Man Rescued After Daring Kaw River Suicide Attempt
A young man stepped from the Kansas City Belt Railway bridge into the Kaw, swam downstream to a shallow spot, then asked for a gun. He identified as Charles Andrews, 22, carried a gold watch and $2.50, and was taken to Armoredale police for safekeeping after the incident. Witnesses had seen him converse with a woman earlier near the Belt line bridge.
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Charien Edwards
Corrigan
Kaw
Twenty-fourth Street
Kansas City
Frank White
White
Stanly Sharp
Charles Andrews
Andrews T
Armourdale
Andrews
Three husbands fined $500 each for wife beating
In police court Judge Kyle fined three men $500 each for domestic abuse. W. G. Russell faced six months in the workhouse after claiming provocation by his wife and a history of quarrels. Fred Scraper and William Henry were also fined $500 for beating their wives during separate incidents.
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Kyle
W. G. Russell
Campbelli
Mattie Bur
Associated Char
Russell
Yle
Fred Scraper
East Eighth Street
William Henry Harrison
William Henry
School Levy Passes In Local Vote With Two-Year Requirement
The eight mill school levy carried 12 321 to 5 235. State law requires biennial votes since only six mills are allowed. City practice of assessing property at one fourth raises the necessary eight mills. School board races elected F A Faxon 20 600 and J Scott Harrison 20 448.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Board of Education
F. A. Faxon
J. Scott Harrison
MEERKER S OXEN ATTRACT CITY CROWD IN MEETING
Ezra Meeker and his Prairie Schooner arrived at the Midland hotel drawing a crowd as his oxen traveled from Seattle to Washington in a westward journey. He advocates marking the old Oregon trail with tablets and plans a return trip after stopping in town.
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Ezra Meeker
Independence
Midland Hotel
Seattle
Wash
Washington
Bridal party poisoned at Talbot wedding supper
Following the wedding of Miss Ruby Jewell and John Wallace at Talbot Indiana last night the bride and bridegroom the parents of the bride Mr and Mrs Frank Jewell and a dozen guests were poisoned at the wedding supper by eating ice cream though dangerously ill all those affected will recover
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Daxville
Tia
Ruby Jewell
John Wallace
Talbot
Ind
Frank Jewell
Robber Steals $500 From Dittmar's Saloon Safe
Charles Dittmar, saloon keeper at 306 Southwest Boulevard, told police a thief robbed his saloon last night and knew the safe combination. The loss amounts to $500 and the theft is under investigation.
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Charles Dittmar
Southwest Boulevard
Dittmar
Showers Forecast Tonight Into Friday Across Regions
The forecast calls for showers late tonight and Friday with temperatures rising. A freeze was reported last night in extreme Northwest Missouri, Central and Western Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. In the past day highs included Washington 74, Chicago 40, Denver 48, Galveston 78, New Orleans 84, St. Paul 42, San Francisco 72, and New York 60.
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Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Washington
Chicago
Denver
Galveston
New Orleans
St. Paul
San Francisco
New York
Soft drink saloon planned at Troost location
The former Hunters Rest building on Troost Avenue near Forty-seventh street is being fitted with bar fixtures for a soft drink saloon. Owner Carl Rudolph says no alcohol will be sold. The operators Igner and Holland, from Kansas City, will run the place selling ice cream, soda water and similar items.
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Troost Avenue
Forty-seventh Street
Carl Rudolph
Igner
Holland
Rudolph
Kansas City
Kas
Sparrow Nest In Courtroom Sparks Morning Attention
An English sparrow enters a criminal courtroom as the janitor vents the room. It perches on wires installed by the late Judge John W. Wofford to improve acoustics and flits about with a straw in its bill. The bird searches corners for a nest as the room fills with people.
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John W. Wofford
Ridgely’s Salary Named by Bank Officials
Hugh C. Ward denies that the National Bank of Commerce fixed all officer salaries. He confirms only President W. B. Ridgely’s pay, noting the board planned lower salaries for other officers in the first year to implement economy after the bank’s reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hersh Ward
Commerce
National Bank of Commerce
Hugh C. Ward
News Agent Attacks Girl On Paseo. Man Arrested
Children hunting for four leaf clovers on the Paseo near Twenty-eighth Street were approached by J. H. Mc Clary a Brown News company agent who attacked Lucile Banfield 158 years old daughter of George M Banfield. Her father pursued and caught McClary two blocks away. In police court Judge Kyle learned of the case and Mc Clary pleaded guilty with a $500 fine imposed.
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Paseo
Twenty-eighth Street
J. H. McClary
Brown News Company
Lucile Banfield
George M. Banfield
Twenty-Ninth Street
Flora Avenue
McClary
Kyle
Bloss resignation and Freemasonry post noted
P Bloss the mayor's private secretary plans to resign effective April 20. He has been appointed secretary and recorder for the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Bloss
Beardsley
Bloss
Kansas City
Pickpocket fined after arrest on election night
Philip Packard, who slipped from James Hogan of the police, was seized in front of The Star building on election night and fined 500 in police court. Hogan said Packard was seen taking a man’s pocketed item and Packard admitted a prior term in the workhouse for a similar offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Packard
James Hogan
Star Building
Hogan
Packard
Century Theater Manager J R Donegan to Stand Trial
Judge Porterfield’s criminal court division to try J R Donegan, manager of the Century Theater, next Monday morning. A panel of 100 jurors has been summoned for the case, described as the first Sunday theater trial in the division.
Four Impure Milk Samples Prompt Arrests Citywide
Four milk samples tested at the city laboratory were found watered with arrests expected in each case. Since the year’s start only two deficient samples had been reported. Mrs. B A Wetherla of 424 Washington Ave Kansas City Kansas died last night. she had lived in the city for over forty years and is survived by her husband and five children. Funeral set for 9 tomorrow at St Marys Church. Conmencia, Nukote finish to be demonstrated at Drug Store 12th and Grand.
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B. A. Wetherla
Elizabeth A. Wetherla
Washington Avenue
Kansas City
Kas
St. Mary's Church
Fifth Street
Ann Avenue
Conmencia
Nukote
Ce Eeere Drug Store
Grand
Washington Evening Star
Roosevelt urges Congress to pass restrictive anti anarchist legislation
President Roosevelt, in a brief message, asks Congress to expand laws to curb anarchist activity. He cites Attorney General Bonaparte on blocking mails used to advocate murder and treason and notes the need for broader action against anarchist writings. He aims to exclude such material from circulation and locks on a sedition view of incendiary content.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Department of Justice
la Questione Sociale
New Jersey
Root
Adams Children In Court In Kansas City Case
Adams children aged 13 and 4 in Kansas City were placed in probate court care after the parents’ recent divorce. The Kansas Home Finding Society and Judge Winfield Freeman had previously found and hidden the children. Judge Prather refused to allow adoption by the society and ordered placement at the Atchison state home for orphans.
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Adams
Kansas City
Kas
Torpedo Boats Arrive in Fine Condition for Duty
A Magdalena Bay dispatch reports the second flotilla of torpedo boats arrived April 5, a day early. After rest and better food, the flotilla ships are in good shape and ready for duty, with the Truxton to begin target practice tomorrow and all vessels painted and prepared for the coast run. Hunting and camping occupy sailors during shore leave.
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San Francisco
Wireless Telegraph Company
Magdalena Bay
Arethusa
Truxton
Citifornia
Accused Michigan solon Ward found not guilty
Detroit April 9 Judge Connelly in recorder's court declared a verdict of not guilty for Representative Charles E Ward formerly of Bancroft Mich in the case charging him with manslaughter in the death of Edith Presley a roofreader in the state senate Ward's trial had opened March 31 and his lawyers had moved to discharge him Fritch may face no further action in the Presley death case
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Detroit
Connelly
Recorder’s Court
Charles E. Ward
Bancroft
Mich
Edith Presley
State Senate
George R. Fritch
Miss Presley
Liability Bill in Senate Expands Carrier Liability Scope
The Senate considers an employers' liability bill expanding to all common carriers, not just railroads, with Senator Dolliver explaining the House and Senate versions. The measure was reported by the education and labor committee and contrasts with the House bill's railroad focus.
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Washington
House
Senate
Dolliver
Town
Committee On Education and Labor
Oldest Harvard Alumnus Charles Parker Dies at 92
Charles Henry Parker of Boston and class of 1833 Harvard alumnus died at his home today. He was 92 years old and the oldest Harvard alumnus.
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Charles Henry Parker
Boston
Cioas
Harvard
Cannon moved too late on Paper trust case
Washington April 9 The Cannon resolution asking what steps have been taken to prosecute the Paper trust was referred to Attorney General Bonaparte who sent it to his assistant Mr Purdy. The department has begun initial steps to bring the Paper trust officials to trial and plans to withhold detailed information to avoid jeopardizing the prosecution.
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Washington
Howse
Cannon
Bonaparte
Purdy
House
Department of Justice
Paper Trust
Congress
Cockran Attacks Election Bill as Ineffective
Representative Bourke Cochran denounces the McCall publicity bill before the House committee on elections. Ex Senator Chandler signals a tomorrow reply. Cochran urges a rival bill requiring sworn contributor disclosures filed with the district court clerk.
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Washineton
McCall
Bourke Cockray
House Committee On
Congress
Chandler
Cochran
Gaines
West Virginia
United States Distict Court
Giant sugar suit dismissed in federal court
A suit by Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Co to recover 30 million dollars from American Sugar Refining Co for alleged conspiracy to ruin the Pennsylvania company was dismissed. The court ruled the Sherman act provided no remedy for the complainant but allowed actions by the stockholders as the company had been destroyed to further other interests.
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New York
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Pennsylvania Company
Frank K. Hipple
Philadelphia
Rembrandt Portrait Found Hidden Under Unknown Work
Prof Alois Hauser director of the Royal Gallery in Berlin discovers a Rembrandt portrait beneath an overpainted picture by an unknown artist. Humphrey Ward bought the overpainted work at London auction for 1250 dollars. Ward’s wife is a novelist. Hauser’s restoration revealed the genuine Rembrandt. Ward, now in Canada, was informed of the find.
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Prof. Hauser
Germany
Rembrandt
Mr. Ward
Canada
Teachers Will Meet Here In Kansas City April 14 15
A meeting of state county town and city superintendents of public instruction is set for the Midland hotel in Kansas City on April 14 and 15. They plan to form a mutual organization of superintendents from the Missouri valley states, including Kansas Missouri and Nebraska. The permanent group aims to study school supervision problems and related issues and to foster better acquaintance among regional educators.
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Toreka
Midland Hotel
Kansas City
Missouri Valley
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Torexa
Kansas Educational Commission
Senator Hansbrough Undergoes Mastoiditis Surgery
Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota underwent surgery for mastoiditis at a local hospital after recent ear abscesses traced to a cold. He had earlier abscesses in January and March while abroad and in Washington. A bony growth in the inner ear was removed. He is expected to remain in hospital for some time.
Kansas City Steel Casting opens with 25 000 capital
The Kansas City Steel Casting company begins steel and malleable casting at Water Street and Walker Avenue in Kansas City Kansas. It is claimed to be the first factory of its kind west of St. Louis. The plant cost 8080 to erect and has ten men daily capacity. H F Hamacher F R Strunk and G R Strunk run the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Hadley Eyes Governor Run If Health Improves
Herbert S. Hadley attorney general and Mrs. Hadley travel from Kansas City to Fort Worth Texas with planned visits to San Antonio and other western states. He expects five weeks away, may extend if his health improves, and he signals Republicans to gauge potential candidacy.
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Herbert S. Hadley
Hadley
Fort Worth
Tex
San Antonio
Kansas City
South
The Fight Only Begun Emphatic Kansas City Battle
William Allen White notes in the Emporia Gazette that Kansas watches the Kansas City Republican ticket clash between the people and public service corporations as the nation follows. He says the Star faced abuse but remains strong and the broader fight has just begun with Bristow leading against corporate influence.
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Esparia
Kas
Kansas City
Emporia Gazette
William Allen White
Kansas
America
London City
Kansas City Star
West
Joseph L. Bristow
Kansas Democrats Form Botkin Governor Group
Wichita Democrats organize Botkin for governor with plans to extend the effort to all districts and counties. A telegram was sent to Botkin of Winfield announcing the new body and a committee will be formed in each congressional district.
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Wichita
Kas
Botkin
Winfield
Kansas
Door latch key jams burglars at Kansas City home
Mrs. Thomas Weldon of 711 Osage Avenue Kansas City Kansas reports hearing a noise at 11 30 last night. She saw two men run from the veranda as she opened the door and found a key in the latch that would fit the door. She could not identify the men by race.
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Thomas Weldon
Osage Avenue
Kansas City
Kas
Army recruiting halts cavalry and field artillery enlistment
Orders issued at the Kansas City recruiting station stop new cavalry or field artillery enlistments though prior service men may reenlist. Re enlisted personnel may enter any service department. A $100,000 reward is offered for proof of dealer substituting cigars in Close boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Cavalry
Field Artillery
Niles & Moser Cigar Comedy
Grant county farmers near lynching over prairie fires
In Syracuse Kansas on April 9 farmers in Grant county nearly lynched a man accused of starting four prairie fires in one night. A rope was placed around his neck but he was not hanged. The county commissioners offered a $100 reward for the arrest of the arsonist.
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Syracuse
Kas
Grant County
Missouri Measure Unconstitutional Claims Before Supreme Court
St Louis attorney J W Jamison petitions the Missouri Supreme Court to issue a mandamus forcing St Louis election commissioners to hold a primary under the 1901 law for city offices, arguing the new primary law is unconstitutional. Court reviews the matter and will rule early next week.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Jefferson Crry
Missouri Supreme Court
J. W. Jamison
Jamison
Chambers
Directors Declare Semi Annual Dividend at Parsons
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad directors at Parsons Kansas announce a 2 percent semi annual dividend on preferred stock payable May 9. In the stockholders meeting, Henry W. Poor E P McDonald James Hagerman and James Brown Potter were elected directors for four years. An executive board was named with Adrian H Joline Charles G Hedge Henry W Poor James N Wallace J G Metcalfe and James Brown Potter.
Two That Cannon Didn't Get In Chicago Nomination
In Chicago on April 9 two uninstructed Republican delegates were elected in the Tenth district convention James Pease of the Twenty-fifth ward and Rollin A Keyes of Evanston. Pease controlled the gathering and supports Secretary Taft with no resolutions offered.
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Chicaco
James Pease
Twenty-fifth Ward
Rollin A. Keyes
Evanston
Taft
Pease
Healy
NO TRIFLING WITH DRY LAWS
Lansinc Micn April 9 Governor Warner states strict enforcement of the anti liquor law in dry counties after Mondays election He will hold sheriffs and prosecutors to task and will not tolerate laxity if complaints reach him Officials in dry counties are expected to keep their bailiwicks dry under his authority.
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Lansinc Micn
Warner
Italian Ambassador Count Tornielli Bruseti La Vergano Dies
Paris reports the death of Count Giuseppi Tornielli Bruseti La Vergano, Italian ambassador to France, from a brain hemorrhage after influenza. Born February 12, 1836, he joined diplomacy in 1859 after earning a doctor of laws degree in Tunis and served in Constantinople, St Petersburg, Bucharest, Madrid, London, and more. He was dean of the Paris diplomatic corps and led the Italian delegation at The Hague peace conference.
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Paris
Giuseppi Tornielli Bruseti la Vergano
France
Count Tornielli
Tunis
Constantinople
St Petersburg
Acorns
Bucharest
Madrid
London
Earsewners
le Hague
Mr Cleveland Ill Again In Lakewood Hospital
Grover Cleveland is bedridden at the Hotel Lakewood in Lakewood New Jersey with cold and rheumatism that have troubled him for months. Mrs Cleveland stays by his side to guard him from disturbances and he only requires hotel physician care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Sherman Williams Run Down By Car Injury in Kansas
Sherman Williams former representative of the Grant Stanton district was struck by a motor car on a trip from Johnson to Hugoton and found unconscious by a farmer. He was taken to Hugoton for treatment. Kansas City officials and Buchanan county figures visited to study road oiling and boulevard maintenance plans. The court may oil the St Joseph to state hospital rock road if oiling proves satisfactory.
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Syracuse
Kas
Sherman Williams
Grant- Stanton
Johnson
Hugoton
Buchanan
John L. Leonard
George W. Akers
L. R. Jackson
L. M. Stallard
Buchanan County
Kansas City
Pers
St. Joseph
State Hospital
Governor Hughes presses race track gambling bill after senate defeat
Governor Hughes sends a message to the Legislature renewing support for the race track gambling bill and eight other measures. He urges action on reforming the Perry-Gray law and calls for commissions to probe Wall Street speculation and other issues, while signaling a possible extra session and a special election to fill the late Senator Franchot’s seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allany
N. Y
Senate
Hughes
Franchot
Niagara-Ontario
Public Service Commission
Billy
New York City
Wall Street
Hart-Agnew
Grand Trunk Directors Clash Over Unsatisfactory Report
London April 9 at the Grand Trunk railway of Canada semi annual meeting directors faced heated charges of mis management. Sir Charles Rivers Wilson presided and apologized for the financially unsatisfactory report while blaming recent financial distress and a bad harvest in Canada. He hoped 1000 miles of the line to the Pacific would be completed by year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
Charles Rivers Wilson
Charles
Grand Trunk
Canada
Pacific
Alabama Supreme Court Upholds Prohibition and Local Option
The Alabama Supreme Court declares both general prohibition and 9 o'clock closing laws constitutional and effective, rejecting liquor opposition. The ruling also validates the local option law in the cited cases, with Mobile interests voicing concern over coast city impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountgomery
Ava
Alabama Supreme Court
Mobile
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