Salt Lake City Free from Smallpox and Local News Digest
Salt Lake City reports no smallpox in the city for months and notes a 1909 city population of 116,230 in the capital and suburbs. Other items include Ogden High School construction progress, 23 delegates named to the Transmississippi Congress, 21 017 school age children, and a series of local deaths, projects, and incidents in Utah.
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Salt Lake City
Ogden High School
Spry
Transmississippi Congress
Denver
Board of Education
State Fair Association
Utah
Coliseum
Chicago
Firemen of
Lagoon
Utah Firemen's Association
8. G. Gowans
State Industrial School
Heber H. Thomas
Gowans
Stephen Tyne
Denver & Rio Grande
Tariff Bill Passed After Prolonged Session
Forty-seven senators voted for the conference committee measure while thirty-one opposed it as the Payne tariff bill was signed by President Taft on August 5 1909. The adjournment sine die followed amid varied comments on the revision.
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Conference
Washington
Congress
Senate
Payne
William H. Taft
Knox
MacVeagh
Wickersham
Hitchcock
Nagel
Wilson
Aldrich
House
Yeas
Borah
Bourne
Bradley
Brandegee
Brown
Bulkeley
Burkett
Burnham
Burrows
Burton
Carter
Clark
Wyo
Crane
Crawford
Cullom
Curtis
Depew
Dixon
Dupont
Elkins
Flint
Frye
Gamble
Guggenheim
Hale
Heyburn
Johnson
Jones
Kean
Lodge
Lorimer
McCumber
Oliver
Page
Penrose
Perkins
Piles
Root
Scott
Smith
Mich
Smoot
Stephenson
Sutherland
Warner
Wetmore
Bacon
Sballey
Bankhead
Beveridge
Bristow
Chamberlain
Clapp
Clay
Culberson
Cummins
Daniel
Dolliver
Fletcher
Foster
Frazer
Gore
Hughes
LaFollette
McLaurin
Martin
Nelson
Newlands
Food Shortage Strikes Stockholm During Labor Crisis
Stockholm endures severe food scarcities as a labor conflict turns acute on August 2. Bread is nearly exhausted and meat is scarce. restaurants hike prices, while strikers subsist on fish. Thousands camp near Lake Halmar and archipelago shores, many without shelter, as authorities oversee milk distribution from milk cars and keep ice deliveries halted in warm weather.
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Stockholm
Lake
Halar
Runaway Horse Tramples Crowd at Ogden Circus
A frightened horse broke from a farmer near a parade in Ogden Utah injuring many and trampling women and children. Mrs Amanda Flynn aged 76 suffered hip and wrist fractures with poor recovery prospects amid no fault found with the circus.
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Ogden
Utah
Amanda Flynn
Dinner at the White House Ends Tariff Fight
Washington reports the tariff bill victory celebrated at a farewell dinner with President Taft. Democratic tariffs committee members attended along with cabinet members, the Senate Finance Committee, the House Ways and Means Committee, Vice President Sherman, and Speaker Cannon. Insurgent members were not present.
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Washington
White House
Mr. Taft
Senate Committee On Finance
House Committee On Ways and Means
Sherman
Cannon
Taft Endorses Payne Tariff Bill Downward Revision
President Taft issued a statement supporting the Payne tariff act as a sincere Republican move toward downward revision. He says the bill, though not perfect, fulfills campaign promises with few rate increases and many real decreases, except on whisky liquors wines silks and some high class cottons.
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Washington
Taft
Republican Party
Parker Sizes Up New Tariff Bill
Alton B. Parker, Democratic candidate for president in 1904, condemned the tariff bill on Thursday. He argued the Republican platform promised tariff revision to deceive voters and labeled senators and congressmen as complicit in a fraudulent plan to mislead the public.
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Alton GB
Parker
New York
Alton B. Parker
Congress
Senator Penrose Honored by Pennsylvania Hosiery Industry
The hosiery industry and Pennsylvania manufacturers plan a banquet for Senator Penrose in Philadelphia on October 26. An industrial parade featuring hosiery workers and other Pennsylvania industries will accompany the dinner.
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Washington
Senator Penrose
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Ballinger Rules for Private Irrigation Expansion
Seattle Secretary Ballinger, returning from Portland, promises no dog in the manger stance toward private irrigation firms. He pledges Government support where compatible with federal reclamation, urges no land withholding beyond reasonable development, and will report findings to President Taft to align Roosevelt water policies with private power resources.
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Seattle
Wash
Ballinger
Portland
Federal Reclamation Service
Reclamation Service
Taft
Roosevelt
Guns for natives in Philippines smuggling route exposed
Major C. Be. Snyder of the U S Army Medical Corps, long stationed in the southern Philippines, arrived by Tango Maru to report gun smuggling from Borneo and Singapore. Filibusters supply arms to Filipino natives, with most weapons smuggled by Chinese.
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Victoria
B. C
C. BE. Snyder
United States Army Medical Corps
Philippines
Borneo
Singapore
Japan to reconstruct Antung Mukden railroad without China consent
Japan issues a note declaring it will immediately proceed with reconstruction and improvement of the Antung Mukden railroad under treaty rights. It accuses China of obstruction and procrastination, citing failed negotiations and insisting on independent action.
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Tokio
Japan
Antung-Mukden
China
Taft Announces 13000 Mile All America Tour
Washington reports President Taft will travel about 13 000 miles this fall in a private car attached to trains. The trip will span the Pacific coast to the south and back with Secretary Fred W. Carpenter military aide Archibald Butt and White House staff aboard, aiming for a diverse See Americas tour.
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Washington
Taft
Pacific Coast
Fred W. Carpenter
Archibald W. Butt
White House
Carlists to Enter Game Amid Franco Spanish Crisis
Cerebro France reports Carlist leaders will meet in a French frontier town to decide their stance after recent events. Don Jaime, the Spanish pretender, may issue a manifesto stating no intent to profit from misfortune but ready to act if the government cannot save the nation's honor. Carlists claim they can mobilize 100000 supporters quickly.
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Cerebro
France
Don Jaime
New Tariff Law in Operation in Washington
Treasury reports from New York Boston and Philadelphia indicate the new tariff law is working smoothly. Officials say the Payne law mirrors the Dingley act in structure causing little confusion at major customs houses.
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Washington
Treasury
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Lord Kitchener Takes Command
Lord Kitchener named inspector general of the Mediterranean forces succeeding the Duke of Connaught who resigned citing wasted expense. He will also hold the rank of field marshal and join the committee of imperial defense. The inspector general has commanded troops at Malta Gibraltar Egypt the Soudan and Cyprus.
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London
Lord Kitchener
India
Duke of Connaught
Committee of Imperial Defense
Malta
Gibraltar
Egypt
The
Soudan
Cyprus
Fixes Responsibility for Wreck in Spokane
Spokane official testifies at Coeur d Alene coroner inquest that La Crosse electric train collision was caused by a special train leaving the station against company rules. Bowdish says regular trains have right of way over extras. if a regular is late the special must yield for twelve hours to allow a clear track.
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Spokane
Wash
la Crosse
R. C. Bowdish
Spokane & Inland Railway
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Bowdish
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Edward Gulbranson
Salt Lake
Beattie
Tabernacle Choir
Hannah K. J. C. T. Young
Aunt Twiss" Young
Brigham Young
Young
Cedar Valley
James H. Clarke
Palsy Scarapani
Pat Felton
Ontario
Park City
Bingham
Theodore Sealas
Sparks
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Pacific
the New American Cult
God of
Bill
Philippine Islands
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