Plan for Interurban System Expansion by McKinley Syndicate
Reports claim W B McKinley purchases Atchison car lines and plans to extend the Missouri Traction system from St Louis to Kansas City and beyond. The syndicate recently bought Topeka and Wichita lines and aims to reach Leavenworth Atchison Lawrence Topeka and possibly Oklahoma, with a funded consortium backing the project.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Atchison
Kansas
W. B. McKinley
Illinois
Atchison Car System
McKinley Syndicate
Topeka
Wichita
Minois
St. Lois
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Ima Ohlahoma
McKinley
Rockefeller Story Denied Near York Charter Plan
Washington dispatch said John D. Rockefeller abandoned seeking a national charter for a proposed foundation. Starr J. Murphy, Rockefeller’s counsel for Standard Of America, called the report entirely without foundation and said Rockefeller had no involvement with the Economic and General Foundation seeking a New York charter for an aged man of wealth with 2.5 million dollars for charity.
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York
Washington
John D. Rockefeller
Starr J. Murphy
Rockefeller
Standard of
Murphy
Economic and General Foundation
New York
Woman Arrested Over Census Questions in Chicago Case
Katharine Haltrop was arrested by deputy federal marshals after refusing to answer census questions. A census inspector a special agent and a policeman tried to obtain her answers but she remained silent until her husband signed bonds for release. She later begged to be allowed to answer but said it was too late.
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Chicago
Illinois
Katherine Haltrop
Former Flour Ruling Upheld in Iowa Case
Des Moines Iowa Judge Smith McPherson in federal court dismisses the Shawnee Milling Co Topeka and Updike Milling Co Omaha suing on behalf of Western Milling Co to stop seizure of bleached flour shipped into Iowa The court upholds the federal ruling as regards bleached flour.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Smith McPherson
Shawnee Milling Company
Topeka
Updike Milling Company
Omaha
Western Milling Company
United States District Attorney of
Surface of coal lands in Oklahoma set for sale to settlers
Senate action mirrors House move to sell the surface of 480000 acres of segregated coal and asphalt lands of the Kaw and Chickasaw nations in Oklahoma. Representative McGuire of Oklahoma offered an amendment during debate on the Burky Omnibus Indian bill, which was adopted.
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Washington, D
Senate
House
Okla Homa
Setlers
Representip McGuire
Oklahoma
Corporations Face Tax Figures Under New Tariff Act
Washington figures show 221248 corporate returns 25709045 in assessments and 101570 in penalties for late returns as of March 1 under the 1 percent net income tax.
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Washington, D. C
King Edward VII Dies at Buckingham Palace
King Edward VII dies at Buckingham Palace at 11:45 PM from bronchial pneumonia contracted after a cold. Prince George becomes King George V, telegraphs his father's death to the Lord Mayor, and ancestral details cover Edward VII's life from birth in 1841 to his coronation in 1902 and his six children.
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London
Eng
Edward VII
Buckingham Palace
Prince George of Wales
Low
Don
Vuetara Palace
George
Edward
England
Great Britain
Indian Empire
Queen Victoria
Kalward
Alexandra
Prince Albert
Duke of Clarence
George Frederick Ernest Albert
Louisa Victoria
Duke of Fife
Victoria Alexandra
Maude Charlotte
Prince Charles of
Denmark
Prince Alexander John
Proclamation of King George V Crowned at St James Palace
The privy council approved the proclamation at 4 pm in the throne room at St James Palace. The 45 year old son of Edward VII and Alexandra becomes king of the United Kingdom and emire of India with the Earl of Crewe presiding in Viscount Waldegrave's absence.
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George V
Privy Council
Edward VII
Alexandra
United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland
India
St. James Palace
Earl of Crewe
Viscount Wal
Winter wheat crop in US shows 13.3 percent abandoned
Government report indicates 4,439,000 of 33,483,000 acres sown to winter wheat were abandoned by mining or other causes. Remaining 29,044,000 acres May 1 yield a projected 417,000,000 bushels, down from last year's 446,000,000 and below the five year average. Abandonments highest in Kansas Nebraska and Missouri totaling 3,255,000 acres. Conditions by state: Kansas 65 Nebraska 67 Missouri 73 Oklahoma 87 with national condition 82.1 percent.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Department
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
Prospectors Scent Idatorid Fields As Rivers Open
Fairbanks Alaska ports bustle with 2000 prospectors preparing for the Idatorid gold fields as the Chena river clears and Panuna and Lower Yukon navigation begins. Four large steamers and hundreds of craft await sailing while mining plants are readied for shipment.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Chena River
Pate
Panuna
Yukon
Oklahoma Bankers Revolt Over Guaranty Fund Assessment
Guthrie Oklahoma bankers plan to refuse a 1 percent assessment on increased deposits aimed at replenishing the state guaranty fund. They contest the lack of accounting for the Columbia Bank and Trust Co failure in Oklahoma City last September, warning the move could wipe out profits without a leader to oppose it.
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Guthrie
Oklahon
State Banking Board
Columbia Bank and Trust Company
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
House Passes Railroad Bill In Narrow Vote
The House approved the railroad bill 200 to 126 after defeating a recoumit motion 157 to 178. An amendment by Mr Mann of Illinois to let railroads hold stock in non competing lines failed 169 to 160, and the bill, once authored by Attorney General Wickersham, has been heavily amended by insurgents.
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Washington, D. C
House
Mann
Illlinois
Wickersham
Concrete Boats In Panama Impress With Strength
The Panama canal commission has landed a reinforced concrete barge weighing 60,000 pounds and two more are being finished. These vessels reportedly carry more, resist marine worms and vegetation, and are practically indestructible compared with wood.
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Panama Canal
Washington
D. C
Panama Canal Commission
Made Well and Strong Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy Plea
A collection of testimonial letters praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ills. Mrs Burger and Mrs Dunn describe severe symptoms improving after use. The copy invites women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts and notes the remedy's 30 year history and wide use.
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Lydia E. ‘Pinkham
Jenerson
Luwa
Glenwood
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Colorado Irrigated Land Sparks Tall Tales
A Midland railway official traveling from Glenwood Springs boasted of Colorado’s irri gated ground, claiming it makes girls’ feet grow. A Denver Post reader quipped that some Colorado men must have been walking on their heads.
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The
Midland Railway
Glenwood Springs
Colorado
Denver Post
Visitor spots husband in crowd downtown
A playful exchange shows a visitor saying she could touch the husband in the crowd while a hostess notes at home he is so close no one can touch him. The quip uses a Puckish tone to heighten humor.
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Puck
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