Pathfinders Press Through Damped Roads in Wet Trek
In Kirkland Texas on March 28 J Plovius and a caravan of pathfinders battled a driving storm that dumped nearly twelve inches of rain. Swollen Tongue and Pease rivers made crossings perilous as the group logged sixty seven miles, stopping at Paducah and Swearingen before Kirkland for the night. The men, welcomed at each stop, aim to include Clarendon and Amarillo on their Trades Excursion run by Amar ville business leaders in early May. The journey resumes with renewed vigor tomorrow.
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Kirkland
Tex
J. Plovius
Matador
Pathfinders
Kiridand
Tongue
Pease
Paducah
Swearingen
Amaville
Clarendon
Amarillo
Southern Indiana Teachers Meet Opens in Indianapolis
Indianapolis March 28. Teachers from southern Indiana converge in large numbers for the Southern Indiana Teachers Association convention to be held the rest of the week with Henry Lester Smith of Bloomington presiding and speakers including Albert J. Beveridge Robert M. La Follette and W O Thompson. Spartanburg South Carolina March 28. The Southern Appalachian Good Roads association opens its two day convention with focus on new highways linking Asheville Spartanburg Asheville Greenville Charlotte Asheville Columbia Spartanburg Asheville and Knoxville Atlanta.
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Southern Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Southern Indiana Teachers’ Association
Henry Lester Smith
Bloomneton
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
Robert M. la Follette
W. O. Thompson
Ohio State University
Spartanburg
8. C
Southern Appalachian Good Roads Association
Asheville- Spartanburg
Asheville
Greenville
Charlotte-Asheville
Columbia-Sparanburg
Knoxville
Atlanta
Bacteriologist Post At Texas Health Dept Changes
Dr Sam N Key resigns as State Bacteriologist effective June 1. Dr Henry Hartman of Temple named to fill the vacancy. Announcement by State Health Officer D Ralph Steiner notes Key leaves to pursue advanced work in eye ear nose and throat in New York.
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Daily News
Austin
Tex
Sam N. Key
Henry Hartman
Temple
D. Ralph Steiner
Key
New York
Will Present Peace Plan to Madero
Unofficial peace delegates sent by Mexico City working men to confer with Vascuer Gomez left for Mexico City to present President Madero with the only plan for lasting peace. They declined to reveal the plan but it is believed to call for Madero’s retirement and a transfer of power to revolutionary leaders.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Mexico City
Vascuer Gomez
Madero
Teadors
Commons Rejects Suffrage Measure
London March 28 by vote of 222 to 205 the House of Commons rejected the Conciliation bill on its second reading. The measure would have granted the vote to women with household qualifications and enfranchised about a million women.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Roosevelt Addresses Missouri Voters in Five Speeches
Theodore Roosevelt spoke to Missouri audiences delivering five speeches amid heavy rain. He argued for the people's right to rule and denied rumors he would bolt the Chicago convention if not nominated. He planned to depart for St Paul after attending events in East St Louis.
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Associated Preas
St. Louis
Theodore Roosevelt
Missouri
East St. Louis
Roosevelt
Armory
New York
Chicago
St. Paul
Secretary Knox denounces Nicaragua train plot rumors
Secretary Knox stated no State Department information supports rumors of a plot to dynamite his train in Nicaragua. A Managua dispatch claimed forty government opponents were executed, a report Knox ridicules as an attempt to discredit his mission. The Knox party returned on the cruiser Washington and then proceeded to St Thomas.
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Associated Press
Santo Domingo
Knox
State Department
Nicaragua
Managua
Washington
St. Thomas
Results of Texas railway operations for seven months
Austin report shows seven months ending January 31 with freight revenue of 42,026,318 dollars up 1.82 percent, passenger revenue 18,014,202 dollars up 1.26 percent, other revenues 1,207,378 dollars up 11.12 percent, total operating revenue 63,247,099 dollars up 1.48 percent, and operating expenses 46,631,550 dollars up 3.83 percent from the prior year.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Railroad Commission
Far West Texas Weather Forecast
Fair and warmer Friday with a fair Saturday throughout the Far West Texas region. The Panhandle may see unsettled conditions while Washington, D. C. reports AP.
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BS Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Texas
Panhandle
Remarkable House Move Reaches Floydada Southwest
G T French completed moving a four room frame house from Plainview to a Texas site he is improving. The traction engine hauled the load thirty miles without crossing a named ravine as it traveled from Plainview to Floydada, finishing the setting today.
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Daily News
Floydada
Tex
G. T. French
Plainview
Carvon
Memorial to Wade Hampton Unveiled in Charleston
In Charleston on March 25 a monument to General Wade Hampton was unveiled in Marion Square by the local Daughters of the Confederacy. The ceremony marked the ninety-fourth anniversary of Hampton's birth and featured an oration by Dr. B. C. Mitchell, president of the University of South Carolina.
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Charleston
S. C
Wade Hampton
Daughters of the Confederacy
Sovth Carolina
Marion Square
8. C. Mitchell
University of South Carolina
Northeastern Iowa Teachers Converge in Waterloo Meeting
More than a thousand teachers from northeastern Iowa attend the eighteenth annual Northeastern Iowa Teachers Association session in Waterloo, with three days of meetings. Distinguished speakers include Carrol G. Pearse of Milwaukee, Henry G. Pattengil, and F. A. Cotten of the Wisconsin State Normal.
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Waterloo
Northeastern Iowa Teachers’ Association
Carrol G. Pearse
Milwaukee
National Teachers’ Association
Henry G. Pattengil
Michigan
F. A. Cotten
Wisconsin State Normal
Lorimer Cleared of All Charges in Senate Inquiry
Washington March 28 Senator Lorimer of Illinois was exonerated by an eight member Senate committee in the second investigation of his 1909 election by the Illinois Legislature. The panel voted five to three that he had no knowledge of legislative corruption and he retains his seat in the U S Senate.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Tlorimer
Illinois
Kinois
Lorimer
Torimer
United States
Senate
General Aubert Executed by Dynamite Bomb in Mexico
A code message from Torreon reports General Aubert of the Federals killed by a dynamite bomb after being cut off from help in battle with rebels. It also says General Villa was captured and executed by General Orozco, the insurrecto commander-in-chief.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Torreon
Aubert
Federals
Villa
Orozco
Insurrecto
Federals Tighten Grip Around Torreon Impregnable Defense
Jiminez March 28 General Albert concentrates Federal troops at Torreon while General Orozco keeps his main force busy chasing him in the hills west of Jiminez. Orozco reportedly has 2,500 rebels at Jiminez, 2,500 between here and Escalon, and 2,000 at Chihuahua and Santa Rosalia. The insurgents are well supplied with artillery and ammunition.
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Associated Press
Jiminez
Aubert
Orozco
Here
Torreon
Escalon
Chihuahua
Santa Rosalia
Oroezco
Mexico City Cable Cut Off Sparks Communication Break
New York reports Mexico City communication by wire is completely cut. Despatches via the Mexican Cable Company were returned with no wires to Mexico. Officials cited rebels as the reason for the disruption and a halt in transmissions via Galveston network.
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New York
Mexico City
Mexico
Galveston
Southwest Colorado Boosters Visit Denver for Chamber Dinner
A 75 member delegation from Southwestern Colorado, part of the San Juan Commercial Congress, arrives in Denver for a annual visit. They will attend a Chamber of Commerce dinner with Durango’s President Clay to speak and San Juan County commissioners Wyman and Brown to meet the Good Reads Committee.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Colorado
San Juan Commercial Congress
Chamber of Commerce
Presiden Clay
Durango
Wyman and Brown
San Juan County
Good Reads Committee
Railroad Building in Texas Faces Growing Concern
In Austin on March 28 officials warn that halting railroad construction in Texas worries lawmakers and investors. Despite much legislation to protect investors, new projects struggle in the market as railroads lack equipment to open new farm lands without issuing more securities.
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Austin
Tev
Texas
No Battleships Decision Sparks Navy Critique
Secretary of the Navy Meyer condemned the House Democratic caucus for voting to make no provision for battleships this year. He said the party gave final notice that it is opposed to an efficient navy and accused them of short sighted policy.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Meyer
House Democratic Caucus
Democratic Party
Wyoming Faces Eleven Million Dollar Livestock Losses
The State Immigration Commission reports Wyoming livestock losses totalling eleven million dollars due to recent snow storms and cold. Officials collected reports from every county, showing widespread impact across cattle, sheep, and other holdings.
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Cheyenne
Wayo
Wyoming
Office of
The
State Immigration Commission
Little Hope of Averting Strike in Bituminous Coal Miners
Associated Press reports little prospect of settling the wage dispute for bituminous coal miners. Operators and union officials conferred hours without agreement, risking a strike next Monday that could shut down most mines run by union men. An earlier note says 500,000 may be affected.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Riot Victim Dies as Muscatine Crowd Threatens Invasion
Police and military authorities awaited an inquest into the Tuesday riot death of 18 year old Raymond Swisle from Muscatine Iowa. A dispatch reported a Muscatine crowd planned to invade Reek Island tomorrow despite expectations of calm.
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Associated Press
Reek Island
Muscatine
Iowa
Raymond Swisle
Mayor Schriever Arrests 200 Tenderloin Habitues
On March 2 Mayor Schriever ordered the arrest of about two hundred Tenderloin habitues. Those willing to leave were sent to Chivato or St. Louis. others were jailed as vagrants and taken to the police station.
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Associated Press
Schriever
Chivato
St. Louis
London Symphony Orchestra Sails for U S Concert Tour
Arthur Nikisch leads the London Symphony Orchestra, a company of about one hundred with instruments insured for over half a million dollars, aboard the Baltic bound for New York to begin a twenty one day concert tour through the United States and Canada reaching Denver Toronto and Montreal.
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London
Arthur Nikisch
London Symphony Orchestra
New York
United States
Canada
Denver
Toronto
Montreal
Coal strike in England shows improvement across districts
March 28 reports from London say the coal strike situation improves as the minimum wage bill passes all houses and awaits royal assent. Miners reportedly accept the bill and end the strike, with some rioting but no casualties reported.
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Associated Press
London
Indictment Returned Against Minister In Church Fire
A minister faced an indictment accusing him of arson in the burning of his home and the First Baptist Church. He protests his innocence as authorities pursue the case.
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First Baptist Church
Pastor J. Frank Norris Indicted For Arson In Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas March 28 two months of sensational developments in the burning of the First Baptist church and parsonage culminated with a district grand jury indictment charging Rev J Frank Norris with arson He is accused of destroying both church and home and had been indicted earlier for perjury over mailed threats He resigned as pastor last night to take effect in ninety days He and his wife then went to Hubbard City to recover from a nervous collapse.
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Daily News
Fort Worth
Tex
First Baptist
J. Frank Norris
Hubbard City
First Baptist Church
Norris
Fire and threats engulf Fort Worth preacher Norris
Rev. Norris, 35, a fiery Fort Worth anti vice crusader, faced attempts on his life including two gunfire hits at his church study and a street attack. A taunting letter campaign, grand jury testimony contradictions, arson at his home, and police raids followed as his opponents and supporters split Fort Worth.
Ada County backs Roosevelt with early primary returns
Boise Idaho March 28 Early returns from Ada county primaries show thirty one delegates pledged to Roosevelt instructing at the state convention in Lewiston.
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Associated Press
Boise
Idaho
Ada County
Roosevelt
Lewiston
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