Democrats Plan Tariff Revision and Rule Changes
Washington reported that the Democratic caucus adopted a broad legislative program for the extra session, including tariff revision, New Mexico and Arizona statehood, direct senate elections, and campaign expense publication. Rules changes empower discharge of committees, allow two passages on bills, and curb filibustering. Budget cuts target about 182000 annually, with six committees dissolved and key offices announced.
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Washington
House
Congress
New Mexico
Arizona
District of Columbia
Champ Clark
Missouri
South Trimble
Kentucky
A. 8
Jackson
Indiana
Joseph J. Sinnott
Virginia
William M. Dunbar
Georgia
Henry N. Couden
Michigan
Mississippi
Ways and Means
Railway Officials Change Leaders on Hill System
Carl Raymond Gray resigns as senior vice president of the St Louis and San Francisco line to become president of Steam and Electric railroads of the Hill system with headquarters in Portland Oregon James J Hill made the arrangements. W C Nixon will succeed Gray as senior vice president with Charles M Levy and W W H Rosing as assistants and W T Tyler as general manager
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St. Paul
Carl Raymond Gray
St. Louis
San Francisco
Hill System
Portland
Ore
John F. Stevens
James J. Hill
W. C. Nixon
Gray
Frisco
Charles M. Levy
W. W. H. Rosing
W. T. Tyler
Captain H. W. Palmer Dies in Omaha
Captain H. W. Palmer former postmaster of Omaha and board member of the National Soldiers' Home died at his home in Omaha from apoplexy. He led G A R circles and directed the Great Battle Mountain Sanitarium at Hot Springs Arkansas the nation’s largest hospital for old soldiers.
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Omaha, Neb
HW. F. Palmer
Omaha
Natoonal Soldiers’ Home
Great Battle Mountain
Hot Springs
Premier Canalejas Whose Cabinet Has Resigned
Cabinet in Spain resigns following church trouble with Premier Canalejas leading the government. Political crisis unsettles Madrid as pressure mounts from religious factions and opposition leaders.
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Spain
Spanish Cabinet Resigns Over Religious Reform Controversy
Madrid April 3 The cabinet of Premier Canalejas has resigned after clashes over reforms to regulate religious bodies. Formed February 9 1910 and reorganized January 1 last the ministry faced strong Catholic opposition and near suspension of Vatican relations. The premier backed by King Alfonso saw his associations bill approved unanimously and to be introduced in the cortes April 6.
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Madrid
Canalejas
Vatican
Alfonso
Indiana Grand Army encampment plans six hour fund drive
Richmond Indiana April 8 The finance committee for the Indiana department Grand Army of the Republic and its auxiliaries announces a six hour drive to raise 6000 dollars for May 17 18 and 19 activities. A 12 to 6 pm solicitation event is set for April 14 to meet the goal.
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Richmond
Ind
Indiana Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Silent march planned in New York for Triangle Waist victims
More than 200000 people will parade in a silent march with draped banners through New York streets on Wednesday to honor Triangle Waist company holocaust victims. Union leaders urge citizens to decorate homes in mourning.
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New York
Triangle Waist Company
Liberty Statue in Peril Threatens Explosive Storage Near Harbor
New York April 8 Prosecutor Pierre Garven of Jersey City plans joint New York New Jersey action to ban storage of explosives in Upper New York harbor after warning that over thirty six tons of dynamite sit on storage scows a few hundred feet from the Statue of Liberty amid risk of accidental detonation.
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New York
Pierre Garven
Jersey City
United
New Jersey
New York Harbor
Juarez Bomb Attacks Kill One Wound Three Here
A triple bomb blast in Juarez near the Red Light district kills soldier Francisco Sonora and wounds three others including Captain Enribo Ortiz and Rafael Sorcini. The attack targets military personnel. two suspects fled as authorities investigate with figures linked to Francisco I. Madero and Roque Estrada arriving from San Antonio.
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el Paro
Tex
Juarez
Manuel Tamborel
Fourteenth Cavalry
Devil Street
Ito
Francisco Sonora
Maximo Vasquez
Transporation Corps
Mexican Army
Enrlfo Ortiz
Twenty-Third Infantry
Rafael Sorcini
Francisco I. Madero
Alon
Madero
Roque Estrada
Mexico City
Rafael Vernardes
San Antonio
Sale of Hoe Library in New York April 24 to May 4
The Robert Hoe library, about 6 000 items, will be sold in New York from April 24 to May 4 following the sale of the inventor's art treasures. The Gutenberg Bible of 1450 is among the items and is expected to fetch over $25 000.
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New York
Robert Hoe
Aventor
Automobile crash near Daytona kills Felix Faust in New York
In Daytona Florida on April 3 Felix Faust of New York is dead and Doris McDonald and Gertrude Pfeiffer of Boston are mortally injured. One other woman and two men are seriously injured after a joy ride in a ninety horse power car owned by P A Warner of New York on the Port Orange road near Daytona.
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Daytona
Fla
Felix Faust
New York
Doris McDonald
Gertrude Pfeiffer
Boston
P. A. Warner
Port Orange Road
Diet Hint Advocates Monodiet With Mixed Results
Readers report noticeable weight gain after adopting a simple diet: apples for breakfast beans and brown bread for lunch dates for dinner and buttermilk with oil at headtime. The author notes it may not be ideal for all but urges making some improvement through simple changes.
Half His Life in Prison Holds Serial Highwayman
George Johnson known as George Bradenburg with aliases has spent twenty one of forty three years in prison. Identified by John Shea as the lone highwayman who robbed victims with two revolvers. His criminal record traces back to 1884 in Michigan and includes multiple states and aliases.
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St. Louis
George Johnson
John Shea
Johnson
Fertilion
George Bradenburg
Hart
George Brady
Michigan
Hie
Iowa
Pardon urged for John R Walsh in White House talks
George Buckingham counsel for John R Walsh met with the president and Rep McKinley to urge clemency. Walsh, aged and suffering from hardening of the arteries, may not survive another summer in confinement. Walsh becomes parole eligible September 19 under a new law, but no decision was announced.
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Washington
George Buckingham
John R. Walsh
White House
McKinley
Ilinois
Buckingham
Walsh
Rob County Vault Attempt Fails in Des Moines Heist
Des Moines police report seven arrests in a vault robbery bid at the county treasurer office. Deputy County Treasurer James O Callaghan, brother of baseball magnate, is among those held along with Al Rhodes Bart Lynch Mrs Rhodes Clayton Bayles, and another man. The group bound G M Kellar and tried to dynamite the vault with nitroglycerin. a first blast only partialy damaged the door and the plan collapsed after a running gunfight with officers.
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Des Moines
M. Kellar
al Rhodes
James O'Callaghan
Rhodes
O'Callaghan
Bart Lynch
Maderos Arrest Succeeds Depew in Puerto Rico
In Puerta Rico one of the Maderos is arrested while Aloysius O Gorman takes over from C M Depew. The report notes political shifts and legal action surrounding the succession and arrest in the local scene.
Texas Hit By Storm Storm Severely Affects Central Texas
A severe Texas storm brought wind rain and hail, causing property damage and cutting central areas including Georgetown home to Southwestern University off from communication. Houston saw a northwesterly wind hail and flooding while Cisco reported a disastrous hail event. No injuries were reported.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Austin
Georgetown
Southwestern Texas University
Cisco
Mrs Charles T Yerkes Dies In New York
Mrs Charles T Yerkes formerly Mary Adelaide Moore of Philadelphia died at 87 Madison Avenue after more than five weeks illness. Heart trouble followed a nervous breakdown, says Dr H H Whitehouse. Yerkes had just left Cherry Hill prison after seven months for embezzlement in Philadelphia. The couple married twenty four years ago and later separated after years of trouble.
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New York
Charles T. Yerkes
Madison Avenue
H. H. Whtehouse
Mary Adelaide Moore
Philadelphia
Yerkes
Cherry Hill
Official Heads In Danger
A Mexico City dispatch reports Diaz cabinet changes will trigger a wholesale purge of minor officials and district officers. Several hundred resignations are already tendered as the government plans a clean sweep in several departments.
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Monterey
Mex
Mexico City
Diaz
Republic
Boy Shoots Chum in Accidental House Incident
In Schenectady New York on April 3 seven year old Herbert Bond warned Kenneth Brandon to surrender during a pretend gun play on a home’s third floor. A pistol fired injuring Kenneth in the head. the shooter did not realize the weapon was loaded.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Herbert Bond
Kenneth Brandon
Kenneth
Herbert
Tragedy Near Sand Creek As Farmer Ed Clark Killed
Adrian Michigan April 3 Ed Clark a farmer living one mile south of Sand Creek was struck and instantly killed by a Wabash train as he drove toward his home near the crossing. His horse was killed and the wagon severely wrecked.
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Adrian, Mich
Ed Clark
Sand Creek
Attempted assassination of union president in Bedford
Four shots rang out at a cabin Guthrie rode to a hotel where W A Guthrie president of the Nattona Stone Cutters Union was targeted. The attack occurred in Bedford Indiana on April 3 with Guthrie escaping unharmed as one shot narrowly missed him.
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Bedford
Ind
W. A Guthrie
Nattora Stone Cutters’ Union
Guthrie
Salvador Madero Arrest Shocks San Antonio Residents
Salvador Madero brother of Francisco Madero was arrested by Mexican federal authorities as he entered Nuevo Laredo. He denied identity when confronted with a photograph, then admitted it, and was jailed incommunicado. Onlookers in San Antonio feared he was a peace envoy while his family asserted he was loyal to Diaz and merely aiding a bedside visit for their father in Monterey.
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San Antonio
Tex
Salvador Madero
Francisco Maglero
Mexican Insurrecto Junta
Senor Limantour
Mexico
Nuevo Zaredo
Secret Service
Madero
Monterey
Ding
Chihuahua
Francisco Jr
Maderos
Sem Antonio
Franccisco, Sr
Diaz
Limantour
Francisco Madero, Sr
Alfonso
el Paso
Diaz Answers Critics in Message at Congress Opening
Mexico City April 3 General Diaz defended reforms urged by revolutionists while claiming to yield to public opinion In his semiannual message he backed no re election for the chief executive and other elective offices and called for reform of electoral laws to allow voting by those deemed capable.
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Mexico City
Diaz
National Congress
Sixteen year old confesses bank theft in Indiana
In Fort Wayne a 16 year old, John Rahner, admitted stealing $1300 and papers from Union Hill National Bank in Union Hill New York last December. He was arrested after being recognized from a photo while working as a messenger boy and had only cents left. He implicated an Italian boy in the robbery.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
John Rahner
Union Hill National Bank
Union Hill
N. Y
Rahner
Maine hull to be raised by June 1 in Havana harbor
The hull of the sunken battleship Maine in Havana harbor will be exposed not later than June 1, said Frank M. Daniels, the contractor who built the cofferdam around the ship. This will help determine if the explosion came from outside or inside.
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Maine
Pensacola
Fla
Havana Harbor
Frank M. Daniels
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