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Tariff reform drags on in Washington as Taft and Congress eye midsummer. Senate resumes tariff amendments after Dolliver speech while moonshiners resist in Oklahoma mountains. A Venezuelan incident nets imprisoned sailors and a whaling ship tale surfaces. Missouri debates statewide prohibition with recall and holiday limits in Russia. Alaska-Yukon expo torpedo flotilla and Missouri River Navigation filings feature. Reversed Santa Fe rebate ruling moves for retrial. Wind tolls in the South amid heavy damage and deaths. Missouri bankers convene while pine lumber seeks tariff cuts. Bartholdt urges peace congress ideals. Lincoln votes to abolish saloons. Wright patent price pegged. Homeopathic doctors meet in Toledo. Oklahoma Knights of Pythias set records in Chickasha. Constantinople observer calls Turkey’s ruler good but weak.
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Taft
Congress
Washington
Senate
Dolliver
Jack Fork
Oklahoma
Payne
Missouri Senate
House
J. H. Boyle
Willie Whitla
Mercer
American Bankers’ Association
Spokane
Wash
Council of the Empire
Russia
National Federation of Resigious Liberals
San Francisco ‘Harbor
South Dakota
Missouri River Navigation Company
Missouri River
United States Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Santa Fe Railroad
Nelson, Ariz
South
State Association of Missiouri Bankers
St. Joseph
Yellow Pine Lumber
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwest
Bartholdt
Missouri
Peace Congress
Chicago
Lincoln
Berlin
London Daily Express
Germany
Homeopathic Medical Societies of
Ohio
Michigan
Toledo
Consolidated Grand Lodge of Oklahoma Knights of Pythias
Chick
Qsba
Constantinople
Turkey
Nottisasiira Pines
Siso
Congressman Attacks Federal Judges Over Rate Cases
Representative Murphy of Missouri attacks Judges J. F. Phillips of Kansas City and Smith McPherson of Red Oak Iowa in congress seeking a committee to investigate their conduct over Missouri railroad rate cases. The record details broader national notes from 1909 including storms, ceremonies, and political events.
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Representative Murphy
Missouri
J. F. Phillips
Kansas City
Smith McPherson
Red Oak
Iowa
Missouri House Advances City District Dry Option Bill
Jefferson City report notes the Missouri House agreed on a city district option measure to allow districts to vote dry for four years. The bill, a substitute, permits districts to petition for dry status while prohibiting blocks with more than 65 percent business activity on both sides. The original version limited blocks to 50 percent business use.
Kies Revenue Measure Defeated in Missouri House
Jefferson City Missouri Kies equal assessment bill which would tax property at up to 50 percent of true value was defeated in the house by 62 to 69. With current outlook no revenue measure seems likely to pass this session aside from a revised coal oil inspection bill. Senate committees have reported adversely on several proposed taxes and mortgage related bills. house members seeking revenue doubt senate support.
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Jefferson City
Muir
House
Senate
Street Railway Consolidation Bill Gains Ground
May Own Interurbans in Missouri as the house passed a consolidation bill allowing the Metropolitan Street Railway of Kansas City to acquire and build interurban lines to St Joseph Excelsior Springs Lee's Summit or other towns with stockholder consent. The measure, pushed by Representative Sherman, aims to assist St Joseph’s railway in financing a Savannah line but has not yet passed the senate.
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National Bankers of Kansas
Purose
Kansas
Atlantic States
Lakes
Gulf
United States
Alton
Ill
Indianapolis
San Bernardino
Cal
Chicago
America
Adana
Minnesota
Crookston
United States Weather Office
Topeka
Kan
Board of Health
Missouri
Alaska
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Iowa State Dental Society
Des Moines
Jefferson City
Metropolitan Street Railway Company of
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Excelsior Springs
Lee's Summit
Sherman
Street Railway Company of
Savannah
Senate
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bardstown
Doc Lee
Pinkham
Joseph Haut
Mary Woon
R.F.D
Lydia B. Pinkham
Not a Legal Holiday Defeated in Missouri Legislature
Jefferson City Missouri report notes a bill to make January 1 a school holiday was defeated despite acknowledgment that New Year's Day is customarily a holiday. Lawmakers refused to codify the change in statute.
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Jefferson City
Waterways Commission Bill Advances In Missouri House
In Jefferson City Missouri after a 30 minute debate Representatives Hart Rhodes Lloyd Crossfries and Johnson of Vernon urged passage of a waterways commission bill. The measure creates a five member commission appointed by the governor to study navigable waterways and land reclamation. It carries a $5000 appropriation and was engrossed and printed amid opposition to the funding.
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Waterways Commission
Jefferson City
Hart
Rhodes
Lloyd
Crossfries
Johnson
Vernon
House
General Assembly
Night session in Missouri House passes ballot box opening bill
Jefferson City residents report the Missouri House held a night session to consider final passage bills. Senator Casey introduced a measure to open ballot boxes where fraud is claimed, and the bill was passed.
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Jefferson City
House
Casey
Senate removes club tax provisions from liquor bill
Jefferson City report says the senate struck the liquor bill to tax clubs and regulate clubs, and eliminated drug stores from the proposed provisions. The changes narrow the measure and leave club taxation and regulation unaddressed.
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Jefferson City
Senate
Must Not Sell Drugs. Missouri House Bill Action
Jefferson City report notes a bill passed the house making it unlawful for pharmacists to sell or give morphine chloral hydrate cocaine or anything containing these drugs. The measure targets narcotics distribution and aims to curb illicit access. The text emphasizes enforcement provisions and potential penalties.
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Jefferson City
Revenue bill stalls in Missouri house struggle
Jefferson City reports a $500,000 general road fund measure failed 48 to 62 in the Missouri House. Rep Lloyd, chair of the ways and means committee, pushed revenue talk while Rep Jones urged farmers to back the calendar. Lloyd argued for higher taxes and warned of a $1 million potential funding gap, insisting he would stay 30 days longer if money were available.
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Jefferson City
Lloyd
Trens Committee
Jones
Pike
House
Bloyd
Appropriations Committee
No Cigarettes for Minors in Missouri Senate
In Jefferson City Missouri the senate settled the cigarette question with two bills pending One would make selling cigarettes or papers to minors illegal the other would ban sales to anyone The bill targeting minors passed while the broader prohibition failed 15 to 13 It moves to the governor penalties include fines of 10 to 50 for sellers and up to 10 for each offense by minors 10 to 18 smoking in public prompts grand jury instruction and investigation
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Jefferson City
Senate
Tobacco Trust
Ater
Drunert
Criminal Court
Senate bill seeks higher dramshop licenses statewide
Senator Mc David introduced a measure in the senate to raise tax on saloon licenses across Missouri. Outside St Louis the annual rate would move from $200 to $300, while in St Louis state licensed operations would rise from $200 to $400. Saloons in St Louis would still pay no county license and only $500 to the city, creating a perceived discrimination compared with Kansas City.
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Jefferson City
McDavid
Senate
St. Louis
Public Service Commission bill advances in Missouri House
Jefferson City Mo the public service commission bill modeled after New York Hughes law passed the house 72 to 59. It allows a five member state commission appointed by the governor with six year terms and staggered retirements. The panel would regulate charges service and stock issuance for all public service corporations. No divorce law change passes.
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Public Service Commission
Jefferson City
New York
House
Missouri House defeats direct inheritance tax bill
In Jefferson City Missouri the direct inheritance tax measure was defeated as 46 votes supported it and 73 opposed. Amid a slate of 15 bills made a special order on Monday Hicks introduced a bill aimed at regulating fake agencies as part of the session agenda.
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Jefferson City
Hicks
Impeachment charges aimed at Missouri judges form in Congress
Washington reports that Rep Murphy announced formal impeachment charges against federal judges Philips and McPherson of the western district of Missouri after the House adjourned. He asserted misrepresentation in Hagerman's telegram and condemned the judges over Missouri rate laws while pledging to file the charges with the judiciary committee.
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Washington, D. C
Philips and
McPherson
Missouri
Murphy
House
Wickersham
Frank Hagerman
Hagerman
Rucker
Philips
Memorial Statue Unveiled for Longfellow in Washington
In Washington, a bronze statue of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was unveiled in the Capitol grounds honoring the famed New England poet. President Taft and other dignitaries attended the ceremonies with figures from across the nation present.
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Longfellow
Washington, D. C
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
New England
Taft
Do You Want to Be an Admiral in Kansas District 8
Representative Victor Murdock of Washington seeks a boy from the Eighth Kansas district to take the naval academy midshipman exam. A vacancy exists as principals or alternates did not take or pass the test, and no other applications are on file. Apply before May 20.
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Washington, D. C
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Naval Academy
Ardmore Storm Misconceptions Corrected On Map
Ardmore Ok reports show no loss of life or serious property damage from Tuesday night storm. Winds damaged wires for hours but did not harm even small houses. reports of destruction were incorrect.
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Ardmore
Guthrie
Missouri Bankers Elect Officers in St Joseph
St Joseph Missouri The Missouri State Bankers association elected officers Thursday W P Hinton Hannibal as president A O Wilson St Louis as vice president A H Waite Joplin as treasurer and W F Keyser Sedalia as secretary.
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Missouri Bankers
St. Joseph
Missouri
Missouri, State Bankers’ Association
W. P. Hinton
Hannibal
A. 0. Wilson
St. Louis
A. H. Waite
Joplin
W. F. Keyser
Sedalia
Omaha Alfalfa Mill Fire Wipes Out South Omaha Plant
A high wind destroyed the M. C. Peters Mill company alfalfa food mill in South Omaha Nebraska on Wednesday morning. Loss is estimated at 123000 dollars. The fire disrupted stock fodder production and caused extensive damage to the facility.
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Omaha
Outbreaks in Guayaquil Report April Plague and Fever
In Guayaquil Ecuador during April 77 new bubonic plague cases were reported with 23 deaths. The same period saw 75 new cases of yellow fever, 42 of which were fatal.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
James Boyle Convicted in Mercer Kidnapping Trial
James Boyle was convicted in Mercer Pennsylvania on kidnapping charges involving Billy Whitla after a brief trial with no defense presented. The jury deliberated for only a few minutes before finding Boyle guilty.
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James Boyle
Mercer, Pa
Billy Whitla
Kidney Pills and Household Remedies Parade
An 81 year old narrator credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring strength, appetite, and sleep, claiming health compares to a 50 year old. The ad copy touts the product as sold by dealers for 50 cents a box, from Foster-Milburn Co. Also included are various old remedy pitches and aphorisms about digestion, courtesy of early 20th century advertising.
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Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
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