Wool Crisis and Taft Wool Tariff Stance
Democratic leaders in the House show reluctance to embrace the La Follette wool bill despite Senate passage. President Taft favors waiting for the Tariff Board report before revision and may veto any wool bill. leaders debate conference strategy and potential passage over a veto.
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Taft
Tarif Board
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Senate Candidate Inquiry Prompts National Debate
Democratic senators discuss caucus strategy amid controversy over the Sorimer election investigation. In Denver, July 29, lawmakers examined new legal injury claims and a free Met bill as debate continued. A separate report notes Murphy entering a Milliken saloon and a tariff board critique by Representative Hall of Tennessee as reflections of broader tariff policy tensions.
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Hayt Rebels Surround Port au Prince in July
In Port au Prince Hayti Revolutionists surround the city but have not yet attempted assault. A night fire damaged the business district. few houses burned. American gunboat Petrel reports western districts under rebel control with no bloodshed. Waytian ship 17 Decembre at Aux Cayes. Simon expected to resign if peaceable successor agreed. Salem bound for Port au Prince to reinforce and due next Tuesday.
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Haitian Republic
Salem
Virginia Capes
Wisconsin State Journal Passes to Richard Lloyd Jones
Special to The Northwestern reports Matlison Wisconsin July 1 indicating control of the Wisconsin State Journal shifts to Richard Lloyd Jones former Collier's associate editor. Jones bought stock of Amos P WilderShanghai consul general and will run a Progressive paper advocating civic and national standards. He plans to start his editorial duties next week.
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Matlison
Wis
Wisconsin State Journal
Richard Lloyd Jones
Collier's Weekly
Jones
Amos P. Wilder
United States
Shanghai
Madison
State Journal
Wisdom
Mr. Jones
Woolen shirt fragment in lung ties veteran Butler to Civil War
Milwaukee dispatch from Manitowys reports Charles Butgern Clarks Meer died at Frankfort Michigan after a long illness. He carried a piece of wool from his shirt in his lungs for over forty five years. The fragment caused coughing and threatened his life at times. Butler, a Union Army soldier at Perryville, was shot and a bullet removed but a woolen shirt fragment remained in his lung. Recently Butler sent a small wool piece from his lung and identified it as from the shirt he wore as a soldier.
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Daily News
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Frankfort
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Perryville
The Sea Claims Lives in West Indian hurricane
The Boston telegraph reports a devastating West Indian hurricane near the New England coast. By July 2 the storm wrecked four coastwise vessels and left many yachts adrift from Newfoundland to Nantucket. Strong seas battered harbors and damaged ships along the shore.
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New England
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Marnor
Nantucket
Decree Modifies Dissolution of Standard Oil Co
In St. Louis on July 29 a U S circuit court decree extends the dissolution deadline of Standard Oil Co to December. It allows continued interstate trade during wind up and grants extra time if needed. The modification was drafted by Kellogg with involvement from Sanborn Hook and Van Bevanter.
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United States Circuit Court
Indes of Ute Circuit Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Sleuths Guilty of Fraud in Federal Case
A jury in Erle Pa returns guilty verdicts against GNbert RB Perkins and Charles Franklin private detectives charged in a fraud scheme tied to the desecration of the mausoleum of Congressman W L Scott. Perkins gets three years and Franklin five at Leavenworth. Mrs Adams fainted at the verdict and was sent to the judge.
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Perkins
Charles Franklin
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Charles H. Strong
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Adams
Seckel Captures Amateur Western Golf Championship
Albert Seckel of Chicago, former inter collegiate champion of Princeton, won the amateur western title from Robert A Gardner of Chicago in the final match. Seckel led Gardner with twenty four holes completed of thirty six in the afternoon session.
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Magee Case Prompt Board Meeting on Magee Reinstatement
The National League board of directors meets at 11 o clock Tuesday to consider the appeal for reinstatement of left fielder Sherwood Magee of the Philadelphia club after his recent fine and suspension by umpire Pinnard.
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National League
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Philadelphia Cluh
Ing Unopire Pinnera
Brokers in Breakers Raid Meant Rescue
Lewis Cass Ledyard testified that Oliver Payne first suggested Tennessee Coal and Iron be acquired by United States Steel in 1907 to avert a financial crash. Other syndicate members including B. Schley and J. W. Gates aided Morgan and Gary in arranging the rescue to stabilize Moore & Schley.
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New York Democratic Leader Edward M Shepard Dies
Edward Morse Shepard, prominent New York lawyer and Democratic political boss, died Friday night at his Lake George summer home after a cold. Born July 28, 1850 in New York City, he directed prosecutions in major cases, battled Tammany Hall, and was a onetime gubernatorial candidate and U S Senate hopeful.
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New York
Lake George
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New York City
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Coney
Noted Milwaukeean Dead After Long Business Career
Special to The Northwestern Milwaukee Wisconsin July 21 Ly man F Hodges a resident of Milwaukee since 1857 and for years a prominent figure in commercial circles died in his eighty second year today In 1856 he came to Wisconsin spending a year In Watertown as paymaster of the Milwaukee Watertown railway In 1857 Mr Hodges came to Milwaukee where he entered the commission business with PD C Freeman under the firm name of C L D Freeman Co In following years the firm had changes of partners and became successively McLean Hodges Wuntington Hodges Childs Hodges and L F Hodges Co the latter being the style when he retired twenty years ago
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Washington veteran diplomat Maj Atwell dies in Ghent
Maj William P Atwell longtime American consul at Ghent Belgium and Civil War veteran dies in Ghent at age sixty six His death not cabled to the state department He was born in Warren Ohio and served in the Thirty seventh Wisconsin Infantry earning four brevet promotions before retiring as a major in 1870
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Washington
D. C
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Ghent
Belgium
State Department
Atwell
Warren
Wisconsin
Togo
Love
Neenah News
Industrial Oshkosh
Embert
Spain
Facex Revott
Not Guilty Verdict In Milwaukeed Murder Case
A jury in Amnon Texas returned a not guilty verdict today for Dr. J M Alexander of Abilene Texas charged with the murder of R L ONeill of Milwaukee The case was tried under Associated Press coverage with the jury delivering the verdict July 2.
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Associated Press
Amnon
Tex
J. M. Alexander
Abilene
R. L. O'Neill
Milwauked
Alexan
Tariff Board Treated as Political Tool in Tariff Debate
Washington July 29 A detailed debate on the cotton tariff revision continued without a vote. Democratic Leader Underwood pledged a vote by next Thursday while Representative Hull denounced the Republican stance accusing the party of hypocrisy and delaying needed tariff relief. Hull blasted Payne Aldrich tariff law as abominable and argued the GOP would never truly reduce tariffs.
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Tennesse
Republican Party
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Payne-Aldeich
Ming
Prominent Men in the Net in Superior Census Padding
A Van Claire telegraph dispatch reports a U S grand jury in session finds a high official and a leading lawyer in Superior suspected of padding census returns. Superior’s population was listed as 49 764, with investigators examining fifty five witnesses from Superior this week. The two men were to be arrested today at Superior.
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Warden Lemon Resigns from Leavenworth Prison
Frank H. Lemon, deputy warden at Leavenworth Federal Prison, submitted his resignation to Attorney General Wickersham to take effect July 30. The step comes after a Justice Department investigation. no reason was given for the action.
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Kan
Frank H. Lemon
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Lemon
Socialists raid Mexican ranches report
A Sierra Blanca dispatch says fifty Socialists raided the Curevo ranch in Mexico and took all occupants including five Americans as prisoners. Maderist soldiers pursued, and fighting occurred at Cartixa ranch with an unknown outcome.
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Cartixa Ranch
Threshing Has Begun in Manitowoc County
A Journal special from Manitowoc reports threshing beginning in the county, the earliest in years, as crops are reported in good condition and activity increases across farms around the area in late July.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Manitowoc
Canadian Parliament Dissolved Over Reciprocity Issue
Parliament in Ottawa dissolved by Premier Laurier amid dispute over reciprocity with the United States. Elections set for September 21 to decide the future of free trade and a Liberal majority, with 183 Liberals and 89 Conservatives in the current House.
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Associated Press
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Ont
Nomi‘ Nationa
United States
Canada
Laurier
House of Commons
Harmon and Aides Confer on Endorsement at Democratic Convention
Gov. Judson Flarman of Ohio met with Lt. Gov. Nichols campaign manager and Beo Chamberlain at the state Democratic convention. The outcome was not announced but described as a step toward harmonizing factions. Chamberlain said no Nebraska endorsement was obtained though sentiment likely favors Harmon in Bryin's state.
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Cinginenti
Judson Flarman
Ohio
Nichols
Beo Chamberlain
Tad
Cobenala
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Chamberlain
Harmon
Bryin
Heat waves bring deadly temperatures in Paris and Berlin
Paris reports a brutal heat wave with record highs and mounting deaths, especially among the poor. Berlin also endures no relief as the interior records 93 degrees and higher, with numerous fatalities reported across the country.
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Berlin
Weather Bureau
France Sees Progress in Franco German Congo Talks
From Paria July 29 a dispatch reports rising confidence that Franco German negotiations will lead to a settlement. At the current stage France is said to seek limits on French Congo in exchange for German gains in Morocco, and possible German claims to parts of coastal Africa between the British Gold Coast and Dahomey.
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Associated Press
Paria
French Congo
France
Military prisoner escapes from Fort Snelling
Military prisoner Cheria Turtle escaped from guards at Fort Snelling last night and has not been captured. Telegrams are being sent and broadcast across the northwest describing Turtle’s appearance.
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Asanciated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Cheria Turtle
Fort Snelling
Tuttle
Taft Accepts Invitations to Speak at Two Gatherings
President Taft accepted invitations to speak at Mountain Lake Park Maryland Chautauqua on August 7 and at the Ocean Grove Methodist camp meeting in New Jersey on August 15. The White House disclosed the announcements in Washington on July 29.
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Chautauqua
Ocean Grove
N.S
Meyer Heads to Europe for Naval Yard Inspections
Secretary Meyer will sail from New York Wednesday next for Europe to make personal inspections of the European dockyards. The move signals a broader visit to assess naval facilities and readiness abroad.
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