Chicago Mayor-Elect Dunne Champions Municipal Street Railway Ownership
New York April 7 Edward F Dunne Chicago mayor elect spoke at Cooper Union urging municipal ownership of street railways. He argued Chicago has reduced lamp and utility costs and funded public works without graft, pledging to finance a city owned system with street car certificates secured by city income a mortgage and a twenty year franchise. He urged New York to follow Chicago in ending private control and corruption in public utilities.
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Chicago to Build Government Railways and Utilities
Judge Dunne predicts a reform majority in Chicago after a political shift. He states Democrats outnumber Republicans in the council and claims six Republicans support his policy. He says Chicago will soon run government railways and operate telegraph and telephone systems. He cites the city as a national example for public utilities.
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Mormon Leaders Accused Over Tithing Used for Secular Ventures
An injunction suit filed in the Third Judicial District Court seeks to restrain the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Joseph F. Smith from investing tithings in nonchurch enterprises. Plaintiffs Charles Smurthwait of Ogden and Don C. Husser allege Smith, as trustee in trust, has invested church funds in sugar factories and mills since his presidency, contrary to trust duties, and seeks a court order to limit fund use and enforce proper church purposes. The filing claims tithing totals about one million dollars annually.
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Desperado Captured Last Surviving Black Jack’s Gang Member
Hol Franks alias Bob McManus, last known survivor of Black Jack Ketchum’s train robbery gang, was arrested after a six year hunt. He was surprised at a remote cabin thirty miles south of Trinidad by deputies Titsworth and Thatcher and will be tried in Clayton, New Mexico, on a capital train robbery charge.
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Ketchum
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Colorado
George Titsworth
Willam Thatcher
Franks
Clayton
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Groups plan fuel oil pipeline from Kansas to Kansas City
Representatives of thirty independent oil companies controlling three quarters of Kansas output meet in Chanute and form a company with seven million dollars invested to build a fuel oil pipeline to Kansas City, with refinery and storage tanks planned, following a committee report on the market and pipeline costs. Also notes royal visit and legal ruling details.
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Kansas Oil Field
Kansas City
Deceased Wife's Sister Bill Clears Second Reading
London April 7 In the House of Commons the bill to legalize marriage with a deceased wife's sister passed its second reading by 149 to 4 votes. The bill has previously cleared the Commons seven times but has been defeated in the Lords each time.
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Deaths in Health Office Record April 1905
Health office death records list individuals with ages and addresses from 33 to 78 years. Names include Robert Brown Charles Buchanan James Callaghan Ruth Carroll William Colbert Francis Davis Ella Dodson and several others with hospital or Washington area affiliations and infants noted.
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G St
Mary L. Reddick
Jobn Hoss
Freedmen's Hospital
Jessa Schwarts
Hosp
Honora Sherman
George W. Simmon
New York to Tax Stocks and Mortgages Spark Debate
The governor is expected to sign bills imposing a 2 cent per $100 stock transfer tax and a half of 1 percent mortgage tax. Analysts fear stock exchange shifts to Jersey City, while others believe New York trading will remain robust despite higher costs. The tax aims to cover sales and transfers including puts and calls, with brokers enforcing stamp requirements. Mortgage tax applies to new loans recorded after June 1, exempting certain government and municipal bonds. Investors across the nation watch how Wall Street will adapt and whether trading costs will curb activity.
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Five Die in Suicide Plunges and Tragedy in Philadelphia
Reported suicides or suicide attempts in Philadelphia include Mary E Munce who died after leaping before a freight train near Swarthmore and five others who ended or attempted life by various means. Rudolph Blant Lewis Engerkraut John H Krause John Holohan Abel K Cassel are named in related incidents with outcomes ranging from death to critical condition.
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Swarthmore
Rudolph Blant
Lewis Engerkraut
John H. Krause
John Holohan
Reading
Abel K. Cassel
Trail on a Bridge at Portland World’s Fair
Portland and April 2 report the Western World’s Fair Trail on a wide bridge over Guild’s Lake, with 80 by 150 feet of space and shore attractions nearby. New entertainments include Bolessi Kiralfy’s Carnival of Venice and an electric music machine. An Oriental theater, Temple of Mirth, Streets of Cairo, and a 30,000 square foot Orient scene with lands of the Midnight Sun feature attractions. A Klondyke exhibit, gold cleanups, and other acts like diving, wild animals, a haunted castle, and a voyage to Venus are also planned.
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Darling's Successor Calis N H Newberry Named Assistant Secretary of the Navy
The successor to Charles H. Darling as assistant Secretary of the Navy, Truman H. Newberry, was announced after Darling leaves for Rutland Virginia to become collector of customs. Newberry met with Secretary Morton and Assistant Secretary Darling at the Navy Department yesterday.
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Japan's War Indemnity Stance Faces Russia’s Exit
London April 7 Baron Sugematsu ex minister of the interior declares Japan will press for indemnity from Russia to secure peace in the Far East. He argues justice requires compensation for Japan’s losses and warns that without payment the war would continue.
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