Congress Faces Stormy Session in Bipartisan Split
Washington April 10 Congress confronts a stormy session with four major factions. Republicans divided regulars and insurgents, Democrats split between conservatives and progressives led by Bryan adherents, complicating committee selections and delaying legislation. President Taft backs Canadian reciprocity and a delay on tariff revision until next winter while Speaker Clark and Underwood push progressive agenda amid party tensions.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
William Jennings Bryan
Stone
Missouri
Bryan
Taft
Tariff Board
Clack
Clark
Repre
Sympathetic Strike Off by United Mine Workers
Indianapolis April 10 the new United Mine Workers executive board rescinded the predecessors order and ended the sympathetic strike. The move cancels the March 13 action sent by former President Lewis to miners in eastern Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, but the board will support the 2000 men in the Tuscarawas field who had begun the strike, promising many miners will return to work.
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Indianapolis
United Mine’ Workers of America
White
Lewis
Estern
Pennsylvania
Eastern
Ohio
Tuscarawas
Seward Couple Is Acquitted After Trial
In Seward Nebraska on April 10 the jury found David F. Dougherty andVrances M. Young not guilty after a prolonged trial on a statutory charge. The couple had been out all night and were retried following a previous verdict, being brought back by Sheriff Gillam months ago.
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Seward
Nob
David F. Dougherty
Vrances
Young
Angle
Iilingle Abmye
Gillam
Ten Lorimer Subpoenas Issue
Chicago April 10 Ten secret subpoenas were served as the Helm Illinois senatorial committee held a secret LaSalle hotel session to decide actions this week. The committee will compel ten millionaires to testify about a fund to elect Lorimer. Big financial interests reportedly pressed to push Lorimer to resign and thwart the inquiry by adjournment.
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Chicago
Helm Illinois Senatorial Committee
Lorimer
LaSalle
Senate
Helm Committee
Convict Miners Die in Banner Mine Blast
In Littleton Alabama Pratt Consolidated Coal officials abandon hope of rescue at Banner mine after gas explosion entombs 118 convicts. Fatal afterdamp prevents further entry. bodies seen near the shaft as authorities order 100 coffins, highlighting lack of mourners among local families.
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Littleton
Ala
Pratt Consolidated Coal Company
Banner Mine
Banner
Alabama
Birmingham
73 Bodies Recovered From Pancoast Colliery Fire
In Scranton Pennsylvania on April 10 a revised death toll for the Throop Pancoast colliery fire lists seventy three dead including men and boys. A canvass shows forty five widows and 187 orphans. Crews report every corner of the mine shaft reached and every body removed.
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Scranton
Pancoast
Throop
Here
Sunday Paper Snippets Highlight Street Troughs and Crimes
News in Sundays papers shows Wall Street slump hurting brokers while General Stanley Williams, a US deserter, is likely fatally wounded in Mexicali. Seattle police open equal opportunity roles to women. A well dressed woman’s body is found in Chicago’s Foster avenue lake. New Jersey Supreme Court upholds 1909 employment law. Keeley granted new trial in a Chicago perjury case. Williamson and aides reported murdered on Assam border by Abor tribes.
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Wall Street
Stanley Williams
United States Army
Mexicali
Mex
Police Department
Seattle
Foster Avenue
Chicago
New Jersey Supreme Court
Lehigh Valley’ Railroad Company
Patrick J. Keeley
Wayman
Lea O'Neil
Browne
Williamson
Sadiya
Lakhmpur
Upper Burmah
Assam
Abor Savages
OWA BUDGET NEARLY READY AND HEALTH REORG LIKELY
The Des Moines report notes a proposed $1.5 million allocation for state institutions split with colleges totaling $946,400 and non-college boards $547,650. It details funding lines for State University, Iowa State College, State Teachers College and a planned reorganization of the Board of Health into a five doctor full time body. The Senate also approved rate case funding totaling $25,000 next year, bringing railroad commission support to $50,000 for two years, and a county clerks pay rise scaled by population with probate fee optional.
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Nes Moines
Board of Control
Iowa State College
Board of Health
Senate
State Board of Health
Rurs.d Commission
Railroad Commissionm
Reorganize Dairy Board Name Change Approved in Des Moines
In Des Moines on April 10 the state food and dairy department becomes the state dairy and food department after a 26 to 14 senate vote on the O'Connor bill. The revised law expands the department with more staff and higher salaries, projecting greater revenue. The bill, drafted by Commissioner Barney, passed with few amendments. Mason City reports the missionary society of the Christian church closed its Jubilee session with an address by Miapy Annette Newcomer, who departs for a world voyage to visit mission stations.
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Des Moines
State Food and Dairy Department
State Dairy and Food Department
Senate
O’connor
Barney
Mason Ciy
Missionary Society of the Christian
Churén
Miapy
Annette Newcomer
Ionasdon
Smith Str Saints Head of Church Sees Mormon Fulfillment
Lamont Iowa April meeting of the Latter Day Saints conference featured Joseph Smith in his eighties with impaired hearing and blindness. He praised the Book of Mormon and testified the Two Records book unites the New Testament with Mormon teachings as divine prophecy fulfilled. Hale W. Smith led the session as his father declared belief in the gospel and divinity of the Book. The crowd wept as the sermon concluded.
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Lamont
Conference of the Latter Day Saints
Joseph Smith
Hale W. Smith
Three Masked Bandits Rob Des Moines Stores
Des Moines on April 10 three masked bandits robbed Ray Bros grocery store at 1201 East Sixth Street taking about $100 after forcing six people against a wall They then attacked W. B. Kilgore drug store where a clerk refused entry and fired No injuries Then they robbed Stewart and DeYoung store nearby securing another $100 and escaped.
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Des Moines
Ray Bros
East Sixth Street
W. B. Kilgore Drug Store
Stewart & DeYoung
Will Boost Good Roads In Hardin Township Iowa Falls
April 10 Iowa Falls trustees of Hardin township announce cooperation with the local automobile club to raise road quality on two routes into the city. They will add grading and regular dragging and urge farmers to paint fence posts as guides along the St. Paul to Kans east City route and the river to river route from Dubuque to Sioux City.
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Iowa Falls
Hardin Township
St. Paul-Kaneast City
Dubuque
Sioux City
Unusual accident blinds Gary Harris in Postville
In April in Postville Louisiana Gary Harris was helping install a telephone when a drill bit burst through a wall striking him in the eye. The force blinded him in one eye and damaged the other, and he was hospitalized. Doctors hope cataract removal may restore some sight in the damaged eye.
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Postville
Gary Harris
George Schultz
J. R. Laughlin
Harris
Tlarris
Federal indictment over meals for Cedar Rapids police
A. Slauson proprietor of the Bismarck case was indicted by the federal grand jury on charges of selling liquor illegally in his restaurant and claims he fed half the local police force there in exchange for protection. Chief Carl demands proof and names of officers who received meals and protection.
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Cedar Rapids
A. Slauson
Bismarck
Federal Grand Jury
Mqnor
Carl
Slauson
Ruef Teaches Bible Class at San Quentin Jail
Abe Ruef, former San Francisco political figure, conducts a nightly Bible class at San Quentin after dinner. The class, once with two cellmates, has grown to about ninety inmates and Ruef’s teaching has drawn wide attention. He has been invited to deliver a series of sermons in the prison chapel starting Sunday.
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San Quentin
Cal
Evers
Abe Ruef
San Francisco
Ruef
Tenet
Mother Seeks Death For Son In Missouri Murder Case
In St Joseph Missouri April 10 the case of Livingston Nickell a young bartender is described as his mother Mrs Josse Gibson tries to hire counsel for the prosecution while the court appoints defense. Nickell shot employer William Bracken last November after Bracken scolded him for drinking. Attorneys withdraw as funding and conflicts arise leading Judge Thomas F Ryan to appoint Frank F Hart who is then excused. The judge then orders two other lawyers to defend Nickell amid a tense proceedings.
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St. Joseph
Livingston Nickell
Nickell
William Bracken
Bracken
Mra Josse Gibson
Harl
Hart
Ryan
Grand Army Libel Suit Dismissed in Topeka
The Grand Army of the Republic libel case against O A Morgan former department commander and six others ends in dismissal. Captain P H Coney prosecuted. First trial led to jury disagreement. State appeals court sustains dismissal of the criminal charge for circulating a false and slanderous story to defeat Coney for national commander.
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Morgan
Topeka
Grand Army of the Republic
P. H. Coney
O’ A. Morgan
Department
the Republic
Coney
Supreme Court
Roads Win Big Rate Cases United States Judge Decides Against Minnesota Fail Commission
In St Paul on April 1 Judge Sanborn of the U S circuit court ruled against the Minnesota railway commission in the rate cases. He said the reductions ordered would affect interstate commerce, create unfair local discriminations versus neighboring states, and would seize railroad company property without just compensation.
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United States
Minnesota
St. Paul
Sanborn
State Railway Commission
W E Hagan dies of wound after shooting
William Hagan a wealthy Kansas City flour dealer dies in a hospital after being shot by attorney John Bramhall who fired twice from a hedge as Hagan drove with Bramhall’s wife in Independence Missouri Bramhall surrendered to authorities and the wife returned home with her husband. Roy Thorpe of Trinidad loses four legs in a similar accident but keeps stock wooden legs. Roby Moore Peter Morton and J C Burnell on the Quincy Omaha and Kansas City railway are suspended at Kirksville Missouri.
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John Bramhall
Kansas City
William &. Hagan
Hagan
Independence
Bramhall
Iagan
Trinidad
Colo
Roy Thorpe
Thorpe
Kirksville
Roby Moore
Peter Morton
J. C. Burnell
Quincy
Omaha
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