Taggart Denies All In Ella Gingles Case In Chicago
Former Democratic chairman Thomas Taggart testified in Judge Brentano's court in Chicago, saying he never heard of Ella Gingles before newspaper reports tied her to a larceny case at the Wellington hotel. He stated he came voluntarily to clear his name and family, and admitted he had no knowledge of a white slave clique linked to French Lick.
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Chicago
Thomas Taggart
Democratic National Committee
Brentano
Ella Gingles
Agnes Barrett
Wellington Hotel
Taggart
Indianapolis
Barrett
Gibson
French Lick
O'Donnell
Patrick O’donnell
Tom Taggart
Short
United States
Taggartle
Mr. Short
My. O’donnell
Ernest Obest
Reporter Sentenced to Death in Tea Store Robbery Case
St. Petersburg news reports H. Szistunoff, a reporter for the Bouuse Gazette and other papers, was sentenced to death by a military court for a tea store robbery committed two years ago, marking a drastic fall from journalistic standing.
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St. Petersburg
H. Szistunoff
Bouuse
Gazette
Epworth League to Hold 1910 International Convention in Boston
The Epworth League board of control decided the next international convention will be held in Boston on May 18, 1910. Seattle reports the decision from the United States and Canada Epworth league board.
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Boston
Seattle
Wash
Board of Control
Epworth League
United States
Canada
Educational panel rethinks youth athletics
Denver July 10 educators debated the role of football marathon running and other “rough-house” sports in youth health. William F. Slocum urged hygiene oriented physical culture while Ira B. Fee and William S. Sutton called for banning or reforming violent sports to include weaker boys. The manual training session closed with C. T. Work and Mrs Helen Richards presenting on arts sciences and domestic science. The board chose San Francisco as next meeting site by a large majority.
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Denver
Cal
Department of Physical Education
National Education Association
William F. Slocum
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
Ira B. Fee
Wyoming
William S. Sutton
University of Texas
C. T. Work
Denton
Tex
College of Arts
Helen Hl. Richards
Boston
San Francisco
Czar Pays Tribute at Poltava Centennial Ceremony
Emperor Nicholas I attended the Poltava centennial commemorations with grand dukes and foreign attachés. He visited the battlefield site, inspected the burial monument housing 1,345 soldiers, reviewed the Poltava garrison parade, and dedicated the Count Kelen monument after touring two historic churches and peasant handiwork exhibits. He also paid respects at the fallen Swedish monument.
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Poltava
Russia
Nicholas
Peter the Great
Count Kelen
Auto Kills Maj. Long in Washington
Maj. J. W. Long, retired U S Army, was struck by a car while in Washington and died three hours later at the Emergency hospital. The car was driven by learner J W Lawrence. Andrew Y. Bradley and Galen Green, who supervised Lawrence, were arrested for manslaughter and released on bond. Long, who once led Michigan State Soldiers' Home, had urged banning cars two days earlier.
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Washington
J. W. Long
J. W. Lawrence
Andrew Y. Bradley
Galen Green
Lawrence
Green
Maj. Long
District of Columbia
Michigan State Soldiers' Home
Lions on Roosevelt Path in Naivasha District News
Government officials closed the NairobI Fort Hall road in Naivasha district due to an invasion by man-eating animals. The 60 mile route east of the Uganda railroad saw several native fatalities as authorities acted. Former President Roosevelt is on a shooting trip in the Sotik district about 50 miles west of Naivasha.
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Naivasha
British West Africa
Nairobi
Fort Hall
Kenya
Uganda
Roosevelt
Sotik
Najivasha
Austrian Heir Miguel of Braganza to Wed Miss Anita Stewart
London reports the engagement of Prince Miguel of Braganza eldest son of Duke Michael the pretender to the Portuguese throne to Miss Anita Stewart daughter of Mrs James Henry Smith of New York. The announcement names Anita Stewart as the American fiancée and places the union in the context of European royal arrangements.
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London
Prince Miguel of
Braganza
Duke Michael
Anita Stewart
James Henry Smith
New York
Money Dispute Turns Fatal in Wilmington Street Shooting
In Wilmington North Carolina on July 10 E R Shields was shot and killed by Joe Stevens after a money dispute over collections. Stevens opened fire on a street in broad daylight, authorities said.
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Wilmington
N. C
E. R. Shields
Joe” Stevens
BALK AT TARIFF BILL Rebellion Over Payne Aldrich Split In House
Washington July 10. The Payne Aldrich tariff bill cleared the senate by 45 to 34 after a 12 hour fight and returned to the house where 178 to 151 approved conference. Townsend and Mann led protests claiming insult to the house and urging its control over tariff writing. The Philippine tariff bill was also passed by the senate, imposing duties on nearly 400 imports with ad valorem average around 23 percent.
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Washington
Senate
House
Cannon
House Committee On Ways and Means
Payne
New York
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
McCall
Massachusetts
Boutell
Illinois
Calderhead
Kansas
Fordney
Michigan
Clark
Missouri
Underwood
Alabama
Griggs
Georgia
Mann
Townsend
House Committee On Rules
House of Representatives
Ways and Means
Detroit Labor Trouble Triggered Bomb Blast
Police suspect labor troubles caused a suitcase filled with gun cotton to be placed beneath a stack of steel girders at the Whitehead & Kales plant on Becker Avenue in Detroit. The blast wrecked windows up to half a mile away and damaged nearby factories, notably Seitz Automobile and Transmission Company, where many windows were smashed and machinery shifted.
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Detroit
Mich
Whitehead & Kales
Becker Avenue
Seitz Automobile and Transmission Company
Black Hand Effort Fails In Pittsburgh Shootout
Italian produce merchant R Constantina fired three shots at Tony Norino in Mulberry alley and Twenty-first street amid alleged Black Hand threats. Norino escaped uninjured. Constantina was arrested in Pittsburgh on July 10.
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Pittsburg
R. Constantina
Tony Noring
Mulberry Alley
Twenty-first Street
Norino
Constantina
Atlantic City Chosen for Next Christian Endeavor Convention
St Paul Minn July 10 Atlantic City was selected as the place of next years convention of the Christian Endeavor society.
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Atlantic City
St. Paul, Minn
Christian Enfleavor Society
Professional Fiancé John Madson Swindled 24 Women Across Cities
San Francisco and St. Louis police report John Madson aka C. C. Johnson used fake wealth to wed and steal from 24 women in multiple states. He claimed stock broker status, married or engaged many, then deserted with money and jewels. Victims ranged from widows to middle aged divorcees, with sums from 200 to 1400 dollars plus property and jewelry. He faces trial in Stockton where a wife resides as authorities seek full confession.
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San Francisco
John Madson
United States
Madson
Madison
Elizabeth O. N. B. Jackson
Iola
Kan
Minnie Allen
Madison Street
St. Louis
Alice Richardson
Katherine Bauman
Maggie E,. Bloom
Hannibal
A. Farran
Rocheport
Sylva Pollard de Bennett
Henriette Leopold
Jessie Tretheway
Stockton
Cal
Mary Wiggins Downs
Springfield
Mass
Oakland
Memphis
Tenn
Lawrence
Jonesboro
Ark
Santa Rosa
Gettysburg
New Orleans
St. Johns
Mich
Hamilton
Ont
Germany
Elizabeth Jackson
C. C. Johnson
Taft to Meet Diaz on Westward Trip Plan
President Taft outlined tentative fall travel across the west with a El Paso meeting with Diaz probable on October 15. He will begin September 15, his fifty second birthday, from Beverly and visit Seattle Denver Salt Lake Spokane Portland San Francisco Los Angeles Corpus Christi Houston New Orleans Teche Louisiana Jackson Birmingham Montgomery Macon Augusta Savannah Wilmington Richmond and return to Washington. Mrs Taft’s improving condition noted.
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Washington
Taft
Diaz
Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Beverly
Seattle
Wash
Denver
Salt Lake
Spokane
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
New Mexico
Arizona
Texas
Gc P. Taft
Corpus Christi
Houston
New Orleans
Louisana
Jackson
Miss
Birmingham
Montgomery
Macon
Augusta
Savannah
Wilmington
N. C
Richmond
Suffragists Sentenced After Petition Bid
Sir Albert De Rutzen rules against Miss Pankhurst on filing a petition to Premier Asquith and fines her 25 dollars or a month in jail for resisting police. Miss Dunlop and Mrs. Haverfield receive the same sentence, with appeals planned and promises to refrain from deputations. Despard followers picket Downing Street while four women are seized by police.
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London
Sir Albert de Rutzen
Metropolitan Police Court
Miss Pankhurst
Asquith
Miss Dunlop
Haverfield
Lord Abinger
House of Commons
Despard
Downing Street
Cat Dies Insanity Follows Inmate at Bellevue
New York July 10 Charlotte Gral ter a volunteer prisoner in Yorksville police court prison for five years is now insane in Bellevue hospital. She adopted a kitten as companion. the cat died recently and she lost her mind. Doctors say she was refined and educated and sought the prison as a hiding place from the world. Matron believes she came from a well to do Indianapolis family.
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New York
Charlotte Gralter
Yorksville Police Court
Bellevue Hospital
Indianapolis
Women named to lead Iowa schools for blind and girls
Mrs Hal R Garrison of Des Moines chosen as superintendent of the Mitchellville Industrial School for Girls replacing F E Fitzgerald. George D Eaton of Afton selected to head the Iowa School for the Blind at Vint replacing J E Vance who left for Oregon. Eaton formerly resided at Cedar Falls and held a state teachers college degree earned in 1899.
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Des Moines
Hal R. Garrison
Benedict
Moines
Board of Control
Industrial School For Girls
Mitchville
F. E. Fitzgerald
Garrison
Dodge
Bencd
Ft. Dodge
Mitchellville Institute
George D. Haton
Afton
School For the
Vint
J. E. Vance
Oregon
Eaton Merly
Cedar Falls
Hattie R. Garrison
Ohio
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Fev
Bened Home
Des Mot
Des Moines Wins Rate Case Against Major Rail Lines
Washington July 10 Des Moines secured a major victory before the interstate commerce commission in a set of through traffic rate disputes. The commission ruled that through rates should be reduced and found no undue advantage for Minneapolis and St Paul, while approving the present first class rate from Chicago to Des Moines as reasonable.
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Washington, D. C
Moines
Interstate Comme Commission
Greater Moines Committee
Chic
Rock Island & Pacific
Des Moines
Ri Island
Lake Shore
New Y
Greater Des Moines
Rock Island
Chicago
Minneapolis and Paul
Minneago
St. Paul
Chi
River Navigators Elect Burke President at Yankton
At Yankton on July 10 the River Navigators conference elected Governor John Burke of North Dakota president, with Edgar C. Ellis of Kansas as vice president. The next convention will be in December in Omaha alongside the national corn exposition, and officers were named for several states including North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, Maine, and Missouri.
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Yankton
M. C
John Burke
North Kota
Missouri River Navigation Cong
Edgar C. Ellis
Kansas
Omaha
Northkota
Gen
E. A. Williams
Bismay
South Dakota
C. E. Deland
Pie
Iowa
Dudgs
J. L. Kennedy Maines
Montana
Jerry
Sullis
Nebraska
F. D. Wead
Omahasas
W. P. Childs
Kansas City
Missouri
W. K. James
Joseph
Dairymen Oppose Merger In Iowa Dairy News
Dairymen vote to oppose a merger that would dissolve the Iowa Dairy association's identity. Members who attended the meeting to merge with corn, agricultural, and horticultural groups withdrew and announce the dairy association will host its own exposition following old customs.
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Des Moines
Forteart Association
Iowa § Dairy Associ
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Czar
Peter
Charles XI
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Pet
Elwood
Ind
Newcastle
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Charles Groves
Roxborough
Sussex County
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L.L
Industrial School
Mitchellville
Hattie R. Garrison Chosei
George D. Eaton
College For Blind
Interstate Commerce Commiss
Rock Island Company
River Navigators
Mason City
Farmers Co-operative
Ko Koals
Thomas Ayers
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