Harlan Named For High Bench Rumor Circles Washington
Washington gossip links James S. Harlan of the Interstate Commerce Commission with a possible Supreme Court vacancy succeeding John Marshall Harlan. Talk notes bonds with President Taft, Harlan’s potential retirement to church service, and plans for an international tribunal idea tied to Chief Justice Fuller.
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Justce Harlan
Diplomatic Sinecures to Be Abolished
The State Department vows to unify and elevate the diplomatic and consular services. It aims to replace foreign clerks with Americans where possible, reduce foreign percentages from 46.1 to 18.8, and fill posts with capable vigorous individuals, delaying ambassador appointments until Congress reconvenes next December.
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Congress
Tariff Menagerie highlights in United States imports
The Bureau of Statistics warns the tariff menagerie shows the scope of U.S. commerce with imports worth millions. Divin in, leeches, rose leaves, chicle, musk, palladium and dragons blood are cited with values from the past decade, plus 1908 figures for birds.
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Senate
House
Washington
Bureau
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Old Sea Dogs Learn New Tricks From Navy Fitness Test
A July 4 order by President Roosevelt requires commissioned naval officers to complete 90 miles on horse or 104 miles by bicycle in three days or 50 miles on foot in three days. Issued January 4, the tests aim to strengthen naval readiness. Taft agrees with Roosevelt on potential benefits despite requests to rescind.
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Uncle Sam
Roosevelt
Taft
Navy
Where the Work Came In
A compact notice from the Cleveland News features rustic dialect lines about workers and effort. It highlights common themes of perseverance and practical labor through brief quotations and a cultural voice.
RAGE RIOT IMMINENT IN PARILL ALABAMA FOLLOWING STORE ATTACK
In Parill Alabama two years after a race clash whites pursue a Negro clan amid tense fear of renewed violence. An attack on A B Wright left him badly hurt, with Cleve Lond Perkins and Carvin Perkins among those implicated. Negro residents fear mobs and many stop work as the town braces for further trouble.
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Parill
Cherokee County
Alabama
Farill
Galveston Perkins
Wright
Sealy
Tarvin Perkins
Carvin Perkins
Aping Royalty Says Sims Attacks Auto Use by Officials
In Washington Mr. Sims of Tennessee assailed government car use for private officials during debate on the urgent deficiency appropriation bill. Senate amendments including 12000 for speakers and vice president vehicles were rejected. Sims urged restraint as pensions and clerk salaries faced cuts. He derided autocratic perks and questioned the speaker’s preference for an automobile after thirty five years of service.
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Sims
Tennesere
Senate
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
Prohibition Shrinks Uncle Sam Treasury Receipts
Prohibition reduced whisky tax receipts by 5.2 million dollars in the year ending July 30, with whisky taxes at 134.57 million. Beer and other fermented liquors fell 2.35 million to 57.46 million while tobacco revenue rose 2.02 million to 51.89 million. In Danville Virginia, Ben Russell killed Annie Tankersley and then shot himself after a rejected romance.
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Ancle Sam
Robert Williams, Jr
Danville
Ben Russell
Annie Tankersley
Cotton Needs Rain As Dry Spell Hampers Growth
Memphis reports show scattered showers in Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi and Alabama offering relief but not enough to lift stand and fruiting. The belt east of Alabama most in need with the crop at fruiting stage and moisture scarce, while Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana face varied conditions with Weevils rising and irregular rainfall. General rains would improve prospects across the region.
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Alabama
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W. L Hutchinson
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J. W. Fox
Delta Experiment Station
Jealous Wife Slays Husband Then Attacks Clerk
In Canton Ohio Mrs Tony Panella shot her husband after finding him embracing clerk Clara Pizzana. She then killed Pizzana with a butcher knife and, still armed with the knife, called police from a barber shop saying she did not regret the crime.
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Canton
Tony Panella
East End
Clara Pizzana
Catholic Total Abstinence Union to hold national convention
Chicago will host an evening parade of 15 000 men and women followed by a temperance mass meeting at the Auditorium Theater. Thousands of women are expected to participate including 3 000 members of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Father Mathew arriving in autos and tally-hoes.
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Mob prevents jail storming in Kentucky towns
In Kentucky, Barbourville and London jails are guarded after a mob of about 200 stormed Pineville jail attempting to free suspects. Four men face charges of injuring two girls, including a Black man James White causing most concern. victims include Susie Woodward aged 11. White is held in Barbourville after transfer from Pineville. Three white youths are jailed in London and two more sought for injuring an 11 year old.
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Barbourville
London
James White
Harbourville
Pineville
Susie Woodward
Lynching in Platte City Over Farmer Killing
Ma George Johnson a white man who murdered farmer John W Moore on June 20 was lynched Monday in Platte City. Mob action followed an attempted jail transfer as three men overpowered the sheriff and hanged Johnson at a tree opposite the jail.
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George Johnson
John W. Moore
Johnson
Kansas City
Five Representatives Held Up At Union Station
Five representatives were held up by the house sergeant at arms at union station on Monday and kept in the city until a senate tariff bill vote. The mass exodus from Washington followed the conference report approval on Saturday and Dwight the Republican whip struggles to hold enough members for business.
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Union Station
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Senate
Waah
Dwight
Debates on Payne Tariff Bill Reach Vast Page Count
In Washington the official reporters note that during the Fifty-fifth Congress special session the Payne tariff bill debates totaled 4,883 pages in the Congressional Record up to the conference report. The Dingley bill had 2,527 pages to that date.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congressional
Waterways convention dates set for New Orleans
New Orleans announces the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway convention will be held November 1 2 and 3 in Orleans this fall. The dates align with President Taft's arrival in St Louis on October 31.
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Orleans
Taft
St. Louis
Mexico Has Shakes Peons Predicted Disaster
A Mexico City dispatch reports a powerful earthquake that damaged Acapulco and Chilpancingo, killed fourteen and injured many others. Shocks stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific across Guerrero, with fear rising as snow melted on Popocatepetl in a region of over 1000 square miles.
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Pacific
Aerate
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Acapulco
Chilpancingo
Stae
Guerrero
Howe
Alameda
Zorato
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Wright makes record flight at over forty-two miles an hour
Orville Wright piloting the aeroplane built with Wilbur, with Lieut. Foulois aboard, surpasses government speed requirements and achieves a pivotal cross country flight. He covers ten miles in 14 minutes 42 seconds, reaches about 500 feet altitude, and demonstrates practical potential for peace and war use.
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Washington
Orville Wright
Wilbur
Benj D. Foulois
Signal Corps
United States
Fort Myer
Shuter Hill
Near beer tax doubles in Georgia House action
Representative Alexander introduces an amendment doubling the near beer tax in Georgia. It raises manufacturer and agent taxes from 500 to 1000 dollars yearly and retailer taxes from 200 to 500 dollars yearly, payable quarterly. The bill passed the house.
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Alexander
Agen
Treasury balances and liabilities report start of business
Washingtons treasury opened with gold coin at 851 657 769 dollars silver dollars 487 637 000 silver dollars of 1890 4 177 000 silver certificates 457 637 000 standard dollars 4 503 518 current liabilities 97 044 046 working balance 33 341 413 in banks 43 813 121 subsidiary silver coin 26 541 475 minor coin 52 450 422 total balances in general fund 107 097 147
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Treasury
Senate Debates Payne Aldrich Tariff Clash
Washington reports Democratic senators will thoroughly debate the Payne Aldrich tariff bill with principal speeches expected from Daniel and Bailey. A conference chaired by Senator Culberson set the plan as many erratic members will participate.
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Senate
Culberson
Cipal
Daniel
Bailey
Public Debt Figures for July 31 1909 In Washington
At the close of business on July 31 1909 the public debt less cash in the treasury stood at 917 539 857 the interest bearing debt 913 317 490 debt on which interest ceased since maturity 2 814 475 debt bearing no interest 380 417 144 total 1 206 549 110 This excludes 1 343 211 869 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding offset by cash held for redemption.
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Washington
Treasury
House votes on tariff measure this Saturday in Washington
The Payne Aldrich tariff bill is completed with conferees' report signed. The House will vote on Saturday and the Senate will begin consideration on Monday with debate likely to extend through next week. President Taft presses for rate changes on lumber, gloves, hides, and hosiery while parties seek a final agreement.
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Tries to Wipe Out Family in Arkansas Tragedy
In Hannibal Missouri barber Charles Beasley fatally shot his 32 year old daughter and wounded his wife before killing himself at Alonzo Paulliam's home where the family sought protection. In Arkadelphia Virgil Greene aged 16 drowns in the Ouachita river. In New York Edward Cordin in an insanity case involving Harry K. Thaw is removed from his home in a straight jacket.
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Charles Beasley
Alonzo Paulliam
Ouachita
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Ark
Virgil Greene
C. E Greene
Hendrix College of
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Ouachita River
Thaw
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Edward Cordin
Woman in Auto Killed near Libertyville
Mrs. Parker Winfield Kerr is dead after an auto accident when the car overturned near Libertyville. W S Mills tailor and Harvey Hefer are injured as the mud caused the machine to skid and strike a bump triggering the crash. Mills may die.
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W. S. Mills
Harvey Hefer
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Mills
Oil man Myers missing after促 forged deal clues emerge
Odin I William A Myers famed for Marion county first oil well on Dykstra farm near Centralia disappeared last Friday. He phoned R Hileman he would return after closing a lease deal in Bond county then telegraphed from St Louis. Fortner shipbound home from Cherbourg on St Paul under St Louis police guard. Convict farms incur 150000 dollar storm damage per state penitentiary system report.
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Wm. A. Myers
Marion County
Dykstra
Centralia
R. Hileman
Hileman
Myers
St. Louis
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Fortner
Paris
Marion Dwight Fortner
Cherbourg
St. Paul
McMullen
Mississippi Mews T A Sisson Tours District With Experts
Representative T A Sisson plans a farm tour with three Department of Agriculture experts visiting all eleven counties. The itinerary begins August 23 at Pontotoc and ends September 7 at Ackerman. State officials J N Powers T R K Makes and Prof Smith accompany the party.
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Department of Agriculture
Sisson
J. N. Powers
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