World News Highlights From Washington to Port Arthur
National Capital reports nearing lease of Washington grounds for an aerodrome and purchase of airplanes. The Senate and House debate the Farmers Free List bill with notable opposition. Courtesy messages pass between Washington and Mexico City over the release of Edwin Blatt and Lawrence Converse. The Canadian reciprocity tariff pact passes the House 264 to 89. A Kansas case on grain inspection heads to May 1, with interpleading requested. A sugar refinery deal is closed for Port Arthur Texas at a cost of 3 million dollars by John W. Gates and associates.
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National Capital
Washington
War Department
Department
Senate
United States
LaFollette
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Cummins
Bristow
House
Underwood
Alabama
Representative Mann
Mexico City
Knox
Diaz
de la Barra
Edwin Blatt
Lawrence Converse
Juarez
Kansas Grain Inspection Department
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Grain Dealers’ Association
Port Arthur
Texas
John W. Gates
Record of storms, rail rebates, and political notes
A fierce gulf storm damaged Texas camps and caused over 500000 dollars in losses at Camp Crockett. Kansas state board funds aid 100 high schools for teacher training and domestic science. Federal grand jury in Cleveland indicts 17 railroads and shippers for rebates. Kansas reports winter wheat condition at 78.54. New York assembly passes direct senate election. Ambassadors to Russia and Turkey named. Asia sinks near Shanghai. passengers saved. Judge Landis fines Gianna Alongi in black hand case.
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Gulf
Texas
United States
Camp Crockett
Kansas
State Board’ of Education
Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Shore
Pennsylvania
Bessemer
Lake Erie
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Assembly of New York
Roosevelt
Senate
Curtis Guild
Massachusetts
Russia
William Rockhill
District of Columbia
Turkey
Pacific Mail
Asia
Hongkong
San Francisco
Shanghai
John J. McNamara
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers of America
Indianapolis
James W. McNamara
Diverse 19th Century Advances and Political Moves
The text notes cosmical evolution ideas by Prof. T J J Lee and contrasts with a Kansas City convention. It covers King George and Taft messages at Carnegie Hall for the 300th anniversary of the King James Bible, a $10 000 monument resolution in the Senate, Arkansas news gathering laws, Missouri Kansas Texas railroad bonds of 25 million, and predictions on tariff changes tied to the income tax amendment.
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T. J. J. Lee
Kansas City
King George
England
Taft
Carnegie Hall
Washington
Senate
Gallinger
Arkansas Senate
Missouri, Kansas & Texas, Railroad
Kansas
Oklahoma
Congress
Foreign Affairs Roundup of World and Domestic News
The state department reports unofficial settlements in the German American potash dispute. Mexico protests Capt Vivian of the British sloop Shearwater for landing marines at San Quintin. Halifax reports over 40 000 new Canadian settlers this immigration season, 8 000 more than last year. Germany plans nearly 1 000 000 troops for summer maneuvers. Maiden Lane importers reveal a 244 carat diamond found in Johannesburg. Negotiations between Madero and the federal government may bring a Washington peace conference. A Moroccan claim of Fez massacre arrives from insurrectionists and federals. Edward Tilden and Cummings Benedict face arrest for contempt in Illinois Senate. E H Gary to retire as Steel Trust head. a successor to be a practical steel maker. Frank W Morse named VP and general manager of Chicago and Alton railroad. Bob Burman sets a mile record in Blitzen Benz on his 27th birthday. James A Fowler to become assistant attorney general in charge of trust prosecutions. March receipts total about 325 000 with year projections at 25 million. Guttenberg Bible sells for 50 000 at Hoe library sale, highest book price in history. Broadway Park Place plan seeks creation of world’s tallest building in New York. Governor Stubbs to declare tuberculosis day April 30 urging ministers to preach on the disease.
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E. H. Gary
Steel Trust
Frank W. Morse
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Mr. Morse
George H. Ross
Bob Burman
James A. Fowler
Tennessee
Attorney General’s
William S. Kenyon
Iowa
Treasury
Robert Hoe
Anderson Auction
Broadway Park Place Company
Broadway
Park Place
New York
Stubbs
Missouri Leads in Lead Ore Output for 1910
Missouri solidifies its role as the top lead ore producer in 1910 with 269,432 tons of 60 percent ore, up 13 percent from 1909, while Idaho trails with under 3 percent gain. At $51 per ton, output value reaches $13,741,032, highlighting state revenue and smelting gains. The piece also cites Oswald Garrison Villard praising diligent newspapers and press standards.
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Missouri
Union
Idaho
Old Bond Case Settled In Federal Arbitration
The Macon county and Mississippi railroad bond dispute from 1867 was arbitrated in federal court before Judge Adams and Judge Dyer. The bond holder was awarded 750000 on an aggregate claim of 2200000, with ratification to Macon county voters. The original issue totaled 350000, and despite judgments, collection has been hindered by county fund manipulation.
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Macon County and
Mississippi
United States Supreme Court
Adams
Dyer
Macon County
Arthur C. Huidekuper
Meadville
Missouri
Board Fixes Hearing Dates On Railway and Telegraph Taxes
The state board of equalization set hearing dates for valuation of railroad street railway telegraph telephone and bridge property for this year's taxes. Railroad hearings are May 15 16 17 and 19. Street and electric railways for St Louis City County and Kansas City are May 22 while other street and electric railways and private railways except St Joseph Railway Light Heat and Power Co are May 23. Telegraph bridge and telephone companies and St Joseph Railway Light Heat and Power Co are May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Equalization
St. Louis City
St. Louis County
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Independence Ranks Eleventh in Missouri Population
Census data from Washington shows Independence as the eleventh most populous city in Missouri. Joplin Sedalia Hannibal Jefferson City Webb City and Moberly surpass it in population.
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Independence
Washington
Missouri
Joplin
Sedalia
Hannibal
Jefferson City
Webb City
Moberly
Hadley To Grow Peaches On Fruitville Farm
Gov. Herbert S Hadley clears twenty acres of his Howell county farm near Fruitville and plants peach trees in the fertile portion. The Hadley estate spans 100 acres and lies on productive ground.
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Hadley
Herbert S. Hadley
Fruitville
Gov. Hadley
Howell County
Road Bonds Sell at Par in Lexington District
The Lexington road district bonds sold at par, guaranteeing rock road construction and signaling buyer confidence in the new road bond law. Buyers view the act allowing road districts to vote bonds as favorable and sound for future projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Unwilling Willow Springs Mayor Accepts Post
W. T. Wright, elected mayor of Willow Springs amid a heated campaign, has agreed to serve as chief executive after initially protesting the position. He defeated Talbird Austin in the recent election, with both candidates urging voters to back the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Wright
Willow Springs
Talbird Austin
Water Works Planned for Pleasant Hill System
Pleasant Hill will get a water works system with a 20 year franchise granted to C. W. Dobbins. Kansas City engineers are surveying and construction of a dam to form a 102 acre reservoir will begin at once.
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Pleasant Hill
C. W. Dobbins
Kansas City
Ice Cream Cones Seized by City Inspector
John S. Barber city pure food inspector seized 175000 ice cream cones made in Kansas City and eastern cities. The consignment was intended for sale to trade dealers in Kansas City and distributed through local retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
John S. Barber
City Pure Food
Woman Fisherman Drowns in Blackwater River
Mrs Wrist aged 70, living with her son in law Jacob Scott, fell while fishing in the Blackwater river northeast of Holden and drowned.
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Wrist
Jacob Scott
Blackwater
Holden
Missouri to Host Yearlong Hen Laying Contest
Missouri state poultry board secretary T E Quisenberry announced a yearlong hen laying contest beginning September 1 at the Mountain Grove poultry experiment station. Open to any hen in the state, the event offers ribbons and cash prizes for top records. Six hens per entrant will be housed fed and yarded by the state board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
T. E. Quisenberry
Missouri State Poultry Board
Poultry Experiment Station
Mountain Grove
Few Men Students Idle at M U
At the University of Missouri forty percent of male students are partly self supporting. The university Y M C A free employment bureau reports 225 men have found work since last fall, mostly freshmen. They have earned a total of 5000 dollars.
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M. U
University of Missouri
Free Employment Bureau
Columbia
Hobo News Plans Weekly Paper for Tramps
The proposed weekly paper named Hobo News will publish for the tramp community starting May 1. Editor J. H. Seymour promises bulletins on railroad camps worker numbers and local forage conditions to guide nomadic readers.
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Hobo News
J. H. Seymour
Med School to William Jewell merger papers signed
Preliminary papers merge the University Medical College of Kansas City with William Jewell College of Liberty. The joint signing occurred at a meeting of alumni association representatives and trustees of both colleges.
City Tax Valuation Total Set at 166 792 892
The final figures for Kansas City taxable valuation for the next fiscal year are certified as 166 792 892 dollars. This total includes railroad assessment apportioned by the state board of equalization. Excluding railroad valuation the assessment stands at 165 332 142 dollars. With a 13 mill levy and other collections the estimated city revenue for the coming year is 2 700 000 dollars.
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Kansas City
State Board of Equalization
Missouri to establish Maryville agriculture station
The University of Missouri will set up a new outlying experiment station in agriculture linked to the Maryville state normal school. The fields will be supervised by the College of Agriculture here and managed by the normal school which has created an agricultural department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Missouri
State Normal School
Maryville
College of Agriculture
Normal School
Pioneer Town Marshal H. H. Still Dies at 78
H. H. Still, longtime Holden city marshal who served in the seventies, was buried at Holden aged 78. He helped curb lawlessness as violence and shootings plagued the town, earning a reputation for breaking up the rough element.
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H. H. Still
Holden
Ratzer Skyscraper Planned for Moberly by Kansas City Architects
Kansas City architects present plans for the Ratzer ten story building in Moberly as the first tall structure of its kind. Rumor says Burlington railroad officials will establish their headquarters there.
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Moberly
Kansas City
Ratzer
Burlington Railroad Offcials
Taft thanks Democratic House for reciprocity stand
President Taft addressed the Associated Press banquet at the Waldorf Astoria in New York praising the House for its stance on Canadian reciprocity. He urged the Senate to act similarly and warned against broadening free trade under the favored nations clause. He noted farmers’ efforts and said the treaty should not replace general tariff policy.
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New York
Taft
Democratic House of Representatives
Associated Press
Senate
Canada
McNamara Identified as Suspect in Times Building Case
Mrs D H Ingersoll of San Francisco identified James B McNamara as J B Brice who lived at her home before the Los Angeles explosion. He has been linked to the trio who bought the gelatine used in the Times building blast near San Francisco.
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Los Angeles
California
Mirs
D.H. Ingersoll
San Francisco
J. B. Brice
Giant
Times
Gardner seeks inquiry into army shoe contract graft
Representative Gardner of Massachusetts introduced resolutions of inquiry after Representative Diffenderfer of Pennsylvania charged money and influence were used to secure contracts for an eastern manufacturer to supply army and navy shoes.
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Washington
Gardner
Massachusetts
Dffenderfer
Pennsylvania
Railroads Earn More in January Revenue Report
The Interstate Commerce Commission releases that all steam railroads in the United States earned operating revenues of 215,037,017 dollars in January, up from 210,808,246 dollars in January 1910.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Tonsils Named Primary Cause of Rheumatism
In Baltimore Dr H E Peterman of Johns Hopkins hospital told a medical meeting that uric acid and exposure are not the main causes of rheumatism. He asserted the primary cause in most cases is tonsillitis and that removing the tonsils can make rheumatism disappear.
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Baltimore
H. E. Peterman
Baltimore Medical College
Osler Hall
Johns Hopkins Hospital
House to Expand House of Representatives to 433 Members
A bill to enlarge the national house from 391 to 433 members passed the house and would apportion seats to states based on the latest federal census population figures.
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House
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Gov Wilson Heads West on May Trip
Gov Woodrow Wilson will depart Jrenton New Jersey on May 2 for a month in the west He is listed to reach Kansas City May 5 and then visit William J Bryan in Lincoln The note adds a February reference to the plan and sequence of stops while on the cross country journey
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Wilson
Jrenton
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Kansas City
William J. Bryan
Lincoln
Former Judge Embezzler Conviction in Arkansas
W A Compton once county judge and son of a former Arkansas supreme court member was found guilty of embezzling school funds in a Little Rock case. The verdict marks a marked fall for a jurist once trusted in public service.
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Little Rock
Ark
W. A. Compton
This County
Supreme Court of Arkansas
After 7 Years Suffering Women Endorse Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Waurika Oklahoma and Huntington Massachusetts letters praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier for chronic female troubles. The writers claim relief from nervous, run down conditions after using the remedy and note doctors previously offered little help. The ad urges others with similar symptoms to try the product for inflammatory or displace..."
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Waurika
Okla
Lydia E. ‘Pinkham
Mari Janette Bates
Huntington
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Treasure Secret Whistle Swap Ends Humorous Game
The referee swallows his whistle after a burly forward knocks it away. He uses a latch key as a makeshift whistle and resumes play. A sharp-voiced wife interrupts, asking Ferdinand where he got the key, and the embarrassed official exits.
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Ferdinand
Youthful Criminals Parade Before Liverpool Magistrate
Five children aged seven to eleven stood in the dock facing some 40 charges of theft and depredations. The seven year old led the group with notable skill in planning robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
England
Not Alarming
A London Opinion quip notes a brisk acknowledgement of temporary work, with a cautious reassurance that there is no cause for anxiety as Bill confirms his job. The tone hints at humor over uncertain employment.
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Bill
London
Cry for universal independence noted in public venting
One of today’s loudest calls echoes the cry for universal independence. Speaker cited is Mrs. H. R. Haweis, whose remark highlights a broader demand shaping public discourse.
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H. R. Haweis
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News OF the
K. M. Landis
Gianna Alongi
Federal
Fort Leavenworth
Foreign Affairs
State Department
Foreign Office
Vivian
Shearwater
San Quintin
Lower
Mexico
Halifax
Germany
Maiden Lane
Johannesburg
South Africa
Insurrecto
Madero
Tetuan
Fez
Edward Tilden
Chicago Packer
William C. Cummings
George M. Benedict
The
Drovers Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Illinois Senate
Oswald Garrison Villard
New York Evening Post Company
Journal of Conscience
Mr. Taft
J. B. McNamara
Peterman
Baltimore Medical Y
Post
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
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