Repeal of Reciprocity and Tariff Conflicts Highlight Senate
Washington reports detail another push to override Taft vetoes on steel and wool tariffs with Democratic support from insurgent Republicans. The cotton tariff debate advances as La Follette and others back a progressive plan amid party rancor.
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Fatal knife attack ends in death after family disturbance
In Chicago on August 15 Frank Foldessy broke into his family’s room while relatives slept. He wounded his wife with a butcher knife and injured himself with a sharp object before falling dead in the street. Six children witnessed the attack as their mother is reported dying.
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Moroccan Sultan Abdicates Arrives in Gibraltar
Murat Hafid, who abdicated the sultanate of Morocco in favor of his brother Mutai Youssef, arrived in Gibraltar with a large harem and suite en route to France.
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Livestock market report from South Omaha sales
At Union Stock Yards South Omaha on August 14 cattle numbers were moderate with prices mostly steady or lower. Cows and heifers showed better demand. veal calves firmer. hogs about 5 to 10 cents higher. sheep and lambs slow with lambs steady to slightly lower. Quotations cover beef cattle and feeders, veal calves, hogs, and sheep with top lambs around 4.75 to 4.85 and hogs near 8.35 per hundredweight.
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Goms
Markets in Chicago Close Mixed on Wheat Corn and Cattle
The Chicago closing prices show wheat steady to sharply higher for September and December, corn around 70 to 54, oats near 31 to 32. Pork and lard posted slight gains for September and October. Cash values list No 2 hard wheat at 38 and No 2 corn at 76, with cattle receipts about 10,000 and hog receipts 24,000. cattle ranged from 5.75 to 10.40 for steers and cows, hogs at 6.75 to 8.85 for various types.
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Chicago
Son Born to Mrs Astor Named John Jacol Astor
Mrs Madeline Force Astor gives birth to a son named John Jacol Astor, survivor of the Titanic disaster and heir to part of the Astor fortune. The newborn will inherit a share totaling three million nine hundred thousand dollars as a direct heir to the Astor estate.
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Secret railway vote ends strike threat west of Chicago
An authoritative Brainerd statement says railway shop workers west of Chicago voted secretly and will not strike in sympathy with the Harriman line workers. The Federation of Federations general strike vote failed by 451 ballots.
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Maneuver Fleadquarters Struck in Aug Push Near New York
An attempt to pierce the center of the Blue army defending New York City failed and the enemy's advance was checked for the time being.
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