Taft signs tariff bill ending extraordinary session
Washington reports the tariff revision and the extraordinary session adjourned sine die at 6 p m The vote in the Senate was 47 to 31 with Taft signing the general tariff and the Philippine measure before departing the Capitol amid a storm and a procession of officials.
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First Session of 61st Congress Adjourns Quietly
The first session of the 61st Congress adjourned at 5 38 p m with members filing out solemnly Rather than the usual humor they exchanged solemn good wishes for a peaceful end to the session and a smooth transition between sessions
Taft Endorses Payne Tariff Bill Downward Revision
President Taft released a statement praising the Payne tariff bill as a sincere republican effort toward downward revision. He noted few rate increases outside luxuries and wine and whiskey, with many rates lowered, while denying the measure as a free trade bill.
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Steamships Lose Customs Fees Under New Payne Act
Nearly twenty steamships awaiting orders faced extra duties as the Payne Act took effect. Customs closed at 4 20 PM and ships with pre purchased cargoes must pay between 106000 and 200000 dollars more. The Hamburg America liner Pennsylvania faced 26000 dollars in additional duties for wines and merchandise.
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San Carlos Revolt Seized by Mexican Rebels in Chihuahua
Reports say 400 Mexicans incensed by high taxes seized the town of San Carlos Chihuahua and proclaimed a republic. Russian troops arrived from Chilhuahua to find revolutionists holding the town hall and confining officials and government appointees.
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Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America Ends Convention
In Chicago the thirty ninth annual convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America concluded with a call for stronger action against the nation’s liquor forces and broader primary education in temperance. Rev A TY Cadlagan of St Marys Church, Chicago, was elected president.
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Trolley Car Struck by Train Near Chicago
Montorman dead and thirty five people hurt in grade crossing collision near Chicago. Morning Journal special Leased Wiret. A trolley car was struck by a Pennsylvania emp saburi ben treia at grade crossing at 4. Motorman C. P. Beat died of injuries. Injured say brakes failed at a critical moment.
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Prohibition Law Passed in Alabama House
In Montgomery Alabama the house passed a liquor law amid wild enthusiasm as debate over making prohibition constitutional ran hot. The action follows intense lobbying with supporters claiming long fought for reform. Officials expected swift approval in the Senate.
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Stockholm on verge of fame amid bread lines and strike chaos
Stockholm endures a sweeping labor strike as bread supplies dwindle and meat prices soar. Thousands of unemployed residents camp in open air and turn to fish while the army distributes milk to infants. Municipal services falter as gas and electric plants are guarded against sabotage and funerals proceed under military escort. Norwegian workers donate to the strike fund as government braces for further unrest.
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Faithful Few Rewarded by Cannon Committees Named
Washington Aug 5 Speaker Cannon announced the Bixty fourth congress committee appointments. Inner circles disciplined and several ranking members denied chairmanships. Vreeland New York heads Banking and Currency. Rodenberg leads Lines and Expositions. Mann Illinois leads Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Weeke Massachusetts heads Post Offices and POrt RoUeS. Alexander New York Rivers and Harbors. Parker New Jersey Judiciary. Vreeland succeeds Fowler, Hodenberghs New Jersey leads Industrial Arts and Expositions, Campbell replaced by Olmstead Pennsylvania, Davidson Wisconsin retained as head of Railways and Canals. Members supported Speaker during rules fight and incurred his displeasure.
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Virginia mayor 1k trouble for black hand venture
Abram C. Ebr mayor and bankrupt official of Berkville Virginia pledged $45,000 to a black hand plot to wreck Pennsylvania railroad cars and earn freedom, saying he would blaze from Virginia to Pennsylvania. He was arrested in Philadelphia on $10,000 bail after a July letter warned of explosives and kidnapping. The note signed Adam Brith demanded protection money and described a plan to reveal wreck details to lure anarchists.
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Four Drowned in I K Launch Mishap
Four people died when a launch carrying Baptist Sunday school members on the river sank. The victims were Mrs Katherine Boer 40 Marie Haw 38 Willard Leach 63 and Frank Pryor 58 who acted as engineer. The group had no one aboard the craft at the time of the trip.
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Thaw Sanity Hearing Details Stanford White Ties
Testimony in the Thaw sanity hearing linked Stanford White to alleged ruin schemes involving two young women, including Miss Mac McKen gie, with Thaw asserting the stories show White’s enmity was not delusional. Witnesses described the era and Thaw’s insistence on facts behind his accusations amid testimony from handwriting expert David N. Carvalho.
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Naval Academy Death Probe Resumes With Utley Testimony
Lieutenant Harold Utley of the Marine Corps testifies for five hours at the naval board of inquiry into Lieutenant James N. Sutton of Oregon's death. Utley maintains Sutton's death was not his own action, recounting the night of the shooting and the ensuing struggle with Sutton and other officers at Annapolis.
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Despondent Widower Ends Life Beside Wife in Beattie
A Lorimer, 3k years, a mining promoter from Seattle, shot himself in Beattie after long despondency since his wife Miss Jeanie Gambrill died in Amelia. He left instructions to be buried next to her in St Louis. his sister Daisy Lorimer of St. Louis is visiting Beattie.
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New York Declares Stock Dividend to Evade Coal Ban
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad declares a stock dividend with cash dividend and purchase rights to the new Delaware, Packs wanna and Western Coal company. The move aims to circumvent a law prohibiting railways from engaging in coal mining bust nese.
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Keck Island Frisco system opens freight and passenger service
Prisco reports that through freight and passenger trains are running into New Orleans today via the Red River Valley route of the Keck Island Frisco system, marking a new service link.
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