Suffragists Elect Officers at Capitol Visit
Washington April 19 visiting suffragists invaded the capitol with hundreds petitioning for women’s suffrage. Dr Anna Howard Shaw was re elected president and Catherine Waugh McCullough named second vice president. The petition with about 400 000 names was divided into smaller packets and presented to Congress.
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Anna Howard
Catherine Waugh McCullough
Washington
Capitol
New York
Indiana
Congress
Michigan
Wyoming
Colorado
Senate
Clay
Georgia
Woman's Suffrage Committee
Committee
Anna Howard Shaw
Moylan
Rachel Foster Avery
Swarthmore
Chicago
Florence Kelley
Mary Ware Dennett
Boston
Frances Squire Potter
Ella 8. Stewart
Harriet Taylor Upton
Warren, C
Rheinlander Waldo to Wed in Greenwich Country Home
Fire Commissioner Rheinlander Waldo and Mrs Virginia Otis Heckscher plan a Wednesday wedding at Mrs Heckscher's Greenwich Connecticut country home. She inherits a fortune from John G Heckscher who died in 1908. Waldo is a prominent New York figure active in politics and a former army officer in the Philippines.
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New York
Rheinlander Waldo
Virginia Otis Heckscher
John G. Heckscher
Carter Loses Fortune After Court Ruling
Washington April 19 The United States Supreme Court decreed that former Captain Oberlin M Carter be dismissed from the army and confined in the penitentiary for his role in a government fraud connected with the improvement of the harbor at Savannah Ga His $400000 fortune was swept away as a further consequence of the case
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Washington
Larbor
Savannah
Oberlin M. Carter
United States Supreme Court
Return of William J. Bryan
William Jennings Bryan arrived in New York after a trip to South America and was pressed on another presidential bid. He declined further comment, saying his position is understood and he has said all he will on the subject.
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New York
W. J. Bryan
South America
Earthquake Shocks Hit Moors at Tangier
A sequence of earthquake shocks unsettles Moors in Tangier on April 19 causing widespread alarm among residents and officials. No injuries reported in the terse dispatch.
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Tangier
Reverend Anna H. Shaw Re-elected President of Suffragists
Reverend Anna Howard Shaw was re-elected president of the National Suffragists Association, reaffirming leadership of the campaign for women’s voting rights. The milestone underscores ongoing advocacy by Shaw and allied members across the organization.
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National Suffragists Association
Baseball Results From National and American Leagues
National and American League standings and game results summarized, listing recent scores, team positions, and notable performances. Highlights include top performers and shifts in the pennant race across both leagues.
All National League games postponed by rain and cold
National League games were all postponed due to rain, snow, and cold weather affecting the schedule. The delays halted play across the circuit, with no makeup dates announced in the provided text.
Detroit R H E DGE Report on Rain Postponed AL Games
The Detroit section notes rain caused postponement of all other American League games while Bailey, Stephens, Mullin, Stanage and Schmidt are listed among players.
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Detroit
R.h.edge
Bailey and
Stephens
Mullin
Scores Reported in Dual Meets Across Cities
At Columbus Colum bus Indianapolis 8 to 7. Minneapolis Minnesota 7 to Milwaukee 2. Toledo Ohio 6 to Louisville 2. St Paul Kansas City meet played on wet grounds.
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American Association
Columbus
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Toledo
Louisville
St. Paul
Kansas City
Driscoll Retains English Welterweight Title in Fifteenth Round
Jem Driscoll, welterweight champion of England, defeated Spike Robson at the National Sporting Club in London by knockout in the fifteenth round. The bout was scheduled for twenty rounds but ended early.
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Driscoll
Spike Robson
London
Jem Driscoll
England
National Sporting Club
Berger Statement Outlines Aims Of New Social Democratic Admin
Victor L. Berger, alderman at large and Milwaukee Social Democratic party spokesman, issues a statement outlining the city administration's guiding principles for the next two years starting today with inaugurations. The aims include economic and political liberty, and municipal ownership of public utilities, seeking best possible service in the interim.
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Milwaukee
Victor L. Berger
Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic
Safe valued over fifty thousand located in Gulf
A large steel safe containing diamonds jewels and money, valued at more than 50000 dollars, has been found in the gulf. Identified as the property of J Williams a jeweler, it was washed from Indianola during the gulf hurricane and tidal wave of 1875, drowning Williams and his daughter. Divers report the safe intact with its face buried in sand.
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Galveston
Tex
Gulf
J. Williams
Indianola
Williams
Damage in Iowa Shelters Heavy Fruit Losses Reported
Weather records show 22 degrees below zero in southern Iowa causing extensive damage to fruit and vegetables. Wesley Greene of the Iowa horticultural department estimates losses between 5 and 10 million dollars with early fruit such as cherries and plums hardest hit. Vegetables may be replanted to recover some losses as snow falls statewide.
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Wesley Greene
Iowa
Tigen la
Social Democracy Aims for Radical Economic Change
The Social Democracy party argues that more competition breeds corruption and seeks broad redistribution of production through radical reforms to place means of production in the hands of the people.
Weather Report: Continued Cool, Warmer Tomorrow
The Weather notes continued cool conditions today across Hainess and Indiana with a warmer trend expected tomorrow as temperatures rise and skies clear across the region.
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Hainess
Indiana
Markets Report Chicago April 19 1910 Prices Extend Decline
Estimated receipts hogs 13000 to 17000 range with prices mostly 30 to 35 lower than yesterday’s average. Cattle and sheep receipts and prices vary with hog markets showing continued weakness. Western cattle and Texas steers noted. Furnished by Beach-Wickham Grain Company, Chicago.
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Texas
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Local Market Prices in Washington City Report
Prevailing prices listed for hay straw flour bran shorts corn meal buckwheat and butter in Washington City markets. Figures show hay loaded and baled, straw, flour per sack, bran per hundred, shorts per hundred, and butter.
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Washington City
John A Babcock Named In Chicago Stock Exchange Note
John A. Babcock appears in a brief Chicago related stock exchange item. North American Live Stock Commission Company and U and Stock Yards in Chicago, Illinois are mentioned. The fragment suggests a notifier or endorsement connected to John A. Babcock and Chicago stock activities.
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LIVE
Stock Commission Company
U. & Stock Yards
Chicago, Ill
Condition of Famous Humorist Takes Change for the Worse
The condition of the famous humorist has worsened after recent health developments. Doctors report the patient’s status as guarded while monitoring vital signs and responding to treatment as family gathers at the bedside.
Mark Twain Relapse Shocks Redding Residents
Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain suffered a sudden relapse at Stormfield home near Redding Conn physicians were summoned though initial reports were noncommittal His health briefly improved after the arrival in Europe of his daughter Mrs Ossip Gabrilovitch wife of the pianist but that improvement proved temporary
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Redding
Conn
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Stormfield
Here
Europe
Ossip Gabrilovitch
Four Killed In Wreck Near Jackson Mississippi
Four persons are dead and more than twenty injured after No 2 Minors Central flyer from New Orleans to Chicago derailed two miles from Jackson. Mail clerks W R Litt E V Howe and Jones Treloar of Memphis plus A W Woods of New Orleans die. Locomotive jumped track and plunged down an embankment. three mail cars and three sleeper cars derailed while coaches stayed on track. cars burned as passengers fought to free the trapped.
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Jackson
Miss
Minors Central
New Orleans
Chicago
W. R. Litt
Memphis
E. V. Howe
Jones Treloar
A. W. Woods
Governor appoints Evarts B Greene to history library board
Springfield April 19 Gov De Neen appoints Evarts B Greene professor of history at the University of Illinois to the state historical library board to replace Dr E J James who has resigned Greene born in Japan educated at Northwestern and Harvard universities and connected with the University of Illinois since
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Springfield
Trial of Hyde Opens in Poison Murder Case in Kansas City
Crowded Kansas City courtroom hears opening statement by James A. Reed for the prosecution in the murder trial of Dr. B. C. Hyde charged with poisoning Col. Thomas H. Swope.
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Kansas City
James A. Reed
B. C. Hyde
Col
Thomas H. Swope
Wind Storm Destroys Barns Near Hudson Farm
A severe wind storm struck the farm of C. Milner four miles southeast of Hudson Michigan on April 19, smashing a forty foot long cow barn and tearing doors roofs and fences. Trees were leveled and outbuildings damaged in the siege.
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Hudson, Mich
C. Milner
Roosevelt endures strenuous day in Budapest visit
Colonel Roosevelt toured Budapest with stops at the house of parliament the Kossuth home and the agricultural museum. He was joined by Count Szecheny and Baron Hengemaster and ended with a reception at the American consulate after a rain delay and a stop at the Washington Monument gifted by the American Hungarian Federation.
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Budapest
Col
Roosevelt
House of Parliament
Count Apponyi
Col. Roosevelt
Kossuth
Hungary
Agricultural Museum
Count Szecheny
Gladys Vandervilt
Count Szapary
Baron Hengemaster
United States
Count Secheny
Washington Monument
American Hungarian Federation
Federation
Cleveland
George Zala
Publicity bill passes house with one negative vote
Washington April 19 with only one vote in the negative the McCall bill providing for the publicity of campaign contributions passed the house of representatives Representative Mann of Illinois cast the single vote against it He protested that the bill is too loosely drawn requiring not only the Republican and Democratic national and congressional committees to file statements but would force the labor and conservation groups to do likewise
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Washington
House of Representatives
Mann
Ilinois
Congressional
Te of
Labor
National Divic Tion
National Conservation Congress
Roosevelt Praises Danes In Copenhagen Visit
Col. Roosevelt wired Ambassador Eagan that he would stay twenty four hours longer in Denmark than planned. He said the Danes are the best citizens living in America and that he appreciates the country and its people.
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Copenhagen
Col. Roosevelt
Eagan
Denmark
America
Train Buried In Landslide Near La Tuque Quebec
A ballast train carrying twenty five men was buried under earth in a landslide at Concourcie about sixty miles above La Tuque on the Trans-Continental railway. Rescuers have deserted the site as the disaster's toll remains uncertain.
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la Tuque
Quebec
St. Alphonse
Concourcie
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