Havens Wins in Rochester Democrats Gain in 32nd District
In New York on April 20 James Havens, Democrat, defeated George Aldridge in Rochester for Congress, signaling a tariff reform platform and repudiation of Payne Aldrich tariffs. Editors note cross party revolt against impure politics as Aldridge faces graft questions and Havens attracts clerical support.
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Rochester
George Aldridge
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Aldrich
Hale
Boston
Kansas City
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Canada
Posta Savings
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Miljah Kennedy
Republcan
Mr. Aldridge
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Mr. Havens
Democratic National Committee
Charles N. Hamlin
Massachusetts
Aeslstant
Seattle Gambling Raid Strikes Two Street Casinos
Seattle April 20. Police arrested about a hundred men after raiding two Washington Street gambling houses. A carload of furniture was demolished as agents closed the operations. The raid, seen as a warning to proprietors, follows Chief Wappenstein’s prior order to halt gambling last Saturday.
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Washington Street
Wappenstein
Pinchot Hints At Explosive Return Message
Gifford Pinchot, arriving in London, says he may reveal impactful statements upon returning to the United States after meetings with Colonel Roosevelt. He warns of a forthcoming great conflict but will not discuss details until his return, as he heads to Ireland.
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London
Gifford Pinchot
United States
Roosevelt
Pinchot
Treland
Freight Train Fire Destroys Pasta Car At Umatilla
Special correspondence from Umatilla Oregon reports a 1:30 am fire destroyed a carload of pasta and damaged three lumber cars on a sidetrack. Officials suspect a spark from locomotive No 4 on the Spokane bound passenger train started the blaze. Switch engine crews cut out burning cars to halt spread. lumber cars were saved though the posts car burned.
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Umatilla
Ore
Spokane
Sheriff probes Pinole suspects in Chinato-Japan robbery case
Martinez Calif April 20 Sheriff of Contra Costa county left for Pinole today to check if two men arrested there last night resemble the bandit who robbed the Chin o Japan market Saturday night. Dynamite found near Holyup was stolen from J J McNamara’s store two miles from Martinez. stock inventory revealed the loss.
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Cal
Cale
Contra Costa County
Pinole
Holyup
J. J. McNamara
Baltimore Woman Declared Leper by City Health Chief
Baltimore authorities report Mrs Provedonto Nascar of Baltimore was pronounced a leper today by Health Commissioner Bosley marking a public health finding in the city.
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Provedonto Nascar
Bosley
Testimony Begins in Kearney Suit Trial
Ira Hughes, first witness for the plaintiff, testifies he and Clarence Kearney were in a Washington sheep shearer camp when the accident occurred. He says an open straw bale caused Kearney to fall from the train, allegedly left open by trainmen after Echo stop. Cross examination continues as jury seated after delays due to a juror's illness.
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Ira Hughes
Kearney
Tralhmen
Vellhuvse
Clarence Kearney
John Thompkins
Athena
Hughes
Washington
Echo
Yakima to Ship 40000 Carloads of Fruit From Valley
From thirty six hundred to four thousand carloads of fruit will be shipped from Yakima valley by the local Northern Pacific agent. Estimates are verified by fruitmen. Slightly more than half the shipment will be apples with the rest pears peaches and mixed fruits.
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North Yakima
Yakima Valley
Northern Pacific
Violent earthquakes displace Costa Rican families
Colon April 20 Dispatches report violent earthquakes in the Interior of Costa Rica. Hundreds of families are homeless and starving as inhabitants of smaller towns flee to San Jose. They face lack of food and shelter amid the quake damage.
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Colon
Costa Rica
San Jose
Tack Johnson Heads West After Rainy Training Day
Chicago on April 20 reports Tack Johnson finishing training before his move to California. He ran alone in the rain and said he is negotiating with Billy Delaney Jeffries' former trainer and expects to hire him for services.
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Chicago
Sinking of Saturn near Seal Rocks with many lost
A Sydney cable reports the British India steamer Satara struck Seal Rocks near Melbourne and foundered. Passengers and crew fate uncertain. feared dead. A passing steamer may have rescued some in lifeboats. Relief vessel recovered wreckage and two bodies.
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Seal Rocks
Vancouver
B. C
Sydney
New Castle
Queensland
Melbourne
Reintroduction of Last Year Budget by Lloyd George
London April 11 David Lloyd George chancellor of the exchequer reintroduced last year’s budget in the House of Commons. He said the current deficit of 121.24 million dollars would be wiped out when arrears are collected and there would be no actual surplus of 14.8 million dollars. If passed last year there would have been a 21 million dollar surplus. He noted a 32 percent drop in whiskey consumption attributed to higher duties and the tone of spirits taxation compared with the estimate.
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London
David Lloyd- George
House of Commons
Uel
HARRIMAN LINES IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
Chittago Tilt April 20 7 Ssmbie vice president and general manager said Harri man lines are in better physical condition and have better prospects than ever before. They are ordering more and better equipment increasing train service and facilities and give promise of continuing these improvements. Stubbs has just returned from an inspection tour.
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Tilt
Ssmbie
Harriman
King of Siam Will Visit Seattle This Summer
The king of Siam and his forty wives plan a return visit to the United States this summer. They will ranch near Seattle and conduct a tour at the east, marking their second visit to the country.
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Seattle
King of Siam
State Wins in Legal Battle over Swope Estate Trust
Nurse Pearl Keller testified for the state against Dr Hyde in the Hunton death case. Judge Latshaw admitted Keller's testimony about possible poisoning and Hyde's role, with defense signaling an appeal if verdicts go adverse. Keller described Hyde drawing two quarts of blood and seeking influence to appoint himself executor of the Swope estate.
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Sigs
Twyman
Hyde
Kans City
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Col
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Dr Hyde
Moss Hunton
Latehaw
Dr. Hyde
Lattshaw
Hunton
Col. Swope
Miss Keller
Twymian
Mrs. Hyde
Colonel Swope
Kaneasity
B.C. Hyde
Independence
Tie
Census Enumerators Ask for Detailed Household Information
The article urges residents to provide full data for the 1910 census. Enumerators report difficulty when homes and rooming houses lack information. Instructions cover a wide range of facts including name, birth, language, immigration, marriage, employment, health, race, ownership, and for women, children and schooling.
Right of Way Secured Through Pendleton Property
George Roberts reports a satisfactory settlement with G B N company for a right of way five miles west of Pendleton and says the company now has a complete right of way for all line changes between Yoakum and Pendleton. The Kytes suit was settled by compromise with engineer review of irrigation ditch plans delaying negotiations.
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Pendleton
George Roberts
Yoakum
Kytes
Robert’ Plaice
Roberts
J. B. Bady
Resignations Shake National Suffrage Leaders
Washington April 18 Two longtime suffrage leaders resign from executive posts at a national suffrage convention meeting. Rev Dr Anna Shaw faces opposition from Mrs Rachel Foster Avery and Mr Harriet Taylor Upton who resign as treasurer and first vice president though agreeing to stay one month.
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Une Jenders
Anna BR. Shaw
Rachel Foster Avery
Harriet Taylor Upton
Mise Shaw
Sta x Said
Countywide school fund apportions nearly fifty thousand dollars
A special county school fund apportionment totaling 49 892 is issued by county superintendent Frank K Wells dated April 15. Pendleton district receives 1606, Milton 9562, Echo 1704, Umatilla 392, Freewater 2078, Adams 872, Weston 2312, Pilot Rock 365, Athena 1782, Hermiston 1622, Stanfield 1024, Helix 472. Based on the 1908 enumeration, 6229 county children generate a 5 per capita distribution. Stanfield uses current counts.
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Frank K. Welles
Pendleton Echoo
Milton
Echo
Umatilla
Freewater
SPGRO UPRISING FACES CUBAN GOVERNMENT
Hangvan April 20 a thousand troops were dispatched to Santa Clara province where negroes have started an uprising. It is believed radical politicians caused it and will not be a revolution against the government. For two months signs of an impending uprising existed and the government was prepared to cope without bloodshed.
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Hangvan
Santa Clara
Missouri Meat Packers On Grill
St Louis attorney general announces quo warranto proceedings to oust Missouri meat packers from the state. Hearings were held to establish their standing and allegations claim a meat trust violating antitrust law. Charters to be revoked.
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St. Louis
Major
Missouri Meat Packers
Papal Nuncio at Vienna Breen Recalled Questioned
London report suggests the papal nuncio at Vienna Monsignor Hignatell has been recalled for visiting Colonel Roosevelt in what Rome dispatches call unofficial. The note raises questions about the nuncio's conduct and the Vatican's reaction remains unclear.
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Breen
London
Rome
Monsignor Hignatell
Roosevelt
Mark Twain Sinking Fast Sinking fast as doctors administer oxygen to prolong life.
Mark Twain's condition worsened this afternoon in Redding as doctors gave oxygen in an effort to sustain him, but he is sinking rapidly.
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Mark Twain
Redding
Pittsburg Banker Hoffstot Extradition Granted for Graft Case
Frank M. Hoffstot, president of the Pressed Steel Car Co and Pittsburg financier, facing conspiracy and bribery charges in the Pittsburg graft scandals, will be turned over to Pennsylvania authorities after Governor Hughes granted extradition. Arrested in New York by District Attorney detectives, Hoffstot was served a habeas corpus writ demanding his appearance before the U.S. Circuit Court, attorneys arguing extradition violates constitutional rights.
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Smoky City
U. S
Albany
Frank M. Hoffstot
Pressed Steel Car Company
Pennsylvania
Tribl
Hughes
Hoffstot
New York
District Attorney’s Office
United States Circuit Court
Hoffstat
Burns and Langford to clash in September fight
San Francisco April 20 The Langford Burns bout is set for September 5 with a $30,000 purse, winner to receive $20,000. The earlier confusion over a cable match is resolved and the contest is now planned in the city.
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San Francisco
Cal
Sam Langford
Tommy Burns
Langford to Train in Merchantville for Ketchel Fight
Langford will train in Merchantville New Jersey ahead of his April 27 Philadelphia bout with Stanley Ketchel. Training quarters at Merchantville have been engaged and sparring partners include Al Kaubliak and George Cole.
Tacoma Chooses Council Under Commission Plan
Tacoma voters elect a 4 member city council under a new commission plan. The winners were Nicholas Laweson Ray Freeland L W Roys and Owen Woods, chosen in the first count yesterday after a split election two weeks earlier. Woods narrowly led labor candidate Parker by two votes.
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Tacoma
Commission Plan 'N
Nicholas Laweson
Ray Freeland
L. W. Roys
Owen Woods
Woods
Parker
Stage People Divorced in New York Court
An April 19 decree in the New York supreme court grants actress Mary Mannering custody of their only child in the divorce from actor James K. Hackett. Hackett is barred from remarrying. Mannering may keep her name. No alimony is mentioned.
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New York
Mary Mannering
James K. Hackett
FiteGerald
Supreme Court
Miss Mannering
Hackett
Mise Mannering
Receiver sought for United States Life Endowment Co
Chicago April 19 State Insurance Superintendent Fred W Potter asked the superior court to appoint a receiver for the United States Life Endowment company to halt alleged misapplication of funds and non compliance with state law. Policies are said to derivate over 1,000,000 dollars.
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Chicago
Superior Court
Fred W. Potter
United States Life Endowment Company
Ohio Snowstorm Hurtles Across State Wrecks Wires
A heavy snowstorm swept across Ohio last night and today breaking telephone and telegraph wires in many areas and is believed to have damaged fruit crops. The storm hit Cleveland and other parts of the state causing widespread disruption and calling for cleanup and repair efforts.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Boss rule in Americas ends, Croker predicts reform
New York crowd heard Richard Croker declare that party rule tires voters. He forecast a shift as voters will freely select from all party tickets, with future candidates varying in name but not necessarily in allegiance. He warned the day will come when old parties or new ones form and choose the best candidates.
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New York
Americas
Richard Croker
Ireland
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