Franks to Presidents Privilege Extended to Widows
Washington reports that franking privilege for Theodore Roosevelt and all future ex presidents will be free mail service. Widows of former presidents also gain the rights, with signatures on autographs required only on exterior communications and the bill likely to pass at the next House session. Nine killed in bullfight panic in Zacatecas with twenty injured.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
United States
Alaska
Innet
Nelson
Pulie Land Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Thouse Committee
Murdock
Kansas
Weeks
Beveridge Aids Statehood Push With Report to Indiana
In the Senate on Tuesday Senator Beveridge carried the territories committee report to Indiana to proofread it, outlining legislation for New Mexico and Arizona as separate states. Senator Borah, a statehood advocate, called for the report.
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Beveridge
Washington
Senate
Beveidge
Indiana
Committee On Territories
New Mexico
Arena
Borah
Martin Attacks Wickersham Ruling In Congress
Washington representative Martin accuses Attorney General Wickersham of enabling Havemeyer sugar interests to gain a large Philippine friar area after a House floor charge. Mount Aetna erupts with lava flow toward Cisterna Regina threatening the village. Berlin faces a potential major building trades strike as socialist federation delegates rally 200000 workers.
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Martin
Wickersham
Washington
Dem
Colorado
Havemeyer
Innda
Berlin
Germany
Socialist Federation of Trades Unions
Damages and notable events across the week
A week in western Nebraska and beyond reports Holdrege damaged by fire for 150000 dollars. Garrett E. Conover marks his 100th birthday in Salt Lake City. Judge George H. Williams, former attorney general, dies in Portland. Monrovia rescues William Pickering from a buried well. Newton Kansas endures a gas explosion damaging Evans hardware store 50000 dollars. Salt Lake Lich cutoff damaged by Saturday storm, trains rerouted. John Anson Howard dies in a San Jose car accident. A wedding robbery disrupts a marriage ceremony in progress. Divorce granted in Seattle to Mary Gareglio Garguilo from Enrico Garguilo. Mrs. Evins dies in Topeka after fasting to death. Wyoming and Colorado snowstorms disrupt transport. several telegraph lines suffer. A 17 year old elopes with his sweetheart. the pursuit ends with the couple overtaken. Avro Club Utah president A Redbeck contemplates airship links New York to London via Denver and San Francisco. Theodore Roosevelt era clues hint at a grand opening next September. US Marshal subpoenas issued to Sugar Company officials before a Pueblo grand jury.
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Salt Lake
John Anson Howard
San Jose
Calif
Nun Free
Thomas F. Gleason
Mary Macauley Garegiilo
Seattle
Enrico Garguilo
Denver
D. EK. Evins
Logan
W. Va
Topeka
Kans
Wyoming
Colorado
Thomas Foreman
Gertrude Seifert
A. Uredbeck
Avro Club of
Utah
Commit Zeppelin
New York
London
San
Lewiston Sugar Company
Federal Grand Jury
Pueblo
Colo
Taft addresses 2000 railroad men in Worcester Mass
President Taft spoke to about two thousand railroad workers in Worcester Massachusetts on Sunday. The Philadelphia and Reading railroad raised wages by six percent on April 1 as part of nationwide labor tensions.
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Taft
Worcester
Mass
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Emma Goldman
Denver
A. B., Johnson
Minneapolis
Global and Sports Briefs From Early 20th Century News
A mixed digest notes notable figures and events, including Menelik II and Marle Corelli, Halley photograph plans, Abe Attell vs Owen Moran boxing result, Roosevelt and Rome dispatches, a Stettin airship accident, Prof Abegg killed, Roosevelt speeches stirring nationalist ire, press remonstrances, and a slew of sports items from Jeffries training to Vincents, wrestling injuries, and races at American venues.
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Menelik II
Kling
Abyssinia
Marle Corelli
Isserlonely Tho
Hone Iu
Halley
Abe Attell
Owen Moran
New York
Wyiding Nivehe
Col Roosevelt
Wallony
Rome
Lyman Abbott
Outlook
Luchoon
Stettin
Germany
Werner Hugo der Urneck
Reichstag
Castile Sea
Richard Abegg
University of Breslin
Roosevelt
DOA
Taft Abandons Alaska Trip and Justice Faces Appeals
President Taft cancels plans for a trip to Alaska while Congress considers federal rulings. The Supreme Court rules on Nebraska rail switch duties and Interstate commerce on correspondence schools. Protests against a Robert E Lee statue for the National Statuary Hall grow. Interior Department backs a second homestead entry under conditions. Major Bell wounded in an accident. Major Slocum’s wife dies. Reclamation director expects $7 million to finish projects. $30 million bond issue deemed unnecessary. Taft to speak in Washington on Saturday. Wickersham set to address Chicago policies.
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Madrid
Granada
Supreme Court
Canada
Australia
Congress
Robert BK. Lee
Secretary of the Interior
J. Franklin Bell
Nulo
Slocum
Newell
Reclamation Service
Washington
Wickersham
Chicago
Wyoming News Roundup Reports Growth and Festivities
Casper negotiates a major plan. Shoshoni to install electric lights. Laramie opens a bank. 125000 trout fry for Carbon county. 6000 books added at Fort Russell library. Ivy post office established. Wheatland milk cow sold for 100 dollars. Rawlins forms athletic club of 140. Wattville to host old fashioned barbecue on April 24.
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Shoshon
Hehsing
First State Bank of
Laramie
Carbon County
Fort Russell
Ivy
Arvada
E. N. Benedict
Wheatland
Rawlins
Thornberry
Wattville Commercial Club
Rambler
Centennial
Sheridan
Buffalo Baseball Association
Siverton
Tachman
Sharklan
Mra. O. M. Holbrook
Nimrods
Col
Troosevelt
Warren
Cheyenne
Burlington Surveyors Locate Torrington Denver Line Terminus
A crew of surveyors works in Torrington to mark the northern end of the Burlington route from Torrington to Denver planned for spring construction.
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Burlington Surveyors
Torrington
Denver
Burlington
Fray on a Train In Wyoming Involves Trading Co Clerk
Sheridan Scott Lyall, clerk at Cady Trading Co in Cady Wyoming, was attacked on a train near the city by F Fr Lynch a Dupont Powder Co representative. Lyall suffered serious cuts to his body and arms while Lynch fled, with authorities suspecting temporary insanity.
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Sheridan
Scott Lyall
Cady Trading Company
Cady, Wyo
F. Fr. Lynch
Dupont Powder Company
Lyall
Lynch
Basin to Host Wyoming State Lawn Tennis Meet
The National Lawn Tennis Association selected Basin as the site for the Wyoming State Association tournament. The state meet runs July 17 to 19, 1910, marking the first such gathering in the state.
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Basin
National Lawn Tennis Association
Wyoming State Association of Lawn Tennis Players
Fall Maneuvers designated at Islay and Dale Creek
The quarter master-general designates Islay and Dale Creek as detrain points for fall maneuvers on the Crow Creek reservation. Troops and supplies from the East and South will detrain at Dale Creek, while those from the North will detrain at Islay.
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Islay
Dale Creek
Crow Creek
Man Dies From Strangled Food in Rock River Inquest
A man around 46 identified as Tim Finnerty, a stranger to the area, died Tuesday when a large mass of chipped beet lodged in his throat. Coroner Fitch of Laramie presided over the inquest, with the jury returning a verdict of accidental death.
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Rock River
Tim Finnerty
Fitch
Laramie
Cheyenne Plans New Hotel For Frontier Visitors
Cheyenne advances a new $200000 hotel with construction starting April 1 to welcome Frontier crowds and Col Roosevelt visiting Cheyenne in the last week of August. Senator Francis War ren attends to matters related to the project.
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Cheyenne
Francis ©. Warren
Col. Roosevelt
Nine Foot Indian Skeleton Found After Pipe Burst
A water pipe near the town burst on Saturday washing a hole in the hillside and exposing the remains of a male figure over nine feet tall, apparently an Indian. Workmen excavated the bones and scientists will be asked to determine the age of the man.
Union Pacific Officer Found Dead in Cheyenne
The body of Edward Scott a Union Pacific special agent was found in Cheyenne railroad yards Tuesday badly mutilated and apparently shot. His hat revolver and a blood pool were located up the track suggesting the murder occurred there and the body laid across the rails.
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Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Edward Scott
Scott
Cara
Railroad Affaire at the Capitol Cheyenne
The Colorado & Southern Railway condemned Timothy Dyer Henry C Becker and the Coora Brewing Company for property on its planned right of way to Cheyenne connecting with Cheyenne and Northern tracks. Most property owners settled and many buildings were removed. Rumor says Union Pacific Colorado & Southern and Burlington will share tracks in the city with a new joint union station likely at the current Burlington site.
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Capitol
Cheyenne
Colorado & Southern Railway
Timothy Dyer
Henry C. Becker
Coora Brewing Company
Matson
Colorado & Southern
Cheyenne & Northern
Union Pacific
Burlington
Union Station
Burlington Station
Miners adopt Draeger apparatus for life saving
Pennsylvania coal companies announce the Draeger life saving device, a German invention, to equip rescue teams in mines. The apparatus, named after its inventor, is now being installed to improve safety for workers.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Draeger
Irreverent Easter Thoughts and Snippets
A jumble of quotes and mock adverts from various papers lampooning churchgoing, political figures, and odd product promotions. Elements include a Manchester Union jab at a parishioner, Lent reflections with George Bailey, satire about a Texan eel fishing, a Kennebeck Journal paraphraser tapping boots, and a Springfield Union quip. Also references to Murine eye remedy ads and a Census note.
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Manchester Union
George Bailey
Houston Post
Texas
Kennebeck Journal
Springfeld Union
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Edna Bashford
Maritania
Murine Eye Remedy
Murine Eye Remedy Co
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