Senate Revisions Free Pulp and Paper Duty Debate
The Senate revises the pulp and paper provision accepting Brown of Nebraska amendments for free wood pulp with a duty of one twelfth cent per pound after Presidentially proclaimed discrimination. A Bacon move to free farm implements failed 26 to 25. Senator Davis sought a lumber free list, but the amendment was defeated 18 to 387.
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Senate
Brown
Nebraska
Aldrich
United States
Bacon
Stone of Missouri
International Harvester Company
Stone
Major
New York
G. W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Missouri
Perkins
Morgan & Co
Davis
Dynamite Explosion Destroys Chicago Business District
An explosion in Chicago near Clark and Washington street caused severe injuries to two or three people and damaged stores for a block. Police link it to gambler war bombings. damage estimated at 100000 dollars. The blast occurred behind the central telephone exchange disrupting service. Portland and Seattle police seek C H Monroe alias Hutchins for fraud involving Y M C A loans. In Denver, three coaches of the San Francisco Limited derailed after heat weakened rails, injuring several but none fatally.
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Clark
Washington Street
Central Telephone Exchange
Chicago Telephone Company
Portland, Or
Portland
Seattle
C. H. Monroe
Hutchins
Monroe
Denver
Denver & Rio Grande
San Francisco Limited
Sedalia
Presidents May Attend Lakes to the Gulf Convention in New Orleans
The Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways Association convention planned for November 11 to 13 may feature several presidents of American republics. The prospect strengthens with the announcement that President Taft will spend one day in New Orleans for the event.
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New Orleans
Violence flares as strikebreakers driven from car barns
In Pittsburg on June 28, 14 alleged strikebreakers were chased away from the car barns by union sympathizers shortly after 1 PM marking the first real violence in the car strike situation.
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Pittsburg
Faint Light on Sigel Case Trunk Traced to Newark
New York police confirm Leon Ling appeared in Newark with a heavy oval topped trunk like the one used to contain Elsie Sigel's body. Autopsy reports suggest the murder was not premeditated but sparked by sudden jealousy. No confirmation Elsie Sigel married Ling rival Chu Gain.
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New York
Sigel
Newark
N. J
Leon Ling
Elsie Sigel
Elsie
Chu Gain
U S Attorney Wise Leaves New York for Paris Libel Suit
United States District Attorney Henry A Wise departed New York for Paris to pursue the libel case against the New York World and the Indianapolis News, a matter in which the federal government holds interest.
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New York
Paris
United States
Henry A. Wise
New York World
Indianapolis News
Government irrigation projects end cooperative scrip scheme
Secretary Ballinger ends the cooperative plan for irrigation works. Going forward all projects will be built by the reclamation service and paid from the reclamation fund. The Newell scrip payment idea for settlers is rejected. In Havana the liberal committee moves to pass the budget without amendment and push the national lottery bill.
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Ballinger
Reclamation Service
Reclamation Fund
Newell
Havana
Congressional Liberal Committee
Senate
House
Market Prices Report from Portland and Regions
Portland wheat prices ranged from 1.15 to 1.30 per bushel for various grades, with bluestem at 1.27 1.30 and red Russian 1.15. Oats and barley show values around 39 41 and 34 respectively, with hay and dairy prices listed for Willamette Valley and Eastern Oregon fields, butter at 23 25c, eggs 25c, and regional hay and potato figures including White River and Yakima at 32 per ton or per on.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
White River
Yakima
Suffragists Are Seattle's Guests
The American Women Suffrage Association national convention gathers in Seattle for eight days starting July 7, with Carrie Chapman Catt O H P Belmont Anna Shaw and the national board among attendees. Delegates toured Spokane and Pasco before arriving, and events include a mass meeting at the World's Fair Auditorium and a designated women's day at the fair on July 7.
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Wash
American Women Suffrage Association
Man Catt
O. H. P. Belmont
Anna Shaw
National
Spokane
Pasco
North Yakima
Ellensburg
Tacoma
Plymouth Church
Government irrigation payments eased for settlers
Washington June 28 An order by Secretary Ballinger allows settlers on all government irrigation projects to make full payment for water rights as soon as they meet residence cultivation and irrigation requirements. Previously final payment on building charges was due five years after water was turned on.
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Washington, D. C
Ballinger
Tragedy and romance mark Edith Woodill life and death
Edith May Woodill native of Asotin county Washington was murdered June 20 by Lame Bob Eastman a New York broker She was adopted by Col Charles H Thompson after birth names Hurd and Wirtz and later admired by President McKinley and Lyman J Gage Her life spanned love marriages divorces and a final tragedy. New York June 27 Prices for men's clothing rise as Aldrich tariff provisions take effect Shop sales previously $20 suits now marked at $35.
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St. Michaels
Edith May Woodill
Bob” Eastman
New York
Asotin County
Washington
Hurd
McKinley
Lyman J. Gage
Immigrant Deportations Planned From San Francisco to Honolulu
The territorial board of immigration orders 20 Spaniards and Porto Ricans stranded in San Francisco returned to Honolulu at federal request. Other notes cover sculptor Has seleus proposing a Columbus statue, Ashland Kentucky turning Henry Clay’s home into a museum for charity, Abdul Hamid’s $21.5 million bank deposits, Katherine Gould obtaining a $36,000 yearly allowance, and Massachusetts telegraph filing laws taking effect.
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Territorial Board of Immigration
Honolulu
San Francisco
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington, D. C
Hasseleus
Columbus
Ashland
Henry Clay
Abdul Hamid
Turkey
Imperial Bank of
Germany
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Jay Gould
Big Fleet Now At Roads Embrace 50 Ships
Washington reports two months of prep as the Atlantic battleship fleet assembles at Hampton Roads Virginia for summer maneuvers. The fleet may split into two squadrons with torpedo boats attacking the battleships under Rear Admiral Schroeder. Fusion Forces to Fight Tammany
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Washington
Atlantic
Hampton Roads
Schroeder
Change in Forest Service reorganizes western districts
Washington June 28 reports the bulk of the forest service’s executive force moving to the field and six western districts each led by a district forester. Eastern headquarters remain in Washington while western hubs are Missoula Denver Albuquerque Ogden San Francisco and Portland.
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Forest Service
Uncle Sam
Missoula
Mont
Denver, Colo
Albuquerque
N. M
Ogden
Utah
San Francisco
Cal
Portland, Or
Colfax Arrests Reveal Major Horse Theft Ring
Colfax Washington June 27 authorities report the arrest near Winona of three alleged horse thieves. Two suspects have confessed under questioning, marking one of the most important captures in recent years.
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Colfax
Wash
Winona
Lawson's Daughter Becomes Bride in Scituate Garden
Marie Lawson daughter of financier Thomas W. Lawson married James F. Lord of Chicago in a garden ceremony in Scituate Mass on June 30. The event tied together prominent New England families amid a lavish setting.
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Mass
America
Marie Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
James F. Lord
Chicago
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