Taft Defends Tariff Bill at Chicago Rally
President Taft defended the tariff measure at a Mars meeting in Orchestra Hall urging Congress to appoint a commission on federal court delays. He backed injunction reform, lauded organized labor, lauded schoolchildren reception, and praised insurgents who opposed the Payne bill amid a cheering crowd.
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Chicago
Orchestra Hall
Taft
Congress
States of the Union
Park
Commerceial Club
Cubs
New York
Giants
Hamilton Club
Congress Hotel
American Bankers’ Association
Mathewson
Brown
Texas
Reilly
San Antonio
Mr. Reilly
Dickinson
Governor de Neen
Frederick D. Grant
Mr. Taft
Minn
White House
Republican Party
Defendtarity
Dueling Women in Chicago Apartment Tragedy Ends With Deaths
Mrs. Julian Tripp is dead and Mrs. Jacob Silvers of New York fatally wounded after a pistol and knife battle in Tripp’s fashionable Chicago residence. Ten bullet wounds and multiple knife slashes mark the fight. a third person is suspected amid clues of an extended struggle and no immediate gunfire heard.
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Chicago
Julian Tripp
Jacob Silvers
New York
Tripp
Silvers
Bedridden Woman Earned 20000 for Church Through Years of Work
At the Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Mattoon, a bedridden case history is read of Lizzie Johnson of Casey Illinois who for twenty seven years earned for the church by embroidering Scriptural book marks. A telegram announced her death.
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Mattoon
Methodist Episopal Church
Lizue Johnson
Casey
Ill
Taft Clears Ballinger as Glavis Is Dismissed
President Taft announces findings on interior department charges against L R Glavis relation to Cunningham coal land claims in Alaska. Ballinger is exonerated and Glavis is dismissed for unjustly impugning his superior officer. The note cites water power trust cases to defend conservation policy.
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Glavis
Secretary of the Interior
Albany
N. Y
Taft
Interior Department
L. R. Glavis
General Land Office
Cunningham
Alaska
Ballinger
Gravis
Water Power Trust
Income tax measure faces opposition from states
Senator Taylor of Tennessee warned in Washington that the Saratoga conference endorsed income tax but will likely fail unless states rally. He predicted twelve states oppose the plan and New England may join early against it, while noting the issue could soon become a leading national question.
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Taylor
Tennessee
Washington, D. C
Saratoga
Washington
New York
New England
High School Girls Never Saw a Hog in Kansas City
An inquiry into a humorous incident finds about two hundred Kansas City high school girls have never seen a live hog. The survey covered girls from multiple schools and noted they had not encountered a porcine animal despite living near a major livestock market.
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Kansas City
Porcine
Mrs Nelson Morris Dies After Auto Accident Near Fontainbleau
Mrs Morris widow of the late Nelson Morris of Chicago packers dies from injuries suffered in a automobile crash near Fontainbleau France on September 10.
Bandits Loot Treasure Train In Eastern Bengal
Bandits held up a treasure train on the eastern Bengal railroad dynamited cars and escaped with $600000. Royal police Sepoys and armed soldiers launched a desperate hunt, the car carrying the treasure blown to pieces. The bandits are thought to have fled to nearby mountains as a posse pursues.
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Calcutta
Bengal
World's Wealthiest Woman Inheritances Touted In Harriman Will
New York City reports the will of KB Harriman dated June 8 1903 leaves all property to widow Mary Averell Harriman. Wall Street estimates her realty and personal estate may total 75 to 100 million dollars. Gifts during his life substantial for daughters sons siblings and other relatives. Other noted holdings include Hetty Green and Mrs Penfield and Mrs Sage with fortunes around 40 to 80 million.
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New York City
KB. H. Harriman
Mary Averell Harriman
Harriman
Hetty Green
Frederick Courtland Penfield
Anne Weightman
Philadelphia
Russell Sage
Plans to exhibit Southern resources in Washington
M C Clark, field organizer for the Southern Commercial Congress, returns to Washington after touring southern states promoting a greater nation through a greater south. The congress, active in five states and partly in seven, will meet December 10 and 11 with a cornerstone laying for its building and a large exhibit of Dixie Land resources.
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Washington
CM. M. Clark
Southern Commercial Congress
Congress
Southern Commercial Congress Building
South
Dixie Land
MAIL REGISTRATION FEE RISES AFTER NOV 1 1909
The registration fee for mailed items rises from 8 to 10 cents after November 1 1909 and the maximum insured value for a lost registered article increases from 25 to 50 cents. The registry division is under review to achieve self sustenance with expected cost saving changes.
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Washington
D. C
Hitchcock
Rural Carriers Seek Pension Legislation For Retirement
Rural free delivery carriers numbering about 41000 plan to seek a pension after a defined years of service. They will discuss the proposal at the upcoming convention and aim to gain congressional support similar to established departmental employee pensions.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
Eigil
Five Bandits Attempt Train Loot Near Leadville
A daring robbery attempt by five bandits aimed at the Denver and Rio Grande passenger train near Leadville is reported. The express car was dynamited but no loot was secured as the robbers fled after firing on the crew and ordering the engineer and fireman to the express car.
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Leadville
Col
Cal
Denver
Marriage litany unites Anita Stewart and Miguel of Braganza
In Aberdeen a Roman Catholic priest weds Miss Anita Stewart of New York to Miguel of Braganza son of the Portuguese claimants. The ceremony follows a brass band and marks a notable social union amid a broad news day.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Anita Stewart
James Henry Smith
New York
Miguel
Braganza
Horner
J. ¥. Hanson
Central of Georgia Railway
Georgian Superior Court
Major Hanson
J. P. Morgan, Jr
BE. H. Harriman
National Gily Bank
Wall Street
Morgan
Kuhn- Loeb-Standard Oil
Harriman
Union
Southern Pacific
Mexico City
Ramon Mena
Otumba
Galveston
Beaumont Field
Marjorie Palmer
William J. Palmer
Colorado Springs
Henry C. Watts
Convict Road Work Expands Across Georgia
The Georgia prison commission reports rapid road building by convict crews since the April 1 act. Camp distribution shows 140 camps in 107 counties, with most activity in the middle state. some northern counties rent quotas. Officials anticipate detailed inspector data to prove broad strides and good convict health.
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Atlanta
Commission
Prison Commission
Georgia breakfast for Taft at Bartlett home
A Macon Georgia event outlines a plain old time breakfast for President Taft at Congressman Charles L Bartlett’s home on November 4. The plan emphasizes no ceremony and a self serve table with traditional farmer’s fare including waffles, buttercakes, country sausage, ham and eggs, fried chicken, hominy, tea, coffee, and dairy products.
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Macon
Taft
Charles L. Bartlett
Georgia
Georgia census force to reach 1650 for 1910 enumeration
About 66 000 enumerators will be needed for the thirteenth census of the United States Hawaii and Porto Rico, an increase of roughly 11 000 over 1900. Georgia will raise its force to 1 650 with returns due within 30 days of the start.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Census Bureau
California
Florida
Georgia
Massachusetts
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Dakota
Texas
West Virginia
Wyoming
Rural Telephones Expand Across South in Five Years
The rural telephone network surged from 266,966 stations in 1902 to 1,494,773 by 1907, with the South leading growth. Western Electric reports 80,000 new rural phones sold in six months, as farms gain proximity to towns, doctors, and markets, reducing distance and isolation.
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New York City
United States
South
South Atlantic
South Central States
Marvnattier
Aesoce
Virginia
Bie Cone
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alkensag Soc
Oklahoma
S. C. States
Maryland
Arkansas
Western Electric Company
Bell System
Copper Hardening Claim by San Juan Blacksmith
San Francisco reports blacksmith F. M. McCarten of San Juan Bautista asserts a centuries old copper hardening method inspired by a Josephus passage. After forty years of work he presents a razor sharp copper blade and chisels capable of cutting hard wood, though modern tests are uncertain.
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San Francisco
Cal—A
F. M. MecCarten
San Juan Bautista
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Tom's Creek
Black Mountain
Knoxville
South Carolina
North Carolina
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Nashville
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