Illinois Votes Saloons Out in Many Towns
Saloon forces mostly failed to close operations in forty plus towns across Illinois with Cairo voting dry by a 3852 margin. Barrington in Cook County went dry by a small plurality while others retained licenses. The state Supreme Court will hear cases from townships where results conflicted with prior votes.
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Cairo
Iime
Empingham
Thebes
Pinckneyville
Naperville
Cook County
Chicago
Barrington
Blue Island
Supreme Court of the State
Taft Instructions Refused by New Hampshire Delegation
In Concord on April 22 six of eight New Hampshire delegates to the Republican national convention were chosen. The adopted platform urged preserving party unity by omitting instructions and supported tariff revision and Roosevelt. A Taft endorsement was tabled by a rising vote. leaders say five of the six selected delegates will back Taft on the first ballot.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Chicago
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Taft
Frank W. Rolling
Winston Churchll
Doolittle Defeats Mayor Pillsbury In South Dakota Vote
W T Doolittle a veteran railroad engineer defeated Mayor F M Pillsbury by 408 votes in Sioux Falls. The anti saloon party fell by 553. Mitchell went dry by 21 votes as Canton and Miller also abolished saloons. Returns from other towns show little change.
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Sioux Falls
W. T. Doolittle
F. M. Pillsbury
Mitchell
Canton
Miller
Pledge Home Rule and Age Pension In Britain Vote
Manchester April 22 Liberal ministers issue two key pledges in the election fight. Winston Churchill declares home rule support while David Lloyd George promises to establish the old age pension scheme within one year.
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Eng
Waeed
Winston Spencer Churchill
David Lloyd-George
Fearful eagle may have abducted Medicine Hat child
A two year old child of rancher James Norquay vanished Saturday and searchers say fifty riders comb the area. It is feared an eagle carried the child away.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
James Norquay
President to Sign Liability Bill in Coming Days
Washington report states Attorney General Bona part e advised at the cabinet meeting that the president is likely to sign the employers liability bill. The note signals upcoming action on the measure.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Fire destroys Mercy Hospital in Big Rapids Michigan
A fire destroyed Mercy hospital a $26 000 establishment built twenty eight years ago. All patients and the forty Sisters of Mercy in the building escaped without injury.
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Mercy Hospital
Big Rapids
Mich
Sisters of Mercy
Postal Deficit Forecast Surpasses 15 Million
Washington reports the post office department faces a deficit exceeding 15 million dollars for the current fiscal year based on the first two quarters.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Death of William Figs in Buffalo
William Figs a leading horse dealer died in Buffalo New York on April 22.
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William Figs
Buffalo
N. Y
William Fiss
American Gunboat to Patrol Venezuelan Waters in Peaceful Mission
Washington reports an American war vessel will be sent to Venezuelan waters as a dispatch boat for the state department. La Guayra port remains closed on plague concerns, with Puerto Cabello still open and rail traffic suspended during a fifteen day quarantine.
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Washington
la Guayra
State Department
Minteter Russell
Curacao
Puerto Cabello
Stussell
Russell
Caracas
LaGuayra
Turmoil Returns as Mob Attacks Pensacola Street Car
In Pensacola Florida April 22 a mob of about twenty five men assaulted a street car near the suburbs injuring conductor G Hoffman likely fatally. A second shooting wounded stenographer W L Wittich Jr as he neared a car. City quiet but tense amid fears of further outbreaks with state troops on hand.
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Pensacola
Fla
G. Hoffman
W. L. Wittich, Jr
Three Die In Prairie Fire Near Sisseton
Word reached Sisseton South Dakota of a prairie blaze near old Fort Sisseton that burned Mrs Free man and possibly another woman and child. The flames forced fifty men to fight the fires and caused thousands of dollars in property losses as the Wills property was set alight.
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Sisseton
S. D
Mra. Freeman
Old Fort Sisseton
Three Crown In Drunken Fight
Shawnee Oklahoma April 22. Three men named John Swisher Andy Coates and Barney Callahan were ordered to leave the city. They built a raft from old lumber and launched it on the Canadian river then drifted with food and whisky. About forty miles downstream they fought drunk and capsized. All three were drowned.
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Crown
Shawnee
Okla
John Swisher
Andy Coates
Barney Callahan
Canadian
Fort Smith
Attempt on Cabrera in Guatemala City
An attempt on President Estrada Cabrera’s life occurred in Guatemala City as he traveled from his private residence to the national palace to meet the new American minister William Helmke. Students fired at him but were quickly captured by loyal troops and the military controls the situation.
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Cabrera
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Estrada Cabrera
National Palace
Wiliam Helmke
Tucker Indictment Faulty In Topeka Court
Judge Amidon indicates the Tucker indictment is faulty but defers ruling on quash. A third Tucker indictment is expected from the current grand jury and the district attorney may nolle the old charge and hold him for trial on the new one.
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Tucker
Topeka
Amidon
United States District Court
H. H. Tucker
Uncle Sam Oj! Company
Wheat acreage to rise in Canadian northwest in record yield
Official reports from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta show total crop area in the northwest about twenty percent higher than last year with indications of a record wheat yield.Arrival of American settlers is expected to boost land take up well above last year.
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Canadian Northwest
Ottawa
Ont
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Robber Kehl e Specialized in Church Heists Nabbed
Robert Kehle, accused of robbing three convents and a deaconess home in two weeks, was captured and confessed. He is reported to be known by police in twenty cities as a specialist in robbing religious institutions.
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St. Paul
Robert Kehle
Kehle
Indictments Hit Kansas City Playhouses Grand Jury
Kansas City April 22 grand jury returned indictments against 142 actors managers and employes of local playhouses for violations last Sunday. Indicted persons will be arrested and placed under bonds.
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Kansas City
Sanders Elected Governor of Louisiana
New Orleans report shows the Democratic ticket led by J. Y. Sanders winning the Louisiana governorship as state returns finalize the result.
War On Paper True Missouri Senator Declares His Conviction
Washington April 22. The house finished a busy day with several major measures advancing. Speaker Cannon's resolution for a paper trust investigation drew party opposition. A new board of general appraisers for customs duties was created with appeals to the circuit court of appeals. Secretaries Loeb and Newlands denied using official influence over street railway stock. Senator Warner of Missouri asserted Brownsville, Texas, was shot up by negro soldiers in 1906. The naval appropriation bill discussion centered on a world cruise policy and a proposed four-ship upsize per Roosevelt's plan, with votes anticipated on both sides.
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Senate
Washington
Cannon
Mann
Ill
Miller
Kan
Stafford
Wis
Hannon
Sims
Tenn
Ryan
Williams
Board of General Appraisers
New York
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Circuit Court
Loeb
Tenfr
Washington Street Railway
Newlands
Nevada
Warner
Brownsville
Tex
Bacon
Wash
Haa
Roosevelt
Clear Path for Fowler Bill in Banking Committee
Washington April 21 The house banking committee laid on the table the Vreeland substitute for the Aldrich bill and favored reporting Fowler’s currency commission measure. The 43 member panel includes 11 senate 11 house and 21 citizens. A heated executive session followed long debate before tabling the Vreeland plan by a 10 to 3 vote with Burton and McKinney opposing and others present or abstaining.
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House Committee On Banking and Currency
Vreeland
Aldrich
Fowler
Senate
House
United States
Congress
Hill
Conn
Mass
Burton
McKinney
Prince
McMorran
Mich
Weems
Waldo
N. C
Hayes
Cal
Pujo
Glasen
Gillespie
Tex
James
Crawford
McHenry
Fowler Currency Commission
Publishers Enter Protest Against Paper Prices
Representatives of 774 daily newspapers gathered at the Associated Press annual meeting to urge immediate relief from costly paper and pulp combinations. They cite 1907 price hikes, senators and congress urged bills to place paper on the free list, but hearings were refused and delay condemned.
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New York
Associated Press
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Census Bureau
Wu Ting Fang Seeks Close China United States Ties
Wu Ting Fang, Chinese minister, spoke at Delmonico's for the American Asiatic Association banquet, delivering messages of peace and good will. He asserted that China United States relations will grow closer daily in his first public address since returning to America.
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Wu Ting Fang
Banquet
New York
Celestial Empire
China
United States
American Asiatic Association
Delmonico
America
Fire destroys vast oil storage at Glenn pool field
A lightning caused a $60,000 blaze at the Glenn pool oil field in Tulsa Oklahoma April 22. The Gulf Pipe Line company Glenn Oil company and associated producers suffered extensive loss as thousands of barrels of oil burned or were damaged.
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Tulsa
Okla
Glenn Pool
Gulf Pipe Line Company
Glenn Oil Company
Associated Producers
House Sustains Speaker Over Adjourning Controversy
The House, by party vote aside from Cooper and Nelson, upheld Speaker Cannon’s action in adjourning the chamber last Saturday. A Williams resolution accusing a breach was tabled 146 to 111, and a new rule change redirecting the passage threshold to a majority was debated and adopted alongside several conference reports and bills.
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Washington
Cooper
Nelson
Rep
Wis
House
Cannon
Williams
DeArmond
Dalzell
Borah Defends Brownsville Troops In Senate
Senator Borah argued in the senate that Twenty-fifth Infantry Negro soldiers did not raid Brownsville Texas on August 13 14 1906 disputing conspiracy claims by Brownsville citizens. The day also saw debate on a land sale funded drainage bill and passage of rural and agricultural appropriations.
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