Senate Debates Tariff Legislation in Prolonged Sessions
The Senate adjourned multiple sessions amid a heated tariff debate. Senators Aldrich and Stone clashed over German interference claims as Te Follette pressed for tariff changes. The House remained out, focusing on the Porto Rican bill and cotton schedule votes.
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Aldrich
Stone
Stone Anid
Tey Follette
Senate
House
Macon
Arkansas
Porto Ico
Payne
Beveridge
Aladrich
House of Representatives
Government of the
United Besses
Cathedral Windown to Be Largest in U S at Covington
St. Mary's Cathedral Covington Kentucky to house the United States largest cathedral window and second largest in the world with 1500 square feet of glass. H De Young owner San Francisco Chronicle buys an eleven story loft and office building at 236 238 Fifth Avenue New York valued well over 1 000 000.
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St. Mary's Cathedral
Covington
Kyria
United States
Secon
H. de Young
San Brancisco Chronicle
Fifth Avenue
New York
Quaker City Strike Riots Escalate in Philadelphia
Riots renewed in northeast Philadelphia injuring nearly 100 as crowds attack two trolley cars manned by imported workers. Police station chief Lieut Sykes suspended and to face a board for failing to lead, while elevated and subway service stalls amid arrests and hospitalizations.
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Philadelphia
Kensington
Lieut. Sykes
Sykes
46Th Street
69Th Street Terminal
France's birth rate grows in 1908 vital stats
France's 1908 vital statistics show a favorable shift with 46,441 more births than deaths, following 1907's excess of deaths over births. Deaths declined by 8,266 and births rose by 18,067, easing earlier pessimism about the French race.
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France
Jockey Walter Miller to ride in England as freeloader
Noted American turf rider Walter Miller, famed for most wins in 1905 67 seasons, plans to race on English soil as a free lance. In Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Jack Johnson fought six rounds with no serious damage, and a draw seemed possible. Edward Payson Weston continues his New York to Pacific walk at sixty three miles daily across Kansas and Colorado, matching a stride per year of age. In Louisville Gypsy King and Hyperion II nearly tied in a sprint finish, judges unable to separate them.
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Walter Miller
Philadelphia
Jack O’brien
Jack Johnson
Edward Payson Weston
New York
Pacific Coast
Sansas
Colorado
Louisville
Gypsy King
Hyperion LI
Theai
Sunken Treasure Ship Near Fort Mifflin Attracts Officials
Dredging near Fort Mifflin in the Delaware River uncovers artifacts, including helmets and gear, prompting officials to believe a 1812 treasure ship lies in the hold. Government boats in the area investigated a possible obstruction and recovered items from the river bottom.
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Fort Miffin
Delaware
Fort Mifflin
Ile
Rush at Phoenix land office files 73 applications
A Thursday rush at the Phoenix Arizona land office saw 73 applications filed totaling over 20 000 acres of desert land near Agua Fria River twenty five miles west of Phoenix. The line extended for 24 hours before opening at 9 o clock. A Santa Fe Railroad land dept representative held back initially then filed later on 2700 acres with forest scrip after a ruling limited applicants to two filings or 320 acres per session.
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Phoenix
Life of Murderer Spared in Presidential Commute
A Russian named Perovich, convicted of murder at Fairbanks Alaska, has had his death sentence commuted to life in prison due to mercy pleas from his wife and intervention by President Taft. Judge Wickersham, who presided, and Attorney General Wickersham supported clemency, illustrating Mrs Taft's influence in executive mercy.
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Taft
Perovich
Fairbanks
Alaska
Wickersham
Stubbs
Kansar
Robert Stone
Topeka
Stone
Curtis
Stubbs-Pristow
Woman leaps into Niagara River during family tragedy
Mrs Sarah Cohen, wife of Louis Cohen of Buffalo, jumped into the Niagara River between the First and Sister Islands as her children and husband watched. Louis Cohen leaped to save her but both were swept under the bridge. Cohen was rescued while Mrs Cohen drowned after his grip jammed on a rock and a log.
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Niagara River
Kavle
Mor
Sarah Cohen
Louis Cohen
Buffalo
Cohen
U.S. Gains in Canada Trade Share Rises
Canadian import data show U S goods increasing to 60.4 percent of imports by fiscal year 1905, while Britain falls to 23.69 percent. By 1907 Canada imported 166 million dollars in manufactured goods, 89 million from the United States and 54 million from Great Britain, with UK and colonies receiving lower tariff rates.
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United States
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Great Britain
United Kingdom
British Colonies
Portics 3 Politicians and New Appointments
Walter E. Clark named governor of Alaska and William B. Washburn appointed civil service commissioner. Wisconsin assemblymen contesting a Senate subpoena face recall and push for extra session action. Spokane mayor Nelson Pratt to govern under amended charter with recall, initiative, and referendum provisions. Governor Stubbs of Kansas confronts President Taft over Stone appointment amid factional tensions.
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Walter E. Clark
Washington
Alaska
William 8. Washburn
New York
James T. Williams
Wisconsin
Nelson
Pratt
Spokane
Wash
Senator Bailey in a Senate corridor fist fight
Senator Jovett W. Bailey of Texas and New York Times Washington correspondent W. Sinker Manning clashed in the Senate corridor on Thursday afternoon. Bailey used Manning’s umbrella to strike, causing no serious injuries and only umbrella damage. Bailey denied an article and attacked newspapers, sparking the confrontation.
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Jovett W. Bailey
Tex
W. Sinker Manning
Washington
New York Times
Senate
Bailey
Manning
The
Times
Aldrich
Texas
Josaph Weldon Baileys
8 Har
Peru’s Leguia Fends Off Palace Revolt in Lima
Loyal troops saved President Leguia after revolutionaries breached the palace in Lima. Fierce fighting followed as rebels entered the building but were routed and Leguia was rescued unharmed. He later reassured citizens from guarded streets and moved to suppress the disorder.
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Lesula
Lima
Peru
Fmt
Leguia
Kansas Enacts Broad Prohibitory and Compliance Measures
Kansas adopts a sweeping prohibitory law effective at publication. The act closes bucket shops and bans liquor sales by driggints while extending rules to child actors, messenger services, and inter urban cars. Governors demand hog tight fences, water purity duties, and jail for fruit tree misrepresentation.
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Kansas
Jawa
Acta
P Tito State
Hoosier Banker Ends His Life at Turtle Lake
Jesse Fletcher of Indianapolis a wealthy banker and capitalist connected to Indiana finance and early Middle West banking died by his own action at Turtle Lake near Alpena Michigan. He belonged to a prominent Indiana family with extensive financial interests. He was middle aged, unmarried, and retiring, with wealth not believed to be the motive.
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Jesse Fletcher
Busideas
Indianapolis
Ind
Turtle Lake
Alpena
Mich
Fletcher
Indiana
Fletchers
Middle West
Ice rink planned at Plaza Hotel for hot weather patrons
A proposed ice skating clink will be installed at the Plaza Hotel in New York to aid patrons during hot spells. A series of crime and legal notes include a fatality in Somerville and a murder body found in a trunk shipped to Boston. Changing Panama Canal terminal names and religious rites in Ching are reported, with a Colorado prohibition ruling on club liquor access.
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Plaza Hotel
New York
Barnet
B. C
North Pacific Lumber Company
Brooklyn
N. Y
Antonio Malfetti
la Baca
Pacific
Panama Canal
McClure Dies A Civil War Figure And Philadelphia Editor
Alexander K. McClure a longtime Pennsylvania political figure and journalist died at 81 in Wallingford Delaware County. Born June 9 1828 in Perry County he built a career from printing to politics, aided Curtin, helped steer Lincoln era campaigns, and founded the Times elevating Philadelphia journalism.
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Famona
Philadelphia Time
Alexander K. McClure
Abraham Taincoln
Supreme and Superior Courts of
Pennsylvania
Wallingford
Delaware County
Mr. McClure
Sherman’s Valley
Perry County
James Marshall
McClure
Mifflin
Andrew G. Curtin
Curtin
Cameron
Chambersburg Repository
Republican State Committee
State Senate
Lincoln
Philadelphia
Forney
Times
Floods cause loss of life and widespread damage in western regions
Heavy floods along the North Platte River and tributaries reach record levels. A bridge collapse near Esmay ranch on La Fonte Creek near Douglas Wyoming precipitated a wagon from which a child drowned. A sister and four year old were with him. horses and wagon swept away. Fernie British Columbia and Elk River flood rising, damaging houses, mills and schools. Logs and booms carried downstream. Canadian Pacific tracks washed out. passengers ferried by boats.
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North Platte River
North Platte
Plaes
Esmay Ranch
la Fonte Creek
Douglas
Wyo
Ben Wiederander
Kootenay
Canadian Pacific
Flood Damage in Black Hills Hits $500,000
Fourteen inches of rain in the Black Hills broke records and halted rail service. Deadwood reports no trains for three days and roads suffer heavy losses for Northwestern and Burlington. Mines suspended as flood damage totals reach about $500,000. Telegraph lines to Deadwood reestablished after days of isolation.
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Haly Falla
Black Hills
Deadwood
Northwestern
Burlington
Manla
Fire in Dallas apartment house death and injuries
Fire at the Knight apartment house in Dallas kills eight year old Hershel Donnelly and fatally injures others while sixty two residents sleep. Several jump from flames as the blaze rapidly spreads through kitchens and hallways leaving multiple seriously hurt.
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Severah
Knight Apartment
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