Republicans Move to Block Payne Tariff, Observe Revolt
Washington April 3 Republicans plan late day meeting with 40 to 50 members to organize opposition to the Payne tariff bill. Attendance at the house session was the smallest yet and Nebraskan Kinkaid objected to taxing life necessities not produced domestically. Philippine commissioner Learda spoke against free trade with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Kinkaid
Nebraska
Philippine Islands
Benito Learda
United States
Billings Nags Head Abroad for Foreign Trotting
New York April 3 C K G Billings string of trotting horses sails from Hoboken on the Patricia for Europe. After Hamburg they head to Berlin and Moscow St Petersburg Vienna in an invasion of continental trotting turf. Billings will accompany and watch his animals perform on foreign tracks.
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New York
C. K. G. Billings
Hoboken
Europe
Patricia
Hamburg
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Vienna
Billings
Big Brokers Quit Advance in Wheat Ties to Collapse
Chicago, April announces suspension of John Dickinson Co. grain, stock, and provision brokers with 25 to 30 offices nationwide. Liabilities around a quarter million. J L Murphy says trouble arose from eastern stock business. suspension described as temporary.
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Chicago
Ill
Board of Trade
John Dickinson & Co
Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York
J. L. Murphy
Roosevelt Delays Arrival as Ship Encounters Rough Seas
News from Gibraltar on April 3 reports President Theodore Roosevelt aboard the Hamburg facing delayed arrival to meet the German Emperor’s greeting. A near shipwreck near Pont del Gado left Roosevelt soaked yet safely aboard with the ship’s band playing as he saluted from the deck.
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Naples
Emperor William
Hamburg
Roosevelt
Duchess of
Aosta
Gibraltar
Theodore Roosevelt
Mit
Ponta del Giada
Island of St. Michael
Azores
Punta del Glado
United States
Greevy
Nichols
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr Roosevelt
Congress Both Houses Review Payne Bill and Zeppelin Flight
Washington April 3 summary of congressional actions notes Democrats' critique of the Payne bill as flawed and wasteful. debate highlights include Pablo de Leon challenging free trade with the Philippines and Ransdell Spight Clayton arguing protection and free lumber, hides, boots, shoes, pig iron, and cotton ties. In Germany Count Zeppelin completes his Munich trip returning to Friedrichshafen with honors from the Bavarian prince regent and Munich residents.
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HOUSE
Pablo Eapo de Leon
Philippine Islands
Ransdeil
Louisiana
Spight
Mississippi
Clayton
Alabama
Gener
Friedrichshafen
Count Zeppelin
Ballodn
Munich
Bavaria
Students Strike at Ruskin College to Support Principal
Oxford April 5. Students at Ruskin College founded by Walter Vrooman have been on strike for a week over the dismissal of principal Dennis Hird. The union chosen students boycott and picket the grounds while appealing for 100000 subscriptions of one shilling each to start a new college. Hird’s removal is blamed on his perceived socialist teachings.
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Oxford
England
Ruskin College
Ian
Walter Vrooman
Dennis Hird
Ure
Soby Amoner
Lird
Froday
Wheat higher on Chicago board with historic peak
May wheat rose to $1.22 on the Chicago board, surpassing the 1905 Gates deal high by 1.21, one of the highest prices in two decades amid urgent cash grain demand. In New York May wheat hit 5 percent, July 1157, as shorts covered and cash demand remained strong. Governor Deneen returns to work in Springfield after illness.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
New York
Food weight laws aim to curb sale abuses in Illinois
Springfield April 2 Three bills introduced in the Illinois house by Charles A Nelson on request of City Sealer John Kjellander seek uniform weights and measures and empower city councils and village trustees to require standard dry food commodities such as potatoes and other staples to carry standardized weights to prevent misrepresentation in sale of foodstuffs.
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Springfield
Charles A. Nelson
John Kjellander
Chicago
Llinois
Why Some Tariffs Are As They Are
In a Washington dispatch April 1 the Sugar Trust earns criticism for high refined sugar prices in New York and London while Payne tariff revisions allegedly boost profits. Henry Havemeyer testifies the sugar trust funds state campaigns and Littauer, a glove industry leader, advances revisions favorable to his interests. The piece alleges fraud in the Payne bill and traces boosted duties from cheap gloves to luxury 16-button items.
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Argushington
New York
London
Sugar Trust
Philippines
United States
Republican Party
Henry O. Havemeyer
Senate
Havemeyer
Baginning
Mr. Payne
Lucius N. Littaver
Congress
Gloversville
N. Y
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Littaner
Littauer
House
Boy Drowned in Skating Swindlers Seek Ransom
A fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper item reports a boy drowned during skating and references swindlers seeking ransom. The surrounding text includes notes on federal standards for food weights, railroad sleeping car rates, and various House bills proposed in Springfield, with multiple names and dates interwoven.
Body of 10 year old Harold Moon found in Threadlake
Flint Michigan April 3 The body of 10 year old Harold Moon who disappeared February 27 and was thought kidnapped is found floating in Threadlake. Skates attached to his feet and mittens on his hands point to a drowning death. The boy’s father led the search and had been told he was seen in Chicago. The sister Marina learned the fate today and relief followed the news. A letter demanded 500 dollars for the boy’s return, luring the father to Delavan Wisconsin with detectives. No arrests yet. letter writer pursued.
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Joseph G. Cannon
Cannon
Speaker Cannon
Mr. Littauer
Washington
Mr. Littaver
Payne Committee
Flint
Mich
Harold Moon
Threadlake
Bert Robson
Chicago
Winter
Marina
Moon
L. N
Delavan
Wis
L. N. Moon
Wisconsin Legislature to Probe Stephenson Senate Election
Madison Wis April 3 The house yesterday passed a resolution to appoint a joint committee to investigate the election of a United States senator Stephenson.
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Wisconsin
Stephenson
Madison
Wis
House
Ay Joint Committee
United States
International Marathon On At New York
New York April 3 Despite weather and mist the New York International Marathon began with 20 spectators at the polo grounds. Dorando led at the pistol, St Ives held a 150 yard edge by mile two, Shrubb close third. Two miles in 10 44, four miles in 22 16 4 5.
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New York
Polo Grounds
Dorando
St. Ives
Shrubb
St.ves
Longboat
St. Yves
Big Deal in Coal Land Seals Eight-Section Jefferson Purchase
New York capitalist Loren Wood closed a deal with L L Emerson G W Threlkeld W H Green and W Bb Johnson for eight sections in Jefferson County at 509000. It is the largest since Zeigler colliery opened and the coal analysis ranks among the finest in the state and world, likely creating a new district in Tilinoigeld.
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Jefferson County
Mount Vernon
Loren Wood
New York
L. L. Emerson
G. W. Threlkeld
W. H. Green
W. Bb. Johnson
Jefferson
Joe Leker
Zeigler
Tilinoigeld
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Payne Bill
Holts
Cox
Indiana
Payne
Maltby
Sabath
Ilinois
Porary
Dickinson & Co
Consolidated Exchange
Country Fair
Missinn
Conings
Sal
Astes Toai
Workingmen
Deneen
Uie
Peter F. Galligan
Sidney B. Espy
Emanuel Abrahams
George L. McConnel
P. J. Sullivan
Mhis Sion
Espy
Galigan
Committee On Railroads
Walsh
Burgett
Curran
Committee On Judicial Department and Practice
Hosa
Lyon
State of
Illinois
Committee On Insurance
House Bil
McConnell
Sullivan
Flannigen
State Highway Commission
Committee On
Smejkal
Health Commissioner
Registrar of Vital Statistics
State Board of Health
Committee On Sanitary Affairs
Harod Moon
Lake
Lad
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