Senate Debates Tariff Fight and Night Riders Blamed
Senator Bradley blames the American Tobacco Company for crimes of the southern Night Riders while Congress debates a 250 million appropriation for the Isthmian canal. Battles over tariff sugar duties, a Porto Rican citizenship delegation arrives, and Mrs Taft improves but misses trips.
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Bradley
American Tobacco Company
Congress
Isthmian Canal
Senator Batley
Texas
W.—Smanning
New York Times
Capitol
United States Supreme Court
Burrows
Michigan
Sugar Trust
Senate
Washington
McCumber
McCumber Amendment To the Tariff Bill Providing For Free Lumber. Mrs. Taft
White House
Pittsburg
Gettysburg
Notable federal and civic appointments and arrests reported
Major General Arthur MacArthur retires from active duty as age limits compel. Major General Leonard Wood becomes army senior officer. Julia Ward Howe celebrates 90th birthday at Boston home. James A. Moffatt to replace Henry H. Rogers as vice president of Standard Oil of New Jersey. John A. Benson denied a new hearing on land fraud charges in San Francisco. Be Dana Durand named director of the census by President Taft. 8. N. D. North resigns. George W. Taylor, son of a New Orleans merchant, arrested in San Francisco on swindling charges linked to Los Angeles dispatches. William H. Burletson of Parma, Michigan, cashier of a defunct bank, sentenced to eight years. Mrs. John D. Rockefeller recovering from pneumonia at Virginia Hot Springs and to summer home at Pocantico Hills. Max C. Baum urges Taft to intercede for C. W. Marse in Mason circles.
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Arthur MacArthur
Leonard Wood
Julia Ward Howe
Boston
James A. Moffatt
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Henry H. Rogers
New York
John A. Benson
John D. Rockefeller
Virginia Hot Springs
Pocanto Hills
N. Y
Max C. Baum
Taft
C. W. Marse
Mason
Brooklyn Deaths Prompted by Window Tragedy and Fireman Suicide
In Brooklyn a fourth story death follows a prior similar tragedy as Mrs Ella Friedmann leapt to her death. Fireman Thomas J McCue, who aided her removal, died by suicide hours later from a nearby rooftop. Separately, Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Knapp and Second Assistant Postmaster General Stewart moved toward settling a Georgia railroad strike in Atlanta. US cruiser Albany crew saved ship from fire at Corinto Nicaragua. Moros killed one private and wounded a sergeant of the Eighteenth Infantry in the Philippines. Bandits robbed Benbow City bank, stealing 3000 dollars from cashier Steven Moore. West Point bandmaster George Dessigke committed suicide amid war department charges.
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New York
Brooklyn
Ella Friedmann
Thomas J. McCue
Nicaragua
Eighteenth Infantry
Philippines
People’s Bank
Benbow City
Ill
Steven Moore
George Dessigke
West Point Military Academy
War Department
Millions in trust for Henry H Rogers family
Chicago relatives to enjoy incomes from the will of Henry H. Rogers as multiple trusts are established. Three Omaha boys aided police in catching three men suspected of robbing a Union Pacific train and will share a $15,000 reward.
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Henry H. Rogers
Chicago
Omaha
Union Pacific
Paris
Reichstag
Berlin
Redding
Bernice Winchell
Albert Fraser
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
New York
General Synod of the Reformed (Dutch) Church
Rochester
N. Y
United States
Portland
Ore
England
Bryce
Washington
Georgia Railroad
Indiana
Floyd
Laporte
Harrison County
Tulsa
Okla
Haskell
Constantinople
Dalton
Mich
Rudolph Lederer
Edwin Hertler
Henry Schroeder
Edward Riem
Northwestern University
Watertown
Wis
George W. Thompson
Indianapolis
Ind
Senate
Presbyterian General Assembly
Denver
Los Angeles County
California
Thomas Shields Clark
Europe
Cincinnati
Mariano Fusano
Coast Artillery
Pensacola
Fla
Seattle
Taft
James Williams
Las Vegas
N. M
Peter Dieter
Pueblo
Cal
National Anti-Saloon League
Curtis
Kansas
State Fire Marshals’ Association of America
Chicago Association of Commerce
Northwest
Springfield
Ill
Friends of
Hopkins
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Hitness
Michigan
Wisconssin
Iowa
Missouri
Dowagiac
Zephyr Tornado Leaves Town Wrecked and Dozens Dead
A tornado demolished Zephyr in Brown County Texas killing more than 30 people and seriously wounding about 50. The disaster flattened homes, destroyed the big school and two churches, and left hillsides strewn with debris and bodies. Rescue workers, aided by Brownwood citizens and nine surgeons on a special train, searched through the ruins as fires broke out in a lumber yard and other buildings.
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Brownwood
Tex
Zephyr
Brown County
Santa Fe Railroad
Reto -The-big-stoe
Dastardly Deed Saddens Perry County Town
Seven year old Bessie Hill was attacked as she walked home from Sunday school near New Lexington Ohio. A white stranger dragged her into nearby woods while her six year old brother fled to warn their mother. A horse and buggy stolen from Crooksville is believed used by the suspect in fleeing. The child remains in a precarious condition.
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Zanesville, O
Bessie Hill
Riley Hill
New Lexington
Perry County
Grace Stoddard Dies By Drowning in Chenango River
Grace C. Stoddard 21 a Syracuse University student ended her life by drowning in the Chenango River behind her Binghamton home. Overworked and overstudied she sought a four year program in three and worked afternoons at a store while attending mission services. She had planned to become a missionary in Africa and had attempted suicide multiple times in ten days prior to the river death.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Miss Grace Co
Stoddard
Syracuse University
Chenango
Binghamton
Africa
Taft Unveils Gettysburg Regular Army Memorial
President Taft and his daughter Helen Taft unveiled a granite shaft at Gettysburg honoring Regular Army casualties from the three days of fighting near the Round Top and Bloody Angle. Secretary Dickinson and Col. John P. Nicholson participated as the monument was presented to the battlefield commission. Taft praised the Regular Army and noted its underrecognition by Congress and the nation. He reviewed troops with Capt. Butt after the ceremony.
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Gettysburg
Congress
Helen H. Taft
Taft
United States Army
Dickinson
Battlefield Commission
John P. Nicholson
Butt
Tragic Drowning After Potomac Boat Fire Near Marshall Hall
A gasoline launch with three young married couples aboard caught fire from a tank explosion on the Potomac River near Marshall Hall eighteen miles below Washington. Mrs May Wood 22 drowned. Carl Wood narrowly escaped death and was rescued by another launch. Morgan Moore and wife Arthur Wells and wife were saved. The women suffered burns and injuries. All couples were Alexandria residents.
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Washington, D. C
Potomac River
May.Wood
Carl D. Wood
Morgan Moore
Arthur Wells
Alexandria
Potomac
Marshall Hall
Comic Mayors and Royal Gaffes at Weymouth Ceremony
A Weymouth mayor during a royal visit refused to kneel to present an address, claiming a wooden leg. Col Gwynne urged kneeling, the mayor insisted, the queen took his hand instead, and the king laughed as the scene amused the royal party.
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England
Penzance
Clive Holland
Weymouth
George
Ond
Col. Gwynne
Cure for Severe Skin Eruption Reported by Chicago Man
H. A. Kruts koff of 5714 Wabash Ave Chicago describes a painful skin eruption with itching that tore the skin. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills the itching stopped in days and eruption vanished in about three weeks with no recurrence. The testimonial dates November 18 and 28 1907. Potter Drug Chem Corp. Boston Props Booth
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H. A. Krutskoff
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Ill
Poor Memory Joke Highlights Owed Seven Dollars
A fragment from Fliegende Blaetter presents a humorous exchange about debt. A speaker ribbing another for memory lapses recalls an amount near seven dollars, playful mishap of arithmetic and recollection.
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Fliegende Blaetter
Murine Eye Remedy Endorsed by Physicians
Murine eye remedy is presented as compliant with Pure Food and Drug Laws. It is claimed to relieve red weak weary watery eyes and soothe eye pain without smarting. The ad urges trying Murine in your eyes at drugst...
Death and Life Praise Shame Echo in Public Memorias
A reflection on how public opinion swings between excessive praise after death and harsh abuse during life, highlighting the rush to canonize or condemn individuals based on posthumous versus living judgments.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Teething Pain
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims gums soften, inflammation reduces, pain eases, and wind colic is cured. Sold in a 25 cent bottle.
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