Taft Signs Payne Aldrich Tariff After 47-31 Senate Vote
Washington taft signed the Payne Aldrich tariff bill after the senate approved the conference report by 47 to 31, finishing passage as the house had already acted. Aldrich praised the measure while critics warned of monopolies and protections for certain interests in the broad reform act affecting foreign commerce.
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House
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Congress
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Taylor
Nixon
Owen
Richardson
Clarke
Arkansas
Warren
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Davis
United States
Crockett
Tariff Vote Detailed With Many Senators Named
Foreign policy and tariff discourse noted with a long list of senators including Aldrich Borah Bourne Bradley Brandegee Brown Bulkeley Burkett Burnham Burrows Burton Garter Clark Crane Crawford Cullom Curtis Depew Dick Dixon Dupont Elkins Flint Frye Gamble Guy Genheim Hale Heyburn Johnson Jones Kean Lodge Lorimer McCumber Oliver Page Penrose Perkins Piles Root Scott Smith Smoot Stephenson Sutherland Warner Wetmore 47 and a separate list of 31, with Senator McEnery paired for the bill and absent Democrat opposite.
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Borah
Bourne
Bradley
Brandegee
Brown
Bulkeley
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Burnham
Burrows
Burton
Garter
Clark
Wyo
Crane
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Cullom
Curtis
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Dixon
Dupont
Elkins
Flint
Frye
Gamble
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Heyburn
Johnson
Jones
Kean
Lodge
Lorimer
McCumber
Oliver
Page
Penrose
Perkins
Piles
Root
Scott
Smith
Mich
Ban on New Lincoln Pennies
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh announced a halt to minting the new Lincoln pennies for now. New dies will remove the designer initials V D Brenner while keeping a single inconspicuous B in recognition of Brenner’s work. Existing pennies will not be recalled because supply is ample.
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Washington
the Treasury
MacVeagh
Lincoln
V. D. Brenner
New York
Mr. Brenner
Czar Talks General Peace With Britain
Emperor Nicholas finished his visit to King Edward at Cowes and sailed from here aboard the Standart toward Kiel. He met four deputations including the lord mayor and London corporation, receiving gold casketed addresses. He praised Britain Russia ties as a guarantee of general peace.
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Nicholas
Edward
Standart
Kiel
Corporation of London
Chambers of Commerce
British
Great Britain
Russia
Sweden in Famine as Strikes Close Key Works
Stockholm reports growing strikes from 315000 workers, with bread scarce and meat expensive. Authorities guard gas works and electric plants while troops patrol shores and cemeteries. Military units from Linkoping and Vestergotland deployed. Gothenburg slaughterhouses halted and rail and print workers urged to join.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Lake Malar
Iniantities
Railroad Statons
Grenadiers
Linkoping
Vestergotland Regiment
Gothenburg
Ship Sinks Off Cape Town Sows Losses Nine Crew Safe Six Bodies Found
The British steamer Maori foundered off Slang Bay with nine crew landed and six bodies washing up on the beach. Initial reports feared passengers and heavy casualties, later clarified that the Maori carried no passengers. No trace of the missing Waratah, a 300 passenger vessel missed since July 26 from Port Natal.
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Cape Town
Port Natal
Spain dispatches gunboats to Morocco in crackdown
Madrid reports several gunboats sent to protect coastal routes from contraband landings in Morocco. Foreign volunteers offer to serve the king. Moors clash with a commissary convoy near Melilla. casualties unknown. American consulate says Americans in Barcelona are safe amid disorders. Jeffries sails to Europe for six weeks. Brest earthquake causes panic with no serious damage reported.
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Morocco
Melilla
Barcelona
Storm Panic at Circus in Battle Creek
A Aug 6 windstorm in Battle Creek Michigan toppled Barnum & Bailey tents injuring two women Adelaide Hathaway and Bernice Platt. Lions roared as crowds panicked. At Athletic Park catcher Stringer of South Michigan league was struck by lightning. In Kankakee Illinois a fatal electrical storm killed Mrs Brakma and shocked 12 house occupants.
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Barnum & Bailey’s Circus
Adelaide Hathaway
Schoolcraft
Bernice Platt
Athletic Park
Jackson
Southern Michigan League
Stringer
Kankakee
Brakma
Classenga
Wichert
Here
Pastor Is Sent to Jail in Plaquemine After Grand Jury Indictments
In Plaquemine Louisiana Rev John Holtgrove was escorted to jail after arriving from New Orleans where a grand jury handed down 21 indictments against him. Bond set at 70750. Serious charges alleged by boys. Also in Philadelphia a Black man Fontaine Lewis was executed by hanging at Moyamensing prison for the murder of Mary Robinson committed last year.
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Plaquemine
John Holtgrove
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Fontaine
Lewis
Moyn Mensing
Mary Robinson
Bank Robbery Ends in Double Fatality at White Bear
In White Bear Minnesota Henry Paul the bank robber and pursuer Fred Larkins were killed during a bold attempt to rob First State Bank. William Butler was fatally wounded, John Christie and Richard Doren injured as the posse closed in. The robber had claimed $750 from Alfred Auger before retreating toward Bald Eagle Lake.
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White Bear, Minn
First State Bank
Henry Paul
Fred Larkins
William Buttler
John Christie
Richard Doren
White Bear
Auger
Bald Eagle Lake
Larkins
Firemen Break Records in Iowa State Tournament
Davenport reporters note the Iowa state firemen tournament saw records fall as Clinton teams Bonnie and Beauty set 1:14 1-5 and Sioux City duo Paddy and Prince clocked 1:13 8-5 in hose relay events after a half mile dash. Montgomery reports no move to elect senators by direct vote of the people.
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Bonnie and Beauty
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Prince
Sioux City
Montgomery
Ala
the Cause
Stanford White letter admitted in Thaw case hearing
Whitem Plains, N. Y., Aug 6. The court admitted evidence of a letter from Stanford White to a young woman in the Thaw petition for release from the state asylum. The letter dated April 11 mocks letter writing, jokes about White phobia, asks about fall plans, and closes with a signature mark described as a hand with quills. The witness identified this as White’s usual signature to friends.
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Whitet Plains
N. Y
Stanford White
Mills
Harry K. Thaw
Morschauser
Thaw
Peter Dooling
Jerome
Elevator Fire Destroys Ingles & Co Grain Elevator
Cambridge Massachusetts August 6 fire of mysterious origin destroyed the Ingles & Co grain elevator a large frame building planned for about 15 000 bushels. A new third story had just been added and the entire structure burned with little chance of saving it. Losses total about 15 000 with 10 000 on the building and machinery and 5 000 on grain chiefly wheat rye and corn. Authorities do not know how the fire started.
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Cambridge, Ta
Ingles & Co
Ingless & Co
700 Civil War Musicians Headed to Salt Lake City
Audubon Iowa reports a train of 700 Civil War Musicians led by H. J. Freeman bound for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Salt Lake City. Freeman, elected president, travels with many nonmembers for an outing and to visit the Mormon city.
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Rock Island
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Hhe
National Association of
Civil War Musicians
Grand Army of the Republic
Salt Lake City
Mr. Freeman
Freeman
Connecticut Repeals Old Sunday Laws
Hartford Aug 6 both houses of the Connecticut legislature passed a bill repealing the so called police laws on Sunday observance thought relics of 1722. The laws rarely enforced include a four dollar fine for attending a concert on the Lord s day. The new bill defines Sunday and prohibits all sports and secular activities except those demanded by necessity mercy or for general welfare of the community.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Aged Woman Suffocated In Fire At In Law Home
An elderly woman Mrs James Hensler aged 70 suffocated by smoke in a house fire at the home of her son in law Thomas Marmey. Marmey, attempting to reach her room, collapsed at a window and was only slightly injured. A crippled daughter raised the alarm as firemen found Hensler’s body 16 feet from the front door. In San Juan a war order on swimming drills with full gear led to Private Jobino Nieves drowning.
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Philadelphia
James Hensler
Thomas H. Marmey
Marmey
San Juan
Porto Rico
Dickinson
Jobino Nieves
Porto Rican Regiment
Live Stock Entries Break Iowa State Fair Records
Des Moines reports the Iowa State fair shows a surge in livestock entries with a new cattle barn to handle the load. Secretary John C. Simpson released figures detailing increases over last year across horse, pony, cattle, and dairy breeds, totaling 866 head with notable gains in Shorthorns Herefords and Guernseys.
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Des Moines
John C. Simpson
Van Dyck Heads Iowa Eagles Convention
Davenport Iowa August 6 The state convention of Eagles elected officers with Paul Van Dyck Des Moines as president Lee Evans Council Bluffs as vice president Sam Swift Dubuque as secretary N G Lutz Chariton as treasurer Herman Bremhorst Ottumwa as chaplain Henry Eggers Davenport as conductor Thomas Castello Perry as inside guard J H Smeltzer Muscatine as outside guard E S Lofton Keokuk F L Beyer Davenport J M Reed Sioux City Lee Van Derloo Council Bluffs G T Hayward Des Moines.
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Davenport
State Convention of Eagles
Paul van Dyck
Des Moines
Lee Evans
Council Bluffs
Sam Swift
Dubuque
N. G Lutz
Chariton
Herman Bremhorst
Ottumwa
Henry Eggers
Thomas Castello
Perry
J. H. Smeltzer
Muscatine
E. S. Loft
U. L Man to Michigan
In Iowa City on August 6 Frank Dryser a mathematics instructor at the university accepted a similar post at the University of Michigan and will move to assume duties there.
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Michigan
Towa City
Frank Dryser
University
University of Michigan
Editorial meeting opens in Mason City
Editors from Upper Des Moines and Northwestern Town Editorial associations attended a one day session in Mason City Iowa on August 6 with representatives from Mason City Ila present for the gathering
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Mason City
Ila
Des Moines
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