Tariff Bill Progress Amid Amended Duties and Debates
Washington May 12 Senate debates on the tariff bill yield several amendments. Aldrich seeks shifts on zinc ore and salts of santonin while proposing a 50 percent duty on perfumed soaps and placing crude sulphur on the free list with refined sulphur at 48 a ton. House crockery duties face reductions, Bacon’s ad valorem cut to 35 or 40 percent is rejected, and a wide roll call shows limited quorum and party split.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Committee On Finance
Bristow
Dingley
Overman
Beveridge
Bacon
la Felletti
Tariff fight tops hosiery makers meeting in Philadelphia
Nearly 700 members from across the country attend the National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers convention in Philadelphia. They discuss restoring tariff rates to the original Payne bill for hosiery, urging the U.S. Senate action. In Monterey Mexico a church duel leaves two rich youths wounded after a knife fight during mass.
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Philadelphia
National Association of Moalery and Underwear Manufacturers
United Sates Senate
Monterey
Mex
Ricardo Quiroz
Alfonso Farias
Marista ‘College
Pasteur treatment for Lord Minto and Lady Minto
In Simla on May 12, Lord Minto and Lady Minto began Pasteur treatment as a precaution after their dog was exposed to a rabid dog. They were not bitten but had saliva on their hands while rescuing the dog. Two of the viceroy's servants were bitten and also started Pasteur treatment.
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Minto
Simla
India
Lord Minto
Lady Minto
Lord
Montana Lumbermen Secure Lower Rate
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled in favor of Montana lumber interests against railroads, ordering differential rates of about 2 cents per hundred pounds to be established by Aug 1. The reduced rates apply to lumber and forest products from Montana mills both east and west, benefiting Big Blackfoot Milling and Kallapell Lumber among others, and to be kept for at least two years.
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Washington
Northwest
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kallapell Lumber Company
Big Blackfoot Milling Company
Montana
Great Northern Railway
Spokane
Commission
Agreement on Manchuria Rail Zone Governance Reached
Peking May 12 reports an accord between Russia and China establishing an eighteen article framework for governing the Russian railroad zone in Manchuria. It preserves Chinese sovereignty, creates joint administration with Chinese and Russian municipalities at Harbin, and includes foreign participation. The Chinese Eastern Railway president will mediate foreign disputes, with a clause protecting foreign interests. The pact takes effect once detailed regulations are issued within a month.
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Peking
Russia
China
Manchuria
Harbin
Chinessy
Eastern Railway
Wright Brothers Return From New York Voyage
Wright brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright, famed aeronauts, were passengers on the Kronprinsens steamer arriving in Cecelle New York. They stated plans to return to Dayton, Ohio, as soon as possible to oversee the completion of their government air service planes.
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Wright Brothers
New ‘York
New York
Wilbur Wright
Orville
Wright
Aeronauts
Kronprinsens
Cecelle
Dayton
Holiday Lincoln Birthday Holiday Bill in Odd Years
The assembly in Manlson Wisconsin engrossed a bill to make Lincoln’s birthday a legal holiday in odd numbered years and Washington’s birthday in odd numbered years. The measure seeks to align state holidays with alternate year observances.
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Manlson
Wis
Stata ‘Assembly
Lincoln
Washington
Sears
Witnesses Deny Boyle Story In Old Ohio Death Case
Youngstown residents challenge James Boyle’s account of Daniel Reeble Jr.’s death from years ago. Patrolman Michael Donnelly and witness George Battelger recall hearing a thud and finding the injured man, disputing Boyle’s version and confirming Battelger’s presence at the scene.
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Youngstown
James Boyle
Daniel Reeble, Jr
George Battelger
Reeble
Deeth
Michael Donnelly
Recbla
Battelger
Donnelly
Batstelger
Dan Shay
Restes Well in Prison Cell Boyle Regains Vivacity
Pittsburg May 12 Mrs James H Boyle reports a good night at Western penitentiary and a refreshed mood She shows renewed vivacity joins prisoners for breakfast and receives permission to craft cushions and other items The couple’s matter appears unlikely to prompt action Mercer county officials discredit the statement and expect the issue to fade away
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Boyle
Pittsburg
James H. Boyle
Western Penitentiary
Bertllon
Mercer County
Rogue and Vagabond Actor Cleared for Jury Duty
London May 12 A actor summoned for jury duty successfully pleaded that he was a rogue and vagabond under the law and therefore ineligible He produced an old act of parliament never repealed This unexpected defense led the judge to admit the actor was qualified to sit on the jury.
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London
Second Cut in Crude Oil Prices Reported
The article notes a five cent barrel reduction on all grades of crude oil in Lima Ohio on May 12. It mentions an additional six cent cut posted for all grades as Eastern field stocks show heavy losses with millions of barrels in storage and a summer decline in domestic trade linked as the cause.
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Lima
Oklahoma
Employers' liability bill passes house for Burlington Relief
The House approves King's employers liability measure by 98 to 10 in Springfield May 12. The bill shields actions for damages from personal injury or death arising from employment contracts, insurance, relief benefits, pension or indemnity as a defense to damages lawsuits.
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Springfield
King
Burlington Railroad Relief Association
Transmizaivelpe Commercial Congress Comes to Denver
Denver May 12 A vast gathering is planned for August 16 to 21 as the Transmie Sesipp Commercial congress convenes in Denver. Taft will preside and activate the Gunn fen tunnel reclamation project. Governors and former presidents including Bryan and Francis are slated to attend with major railroad leaders also present.
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Denver
West
Taft
Gunn Fen
Great ‘Government
Transmisssia
Brooks
Wyoming
Hrady
Idaho
Gillett
California
Curry
New Mexico
Stubbs
Kansas
Hadley
Missouri
Campbell
Texra
Wanders
Louisiana
Johnson
Minnesota
Songresa
Willian J. Bryan
David R. Francis
John Henry Smith
Mormon ‘Church
Need of Assistance Still Most Urgent
Boston reports indicate order being restored in Asiatic Turkey, via a cable from Rev W M Peet treasurer Constantinople. The message says the government will punish those responsible for Christian massacres and missionary deaths, while thousands are homeless and wounded seeking aid from missionary establishments.
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Turkey
Boston
American Board of Commissioners For “Foreign Missions
Bishop Hartzell sails for Africa on Oceanic voyage
New York May 12. Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell, Methodist Episcopal bishop for Africa, sails on the Oceanic for England for a four months visit to the African field. He will confer with missionary workers, handle administration, then return to the United States in the fall to resume the Methodist African diamond jubilee campaign marking the seventieth anniversary of the first missionary to Africa.
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New York
England
Joseph C. Hartzell
Africa
United States
Denver builders and carpenters in lockout dispute
May 12 report from Denver says master builders and contractors declare a lockout of about 2,000 men in the building trades after a rift with the Building Trades Council. The Brotherhood of Carpenters backs the carpenters, and the council refuses to recognize the union body. The dispute centers on recognition and contract relations amid industry tensions.
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Denver
S Building “Trades, Council
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Building Trades Council
Carpenters
Castro to move to Canary Islands after deposed
A report from Santa Cruz de Tenerife records that Cipriano Castro, the deposed Venezuelan president, has bought a residence there and will consider Santa Cruz his future home. In New York on May 7 a note says the Ellindis Steel Co. has secured a 60,000 ton steel rails sale to the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway, with early delivery planned and described as the largest since open market steel began.
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Venezuela
Santander
Spain
Cipriano Castro
Castro
Santa Cruz de Teneriffe
Canary Islands
New York
Rev Father Vaughan Dies in Janerville Wis
The obituary reports the death of Rev Laurence J Vaughan a noted Catholic figure in Janerville Wisconsin. It notes his fame as a playwright and Shakespearean adapter and states he died in hospital on May 11.
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Janerville
Wis
Fay
Laurence J. Vaughan
Hains Guilty of Manslaughter
Captain Peter C. Hains was found guilty of first degree manslaughter for the Aug 15, 1908 killing of William E. Annis in Flushing. The verdict came after a four hour jury deliberation, with judge Justice Garretson noting evidence of domestic troubles relevant to Hains mental state. T. Jenkins Hains, his brother, had previously been acquitted as an accessory.
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Bayside
Li i, Om
Flushing
Peter C. Henrg
U. S.A
William E. Annis
Garretson
T. Jenkins Hains
Dispute over spoils amid Young Turk advance in Constantinople
May 12 report from Constantinople states a clash between Scefket Pasha commander of the constitutionalist army and the cabinet over post Abdul Hamid cash. Scefket Pasha urges using the Yildiz palace funds to pay army expenses while ministers push for treasury transfer. About 8 million dollars in cash and marketable securities are held, with funds deposited in the war office.
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Young Turks
Abdul Hamid
Constantinople
Scefket Pasha
Pressent
Scefket Pashas
Imperial
Yildiz
Mextion
Shefket Pasha
Philippine effort to capture Moro outlaw in Sulu archipelago
Washington May 12 The Philippine government vows to seize a Moro outlaw known as Jikiro of Jolo amid a wave of murders and robberies. A gunboat and land forces search the Sulu islands as authorities deploy extraordinary measures to end the outlawry.
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Washington
Sulu
Monument Unveiled For Confederate Captain Wir Keeper Of Andersonville
An Andersonville Georgia crowd gathers as a monument to Captain Henry Wir, keeper of Andersonville prison, is unveiled. Veterans groups attend while speakers hail Wir as a Confederate martyr despite postwar calls for reunion. Wir was tried in August 1865 for conspiring to injure Union soldiers and for war crimes, and executed November 10, 1865.
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Carl Keaper
Andersonville
Pricen
Henry Wir
Amdeenonville
Huppalr
Sons of Veterans and Daughters of the
Confederacy
Suffragettes Fire Rockets Plague Parliament Viewers
Suffragettes used a steam launch named Dreadnought to deliver literature to Parliament watchers on the river. A band played the Marseillaise as rockets burst above the terraces and handbills fluttered down onto members.
Return Civil War Trophy Visit to Huntsville Honors Northern Veterans
In Huntsville Alabama on May 12 Northern Civil War veterans visited to return a captured Confederate battle flag. The Fourth Ohio Cavalry carried the banner from Selma Alabama in April 1865 and it had rested in Columbus Ohio before the exchange. Local Confederate groups and Daughters of the Confederacy welcomed the visitors with warm hospitality.
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Huntsville
Ala
Alabama
Fourth Ghlo Cavalry
United Confederate Veterans
Daughters of the Confederacy
Selma
Ohio
Double Myutaty ReVented in Gloucester Factory Death
Two unidentified men were found dead in an abandoned factory building near Gloucester New Jersey. Police believe they were murdered during a quarrel between rival groups. A shovel and bar were found near the bodies, stained with blood, suggesting a violent struggle.
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Gloucester
N. J
G. Querrel Smenr
Diers
Fepiary
Jay & Shovel Sndtron Bar
Baltimore attacks seek to recover taxes from railroads
Maryland Attorney General Straus announced a suit to recover 1,278,746 dollars as unpaid taxes on the Baltimore and Ohio railroads dating back to 1909. The action targets gross receipts tax arrears with a rate increase to 20 percent. In Massachusetts, advocates of direct nominations suffered a setback as a bill extending nominating privileges failed 77 to 97 in the House.
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Baltimore
Straus
Massachusetta House of Representativns
Bilk
Czar Nicholas to visit France this summer
Paris May 12. The Russian government officially communicates Emperor Nicholas intends to return President Poincare’s visit. The plan calls for a French state visit during the coming summer.
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Paris
Francin
Nicholas
Prest
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Indiana
John F. Borefnac
Aigners
Heilwood
Here
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Borefnac
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