Mayor Crittenden Unsure On Board of Public Works Nominations
Applicants for the new board meet the mayor and hear merits without promises. Nomination timing targets tonight for one Democratic and two Republican members. Upper house friends seek smooth confirmation for R L Gregory aligned candidates and pressure builds to back Williams and Love with Republican votes to aid the Democrat choice.
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Consid
Critten
Board of Public Works
Bi Ca
Confirmaton
R. L. Gregory
House
R. H. Williams
Wallace Love
Williams and Love
Williams
Love
Two Dollar Wedding Gift From Judge Ends Duo's Ceremony
A negro man and woman asked Justice Festus O Miller to wed them in his courtroom. Lacking funds the man offered two dollars as the minimum, Lucy contributed the extra, and the judge surprised them with a wedding gift of two dollars.
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Festus O. Miller
Justice
Miller
Lucey
Lucy
Justice Miller
Missouri Supreme Court Sets April to May Docket
The Missouri Supreme Court announced its docket for April 29 to May 4 at Jefferson City. Key cases include Merchants Exchange of Kansas City et al v board of railroad commissioners on weights supervision, and rehearings in the stock shippers free pass case. Several other actions involve Hadley against railroads and insurance firms, with delays for harvester and lumber trusts and rate adjustments delaying prosecution.
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Jefferson
City
Supreme Court
Bane
Merchants’ Exchange of
Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Board of ‘Railroad Commissioners
Field
Corrigan
Herbert S. Hadley
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
Wabash
Pacific Express Company
Harvester and Lumber Trusts
Compine
Equitable, Metropolitan
Prudential
Vandiver
Harvester and Lumber Trust
Fire Insurance Combine
Funeral for Judge Samuel W. Hudson Set for Tomorrow
The funeral of Judge Samuel W. Hudson will be held at 2 PM tomorrow. It was undecided whether the service would be at the family home or Sibley Christian Church. A telegram from George B. Ellis, secretary of the state board of agriculture, expressed sympathy and noted that board members would attend. Hudson was the president.
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Samuel W. Hudson
Sibley Christian Church
George B. Ellis
State Board of Agriculture
Hudson
A Spring Poet’s Complaint to the Editor
A reader laments slow publication after mailing a spring poem two weeks ago. The verses praise vernal Zephyr and budding nature with nods to Riley and Poe and express loyalty to support the paper. The poet signs as C. E. McBaripe.
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Brooks
Riley
C. E. McBaripe
Senator Clark Backs Crop Outlook While Criticizing Legislation
Montana millionaire William A. Clark, ex senator, avoids questions on family gifts and politics. He says unwise laws and rail regulation drain capital, causing unrest and stalled rail projects, urging trusted officeholders to improve conditions as he tours to inspect mining interests.
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William A. Clark
Montana
United States
Charles Clark
W. Foster
Clark
New York
Arizona
West
Tate
Younger Hearing Begins In Kansas City Shooting Case
Preliminary hearing for Press Younger, a negro police officer, charged with shooting two white men Charles Johns and M A Martinson on April 10 in North City Court, Kansas City. Johns lies in Bethany hospital and is expected to recover. Joshua Wells, shot at the same time, also to recover. hearing expected to continue tomorrow.
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Press” Younger
Charles Johns
M. A. Martinson
North City Court
Kansas City
Kas
Johns
Bethany Hospital
Joshua Wells
Martinson
Prohibition State Convention Date Changed
The opening of the Prohibition state convention here was moved from May 6 to May 13.
Fake brokers convicted in New York stock fraud case
Thomas O Connor and Frances O Connor also known as Frances McLain were found guilty by a United States circuit court on two counts of using the mails to defraud. Judge Holt sentenced O Connor to fifteen months in Clinton prison with a suspended sentence for Mrs. O Connor. The pair sent circulars claiming inside stock market information to solicit clients and profits, using dummy brokerage firms that collapsed or failed to pay when profits were demanded.
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New York
Thomas O’connor
Frances O'Connor
Frances McLain
United States Circuit Court Today
Holt
O'Connor
Clinton
Mrs. O'Connor
O'Connors
Everitte St. John Dead Prominent Rail Official
Everitte St. John a veteran railroad executive died at his Wellesley home. Born in 1844 he served 31 years with the Rock Island system becoming general manager and chaired the general managers association during the 1894 Pullman strike. He later joined Seaboard Airline as vice president and general manager before retiring in 1901.
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Wellesley
Mass
Everitte St. John
Mr. St. John
Old
Housatonic
Rock Island
General Managers’ Association
Chicago
Seaboard
Slag Treasure Hints at Argentine Smelter Dumps
Workers expect more valuable slag under three furnaces at the Argentine smelter. A $5,000 lump was unearthed yesterday as T. J. Kelley of Kansas City Steel Co. notes potential finds. Also: reception at Independence Boulevard Methodist Church for Rev. Matt S. Hughes after eleven years of service. arbitration talks between coal operators and miners at Coates House continue without agreement.
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T. J. Kelley
Kansas City Steel Company
Matt 8
Coates House
Sacrilege at Vatican during Easter Mass shocks Rome
Three Austrian visitors at Pope Pius XII’s Easter service in the Sistine chapel removed the communion wafers and one woman cast it on the floor. The offenders, Prof. Feilbegen of Vienna and relatives, claimed they misunderstood the sacrament. The pope wept, orders were issued to hush the matter, and the incident prompted calls for reconsecration and stricter admission controls.
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Vatican
Pope Pius
Holy Father
Prof
Feilbegen
University of Vienna
Major Domo
Sistine Chapel
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Boley’s
Holman Day
King Spruce
Woods
Maine
Spruce
Harper
Bordes Kcomandr
McCall
Bailey-Reynolds Gas Fixture Co
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