Taft Seeks Philippine Tariff Revision For Revenue and Industry
President Taft sent to Congress a special message with a recommended tariff revision for the Philippine Islands. The plan aims to maximize customs revenue while preserving protections for local industries and aligning with pending U.S. tariff legislation. The proposal, drawn by tariff experts led by Col. George R. Colton, endorses enacting the measure with the Payne bill.
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Congress
Washington
Thumsday
Philippines
United States
George R. Colton
Fire at St. George Hotel Claims Fourteen Lives
In San Francisco a Friday blaze at the St. George Hotel, a three story lodging house on Howard and Eighth, killed fourteen and left six fatally injured. Eighteen guests were housed as damage neared $125,000. Eight other small buildings burned as charred bodies were brought to the morgue and identification proved difficult.
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San Francisco
St. George’ Hotel
Howard and
Eighth Streets
TWO AMERICANS SLAIN IN ADANA MISSION MURDER
Confirmation arrives of the killing of two American missionaries, Messrs. Rogers and Maurer, at Adana. Other mission personnel are safe, including Christie at Tarsus. French warships head to Mersina as Christians take refuge in consulates amid fears of mob violence and invasion.
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Adana
Constantinople
Rogers
Maurer
Christie
Tarsus
Mersina
Sol
Alephae
Ion
Dana
Mob Hangs Four Wealthy Men in Ada Oklahoma
In Ada two hundred residents mobbed the jail early Monday and hanged four men, G B Miller of Fort Worth Texas B B Burrell of Duncan Oklahoma Jesse West of Canadian Texas and Joseph Allen of Canadian Texas, after forcing entry to question them about Deputy U S Marshal Bobbitt's murder. The lynching occurred as guards were knocked unconscious and the mob departed at daylight. Senator Gazzam Unconscious After Kenilworth Inn Fire Injury.
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Ada
Okla
Oklahoma
United States
A. L. Bobbitt
G. B. Miller
Fort Worth
Tex
B. B. Burrell
Duncan Oklahoma
Jesse West
Joseph Allen
Canadian
McCarthy
West
Miller
Bobbitt
Texas
Fire sweeps Black's Livery Stable in Charlotte
A severe blaze in Charlotte North Carolina destroys Black's Livery Stable and contents including six horses. Loss estimated at 25 000 with additional damage to McManus and Whitaker stables 1 200 each. Firefighters fought the flames as walls collapsed.
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Black
Charlotte
N. C
R. C. McManus
College Street
A. W. Whitaker
Congress to consider ship subsidy bills in Sixty first Congress
Washington notes report that Sulzer of New York introduced a graduated tonnage tax bill favoring American built ships over foreign. Senate Democrats discuss taking charge of the tariff bill with Republicans, while some want caution on duty changes. Secretary Dickinson sails for Panama to study canal matters. a Armenian pastor appeals to Taft to stop massacres in Asia Minor. tariff debate opens in Senate with Aldrich defending revenue plan and Daniel urging minimal burden on people.
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Representative Sulzer
New York
Sulzer
Haig Y. Yardumain
Armenian Evangelical Church
Philadelphia
Taft
Asia Minor
Yardumian
Senate
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Daniel
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