Mutinous Troops Clash With Government in Constantinople
Mutinous soldiers demonstrated before Istanbul’s parliament demanding the dismissal of the grand vizier and minister of war. Reports say seventeen killed and thirty wounded as officers were seized, with rumors of further casualties and cabinet resignations. A new ministry formation and pardons for mutineers followed amid ongoing confusion.
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Constantinople
Committee of Union and Progress
Hilmi Pasha
War Ministry
Arslan
Huszin Jahid
Justice
Refik Pasha
Marine
Porte
Tewfik Pasha
Great Britain
Edhim Pasha
Yildiz
School Conference Begins In Atlanta With Noted Speakers
The three day conference on education in the south opens in Atlanta with aims to awaken public opinion and secure more legislation and revenues for public schools. Robert C. Ogden of New York presides. Participants include Hoke Smith Gifford Pinchot Clarence Ousley Elmer Ellsworth Brown Lida Shaw King Edwin Alderman and Charles R Van Hise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Conference For Education In the
South
Robert C. Ogden
New York
Southern Education Board
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Gifford Pinchot
The
Forest Service
Washington
Clarence Ousley
Fort Worth
Brokerage Firm Ennis & Stoppani Faces Bankruptcy
In New York on April 14 an involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in federal court against Ennis & Stoppani members of the Consolidated Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade. Liabilities are alleged at 1.5 million with assets of 400 thousand. Lindsay Russell was named receiver.
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Wall
New York
United States District Court
Ennis & Stoppani
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Tindsay Russell
Governor Signs Anti-Trust Bill in Des Moines
Des Moines dispatch reports Governor Carroll signed an anti trust measure barring price fixing pools. The Stillman law copy targets grain dealer combinations with penalties up to 2000 dollars fine or six months in jail. About 100 bills remain unsigned and a Swift bill hearing on railroad commission penalties was held. Williamsburg district fair funding was to be corrected after a drafting error misstated jingle boards as gambling devices.
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Des Moines
Carroll
Iown
Byers
Swift
Railroad Commission
Williamsburg
No Clew in Kidnap Case of Kreis Family
Marshalltown Iowa April 14 There are no new developments in the kidnaping case of seven year old Lucile Colebourne daughter of Mrs H G Kreis and husband sheriff warrants held no direction. Kreises shipped household effects to Tabor Canada supporting mayor Ensminger theory of child in Canada. Kreis attorney warns of trouble if mother is arrested and asserts a clerical error kept guardian from controlling the child.
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Marshalltown
H. G. Kreis
Lucile Colebourne
Ensminger
Fire in factory causes $10,000 damage and firefighter burn
Spontaneous glazing room fire at the City Sashana Door plant in Sioux City did ten thousand dollars damage to the building and contents. Fireman Lew Humphrey was seriously burned when a barrel of oil exploded engulfing him in flames.
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Sioux City
Sashana Door Company
Lew Humphrey
Brown Tailer Wedding Ties Baltimore and New York High Society
The Baltimore and New York elite gathered in Baltimore for the marriage of Miss Harriet Brown and T Suffern Tailer of New York. The bride, daughter of Alexander Brown, received a 500000 check as a gift from her banker father. Tailer, already widowed, is in banking and previously married to Maud Lorillard. Gifts included a motor car, gold plates, jewels, and substantial checks.
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Baltimore
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Harriet Brown
T. Suffern Tailer
Alexander Brown
Tailer
Cecil Baring
London
Mr. Tailer
Maud Lorillard
Pierre Lorillard
Trichina In Pork Kills Three In Kilpin Family
Three members of John Kilpin's family die and three others fall ill after eating pork infected with trichina in Sioux City. Victims include John Kilpin, his wife, and son Herbert. the critically ill are Cora Lester Florence. Separate item notes plans for a new rail line from Fort Dodge to Webster City and enhanced service to Des Moines via an extension of the Fort Dodge line.
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Sioux City
John Kilpin
Herbert
Cora
Lester
Florence
Webster City
Des Moines
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway
Crooked Creek Railroad
Fort Dodge
Accidental Shooting Claims Woman in Shenandoah Area
Mrs Wilbur Baker aged twenty was shot and killed at home forty seven miles east of Farragut by her younger brother, about ten, when a gun discharged accidentally.
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Shenandoah
Wilbur Baker
Farragut
Electric accident kills Rolling Prairie supervisor in Derby hat test
Charles Fowler superintendent of the Rolling Prairie power station of the Chicago South Bend and Northern Indiana Railway was electrocuted at Laporte Indiana on April 14. He touched bare live wires with the brim of a wet Derby hat while showing a visitor how the lightning arrester worked. In Chicago on the same date B L Winchell president of the Rock Island railroad was named vice chairman of the executive committee of the Frisco lines amid rumors of a dissolution.
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Laporte
Ind
Charles Fowler
Rolling Prairie
Chicago, South Bend and Northern Indiana Railway Company
Winchell
Frisco
Chicago
B. L. Winchell
Rock Island Railroad
Missouri House Passes Rate Bill in Reconsideration
Jefferson City April 14 The Missouri House defeated a bill granting railroad commissioners power to fix passenger rates then reconsidered and passed the measure.
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Missouri House
Jefferson City
House
Gambling Quarrel Fatal to Two in Knoxville
The quarrel over gambling in Knoxville ends with Theodore Rose dead and Dick Thomas dying. Police report the two men fought over a game, leading to fatal injuries.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Theodore Rose
Dick Thomas
Rochester Swept by Gale Fire Killing Homes and Costing 500000
A twenty five mile per hour gale fueled a large Rochester fire that destroyed the Palmer building at Main and Gobb streets and spread to fifty residences and other structures. The blaze caused about 500000 in damage and left 100 families homeless as militiamen guarded the affected zones while out of town fire crews aided local responders. Firemen were injured by smoke and debris but no fatalities reported.
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Rochester
N. Y
Palmer
Main
Gobb Streets
Buffalo
Syracuse
Hunting Company
Berith Kodesh
Insane Hospital
Woodward
Oklo
Oklahoma State Insane Asylum
Fort Supply
Chicago Market Report of Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices 1909
Market for hogs mixed with light hogs at 700 to 740, mixed packers 705 to 750, heavy ship grades 715 to 755. Cattle receipts 30,000 with beves and cows steady to 10 lower, western cattle 440 to 680. Sheep receipts 15,000 steady with native 365 to 615 and western 365 to 620. lambs 650 to 820. Grain firm, bids from Beach Wickham Grain Co.
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Texas
Tariff Debate Next Week On Senate Finance Plan
Senate Finance Committee prepares for general tariff bill debate with minority seeking time extension to Monday. Aldrich to explain absence of revenue features in amendments to the Payne bill. House may request correction of the petroleum schedule, but is unlikely to see the bill returned.
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Tee
Payne
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Aldrich
House
Finance Committee
Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Committee
Vreelangd
N. Y
Petrolum
Loyal Legioncongress meets in New York quadrennial session
The Loyal Legion of the United States held its eleventh quadrennial congress in New York on April 14. The meeting focused on revising the order constitution, with General Grenville M. Dodge as commander in chief. The group comprises Civil War officers and later regulars. Thoburn Jubilee ends in Meadville with banquet. 200 guests attend. Bishop James M. Thoburn honored with a home purchased by 100 friends. letters from Taft and Bryce read.
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New York
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
The
Loyal Legion
Army
Wavy
Marine Corps
Regular Army
Navy
Grenville M. Dodge
Thoburn
Meadville
James M. Thoburn
India
Methodist Episcopal Church
Taft
Bryce
Maybray Brought to Des Moines by Marshals in Fraud Swindle Case
J C Maybray, leader of alleged fake race and wrestling swindlers, was taken to Des Moines from Little Rock in custody of Deputy U S Marshals Burra and Caron. The arrival marks a development in the federal case.
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Maybray
Des Moines
J. C. Maybray
Little Rock
United States
Burra and
Caron
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Kew
Young Turks’ Party For Freedom In Religion
Pure Food and Dairy
H. R. Wright
Livermore
Ottosen
Wright
Donaney
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Stillman
Canada
Baltimore Society
Beach- Wickham Grain Company
Hicago
John A. Babcock
Carbof
North American Live Stock Commission Company
U.S. Yards
Chicago, Ill
Senate Finance
Military Order
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