Vermont and Michigan vote tallies shape party leads
Complete Vermont returns show Prouty ahead of Burke with 45 281 to 146 903 while Independence League and Pro candidates add hundreds. Michigan governor race narrows as Bradley leads Warner by about 2 500 votes. Bearle totals surge in partial returns. Stephenson wins Wisconsin GOP primary. Davidson tops GOP for governor in Nebraska race shows Shallenberger leading in Democratic nominations. Hudson powers Bryan campaign as eastern manager.
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White River Junction
Vermont
George H. Pronty
James E. Burke
Quimby S. Backus
Independence League
Eugene M. Campbell
J. H. Dunbar
Soc
Prouty
Burke
Redfield Proctor
Bradley
Warner
Detroit
Mich
James B. Bradley
Haton Rapids
Fred M. Warner
Horatio S. Earle
Toads
Bearle
Wuarner
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
United States
Isaac Stephenson
Marinette
S. A. Cook
Neenah
William H. Hamon
New London
Francis E. McGovern
Neal Brown
Wausau
Melvin A. Hoyt
Jacob Rummel
James O. Davidson
John A. Aylward
Winfred D. Cox
Harvey Dee Brown
Dahlman Beaton
Lincoln
Neb
A. C. Shallenberger
J. C. Dahlman
Omaha
Dahilman
Douglas County
Shallenberger
G.W. Berge
Dodge
Colfax
Democratic State Committee
Bryan
New York
Robert F. Hudspeth
New Jersey
Democratic Committee
National Democratic Committee
Willam J. Bryan
Politician Attacked by Woman in Erie Incident
In Erie on Wednesday a female assailant flung a fiery liquid at William G. Hass, a Second Ward saloon keeper and former council member, causing injuries that confined him to his home.
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Erie
William G. Hass
Small Girl a Heroine in Port Huron Rescue
Port Huron Michigan September 3 Vina Wood an 11 year old girl rescued her 10 year old brother from drowning and endangered her own life trying to rescue a younger brother Clayton who was drowned.
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Port Huron
Mich
Vina Wood
Clayton
Thaw confinement at Dutchess jail protested by McLaughlin
A state report argues Harry K Thaw should not be held in the Dutchess County jail in Poughkeepsie. It says the jail lacks proper facilities and discipline is affected as Thaw, deemed insane with homicidal tendencies, occupies an entire corridor and receives special treatment while other inmates suffer crowding and discontent.
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Albany, N
State Commission of Prisons
George McLaughlin
Dutchess County
Poughkeepsie
Harry K. Thaw
McLaughlin
Thaw
T R ORDERS COURT MARTIAL
Washington directs a high level general court martial to meet at Fort Wayne Michigan on Tuesday September 239 for trials of officers yet unnamed. Major Gen. Frederick D. Grant will head the court with one major general six brigadiers and six colonels. War department secrecy surrounds the proceedings.
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Washington
Fort Wayne Mich
Frederick D. Grant
War Department
Famous Surgeon Slain in Omaha Home Attack
Dr Frederick Z Rustin renowned west coast surgeon was shot at his Omaha residence on Wednesday. His wife heard the pistol blast found him seated on the porch and dying within thirty minutes. A single bullet pierced his abdomen leaving no clues for the killer.
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Omaha
Neb
Frederick Z. Rustin
West
Rustin
Fire Rages Through Harrishire Town
A September report from Shiremantown near Harrishire Pa describes a major blaze in which about 20 buildings were destroyed and walls toppled injuring several residents. Fire companies from the city and Mechanicsburg aided with chemical apparatus and water supply to combat the spread.
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Harrishire
Shiremantown
Mechanicsburg
German Banker Dies by Own Action in Berlin
German reports record another embezzler suicide as Gustave Hernberg, owner of a private bank, shoots himself, drawing public attention to a spate of similar deaths in recent weeks.
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Berlin
Gustave Hernberg
New Move by Castro in Venezuela Crisis
Caracas Sept 3 President Castro refuses to permit the Brazilian charge and gives 10 assimil a charge of French interests in Venezuela a foothold in the controversy. Fuel is added to the tense international dispute.
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Castro
Caracas
Venezuela
Taft and Foraker Reunite Before G A R Parade
In Toledo Ohio on September 3 William H Taft and Senator Foraker met for the first time since the Republican convention. They shook hands on the reviewing stand as the G A R parade passed drawing a hurricane of cheers from veterans and onlookers. The meeting was public and symbolically reconciling amid the citys excitement and anticipatory talk of a Lincoln Club reception.
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Toledo
William H. Taft
Senator Foraker
Mr. Taft
Gov. Harris
Ohio
Taft
Lincoln Club
Lyceum Theater
Madison Avenue
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
Kaneko Resigns as World’s Fair Director General
Tokyo September 3 Viscount Kaneko resigns as director general of the Japanese international exposition after the government postpones the fair from 1912 to 1917, aligning with the emperor’s fiftieth accession anniversary.
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Kaneko
Tokyo
Viscount Kaneko
Marquis Inouye Ill. Japan Elder Statesman Near Death
Tokyo dispatch reports Marquis Inouye one of Japan's elder statesmen and foster father of Katsunosuke Inouye, former Berlin ambassador, critically ill and expected to recover.
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Marquis Inouye
Tokyo
Japan
Katsunosuke Inouye
Berlin
Nevada Democrats Nominate Newlands and Bartlett
Nevada Democrats nominated Francis G. Newlands for United States senator and George A. Bartlett for congressman at the state convention held in Tonopah on Wednesday.
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Nevada
Tonopah
Nev
Francis G. Newlands
United States
George A. Bartlett
Forest fire threatens giant Sequoia grove in Sonora
Big Tree hotel reports a forest fire near the Sequoia Gigantea grove threatening the Mother of the Forest. Rangers and nearby settlers fought all night, halting spread toward the Mam moth specimens, while winds complicate efforts. The fire raged near Calaveras grove and Gardner on the San Antonio ridge, with fears for the Father of the Forest but no confirmation of major losses.
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Sonora
Cal
Big Tree Hotel
Big Tree Grove
North Grove
Big Tree
Stockton
Murphy
Calayerds Big Tree Hotel
Calaveras Grove
Gardner
San Antonio
Mr. Whiteside
Michigan
Electric car crash kills engineer in Pittsburg area
Frank B. Kleinhaus, 35, a noted mechanical engineer, and his son Earl, 5, were aboard an electric car on the Charleroi line when the bogey they rode in was struck. Kleinhaus died instantly while Earl likely died from injuries and his nephew Austin Klein, 8, was seriously hurt.
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Pittsburg
Frank B. Kleinhaus
Earl
Austin Klein
Charleroi Line
Admiral Glass Dead at Health Resort in Paso Robles
Rear Admiral Henry Glass U S Navy retired died at a health resort in Paso Robles of heart failure after an operation performed days earlier at his Berkeley home.
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Glass
Paso Robles
Cal
Henry Glass
U. 5S. N
Berkeley
Sailors enjoy big fete along Melbourne events
Visiting American battleship crews danced at a large Melbourne fete. A Victoria Racing Club meeting at Flemington featured six events including the Roosevelt and Stars and Stripes handicaps. Admiral Sperry attended a royal reception for about 8,000, while 300 sailors joined a Bendigo excursion and a Melbourne town hall concert.
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Melbourne
Victoria Racing Chr
Flemington
Washington
Edward
Roosevelt
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Victoria
Admiral Sperry
Thomas Gibson-Carmichael
Melbourne Town Hall
Bendigo
Foreclosure suit filed against Pittsburg Wabash Terminal Railway
Mercantile Trust Company of New York commenced foreclosure proceedings in U S circuit court against the Pittsburg Wabash Terminal Railway Company, the Equitable Trust Company of New York, and receivers Henry W. McMaster and Francis H. Skelding. Judge Archibald allowed including the receivers and filing of foreclosure bills in districts where mortgaged property lies.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg- Wabash Terminal Railway Company
United States Circuit Court
Mercantile Trust Company of New York
Equitable Trust Company of New York
Henry W. McMaster
Francis H. Skelding
Pittsburg-Wabash Terminal Railway Company
R. W. Archibald
Scranton
Largest Yukon Canada lawsuit seeks 17 million dollars
Dawson Sept 3 A. D. Curtis manager of Bonanza Creek Mining Co filed a suit with the governor of Canada for 17,000,000 dollars after canceling a concession once held by Matson and Doyle and now in their hands. Winnipeg rains washouts cripple CPR lines causing 500000 to 750000 dollar losses as five passenger trains wreck but no serious injuries reported.
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Dawson
Yukon
Canada
A. D. Curtis
Bonanza Creek Mining Company
Matson and Doyle
Winnipeg
Man
Here
Canadian Pacific Railway
Girl is Desperado in Jersey City Home Hold-up
New York report describes a stylish young woman who failed in her strategy and armed with a revolver and chloroform soaked handkerchief robbed Mrs. Mary Bakeweiz at her First Street home in Jersey City.
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New York
Mary Bakeweiz
First Street
Jersey City
Iowa Senate Sets Sept 9 Joint Session For U S Senator Vote
Senator Lambert moved a joint session to elect a successor to W B Allison. The senate approved 34 to 11 for Sept 9 at 12 noon in the house chamber to decide the vacancy, while the house declined 54 to 51 to act immediately or postpone past the general election.
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Des Moines
Lambert
United States
W. B. Allison
Senate
Iowa
House
Congress of the United States
William
Allison
State Senate
House of Representatives
Two Men Killed in Freight Train Wreck Near Berwick
At Four Mile Creek near Berwick and Des Moines a Des Moines & St. Paul freight engine plunged through a bridge. Engineer John Willey 1845 Has Grand Avenue Des Moines and fireman James Long Iowa Falls died. Brakeman found them after the wreck. the cause was likely a broken tender flange.
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Four Mile Creek
Des Moines
Stephenson Favor in Wisconsin Primaries Sparks Democratic Legislature
Washington Sept 3 Reliable advices say Ike Stephenson’s nomination in Wisconsin Republican primaries could tilt the legislature toward the Democrats. Taft’s chances to carry the state appear unaffected. Stephenson, once La Follette’s financier, has broken with him and remains a staunch veteran. La Follette factions threaten to block his senator bid if he wins the primary.
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Will Bobt Stephenson
Washington, D. C
Ike” Stephenson
Wisconsin
Taft
Stephenson
Senator la Follette
la Follette
Long Fight Over Tariff After 1909 Extra Session
Senator McCumber of North Dakota said the tariff revision session after March 4 will be lengthy with stubborn fights over schedules. He noted the West will push for items on the protected list to be freed from duty, including coal and lumber.
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Washington, D. C
McCumber
North Dakota
Roosevelt
Taft
Congress
Iit
McCumbear
Shercliffe Guilty in High-Profile Davis County Case
Leadville reports Sherman W. Morris alias Frank Shercliffe found guilty. Once the chief witness against Omaha politician Tom Dennison in the Pollock diamond robbery case, Shercliffe’s conviction marks a rare reversal after years of attempts to prosecute him. Dennison’s testimony heavily influenced the verdict.
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Shercliffe
Leadville
Cola
Sherman W. Morris
Frank Shercliffe
Tes Moines
Sherclife
Tom Dennison
Omaha
Towa
Dennison
German warship ordered to rival British Implacable
Berlin reports the German government has ordered a 22,000 ton armored cruiser from Hamburg builders Bloom & Voss. The vessel will reach 29 knots with twelve 11 inch guns. It will match the Implacable in speed and exceed its size and firepower.
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Berlin
Messrs
Bloom & Voss
Hamburg
Jorulser
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Taft and Foraker
Native Sons OF Ohio
G. A. R. Parade
Mother OF Forest
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Rangers
King Edward
Pittsburg-Wabash Terminal Company
Hambleton
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