Crittenden Faces Angry Produce Men At Walnut Street Meeting
Democratic mayoral hopeful T. T. Crittenden Jr. confronted questions from produce men at the Centropolis hotel about liquor sales in public parks. J. Hurst Sr. and Jr. pressed, readers demanded responses, and Crittenden claimed the questions were traps while criticisms cited his handling of union station and Bell Telephone issues.
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T. T. Crittenden, Jr
Centropolis
Mr. Crittenden
Walnut Street
Crittenden
S. J. Hurst
Grand Avenue
Hurst
Produce Exchange
Nelson Crews
S. J. Hurst, Jr
J. J. McNamara
Produce News
Union Station
Beardsley Hearing Met with Disturbance at Armour Plant
Mayor Beardsley spoke at noon before more than a thousand Armour plant employees. Rowdies hooted and a brass band played across the street, but the mayor alternated appeals for fair play with a fifteen minute address praising city reforms such as the tenement commission hospital for tubercular patients and a cleaner city.
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Armour
Beardsley
Armour Plant
Democratic speakers rally 1000 at Live Stock Exchange hall
R R Brewster and J B Kimbrell addressed over 1,000 people in the Live Stock Exchange at noon. They criticized taxes on Metropolitan and gas pricing attributed to Beardsley. The event reviewed West Traffic Way and Union Station issues. Frank Walsh did not appear.
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Live Stock Exchange
R. R. Brewster
J. B. Kimbrell
Brewster
Beardsley
Kimbrell
Union Station
Frank M. Lowe
Frank Walsh
Planning Coal Contract At Missouri Conference
Coal miners and operators from Missouri Kaias Oklahoma and Arkansas prepare schedules and contract conditions for a joint conference next Monday in old Turner ball. The miners convention with 400 delegates will stay in session until a settlement is reached or after the conference. Both sides show willingness to concede. Professor J B Boyd of Topeka Kansas, a mechanical drawing instructor, visited Manual Training High School this morning.
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Missouri
Kaias
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Old Turner Ball
Boyd
Topeka
J. B. Boyd
Topeka, Kas
Manual Training High School
Kansas
Kansas City
Springfield
Dodge City
Concordia
Morasch Case to the Jury in Kansas City Trial
Judge Moore instructs the jury that guilt rests on three points: Ruth Miller died February 12 from strychnine in candy sent by the defendant, Morasch. motive not required. Handwriting experts and Morasch’s flight to Harrisonville must be weighed as evidence of guilt or innocence. The panel will begin deliberations after closing arguments.
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Sarah Morasch
Kansas City
Kas
Ruth Miller
McCabe Moore
Moore
Morasch
Harrisonville
Burglars chloroform Mrs Prouty in East Tenth Street Home
Mrs. W. F. Prouty of 3842 East Tenth Street woke at 4 AM to a noise and was nearly suffocated by chloroform. A rear window was open and $40 in paper currency with small silver was stolen from a chatelain. her son-in-law Grover Cook disturbed the thief as he fled.
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W. F. Prouty
East Tenth Street
Grover Cook
Mr. Cook
Millard Seeks Control of Saloons in Independence
The Republican mayoral candidate A C Millard pledges to limit saloons to two per street side, branding cards reading Vote for A C Millard and Get Relief from the Wettest Block. Campaign events include April 1908 meetings with speakers Beardsley Buckholtz Pence Schalch Hairgrove and others at Swedish club Lunsted hall and Southwest tabernacle.
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Independence
A. C. Millard
Lunsted's Hall
Sixteenth
Penn Streets
Mayor Beardsley
William Buckholtz
C. R. Pence
John G. Schalch
F. R. Hairgrove
Grand Rally
Negro Voters of
Kansas City
City
Grand Avenue
Southwest Tabernacle
Speghere
Saree
Agdin
A. Brown
A. van Valkenburgh
Micot Yesting
Old Westwort
Fortiethe Alh
Beardell
Woman Found Dead Near Belt Line in Suspected Accident
Police believe a Belt Line switch engine accident caused the death of an unidentified woman west of the Park Avenue bridge. A Sunday school quarterly with Loretta Kusler’s name was found in her hand. officials doubt suicide or homicide and seek identification through church members and neighborhood witnesses.
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Park Avenue
The
Christian Church
Loretta Kusler
Tr .D. Kusler
East Eighteenth Street
J. L. Thompson
Forest Avenue
Brooklyn Avenue Bridge
Brooklyn Avenue
G. B. Thompson
Subway plan to cost 60 million approved for Bronx line
New York April 3 the board of estimates approved a proposal to build a new subway from the Battery to the Bronx under Broadway and Lexington avenue at a cost of 60 million dollars. The board asked the public service commission to prepare contract forms for digging the line. Mayor McClellan and Comptroller Metz supported the move saying funds to begin work may not be secured.
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New York
the Battery
Bronx
Broadway
Lexington Avenue
Board of Estimates
Public Service Commission
McClellan
Metz
Judge McCune to Address City Club Luncheon
Judge H L McCune will speak at the City Club luncheon at the Hotel Sexton tomorrow afternoon. He will discuss the auxiliaries of the Juvenile Court and present plans for a Juvenile Improvement program, a summer camp, and boys clubs.
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Judge McCune
City Club
H. L. McCune
Hotel Sexton
Equitable Life President Paul Morton Ill in Seattle
Paul Morton, head of Equitable Life Assurance, is in Seattle with ptomaine poisoning but improving and not in danger. The report notes his condition as of April 3 and indicates he is visiting Seattle.
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Seattle, Wasa
Paul Morton
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Seattle
Walter Williams Named Dean of Missouri School of Journalism
Corusmia Missouri April 3 Walter Williams editor of the Columbia Herald and a member of the University of Missouri board of curators was unanimously elected dean of the new School of Journalism to open at the state university this fall. If he accepts he will resign as Herald editor and from the board of curators.
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Corusmia
Jesse
Hill
University of Missouri
The
State University
Walter Williams
Columbia Herald
Williams
Herald
Wanted A Wife By Model Man
Mrs. Johanna Moran police matron received an envelope with a letter and photograph from a young Nebraska man seeking help to find a wife. He describes himself as sober honest industrious churchgoing and asks for a pretty vivacious woman under 25 with tasteful dress. He would consider a like widow with no children. He promises to be a fond indulgent husband.
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Johanna Moran
Nebraska
Saints Elect Officers At Zion Religio Literary Society
The Zion Religio Literary society of the Reformed Latter Day Saints convened in Independence and adjourned at noon. Officers for the coming year were re elected: B Gunselley Lamont president J W Smith Philadelphia vice president Mrs M A Epzenhouser Independence secretary R B Trowbridge Independence treasurer Samuel Burgess St Louis librarian Mrs W H Beam Independence home department superintendent.
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Convention of Zion's Religio Literary Society
Latter Day Saints’ Church
Independence
B Gunselley
Lamont
J. W. Smith
Philadelphia
M. A. Epzenhouser
Indendence
R. B. Trowbridge
Ndependence
Samuel Burgess
St. Louis
W. H. Beam
Home Department
Postmaster Salary Rise Tied to Kansas City Receipts
Post office in Kansas City Kansas reports an 11 percent rise in stamp receipts for the year ending March 31 1908 totaling 215 737 18 up from 194 272 19 the prior year. With annual receipts surpassing 200 000 the postmaster and assistant postmaster will receive raises the postmaster will advance from 3 500 to 3 600 effective July 1.
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Kansas City, Kas
Magnitude of Kansas City's Public Utilities Fight
Lawrence Journal notes the vast stakes in Kansas Citys municipal battle over curbing public utilities. It argues the move marks a major power shift and contrasts with Cleveland voters backing Mayor Johnson against Burton, signaling a corporate backlash if Beardsley is repudiated.
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Kansas City
Mahe
Lawrence
Cleveland
Johnson
Burton
Beardsley
British cruiser sinks torpedo boat destroyer in dark Channel
In the English Channel off the Isle of Wight last night the British cruiser Berwick struck the torpedo boat destroyer Tiger amidships, cutting her in two. Thirty-six men including Lieutenant Middleton died. twenty-two survived as crews battled darkness, debris, and flooding.
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English Channel
Portsmouth
Endana
Tiger
Berwick
William E. Middleton
Wrestling Bulletins From Gotch-Hackenschmidt Match
Star Chicago reports will display bulletins tonight from the Gotch Hackenschmidt world championship wrestling bout. Officials anticipate the principals will take the mat around 9 30 o clock.
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Chicago
The
Star
German Loans Spur Debate On War Risk And Financing
London reports a new German and Prussian loan totaling 162 million dollars, with another 250 million pledged this year. Investors debate whether Germany's rising naval spending and land expropriation plans signal war or act as a precaution, noting the high four percent rate.
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London
Germany
Ex-Mine union leader Mitchell offered Panama post
John Mitchell former president of the United Mine Workers met with President Roosevelt in Washington. The President offered him the job of special commissioner to study labor conditions on the Panama canal zone, but Mitchell declined due to ill health and unsettled plans depend on his recovery.
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Washington
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Roosevelt
White House
Panama Canal Zone
Mitchell
Taft Gains 2 in West Virginia Convention
Clarkeston W Va April 3 At Hinton late yesterday the Republicans of the Third district unanimously renominated Joseph Holt Gaines for his fifth term in Congress C C Beary of Fayette County and William S Edwards of Charleston were elected district delegates to the Chicago convention and instructed to support Taft for the Presidential nomination.
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Clarkeston
W. Va
Hinton
Joseph Holt Gaines
C. C. Beary
Fayette County
William S. Edwards
Charleston
Chicago
Taft
New York Central Restores 18-Hour Schedule For Twentieth Century Limited
The New York Central announces restoration of the 18-hour Chicago to New York Twentieth Century Limited schedule effective April 19. The line had temporarily extended running time by one hour last December.
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New York Central
Curiaco
New York Central System
Chicago
New York
Voter Registration In Rosedale Breaks Record In 1908
More voters registered in Rosedale this year than ever before. The 1908 books list 1,883 names, up from 1,218 the previous year. We offer a $100 reward for proof of dealer tampers with Cinco boxes from Niles & Moser Cigar Co. Adv.
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Rosedale
Niles & Moser Cigar Co
Helen Gould Halts Major Charity Projects Including Woodycrest Outings
Miss Helen Gould announced retrenchment forcing closure of part of her Tarrytown estate and rent of Lyndhurst girls school to boys. Outings for poor children at Woodycrest are dropped this summer, with the Lyndhurst project moved to a boys school and not expected to reopen.
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Woodycrest
Lyndhurst
New York
Helen Gould
Tarrytown
Miss Gould
Lyndhurst School
Petition Drive Aims For 300 Signatures In Kansas City
Kansas City officials and volunteers race to collect 300 additional signatures for a commission form of government. Sixteen petitions circulate as H P McPherson reports already containing many names while L W Keplinger notes six to a dozen new signatures today. The effort follows an initial count showing the petitions about 300 short due to repetitions.
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Kansan City
Kas
Kansas City
H. P. McPherson
L. W. Keplinger
Cornell
Hartman Questions Ward Boundaries At City Meeting
George A. Neal described opposition from corporations to Mayor Beardsley’s utilities regulation at a Republican tent meeting in the Thirteenth ward. Alderman L P Hartman asked who created the ward and Hartman opposed Beardsley’s ordinance, losing renomination on the Republican ticket.
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George A. Neal
Beardsley
Thirteenth Wi
L. P. Hartman
Hartman
Neal
Long Campaign Headquarters Opened in Topeka
Y W Morgan of Hutchinson opened campaign offices for Senator Long in the Goddard building Topeka bringing two rooms near Copeland hotel He will direct initial work including petition circulation filing and statewide Republican outreach since Long cannot visit Kansas for months leading the preliminaries locally
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Torexa
Kas
W. Y. Morgan
Hutchinson
Topeka
Senator Long
Goddard Building
Copeland Hotel
Mr. Morgan
Kansas
Rural School Tests For 250 In Jackson County
About 250 pupils from all townships outside Kansas City will take examinations tomorrow to assess eligibility for higher studies. The tests will be supervised by W. H. Johnson of Independence, county school superintendent, at multiple sites including Swope School in Weastport, Hickman Mills, Brookings, Raytown, Lee's Summit, Greenwood, Van Buren, Lone Jack, Sur-a-Bar, Blue Springs, Grain Valley, Grove, Fort Osage, Buckner, Blue Township, Ott School, and Independence.
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Jackson County
Kansas City
W. H. Johnson
Independence
Weastport Creeee
Swope School
Washington Township
Hickman Mills
Brooking Township
Raytown
Prairie Township
Lee's Summit
Greenwood
van Buren
Continental Limited Wreck Near Danville
The Continental Limited train left the track six miles from Danville Indiana and overturned. Early reports say coaches derailed and the wreck end is not yet known with possible fatalities undetermined.
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Danville
Int
Continental Limited
Water Turns Red From Armourdale Well Mystery
Residents of Armourdale report 618 Pyle Street well water shifting from crystal clear to deep wine color after standing. The well, owned by Frank Parsons and tapped by John Brown, provokes fear and claims of bewitchment as locals seek explanations from authorities and physicians.
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Pyle Street
Armourdale
Frank Parsons
John Brown
Panes
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Houots
Farlad
Wehrather
BLY W. Monsees
Eeensenes Obe Wisner
Polson
Christan Church
Equitable
Walter Williame
M. 8. U. School of Journalism
Saints
Zion's Religio Society
Kan
England
Panama
Taftghts
West Virginia
Long
Kunson
Jackson Courery
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