Payne tariff bill in Senate faces shift on free list
The Payne tariff bill as amended was presented to the Senate finance committee. It expands the free list and raises duties on luxuries to fund revenues, with reductions on wines and several spirits. The committee plans to report without recommendation, aiming to show member input and avoid partisan bias.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Senate
Aldrich
Daniel
Finance Committee
Congress
House
Meren
Immersed in Icy Water in St Louis Recruit Rescue
In St Louis on April 12 thousands struggled for vantage as eighty of the 125 recruits were immersed in icy water during a chaotic event. The scene drew emergency responders and onlookers who watched the ordeal unfold.
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St. Louis
Immersion Ceremony for Navy of the Lord in Mississippi River
The Rev J B Baker led a negro church’s immersion in icy Mississippi waters. After exiting, recruits changed clothes in a boilershop. Forty five recruits refused to join the navy when they felt the cold water.
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Mississippi River
J. B. Baker
Navy
Irish Welcome Americans A O H Delegates Arrive
Steamship Cedric brings Matthew Cummings national president and Rev Father P H O Donnell Massachusetts state chaplain to Queenstown. A large Irish delegation greets them and travels by tender to Dublin for a mass meeting. They seek unity among Hibernians and union of international branches with the US division.
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Dublin
Cedric
Queenstown
Ancient
Order of Hibernians of America
Matthew Cummings
P. H. O'Donnell
Massachusetts
Hibernians
America
Order of Hibernians
England
Scotland
Ireland
Australia
Order
United States
Cummings
Roosevelt Steams Through Red Sea En Route to Aden and Mogadishu
The steamer admiral with ex-President Roosevelt aboard stopped briefly at Suez and then moved down the Red sea toward Aden and Mogadishu on the east coast of Italian Somaliland. Roosevelt denied an alleged Paris Journal interview and waved to cheering passengers as a large teddy bear drew attention on the bridge deck.
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Suez
Roosevelt
Red Sea
Aden
Mogadisio
Paris Journal
Messina
City of
Paris
Karachee
Mr. Roosevelt
Death claims E A Hitchcock and fire at Mayfield tobacco warehouses
Washington notices the death of Ethan Allen Hitchcock former secretary of the interior under McKinley and Roosevelt at age seventy four. His career featured sweeping investigations into western land frauds and prosecutions of public figures. In a separate item a Mayfield Kentucky incident reports an arson fire destroying four tobacco warehouses with an estimated loss of 25 000 dollars and about 300 000 pounds of tobacco burned.
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Washington
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Interior
McKinley
Roosevelt
Interior Department
St. Petersburg
Hitchcock
United States
Mitchell
Oregon
Binger Hermann
General Land Office
Dietrich
Nebraska
Williamson
John A. Benson
San Francisco
Congress
White House
Mayfield
Lynching of John Smith Reported in Arcadia Florida
A negro named John Smith who allegedly attacked Miss Mary E Wing was captured in Arcadia Florida and lynched. Local report states the incident occurred after he dragged her from a buggy during the attempted assault.
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Florida
Arcadia
Fla
John Smith
Mary E. Wing
Cleveland Woman Killed in Runaway Accident
Mrs W C Langenau wife of a wealthy manufacturer and mother in law of Robert E McKisson former mayor was killed in a runaway accident in Cleveland on April 12.
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Cleveland
W. C. Langenau
Robert E. McKisson
Red Clayton Convicted of Manslaughter in Powers Killing
The jury finds Harry Red Clayton guilty of manslaughter in the 1908 shooting of Mel Powers, a Missouri river captain and boat owner. Clayton claimed the killing was accidental while disputing with Al Scheeler, who testified it was cold blooded murder.
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Slayer of Men
Powers
Scheeler
Sioux City
Harry
Red
Woman Kidnaps Daughter In Marshalltown Iowa
Mrs H G Kreis is charged with abducting her seven year old daughter Lucile Colebourne from her aunt Mrs Frank Ensminger of Gilman on a crowded street. Kreis and her husband fled through an alley and authorities have not located them. Ensminger, the girl’s guardian, has a suit in the supreme court for possession. Police believe the couple left town by automobile.
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Marshalltown
H. G. Kreis
Lucile Colebourne
Frank Ensminger
Gilman
Irs
Kreis
Ensminger
Supreme Court
Tragic Train Fatalities Claim Three Girls Near Dubuque
In Dubuque Iowa four miles west an Illinois Central flyer struck and killed Anna Mabel and Ruby Foldorff aged seven eight and fourteen. The girls walked on the track toward an oncoming train but kept their heads down due to strong wind and did not see it. The engineer could not stop in time.
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Dubuque, Ia
Anna
Mabel
Ruby
Fred Foldorff
Here
State Wins Big Inheritance Tax Case In Supreme Court
Iowa won a tax case in the supreme court awarding the treasury $10 000 from the estate of George Wells Grundy county two wills and no direct heirs collateral heirs settled for 150 000 to drop a contest leaving a precedent valuable to the state. Aged man dies of fire fright reported from Elkader county poor house burning.
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Des Moines
Niagara Falls Ice Gorge Sinks Niagara River and Floods Power Plant
Niagara Falls reports a historic flood as a massive ice gorge from Lake Erie packed at the river mouth. The Niagara River rose to forty feet above normal, flooding the Ontario Power Company plant and damaging Lewiston and Queenston piers. Estimated damage tops one million dollars. the scene drew crowds as the river lay silent and white under sun.
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Buffalo
Niagara
Weather Bureau
Niagara Falls
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Ontario Power Company
Lewiston
Queenston
Governor calls second special session for deposit protection and budget
Austin Texas April 12 Governor Campbell after the first special session orders lawmakers to reconvene for a second special session. The agenda includes two year appropriations and enacting a law to protect bank deposits.
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Austin
Tex
Campbell
Death of A. D. Burr in Lincoln
A. D. Burr deputy clerk of the district court and longtime Lincoln resident died after an illness of less than 24 hours. The death was caused by heart trouble following an attack of acute indigestion.
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A. D. Burr
Lincoln
District Court
Murderer in Cleveland Tries to Hang Self in Cell
Harry Holden, convicted of murdering Barney Jacobs and Julius Jacobs, attempted suicide by hanging with a sheet in his jail cell. Deputy sheriff cut him down in time to save his life.
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Self
Cleveland
Harry Holden
Barney
Julius Jacobs
Holden
Foreigners in Danger at Bushire Seaport
Telegraphed from Teheran the Times correspondent reports lawlessness and anarchy at Bushire Persia a seaport city. Foreigners are endangered and a British cruiser is likely to land bluejackets.
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Bushire
London
Teheran
Times
Persia
Former Minister Jones Dies in Chicago at 80
J Russell Jones, who served as United States minister to Belgium from 1869 to 1875, died at his Chicago home from acute bronchitis. He was born in 1790 and served in diplomacy before retiring to the Illinois city.
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Jones
Chicago
J. Russell Jones
United States
Belgium
Descendants of Signers Visit Taft in Washington
The Society of Descendants of the Signers, descended from Declaration of Independence signers, met with President Taft and toured the State Department exhibit. They plan founder's day at the University of Virginia on Jefferson's birthday, with about 5000 members from 46 signer lineages.
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Washington
White House
Taft
Society of Descendantts
Executive Mansion
State Department
Thomas Jefferson
University of Virginia
Jefferson
Monticello
University
Hogs and cattle market report from Chicago on April 12, 1909
Market notes show slow hog trade with receipts around 35 000 and bids in a narrow range for light mixed and heavy hogs. Cattle, sheep, and western stock prices are listed with estimated receipts for today and yesterday, plus shipments and gains across several categories. The report is furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Company.
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Beach- Wickham Grain Company
Six Die in Lenox Fire Destroys Clifford Block and More
A Lenox Massachusetts blaze in the Clifford block and surrounding businesses killed six persons and injured two, with losses estimated between 200000 and 300000 dollars. The fire began in the Clifford building and explosions from stored turpentine paints oils and dynamite intensified the disaster.
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Lenox
Mass
Franklin, Main
Housatonic
Church Streets
Clifford
Edward C. Ventris
Horace Perill
Periit
Clifford Block
Alice French
Wreck on Northern Pacific injures nine passengers
A Burlington train No. 16 derailed between ChelLum and Ellensburg on the Northern Pacific. The engineer Franklin J Hammond and Fireman Johnson were killed. Nine passengers were injured including H. Hewitt and John C. Coleman. The accident followed a high speed on a sharp curve. engine overturned and cars derailed.
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Tacoma
Burlington
Northern Pacific
Clellum
Ellensburg
Franklin J. Hammond
Johnson
H. Hewitt
Quincy
John C. Coleman
Everett
Naval scandal shocks Toulon visits by inquiry panel
The parliamentary investigating committee's first dockyard visit to Toulon exposes a scandalous state. The battleship Justice is found practically useless with the pit burning around the after boilers, indicating serious faults in shore and shipyard oversight.
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France
Toulon
Justice
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Ity
Coca
Mission of Peace and Unity
E. A. Hitchcock
Donald
Mrs. M'Lean
Daughters OF Revolution
Mrs. Scott
Matthew Scott
Bloomington
Donald McLean
Daughters of the American Revolution
Scott
Capital
McLean
Bromwell
Charles Bromwell
Homo
Red Clayton
Illinois Central Flyer
Elkader
Texas
John A. Babcock
Carbof
North American Live Stock Commission Company
U.S
Chicago, Ill
Higginsville
Chicago and Alton
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