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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1910
Page
1
Congress approves an $812,837,503 naval appropriation with a two battleship plan amid party splits. Insurgents shift sides, 33 Democrats back two ships, 21 Republicans support single dreadnought. Meyer plan and other Navy proposals are defeated as the measure proceeds through the House.
The Navy League advocates a strong navy as a peace guarantee, praising Secretary Meyer and Newberry for organizational reforms and shipbuilding momentum. In Philadelphia, criticism targets Associated Charities for high salaries and limited aid, with calls for transparency and board accountability amid reform talk.
A garbled excerpt references the bill before the House and Senate, noting promises by the Secretary of the Department and appropriations for construction at an original yard. The readable parts suggest a passing event yesterday and discussions of appropriations. Entities are unclear due to damaged text.
In Dallas Texas an estranged wife files for divorce alleging cruelty and requesting division of a farming partnership. She seeks alimony and the value of 62 acres described as part of the estate, noting the couple lived together until a recent separation while the case proceeds toward settlement.
In a chaotic scene behind an oil-field lot, Gilbert Trekou and Heiser staged a boxing bout refereed by the Sunday School superintendent. A heavy jaw strike staggered Trehoir who later died. police detained 21 individuals, bail set at 600 dollars as officials and spectators faced charges.
Milwaukee April report describes Mrs Kate Ridsdale reading a letter from Speaker Joseph G Cannon praising Republican principles and opposing policy sacrifices. The analysis paints Cannon as confident, magnetically composed, with a rapid, blunt manner and a habit of confronting opposition directly.
A college girl died after a fatal incident described as a ghost dance event gone wrong. Authorities say she was burned in an accident during a campus activity. The case remains under investigation with further details pending.
Chicago police report details Max Doss confessing to poisoning his wife Lilien Ross in their Washington home at 438 Tenth Street Northwest. He says the act sprang from personal crisis after a January quarrel, and that he later sought peace by confessing. Records indicate Lilien died January 11, and an inquest was not held despite Doss’s claims. The case links to a 1910 morphine poisoning death at the same house, though coronial records contradict an inquest on that prior death.
The Yerkes auction in New York raised over 20,000 for The Grand Canal, Whitney buying the work as part of a mixed sale that included rugs and tapestries. Prices for paintings ranged from 1,350 to 1,700 for works by Botticelli and Claude Lorrain, with rug sales totaling 5,490 across 201 pieces. Metropolitan Museum buyers and notable collectors like Brayton Ives and Edward Robinson were among attendees.
Thomas F Walsh of Colorado and Washington died at 1 25 o clock at his Massachusetts avenue home. Death was due to heart trouble after weeks of declining health. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 pm at the residence with family only. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Walsh, a successful financier and mining pioneer, had built a fortune from Camp Bird mine and several ventures, and served as a director in multiple institutions. He was a national figure in irrigation, commerce, and civic circles, with wide travel and club memberships.
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