Illinois Manufacturers' Association Criticizes Longworth
J. M. Glenn secretary of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association writes to Congressman Nicholas Longworth objecting to his critique of the association's stance on the corporation tax. He defends the group's campaign, cites Taft's steam roller and Republican letters, and asserts the association’s lawful, taxpaying conduct while opposing the tax law as discriminatory.
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Washington
J. F. Glenn
Chicago
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Longworth
Glenn
Washington State
Congress
Illinois
Taft
Steam Roller Brigade
United States
Republican National Committee
J. M. Glenn
Switchmen Vote To Strike On 18 Railroads In Chicago
Chicago February 10 switchmen of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen on eighteen railroads in Chicago vote 3007 to 91 to strike. Four thousand men would be affected by the action. Preventing a tie up hinges on railroads agreeing to a five cent per hour wage increase.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway
F. A. Whitney
Asquith to Visit the King in Brighton Audience
Prime Minister Asquith will attend a cabinet meeting and then go to Brighton for an audience with the king. Reportedly John Redmond has been assured licensing clauses affecting Ireland will be modified in the Dew finance bill.
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London
Asquith
Brighton
John Redmond
Ireland
Dew
Nicholas Longworth Criticism of Manufacturers Assailed
Nicholas Longworth faces sharp counterattacks as he criticizes manufacturers. Lawmakers debate tariffs and industry influence amid mounting political pressure.
Livestock Movements at Seven Interior Markets Reach Low
Chicago February 10. Livestock receipts for 1909 at seven leading interior markets total 39 545 725 head the lowest since 1904. Hog receipts for 1909 fall to 18 851 641 from 22 868 701 in 1908. Cattle total 9 139 312 while calves 871 172 and sheep 10 284 905 show varied changes. Horses and mules total 360 29 in a number with a decline from earlier years.
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Chicago
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Moe Continues Bribery Inquiry in Allds Case
Albany Feb 10 Hiram G Moe agent for the Conger brothers testified on the bribing of Senator Allds during the session of the Conger charges. The examination by Martin W Littleton lasted from 2 to 5 pm and adjourned to morning with cross examination not yet finished.
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H. C. Moe
Conger Brothers
Littleton
Albany
N. Y
Hiram G. Moe
Senator Allds
Conger
Martin W. Littleton
Moe
Six Coal Miners Dead in Stearns Mine Blast
Stearns Kentucky February 10 An explosion at a Stearns Coal Company mine killed six men who likely encountered a gas pocket ignited by their lamps. Named victims include A. B. Trasher Edward Thasher G. W. King Elihu Grundy Benjamin Grundy and John Trozell. No other workers were injured.
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Stearns, Ky
Stearns Coal Company
A. B. Trasher
Edward Thasher
G. W. King
Elihu Grundy
Benjamin Grundy
John Trozell
Baby Madeline dies in blaze. girl weighed 250 pounds
In Columbus on February 10 a seven year old known as Baby Madeline died after a fire. Her mother Mrs. James Longenbecker was seriously burned trying to rescue her. The child was famed in the show world for her exceptional weight.
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Columbus
Bessie Longnecker
United States
Madeline
James Longenbecker
Verdict Against Dr Hyde in Swope Case
Independence jury finds Colonel Thomas H. Swope died from strychnine in a capsule given by Dr. B C Hyde but cannot determine felonious intent. Nurse Pearl Kellar testifies to convulsions including clenched jaw, rigid body, and ropy mouth secretions during the final hours before death.
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Independence
Thomas H. Swope
B.C. Hyde
Thomas
Swope
Dr. Hyde
Passenger train wreck hits Union bridge in Missouri
A passenger train on the St. Louis Kansas City and Colorado line, a Rock Island branch, derailed at Union Missouri. Conductor Richard Reach of St. Louis was killed and several people injured.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Colorado
Rock Island
St Louis
Union, Mo
Richard Reach
Peary Bill Passed to Promote Explorer to Rear Admiral
The Senate passed a bill making Commander Robert B. Peary, credited as the discoverer of the North Pole, a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy. The action advances recognition of Peary’s polar expedition.
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Peary
Washington
Robert B. Peary
U.S
North Pole
Senate
Three Die in Mine Feud Near Pittsboro
In Midway a feud among Italian miners ends with three men shot in their homes. The women believed to have fired fled as state constabulary pursue suspects through the woods.
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Pittsboro
Midway
State Constabulary
Armour Fire Wrecks Boston Rendering Plant and Slaughterhouse
The six story New England Rendering plant and a large Armour cattle shed at the Brighton abattoir burned in Boston. Losses reach $750,000 as three hundred cattle ran wild during the blaze.
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New England
Boston
Mass
New England Rendering Company
Armour Company
Brighton Abattoir
Brick Manufacturers Meet Opens in Pittsburg
The twenty fourth annual convention of the National Brick Manufacturers of America opens in Pittsburg with about 1,000 delegates attending. The gathering represents an estimated $70,000,000 in capital.
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Pitsburg
National Brick Manufacturers of America
Operators Declare Wage Rise Impossible Faces Arbitration
Pittsburg February 10. H A Kuhn president of the Pittsburg and Westmoreland Coal company said the industry has reached the limit in paying miners and a higher wage demand is impossible. He offered to submit the matter to an impartial judge after reading President Lewis of the mine workers demanding a substantial wage increase before signing this year's scale.
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Pittsburg
H.A. Kuhn
Pinchot Attacks McCabe Over Ranger Education Funds
Gifford Pinchot president of the National Conservation association criticized Solicitor McCabe of the Department of Agriculture in Washington at a National Arts Club dinner. He denounced McCabe for refusing to continue funding ranger education at state institutions.
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New York
Gifford Pinchot
National Conservation Association
National Arts Club
McCabe
Department of Agricuture
Washington
Pinchot
Sands Sets World's Record At Helenopolis Aviation Meet
Cairo reports American aviator Sands flew an Antoinett monoplane at the heliopolis meet and broke the world speed record by covering 244 miles in 4 minutes 22 seconds.
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Heliopolis
Cairo
Sands
Antoinett
Thaw Murderer Denied Discharge from Matteawan
Nyack New York February 10 Warry K Thaw again sought release from Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane but Justice AL S Tompkins refused. A referee, William Vanamnee of Orange County, was appointed to hear Thaw’s transfer request and report whether treatment at Matteawan is proper.
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Nyack
Fen
Warry K Thaw
Mattewan Atate Hospital
AL S. Tompkins
William Vanamnee
Orange County
Thaw
Mattenawan
Matteawan
Justice Tompkins
Tha
Matteawaa
Riots in Potara Leave Official Dead in Oaxaca Mexico
In Potara on the isthmus of Tehuantepec a political riot killed the municipal president and six others. A Twenty-Fifth battalion detachment dispatched to quell the violence. Over seventy five people were arrested on charges tied to the outbreak.
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Oaxaca
Mex
Potara
Tehuantepec
Taft Approves Forest Lands Reclassification Plan
Washington February 10 The president approved the reclassification plan for forest lands devised by Gif ford Pinchot opening over 4 000 000 acres of public lands to homestead settlement and enabling them to be added to the forest domain.
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Washington
Taft
Gifford Pinchot
Markets show mixed cattle hog trade as receipts rise
Chicago market data from Feb 10 1910 lists hogs slow and weak to lower, cattle steady to weak with 9000 cattle and 12000 sheep receipts. Estimated receipts today 25000, tomorrow 24000, official receipts 31303, shipments 6354, left over 9594. Prices include hogs 8.35 8.70 for light, 8.40 8.85 for heavy shipping, cattle Reeves 4.40 7.80, cows 225 5.85, calves 400 5.10, sheep native 4. rs to 6.75, westerns 4.50 6.80.
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Texas
Girl Killed in Car Wreck in Hinsdale Massachusetts
Miss Bessie Ryan of Hinsdale died when an electric car jumped the tracks and struck a bridge abutment near Pittsfield. About 25 to 30 others were injured in the Hinsdale accident. Washington issued a proclamation granting minimum tariff rates under the Payne Aldrich act to Argentina Uruguay Paraguay Mexico Panama and Liberia.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Bessie Ryan
Hinsdale
Boston and Albany
Washington
Payne Aldrich
Argentina
Uruguay
Paraguay
Mexico
Panama
Liberia
Local Market Prices In Washington City
Prevailing prices listed for hay straw flour bran shorts corn meal buckwheat and related items in Washington City markets. Values shown per load sack or hundred, with limited legible figures and several garbled entries.
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Washington City
Isis
John A. Babcock Case Involving North American Livestock
Case filed against John A. Babcock linked to the North American Livestock Commission Company at U S Stock Yards Chicago Illinois. Court action seeks resolution of disputes related to livestock commodities and company conduct with filings by identified parties and dates in Illinois records.
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Case of North
American Livestock Commission Company
U.S
Tragic New York murder suicide case of Harbin couple
Joseph Harbin a 27 year old writer with tuberculosis kills his wife on Eleventh Avenue near First Street then shoots himself. The couple married three years ago. he had fallen ill and quit work, she found another job, and after his release from hospital he begged her to return. A nurse warned it would endanger her wealth to stay with him. After meeting at Forty First Street avenue they argued and Harbin fired twice killing his wife and then himself on the street.
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New York
Joseph H. & Young
Street
Eleventh Avenue
First Street
Harbin
Bellevue Hall
Hee
Htarbin
Weehawken
Fitzpatrick Resigns From Michigan Post for Princeton
Ann Arbor Michigan reports Keene Fitzpatrick has resigned as professor of physical training and director of Waterman gymnasium at the University of Michigan to accept a position at Princeton University. He will begin at the opening of the college year next. Fitzpatrick has trained Michigan athletes since, except 1896 and 1897 when he led Yale.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Keene Fitzpatrick
Waterman Gymnasium
University of Michigan
Princeton University
Fitzpatrick
Yale
Train Crew Jumped to Safety in Interurban Collision
In Anderson Indiana on February 10 train crews on interurban lines leapt to safety after a head end crash. A freight car telescoped a passenger car carrying a shop crew and its stove started a fire. Firemen extinguished the blaze as both cars suffered heavy damage.
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Anderson
Ind
Lves
Editor Howell Ill in Atlanta as Hospitalization Reports
Clarke Howell editor of Constitution and Democratic national committeeman from Georgia is stricken with illness and taken to St. Joseph's hospital for an operation.
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Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga
John Redmond Re-Elected Nationalist Party Chairman
Dublin February 10 The Nationalist Party re elected chairman John Redmond at Mansion House meeting Fifty four members attended while Timothy Healy and William O Brien and followers not invited did not participate in the election
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Dublin
Jehn Redmond
Nationalist Party
Timothy M. Healy
Wiliam O’brien
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Jack Johnson
Jim Jeffries
Johnson
Norman Pinder
Wil
M'Cabe
Forester
Sucide
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Kml
Reister & Son
John A. Babcock
Joseph Harbin
Michigan University
Howell
Irish Nationalist Party
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