Taft urged to shield Payne bill as insurgents curb
President Taft faces Republican rifts over the Payne tariff measure amid insurgent opposition and talk of gag rules. House leaders seek a vote by April 10 with standpatters resisting restrictions, while the Senate appears more favorable. Hill lodges pressure for lumber duty repeal as talks with Taft and Tawney continue. A headless trunk found in Bloomington signals a deadly crime pending fuller details.
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White House
Senate
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Dwight
New York
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Cannon
Payne
Dallal
Tawney
Afimenota
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Iowa
Sideen Cannon
James J Hill
Speaker Canyon
Tariff-Framing Commission
Minnesota
Hill
Gett
Taft declines invitation for Mecklenburg celebration trip
President Taft regrets declining the cordial invitation to visit Anderson at the time of his Charlotte trip. He plans to attend the Mecklenburg celebration on May 20 in Charlotte, New Jersey, as part of his official schedule.
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Taft
Washington
Taft Tas
Anderson
Charlotte
Mecklenburg
Man Dies of Self Inflicted Wounds in Mcintosh
In Mcintosh Florida on March 3 Poatmamer Dorsey died today from wounds self inflicted yesterday. He had a gash to the throat and a bullet wound in the abdomen. After being wounded he raised the alarm claiming robbers attacked him. A later note purportedly shows he cut and shot himself.
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Jila
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Rich Davis
Walter Ridey
Arwen
Weske
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Gsault
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Davis
Ridley
Fort Leavenworth Prison Destroyed by Fire
Fire at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas destroys the military prison as inmates are moved to a stockade. Troops ring the burning complex, preventing panic while authorities evacuate prisoners under guard. The main building and labor shop blaze, with the structure valued at 3.2 million dollars.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leavenworth
United States
75 More Saloon Closures Ordered in Indiana Counties
In Indiana three counties Bartholoma w Vermilion and Jennings voted dry in county option elections yesterday bringing the total to forty one counties. Seventy five saloons will be closed by yesterday's election. Officials of the Antisaloon league reported no petition for a local option election in Marion county will be circulated until canvass of the situation and a working organization are in place. An Indianapolis committee will be formed to consult business and manufacturing interests and influence anti saloon actions before any election.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Barthalomaw
Vermilion
Jennings
Sal Joone
Antifialcan League
Marion
Iince
Obituaries From Decatur to Columbus and Roswell
A string of local death notices details Frank F Hunt, Weesa Owen, Thomas Jetty, Carrie Mae DeLong, and Rebecca Solomon among others. Each entry notes residence, age when given, survivors, and funeral arrangements or burial plans in Decatur Roswell and Columbus with services or interments scheduled.
Infanticide case in Stone Mountain charges Mrs Camp and Denied Banks
Marshal warrants charge Mrs John Camp and a Negro woman named Deny Banks with attempting to kill an infant. The infant, alive, was found in an outhouse this morning. Mrs Camp denies any connection and says she does not know the child’s owner. The couple have had marital troubles for seven years. Camp was away when warrants were issued.
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Negress
Deny Banks
Marshal
Babe
Stone Mountain
Negrow
Banks
Marschal
L. Arenaul
Abe
Prarshal
Qits Camp
Harmony
What is whisky taft to answer at white house debate
Washington March 31 President Taft faced a heated question in a public discussion on What is whisky The session opened a larger hearing to be granted next Wednesday and focused on higher rectification and the line between imitation and straight whisky under the pure food law Attending were Attorney General Wickersham Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Br Wiley Dr Dunlap Solicitor McCabe and several industry representatives including Joesph H Choate W Warwick Huff Louis Goatley Herman Cellarinay John I Beggs E D Hull and EB W Taylor The distillers favoring stricter rules argued against labeling products as imitation whisky and sought a new ruling to define straight whisky They complain of being disadvantaged by current methods of rectification and coloring.
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Taft Ron
Teadey
Department of Agriculture
Bonaparte
White House
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Agriculture
Wilson
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Dunlap
Solicitor McCabe
Agricultural Department
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New York
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St Louis
Louis Goatley
Philadelphia
Herman Cellarinay
Cincinnati
John I Beggs
Terra Haute
Ind
E D Hull
Peoria
W Taylor
Kentucky
Mystery visitor identification clears Mercer jail case in Pittsburg
Mrs. Doyle identified in Pittsburg March 31 as the sister of Anns McDermott who eloped from Chicago with Boyle three years ago. W J McDermott of Chicago said he called at the sheriff’s office and identified the prisoner as Anns McDermott, the mystery stranger in the case.
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Pittsburg
Helen Boyte
Mercer County
W J McDermott
Chicago
Chess
Anns McDermott
Boyle
Bartlett II Suffering at Washington After Tariff Debate
Special Representative C. L. Bartlett lies ill at his hotel in Washington for several days with ague symptoms following the tariff debate and the recent rules discussions amid cent Gate excitement.
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Bartlett II
Washington
C. L. Bartlett
Secent Gate
Appendix Left in Walsey Family Highlight in New Jersey
New York report notes Henry B Halsey village trustee of South Orange New Jersey underwent vermiform appendix removal. His wife and two daughters previously had the same operation, marking the family as collectively appendixedless last year.
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New York
Henry B Halsey
South Orange
Swamp Root Ad Promises Kidney and Bladder Help
An Atlanta Daily Constitution ad touts Kilmer Swamp Root as a premier remedy for kidney and bladder issues. It claims rapid, gentle healing from a vegetable formula and offers a free sample bottle by mail with a prescription proof of purity.
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Atlanta Daily Constitution
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton,n
Revival services open at Wesley Memorial church armory
Short items note Wesley Memorial church revival services at Gate City Guard armory on Houston street with larger attendance than prior nights. New desks being installed in Fifth ward, chairs for auditorium en route. Mrs Nora Williams and Mrs GT O’Neal thank friends for kindness during illness and after death of W H O’Neal. McCrory trial proceeds in U S district court with jurors to hear closing arguments and judge's charge forthcoming. Georgia Tech opens third session of term next Monday with strong attendance. Tech catalog 1908 1909 expected soon. Fulton County tax books to open, real and personal property assessed. notices urge early filing. Ostrich plume dealer Hughes released on charges after allegedly swindling a Houston Street client. Firearms tax receiver Armistead to begin book entries, June return basis set. Legislation trial notes include murder case of J Fletcher Turner in Dadeville.
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Houston Street
Depan
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Fifth Ward
BTATE
CM Armistead
Fulton County
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Armistead
Christ in King Degenerated by Teas and Schemes
Rev J D Lamothe of St Paul's Episcopal Church warned at a Louisiana Church Club lecture that modern churches chase fundraising gimmicks like pink and yellow teas and euchre games. He faulted clergy for failing to present the true standard of Christian giving and keeping Christ on the throne while spreading a rotund kingdom.
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Roosevelt Arrival Quietly Prepares To Hunt In Protectorate
Mombasa March 3 The preparations for Theodore Roosevelt's reception in the British protectorate near Massing are underway. Frederick John Jackson the lieutenant governor will greet him. R J Cunninghame huntsman and author plans to manage the Roosevelt expedition amid secrecy. Locals report recent lions and elephants nearby but natives fear subsiding as Roosevelt approaches.
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Africa
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Roosevelt
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R. J. Cunninghame
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Massing
Roa
Oakland cemetery beat officer marks twenty years on duty
Officer W W Clower celebrates twenty years on the Oakland cemetery beat with the night shift totaling about seventy eight thousand hours spent among graves. He recalls twelve hour days first decade and eight hours second decade, noting the solemn duties and few incidents including a minor case of grave flowers theft.
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Oaklend
Clower
Offen Clower
Oakland County
Judge Gored by Bull in Gadeden Alabama
March 31 reports a judge badly gored by an apply boll near Gadeden Alabama. Judge JH Lovejoy former probate judge of Eto Wah county suffered severe lacerations and possible blood poisoning concerns. Doctors rushed care as conditions remained serious.
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Gadeden
Ala
JH Lovejoy
Eto- Wah County
Hielew
Hunyadi Janos Water Promises Fast Constipation Relief
An old advertisement touts Hunyadi Janos Water as a natural laxative for constipation promising quick, thorough relief without griping. It warns to avoid substitutions by unscrupulous druggists and emphasizes affordability and pleasant effects.
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