Former Ohio Congressman backs wool tariff before committee
Former Ohio congressman General Charles H. Grosvenor argued for retaining the wool duty before the House Ways and Means Committee. He testified that lowering the wool tariff would harm the industry, citing Ohio sheep declines and noting wool production rose under the Dingley tariff. He and Missouri's Champ Clark debated tariff revision with sharp but cordial exchange.
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Ohio
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Champ Clark
Missouri
House
Ways and Means
Charles H. Grosvenor
Congress
Grosvenor
Clark
General Grosvenor
Admiral Coghlan Dead After Sudden Apoplexy
Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan retired, aged sixty four, died suddenly of apoplexy at New Rochelle. Born in Frankfort Kentucky, he served since 1863, fought at Manila Bay commanding the Raleigh, earned early promotion for courage, and later sparked the Hoch der Kaiser episode at a dinner that nearly caused a court martial. He had planned to retire quietly at his new home after a lifetime of naval service.
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Joseph B. Coghlan
New Rochdke
Admiral Coghlan
Prankfort
Navy
Naval Academy
Manila Bay
Raleigh
Goghlan
Analon’ League Club
Washington
Hay
Coghlan
Navy Department
Would Save Academy Trustees Aim to Buy Historic School
Alumni of Hidersridge academy near Sditsburg Pennsylvania plan to bid at sheriff sale next Friday to save the institution from falling into indifferent hands. The debt tied to a new gym totals two thousand dollars with a principal claim of twelve hundred.
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Eldersridge
Hidersridge Academy
Sditsburg
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt plans African hunting trip in 1910
President Theodore Roosevelt announces a year long African expedition to collect natural history for the new national museum. The party includes his son Kermit and scholars, with travel to Lake Victoria Nyanza and the Nile to Khartum expected by April 1910. He funds his own expenses and the Smithsonian outfits the trip.
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Roosevelt
Africa
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum
Kermit
Eolgar A. Mearns
Edmund Heller
J. Alden Loring
R. J.cunninghame
Mombasa
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Nile
Khartum
House and Senate Adjourn in Honor of Departed Members
The Sixtieth Congress convened for a second session and adjourned after a short day. Members honored Bendtor Allison and other deceased colleagues, while the House approved a unanimous consent resolution enabling tariff hearings and document demands by the Ways and Means Committee. The Senate similarly observed sorrow and adjourned.
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Sion
House of Representatives
Noo
Bendtor Allison
Committee On Ways and Means
Aub Pena
Senate
Allison
Iowa
Colder Weather Boosts Retail Demand Amid Stock Caution
Dun's Weekly Review notes colder weather spurring better seasonable demand and holiday trade progress, though stocks remain cautious as dealers conserve inventories. Industrial activity steady except where seasonal limits apply. dry goods markets quiet but not weak with December oil and raw material factors influencing some lines. Chicago wheat prices fell on government data with May and July deliveries down. corn oats and provisions closed weak as options settled.
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Dun’s
Shos
New England
Connellsville
Chicago
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