Washington Looms In Week's Foreign Affairs Briefs
Washington figures dominate the week with Senate and cabinet moves. Roosevelt funds are questioned as George R. Sheldon testifies he learned of the Harriman sum after the election. Rear Admiral Murdock leaves the Asiatic fleet for succession by Nicholson. Taft nominates FulLerton for district judge and Crossley for US attorney in Alaska. Littleton calls for federal corporate control while others urge caution on Big Business. Ex Senator Scott reveals Perkins donated 15000 to the 1904 Republican effort, presented as a personal Roosev elt friend.
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R. F. Nicholson
Taft
F. E. Fullerton
James J. Crossley
United States
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Stanley Committee
Wickersham
Secetary MacVeagh
Scott
West Virginia
Senate
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Harvester Trust
Notable Abridged 1909 World Highlights From OCR
The text lists varied events including the robbery of 80 000 in jewels in Ostend involving an American woman The 78th birthday of Cardinal Gibbons observed privately in Carroll County Maryland Viscount Chinda Japanese ambassador visits the White House to thank the President for interest in the health of the Japanese Emperor Governor Deneen of Illinois declines to back Roosevelt and backs Taft for re election President Taft sends a cable to President Restrepo of Colombia for Colombia’s Independence anniversary Sir William Macdonald Montreal partner holds major Canadian bank shares including Bank of Montreal and Bank of Commerce
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G. Snow
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Jacke
OnVille
Taft
Restrepo
Columbia
Republic
William Macdonald
Montreal
Canada
Yaeger Named Temporary Montreal Manager In IL
Sporting Joe Yaeger succeeds Lusk as manager of the Montreal club in the International League. His tenure is stated as temporary. Packey McFarland and Eddie Murphy have been matched to fight ten rounds at Kenosha likely on Labor Day. Gossip says Ty Cobb will demand renewal at 45 000 for three years. The Willard 2d aero plane was smashed at Mineola injuring driver F Gallaudet slightly. Washington buzzes over the Senators pennant chase and two sermons honor Walter Johnson. The first Rhodes scholar from Toronto E R Paterson died in Toronto from anemia. he was a noted tennis soccer and rugby player and an Oxford oarsman.
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Lusk
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Packey
McFarland
Eddie Murphy
Kenosha
Detroit Tigers
Ty Cobb
Willard 2d
Mineola
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Toronto
E. R. Paterson
Oxford
Jerome Opposes Thaw Release at Matteawan
General William Travers Jerome files his brief opposing the release of Harry Thaw from Matteawan. A cloudburst near Pittsburgh causes widespread damage. Four teen men drown when a mine floods at Evans Station.
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Harry Thaw
Matteawan
Pittsburgh
Evans Station
Joseph Milton
New York
Newport
Nautilus Club
B. A. Worthington
The
Chicago and Alton
Excise Tax Bill Passes Senate With Tariff Reforms
The Senate approved the Democratic Excise Tax bill by 36 to 18, pairing it with repeal of the Canadian Reciprocity and a $2 per ton tariff on print paper. It creates a permanent non partisan tariff board and imposes a 1 percent tax on net income over 5000 for individuals and firms, while preserving exemptions for religious and fraternal groups.
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la Follette
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Pomerone
Ohio
Tariff Board
Heyburn
Idaho
Fletger
Florida
Bacon
Floods and Disappearances Stir News Across Nations
Reports describe northern Japan floods causing crop damage and about 400 missing while Ireland sees arrests after tearing down a sanitarium. Other items note bans on roulette tampering in France, a Rome streetcar crash injuring eighteen, a failed assassination plot in Russia, Bom Bosa's treasure hunt near Costa Rica, Albanian崔 advances in Kosovo, Turkish military moves, Hamburg hatpin ban, and spy Graves jailed in Edinburgh.
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Walter Thornton Lewis
Frederick M. Shipley
France
Rome
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Caesar
Prince Katsura
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Bombosa
Cocos Island
Costa Rica
Late Dispatches Highlight New Jersey News Flows
Various brief items from across New Jersey report labor actions at Amboy and other towns, public works funding in Union County, school construction awards, and infrastructure projects. Reports of berry harvests, new licenses for brewers, ice freight rates, and local incidents fill the weekly roundup.
Ten Killed in Miners Riot Near Mucklow
Charleston West Virginia reports seven guards and three miners died in a clash near Mucklow. Miners armed with rifles attacked detectives at a mine, a machine gun battle followed, and Detective M W Garnot was killed. Governor Glasscock ordered battalion deployment to Paint Creek. Traffic on the Paint Creek C and O line was halted as hundreds of miners blocked trains.
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W. Va
Mucklow
M. W. Garnot
Glasscock
James Pratt
Mt. Gretna
Paint Creek
Peytons
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Municipal grocery clash reaches the Supreme Court
In Schenectady the so called municipal grocery run by the Socialist administration since February 1 faced a legal challenge. Grocer and ice dealer David V Maxwell sought injunctions against the City Controller Treasurer and Commissioner of Charities. Maxwell already served July 3 with an injunction stopping them from handling the ice business.
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Schenectady
Supreme Court
David V. Maxwell
Commissioner of Charities
Maxwell
Relief for flood districts as Frick opens stores
Relief was sent into the flooded district in Fayette and Westmoreland counties. Trolley service was resumed from Uniontown to Dunbar and one track into Dunbar and Evans station was cleared. The Frick Coke Co opened its company stores throughout the district to distressed families.
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Westmoreland
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Evans Station
Frick Coke Co
Parables on the Kingdom and the Hidden Treasures
The lesson centers four parables from Matthew thirteen showing the value and character of the kingdom. Jesus teaches the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price as symbols of salvation and divine discovery, the drag net as final judgment, and the householder as the burden of scriptural interpretation. The call is to seek the kingdom first and live in righteousness, joy, and peace.
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Jesus
Christ
Jésus
Old and New World Briefs for the Busy
Hughey Jennings picks Washington for second in the American League. Charles J Hemphill, ex Yankee and current Southern League manager, loses his job. Nicholas Murray Butler receives the Legion of Honor from France. Gov Wilson states his immigration position then enters recluse to write his acceptance letter. Judge Archbal appears before the Senate bar to answer thirteen impeachment articles and is given time to prepare his plea.
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Charles J. Hemphill
Yankees
Atlanta
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Poincare
France
Woodrow. Wilson
Archbal
Senate
Milk price report in New York wholesale market
The markets section notes wholesale milk at 44 cents per quart in the 26 cent zone, equaling about 1.71 dollars for a 40 quart can. This reflects price levels in New York wholesale markets during the period.
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