Underwood Tariff Revisions Cut Rates and Add Free Wool
Senate Democrats receive the revised tariff bill or Underwood plan with larger cuts than Payne Aldrich and new free lists for wool and sugar. Simmons outlines key changes to the caucus as opposition forms over sugar and wool, with a week expected for full finance committee reporting and Senate consideration.
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Senate Democrats
Simmons
Fiance Committee
Finance Committee
Wilson
Senate
House
Seven Die in Iowa Freight Wreck Near Clinton
Seven men were killed and another possibly fatally injured when a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul freight train crashed head on with a gravel train two miles east of Delmar on a noon run. Both engines and twenty eight cars were piled and a damaged car held the bodies. The dead were not identified and believed to be riding in an empty car. An injured Japanese laborer was taken to a local hospital.
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Clinton
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Delmar
Explosion shakes Leavenworth as downtown stores hit
Fireworks blast in Leavenworth Kansas sets storefronts ablaze causing panic among bank clerks and shoppers. Initial reports unclear on ignition source. One person mentioned as nearby as the blast rattled blocks, with bystanders and witnesses noting chaos in the threatened district.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Wilson Explains Delay in Caminetti Case Postponement
Secretary Wilson, taking responsibility, explains postponement of the Diggs Caminetti trial. He says the request came from him to aid the public service as Caminetti prepared for his son’s trial and his duties as commissioner general of immigration. The delay drew charges of influence peddling by McNab while Attorney General McReynolds affirmed intent to prosecute all cases in due time.
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Washington
Wilson
Department of Labor
United States
John L. McNab
San Francisco
Diggs-Caminetti
A. Caminetti
Immigration
California
Pacific Ports
Public Service
Maury J. Diggs
Drew C. Caminetti
Western Fuel Company
Caminetti
Anthony
McNab
McReynolds
Immigration Commission
Department of Justice
Nine surveyors drown in forceful squall on river near New Madrid
A U.S. government surveying party of fourteen men sailed from New Madrid aboard the Beaver, bound for Bessie Tennessee. A sudden squall capsized the steamer near Hodgkiss Light in Snaky Bend and nine men were drowned. Chief engineer C. S. Williams of Mason City was among the victims. his body was the only one recovered.
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New Madrid
Beaver
Hodgkiss Light
Snaky Bend
Bessie
Tenn
C. S. Williams
Mason, C
Glancing Bullet Injury Report From June Incident
An unclear 1930s newsroom item notes Alma Kay reporting a revolver incident with a glancing bullet. The fragment mentions Frank Thier and a probabilistic appraisal of injuries, but specifics are unreadable. No definitive names or locations are clearly established in the legible text.
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Alma
Kay
Frank Thierer
Asses
Wilson Signs Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill
President Wilson signed the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill and said he would have vetoed the $300,000 grant to enforce the Sherman Anti-Trust law if possible. He argued the exemption for labor unions and farmers' organizations was unjustifiable but noted the Justice Department can use other funds to pursue violations. The measure totals $116,000,000 and was vetted after Taft’s veto over the labor exemption.
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Farmers
Washington
Wilson
Department of Justice
Taft
Congress
Death by fall in tub shocks Garden City doctor
In Garden City Kansas Dr O L Helwig a renowned western Kansas surgeon died after a fall in his hospital tub. He locked the bathroom door overnight and was found dead beside the tub with head injuries when the door was forced open.
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Garden City
Kan
O. L. Helwig
Kansas
Helwig
Arthur Pelkey Acquitted in Manslaughter Charge
Arthur Pelkey, the pugilist from Calgary, Alberta, was acquitted of manslaughter. The judge ruled the charge unfounded after a trial that centered on the events leading to the death. Pelkey faced intense testimony and public scrutiny but eligibility and lack of proof led to the verdict.
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Calgary
Alberta
Arthur Pelkey
Pension Form for Ex Confederates in Missouri
Application sworn in Missouri to certify eligibility for pension under C.S. H. R. 465 47th General Assembly. Includes residence, Civil War service of six months, discharge submission, and incapacity criteria due to wounds disease or age. Be sworn before a notary with two county residents certifying applicant reliability.
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47Th General Assembly
State of Missouri
Missouri
Army of the
Confederate States of America
Adjutant General of
Higginsville
Service entry fragment from city and state records
Fragmentary OCR notes show an entered service entry listing city, state, and the colonel commanding, with unclear company and unit details. The legible elements include infantry designation and generic references to service period, leaving key names and dates unreadable.
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State of
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Louis Freeland Post
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Luther McCarty
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L. C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter
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