Colonel Swope Poison Case Verdict Unclear on Intent
Kansas City reports Colonel Thomas H. Swope died from a strychnine capsule given by Dr. B C Hyde. Coroner jury cannot determine felonious intent. deliberations ended after about an hour. Prosecutor will review next steps as inquest plans loom and related libel suit may face depositions.
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Kansas City
Thomas H. Swope
B. C. Hyde
Independence
Hyde
Virgil Conklin
B. H. Zwart
Chrisman Swope
John M Cleary
Frank P. Walsh
Dr Hyde
John M. Cleary
Mr. Cleary
Committee Begins Probe Into Haskell Spending Controversy
Guthrie Oklahoma February 10 The legislative investigating committee started its inquiry into alleged irregular use of public funds by Governor Haskell and other state officials. Witnesses C T Smith and W T Hutchins testified with Smith admitting depositions for a Ohio trip but claiming private work was salary accounted while Hutchins said he received 500 for a written opinion funded from governor's discretionary account.
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Hearst
Ohio
Mr. Smith
Merely a gambling house echoes in Wall Street view
A. B. Stickney of St. Paul says Wall Street is a gambling house, not an investment exchange, citing Western temerity to invest and noting the West thrives while the East tolerates unstable sprees like the Hocking Valley. He hopes the East will endure less manipulation as Westerners stay focused on resources and growth.
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Salzer
Wisconsin
New York
Wall Street
Canfield’s
A. B. Stickney
St. Paul
the Waldorf
Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Mr. Stickney
Mikl Confesses in North Dakota Child Murder Case
Frank Mikl, convict from Grafton, N D, admits guilt in a double murder tied to disputes over a two year old boy. He says he killed both the child on Christmas Day and the mother, Mrs Mikl, by strangulation. The confession prompts a second trial for the child’s murder with possible life sentence or death.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Grafton
Frank Mikl
Miki
Tragedy at Stella Avenue Ends in Double Suicide
In Winnipeg on February 10 Henry Schwartz, a Galician man who had lived with a woman he dishonored, shot her four times in her three room cottage at 479 Stella avenue and then killed himself. Both died instantly.
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Winnipeg
Henry Schwartz
Stella Avenue
Taft Approves Lands Reclassification Plan for Forest Reserves
President Taft approves a scheme jointly submitted by Secretary Wilson and Secretary Ballinger to reclassify lands within forest reserves. Withdrawals from reserves are now under consideration.
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Secre
Endorsements Pour in for Fairbanks Vatican Attitude
Washington reports rapid cable greetings to ex vice president Fairbanks over his stance toward the Vatican. Messages hail his tolerance and appeal to Protestant world. In a separate policy note, Taft approves reclassifying forest lands, stripping four million acres from reserves for public domain settlement under Pinchot’s plan.
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Rome
Fairbanks
United States
Vatican
Italy
The
Tribuna
Roosevelt
Switchmen Vote In Favor Of Strike In Chicago
Switchmen of eighteen Chicago rail roads vote 3907 to 91 in favor of a strike. The union rejected a wage increase and preferred arbitration under Erdman law though railroads offered to arbitrate. An ultimatum to managers may settle the issue soon as mediators are considered.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
F. A. Whitney
Switchmen’s Union
Brotherhood
Interstate Commerce
Knapp
Neill
Attempt at Robbery Fails in Milwaukee River
Edward Dubuque a seventeen year old bellboy from Thief River Falls Minnesota and Harry Davis of Homestead Pennsylvania tried to steal diamonds worth three to four thousand dollars from Max Krome’s store in Milwaukee. They leaped into the Milwaukee river to escape but the cold water forced them to surrender and be dragged from the river by pursuers.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee River
Edward Dubuque
Thief River Falls
Minn
Harry Davis
Homestead
Max Krome
Montana Park Bill Passed for Glacier National Park
The senate approved a bill establishing Glacier National Park in northern Montana along the national divide just south of the US Canada boundary. If created it will adjoin a Canadian government reservation to the north, forming a cross border protected area.
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Washington
Glacier National Park
Montana
Senate
United States
Canada
Time extended for Cheyenne river land entries
Entry deadline for Cheyenne river and Standing Rock lands in South Dakota and North Dakota has been postponed from April 1 to May 2, 1910. The Interior Department cites severe winter and heavy snowfall as reasons to give prospective entrymen more time to choose lands at one land office and to complete examinations.
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Washington
Cheyenne River
Standing Rock
South Dakota
North Dakota
Aberdeen
S. D
Interior Department
Gamble
Standing Rock Lands
Agricultural clubs expand youth farming education nationwide
The Department of Agriculture outlines a new method of youth education through boys and girls clubs. Claimed aims include prize contests in crops such as corn and bread making or sewing. The program spans 39 counties across 28 states with about 144000 members.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States Department Agriculture
Elevator fall injures thirty five at Simmons plant
Three men are fatally injured and five others seriously hurt after an elevator in the Simmons Manufacturing plant in Kenosha Wisconsin dropped six stories. Thirty five workers were aboard when the car plunged, authorities reported.
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Kenosha, Wis
Simmons Manufacturing Company
Man on Trial Confesses Killing Father in Court
Peter Brown testified he killed his father with an axe after saying his stepmother ordered him to do so. He described the act as a response to her alleged coercion during the trial in Bartlesville Oklahoma dated February 10.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Peter Brown
Senate sets investigation into high prices of life’s necessities
Washington reports the senate adopted a resolution to investigate causes of rising prices for basic goods. The senate also voted to grant rear admiral rank to Commander Peary with top pay, while the house, on a calendar day, passed several bills including creation of an art commission for works in the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Senate
Peary
House
Congress
District of Columbia
Federal plan for regular corporate reports to curb abuses
Washington notes Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations, urges a system of regular reports to a federal agency to supervise interstate industry without drastic action. He argues publicity will raise securities standards, foster openness, and align government with corporate managers to protect public welfare. The issue is national.
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Washington
Herbert Knox Smith
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Congress
Smith
Mr. Smith
Federal action on steel trust uncertain for months
Washington reports that no busting of the steel trust is contemplated by the Department of Justice for many months. Prosecutions hinge on the Supreme Court rulings in the Standard Oil and American Tobacco cases, with the beef trust as a potential exception. The administration expects a possible dissolution of Standard Oil but will wait for Supreme Court action before pursuing further suits.
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Washington
Steel Trust
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Standard Oil
American Tobacco Company
Beef Trust
Standard Oil Company
In Defense of Forest Rangers and Pinchot Speech
Gifford Pinchot, deposed chief forester, defends forest rangers at the National Arts Club in New York. He denounces acting forester George P. McCabe for sending secret telegrams to stop ranger school funding and for pressuring a legal opinion to deny the program. He insists ranger training is essential for administration, protection and improvement of the national forests.
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New York
Gifford Pinchot
United States
National Conservation Commission
Rangers
Forest Service
National Arts Club
George P. McCabe
Department
Pinchot
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Agricultural Bill Court Finding Declares Lawful Measures
Court holds that actions fall within the agricultural appropriation bill, deeming them lawful under the terms of the act. The ruling reinforces authorized expenditures and standardizes enforcement expectations for related programs.
McCabe Denies Pinchot Charge On Ranger Instruction
Washington February 10 George P McCabe solicitor for the department of agriculture calls Pinchots New York claim that he shut off ranger instruction without forest service consultation absolutely untrue McCabe rejects the accusation as groundless and of no merit amid a public dispute over forestry policy.
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Washington
George P. McCabe
Department of Agriculture
Gifford Pinchot
New York
McCabe
Forest Service
Mississippi River harbor plan to reach St Paul to St Louis
Washington reports the riverharbor bill authorizes Mississippi improvement from St Paul to St Louis with a six foot channel. The project aims for completion in twelve years at an estimated cost of 20 million 600 thousand dollars. engineers estimate about one year to begin work and surveys for the Mississippi in Minnesota and the Red river of the North are authorized.
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Washington
St Paul
St. Louis
War Department
House Committee
Mississippi
House
Minnesota
Red River
Superior
Duluth Superior Larbor
Two Women and A Man Hurt in Des Moines Fire
In Des Moines Iowa on February 10 Mrs Daisy Maynor and Mrs Grace Brown suffered severe burns as they tried to flee a spreading office supply house fire. Claud Holley also burned while attempting rescue. The blaze started when a gasoline can was thrown into the hallway from the office. All three were removed by ladders or a jump to the sidewalk. The loss was about $2000.
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Des Moines
Ila
Daisy Maynor
Grace Brown
Holley
Jenkins Named Porto Rico Judge, Former Wisconsin Congressman
Washington Feb 10 John J Jenkins former congressman Cippewa Falls Wisconsin chosen for a judgeship in Porto Rico to succeed A B Rodney of New Mexico Jenkins served seven terms in the house and was for a time chairman of the judiciary committee He was defeated in the primaries two years ago by Irvin L Tenroat
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Washington
John J. Jenkins
Cippewa Falls
Wis
Porto Rico
A. B. Rodney
New Mexico
Jenkins
House
Committen Judiciary
Irvin L. Tenroat
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DeWitt
Colonel Swope
Skrychnine K
Haskell
Mikl
Taft
Taries Wilson and
Ballinger
Wilson
Idaho
General Land Office
Forest Bureau
Chicago Roads
Agricultural Club
Minneapolis
Irvine Cline
Carrie Foster
Stillwater
Hale
Hennepin County
Austin
Forest Rangers
George P. M'Cabe
Forester
Pense
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