Diaz Seeks Peace Terms Amid Mexican Armistice Talks
Mexico City April 19 Diaz and advisers opened communication with the revolutionary Junta to arrange an armistice, delaying a vote on the reform bill and postponing elections pending revised laws. Gomez stated he has offered no peace terms beyond the original demands, while near Agua Prieta rebels retreated after a night encampment and railroad destruction was the only notable disruption.
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Mexico City
Diaz
Madéro
de Lew Barra
Cones Muleno
Washington
Gomez
Revolutionary Junta
Mexico
Young Dad Found Dead As Gas Heaters Fail
Spokane apr 1 1910 a young man returns from St Paul to find his parents dead in their home. gas from a defective heater flooded the bathroom. the elder daniel is a local agent for the northern pacific railroad and had just arrived from st paul.
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Spokane
St. Paul
Eek Daniell
Datzell
Northern Pacific
Wealthy oil operator arrested for murder in Taft blast
Muskogee Oklahoma April 19 A wealthy oil operator John Coombs was arrested on murder charges in connection with the dynamiting of Zeb Mackay's Taft home in which two Mackay children were killed. The indictment alleges Coombs paid $2000 to hire a second man to blow up the house.
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Muskogee
Oklo
Zeb Mackay
Taft
Mackay
John Coombs
Gould’s Missouri Pacific power play sparks rail war risk
New York reports big financiers see a looming railroad war after George Gould backed B F P Hueh for Missouri Pacific president. Directors to be elected include Speyer and Henry Miller replacing Vanderbilt and Warburg. Rockefeler reportedly approves Bust for president, with Kuhn Loeb losing influence.
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New York
George Gould
B. FP. Hueh
Missouri Pacific
Kuhn-Leeb
Gould
Kulm
Leet
Southwest
Vanderbilt
Paul Warburga
Rockefeller
Bust
Americans killed in Mexican battles reported
Washington April 19 telegraphs from Consul Due at Agua Prieta say three Americans were killed in the recent battles there.
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Washington
Agua Prieta
War Department
Frederick Johns to be hanged in Washington prison
Frederick Johns alias James Logan is scheduled for execution Friday morning at the state penitentiary, the first in the prison since last June. He maintains innocence claiming the woman is alive and asserts a fatal mistake occurred, amid a murder conviction tied to Mrs. Agnes Janzen in Whatcom County three years ago. Circumstantial evidence linked him to luring and killing the housekeeper, with clothing and trinkets found among the scene. He has been writing a coded document he promises to reveal to officials at death, claiming it will expose the entire affair.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Frederick Johns
James Logan
State Penitentiary
Johns
Agnes Janzen
Whatcom County
Presbyterians 10 Secures New Pastor
Dr Frank J Milnes of Mendo ta Ohio will preach at Mendolen Presbyterian church and may become permanent pastor after a visit that could last into next week He is described as a rising orator with lectures on socialism Ruskin and man in photographs He arrives Friday and the pulpit will be filled while the church seeks a permanent pastor
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Me Lhenl Presbyterian Church
Frank J. Milnes
Mendota
Ehateh
Badger Lyceum Bureau
Pendleton
Milnes
Kimael
Barger Lyceum Hirean
Barong
Krank J. Milnes
Northwestern University
Tn Nie
Northwestern
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Chicago University
Oberlin College
Lyceum
John Ruskin
Teratture Furniture Workers Strike Grips Grand Rapids
More than 20 000 furniture workers walked out in a general strike in Grand Rapids in mid April. Entire furniture manufacturing districts tied up as 4000 left machines by nine. About thirty thousand direct workers affected with ten million dollars in private losses. Workers demand ten percent wage rise nine hour day and recognition of the union.
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Grand Rapids
Todey
Anton
Fee Luot al so Presented Causes of Cost Rise
A Washington report dated April 1 describes committees attacking the idea that protective tariffs cause monopolies and higher living costs. The Democrats condemn tariffs as boosting profits for trusts, while noting a proposed bill could cut revenue by 16 million dollars but aid consumers. Debate on Underwood reciprocity continues tonight with Rep. Dodger of North Carolina opposing the measure.
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Washington
Underwood
Dodger
North Carolina
Kettenbache Case Dismissed Amid Sudden Ruling
April 14. The case against Prank Krivenbach, accused of detraction of £147,000 from Lew from Netlongs bank, ended unexpectedly as the government moved for a dismissal just after testimony. The judge cited prohibitions on certain testimony from the three years prior, with Rhettenthich, formerly president of the bank, involved.
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Boies
Krivenbach
Netlongs Bank
Juilee Bess
Esota Adopts Oregon System After Adjournment
St Paul April 19 Amid scenes of wind the state legislature adjourned and morning Representative Spooner caused a hasty adjournment by attacking the alleged brewers representative on the four hundred bills were killed as result The senate last night paused a bill providing for the election of United States senators on the Republican plan it previously passed the house.
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St. Paul
Spooner
Atlemed Brewers
Senate
United States
House
Charges of fraud after Zion election contest
Zion City April 18 independents accuse fraud after the election of Hurd Clendenin, Voliva's pick, by a five vote plurality. They contend initial tallies showed Clendenin won by thirty four votes and will contest the result.
Hermiston grows as land deals bring new families
Hermiston Oregon April 19 deals closed bring two more town families to settle. Maxwell Land Irrigation sold twenty and ten acres to W A Krueger and William J H Katt from Doone Oregon. Buyers plan homes near Hermiston as land work intensifies. James J Sayer to visit Hermiston next week. Seth Saver to visit the project. Yates sells eight acres of apples and peaches to Henry Han.
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Hermiston
Ore
Mr. & Edgar Loudensinger
Maxwell Land & Irrigation Company
W. A. Krueger
William J. H. Katt
Doone
von Ons
Dirnelly
Cis
Piopie
Afr Looudsnsinger
Wayne
Thing
Eure Avalible
Ule
Dalotee
Lande
Commiercial Club
Hillis
Jamies
Saver
Hie Greeen
Jedeue
Portland
Hermiston Commercial Club
Umatilla Project
Sayer
Iead
Yates
Fred Yates
Henry Hanby
Delinquent dog owners face arrest and fines in Pendleton
City officials move to enforce dog license laws after dog catcher Marty Start locates thirty canines tied to owners who keep them confined. Police chief Tom Gurdane announces warrants against violators, with penalties including a 5 pound fine and up to 24 days in jail for each offense. officers will seize non compliant animals and place funds into the city treasury.
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Tlea
Pendioten
Alien
Roy Kiley
GML
Cothoentor Watt
Cristit
Follee
Tom Gurdane Avi
Marty Btart
Cannes
Tdis
Gurilane
Tie City
Fincher
Montane
Oto
Romero
Advertising wisdom urged by former official in Seattle
Seattle April 19. Leelie Shaw former secretary and treasurer urged municipalities to advertise what they have and avoid displaying items not in stock. Speaking before the Commercial club he advised, Do not put goods in the window that you do not possess.
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Seattle
Leelie Shaw
Commercial Club
Cattle Lost in Earthquake Cracks in Nevada
Ely Nev Hundreds of cattle are reported to be trapped in large earth cracks caused by an earthquake a year ago. The softened ground has filled the crevices with water and cattle are drowning or dying. Cattlemen urge the government to fence in the cracks to prevent further loss.
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Ely
Nev
Nevada
Demar lowers Longboat’s record as marathon run
Boston April 1 Beating Tom Longhout’s 1907 record Demar today won the Boston Athletic Association annual Marathon. The time was two hours 27 minutes and 39 seconds. Two hundred and fifty thousand people lined the course.
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Boston
Tom Longhout
Demar Today
Boston Athletic Association
Torpedo Boat Practice Ends in Sin Die News
The Pacific torpedo fleet is due here tomorrow after ten days of practice off San Padre. A fatality occurred during training with the death reported as Sin Dies.
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Sin
Pacific Torpedo Fleet
San Padre
Portland Urges Opening Reserve for Warm Springs Lands
A sweeping action plan seeks to open 600000 acres of the Warm Springs Indian reservation to settlement. The Portland Chamber of Commerce backs measures to push Congress toward opening the land, with Senator Chamberlain pressing for results. The bill outlines allotments to all Indians, designation of land for agency and religious use, and payment terms by settlers. A commission will classify lands and set valuations, with a presidential proclamation to fix the opening date.
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Portland Chamber of Commerce
Ioesanien
Chamberlain
Lus
Congreta
Dalles
Gujar
Mudra
Prineville
Interior Department
United States
Orecon
Rebels March Toward Juarez in Mexican War Update
April 19. Rebels advance toward Juarez with Garibaldi set to strike from the west and Orotoco from the south. Federals defend as Madero delays battle to burn bridges and slow reinforcements. An insurgent hospital, nine cannons in Juarez, and restricted wagons to El Paso are noted.
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E Pass
Juarez
Madero
Garibaldi
Juarez Thureday
Orotoco
Wilson
el Paso
Parade Revives Old Seventh Regiment Cannons on Fifth Avenue
Old 12 pounder cannons once used in Civil War days rolled down Fifth Avenue marking the semicentennial of New York's Seventh Regiment departure for the front. The procession drew many spectators as veterans in faded uniforms gathered for a commemorative event and a banquet that evening.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
New York Inn
A Civil War Clash in Baltimore on Pratt Street
April 1 marks fifty years since a mob attacked the Sixth Massachusetts volunteers as they marched through Pratt Street in Baltimore. The soldiers fired back, killing three and wounding several, inflaming tensions across the nation and inspiring the Southern war song Maryland My Maryland by James R. Randall, a Baltimore native and Poydras College professor.
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Hallimore
Aassachusetts
Pratt Street
Louisiana
James R. Randall
Baltimore
Poydras College
Maryland
Total Abstainers Meet Opens in Malden
Nearly forty abstainers gather at Malden as the Archdiocesan Catholic Total Abstinence Society opens its convention this morning with leaders Moses and Malden among the participants.
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Malden
Moses
Archdiocesan Catholic
Total Abstinence Society
Seymour Elected Mayor of Tacoma
Seymour has won the mayoral race in Tacoma, succeeding Fawcett to fill the unexpired term. Wealthy citizen W. W. Seymour was elected amid a contested campaign with Fawcett and supporters favoring reform measures.
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Seymour
Tacoma
Mayer Fawcett
W.W. W. Seymour
Fawcett
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