Champ Clark Livens House Debate on Philippine Tariff Bill
Washington reports Champ Clark of Missouri energized the house for three hours with a lively speech on the Philippine tariff bill and broader tariff issues. He quoted Cummins, attacked the sugar trust, and mocked Republican leaders while praising Benton and reciting his shift toward reciprocity.
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Washington
Champ Clark
House
Clark
Missouri
Philippines
William J. Bryan
Sugar Trust
Brouseard
Louisiana
Iowa
Cummins
Obto
Lacey
Senate
Fordney
Michigan
Modus vivendi talk sparks tense Capitol exchange
In the heated exchange Speaker Cannon sits before Clark as Grosvenor probes a supposed Roosevelt Cannon détente on tariff and railroad rate legislation. Clark jokes about Morales in Santo Domingo and Dingley tariffs, while Payne presses questions on a public building and free trade remains a charged topic.
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Cannon
Clark
Roosevelt
Grosvenor
Morales
Santo Domingo
McCleary
Minnesota
Payne
Clark On Tariff Plan In 1910s Debate At Senate Hearing
Former Speaker Champ Clark criticizes classifications by Secretary Shaw and calls him a possible Republican presidential candidate while denouncing the Treasury's Lyman J. Gage for hamstringing the international monetary effort. He defends Bryan, praises frank tariff discussion, and lauds an upcoming Senate inquiry into alleged tuber trust in Mississippi.
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Cannon
Shaw
the Treasury
Joe’ Cannon
Grosvenor
Clark
Lyman J. Gage
International Monetary Commission
Bryan
Watson
Indiana
Tam
SICK WOMAN IS BARRED FROM LANDING OVERSEAS SHOCK VICTIM
Wealthy English visitor Mrs Lydia M Thompson, 66, aboard the steamer Minneapolis, becomes subject of deportation due to seasickness causing temporary mental derangement during the voyage. She aimed to visit cousin Mrs Saray P Scull near York. York authorities and bond offers fail to avert deportation.
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New York
Lydia M. Thompson
Minneapolis
Atlantic
Philadelphia
Jan
Saray
Saray P. Scull
York
Scull
Chicago Board of Trade Quotes and East Buffalo Market Report
Quotations for Chicago grains show January through July corn wheat oats and soy complex with mixed highs lows and closes. Live stock prices in hogs cattle and sheep list ranges, with receipts around 17 000 hogs 4 000 cattle 8 000 sheep, and east buffalo market notes noting strong cattle hogs and lamb prices and general activity.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
BOM Park
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dewning & Stevens
Mission Merehants
Ex-Governor Yates Rescue Noted in Debris
A train collision near Wood Station, IL, trapped Engineer Grover Hinderer under wreckage for forty five minutes before he freed himself with a saw and was hospitalized in Alton likely to recover. Fireman W A Anderson and brakemen Mason Franks and George Anderson survived injuries, while others were initially presumed dead.
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East St. Louis
Burlington
Wood Station
Lil
Grover Hilnderer
Beardstown
Alton
W. A. Anderson
Danville
Frederick Nulken
Chicago and Eastern Ilinois Railroad Company
Fulton
Andrew J. Stowell
Garden Plain
Yates Denies Withdrawing From Senate Race
Springfield reports quote Richard Yates denying rumors of withdrawal from the senatorial race. He cites his wife’s illness delaying campaign work and states he will resume full efforts once able to leave Springfield. He cannot specify a date yet.
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Springfeld
Tan
Richard Yates
Springfield
Miss Cora Catshall heads African fever drive in Franklin
Miss Cora Catshall a Methodist missionary to Africa recently returned to Franklin Pennsylvania is head of African fever campaign. Representative Hull of Iowa will not protest. Fire in a public library at St. Louis destroyed 1500 books many rare. James Coulway a farmer near McHenry Kentucky died after eating many oranges and apples. Bryan offers price for best essay on free government principles at Bowdoin College. Armstrong committee to push strict graft controls in New York. Norton advocates killing of the helpless or fatally injured. Thomas Radeliffe founder of the American Guild of Organists died at Salt Lake City aged 70. Annual report on animal disease shows progress in treatment. Pennsylvania Railroad plans large locomotive works west of Pittsburgh. Tristan and Isolde performed at Metropolitan Opera chorus. Court: telephone a household necessity making both spouses liable for debts. Cuyahoga river not the same, beer runoff joke from Cleveland Leader.
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Hull
Iowa
Minor Morris
White House
St. Louis
James Coulway
McHenry
William J. Bryan
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Armstrong Legislative Investigating Committee
New York
Charles Eliot Norton
Harvard
Charles Leonhardt
Newark
N. J
Eddie Garr
Milwaukee
Knoxville
Midshipman Decatur Found Not Guilty. Ciffin Case Dismissed
Midshipman Stephen Decatur Jr of Portsmouth New Hampshire was found not guilty of hazing and released to duty in Annapolis Maryland. In Washington the court martial of Midshipman Ciffin Jr charged with hazing was received by the Navy department and the sentence is understood to have been dismissed.
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Annapolis
Stephen Decatur, Jr
Portsmouth
N. H
Washington
Ciffin, Jr
Navy Department
Washington’s Wedding Anniversary Observance Brings D A R Event
New York on January 6 marks the 1759 marriage of George Washington and Martha Custis with a D A R chapter celebration at Sherry’s. The event begins at three with a reception, followed by music, addresses, and refreshments as members bring friends to a brilliant afternoon and evening gathering.
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New York
George Washinton
Martha Dandridge Custis
Washington
Sherry
Hudson Celebration Plans Include Monument on Polopei Island
New York on January 5 and Francis Bannerman proposes to fund a seventy foot bronze Hudson statue on Polopei's Island in Newbury Bay for the Ter-Centennial. Other ideas include widening Fifth Avenue to host a Hudson Column akin to Vendome and Trafalgar. The Ter-Centennial committee weighs options for a dignified tribute to the navigator. The Russians mark Christmas tomorrow, with a quiet embassy dinner planned by the ambassador and wife in Washington. In St Petersburg, Christmas follows the Julian calendar and the mood is subdued due to recent war events. The Imperial family expected at Tsarskoe Selo, with smaller celebrations for children. The Mobile & Ohio Railroad operates the Chicago Havana Route starting from Mobile.
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New York
Francis Bannerman
American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
Henry Hudson
Bannerman
Polopei’s Island
Newbury Bay
Hudson
Fifth Avenue
40Th
42Nd Streets
Paris
London
Washington
D. C
St. Petersburg
Empire
Tsarskoe Selo
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Thomas H. Benton
Roose Jelt
Misalasippi Senate
Intuber Trust
St. Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court
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Wis
Wilbur FE. Carrier
Carrol College
Ralph Voorhees
Clinton, N. 1
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Carroll College
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Hancock County
Baldwin County
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George A. Baird
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Reese
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Prince George
Halifax Line
Mobile-Havana
Mobile
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Italy
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Odd Fellows' Orphans' Home
Lincoln
J. A. Lueens
Clinton
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Lizzie L. Morrison
Lucas
Ilinois
Illinois
Jonathan Aten Monroe
Bloomington
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Ble
Dan
G. Anniinee
P. Kimball
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Cora Catshall
Africa
Franklin, Pa
Justice Weaver
Sterling Gazette
Interstate Telephone Company
Perry Underhill
Cuyahoga
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