Payne and the tariff loom in Washington debate
James A. Edgerton profiles Serena Ellisha Payne as tariff leader in Congress, notes his 25 years in the House and 10 as floor leader, recalls the whiskers episode, and contrasts past tariffs with Taft’s upcoming reform. The piece links Payne to the Dingley law and hints at partisan and international friction over duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Edgerton
Uncle Joe Cannon
Serena E. Payne
Payne
Jude Joe
Payne ‘Vulee
Serena
House
Ways and Means
Nelson Dingley
Charles E. Hughes
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Tie
Theeason
McKinley Wilson
Dingley
Congress
Rereno Pelisha
New York State
University of Rochester
Auburn
N. Y
William H. Seward
Ananias Club
Custom House
Joseph Pulitzer
United States
Pulitzer
William McKinley
Wilson
Cleveland
Taft
Mr. Payne
Andrew Carnegie
Mark Twain
Tarifa
Spain
Willie Sorry For Boyle Kidnapping Revelation In Sharon
Willie Whitlia returns to Sharon from Cleveland with his mother and witnesses friend Jones in prison. The boy questions the fate of James H Boyle while discussing the police station and nurse workers. Aboard the Erie train Tom Dill greets Willie and schoolmates welcome him home with cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Whitlia
Sharon
Cleveland
Mr. Jones
James H. Boyle
Willie
Tom Dt
Tom
Erie
Bin
Bee Sting for Rheumatism Scientific Trials at Roosevelt Hospital
Dr. Arthur W. Swann of Roosevelt Hospital New York conducts experiments using about fifty bees daily from his mother's Stockbridge Massachusetts apiary. He tests chemical properties of the bee virus as a counterirritant and seeks a method to deliver relief without the sting. Relieved patients show cures, but the exact active factor remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Swann
Roosevelt Hospital
New York City
Stockbridge
Mass
Experts hail twelve inch gun for new British dreadnoughts
A London dispatch says experts call the twelve inch gun the finest weapon in the world. It will arm the newest British dreadnoughts with the highest velocity and an eighteen mile effective range, compared with sixteen miles for the previous model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Capture of a Six Foot Otter Near Monticello
Charles Price of Hacktedam near Monticello New York caught an otter in the Neversink River measuring six feet four inches. Mrs Bolsum paid thirty dollars for the skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Price
Hacktedam
Monticello
N. Y
Neversink
Bolsum
Market hog and cattle receipts and prices in Chicago and Texas
Powerhouse hog and cattle quotes show estimated receipts for today at 12 000 hogs and 12 000 sheep with mixed packer and shipper grades. Prices span light to heavy hogs and cattle, with beves cows and calves listed and regional notes for Western and Texas stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
North American Live Stock Commission Company
A report from Chicago Illinois details the North American Live Stock Commission Company and U S Yards operations. It notes the company’s activities within the Chicago market and references the livestock trade framework in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission Company
U.S
Chicago, Ill
Tornado Ravages Marion Area Killing Two Near Pilottsburg
A tornado struck Marion and surrounding areas causing tremendous damage and killing two people near Pilottsburg six miles northwest. The storm wrecked houses and businesses, with Marion also partly wrecked and Castro reportedly unwanted in Trinidad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion, Lil
The
Evening Journal
Pilottsburg
Marion
Britain bars former Venezuelan president from landing
Washington report says at the State Department’s urging the British government refused Capriano Castro to land at Trinidad. The decision followed a urgent diplomatic exchange with the London Foreign Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Evening Journal
State Department
London Foreign Office
Capriano Castro
Venezuela
Trinidad
Modjeska's Studio Impromptu Imitates Portrait
Mme Trelena Modjeska fools a tea gathering by stepping beside a portrait to imitate the painted likeness. The living Modjeska mirrors the canvas exactly, demonstrating her remarkable acting and the painter's skill as observed at a New York studio tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Trelena Modjeska
Modjeska
New York
Mme. Modjeska
Madame
Rachel
Success Magazine
Taft Escapes Fall From Damaged Executive Chair
The president weighed about 240 pounds and toppled a heavy oaken swivel chair in the Washington executive office. Taft quickly freed himself without injury or serious shock and has endured chair mishaps before due to weight and stress from March 4 onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Washington
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