Congress quits as tariff bills pass and panic inquiry urged
The extra session ends at 3 pm with the House sending Taft vetoed Underwood cotton tariff bill to committees. The wool tariff revision bill fails 227 to 129 and the free list bill fails 226 to 127. Senate adopts House amendments to the measure. Owen calls for a Senate inquiry into the 1907 panic and related profiteering.
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House
White House
Owen
Congress
Taft
Underwood
National Monetary Commission
Senate
Okla
Kern
Ind
Works
Cal
Reed
Page
Clark
Wyo
United States
Korshack Is Captured Head of Arson Trust Arrested
Chicago received word of the arrest in Vancouver British Columbia of David Korshack named as head of an alleged arson trust. Leopold Dreyfus, president of L Dreyfus and Co wholesale clothiers, confessed to firing the store with Lazard Dreyfus. Leopold later shot himself after being arrested.
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Chicago
David Korshack
Vancouver
B. C
Sullivan
Leopold Dreyfus
L. Dreyfus & Co
Lazard Dreyfus
Leopold
Korshack
Watson Confesses Train Robbery In Multiple States
A Denver prisoner named F. M Watson admits leading a gang with two others in robbing the Southern Pacific Overland Limited at Reese Utah on January 1. Porter William Davis was killed and nearly 100 passengers were relieved of valuables. Accomplices named Joseph Collins Omaha and R M Roberts Mullen Nebraska. Watson also confesses to involvement in the Oregon Short Line Butte Portland special robbery near Ogden on June 27 1910.
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Denver
F. M Watson
Southern Pacific Overland Limited
Reese
Utah
William Davis
Watson
Joseph Collins
Omaha
R M Roberts
Mullen
Neb
Butte
Portland
Ogden
Veto Bill Becomes Law After Royal Assent Granted
The veto bill limiting the House of Lords power received royal assent in a Lords session, triggering loud cheers from the Commons. Separately the International Typographical Union at its San Francisco convention urged members to boycott Chinese laundries and restaurants, with local unions empowered to levy fines. Cleveland chosen as the 1912 convention host city.
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House of Lords
House of Commons
International Typographical Union
San Francisco
Cleveland
Board of Equalization
Imet
Cheyenne County
State Board of Equalization
Court House
Ithe
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Helpful For Sidney Resident
A Sidney Nebraska resident, Mrs E T Lehman, reports backache and kidney discomfort after colds improving after Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad states the remedy is sold by all dealers for 50 cents with Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo as sole agents. The testimonial emphasizes the product as a universal remedy.
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Dean
Sidney
E. T. Lehman
Sidney, Nebr
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Burglary Witness Confusion with Upstairs Movement
Lawyer questions why the burglar escaped notice as he crept in and walked up the stairs while the witness stood at the head of the stairs. The witness attributes the blind spot to his wife being in the way.
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Puck
Navy to trial aero gun in fleet naval maneuver
The fleet will use a new navy aeroplane gun during a mimic battle off the Virginia capes next month. Invented by the navy bureau of ordnance under Rear Admiral Nathan C. Twining, it is a one pounder with an adjustable mount and rangefinding sight, the first of its kind aboard an American war vessel.
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Virginia Capes
Navy
Navy Bureau of Ordnance
Nathan C. Twining
Bureau
Priceless Da Vinci Masterpiece Stolen From Louvre
La Joconde or Mona Lisa, famed Da Vinci portrait, vanished from the Louvre Salon Carre in Paris. Police question curators and assistants as authorities search cellars and attics for the painting once valued as priceless.
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Paris
L la Joconde
Leonardo da Vinci
Salon Carre
Louvre
M. Dujardin-Beaumetz
Fine Arts
Cri de Paris
New York
Madonna Lisa del Gioconde
da Vinci
Francesco de Gioconde
Florentine
Market Prices and Receipts Across Chicago and South Omaha
Chicago and South Omaha report mixed commodity prices and large livestock receipts. Wheat and corn show declines in several contracts while hogs and cattle vary by region and category with notable price spreads and volume shifts.
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Chicago
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J Fremont
Ferdinand Schulz
Fremont Brewin Company
Guckenheim
Ellowstone Sunnybrook Whiskey
Sidney, Neb
Yellowstone Park
Pacific
Burlington
California
Scenic Colorado
Salt Lake City
Southern Pacific
Western Pacific
Feather River Canyon
Salt Lake
Northwest
Billings
Burlington, Hans
M. A. Shipman
U. W. Wakeley
C. J. Hellwig
North Side
Blacksmith
THE
Liberati Military Band and Grand Opera Company
Patterson
Pacific Northwest
VIA
Union Pacific
Union Wen Ae
W. J. Shoemaker
Nebraska
Overland Limited
H. T. Doran
TW Ning
Chief of Naval Bureau
South Omaha
Spring Garden
David Gordon
Toc
W. M. Pulver
First National Bank
D. J. Scanlon
Harp Kentucky
Kruse & Klein
C. E. Harper
C. M. Wright
E. J. Sweet
Ler
Gast
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