots Self After Grand Jury Probe
Eugene Oregon March 9 Police Chief Joseph B Stiles killed himself in a deserted building on the city outskirts. He was found today after a grand jury probe into a charge claiming he gave liquor to young girls. He was fifty and had a family.
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Grand Jury
Hey
Eugene
Oreg
Joseph
Stiles
Stiley
James Walker Jr Hanged for Murder in Jefferson County
Birmingham Ala March 9 James Walker Jr was hanged today for the murder of William D Hill a prominent Jefferson County citizen Walker confessed and declared his father guilty of the crime was innocent and given a life sentence for a separate act prior to the murder During the execution Walker asserted his father’s innocence and claimed responsibility for the Hill killing in a final statement.
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Bis
Wasj
Birmingham
Ala
James Walker, Jr
William D. Hill
Jefferson County
Walker
No pies for Mrs Chadwick in penitentiary ruling
Columbus Ohio March 9 Mrs Cassie Chadwick cannot receive pies and other edibles sent from Cleveland. Warden Govid ruled today that shipments are vetoed. A Cleveland firm had been shipping eatables to Mrs Chadwick and paid through her attorneys.
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Cleveland
Columbus
Ohio
Mrrs
Cassie Chadwick
Govid
Mira Chawwlek
Hi Attorneys
Sunday Law Work Planned by Epworth League Union
A committee was formed at the Epworth League Union March meeting at Marvin Methodist Church to promote a Sunday law. President F Brown outlined the effort and Rev. WMburn Crafts preached on a model Sunday law as a vital civilization milestone. He warned publicity engages people when shops are closed or open too early for business.
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Epworth League Union
Marvin Methodist Church
F. Brown
Wmburn. Crafts
Grand Jury Takes Up Mann Perjury Case In New York
The grand jury began consideration of a perjury charge against Col. William D. Mann editor of Town Topics. The case stems from the Norman Hapgood criminal libel trial and involves Mann denying authorship of initials on a disputed letter after a lengthy hearing.
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New York
William D. Mann
Town Topics
Grand Jury Today
Norman Hapgood
Col. Mann
Blood Humors and Sarsaparilla Restorative Claim
The passage asserts that blood humors cause pimples boils eczema and related ailments. It claims Hood's Sarsaparilla expels them, renovates strengthens and tones the entire system. It cites thousands of annual testimonies supporting the remedy.
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Hood
Man Dies After Jump From Burning Home Window
Isaiah Ross a 65 year old resident of 1739 Eleventh Street Northwest died from skull fracture hours after leaping from a second story window during a house fire caused by an oil stove. Firemen extinguished the blaze after damage reached 200 dollars. Ross survived by wife and six children. Des Moines Iowa March 9 Hughes anti pass measure passed Senate prohibiting passes and franks for railroad street railway telegraph and telephone officials with exceptions for railroad commissioners and newspapers.
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Isaiah Ross
Eleventh Street
Rosa
Ross
Eighth Precinct
Freedmen’s Hospital
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Whitman Will Funds Libraries and Schools in New Ipswich
Mary M. B. Whitman’s 1944 will bequeaths 310000 to the New Ipswich Library trustee fund named Henry Ames Blood and Royal Henry Blood memorial fund for library maintenance. It also gives Temple New Hampshire 10000 for a schoolhouse and 7000 for maintaining the Common, with 8000 to aid the school, while Col Royal E. Whitman’s widow and Ruth Miller Brown receive life income from the estate. American Security Trust Company named executor.
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Ruth, Miller Brown
Col. Whitman
Mary M. B. Whitman
New Ipswich
WN. H
Henry Ames
Royal Henry Blood
Temple
N. H
Henry Ames Blood
Mary Miller Blood
Col
Royal E. Whitman
Massachusetts' Avenue
Ruth Miller Brown
American Security
Ang ‘Trust Company
Died in Philadelphia Capt George J Burnap retires Navy man
Captain George Jacob Burnap a retired chief engineer of the United States Navy died at his home in Philadelphia on March 7. He entered service in 1861 and served in multiple steamships during the Civil War before being promoted and later retired in 1899. Also in San Francisco Gen A W Greely arrived to command the Pacific division succeeding Gen Sumner. Midshipman Bernard Colon of Brooklyn was reappointed to Annapolis after resigning from the fourth class and will be sworn in tomorrow.
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United States Navy
Philadelphia
Burnap
United States
Roanoke
Cimerone
Susquehanna
Aristook
Kansas
Quaker City
Greely
San Francisco
A. W. Greely
War Department
Washington
Pacific Division
Army
Sumner
Gen. Finiston
Gen. Sumner
Annapolis
Bernard Colon
Brooklyn
N. Y
Naval Academy
Army Orders And Naval Movements Reported In Dispatch
Army orders show leave for Second Lieut Richard J Jorah and retirement for Major William Stanton with new assignments for Charles H McKinstry and Marek G May. A board of officers will study canal construction plans at Rock Island. Navy transfers include J Hi Rohrbacher to Ordnance Bureau and Lieut Commander B B Bierer to Navy. Movements list ships arriving at Annapolis and Hampton Roads. A teen gunman killed Chicago youth Marcos-reter smith during a brewing company freight car theft incident.
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Artillery Corps
William Stanton
Sixth Cevelry
Ingtaad
Marek G. May
Charles H. McKinstry
Corps of Engineers
Pacito
John B. Hugeiny
San Franenco
Cal
Army Trenaport
San Francisco
Rock Island
Chief of Engineers
J. Hi. Rohrbacher
Bureau of Ordnance
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
B. B. Bierer
Navy
Burgeau
Dease
Naval Hospital
Pensacola
Fla., &c
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Judsan Head
F. L. Beton
Naval
Chicago
Marcos—reter Smith
Vincent Urbanski
Urbansis
Smith
Weather Conditions Report From U S Weather Bureau
Weather summary notes a northeastern deep low bringing snow and rain from the Carolina coast to New England and light precipitation in the Lake region and Middle Atlantic. Temperature mainly near normal. brisk NW winds along coasts and Lake Michigan. Local readings list midnight to evening temperatures, humidity, sunshine, and city temps.
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Lake Michigan
European Porta Wis
Grand Banks
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