Free Hides and Tariff Fight Split Taft Support
Washington reports the House wins half the tariff clash with Taft backing, while leather free list and lumber rates lead to costly Senate compromise. Conference ends after midnight with expected lumber rate debates and efforts to secure Senate approval on leather and coal duties.
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Payne
White House
Washington
Longle
Reptive Payne
Mao
Dingley
Conference Committee
Shooting Over Head Of Senator Davis Kills Man
In Little Rock Arkansas on July 27 a man killed Nathaniel Parker Willis, owner of a liquor store in Indianapolis, during a courtroom confrontation over child custody. Willis, who had just secured a divorce from his wife, was wounded as he moved to leave the table. the shooter, Ellis, surrendered his pistol to a judge and was jailed. The Arkansas suit followed two Indiana suits in which the mother won.
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Ark
Senator Davis
Pine Bluff
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Indianapolis
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Circuit
Willis
Peewee
Ellis
Almo
Davig
Train Attacked by Mob as Martial Law Spreads in Spain
A train arriving from Barcelona was stoned near Figueras as rail service between Gerona and Barcelona was cut. Barcelona remains under martial law amid riots after a general strike against military actions in Morocco. The cabinet declared martial law in Tarragona and Gerona. food shortages and price spikes worsen hardship for the poor.
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France
Barcelona
Figueras
Gerone
Gerona
Morocco
Wrights Set World Aeroplane Record At Fort Myer
Orville Wright, with Lt. Lahm aboard, breaks the world air endurance and distance record at Fort Myer in one hour twelve minutes forty seconds, flying 74 circuits of the field at about forty miles per hour. President Taft and Wilbur Wright witness the milestone as crowds cheer the historic flight.
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Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Frank P. Lahm
Army Signal Corps
Wilbur
Lemans
France
Prof
Painleve
French Institute
Orville
Taft
Wrights
United States
Benjamin Foulois
Signal Corps
Alexandria
Selfridge
Katherine ‘Wright
Lahm
Orvillé
Wright
Arlington Cemetery
Taft Delays Kentucky Patronage Action Until Summer
President Taft instructs Postmaster General Hitchcock to inform Kentucky lawmakers that no Kentucky patronage decisions will be made until the summer vacation. Senator Bradley and two Kentucky Republicans pressed for early appointments, while Representative Edwards opposes urgent action. The move aims to defer patronage disputes during the special tariff session.
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SuReAy
Munsex Borprva
Washinnetton
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Fribune
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Taft
Kentucky
Ble Grass Estate
Bradley
Edwards
Hitchcock
Thaws Face Flushes as Woman Testifies at Trial
In White Plains New York on July 27 Harry K Thaw sat in the supreme court and heard a witness describe Glieged acts with young girls and a pearl handled dog whip. The testimony contrasted with doctors who deemed Thaw sane and followed a warning that women should stay only if prepared to hear all. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw attended part of the proceedings as the trial moved forward.
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White - Plains
Justice Mills
Susan Merrill
Stanford White
New York
Madison Square Roof Garden
State Asylum For
Castro Plot 15 Wiped in Bud
In Caracas on July 27 a German subject Theodore Hauer, recently arrived from Europe, and Caracas lawyer Raymond Porpacen disclosed a Castro revolutionary plot to overthrow President Gomez. Hauer allegedly represented General Castro to sell the former president's stock while organizing a Castro uprising. arrests are expected as codes and correspondence are examined.
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Maracaibo
Theodore Hauer
Europe
Raymond Porpacen
Castro
Congress
Slick and Slimy Keeper of the Sacred Ophidian Elected
The department encampment of United Spanish War Veterans today chose Syl Garver of Defiance as department commander with R. A. Buell of Hamilton as council of administration. Elyria narrowly beat Middletown for the 1910 convention. The Military Order of the Serpent elected J. A. Hutchinson of Cleveland grandissimo and Theodore Bock of Hamilton as slick and slimy keeper. Charles B. Hoover of Middletown was defeated for department commander by a small margin.
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United Spanish War Veterans
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Defiance
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A. Buell
Hamilton
Elyria
Middletown
Military Order of the Serpent
Gugu
Theodore, Bock
Charles B. Hoover
Senator Stone Arrested For Slapping A Negro Senator
Baltimore July 27 Senator Wilat J Stone of Missouri was placed under arrest for a short time on a charge of assaulting Lawrence J Brown a negro porter on a patrol car The incident occurred after Brown allegedly insulted Stone and Brown later declined further action.
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Wilat J. Stone
Missouri
Lawrence J. Brown
Death ends mayor Laurold Markbreit’s long service
Cincinnati’s mayor Laurold Markbreit dies at home on Bedford avenue after a long battle with illness. Family and friends linger at his bedside as physicians note little hope for recovery and telegrams are sent to Taft and relatives.
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Bedford Avenue
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Walnut Hills
Markbreit
Louis Mitius
Altenheim
Mittus
Charles W. Bell
Miss Lincoln
Scott Small
Taft
Charles Wippeng
Fannie Kautz
Mike Plats
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