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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
10
President Taft hosts a high level dinner with Senate and House leaders including Aldrich and Payne to press for tariff reform. Discussions aim to align House and Senate positions, with tentative plans for a conference and possible downward revision while signaling a busy day of negotiation and strategic moves.
Report from Seville dated July 21 describes mass protests in Spain against troop departures to Melilla and Moorish attacks along the Spanish line. Women played a prominent role in demonstrations as troops faced rioting crowds in the capital. Moro forces reportedly conducted several assaults near the railroad station outside Melilla but were repelled by artillery and gatling fire, with Spanish troops aided by a Kubyle tribe.
Virginia farmer Lewis Johnson killed a strange snake while cutting hay in Botetourt county. After striking with a scythe he cut off one head and saw the body crawl away. He ran a pitchfork through the snake and, to his surprise, held up a second head on the opposite end, described as larger on the tail side. Others corroborate the account.
Orville Wright flies at Fort Myer with a two passenger aeroplane reaching speeds of about 44 miles per hour and circling the parade grounds 1214 times totaling roughly 5100 feet per loop. The program includes endurance tests and the sister of Orville, Miss Katherine Weight, attends as observers with officials and Congress members present.
The NYSE board voted to abolish the committee on unlisted securities and halt further floor bidding for such stocks after April 1919, aligning with White committee recommendations to Gay Hughes. Many major speculative issues like Amalgamated Copper, Anaconda, Tennessee Copper, and Utah Copper face new compliance timelines as listed companies must meet exchange regulations. The unlisted department remains until April next year to allow affected firms to complete applications and satisfy requirements.
A lengthy Washington Post style item chronicles Tucker defending his role with the Southern Education Board. It notes charges that he aided white education initiatives while denying compulsory schooling and cites a Canon Springs conference in 1899. The piece ties his defense to Judge Mann and references letters and responses from Culpeper. It also mentions Virginia Dental Association proceedings and a July excursion announcement.
Ambassador reports Brazil satisfied with the Peru Bolivia boundary award while Bolivia and Argentina tension mounts. Chile vows neutrality despite sympathy for Bolivia as Argentine ministers face recall and diplomatic strains rise in Valparaiso and New York.
George Romney of Slanesville Hampshire County is tried again for the murder of Confederate veteran John Chapman. The victim was shot on a store porch at dusk. Sixty two citizens were summoned as the second jury was formed and taken to the crime scene for deliberation.
Milwaukee speech by Justice Brewer covers woman suffrage, the Negro question, and debt. He argues income tax requires federal power, warns against losing state vitality, and presses honesty in business. He hopes for peace via arbitration and comments on Supreme Court tenure.
Vintage Special to Tie Wesdinanna Post New York July 1. Cornel asks who was present at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters meeting in Chicago. James Shea, a strike leader, was convicted of stabbing a waitress after coercing her to quit her job. He had previously learned she had a husband and children in Massachusetts. He was remanded for sentencing. maximum penalty is years in state prison.
Special reports two Baltimore and Ohio freight engines derailed between Wheeling and Pittsburg at the West Virginia Pennsylvania line. One engine rolled down a four foot embankment and the crew escaped, while the other buried its engineer and fireman under twisted iron but both were later found uninjured. In Huntington a separate report notes a shooting at W C Hensley with a man killed and a robber misidentified, and another item mentions a real estate ad by F T Rawlings of Pittsburgh.
Six of fourteen suffragettes imprisoned for breaking windows in Whitehall were released for insubordination. Hunger strikes and refusals to obey wardens led to ongoing defiance of prison rules. Herbert Gladstone, Home Secretary, indicated more releases were likely as the hunger strike spread.
Workers in a mass meeting vow to persist in their struggle and avoid violence. Reports describe tensions between labor and management at Yue Pressed Sweet Car Company with police and local authorities involved in attempts to broker a settlement.
Victim spoke of death by own action and declared he had no interest in life, witness says as officers testify.
A military inquiry advances a theory that Sutton died amid a struggle with three men restraining him and a protective motive by Sutton’s alleged assailant. An officer testifies he ordered Adams to beat Sutton’s head, and a bullet struck Sutton in the head during the encounter.
Special to the Washington Hon oriss Tenn July 24 Willam Homer Bowers 19, son of J E Bowers, was thought dead after a weeklong mourning following a train death in Stanton Texas. A body found matched his description until a letter from the missing boy arrived, stating he had been in Colorado. A separate notice details a Pennsylvania Railroad excursion schedule from Washington.
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