State of tariff talks shows cautious move to redraft tax provision
Senate discussions reveal Taft’s reluctance to back a corporation tax if double taxation risks remain. Aldrich hints at redrafting the provision in conference to align with White House terms. Democrats depart after brief session. Republicans plan subconferences to clear vital phrasing before daily sessions resume.
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Senate
Itlg
Mr. Taft
Aldricn
White House
Bailey
Champ Clark
May Train in New Orleans With Chicago Club
Charley Murphy president of the Chicago National League Club returned to Chicago after discussions with Charles Frank manager of the New Orleans Southern League team about using the New Orleans league park as training grounds for 1910. No position was announced but indications point to a satisfactory arrangement. James Murphy will travel south tomorrow to seek new players.
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New Orleans
Memphis
Tenn
Charley Murphy
Chicago
Charles Frank
James Murphy
South
Rural Delivery Changes in Poweraville Clarified
Washington dispatch notes appointments for rural mail service. William B. Saeger named regular carrier on the Poweraville route while M. Em lish receives a substitute position. Special from July 9 outlines the changes in the rural delivery staff.
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Washington
William BE. Saeger
M. Em
Lish
Poweraville
Receiver Haled Into U S Court In Contempt Case
In Savannah on July 9 federal Judge Emory Speer ordered W V Davis the Electric Supply company receiver to appear in Macon Monday to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for refusing to turn over company property to U S Marshal White. County officers still guard the property. Davis awaits Judge Charlton’s order in the superior court as the state and federal courts clash over control of the firm’s assets and debts in a battle likely to be fought to a finish.
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Savannah
Emory Spear
W. V. Davis
Electric Supply Company
Macon
United States
White
Speers
Chatham County
Davis
Charlton
Cemenase County
Biaversiver
Cheriton
Areatlilon Guara
Speer
Fred Cooper Home From European Trip
Fred Cooper brother of Atlanta ex mayor John Tyler Cooper and Thomas Cooper returned to Atlanta last night after an extensive European tour begun last fall. He toured many major European countries, sharing the journey with a noted family. Two Persons Drowned. San Diego California reports two men drowned and two rescued after a canal canoe capsized in the bay at midnight. The missing are William Bates 24 and his wife a young bride, Charles Romondino 20, and H G McCoy 20 were rescued clinging to a wharf piling at the foot of Sixth Street.
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Fred Cooper
John Tyler Cooper
Atlanta
Thomas Cooper
Cooper
San Diego
Cal
San Diego Bay
Wiliam Bates
William Bates
Charles Romondino
H. G McCoy
Bixth Strest
Italian steamer Agostini arrives amid crew illness
Cadiz July 9 Italian steamer Agostini reaches harbor from Hayti with its captain dead and the remaining crew struck by beri-beri.
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Cadiz
Agostini
Hayti
Beri-Beri
Municipal Foresight In Germany
German city Duesseldorf created a land fund department with a million plus dollars in city bonds to acquire future land. It can sell and lease and must pay bond interest from rentals, with profits added to the fund. The piece questions how many European cities pursue such plans and the long term impact on city planning and public utilities.
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Germany
Frederick Law
Olmsted
Duesseldorf
Thia Department
Neas
Jay
Noted American astronomer Simon Newcomb
Professor Simon Newcomb, a 74 year old renowned American astronomer, lies critically ill at his home in Washington. He contributed over 300 pamphlets of astronomical research, received degrees from almost every major scientific school, and earned the Legion of Honor and the Prussian Order of Merit. He served as secretary of the US transit of Venus commission from 1871 to 1874 and observed Venus at the Cape of Good Hope in 1882. Born in Wallace, North Carolina, in 1835, he came to the United States in 1853.
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Simon Newcomb
Washington
Newcomb
France
United States
Cape of Good Hope
Wallace, N. C
Arrears of Atlanta Police Drunk and Disorderly Figures
A public notice requests 1907 1908 and 1909 totals for Atlanta police arrests first six months and broken down by month, plus separate tallies for drunken and disorderly conduct. The data supplied by W T Morrin to Chief Henry Jennings covers total arrests, drunk counts, and disorderly counts across the specified periods.
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Constitution
Walter Constitution
Atlanta
Charles A. Lincoln
W. T. Morrin
Henry Jennings
Tolllawn
American Heiress Won By Portuguese Pretender
London July 9 The Austrian envoy announced the engagement of Prince Miguel of Braganza to Miss Anita Stewart daughter of Mrs James Henry Smith of New York The prince son of Duke Michael the Portuguese throne pretender has been called the perpetual fiance and has been linked to several American socialites in recent years Miss Stewart known since 1908 when presented to King Edward by Ambassador Reid may marry in London with arrangements to be made in Austria by the Braganza family
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London
Prince Miguel of
Braganza
Duke Michael
Anita Stewart
James Henry Smith
New York
Prince Miguel
Elizabeth of
Thuro-And-Taxis
William Rhinalander Stewart
Smith
Japan
Mary Pullman
Chicago
Samus Sloane Chauncey
St. Louis
Vanderbilt
Stewart
King Edward
Ambassador Reid
Misa Stewart
Mr. Smith
Fifth Avenue
Wiliam C. Whitney
Harriage
Duke of Somerset
Grosvenor Square
Miguel
Portgutar
It Was a Dark Night at the Casino Theater
A chaotic night at the Casino Theater in Atlanta left the audience in darkness due to rain damaged lines and a ground fault. Patrons waited in a dim interior as lights failed repeatedly, while staff and performers scrambled for a remedy and extended delays.
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Casino Theater
Fred Wayne
Loretta Marshall
Florrie la Mire
Eemett O'Connor
Missouri
Wehrman
Georgia. Railway and Electric Company
Fonte de Leor
Init
Nght
Sion
Séahad
House Deliberations Shift to Conference on Amendments
Washington July 8 The heated debate over 847 amendments ends as the House adopts a rule and sends the bill to a conference committee. Republicans split, Democrats accuse pledge violations, while Payne urges unhampered conferees to report a broadly acceptable bill. Senate passes Philippine tariff and Porto Rican budget. Cushman obituary noted.
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Housea
Congress
House
Senate
Payne
Bt Large
Representative Mann
Ilnois
Cannon
New York
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
McCall
Massachusetts
Boutell
Illinois
Calgerhead
Kansas
Fordney
Michigan
Clark
Missouri
Underwood
Alabama
Griggs
Georgia
Aldrich
Cullom
Hale
Burrows
Penrose
Daniel
Money
Bailey
Johnston
United States
Philippines
Cushman
Vacations for New York Working Girls
A study notes the 1900 census shows 867437 working girls in New York with 294828 single and 261081 aged 10 to 35. Only about 2% receive summer vacations through clubs, settlements, churches, and stores, leaving most without organized aid or broader access to time off.
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King Tac
New York
The Republican Majority in The July Forum
Henry Litchfield West argues against electing senators by popular vote and warns that tariff bills favoring trusts could erode public trust in the Senate. He notes the Republican majority under Aldrich brings responsibility, with tariff debate shaping the forthcoming campaign and the party's fate.
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Henry Litchfield West
Senate
Aldrich
Ito
Republican Party
Officers tried and acquitted after calaboose brawl
A council exonerated two officers and six men in a calaboose melee in College Park after arrests for drunkenness and cursing. Trials set for assault with intent to murder. witnesses claim officers beaters resist, injuries cited as caused by fighting prisoners. Separate note: A B A railroad work resumes near Birmingham with 50 miles of track planned.
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Im Wallace
Hugh Dorsey
Ths
College Park
Ed Dorsey
Marshal Buffington
Calaboose
Calabooss
Hazel Wallace
Justice of the Peace
Edgar Hi. Orr
Council
Erskine Brewster
Calaboosa
Minera
Thaw Insanity Hearing Move Denied by Gaynor
In New York City Supreme Court Justice Gaynor denied the motion to transfer Harry K Thaw insanity hearing from Westchester to New York County. The case will continue in White Plains with testimony on Thaw’s sanity and a possible release from the asylum, amid expectations Jerome may not attend.
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New York
Supreme Court
Gaynor
Thaw
Westchester County
New York County
Harry K.thaw
White Plains
Mills
Juste Gaynor
Westchester Counties
Jerome Justice Gaynor
Morschauser
Jerome
Two Men Die In Auto Race At Blue Bonnets Track
Montreal Quebec July reports say Batchelder of Newport Vermont and Towhey of Montreal were killed during the Canadian Automobile Club's second annual races at Blue Bonnets. Batchelder crashed his 60 horsepower Stearns in a pass on the back stretch and died soon after. Towhey, his mechanician, died from a neck injury. A separate note from Mobile Alabama recounts Frank Parker killed by a falling tree while sawing logs near Leaksville Miss.
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Montreal
P. Q
C. K. Batchelder
Newport
J. Towhey
Canadian Automobile Club
Blue Bonnets Track
Batchelder
Stearns
Twohay
Burman
Twohey
Mobile
Ala
Vinegar Bend
Frank Parker
Leaksville
Miss
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