Progressives Meet Defeat In Wool Schedule Fight
Washington June 11. Senator Dolliver and eight to nine progressive Republicans fail to split Aldrich forces on the tariff bill wool schedule. Dolliver offers amendments to cut finance committee rates, all defeated. Debate remains good natured as Gore and La Follette push for lower wool duties and the house adjourns after eleven minutes.
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Washington
Dolliver
Aldrich
Iowa
Finance Committee
Messrs. Dolliver
Warren
England
Constance
Rhode Island
Owen
Gore
la Follette
House
Coalition bid grows in Senate over income tax plan
Washington reports a drive to unite progressive Republicans and Democrats in the Senate. Senators Bailey and Cummings push amendments to cut the income tax to 2 percent and tax corporate income. Finance committee members deny a dividend tax compromise, saying the plan seeks only to address revenue concerns.
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Washington
Senate
Bailey
Cummins
Finance Committee
Government Meat Inspector Resigns Over Packhouse Practices
J F Harms, a United States meat inspector in East St Louis for eighteen months, resigns and appeals to Secretary Wilson for an investigation of the National Stock Yards meat inspection system. He claims inspectors are too lenient with packers and that the process is a costly farce bearing on condemned animals and grading. He alleges large portions of condemned meat are not properly handled.
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St. Louis
United States
Harms
National Stock Yards
Illinois
Mrs Gould On The Stand In Suit For Separation From Howard Gould
Katherine Clemmons Gould testified in New York on June 11 in a long running separation suit against Howard Gould. She wore mourning and pearls as she faced cross examination revealing emotional moments while he sat nearby. The case, dating to May 1907, centers on alleged desertion and misconduct with substantial financial claims.
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New York
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Justice Dowling
Des Moines River Reaches Record High Flood Threatens City
The Des Moines river stands at 12.10 feet and may reach near 14 feet, flooding lowlands and forcing residents near the Agar packing plant to move belongings. Rail lines of the Chicago Great Western face danger if the flood persists, threatening lower business sections.
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Des Moines
Agar
Chicago Great Western
Man shoots father in law after quarrel in Webb City
Webb City Mo June 11 Following a quarrel with his wife Rube Underwood thirty five shot and killed his father in law J P Small sixty at the latter home here.
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Webb City
Rube Underwood
J.P. Small
Grant Wobk(\u200b)ed by Confederate Vets
Memphis Tenn June 11 a frenzied demonstration greets General Grant as his son, illustrating the cordial union after the nineteenth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans. The crowd, including veterans in gray, cheers as General Frederick Dent Grant receives tears and warm handshakes.
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Memphis
Tenn
United Confederate Veterans
Frederick Dent Grant
United States Army
Grant
General Grant
Dismembered Body Found in New York
Police discovered a dismembered male body with four stab wounds in the chest, head missing, wrapped in brown paper and black cloth. A stranger left the bundles with a small boy and signed the wrappings with Red "Black Head" in letters of red.
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New York
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