Henderson Ordinance Controversy Shapes 1910 Appropriations
City Council debates the contingent fund and annual running expenses for 1910 with Aldermen Sweet Henderson Nimmo and Johnston voting on key motions. Martin's bill shifts funds among mayoral and health offices and water works, while officials note statutory concerns and unspent water bond money. The discussion continues as the page shows the dispute over omnibus funding and street and alley maintenance.
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Henderson
Finance Committee
Alderman Sweet
Mr. Sweet
Mesérs
Sweet
Nimmo
G.P. Johnston
Martin
Alderman Henderson
United States
Tme
Poitess
Street and Iley
Swope Heir Claim Faces Doubt From Inquest Testimony
Elmer G Swope seeks to claim Col Thomas H Swope estate but witnesses question lineage and heir rights. Father Dalton recalls Swope saying he had no son and no direct heirs, while nurse Pearl Kellar testified at the inquest. Dr Frank Hall's autopsy deposition introduces new doubt, prompting extended grand jury scrutiny.
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Kansas City
Elmer G.swope
Thomas H. Swope
Swope
Wilam J. Daltowrs
Father Dalton
Chick
Sven
Elmer
Frank Hall
Colonel Swone
Frank P. Walsh
Swone
Hall
Impulse to shoot ends in gunfire injures friend
In San Francisco Harry Gotting and Archie Reimers were cutting wood when Gotting joked he should be shot. Reimers fetched a revolver and fired at Gotting’s neck by impulse, causing a life threatening wound. Reimers says the act was impulsive and accidental.
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San Francisco
Cal
Harry Gotting
Archie Reimers
Relmers
Gotting
Reimers
Gottling
Reimere
Gottinog
Lews
Rolmers
Chamorro's Lone Hand Forces Evacuate Matagalpa
On February 15 Managuas Chamorro insurgents evacuated Matagalpa under cover of night as government troops with siege guns pressed bombardment. Chamorro reportedly broke with Estrada and proclaimed himself president, indicating a political shift amid the conflict.
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Managua
Matagalpa
Chamerro
Chamorro
Chamierro
Estrada
Cannon Hobby 10 Watch Men Ride Hobbies
Washington Feb 15 Speakers at the National Press club criticize hobbies as leadership tests. Cannon says his hobby is watching the hobble of other men and mocks Wiley Pinchot and Peary Cook, warning against single minded leaders. He hints at a lively Minnesota campaign and possible return to Congress.
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Washington
Speaker Cannon
National Press Club
Wiley
Peary
Cook
Congress
Abandon Hope For Tug Nina And Her Crew
The Nina and her crew of 32 are reportedly untraceable as a storm closes in from the Atlantic. Search efforts near Penwick Island and Delaware breakwater are called off to avoid further disaster as government prepares to recall the craft. Bayview reports sighting the Nina near Montauk Long Island the previous Sunday with shelter at the Delaware breakwater likely until tomorrow. In Cammins of the Bayview a witness says the Nina was making for Boston, while a separate bank robbery in Chatworth was carried out with $10,000 seized and the robber escaped.
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Washington
Penwick Island
Dela Ware
Wah AL
Newport News
Bayview
Nina
Montauknt
Boston
Cammins
Bayview Wiya
Delaware
Go Soad
Sella Restaurant Sold for 250 Then Kilia Selle
A Seattle man John Morris 22 after selling one third interest in a small UPC Cima received 260 cash from friends. He fired a revolver, rented a room, and died by his own action. No motive is known.
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SELLA
Kilia Selle Seattie
Wash
UPC
Cima
John Morris
Bado Hia
Ferevel
bowRit
Peary Honor Bill Sails Through Congress Amid Debate
Washington action considers a gold medal and congressional thanks for Peary while a rivers and harbors bill edges past approval with over 35 million dollars in appropriations and 7.9 million in additional work. Senate discussions touch constitutional issues on a postal savings bank and rising commodity prices tied to gold supply. The House approves measures banning misrepresentation of government food guarantees and regulates hazing at West Point.
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Washington
Congress
Peary
Butler
Pennsylvania
House
Senate
Burkett
Postal Savings Bank
Crawford
Gant
West Point
Mackay firms plan sale of AT&T stock
The Mackay companies announce an intended sale of their entire holding in the American Telephone and Telegraph company. The move, aimed to ease public concern over cross holdings with Western Union and pole line economies, signals AT&T’s continued independence and readiness to maintain its corporate structure.
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New York
Mackay Companies
Bell Telephone
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Mackay Company
American Telephone and Telegraph ¢ Company
American Telephone and Telephone
Big Coloradoans Face Coal Fraud Charges
A federal suit targets executors of General William J. Palmer including David Dodge George Peabody George A Krause and Charles Mellon alleging extensive coal land frauds. The action seeks 543000 and asserts 326000 tons of coal were dug from 1208 acres of government land linked to the Ute O Coal Company subsidiary of the Denver and Rio Grande railway.
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Denver
David ©. Dodge
George Foster Peabody
George A. Krause
Chas. Mellon
William J. Palmer
Peabody and Palmer
The
Ute O Coal Company
Denver and Rio Grande Railway
Two Hundred Drown In Persian Gulf
A Teheran dispatch reports more than 200 passengers and crew drowned when several steamers and an air yacht sank in a storm in the Persian Gulf. Vessels were en route from Bushire to Bandar Abbas and were lost with heavy loss of life.
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Persian Gulf
St Petersburg
Teheram
Bushire O Bandarrng
Burlington changes plan to build own line in Wyoming
Denver dated February 15 The Times says a new Burlington map shows a revised plan costing at least 15 million dollars for new tracks. The Burlington will build its own line from Orin Junction north toward Cheyenne and extend the Colorado & Southern northward, with 250 miles of new track and an 8 million dollar Wyoming expansion.
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Denver
Colo
the Times
Burlington Railroad
Colorado Southern
Burlington
Bilding
Kirby
Big Horn
Shoshoni
Chicago & Northwestern
Lander
Wyo
Colorado & Southern
Cheyenne
Orin Junction
Hudson-Greeley Hines
Gay Apparel Loses Pulpit For Minister Turner
In La Jara Colorado on February 16 the First Methodist church seeks to remove Rev. B F Turner over charges that he wears gay hose turned up trousers and fashionable shirts. Mrs Ella Hamilton a church steward filed the charges noting these faults plus skating with young people showing he is a man of the world. The church guard accepted the resignation.
Mine Owner Sued by Pastor's Daughter in $100000 Suit
Miss Julia Ward Gibson, daughter of a Presbyterian minister, filed a $100,000 breach of promise suit in Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday against Alva De Wit Myers, reputed Gold Field mine owner and founder. She says they met last June while she wrote magazine articles on self made men and that Myers was then divorced.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Julia Ward Gibson
Alva de Wit Myers
Goldfield, Ney
Building Trades Strike In New York
A building trades strike threatens thousands of workers in New York as forty thousand union men have voted to quit this afternoon. Thousands more are voting on sympathy with steam fitters, with employers warning of an open shop if the trades join the walkout.
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New York
Two Other Victims Of Oil Explosion May Not Recover
Lovell Wyoming February 16 Victor Showalter and his eldest daughter remain seriously burned from yesterday oil explosion that killed Mrs Showalter and three children and destroyed their home. The family near the ignition point by Mrs Showalter starting a fire with crude oil. Showalter and the daughter escaped the room but the other victims burned.
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Miss Lucy
DR. B. Gy
Hyde
Miss Swope
Dr. Hyde
Ally
WAVY
Merchantsmaw
Bandies
TRRY
Raeaig Chatworth
Dandfis
Citizens Bank
Odey
Trinket
Wellington-Gheyenne Road
Elranor Alexander
Thelodor
Roosevelt
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