Lead Tariff Defended By Smelting Trust Chief
Edward Brush of American Smelting and Refining Co argues 10 cent per pound lead in ore must stay and bullion duty can cut. he warns further reductions would devastate mines and workers while noting the trust’s influence on prices and Mexico holdings. He cites wage comparisons and transportation costs to justify protection. An importer seeks a 25 percent cigar duty cut benefiting consumers and government revenue.
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New York Times
Washington
Smelting Trust
Ways and Means Committee
Edward Brush
American Smelting and Refining Company
Guggenheim
Brush
Mr. Brush
Europe
Mexico
Trust
National
Payne
London
New York
Coeur d’Alene
Chile
Cape Horn
Galveston
F. E. Hamilton
Niehaus to carve John Paul Jones statue in Washington
New Yorker Charles Niehaus selected to sculpt the John Paul Jones statue in Washington. Congress allocates 50,000 dollars. Niehaus, 53, with a studio on West Thirty-sixth Street, is noted for the John Jacob Astor doors at Trinity Church and other public works nationwide.
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Washington
John Paul Jones
Charles Niehaus
New York
Congress
Charles H. Niehaus
West Thirty-sixth Street
John Jacob Astor
Trinity Church
Cincinnati
McMicken School of Design
Disraelia
Germany
France
England
Hart‘orn
Muskegon
Mich
Buffalo
Memhis
Roosevelt plans Africa hunt to aid National Museum collection
In a June 1908 letter to Dr. Walcott, President Roosevelt proposes a ten month Africa expedition to collect big game and small mammals and birds for the National Museum. He asks for field taxidermists to accompany him and ensure transport of specimens, with few personal trophies kept.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Smithsonian Institution
Africa
Charles D. Walcott
Institution
Board of Regents
White House
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Dr. Walcott
Mombasa
German East Africa
Uganda
Nile
Tidewater
National Museum
Heodore ‘Roosevelt
Charlies D. Walcott
Washington, Pa
Brownsville Case Probed by Senate Resolution
In Washington the Senate passes a Foraker resolution directing the War Department to provide a full report on how negro soldiers were tracked and dismissed after the Brownsville shooting affray. Senators Warren Frazier and Lodge speak on the matter as holidays delay further debate.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Senator Foraker
Secretary of War
Brownsville
Herbert J. Browne
W. G. Baldwin
Congress
Foraker
Warren
Frazier
Lodge
President nominates Huntington Wilson to Roumania and Servia
The President sent to the Senate nominations including Hunt reete Wilson to Roumania and Servia and Diplomatic Agent to Bulgaria. Also named Paul? William Phillips third Assistant Secretary of State and Joseph H. Kibbey as Governor of Arizona. Oscar R. Hundley confirmed as United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama. Rufus H. Thayer named Judge of the U S Court for China. Boston report notes Phillips age Harvard graduate and single status.
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Washington
Senate
Roumania
Servia
Bulgaria
Huntreete Wilson
Illinois
Hird
William Phillips
Massachusetts
Arizona
John A. Holmes
Postal Service
William E B. Cochran
Denver
E.S. Slanker
Ohio
Mr. Holmes
Oscar R. Hundley
United States
Alabama
Huntley
Rufus H. Thayer
Washington, D. C
United States Court For
China
L. R. Wilfley
Boston
Harvard
J. C. Phillips
Wenham
Mass
Physical tests set for Marine Corps officers in new order
An executive order requires Marine Corps officers to undergo biennial physical tests. Field officers ride ninety miles in three days, line officers at captain or lieutenant walk fifty miles in three days with twenty hours of marching time. A double time dash sequence is prescribed for company officers to ensure readiness.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Panama Canal Bonds Shipped to Treasury
Director Ralph of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing delivered the entire $20,000,000 Panama Canal bonds to the Treasury Department. Shipments to the successful bidders began today, with several millions in value sent to New York.
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Washington
Ralph
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury Department
Cortelyou
New York
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