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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1909

Page

5

Taft Tariff Battle Frays Senate Conference Demands

The article describes tense meetings over tariff revision with Payne clashing with Aldrich and Fordney on conference duties. Insurgent Republicans rail at Taft's handling, while senators discuss strategy, adjournment, and possible White House talks to push or resist a conference report aligned with the president's stance.

Payne Taft Senate Nelson Clapp Dolliver Gummine Burkett Brown Heveridge Bristow Crawford Horah Botah la Follette Critlelac Taft Ofktlalac

Clemenceau Falls Short in France Cabinet Crisis

Amid losses in the French cabinet Clemenceau faced defeat as rival coalitions formed to topple his government. Yet rebels faltered when clear decisive action was needed, and the crisis left Clemenceau’s successor uncertain with names like Bourgeois Briand Poincare and Millera nd floated as possibilities.

Sweden Clarendau Clemenceau Clemenceaus Fallieres Leon Bourgeona Briand Poincare Finance Millerand Commerce Pliehon Barthou Deleague M Joures Chamber

Pellagra Attacks Chicago Lunatics

Chicago scene reports pellagra, a mysterious plague, found among Dunning asylum inmates. Three middle aged women suffer, with several deaths in the past year. Dr. Lavinder from the Public Health Service confirms pellagra as a chronic, not contagious disease with unclear cause and no known cure.

Chicago Dunning Asylum Dunning C. H Lavinder United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service Columbia, D. C Lavinder Europe United State

Georgia Senate Moves to Limit Governor Power Over Rail Board

Senator Slater said the railroad commission should be independent and not removable by the governor, urging abolition of the governor’s removal power. The Irwin bill passed 23 to 0, removing governor removal authority and aligning the commission with other elected officers.

Dolliver Dolalver Senate Littlegood Slater Yeaterday Georgia Railroad Commission House Guyt McLendon Smith Governorsa Irwin Burwell Hoke Smith

Near Beer Dealers Raided in Asheville

In Asheville on July 26 thirty members of the neat beer fraternity were arrested on warrants issued by three private detectives hired by the Law and Order League. The raids followed weeks of undercover buys of near beer and liquor from local vendors. Police served warrants on thirty proprietors across as many establishments.

Asheville Law and Order League Lquor

Census plans completed for 1910 district supervisors

Washington July 20 The United States and Porto Rico will be divided into 229 districts for the thirteenth census with 330 supervisors as fixed by Congress Alaska and Hawaii to be counted by special agents. Supervisors will appoint enumerators after presidential nomination and Senate confirmation, with southern states aligning districts to congressional boundaries.

Washington United States Porto Rico Dana Durand Nagel Department of Commerce and Labor Alaska Hawaii Senate Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Minslestoot North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia

Poisoning in Mobile as buttermilk proves deadly

Mobile Alabama July 30 three adults and five children were poisoned after drinking buttermilk from a tin bucket. One man and four children are seriously ill. Walter May persy a Mobile fire department member may die. Police report will go to the board of public health for investigation.

Mobile Ala Walter Maypersy Mobile Fire Department Board of Public Health

Court of Inquiry Hearings On Sutton Death Turn Savage

Testimony reveals Lt Sutton shot himself after a struggle with Bevan Osterman and Adams describe a heated auto ride and a Marine camp scene. Bevan testifies he and two officers restrained Sutton prior to the fatal shot.

Annapolis James Nutton Portland Ore Wilam F. Bevan United States Marine Corps New Jersey Young Sutton Bevan Butten Sutton Adams Aife Oregon Leutenant Marina Roelker Marine Leonard Osterman Davis Sittons Suttons Miss. Stewart Pittsburg Sutton Ia Tof Carvell Mr Davis Osterman Osterman Utley Sutten Adama Qesterman

Sister Drops Dead After Brother Is Hurt in Accident

Columbus Ga July 20 W 7 Davis a well known Stewart county citizen was severely injured when a swinging rafter struck him while driving under Shelter at his home His sister who witnessed the accident was so shocked she collapsed and died on the scene

Columbus Davis Stewart County Fear Lumpkin Young Thomas Phenix City

Brother Fatally Shoots Kin in Carryville Self-Defense Claimed

In Carryville near Tallahassee Alabama on July 26 Asharat shot and killed his brother Hill a single man during a dispute over a horse. Hill advanced on Asharat with an iron bar and was fatally shot. Authorities say the homicide is deemed self-defense and the Anharat family remains prominent in the area.

Tallahdasee Ala F Asharat Hill Carryvillé Here Anharat

Mortuary Notices From Atlanta and Nearby Cities

Several obituaries and funeral notices appear for Mrs C Stradley at her daughter’s home in Atlanta with burial in Dalton. The report also lists services for John Hillman Sets in Mallltta Georgia, Virginia Canter Martin, and Mrs Doraalwood and Beulan Kite with funeral plans pending. Additional notes include Thomas S Young of Columbus and Hale of Princeton reported as dying, with interment planned in Princeton.

C. Stradley C Stradley W M Fulks Balt On Virginia Canter Martin Marietta Ga Theo W Martin Forrest Avenue Barclay & Branéons Chapel West View

Short Teems of Interest From Local Court Filings

A series of city and circuit court actions are reported. J B Cook sues Putton Gag and Cotton Mills for 20000 damages after a hose nozzle injures him while fighting a fire. Clarence McNeal sues Swift Fertilizer Company for 29000 damages over injuries from a fall from a tower while cleaning lead. R W McNeal seeks 2000 for loss of his son's services. Judge James B Ridley, ill at home, is reported recovering. Mrs C In Moore, injured stepping from a car, has improved enough to leave her room.

Putton Gag J B Cook Clarence McNeal Swift Fertilizer Company Bia R W McNeal Mra. C Moore Hulwey Street

Private Electric Lighting Plant for 560

Article notes an inexpensive lighting plant offered for 560 dollars. It covers installation care and operation with details hard to find elsewhere. The piece appears in an August issue of Pondlar Machinery and is described as refined and easy to understand.

TRG $Bleuw Ace Aes Pondlar Machanice

Hookworm Plague Among Dixie Recruits Mentioned by Army

Washington July 20 The hookworm or lazy bug as shown to exist in southern recruits will figure in the surgeon general’s forthcoming report and spur southern boards of health to combat the disease. Army methods detect infections at Fort Slocum with 109 of 140 recruits from several states found infected. Recovered recruits gained weight and improved, and it’s estimated half of southern rural recruits show hookworm. Campaigns in Porto Rico saved thousands. further action depends on state governments.

Washington Boards of Health Porto Rico United States Torney I Fort Slocum New York West Virginia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Tennessee Lt Se Mississippi Louisiana

Woman leaps 60 feet from clothes pole in New York

Julia Mihea, once in a sane asylum, climbed a sixty foot clothes pole after overhearing plans to send her away. Police set a net below as a firefighter offered wine to coax her down. She fell sixty feet but landed on clothes lines and was only injured lightly, then restrained to hospital by three officers.

New York Julia Mihea

New Ball Tossing Game La Funda Captivates Players

An Illustrated feature from August describes La Funda, a ball tossing game that has seized attention in Patan and is likely to spread. Players throw a ball high with a net and must catch it on the fall, demanding great skill.

Patis

Graft of U S 5 Clerk Barred by Government

The Attorney General ruled the comptroller of the currency disallowed Noble C Butler’s claim to consolidate gross fees from Indiana circuit and district courts to pay his personal compensation. He argued a single office, but the government held dual offices precluded cross deduction. The case centers on whether one clerk can be treated as two for expense deductions and pay.

Washington Indiana Noble C Butler United States Circuit Court Lkewise United States District Court Butler Circuit Court District Courts Department of Justice Buttel

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Byck’s Byck Mallary Bros. Machinery CO Cherry St. Bink Aldrich Fordney Mgr Aldrich Messrs Cannon White House McEnery Insane Ward Rother W. J. Davis Bosco and the Freak Whitehall John Hallman Setz Runeral Services John Hillman Sets J. Weets Hightower & Hallman Malletta Dora Atwood Doraalwood Little Street Shela O B Arwood FL Dykes Alter Odessa Gaines Beulah M. Kite Beulan Kite Grant Street Sheta Herbert Kite W H Charles Ford Johnite Myrtis Mrs. C. Stradley Athens W Hale Princeton James B. Ridley Nexpenzive Private Electric Nedoneet Taet Inet Dixie U. 5 Oat Artes the Regulator
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