Prohibition Debate Ties to Tariff Hearings in Washington
Hearing on proposed tariff revision before the Ways and Means committee touches on liquor duties and prohibition trends. Champ Clark and other officials clash with wine interests over reciprocity, fortified wines, and German or French labels amid calls to lower duties on ale and beer.
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Washington
House Committee On Ways and Means
Boutell
Percy T. Morgan
California
Sinovis
Morgan
United States
Champ
Champ Clark
John Sharp Williams
W. B. Hildreth
New York
Clark
L. J. Vance
Co. H. King
John H. Wheeler
King
Statesmen at Hot Springs Virginia with Taft and guests
President elect Taft arrives at Hot Springs with Vice President elect Sherman for rest and talks. Ohio Representative Burton joins for ten days to discuss postal savings bank and public improvement bills. Senator Scott and Mrs Scott, and Senator Bourne of Oregon join for a time. Scott advocates immediate tariff revision.
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Hot Springs
Taft
Sherman
Virginia
Judge Taft
Homestead Hotel
Burton
Ohio
Postal Savings Bank
Senator Scott
West Virginia
Scott
Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
Congress
Weather forecast and health note for government secretary
The forecast covers Illinois Indiana Wisconsin and Iowa fair and cool followed by lower Michigan fair with light snow flurries in the west part. Separately Secretary Metcalf again suffers from an illness and rests at home per his physician.
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Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Washington
Metcalf
Root Indorsed for Senatorship by Union League Club
The Union League Club of New York adopted resolutions urging Secretary of State Root to run for the United States Senate to replace Senator Platt. Joseph H. Choate led the resolutions with General Horace Porter and General Anson G. Metook seconding. A 30 member committee was named to carry out the plan. In Boston, Root clarified he is not a candidate, calling the talk rumors.
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New York
Root
United States
Platt
Union League Club
Resolu
Joseph H. Choate
Horace Porter
Anson G. Metook
Boston
United States Senate
Senate
German mine disaster at Radbod mine claims many lives
Hamm Germany Nov 13 A violent explosion and ensuing fire at the Radbod mine killed 37 workers and left 302 others feared lost. Of 380 underground, only six escaped uninjured and rescue efforts were abandoned as flames spread and flooding was ordered. The cause remains unclear.
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Hamm
Westphalia
Germany
Radbod
Courrieres
France
Labrador medical missionary disputes Copenhagen dispatch
Rred T. Grenfell, famed Labrador medical missionary, contradicts a Copenhagen dispatch saying no such report exists. He was at Conception Bay in late October and did not hear of it, adding he would have known if the story were true. A St. Johns dispatch also notes no such report reached there.
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T. Grenfell
Labrador
Copenhagen
Conception Bay
St. Johns
Seismic Shocks Felt in Sedalia Missouri
Sedalia Missouri reports two shocks on November 13 believed to be earthquakes. Windows and doors shook violently but no damage occurred.
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Missouri
Sedalia
Navy awards Utah battleship contract to Camden firm
Washington reports the Navy Department awarded the Utah battleship contract to New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden New Jersey for 3 046 000 dollars.
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Washington
Navy Department
Utah
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden, N. 1
Woodson Says Democrats Not Downhearted After Chicago
Louisville reporter notes Urey Woodson, secretary of the Democratic national committee, plans to reopen the Washington office in early December. He says the party remains active, keeping records and press informed, and expects to contest the next election against a Republican program he deems reckless.
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Louisville
Urey Woodson
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Washington
Woodson
Cannon
Taft to Visit White House on Return from New York
President-elect William H. Taft will stay at the White House Saturday night and Sunday to confer with President Roosevelt on matters they seek mutual advice. This marks the first meeting since the election as Taft travels from New York toward Hot Springs.
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Taft
White House
Washington
William H. Taft
Roosevelt
New York City
Hot Springs
Chicago Board of Trade quotations and live stock quotes
Chicago grain futures and cash market results show Dec wheat at 1.08, May 1.08, corn around 62, oats near 49 to 51, with pork lard and short ribs trading. Live stock receipts at Chicago and East Buffalo record hogs, cattle, and sheep ranges with standard price bands and common district quotes.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Hog and Cattle Markets Throttle Through November 13 1908
Hog receipts estimated at 26000 with leftovers 4596 and prices steady to mixed. Hog classes range from 5 35 to 6 25 with light and mixed packers near 5 40 to 6 20. Cattle and sheep show weakness with shipments and receipts outlined and prices in the range 1 60 to 7 60 for cows, heifers, and beef cattle, while sheep and lambs hold firm in parts of the market. Grain firm with Beach-Wickham notes at 544 545 Postal Telegraph Bldg Chicago.
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Chicago
Springs
Ile
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Texas
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Mason Is Lost in Turkey
Macon Missouri November 13 The Knights Templar lodge here asks the state department to locate Dr Abraham K Mussalem who left Macon for Turkey June 25 1908 and promised return September 15. No word has been received and officials fear passport issues amid unsettled conditions in the Turkish empire.
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Macon
Knights Templar Lodge
State Department
Abraham K. Mussalem
Turkey
Remains of Andree Reported Found on Labrador Coast
Copenhagen reports possible discovery of the Arctic explorer S A Andree. A letter from the Danish Inga crew says Captain Chalker of the Pelops found a cross bearing the name Andree, a body, and a box of documents in northern Labrador. New York adds a Vermont dispatch with Dr Wil in coverage.
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Denmark
S. A. Andree
North Pole
Labrador
Inga
Chalker
Andree
New York
St. Albans
Wil
John A. Babcock Personal Ad Promise
A brief classified style item quotes John A. Babcock promising fair treatment and an open invitation to communicate, implying a civic or business stance toward obtaining a square deal. The snippet reads as a public confidence pledge rather than a closed announcement.
Imperial Prince to Visit as China Plans Student Exchanges
Washington reports that China will send thousands of students to U S institutions over four years and beyond as the Boxer indemnity is partially remitted. Prince Ching Tsai Fu accompanies Tang Shou Yi. the State Department coordinates honors in Honolulu and California while adjusting debt maturities.
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Congress
State Department
United States
China
Imperial Prince
Honolulu
California
Tang Shou Yi
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Tang
New York
Tsai Fu
Rockhill
Et Pekin
Prince of Ch’ing
Board of Foreign Affairs
Court of Claims
Uncle Sam
Prince Ch'ing
Extradition Refused in Case Against Alexandrovitch
Judge Bethea denied a writ of habeas corpus for Appolinarius Alexandrovitch the student and revolutionary figure sought by Russia for forgery. Russian attorneys claim he was spirited from Chicago under an agreement with Consul Schilling and lawyer Rigby. Alexandrovitch and supporters call the charge a pretext to punish him for political offenses.
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Navy
Bethea
United States District Court
Appolinarius Alexandrovitch
United States
Alexandroviteh
Ernest Schilling
William Rigby
Alexandrovitch
Foote
Schilling
Moscow
Vilna
Russia
Alexandrovitech
Gavment
Taft to Speak at Brooklyn Prison Ship Martyrs Dedication
Dent elect Taft leaves here for Brooklyn to deliver the oration at the dedication ceremony for the prison ship martyrs monument. Judge Taft will have a brief stay in Brooklyn and return here immediately after the rites.
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Hot Springs
Taft
Brooklyn
Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument
President Greets the Grangers at White House
Representatives from twenty eight states attend the national Grange Patrons of Husbandry meeting in Washington. They were received by the president at the White House today marking the opening of sessions.
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Washington
National Grange
Patrons of Husbandry
White House
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