New appointments and deaths ripple through political circle
Davis Elkins named to fill a three week Senate vacancy after his father Senator Stephen B Hikins dies. Oscar Solomon Straus resigns as ambassador to Turkey. Sir John Aird dies in London. Senator Elkins funeral in Elkins West Virginia draws many public figures. Senator Aldrich ill in Washington with tonsillitis. Elihu Root to oppose Lorimer after reconvening. Eugene Pocely seeks $54 million fortune of Bartholomew Mallet. Hopkins sells sugar pine holdings in Oregon district to eastern syndicate for $3.5 million.
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Davis Elkins
Stephen B. Hikins
Senate
Hikins
Oscar Solomon Straus
New York
Turkey
Constantinople
John Aird
Assuan
Nile
London
Elihu Root
William Lorimer
Illnois
Congress
Eugene O. Pocely
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bartholomew Mallet
San Francisco
Klamath Falls
Ore
Hopkins
Pennsylvania
National Association of Railway Agents entertained at Chattanooga
News from across the nation includes a Chattanooga welcome for railway agents en route to Tampa for their convention. Other items note a Kansas oil case a shooting over a lease, fiscal savings by Treasury head Mac Veagh, Monaco granting constitutional government, Carnegie Trust closure, nursery stock quarantine, Missouri home fabrics work, a $125 poultry sale, and a deadly saloon in Imlay Nebraska.
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National Association of Railway Agents
Tampa
Chattanooga
J. D. S. Neeley
Wichita Pipe Line Company
Lima, Ohio
Monaco
Prince Albert
Monacans
Carnegie Trust Company
New York City
Cheney
Dickinson
United States
House Committee On Agriculture
University of Missouri
New York
Rufus Delafield
South Plainfield
N. J
Eugene Qiutici
Imlay, Ney
Greeley
Col
Colorado Agricultural Anti-Pest Association
Hanford
United States Court
Seattle
Wash
Hiram C. Gill
Do Commercio
Rio Janeiro
Joao Candido
Candido
Villegainon Island
Joseph G. Robin
Zuera
Spain
Bentley & Olmsted
Des Moines
P. V. Rovmanek & Co
Pittsburg
Uniontown
Mann
Chicago
Jacob Seligman
John Shields
O. M. Zarn
W. T. Lias
Santa Fe
Mulvane
Kan
Crumpacker
House Committee On Census
Semiryetchensk
Turkestan
Oklahoma
Kansas
St. Joseph’s College
Granby
Que
American Tobacco Corporations
Supreme Court of
Peru
Ecuador
Brazil
Argentina
United States Circuit Court
America
Republicans Set Plan to Push Key Bills in Eight Week Session
Washington reports Republicans aim to push tariff reform via the Longworth tariff commission bill while addressing Lorimer and Ballinger Pinchot matters. Democrats fear four states may elect reactionary senators, jeopardizing the 1912 campaign and Taft's renomination efforts. Weeks may lead the GOP drive with Crane advising Taft.
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Taft
George Clinton
Washington
Congress
House
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
West Virginia
United States
Senate
Party of Progress
Democratic Party
Union
Washington Service
Weeks
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Republican National Committee
Frank H. Hitchcock
Great
Republican Party
Crane
W. Murray Crane
Senator Crane
Murray Crane
Henry Clay
Clay
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Admiral Evans Chides Naval Policy At San Francisco Luncheon
Admiral Evans warned at a luncheon in San Francisco that a naval policy was mixed and illogical. He likened it to a joke about Bob Backstay becoming a submarine engineer and quipped that one must keep his head above water in dangerous work.
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Admiral Evans
San Francisco
Bob Backstay
Bob
Backstay
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Esmeralda confronts Archibald in a tense exchange about a department store change. Drake Delphic notes the suspense and saleswoman quips about money from home as the moment of release approaches.
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Esmeralda
Archibald
Drake Delphic
Anniversary question sparks memory from Faraway couple
In a Stray Stories exchange, Mrs Faraway teases Professor Faraway about their wedding anniversary. He fumbles, asking when hers is, reflecting a playful domestic moment.
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Mrs. Faraway
Professor Faraway
Cooleigh Faces Financial Strain Amid Debt Concerns
In confidential chatter, Scott questions Cooleighs finances while Matt notes mounting debt but observes little distress from him. The exchange hints at personal financial trouble without detailing specifics or consequences.
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Scott
Cooleigh
Matt
Parliamentary Quarrel Over Truth and Shot Jibe
A heated exchange in the parliament is captured with sharp witticisms. Le Sourire counters a claim that the speaker aims for truth by calling the speaker a poor marksman in a quick retort.
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le Sourire
Quote on tongue and heart by anxious man
A proverb notes that a man eager to claim divine speech may harbor the devil in his heart, suggesting hypocrisy between outward piety and inner intention. The remark warns against trusting boastful claims of righteousness.
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