26 Jul 1909
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1909
Page
1
Intense feeling grows among conference committee members as the tariff dispute nears conclusion. Key figures Aldrich and Payne II are central to the showdown shaping the final phase of tariff legislation.
Daisy Sutton, sister of Lieutenant James N. Sutton, described efforts to obtain the naval board of inquiry proceedings into her brother's death. She said initial notices claimed self inflicted gunshot, and her father faced red tape until Senators Bourne and Fulton intervened.
Washington diary reports heated talks between Senate leader Aldrich and Rep Payne as conferees push to fix hides duty at 7 1/4 percent amid claims free hides favored by the country and the president. The session adjourned with rates unsettled and tensions rising among lawmakers over the policy.
Annapolis July 25 The naval court of inquiry will reconvene tomorrow to pursue further examination into the death of Lieutenant James N. Sutton of Portland Oregon His sister Mary Sutton Parker said the family seeks to clear his name not to seek vengeance Testimony from Marines Adams Oeterman Willing and Revan varied on key points with some claiming Sutton was not seated when shot others saying two or three men were on the parapet near him Seattle July 25 Six destroyers Whipple Truxton Hull Paul Jones Perry and Hepline will rendezvous at Beattie tomorrow then cruise to Alaska for maneuvers with officers and crews to gain sea time
Passengers arriving from the orient report a bold theft aboard the Empress of China. A necklace valued at 58000 to 58000 pounds was stolen en route to Siam, with American woman passenger suspected but later cleared after search. Floods in Yanstee threaten further loss of life and famine.
J J Moore and J Moore two brothers were bound over to the Eddy county grand jury after a preliminary hearing at Monument on a charge of murdering W R Dobbins. Dobbins was shot dead on his claim ten miles east of Monument amid a land dispute with the Moore brothers and Dobbins over forty government acres. Dobbins left a widow and five children. he suffered eight Winchester rifle wounds.
Morning Journal reports a boat filled with eight adults and children capsized on the Yellowstone River near Billings Montana. Drowned are John Staffek alderman of the Third ward and four others including PRESSES WEST Minnie Kagoner and a 6 year old child. A 14 year old daughter leaped overboard, causing the craft to overturn. The land girl was rescued, along with three other companions.
A bold French aviator undertakes a perilous flight across a raging English Channel to the Dover cliffs. The daring journey highlights skill, risk, and wartime ambitions amid rough seas and gale force winds.
Six lives lost and thirty six injured when Wabash passenger train No 4 plunged into the Missouri river thirty miles east of here after flood undermined the road bed. Eleven named victims and dozens saved by survivors are listed with details from Kansas City dispatch.
Pueblo reports Detective John W. Dunleavy, shot last Wednesday night, has died from his injuries. The case centers on alleged hire activities and protection rackets linked to foreign interference in law enforcement.
Taft directs protection for Cave Mountain caves in Josephine county Oregon. One square mile surrounding the entrance of the cave system is placed under federal protection within the Siskiyou National Forest to preserve alabaster stalactites and the extensive underground passages from damage and exploitation.
Robert Pitcairn veteran railroad official of the Pen eghatla line died tonight at age 13. He served 2 years as connected with the line and teems years as general superintendent, reflecting a long career in railway administration from Veloven to Pittsburg surroundings.
A southbound Big Four passenger train derailed near Aloneville Indiana injuring around forty people. Several cars left the track and a baggage car and coach toppled as the locomotive remained on the rails. Most passengers were taken to hospital but some continued on to their destination. In another report a lodging house fire in Windcows Washington killed three men.
A colossal bronze bust of James J. Hill will arrive from New York and be unveiled August 3 on the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition grounds at the University of Washington campus. Governor Johnson of Minnesota will officiate. the pedestal uses Washington granite with blocks from Yokohama, Fox Island, and Duluth. The event highlights Hill's role in linking three nations in peace and trade.
Elizabeth Taylor Dandridge, 84, third daughter of President Zachary Taylor, died in Winchester Virginia. She married Major William Selden later private secretary to Taylor and became White House mistress. After her father’s inauguration she hosted lavish entertainments and maintained public ties. Widowed after 1858 and later remarried into the Dandridge family, she spent years in retirement.
A heavy trolley car crashed into a stone end near East Lake Park in Los Angeles. Anazele Thone Peleon was killed and several others injured as the Monrovin Los Angeles division of the Pacific line derailed near Pasadena. In Philadelphia a 67 year old man, John Motel, died by suicide, hanging himself after a failed attempt.
In Cleveland on July 2, John D. Rockefeller Jr told a Sunday medical class at the White Avenue Baptist Church that investment in kindness and daily acts to cheer others is vital. An elderly audience member prompted him about eating, to which Rockefeller replied parents do not teach often to eat in moderation. He also cited his golf coach’s advice to keep his eye on the ball as a guiding daily principle.
The United States army transport Kilpatrick with the tenth regiment of United States Cavalry arrived in New York on July 25 after a two month voyage from the Philippines. The six assigned troops were given shore leave and the troopers will proceed to Parker and Atlanta.
Morning dispatch from Madrid reports that Moor forces are massing near the Mitt region for a concerted attack. General Musina warns of reinforcements as 40,000 troops are readied to strike if needed.
Crowds gathered near West Park as revelers marked the day at Ambassador elds residence center of attention. The king and queen with the American ambassador attended Bilsoe church services and heard an oration as spectators cheered the royal party.
French aviator Louis Blériot crosses the English Channel in a small monoplane, flying about 45 to 60 miles per hour at roughly 250 feet above sea level. The winged craft lands near Dover under windy, choppy conditions after a ten minute mid channel flight. Blériot earns a $5,000 prize with the successful crossing amid cheering witnesses and a torpedo boat destroyer in attendance.
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