End of Tariff Conference Advances with Brief Session
Washington July 9 The tariff bill in conference shows brisk progress as Republican and Democratic members organize quickly. Conference plans long days 9 30 a m to 6 p m with lunch and to 11 p m after dinner aiming to report the bill by next Wednesday. Agreements at this stage are tentative to avoid public pressure from affected interests.
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Washington
House
Jones
Nevada
Diummer
Gree
Rey
Currency Message Held Back by Republican Opposition
Washington July 9. Owing to opposition from several Republican senators including Allison and Quay the president did not send the proposed special message urging the appointment of a currency commission. When it will go in or if it will go in at all is very problematical.
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Washington
Allison
Quay
Currency Commission
Senators Wrestle With Tariff and Cuba Debate
Washington July 9 Senate proceedings were calm as the deficiency appropriation bill moved forward and tariff bills went to conference. Democrats assailed House delays on Cuban and bankruptcy issues while Bailey criticized Republicans over foreign policy and executive attention to European affairs.
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Bouse
Washington
Senate
France
Berry
Spain
Ona Melton
Committee On Foreign Relations
House
Dingley
Payne
Dalzell
Hopkins
Grosvenor
Bailey
McMillin
Wheeler
Committee On Rules
Cuba
Swanson
Lewis
Lawmakers Debate Trust Amendments and Honor Judge Holman
The speaker questioned the trust amendment legality and Lewis’s appeal was not allowed. The house spent the afternoon under a special order listening to eulogies on Judge Holman’s life and public service.
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Lewis
Holman
Pritchard Says Civil Service Separating Customs Officers
Washington July 9 Senator Pritchard chairman of the committee on civil service has been informed that the civil service commission has agreed to a proposal to separate the deputy collectors of customs and internal revenue from the classified service and that an order to this effect will soon be prepared and sent to the president.
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Washington
Senator Pritchard
Committee On Civil Service
Civi Service Commission
Collectors of Customs and Internal Revenue
Classified Service
Rural schools topic at National Educational Association
Proceedings in Milwaukee July 9 covered the rural school problem with comparisons of city and rural expenditures and pupil rosters. Afternoon sessions proceeded amid heat as department meetings and a full association session occurred, followed by a Milwaukee reception. Board ballots for the next convention city favored Washington Salt Lake City Omaha and Los Angeles in order, with a final decision likely by December.
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National Educational Association
Milwaukee
Exposition
Washington
Salt Lake City
Omaha
Los Angeles
Death of Senator Harris in Washington D C
Tennessee statesman Isham G Harris died at his residence in Washington D C after a prolonged illness caused by extreme heat. Born February 1818 he was admitted to the bar in 1841 and elected to Congress in 1849 later serving four terms in the Senate. He will be buried in Memphis.
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Washington
Isham G. Harris
Tennessee
Senator Harris
Congress
Senate
Memphis
Baseball Scores From Yesterday’s League Games
Chicago reports yesterday MLB and minor league results with scores across four leagues. Notable outcomes include Pittsburg 5 New York 4 and Cleveland 10 over Washington 5, plus Grand Rapids 20 over Indianapolis 4 and Cedar Rapids 11 over Rockford 1.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Louisville
Baltimore
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Washington
Boston
Western Iueague
Indianapolis
Grand Rapids
Detroit
Columbus
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Western Association
Dubuque
Peoria
Cedar Rapids
Rockford
Des Moines
Burlington
St. Joseph
Quincy
Bids submitted for Executive Mansion work Springfield
Sealed proposals opened in Springfield for executive mansion work with Culver Stone Co named as lowest bid at 31167.70. Secretary of state rejected all bids as they exceeded appropriation and ordered plan revisions to cap total cost. The project was relet to Culver Stone Co for 26741.
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Culver Stone Company
Editor alarms over Polish Catholic schools in Winona
The July issue of Wiatus carries an editor letter to Archbishop Katzer of Milwaukee decrying a “sad state of affairs” in Polish Catholic schools. Nuns teaching Polish children in Polish Roman Catholic parishes are accused of Americanizing the students.
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Winona
Minn
Wiatus
Archbishop Katzer
Milwaukee
W's
Soo Will Accept the Rate in Wisconsin
Madison July 9 attorney general received a letter from Solicitor Bright of the Soo road showing the company will comply with the 3 cent per mile fare law. The attorney general had warned a month ago that action would start to enforce the law.
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Soo
Madison
Wis
Bright
Soo” Road
Wisconsin Minors Can Marry in Milwaukee
A Milwaukee court notes Wisconsin statutes do not bar minors from marrying. The finding arose when a young couple requested marriage before Justice Clarke. The law does not specify rules for minors whose parents reside outside the state.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Clarke
Miners Idle as Strike Paralyzes Wheeling Division
Pittsburgh July 9 The Wheeling division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad shows a complete strike crippled by the dispute. Most mines from Finleyville to Nottingham are closed with only scattered workers at Snowden Gastonville and Germania. Foremen guard properties as miners face wage forfeitures while Ratchford estimates about 125,000 idle miners and urges district rate action and wider coal suspensions.
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Anderson
Germania
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Slava Muve
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Robbins Company
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Illinois
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Peoria
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Carlinville
Virden
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Taylorville
Westville
Vermilion County
Danville
Striking miners in Wheeling division vow to endure
Miners officials hail success in Wheeling division as operators seek non union workers. Workers express belief they can survive weeks without pay while firms threaten withheld wages. Panhandle mines report rising part return, and officials plan action against New York and Cleveland Gas Coal mines. Leaders from United Mine Workers and AFL to confer on a labor proposal.
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Panhandle
M. A. Hanna & Co
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Monongahela River
Ratchford
United Mine Workers
Columbus
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Garland
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Miners in Dillonvale Struggle as U S Marshals Guard
United States deputy marshals, twenty six sworn in, patrol Dillonvale amid a miners strike. Deputies guard the town and boats, with crowds gathering and word of reinforcements from Wheeling Creek and Bellaire. Receivers warn all not to molest workers or property while railroads confiscate coal in line with a Supreme Court ruling.
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U. S
Cincinnati
The
Commercial Tribune
United States
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D. Vanney
Steubenville S
Othe
Twenut
Wheeling Creek
Bellaire
Herrick and Blickensdorfer
Wheeling, Lake Erie and Pittsburg Coal Company
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Company
United States Court
Mount Pleasant
Long Run
Smith & Wesson
Chicago
Illinois
Supreme Court
Joint arbitration meeting eyed to settle Ohio Indiana labor dispute
Terre Haute Indiana July 9 Joseph R Bishop secretary of the state board of arbitration of Ohio met the Indiana labor commission and a joint arbitration board meeting is planned at Pittsburg next week with governors of Indiana Illinois Ohio and Pennsylvania aiding. President Knight of the Indiana miners hopes a settlement can be reached.
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Ind
Joseph R. Bishop
State Board of Arbitration of
Ohio
Indiana Labor Commission
Pittsburg
Indiana
Illnois
Pennsylvania
Knight
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