Havens Sweeps Rochester in Democratic Victory for 32nd District
Jammer Havens Democrat defeats George W Aldridge Republican by 5875 in a special election. Havens carries Rochester city by 3746 and all Republican strongholds in Monroe county including country towns. The result mirrors shifts seen in Massachusetts and reflects a broader Democratic surge.
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Mr. Havens
Rochester
N. Y
Jammer
Havens
George W Aldridge
Aldridge
Perkins
Massachusetts
Eugene N. Foss
Col
Albert 8
Keenleal
Cleveland
Harrison
Motrae County
Walsh Pardon Petition Referred to Justice Department
Congressman Cullop presented to President Taft a pardon petition for John R. Walsh former Chicago banker. The president directed the petition be referred to the department of justice to follow the usual course. It was signed by 22 000 residents of Indiana's Second District where Walsh’s railroads extend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressman Cullop
Indiana
Taft
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Department of Justice
Second
Walsh
Head found in trunk tied to Wells Fargo consignment
Chicago police investigate a possible murder after a trunk on the Wells Fargo Express line from the west side depots indicates the head of a man about 70. The chest was mislabeled to Springfield Ohio, with a clerk recalling a shipment to Springfield Illinois but not to Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
West Side
Wells Fargo Express Company
Springfield
Hadley
Springfield O
George J Gould Daughter Marries Anthony J Drexel in New York
In New York a society wedding joins George J. Gould's daughter to Anthony J. Drexel in a high profile ceremony. Families and prominent guests attended as names and titles highlighted the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony J. Drexel
New York
Baseball Results in National and American Leagues
Baseball results from National and American leagues with standings. Highlights include game outcomes, team performances, and current rankings across the two major American leagues.
National League games postponed due to rain and cold
The slate of National League games was postponed because of rain cold weather or snow. Officials cited unsafe field conditions and forecast continuing wintery conditions prompting rescheduling.
Baseball Scores From Rainy Day Games
All Boston Morning and Chicago games ended with rain affected scores. Oberlin and Street, Cicotte and Carrigan faced Cleveland and Chicago pitchers in twelve innings. Washington and Boston totals show low runs, while other American League games were postponed due to rain.
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Boston
Washington
Oberlin and
Street
Cicotte and Carrigan
Baseball scores roll in from Minneapolis and St. Paul meets
At Minneapolis Minneapolis city games Milwaukee 10 St Paul 0. At St Paul Kansas City 1. Other games postponed due to rain.
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Minneapolis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Kansas City
Fire Levels Hunter and Hunter Store on Woodward Avenue
A rapid blaze gutted the seven story Hunter and Hunter department store at 177 181 Woodward Avenue in Detroit starting on the lower floors. The fire took less than 30 minutes and caused losses exceeding half a million dollars. Investigators attribute the blaze to detective wires.
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Detroit
Hunter & Hunter
Woodward Avenue
Wirls
Seidel Is Inaugurated Milwaukee Elects Seidel Leader
Milwaukee April 20 The city government passes into the hands of the Social Democrats with Mayor Emil Seidel at the helm. He is backed by a 21 member council all from his party while the minority includes 10 Democrats and four Republicans. Alderman Edmund Mevis elected council president and Carl D. Thompson city clerk. Crowds fill the municipal building corridors as politicians of the past watch the transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Social Democrats
Emil Seidel
Edmund T Mevis
Carl D. Thompson
Strikers Rule Town Stop Cars from Pittsburg St
Strikers halt street cars in Stowe township and McKees Rocks. 4600 workers idle as 1000 foreigners in the erecting department strike. Police patrol the area while crowds parade. Cars entering the town are turned back, with workers briefly kept from duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Stowe Township
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKees Rocks
Weather Update for Illinois and Indiana
The forecast calls for a pair of slightly warmer days across Illinois and Indiana today and tomorrow with gradual warmup expected. Highs near seasonal norms, with light winds and only small chances of isolated showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Indiana
Lurline Appeals For Aid After Rudder Breaks En Route
Wireless messages from Mare Island report the Matson liner Lurline with over seventy passengers broke its rudder stock four hundred miles from port and tows hawsers while entering the Golden Gate. The ship was described as making good time despite the mishap. In separate dispatches from Redding Connecticut Mark Twain is said to be very ill, weaker and unresponsive to stimulants, with Drs Halsey and Quinlard in constant attendance.
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San Francisco
Matson Navigation Steamship Company
Golden Gate
Mare Island
Hall Headquarters Quell Toilers in Overalls Utility
A report notes that many men, fully twenty percent in overalls, used the hall as headquarters and a broad justification of the toilers was held.
Snow and Hail Alarm Northern Virginia Fruit Belt
Snow and hail fell across the fruit belt of northern Virginia on April 20 causing temperatures to drop about forty five degrees toward freezing. Fruit men express great alarm over prospects for crops in Winchester and surrounding areas.
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Winchester
Virginia
Heavy Snow Falls Across Eastern States
Snow covers western Pennsylvania and parts of West Virginia with temperatures from 41 to 32 above zero. Damage to orchards in West Virginia reported. In Ohio Cleveland reports six inches of wet snow breaking trees and wires, but may have saved fruit and other spring growths from frost.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Cleveland
Carmen Vote Favors Strike In Pittsburg
About 3000 street car men in Pittsburg vote against a Pittsburg Railways proposal, seeking a three year contract and a 20 cent per hour raise. They threaten action at midnight Monday when their current scale ends, risking a district-wide tie up if demands are not met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Railways Company
Markets Show Mixed Slippage Across Livestock Prices
Estimated receipts for cattle hogs and sheep are listed with varied ranges. Cattle and sheep futures show weakness while hogs and porkers hold steady near yesterday’s assessments. The report notes overall market weakness in cattle and sheep with slight gains possible in some hog categories.
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Texas
Local Market Prices At Washington City
The Washington City market lists quotes for corn hay straw flour bran shorts and corn meal with varied figures. Prices include hay at 12.00 to 14.00 per 100d straw at 5.00 per load flour 1.60 per sack and butter at 0.85. The column shows miscellaneous entries and some garbled text in places.
John A. Babcock Case From North American Live Stock
A Chicago case involving John A. Babcock appears in the record tied to the North American Live Stock Commission Company and the stock yards. The filing notes the party and related corporate entity in a legal proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Commission Company
U. & Stock Yards
Chicago, Ill
Who Is Now on Trial For Killing Ruth Wheeler
A New York court weighs charges against a suspect in the 15 year old Ruth Wheeler's killing. The trial centers on evidence presented by prosecutors and the defense.
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Ruth Wheeler
New York
Bryan pushes Porto Rico aid and Pan American college plan
W J Bryan spoke to the house committee on insular affairs urging a 875000 appropriation to eradicate the hookworm in Porto Rico and to establish a Pan American college there. He also pressed for a college in the canal zone and predicted South American population growth. He met Taft at the White House and left for Chicago.
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Washington
W. J. Bryan
House Committee On Insular Affairs
Porto Rico
Taft
White House
Bryan
Olmsted
Col. Bryan
Champ Clark
Canal Zone
South America
Europe
North America
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Mr. Bryan
Cuba
Chicago
Sailor Dies in New York Washington Arrival
Scribbled report shows Indiana sailor, son of a Shelbyville family, died in New York. Navy officials arranged for burial as burial details and next of kin awaited further word. Local authorities report no official cause yet.
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Washingtrey
I Shelbyvill
New York
Navy
Ville
Riffey
Sahe Department
Ill health forces congressman to quit the race
Sterling Illinois April 20 Prankoo Lowden member of the Thirteenth Illinois district announces he will not seek renomination and will retire from the race by order of his physicians He will finish his present term in Congress and may stay at his Mississippi farm through the summer His illness has led to his stepping down from the Republican national committee moving in national politics with Speaker Cannon support
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Ill
Lowden
Ilinois
Congress
Cannon
Illinois
Florence Pullman
Hisago
R. R. Hitt
Republican National Committee
Sinpissippi
United States
Ogle County
Dynamite Wrecks Bridge at Clinton Indiana
Dynamite damaged the Chicago and Eastern Illinois bridge over the Wabash River in Clinton. Two explosions damaged two piers. A man was seen fleeing the site. Trains were detoured. No motive is known.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Wabash River
Clinton
Roosevelt Visits Stud Farm at Babalona in Hungary
Col. Roosevelt toured the government stud farm at Babalona in Hungary, inspecting stables housing over 900 thoroughbreds. A parade of state cattle and sheep followed, with Countess Apponyi and Countess Sezechenyi among the party. Sezechenyi suffered a head injury from a falling fan on the train. Roosevelt dined with Prime Minister Khuen von Hedervary before departing for Stockholm.
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Budapest
Col. Roosevelt
Babalona
Countess Apponyi
Countess Sezechenyi
Count Sezechenyi
Count Khuen von Hedervary
Stockholm
Sweden
Desperado Kills Officer in Indianapolis Shootout
Indianapolis police arrest two men near the city limits as they search they break free and open fire. Officer Joseph Krupp is killed and Officer Albert Groves is severely wounded. Three hours later Walter Whitlock and George Douglas from Pittsburg are captured in an old shack twelve miles away. Whitlock confesses to firing the fatal shot and the one that wounded Groves.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Joseph Krupp
Albert Groves
Krupp
Groves
Walter Whitlock
George Douglas
Pittsburg
Whitlock
Ship Master Dies Aboard Muncie Steamer
Capt. W. L. Wright of Erie Pa commanding the Anchor line steamer Muncie died suddenly aboard during a voyage from Duluth to Houghton. The ship reached Houghton with a coroner's inquiry open and awaiting a replacement captain or mate.
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Houghton, Mich
W. L. Wright
Erie
Muncie
Houghton
Duluth
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James S. Havens
G. W. Aldridge
Rochester, N. Y
George J. Gould
National League
L. Pet
L. Pet. Bos
Cin
O Hoo
Pitts
Brook
Johnson and Street
Wood, Hall and Carrigan
R.H. E. Cleveland
Berger
Bemis
Smith
Wayne
W. L. Pet
Oley
American Association
Seidel
Macauley
New York World
Carmen
Rain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Washington City
Reister & Son
Sane
John A. Babcock
Albert J. Wolter
Capitol
House
Porto Bigan College
HH. Ey
Shelbyville
Solon
C. & E. J. Bridge
Clinton, Ind
Roosevelt
Desperado
Wright
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