Forward to Alaska rail boon and naval use debate
Secretary Fisher’s plan to move men and gear from Panama to Alaska aims to build a railway and furnish the navy with Alaska coal. The author warns against a “dog in the manger” stance and urges private capital to develop Alaska’s coal and lands while stressing caution on federal overreach and fiscal costs.
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Fisher
Panama
Curzon
Alanka
Ieaner
Congress
Levelonmant
Kentone
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Audi
United States Navy
Selonic
Pacific Coast
Matanuska
Navy
Panama Canal
Sassoon family a power in Asia and beyond
A detailed portrait of the Sassoon clan tracing their rise from Bagdad to Bombay and beyond. It notes Arthur Sassoon and brothers influence in finance and politics, British imperial ties, and their syndicate’s role in Asian and North African trade, with mentions of connections to Rothschilds and Victorian royalty.
Wool Bill And Tariff Revisions Dominate Senate Week
Tariti plans to push wool tariff revision in Congress as House weighs excise income tax and a parcels post bill under a special rule. Senate politics center on Stephenson election case and Lori meras report, with no unanimous action expected.
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Senate
Penross
Finance Committee
Emery
Tariff Board
Progresaiva Republicana
Ways and Means Committee
Underwood
Suger
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Senate Election Committee
Senate Committee
Lorimera
Two New American Battleships Planned by Congress
Naval experts predict Congress will authorize two modern superdreadnoughts this session. Displacement around 31,000 tons with enhanced underwater protection and possible overhead aeroplane defenses. Debates consider turret designs, armor distribution, and a potential upgrade to 15 inch guns.
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Congress
Naval
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Bureau of Ordnance
Indian Head
Ahler
Nevada
Oklahoma
House Naval Committee
United States
Mayer
Wea
Fights land fraud ruling faces Supreme Court review
Senator Spooner says he will petition the U S Supreme Court to review a circuit court of appeals decision allowing Amityville land fraud suspects to be tried in Wyoming. Indicted are Frank T West of Amityville NY George W Dally Wilberforce Frye and Rufus J Ireland, with ties to Mrs Mary P Myton who financed the enterprise. The case centers on alleged coal land schemes and land transfers to Owl Creek Coal Company.
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Supreme Court
John C Spooner
Cir Cuit Court of Appeale
New York
Wyoming
Frank T West
Amllyville
George W Dally
Wilberforce |Fully
Switchman Elected Speaker In Arizona State Legislature
Lemuel D Bradner, a switchman from Benson, elected speaker of Arizona's state house as Democratic members chose him. The Democrats hold a 36 to 4 majority. Michael Cunniff, ex Harvard instructor, named president of the senate caucus. Legislature to consider constitutional recall amendments urged by President Taft.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Lemuel D Bradner
Southern Pacific Garde
Benson
House of Arizona
Coucus
Bradner
Democrat Senate
Michael Cunnift
Harvard University
Exnox Urges Loan Treaty With Nicaragua Ratification
Secretary Knox urged Senate action on the Nicaraguan loan treaty stalled over a year. Nicaragua’s government and citizens favor ratification, opposing Zelaya remnants. Banks Brown Brow & Co and J W Seligman proposed a 15 million loan at 8 percent to reform currency and tax collection. treaty approved by Nicaragua’s national assembly. A separate Honduran contract terms were submitted to the State Department, with features removed from the Morgan loan and offered for Honduran acceptance.
Golden West lecture series dazzles East audience
McCain closes a long travel lecture tour on exclusively American subjects. A 518 lecture at Columbia highlighted a picture pilgrimage through North Dakota Colorado New Mexico California Washington Idaho and beyond. The talk praised American scenery from Market Street film of San Francisco pre quake to Yosemite and Georgetown Loop.
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Great West
Nox McCain
Columbia
Golden West
North Dakota
Colorado
New Mexlco
California
Gregson Wastington
Idaho
Thas
Breast West
East
Europe
McCain
Moving
Market Street
San Francisco
Royal Gorge
Georgetown Loop
Yosemite
Canadian
Bishop Seeks Italian Annexation of Tripoli and Cyrenaica
Bishop Joseph Hartzell of Cincinnati, head of the Methodist Church mission in Africa, arrived for a months long visit and to report to the Minneapolis conference. He said Italy is united and hopes to permanently annex Tripoli and Cyrenaica, noting French colonial work and flourishing missions. He spoke in Constantinople about mixed Mohammedan and Christian attendance and the shifting sentiment there.
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Cyrenaica
New York
Joseph Hartzell
Cincinnat
Methodiat Episcopal Church
Africa
Genera Conference
The
Methodist Church
Minneapolis
Constantinople
Italy
Tripoli
Broadway Socrates Dead Fiend of Writers and Curios
George Arms known as the Socrates of Broadway is dead at an old age. He lived in a Broadway hotel for 37 years and kept a famous private curios collection. A key dated 1875 was found in his pocket after his death. He made swords in the Civil War era and toured the world. Mark Twain and other writers often visited.
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George Arms
New York
Socrates
Broadway
Arma
Mark Twain
Mr Arms
Unclear aphorisms mix of quotes on life and politics
A sequence of pointed aphorisms about pride, money, politics, love, and society. The reflections touch on dignity, expenses, leadership, wealth, honesty, education, and marriage, each offering a terse normative truth or observation. The fragments read like editorial quotes without a single narrative arc.
Reflections of a Bachelor From the New Torx Trent
Reflections presents a fragmentary, humorous monologue on women and men roles in society with quirky lines about flirtation, money, fashion, and social expectations. The piece uses dated slang and playful paradoxes to mock romance and social norms.
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Torx Trent
Taft Leaves Washington for Boston for St Patrick's Day
President Taft departs Washington at 6 Welock for Boston to attend St Patrick's Day events. Accompanied by Secretary Hilles and others, he will review the Evacuation Day parade and speak at Nassau Manchester and Concord before returning to Washington Wednesday.
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City Club
Massachusetts Peace Socfert
Lon Im
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Irish Association
Boston Bank DM Sera Association
Boston Paper Manufacturera Association
Yale Club
Ships Race Wagers High as Bermuda to New York Contest Unfolds
Two steamers, Oceana and Bermudian, depart Bermuda for New York in a $50,000 wagered race. Passengers bet from $10 to $1,000 as wireless reports place them 660 miles east of Sandy Hook, each ship crowded with affluent bettors after a Bermuda winter.
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Quebec
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Sandy Hook
Atlantic Fleet Assembling For Warlike Hampton Roads Appearance
Hampton Roads again takes on a warlike air as about a dozen ships of the Atlantic fleet arrive off Old Point and prepare for maneuvers. Battleships New Hampshire and Mississippi, battleship Maine debris, and naval tugs reach the area, with others expected to join for target practice and drills along the southern dell grounds.
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Kansas
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Southern Dell
Weather Summary From Washington to Midwest and East
Weather conditions across the United States show a disturbance moving from the plains to the upper Midwest and Dakotas bringing snow and rain to the upper Mississippi valley, with warmer interior conditions east of the Rockies. No precipitation elsewhere. Unsettled in the upper lakes to the Atlantic seaboard with rain and snow in the eastern lower lake region and the St. Lawrence valley. Local notes include temperatures near seasonal norms with a mix of sunshine across the middle Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
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Retired Memphian General Wright Declines Republican Nomination
Gen Luke B Wright of Memphis Tenn former Secretary of War says he is out of politics and will not seek public office. He notes Taft led Republicans while Democrats could win if they avoid blunders and mentions immigration of delegates and internal party dynamics. He references agricultural work on abandoned New York farms and straw poll observations in Ohio and the South.
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Hitchcock Attends Funeral for Republican Leader
Postmaster General Hitchcock left Washington for Augusta Maine to attend the funeral of John FEM acting chairman of the Republican National Committee. He died suddenly in Boston last week.
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Augusta
John Fem
Republican National Committee
Boston
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