Five Weeks Left to Work on Revised Tariff Bill
Republicans in Congress push a revised tariff plan amid tariff reform debates. Reports say Payne and allies clash with Dalzell faction over schedules and potential taxes on tea and coffee, plus possible tweaks to internal revenue. Democrats under Champ Clark favor amendments to the Republican measure, while Taft’s stance on inheritance taxes remains unclear. Five weeks remain for the Ways and Means Committee to finish a bill for the March opening.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Payne
Dalzell
Internal Revenue
Taft
Champ Clark
Leeadership
Clark
House
Senate
President Roosevelt urges federal action for dependent children
President Roosevelt urges Congress to enact legislation aiding dependent children after a 1909 conference. He cites 93,000 or more in institutions and 25,000 in delinquent institutions, urges home care, prevention, and a federal Children's Bureau with state cooperation and proper inspection.
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Federal Children’s Bureau
Children’s Bureau
Conference
Man Dies in Jail of Hydrophobia in McAlester
James Beil confined in Oklahoma county jail on a beer selling charge died Friday of acute hydrophobia. He was bitten on the lip by a hound three months ago and the illness developed yesterday.
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McAlester
Oklahoma
James Beil
Woman Dies On Santa Fe Train Near Trinidad
Miss Martha Appenzellar of Delphia Indiana died Thursday night on an east bound Santa Fe train near Trinidad Colorado. The cause of death was listed as tuberculosis.
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Trinidad
Colorado
Martha Appenzellar
California
Delphia
Ind
Tubereslasig
Taft and Sherman Win Electors in Joint Session
In Washington a joint session of Congress counted electoral votes and proclaimed William Howard Taft of Ohio for president and James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York for vice president. Vice-President Fairbanks announced 321 Taft, 162 Sherman after scrutiny of returns.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Senate
House
William Howard Taft
Ohio
James Schoolcraft Sherman
New York
Charles W. Fairbanks
Taft
Sherman
Senate rebukes claim on secret service restrictions
Washington reports the senate appropriations committee rebuked President Roosevelt for alleging that congress restricted secret service use only to aid criminals. A subcommittee inquiry reviewed the Sundry Civil Bill amendments and concluded the restrictions were technical and not grounds to impugn congressional motives, praising the sixtieth congress for its broad support of the executive.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Senate
Appropriations
Congress
Hemenway
Sixtieth Congress
Bonaparte
Clock Stops At Lincoln Birth Moment In Guthrie House
Oklahoma State House adjourned after Representative Jones noted the chamber clock halted at 11 a.m the minute Lincoln was born. Historians say Lincoln born around 10 a.m. Guthrie time differs by one hour from his birthplace. Western Union manager said the clock could not be tampered with undetected.
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State House
Lincoln
Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
House
Jones
Abraham Lincoln
Western Union Telegraph Company
Ceremony confirms Taft and Sherman election in joint session
The joint session opened at 1 PM with a large audience including Mrs Taft and Mrs Sherman and foreign diplomats. The electoral vote record showed William Howard Taft and James S Sherman elected, with Oklahoma's seven votes noted as part of the total, ending after the journals were updated.
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William J. Bryan
John W. Kern
United States
Oklahoma
Taft
Sherman
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Senate
Bennett
Ransdell
Cannon
Burrows
Michigan
Bailey
Texas
Gaines
West Virginia
Rucker
Missouri
House
Alabama
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Indiana
Wyoming
Denver skater wins twenty four hour endurance race
Thomas J. Waters of Denver won the twenty four hour endurance roller skating race finishing at 9 o clock Thursday night with 186 miles. Grover Hudson of Chicago placed second with 185 miles.
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Denver
Colorado
Thomas J. Waters
Grover Hudson
Chicago
Joy Over Fortune Found After Heir’s Death
New York Theodore Robert Shear died of heart disease after learning a $10,000,000 inheritance. The report notes the emotional strain of the discovery and its link to his death.
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Joy
New York
N. Y
Theodore Robert Shear
Officials defend secret service integrity in sundry bill dispute
Secretary Garfield and Chief Wilkie state the amendment has not hampered their departments. The bipartisan committee notes alleged misuses but has not verified them and urges continued investigation after the session ends to detail services by secret service personnel and other agents across executive departments for law violations. The probe could last a year.
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Garfield
Wilkie
Secret Service
Congress
Lakeland Lynching Widered Turned Away
In Lakeland Florida a 1000 strong mob bound Charles Crumley to a stake surrounded by a kerosene soaked pyre to burn him for alleged assault on Irma Newell a 15 year old girl. Sheriff John Logan and two deputies halted the mob and escorted Crumley to jail where he remains guarded. Crumley proclaims innocence and says an alibi can be proven as witnesses are summoned.
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Lakeland
Fla
Charles Crumley
Irma
John Logan
Crumley
Engine Kills Woman in South Danville Accident
Mrs Frances Shaw of South Danville was fatally injured Thursday when struck by a Wabash switch engine as she and her two children returned home from a religious meeting.
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Danville
Frances Shaw
South Danville
Buffalo Block Burns Dying Fireman Fatal Blaze
A wholesale market center block in Buffalo New York burned out early today cause damages estimated at 150000 dollars. Fireman Henry J Wick died from injuries and two other firefighters were injured in the blaze.
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Buffalo
New York
Henry J. Wick
Schooner of Coal Sinks on Hen and Chickens Shoals
A coal laden schooner named Sarah foundered yesterday amid a gale on the Hen and Chickens shoals off Delaware. The ten crew members were saved by Cape Henlopen life savers.
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Delaware
Del
Sarah
Cape Henlopen Life Savers
Plan to abolish canal commission and place canal in presidential control
A House bill aims to end the Isthmian Canal Commission and give the president full authority over Panama Canal construction. The measure would have the president oversee work via an executive department, appoint a director and governor, and establish a canal zone judicial system with appeals to U.S. courts, reducing the current three judges on the canal zone supreme court.
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Washington, D. C
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
House
Commission
Washington
Panama Canal
Isthmian Commission
Canal Zone
United States
Supreme Court of
Demonstration of New Maxim Gun Silencer in New York
Hiram Percy Maxim presented the first public demonstration of his six inch long silencer for guns in New York. United States army rifles and other firearms were fired with the device, producing a report barely louder than a handclap.
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New York
N. Y
Maxim
Hiram Percy Maxim
United States Army
Divorce for Mrs. Ruth Eversz in Chicago Court
Mrs Ruth May Eversz daughter of the late Gustavius I Swift multimillionaire and worth five million dollars obtained a divorce in Judge Gibbons court Tuesday at a quiet hearing. Her petition claimed desertion by husband Ernest Hammond Isversz who filed a general denial Monday.
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Eversz
Chicago
Ill
Ruth May Eversz
Gustavius I. Swift
Statesman's Marriage Quiet in Boston Ceremony
Representative John K. Keiliher of Boston wed Nellie M. McNeil a telephone girl in a very quiet ceremony at Holy Cross cathedral. The couple plans to travel to Washington today after the Sunday wedding attended by few friends.
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Statesman
Boston
John K. Keiliher
Nellie M. McNeil
Washington
Holy Cross Cathedral
Four Men Smothered at St Nicholas Washery
Four miners were suffocated during a coal mine rush at the St Nicholas washery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co in Pottsville Pennsylvania. They were working at the bottom of the bank when the incident occurred.
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Pottsville
St. Nicholas
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co
Explosion Injures Three at Bennett Saw Mill
An explosion from a defective boiler at the Bennett saw mill southeast of Mt Vermon injured Joe Bennett the owner's son, Arthur Butler, and another worker. The mill was demolished.
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Mt. Vermon
Lil
George Bennett
Joe Bennett
Arthur Butler
Robbers steal 300 dollars and watchdog from Tacoma store
In Tacoma Washington robbers blew open the safe at Tony Christi’s candy store and took about 300 dollars and a watchdog. The incident occurred last night and the thiefs fled with the loot and the dog.
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Tacoma
Wash
Tony Christi
Vanderbilt Auto Collision in Nice Italia Demolished
A 140 horsepower racing machine driven by W. K Vanderbilt Jr. collided with another car in Nice, Italy on Monday. Both vehicles were nearly demolished but all occupants remained unharmed.
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Vanderbilt Auto
Nice
Italy
W. K Vandervilt
Montana Cold Wave Grips State With Subzero Readings
Helena reports a statewide cold wave since Sunday with thermometers ranging from 16 to 34 degrees below zero. The bitter cold affects all regions of Montana and continues to linger through the week.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
American Wins Nice Lawn Tennis Championship
American player F. B. Alexander won the Nice lawn tennis championship on Monday, taking the title in Nice, Italy. Alexander secured the championship in a decisive match, marking a notable victory for the American entrant.
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Nice
Italy
F. B. Alexander
Kentucky Liquor Fight Sparks Push for Prohibition
In Louisville the Anti-Saloon League and allied temperance forces plan a February 16 meeting to urge Gov. Willson to convene an extra session for a state wide prohibition proposal or uniform county local option. Willson has said he will not call an extraordinary session unless a crisis arises.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Anti-Saloon League
Lounisville
Augustus E. Willson
Willson
Cow Derailment Kills One. Train Plunges From Bridge
A southbound freight on the Louisiana Railway line derailed at Lontocene bridge four miles north of Baton Rouge at 9 30 Sunday. Bud Robertson a negro brakeman was killed and conductor H H Brice was fatally injured. The tender struck a cow about fifty feet north of the Mozitecene Creek trestle causing the engine and twenty cars to plunge 35 feet to the ground.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Co
sLontocene Bridge
Bud Robertson
H. H. Brice
Mozitecene Creek
Wireless telegraphy aids burglary arrest at sea
White Plains N Y Sunday the value of wireless telegraphy to justice was shown when John Ryan seaman on board the S S New Hampshire was placed in the ship s brig at the request of District Attorney Winslow Westchester county. The message was flashed to the New Hampshire while hundreds of miles offshore en route to meet the American battleship fleet. Ryan is wanted for alleged burglary and an officer will escort him to Southampton on arrival next Sunday.
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White Plains
N. Y
John Ryan
S. S. New Hhampshire
Winslow
Westchester County
New Hampshire
Ryan
Seuth
Southampton
Sundar
Lincoln Memorial homage in London marks Lincoln commemoration
Two thousand men gathered in Whitefields Tabernacle this afternoon for the Lincoln commemoration services in London. J B Irving presided and delivered a tribute, joined by BR Lehmann MP for South Leicestershire who spoke eloquently. Prominent figures attended as enthusiasm prevailed.
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London
Eng
Whitefields
Tabernacle
J. B. Irving
BR. C. Lehmann
Pariament
South
Leicestershire
P Resent
Duel Ends in Justifiable Homicide in Pensacola
A crowded Milton Florida restaurant duel between Frank Fleming and Robert Penton, prominent planters, left Fleming dead. Penton was exonerated by a coroner's jury, verdict justifiable homicide.
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Pensalcola
Fla
Milton
Fis
Frank Fleming
Robert Penton
Penton
Fleming
Brutus Delayed By Unknown Accident Near Willemstadt
The US collier Brutus was due Sunday from Colon with coal for war vessels but had not arrived by afternoon. It is reported the vessel met with an accident though details were not released.
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Willemstadt
Island
Curacao
United States
Colon
Venezuela Envoy Hails Protocol With United States
Paris reports M Jose de J Paul the Venezuelan special envoy expresses great pleasure at a signed protocol with the United States. He hopes resumption of Venezuelan diplomatic relations will extend to Europe and America soon.
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Paris
France
M. Jose de J. Paul
United States
Europe
America
Cannon Sells Nebraska Land in West Point Transfer
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon of the national House of Representatives sold 1,400 acres in Cuming County Nebraska to Ferdinand Novak for $84,000. The transfer was recorded in West Point Nebraska.
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West Point
Window Glass Strike Near End In West Virginia Belt
Ten additional window glass shops resumed operations Sunday night in Mortontown and reports from other towns in the natural gas belt of West Virginia indicate the strike that began two months ago is nearly finished.
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Mortontown
W. Va
West Virginia
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