Brief News Notes for the Busy Man Round About the World
Summary of global and domestic happenings. Senator Lorimer unseating discussion referenced by Senator Paynter amid senate probe. $100,000 memorial arch erection proposed for Valley Forge. Thurston consecrated bishop of eastern Oklahoma diocese at St Pauls Minneapolis. Willie Hoppe retires from professional billiards to join clothing business with father-in-law. Captain Barr, famed yacht skipper, dies of heart disease in Southampton. David Graham Phillips dies from wounds after being shot in New York City.
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United States Senate
William Lorimer
Illinois
Paynter
Kentucky
Aa Memorial Arch
Valley Torge
National
House of Representatives
Secretary of War
St. Paul's Church
Minneapolis
Ray Theodore Payne Thurston
St. Paul's
Oklahoma
Wille Hoppe
Charles Barr
Reliance
Columbia
Southampton
England
David Graham Phillips
New York
Princeton
Fitzhugh C. Goldsborough
Bellevue Hospital
Monmouth
Quincy
Kewanee
New York Journal of Commerce
House
Alfred W. Dodnworth
Journe of Commerce and Commercial Buletin
Piloer
Utah
Brigham Young
Salt Lake City
Spry
Philadelphia
Ceiba
Honduras
Lee Christmas
War Department
United States
Fort Sam
Honeton
Brownaville
Laredo
Hagle Pass
del Rio
Chicago
Svendens
Copenhagen
Voisin
William Sprague
Rhode Island
Paris
Bia
Charles J. Barth
Denver
Thomas M. Patterson
Rocky Mountain News of
Simon Guggenheim
John Croat
San Francisco
Parmales
National Guard
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Lake Contrary
St. Joseph
Gamble
South Dakota
Lorimer
Rockefeller Commission
American Express
Canada
State Bank
C. A. Glazier
Utah Banking Company
Lehigh
American Fork
Organlyalten
Republican Progressive League
Progressive Repubican
Washington
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Oregon
Chicago, Milwaukee , St. Paul
Aberdeen
Multiple 1910s News Bits Span Domestic, International Moves
A broad sweep of items notes labor gains against Sherman anti trust limits in New Orleans, a possible American protectorate in Honduras, Pullman rate cuts effective Feb 1, and a fatal dispute in Lamar Colorado. Jailed Vermilion county suspects, ballot boxes found in Perry Oklahoma, and Japanese consular reprimands appear alongside Taft’s Haiti San Domingo orders. Peary near the North Pole, and debates over naval affairs and ship subsidies fill a busy docket.
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United States Circuit Court
New Orleans
Chicago
W. M. Stafford
Lamar, Co
Thomas H
United States
Williamson
Dalny
Taft
San Domingo
Haiti
Sullie L
Missouri State Hospital
St. Joseph
Vermilion County
Danville
Lyneh Harry Thomas
Charles Saunders
John T. Shepard
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
National House Committee On Naval Affairs
Captain Peary
Senate May Kill Commission Bill In Turbulent Tariff Debate
Washington dispatch outlines the split in Congress over tariff commission bills, with Longworth and Dazell proposals diverging and progressives pressuring for change while Democrats long for no commission this year. It notes likely Senate defeat, Army aeroplane funding, and inquiries into Navy disasters amid broader political tensions.
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George Clinton
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House
Senate
House of Representatives
Army
Signal Corps
United States Army
War Department
Congress
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
Navy Department
Delaware
Navy
Canada United States reciprocity pact details tariff changes
Taft urged Senate confirmation of a newly published reciprocity pact with Canada. The agreement lowers tariffs on leading foods and many manufactured goods, makes some items duty free in both directions, reduces rates on meats, dairy, flour, and vehicles, and lists special reductions for coal, cement, ore, and aluminum. The treaty totals duties remitted by both nations and outlines free and reduced items. Sent to the foreign relations committee for action.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Ottawa
Taft
Congress
State Department
Committee On Foreign Relations
Judge admits cash payments in Danville election case
Judge E R B Kimbrough testified before a grand jury about vote trafficking in Danville. He admitted distributing bags of money on election day, saying it funded organization expenses rather than buying votes. Mayor Platt briefly followed him into the jury room as the proceedings continued.
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Danville
Grand Jury
Kimbrough
Judge Kimbrough
Platt
Jury Deadlock in Schenk Poisoning Case in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia jurors failed to reach a verdict in the Laura Farnsworth Schenk case charged with poisoning her husband John Schenk. The jury stood 11 to 1 for acquittal and was discharged.
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Schenk
Wheeling
W. Va
Laura Farnsworth Schenk
John ©. Schenk
Insane Man Kills Couple Near Formosa Kansas
Harvey Wadleigh, a long time friend and farmer, shot and killed William Bales and his wife near Formosa Kansas on Thursday. Authorities believe Wadleigh suddenly became insane during the attack. The Bales were pioneer settlers in the region.
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Formosa
Kan
Willia Bales
State
Here
Harvey Wadleigh
Wadleigh
Sir Charles Dilke Dead in London After Campaign Strain
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke dies in London on Thursday after a breakdown caused by the stress of the recent campaign.
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Charles Dilke
London
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke
The Modest Medal in Howe Portrait Tale
A Boston painter recalls Julia Ward Howe as modest and reluctant to pose for a portrait. He remembers urging her with a quip about mercy and justice, noting her gentle demeanor and appearance. The anecdote highlights Howe's restrained virtue in a brief, period-voice moment.
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Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Post letter praises Dr Pratt on health book Road to Wellville
Inside History presents a Battle Creek correspondence excerpt from Dr H H Pratt of Chicago and C W Post of Battle Creek dated 1906 praising Grapenuts and The Road to Wellville. Pratt commends Post's health ideas, humane business approach, and the public good of individual self culture while expressing esteem for Pratt as a surgeon.
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Battle Creek
Mich
HH. Pratt
State St
Chicago
Ilinois
Wellville
Cc. W. Post
C. W. Post
Kelly
Bvanaton
Ulinats
Gregory
S&y
H, Pratt
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Cannon
America
Europe
Academy
Annapolis School
Government
Weat Point
Bureau of Labor
Frederick L. Hoffman
North America
United Kingdom
Austria
Prussia
East Central
Indiana
Colorado
New Mexico
Pacific Coast
British Columbia
Agricultural Department
Earth
Nelson W. Aldrich
John Paul Jones
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Dominion
Marget
Alice
Pratt
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