Maine Election Window Shifts Maine Party Roles
In Maine the Republicans held a statewide edge of about 8000 in a presidential year, with Bert M. Fernald leading over Obadiah Gardner in the gubernatorial returns from 464 towns. The Democratic vote rose over 38000 since 1904 while Republicans fell about 2600. all four Republican congressional candidates won, State Auditor Hatch victorious, and the legislature remains Republican.
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Maine
Planta Honk
Bert M. Fernald
Obadiah Gardner
Cobb
Davis
Gardner
Congress
Charles P. Hatch
Augusta
Rep
Paris Jury Acquits Gregory In Dreyfus Case
A Paris jury acquits Louis A. Gregory who fired on Major Dreyfus during the Pantheon ceremony in June. The Dreyfus affair, a longtime nation split, is described as effectively buried with the verdict as protests arose and were quelled in court.
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Louis A. Gregory
Dreyfus
Bwile Zola
Pantheon
France
M My
M. Gregory
Steamer Tennessee Sinks After Missouri River Collision
The passenger steamer Tennessee traveling from St. Louis to Kansas City struck a snag five miles below Kansas City in the Missouri river and sank in nine feet of water. All passengers and crew reached shore safely with little excitement. The vessel carried heavy freight and is expected to incur substantial damage. The Tennessee is owned by Kansas City merchants who recently started a Missouri freight line to counter rail charges.
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Tennessee
St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri
Oklahoma Supreme Court Upholds Depositors Guaranty Law
The Oklahoma supreme court upheld the validity of the depositors guaranty law and denied the Noble State Bank relief. The bank had sought an injunction to stop a 1 percent assessment on deposits, arguing the law unconstitutional as taking private property without just compensation. Judge Huston previously overruled the bank in Logan County district court.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court
Noble State Bank
Huston
Logan County District Court
Supreme Court
Distillers Denied Injunction Over Whisky Labeling
In Peoria the U S district court refused Vollmer & Co. temporary relief against Thomas Hennick the internal revenue collector. The dispute centers on labels distinguishing liquor as pure or imitation requiring age and natural color or relabeled "imitation."
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Distillers
Thimphres
United States District Court
Vollmer & Co
Distillers and Rectifiers of
Peoria
Foy
Thomas Hennick
Collector of
Internal Revenue
Milk Used to Fight Fort William Bush Fires
Brush fires rage between Fort William and Loch Lomond waterworks forcing residents to flee. Salle township reports fires cover most of the country. Farmers use milk and buttermilk to save buildings as over a million dollars in timber burns.
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Fort William
Loch Lomond
Salle Township
Cholera in St Petersburg Report Shows New Cases and Deaths
A cholera status update for Bt. Petersburg notes fifty eight new cases and eight deaths, with one hundred seven patients still ill in hospitals. The report details ongoing spread and strain on medical facilities.
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Bt. Petersburg
Iil
Three Drown in Rainy River Near Fort Frances
In the Rainy river near Fort Frances Captain H. J. F. Stason John Lockhart and P. A. Atchinson perished when their launch overturned during a rainstorm. A search by local authorities recovered the bodies, with investigations ongoing into the accident.
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Rainy River
Fort Francis
H. J. F. Stason
John Lockhart
P. A. Atchinson
Iain Steson
National Industrial Traffic League Adopts Nonnegotiable Bill of Lading
The National Industrial Traffic League met in St Louis and adopted a nonnegotiable bill of lading form for shippers. It urged federal adoption and declared the proposed warform bill of lading contrary to statute and common law rights of shippers and carriers. The form reads Received from the shipper the property described below in apparently good order to be transported and delivered per law to consignee. The league asked its Washington correspondent to push bills in Congress on shipper routing rights carrier liability for rate quotes and ICC approval of interstate tariffs before effect.
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Ac St Lows
Congress
Cahripper
League
Ita
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sioux City Wins Pennant in Western League Playoff
Sioux City clinches the 1908 Western League pennant by beating Omaha. Lincoln trails, while national and American League races stay tight with New York leading the National League by twenty one points, and Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, and St Louis in a close American League chase.
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Sioux City
Omaha
Lincoln
New York
Chicago
Pittsburg
Detroit
St. Louta
Cleveland
Night Riders Active in Arkansas Targeting Cotton Acreage
Night riders organize in Arkansas to curb next year cotton acreage and force hold of this year’s crop at a minimum price set by the International Farmers' union convention in Fort Worth. Three Craighead County farmers and one Poinsett County farmer have been threatened by the riders.
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Arkansas
International Farmers’ Union Convention
Fort Worth
Craighead County
Poinsett County
Joline Sees Industrial Revival At M K and T
President Joline of the M. K. and T. railroad reports for the year ending June 30 an industrial revival and that railway traffic will soon be heavy. Net earnings reach 6,861,562 a drop of 2,601,833 from last year.
Death of Chicago Millionaire at Summer Lake Home
George Bullen a retired millionaire of Chicago died at his summer home on Oconomowoc Lake from a stroke suffered several days earlier. He was sixty eight years old.
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George Bullen
Chicago
Oconomowor Lake
Cost of Springfield Riots Reaches Settlements and Bills
Claims against Springfield Street for riot damages total 121856 dollars. Additional claims against the state related to troops will bring the grand total expense for the riots to 264985 dollars.
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Springfield
Springfield St
Chicago Grain and Provisions Trading and Closing Quotations
Wheat markets show strength in Chicago with firm closes despite heavy northwest receipts. Corn and oats move lower on hints of a drying spell while provisions rise on stock market price trends. Chicago cash prices list No 1 hard wheat, No 2 corn, and Nos. for oats. South Omaha reports mixed cattle and hog receipts with varied price ranges and sheep steady.
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Chicago
Cattle and Sheep Receipts and Prices in Chicago Market
Chicago market reports show cattle receipts around 1000 with steers at 4.00, cows 3.25 to 5.05, heifers 3.00 to 5.50, bulls 2.50 to 4.50, calves 23.50 to 8.50, stockers 2.60 to 4.40. Hog receipts about 20,000 with heavy shipping at 7.35 and 7.45, weighted for grade. sheep receipts 35,000 mostly Montana, lambs 2.50 to 5.75, yearlings 4.00 to 4.60, overall weak market.
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South Omaha
Texas
Chicago
Montana
Taft and Bryan to Attend Chicago Commerce Banquet
Taft and Bryan will be guests of honor at a non political Chicago Association of Commerce banquet at the Auditorium on October 7. The event is tied to the Lakes to Gulf Deep Waterway project with about 10 000 expected attendees and a seamless, nonpartisan setting.
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William H. Taft
Ohio
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Chicago Association of Commerce
Mr. Taft
Mack
Taft
President Hall
Hall
Court Dismisses Commodities Clause Suits Against Anthracite Railroads
The United States circuit court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed the federal government suits to enforce the commodities clause of the Hepburn Act against Pennsylvania coal railroads. Judges Gray and Dallas filed opinions. Judge Bullington dissented without opinion.
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United States Circuit Court
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Gray
Dallas
Bullington
Jewels Lure Leads to Tragic Lake Find in New Jersey
The body of Mrs. Harvey, wife of New York lawyer Ashton Harvey, was found in a private lake at Short Hills New Jersey. She wore a white dress and was covered with jewels including a 25000 dollar pearl necklace and a diamond tiara. Bloodhounds summoned from New York traced the scent to the scene.
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Harvey
Stewart Hartshorn
Short Hills
N. J
New York
Ashton Harvey
Standard Oil of Indiana Answers Appeal Rehearing Bid
Counsel for Standard Oil of Indiana files an answer in Chicago to government petition for rehearing of the appeal from Judge Landis. The brief asks to uphold reversing judges Grossecup Baker and Seaman and maintaining the heavy fine for anti rebate violations. The answer likely to be considered at the October term.
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Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Chicago
Landis
Grossecup, Baker and Seaman
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Taft Targets Kansas Platform on Bank Deposit Insurance
W. H. Taft writes to Warner R. Stubbs, Kansas gubernatorial candidate, arguing the Kansas platform supports bank deposit insurance and avoids objections raised against the Democratic national platform.
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Taft
Kansas
W. HH. Taft
Warner R. Stubbs
Five Die in Yazoo Valley Wreck Near Clarksdale
At 6:25 a.m. Tuesday a Yazoo and Mississippi Valley passenger train plunged from an embankment near Clarksdale Mississippi. Five people are known dead and twenty six injured with two or three passengers unaccounted for feared buried under wreckage. The train lagged behind schedule and was traveling at high speed when the chair car and day coach left the track and piled onto the embankment. Known dead include Mrs. Virgie Graham of Glendora Miss Miss Adber Russell of Anding Miss Mrs. Robert M. Gay of Glendora Miss unknown white woman and J H Perkins of Memphis. The wreck occurred as the Jett Jackson bound train dragged several yards before the coaches separated and overturned.
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Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Railroad
Clarksdale
Miss
Virgie Graham
Glendora
Adberussell
Anding
Robert M. Gay
J. H. Perkins
Memphis
Jett Jackson
Clarkadale
Ita
Federal inquiry eyed on Booth & Co price fixing
L Polakow editor of a fish trade journal says a Justice Department probe will review A Booth & Co after they went into receivership. He claims daily meetings with Booth representatives and allegedly controlled fish houses fixed dealer prices. Assistant DA Shirer notes DOJ watching and would act if books show illegal price fixing.
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L. Polakow
A. Booth & Co
Polakow
Booth Company
Aassistant
Shirer
Department of Justice
Country Life Commission Organizes Under Roosevelt
The Country Uplift Commission appointed by President Roosevelt is fully organized and will meet in Washington within a week. Prof. L. H. Bailey of the New York state college of agriculture is chairman. Representing regions are Dr. Kenyon L. Butterfield east, Henry Wallace west, and Walter H. Page south. The group will study farm life conditions, address deficiencies, and plan permanent efforts to improve life on the farm.
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Commission On Country Life
Roosevelt
Washington
L. H. Bailey
New York State College of Agriculture
Kenyon L. Butterfield
Massachusetts Agricultural College
East
Henry Wallace
Des Moines
West
Walter H. Page
North Carolina
South
Bailey
Taft Bryan feud letter surfaces amid political clash
Publicized letter shows President Taft aligning with W J Bryan on national interest and railroads. Also notes a St Joseph military tournament with 5000 troops and a Chicago receivership involving A Booth & Co and W J Chalmers of Commercial National Bank.
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A. Booth & Co
Chicago
Bethea
Federal District Court
W. J. Chalmers
Commercial National Bank
Moroccan Sultan Abdel Aziz Abandons Struggle
Abdel Aziz letters Mtougi thanking him for support but declares he will abandon the struggle. Mtougi vows never to submit to Mulat Matid in response to the move.
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Abdel Agiz
Morocco
Mtougi
Mulat Matid
Hansen Valley Cattle Company Incorporation Notice
Notice of incorporation for Hansen Valley Cattle Company listing principal place in Flisworth Sheridan County and capital stock of 10000 divided into 1000 shares. Business to buy and sell cattle and real estate with mortgage powers, corporate duration two years, board of three stockholders to manage. Signed by Hans J Hansen dated Aug 7.
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Ratine of Chile Corporation
Hansen Valley
Flisworth
Sheridan County
Seleraaken
Purecia
Notice to Creditors in the Estate of Walter Mierie
The county judge Henry in charge sets a March date to examine claims against the estate of Walter Mierie. Creditors must present claims within six months from September 6, 1908, and debts must be settled within one year from that date. Seal of the county shown.
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State of Nebraska
Y Walter Imerrie
County Nyeres Saan Alliance
Ton “ Ichark
Halies
Witte
Lie Neal
Mic
Ae Henry
For Sale Splendid Coal Stove Large Size In Good Condition
For sale a splendid hard coal stove of large size described as good as new. Liques at The Herald office.
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Herald Office
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Gregory
St. Louie
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National Industrial Traffic League
Meeta
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Gems
Lake
Standard Oil
Clarksdale, Miss
Booth & CO
Professor Bailey
Conrad Kohrs
Helena
Mout
W. J. Bryan
St. Joseph
Topeka
Lake Contrary
Abdel Aziz
Dierks Lumber & Coat Co
CD. Waters
Mgr
Hastings College
Hastings, Neb
Hastings
M. P
Burlington
Anol Leges
Harvad
Princeton
Yale
Norlin
Heidelberg
Departmini
the College
THE
Academy
Normal School
Conservatory OF Music
Ringland
McCormick
Alexander
Carnegie
A. E. Turner
Spud
Newberry’s Hardware Co
Hansen Valley Cattle Company
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Tinme Rept. Sa
H. Nelson
Alliance, Nebr
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