Rainey Attacks Sugar Trust Charge in House Speech
In Washington on April 14 Representative Henry T. Rainey charged that the sugar trust dominates the Republican party and that officers of the current administration are its puppets. He named Attorney General Wickersham and others, claiming the trust funds Republican politics and that New York Republicans are entangled with the sugar trust. The president urged a congressional probe into the trust’s influence.
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Ashington
Sugar Trust
Henry T. Rainey
Illinois
Wickersham
Henry W. Taft
Herbert Parsons
Rapiblican Committee
New York City
Rainey
Trust
Repubicans
James M. Beck
United States
Republican Party
Tosa
J. J. Parsone
New York
New York County
Republican Central Committee
Pome Yeate
Wiliam Howard Taft
GO. P
Kansas
Politician Three Times Convicted of Murder Must Show Kentuckians
Caleb Powers of Knox County is elected to Congress amid controversy from Kentucky politics in 1889. The piece notes Powers and Joe Powers, secretary of state on Taylor’s ticket, with Goebel’s contested governorship and subsequent Assembly declaration.
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Caleb Powers
Congress
Lexington
Knox County
Uch
Joe Powers
Moung
Ain
Taylor
William Goebel
Goebel
Wag-Woo
Goebel Oral
General Assembly
Taft Embarrassed as Suffrage Debate Roils White House
President Taft faces a split within the Republican Party as the suffrage issue spreads. Antis led by Mrs Elihu Root pressure Taft to oppose the movement while proponents push for voting rights. A round robin letter from Mrs Root and others warns of political consequences.
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Ollteelf
Taft
Washington
Antis
New York State Association
Elihu Root
New York Association
Francis A. Putnam
Francs M. Scott
Alice Him Chittenden
Mark Twain Returns Home Suffering on Ocean Voyage
Mark Twain arrives from Bermuda aboard the Oceanic with heart trouble and frail health. His secretary accompanies him as he nears his berth, amid fears for the novelist’s condition and hopes to reach Reading, Connecticut, home.
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New York
Mark Twain
Bermuda
Xesserary
Clemena
Areiian
Phonograph Aids Passion Play Sound Realism in Conn
South Norwalk reports use of phonograph records by Professor Herman Gehulae of Newark to enhance Oberammergau scenes. He has spent winter at Long Island sound collecting waves and used a large special machine to sample sounds for the effect, with careful shipping and safety noted.
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Norwalk
Conn
Oberammergau
Ahoer
Profesor
Herman Gehulae
Newark
Neuveu
PANEER MAITIOUS IN PRELIMINARY PLANS
An early report from Denver describes preliminary plans for a rail line from a point on the Black Hills in Wyoming north via Gasper Buffalo and Clearmont to a Milwaukee and St. Paul route. The project would connect to the Northern Pacific, totaling about 358 miles. Contracts and budgets include a one percent max with cited financial backing.
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Denver
Collo
the Times
Wyoming
Fhe
Ulacklic
Gasper
Buffalo
Clearmont
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Costa Rica Shaken by Thirty Quakes Cause Widespread Ruin
A sequence of more than thirty earthquakes in Costa Rica over the past day causes an estimated damage of million dollars with no reported deaths. Residents flee to hills as suspensions of business spread and communications are cut off.
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Costa Rica
San Gise
Indictment For Poker Playing Worries Private John Allen
Washington April 14 Private John Allen ex congressman says being indicted for poker playing does not worry him beyond annoyance at seeing his name in print. He admits a feeling of annoyance but notes everyone plays poker and he loses. He plans to return to Mississippi next month and expects no further concern. He was before the grand jury but has not been officially notified of the indictment.
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Private J. Allen
Washington
John Allen
Congress
Allen
My. Allen
Mississippi
Tennessee Indignation over Patterson Pardoning Cooper
Tennessee residents voiced anger after Governor Patterson pardoned Colonel Duncan B. Cooper, convicted in the Carmack case. A mob in Germantown burned an effigy of the governor amid indignation meetings. Protests spread to Columbia, while supporters of the pardon argued the defendants lacked fair trials and that the supreme court erred in Robin Cooper’s retrial.
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Cooper
Nashville
Tenn
Patterson
Duncan B. Cooper
E.W. Carmack
Ham Patterson
Trate
Tennessee
Germonttown
Colonel Cooper
State Supreme Court
Robin Cooper
D. B. Cooper
Supreme Court
Hill
Columbia
Senator Carmack
Deserter in Pajamas Flees by Train from Fort Russell
Deserter H. Ketural, a private in Company UH Eleventh Infantry at Fort Russell, escaped hospital confinement in harsh weather with a woman’s help. They planned to flee the country via a 6:30 morning train to Denver, but police halted the attempt. Ketural vanished from the hospital days earlier after a short sentence for a Willis rule violation. The chase moved to the depot with officers boarding the train as it departed.
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H. Keltarn
Fort Russell
Fev
Bel
Levene
West End
Bent Street
Jove
Cheyenne
Denver
Norning
Keliran
Bubbry
Kektrap
Red Light Diatrict
Wagner
Ambry
Trial of Dr Hyde Opens with Jury in Kaness City
A 47 man temporary jury is seated in the murder trial of Dr. BLOC Hyde in Kaness City. The final jury will be chosen tomorrow with opening statements set for Saturday as the defense alleges reliance on professional witnesses and state influence.
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Kaness City
Bloc. Hyde
Col
Thomas W. Swope
Dru
President Taft attends Washington baseball opener
President Taft visited the Washington base ball grounds for opening day, receiving a signed ball after a misplayed toss and staying through the game. He applauded pitcher Johnson’s work and enjoyed the athletic event with spectators.
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Washington
Taft
Mim
Billy” Ryans Presey
Johnson
Johm
Wardrobe Company Plans Wagon Delivery Service Move
The Wardrobe Company, a leading cleaning and dyeing concern, moved to new quarters in the Garlock block on Nineteenth Street and prepared to launch a wagon delivery system. Yesterday they purchased a horse to assist in delivery duties.
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Wardrobe Company
Ninteenth Wrest
Wason
Yaserday
Des
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Caleb
Redding, Conn
Bie
Phonograph
Paneer
Denver Paper
Keltarn
Uncle Sam
DR. Hyde
the Wardrobe Company
Chicago
Beai F. Grows
Pinckney
Circuit
Sarah Peterson
R. Smith
Eleveen
Crews
Viet
Peterson
Stith
Smith
Pinekaveys
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