Senate tariff bill faces final vote amid tax fight
Senate preparations for a 4 pm vote on the tariff bill feature a clash over income tax versus corporation tax. Bailey’s income tax amendment fails 28 to 47 as Clapp succeeds in erasing the holding company exemption, while the customs court provision gains acceptance after debate and letters from judges.
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Cummins and Dolliver
Bailey
Washington
Senate
McEnery
House
Clapp
Minn
Aldrich
Senator Cumming
Dolliver
United States
Lacombe
New York
United States Courts of Appeals
Finance Committee
Ella Gingles on Stand in Courtroom Attack Case
Eighteen year old Ella Gingles testified in Judge Bren tano's court detailing two assaults at the Wellington hotel in January and February. She answered cross examination with candor as prosecutors challenge the story. The case was expected to go to the jury tomorrow with spectators limited.
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Chicago
Ella Gingles
Brentano
B. J. Short
Wellington
Agnes Barrette
Cecelia Kenyon
Wabash Must Pay 750000 in Compton Case
The United States circuit court of appeals orders Wabash Railroad to pay 750000 dollars, including interest and principal, stemming from bonds sold to James Compton of Toledo over 30 years ago. The bonds were part of a 600000 dollar equipment bond issue by the old Toledo and Wabash Railway company dated November 1, 1862.
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Court of Appeals
Compton
Cincinnati
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Wabash Railroad Company
James Compton
Toledo
Toledo and Wabash Railway Company
Louisville Man Kills Self After Identifying Wife’s Body
Walter J. Honaker, a member of a prominent shoe firm, died by his own hand after identifying his wife’s body at an undertaking establishment in Louisville. The wife is believed to have died by self inflicted action two or three days earlier, and the body was recovered from the Ohio River.
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Louisville
Ohio
Walter J. Honaker
Mathews Held for Trial in Federal Court
William Mathews, alias F. M. Marvin, was held for trial at Omaha by Judge Dietrich after his arrest in Twin Falls on suspicion of involvement in the May 22 Omaha train robbery. He was placed under a $25,000 bond which authorities say he can furnish.
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Mathews
Boise
Ida
William Mathews
F. M. Marvin
Omaha
Dietrich
Twin Falls
Champlain Celebration Reaches Climax at Plattsburg and Burlington
New York’s Champlain tercentenary fête peaks as Taft Jusserand and Bryce address crowds. Banquet at Hotel Champlain features Governor Hughes Prouty Root Lemieux. Canada’s Rodolphe Lemieux and Jusserand praise cross border friendship amid parades and troop cooperation led by Col Calvin Cowles.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
New York State
Lake Champlain
France
Great Britain
United States
Champlain
Vermont
Burlington
Taft
Jusserand
Bryce
Hughes
Prouty
Hotel Champlain
Senator Root
Plattsburg Barracks
Rodolfo Lemieux
Canada
Lemieux
Ambassador Jusserand
Calvin Cowles
Fifth Infantry
Woman Drowns While Seeking Son in Flood Ravine
Mrs. Mary Kranninger age fifty eight died after crossing a flooded ravine in search of her missing son during a storm at Lake Manawa. Her body was found over a mile from the site. A major bridge on Indian Creek collapsed and about 100 homes near the area are surrounded by floodwater.
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Mary Kranninger
Indian Creek
Council Bluffs
John Kranninger
Lake Manawa
Kranningers
Motor Company
Seventeenth Streeet
Mrs Puccini Sentenced in Italy for Imprisonment and Fine
Signora Puccini wife of Giacomo Puccini was sentenced to five months in prison and a 120 dollar fine plus costs and damages. An earlier accusation against her husband and a maid led to the maid's suicide after an autopsy found the charges baseless. The suit followed the tragedy and ended in separation.
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Rome
Signora Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
Roads Face Damage Suits
Des Moines reports railroads replacing wooden trestles and culverts with steel or concrete have shortened openings and flooded fields. Iowa farmers suffer at least 500000 dollars in damages from recent rains. State Railroad Commissioner Ketchum notes many flood-related suits and complaints are expected as corn fields along tracks overflow.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ketchum
Des Moines River to Reach Fourteen Feet Again
Des Moines reports indicate the Des Moines river may rise to fourteen feet again amid ongoing rains. A 2.3 foot jump in twelve hours caused widespread damage in southern Iowa with train service crippled and the Great Western line suffering the worst washouts across multiple routes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Great Western
Drowned Trio At Gravois Creek Flood
Mrs. Bertha Cassanovi and two children died when a wagon was swept into swollen Gravois creek in St Louis county during a rain flood. Three other children were rescued clinging to the wagon as it carried them downstream.
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St. Louis
Bertha Cassanovi
General Grant Farm
St. Louis County
Endeavorers Show Big Gain
At the United Society of Christian Endeavor meeting in St. Paul delegates were welcomed by Governor Johnson and others. Francis E. Clark urged 1,000,000 new members before 1911. The biennial report cites 2,355 societies added, total 3,551,100 members. Officers elected include Clark as president and Shaw as general secretary.
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Francis E. Clark
William Shaw
H. N. Lathrop
Amos R. Wells
George B. Graff
Patriots’ League
George W. Coleman
Builders’ Union
R. P. Anderson
Wisconsin man kills wife then drowns self
Lodi authorities report George Knerzer beat his wife to death with a shotgun butt and then killed himself by drowning in a four foot deep pool near their home. He was believed to be insane.
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Wisconsin
Lodi
Wis
George Knerzer
Knerzer
Giant Diamond Lumber plant burns in Green Bay blaze
The mammoth Diamond Lumber plant in Green Bay Wisconsin was destroyed by fire on July 8 causing about 150000 dollars in losses.
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Green Bay
Wis
Diamond Lumbe Company
Breathing Practices for Health and Consumption
A physician notes that consumption is linked to lazy breathing and that deep breathing supports health. Medical men agree that full lung use reduces risk and that coughing and breathing properly aid recovery. Indoor workers should practice breathing exercises daily and open windows for fresh air, preferably outdoors in the morning.
Storms Around Mason City Cause Damage Across Counties
Severe storms swept through Mason City Iowa and nearby counties over four days bringing wind rain hail and lightning. Franklin Howard and Mitchell counties reported heavy losses including a cyclone that leveled a barn belonging to George Waters and damaged numerous buildings and crops. In Shenandoah Iowa Louis Fischer prominent Page county farmer dies at his home aged about 76 valued at over 250000 leaving a wife five children and a son Fred Page county attorney.
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Mason City
Franklin
Howard
Mitchell
George Waters
Shenandoah
Louis Fischer
Page County
Fischer
Fred
Chicago Hogs and Cattle Markets Open With Weak Trends
Chicago markets report heavy receipts and lower prices across hogs cattle and sheep. Estimated hog receipts 32000 with buyers cautious and prices 10 to 15 cents lower on average, while cattle and sheep show declines from yesterday with mixed packers and western stockers affected.
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Texas
Train wreck flood swamps Missouri and Kansas
Unprecedented rain and melted snow flood the Missouri valley. Train No 5 derailed at Pomona Kansas with cars in 18 feet of water as towns like Pattonsburg and Chillicothe report people marooned on roofs and bridges swept away. Relief efforts race against rising waters amid crops damaged and crews stranded.
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Pattonsburg
Pomona
Kan
Chillicothe
Missouri
Kansas City
Missouri Valley
Kansas
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Denver
Marins Des Cygnes
Emporia
Grand River
Santa Rosa
St. Joseph
Jefferson City
Railroads Badly Crippled as Rain Floods Midwest
Three days of near continuous rain flood Iowa and Illinois washing out bridges and halting traffic. Only the Burlington main line into the city remains in service while the Milwaukee and Rock Island systems run trains over Burlington tracks.
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Burlington
Iowa
Illinois
Milwaukee
Rock Island
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Customs Court
Wilder
Chicago Record-Herald
Self
Des Moines River
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
C.cecelling
Voee
SOM
John A. Babcock
North American Live Stock Commission Company
U.S. Yards
Chicago, Ill
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