Taft Tariff Compromise Dominates Washington Week
Washington reports the conferees re shaping the Dingley-D Payne tariff to 75 percent highest and 11 percent lowest rates. Taft plans southern trip to New Orleans, amid postoffice pay raises for Texas and Oklahoma clerks. Dominican Republic treaty ratified, pulp paper rates debated, and Philippine exempt goods rule sparked. Earthquakes shake Central Mexico. fourteen killed, Acapulco and Chilpancingo damaged.
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House
Payné
Aldrich
Taft
Houston
Texas
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Bartholdi
Missouri
Postoffice Department
Amarillo
Sherman
Tulsa
United States
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Senate
Mann
Illinois
Canada
Fire Devastates Five Square Miles in Osaka
The Osaka blaze raged over more than twenty five hours spreading through wooden districts. Hundreds injured flood hospitals as 20 000 buildings including the Stock Exchange and government edifices were destroyed.
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Osaka
Japan
Stock Exchange
Oska
Big Ranch Deal in San Angelo Texas
C G Burbank of Menard county sold his 35000 acre ranch including 3000 head of cattle for 275000 to E F Tillman a Frisco livestock agent and B F Yoakum and brother.
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San Angelo
Tex
C. G. Burbank
Menard County
E. F. Tillman
Frisco
B. F. Yoakum and Brother
Hastings Industrial Co reps port Arthur canning plant plan
J W Quin representing Hastings Industrial Company of Chicago advances the Port Arthur canning factory project begun by Port Arthur Board of Trade Secretary Owen. The aim is to establish a cannery in Port Arthur, Texas, to develop local canning facilities.
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Port Arthur
Tex
J. W- Quin
Hastings Industrial Company of
Chicago
Owen
Port Arthur Board of Trade
McGregor Woman Attacked. Suspect Sought in Garden
A young white woman was assaulted Sunday morning near her parents' home in McGregor Texas. Police arrested a suspect and await the victim's recovery to identify the assailant. The incident shocks the community as arrests are made.
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McGregor
Tex
State Tax Collector Suit Filed in Texas
A suit filed Friday by the State of Texas through the general department alleges claims against G Welch tax collector of Be county and his sureties for four dollars. The action concerns all collections of 1907 and seeks the appropriate remedies under state law.
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Orville Wright
Wilbur
Foulois
Signal Corps
United States
Amarillo
Texas
P. E. Boesen
Panhandle
Austin
Tex Rey General's Department
State of
G. Welch
Port Arthur Worker Drowns After Jumping At Refinery
Port Arthur employee at the Gull B refinery reportedly jumped into Taylor’s refinery area and drowns in Seed Bayou during the incident. Local authorities are investigating the drowning connected to a robbery or attempted theft.
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Port Arthur
Taylors
Crane Receives U S Appointment as Minister to China
Chicago businessman Charles R. Crane, named U S minister to China, is famed for self made success and globe touring. He fled college for practical work, travels widely, speaks six to eight languages, collects books and art, and backs humanitarian efforts. His wife Cornelia W. Smith Crane shares his interest in substantial life pursuits.
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Chicago
Charles R. Crane
United States
China
Richard T. Crane
Crane
Russia
Globe
Michigan Avenue
Engagement Ceremony Sealed After Two Refusals
The couple confirms betrothal after a persistent proposal. The bride initially refused twice but finally accepted, signaling a resolved engagement.
Physician's Mean Trick in Busy Street
A doctor known for intolerance to imaginary illness vanished after telling a female patient with psychosomatic symptoms to shut her eyes and stick out her tongue. She complied, opened her eyes seconds later, and found him gone, left standing alone in a crowded street.
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White House
Philippines
Islands
Clarence R. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Legislative Investigating Committee of
Lewis Strang
Waco
Strang
Savannah
Bryar Cliff
Lowell
Thomas
Emile Antoine
Opelousas
Grand Prairie
New New York
Northwest
Bayou Lafourche
Louisiana
Atchafalaya Levee Board
Lafourche Basin
American National Bank
New Enterprise
Davis
W. Y. Bilis
Pine Bluff
Ark
Ellis
Willis
Miss Morgan
J. P. Morgan
New York
Ville de Nancy
Melila
Spain
Alhucemas
Melilla
John Guiteras
Havana
Mme
Lillian Nordica
George W. Young
Kings Wayhouse Church
Grosvenor Square
London
Mexican State Department
el Paso
Senor Beltran Y Puga
Anson Mills
International Boundary Commission
Mariscal
Bernardo Reyes
Mexico
Inneurance
Orient
Iy Ys
Libby
Vienna
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