Aldrich tariff plan questioned over expected revenue
Senate leader Aldrich faces scrutiny as critics demand clear explanations of how the tariff bill would raise revenue for 1911. Analysts compare the proposed average duty rise to past laws, questioning projections of up to 104 million dollars in increased receipts and examining various schedules from sugar to textiles.
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Washington
Aldrich
United States
Finance Committee
Senate
Treasury
Payne
Hidden Trade Promises and Market Trusts Stir Debate
Suspected misquoted remarks discuss American markets and tariffs, warning that increased commerce could boost profits and revenue for governments. The fragment hints at trusts and industrial schemes impacting sugar and iron sectors, amid calls for policy action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voy
Afmerican Trie
Dutien
Eugar
Swan
Captain Franklin Faces Army Court Martial Over Embezzlement
Alleged embezzlement at West Point tied to Captain Thomas Franklin, former treasurer, who managed about 2 million dollars from 1902 to 1908. Inquiry centers on friction with Colonel Scott and a mascot incident, with rumors of multi hundred thousand dollar losses and a possible case larger than Oberlin Carter’s.
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Gourt
Mii
Washington
Thomas Franklin
Jane Leonard Wood
Governors Inland
N.Y
Canicel Crowing
and Commissary Department
West Point
Oberlin
Franklin
Scott
Army
United States Military Academy
Army and Navy Club
Manila
Franklin Ie Short
Anid
Oil Discoveries Spark Basin Field Excitement
Telegrams from Denver report a wave of enthusiasm in the Big Horn Basin Wyoming as oil and gas finds attract homeseekers and investors. Grey Bull leads with a strong oil well shooting gas and flooding the area, while a new pipeline to Basin links gas to other towns.
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Denver
Colo
M. A. Randel
Burlington
Auland
Big Horn
Wyoming
Oll
Greybull
New Oil and Gas District
Byron
Montana
Toluca
Kirby
Worland
Orin Junction
Cheyenne
Wellington
Colorado & Southern
Orin
Severn Oil
Grey- Lall
Basin
County
Billings
Crowley
Gardner
Cowley
Aughey
Burlington to extend Wyoming line with mountain tunnel
Extension work on the Burlington route in Wyoming will resume at once with a southward spur from Wor land. A tunnel through the mountains is planned between Nowater and Bridger creek head, leading to a junction with the Northwestern. The line will be leased east to Orin Junction, linking with Colorado & Southern to the gulf ports and opening vast Wyoming lands for settlement.
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Chicago
Burlington
Wyoming
Worland
Nowater
Bridger Creek
Northwestern
Ita
Orin Junction
Colorado & Southern
Gulf Ports
Finishing First Concrete Pacific Pier
The reinforced concrete pier at Santa Monica foot of Colorado Ave nears completion in Los Angeles on May 7. About 75 piles weighing 10 tons each remain to reach 1,600 feet, with plans to open the first pier of its kind to the public after two months of work.
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Pacific Pier
Los Angeles
Cal
Colorado Avenue
Santa Movirica
Pacific Ocean
Lorillard Son Informed of Mother's Suicide En Route
Grinwold Lorillard, son of Mia Pierre Lorillard, aboard the Korea, learns in San Francisco that his mother killed herself in Washington. He had not known of the suicide until arriving from the Philippines and friends shield him from newspapers carrying the reports.
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Lorillard
Honolulu
Grinwold Lorillard
Mia
Pierre Lorillard
Washington
Korea
San Francisco
Philippines
Bolts Raise Cain in Cruiser Turbines
Fore River Shipbuilding says repairs to Salem turbines will cost 10000 dollars and be charged to the company though the cruiser is with the Navy. A former worker said he dropped a bolt into a turbine while intoxicated and feared dismissal, leading to an inspection and one bolt removed. The fate of the other bolts remains unexplained.
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Cain
Quincy
Masa
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Salem
Navy Department
Chester
Birmingham
Aged Groom Leaves With Bride's Cash in Flight
Pittsfield May 7 Mrs Annie Beaumont 55 married Charles Webster 66 in Lee April 24 after a week of courtship. A letter from Mrs Webster says he deserted on their honeymoon near Greenfield taking $400. He is a Civil War veteran of the 20th and 37th Massachusetts regiments.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Annie Beaumont
Charles Webster
Lee
C. E. Moore
St. George's Episcopal Church
Webster
Boston
Catherine Caul
Massachusetts
Bathing facilities seek Cheyenne support
Local readers report fragmented text about proposed baths and Proveng Wi with hints of public works in Cheyenne. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR but imply civic infrastructure plans and community impact discussions.
Federal prisoner from Sheridan held for U S district court
A federal prisoner from Sheridan, identified as U, along with French, was arrested on a charge of stealing horses in the Crow reservation, Montana. They have been brought to the county jail to await action by the United States district court. For more state news, subscribe to the Leader.
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U Drought
Sheridan, W. & French
Sheridan
Horace
Crow Reservation
Montana
United States District Court
Man Beats Wife to Death in Williams burg
In Canon City Colorado Booker Valenting aged 45 killed his wife Katie Valentine with a baseball bat in front of about fifteen witnesses. After a quarrel two weeks earlier she left him then returned. He warned he would kill her if she left again and struck her as she walked away. Marshal Felix Palmette apprehended him and took him to Chisety.
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Canon City
Colo
Booker Valenting
Necro
Katie Valentine
Williamsburg
Felix Palmette
Chisety
New NG suits for boys at Somdemarri Nome
Local report notes new uniforms for boys at Somdemarri Nome as part of a school program. Details on teams, dates, and participants are limited in the readable text.
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Schopfer
Prescott Ave
St. Louis
Martman
Alice
Poruna
Martha Mous
F. D
Chippewas Palle
Wisconsin
Dr. Hartman
Peruna
Walter Smith
Prop
Ferguson St
Laramie County
W. W. Keefe
Ferguson St. Fhone
West 15Th Street
Alls
Wyoming Line
Ponete, Arp & Hammond Aigne W. 17Th
Torn
Riner & Schniitger
Metropolitan Hotel
Fooma
Wyoming Machinery and Foundry Co
Beant Street
Capitol Ave
Bergerson Dorks
Eddy Street
James B. Pollard
Insurance Company of América
Ih Street
Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power Co
Ckilled Repair
Ers
Murehiaon‘s
Kely
P. J. Black
van Lennen
Knight's
16Th Street
C. H. Evans
Sixteenth
Ferguson Streets
Home Ranch
Williams & Myers
W. 17Th St
Anheuser-Busch Beer
AL. Leslie
Eddy St
Andy E. Roedel
LOE
Hawes Bros
Capital Avenue
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