Salgun s Doom in Half Illinois Excerpted Campaign
Chicago April voters face saloon issue across 1 200 townships as campaigns for local option and statewide dry measures intensify. Leaders from United States Brewers Association Liberty League and prohibitionists forecast varied outcomes across cities and rural districts while Chicago debates Sunday closing and night bar permits amid alderman pledges.
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Chicago
Tilinois
Faeue
Rudolph Brand
United States Brewers’ Association
Dan Loeb
Liberty League
Charles R. Jones
Prohibitionist Committee
United Societies For
Turner
Supreme Court
Chicago Law and Order League
Downward course of kidney trouble warned against
Columbia resident R L Jeter describes chronic kidney pain and backache, praising Dean's Kidney Pills after long-continued suffering. He reports full relief and no recurrence after use, with two interviews confirming the cure. Sold by Foster Milburn Co and all dealers. Price 50 cents.
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Columbia
Bright
R. L. Jeter
E. Ninth Street
Columbia, Tenn
Dean
Avams & Martie Drug
Jeter
Foster Milburn CO
Buffalo
New York
United States
Old Franklin Denounces Plan in Democratic Row
The Democratic executive committee adopted a resolution by 11 to 4 denouncing the state committee’s action on selecting a substitute primary. Seven members, including Frank J. Lynch and W. H. Hartford, backed direct, fair primaries. others supported the substitute. The debate lasted two hours with opposition from Judge Floyd Batill, Col. Arthur Crownover, and Capt. A. J. Skidmore. The measure was said to favor Carmacht interests.
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Winchester
Team
Democratic Executive Committee
State Committee
Frank J. Lynch
W. H. Hartford
Floyd Batill
Col
Arthur Crownover
A. J. Skidmore
T. A. Embrey
J. G. Phillips
Frank L. Lynch
Carmacht
Threaten Life of Evangelist Sparks New Orleans Turmoil
A letter threatening the Kentucky evangelist Rev A F Ham at the Tabernacle of New Orleans declares he must leave within forty eight hours or be killed. It bears skulls and bones and is signed Free Thinkers Society of Texas. Police regard it as a joke, though Ham took the threat seriously.
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New Orleans
A. F. Ham
Kentucky
Old Kentucky
Free Thinkers’ Society of Texas
Ham
Sheriff Shipp In Altercation In Chattanooga
In Chattanooga Tennessee on April 6 a confrontation erupted in the County Court between Sheriff Shipp and J H Hogan chairman of the Auditing Committee after a serious charge against the official conduct was presented. Hogan suffered facial disfiguration while the 16 member court was unsettled. Shipp seeks an immediate probe as he faces a federal contempt case tied to the Ed Johnson lynching.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Shipp
J. H. Hogan
Ed Johnson
Cotton Seed For Planting Offer From Columbia Mill Co
Columbia Cotton Mill Co offers seed for 1000 acres to farmers for planting. Seed to be repaid from the 1908 crop or at market value next fall.
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Columbia Cotton Mill Co
Fierce contest over massace in presidential campaign
In Washington on April 2 the House saw a rare clash between Democrats and Republicans over tariffs on wood pulp and white paper and on federal injunction limits. Democrats forced adverse votes, led by Payne, as they accused the Republican majority of delaying tactics while vowing to advance laws aligned with the President’s message.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
Payne
Repubican
England has no Premier as Campbell-Bannerman resigns
London April bulletin reports Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman’s resignation as Prime Minister. With no automatic successor the King must select a new government head, while the entire Cabinet resigns. Herbert Asquith, summoned from Biarrtz, has yet to confer with the King. The unprecedented situation leaves constitutional procedure in doubt.
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London
Great Brittain
Henry Campbell-Bannnerman
Herbert H. Asquith
Biarritz
Young Girl Ends Her Own Life in County Park
Miss Nannie Myrtle Rollins, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J B Rollins, attempted suicide twice in Huntingdon Tennessee. She swallowed morphine after a second attempt near Woods Hill in the First District and died despite medical efforts. Health problems are cited as the motive.
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Huntingdon
Tenn
Woods' Hill
Nannie Myrtle Rollins
J. B. Rollins
Tmi
Debated Resolution on President's Message Split by Party Lines
The House blocked debate on the President's message resolution amid volleys of amendments. Democrats pressed for tariff cuts on wood pulp and white print paper and for injunction hearings, but Republicans uniformly opposed. After repeated dilatory motions, the final passage was near unanimous, with Democratic leaders claiming the result benefits them in upcoming campaigns.
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Payne
Committee
House
John Sharp Williams
Ways and Means
Clayton
Alabama
Lloyd Chaizman
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Queen Maria Pia Strains Under Grief After Lisbon Tragedy
Lisbon April 3 Queen Maria Pia is said to be overwhelmed by grief and anxiety after the deaths of King Carlos and the crown prince. Doctors advise a Mediterranean visit. Italy invites her, but Portugal opposes the plan due to a $12,000 annual allowance tied to the queen leaving Portuguese territory under the royal marriage contract.
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Lisbon
Maria Pia
Carlos
Mediterranean
Italy
Race in Brownaville favors Carmack in tight race
Brownaville Tennessee residents favor ex Senator Carmack as votes seem close but Governor Patterson’s committee action sparks criticism. The county appears set to back Carmack by about three to one. An ad promotes Dean’s Regulats as a remedy for liver and digestion issues.
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Brownsville
Tenn
Brownaville
Carmack
Patterson
Haywood
Liability Bill Passes House in Weak Vote
Washington April 6 the House of Representatives approved the Sterling employers liability bill with only one dissenting vote from Mr Livetiel of Maine. It abolishes the fellow servant rule for railroad injuries and relaxes contributory negligence defenses while apportioning fault to each party. The measure moves to the Senate, where Senator Dolliver may substitute the Senate education and labor version.
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Washington
Livletiel
Maine
House ‘of Representatives
House
Senate
Dolliver
Committee On Education and Labor
Fire Marshal Law Is Upheld Supreme Court decision
Special to The Herald Nashville April 4 The Supreme Court ruled the Fire Marshal Law constitutional in State vs Rhinehart from Montgomery county Justice Shields delivered the opinion The report ends with an unrelated advertisement for Dean's Ointment claiming cure for piles eczema and skin itch sold by all druggists
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The
Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Supreme Court
Montgomery County
State Vs. Rhinehart
Shields
Dean
Watson Will Lead Populists Nomination in Omaha
Thomas E. Watson of Georgia and Samuel W. Williams of Indiana were nominated by the Populist National Convention for President and Vice President. George A. Honnecker was chosen permanent chairman. The platform calls for public ownership of railways and utilities, distribution of money by government, land homesteading, parcels post, corporate regulation, initiative and referendum, eight hour day, child labor abolition, and anti gambling in futures.
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Louis
Thos E Wasem
Georgia
Samuel W. Wiliams
Minnesota
Jones
George A. Honnecker
Jersey City
N. J
J.B. Ferris
Joliet
Jay W. Forrest
Albany
New People's Party
Omaha
Jacob 8. Coxey
Congress
Correction on Sheriff Webb sketch and rematch note
A Herald correction clarifies that Sheriff Forgey was deputy under Webb ten years ago and Sheriff Webb remains a candidate not for office but for matrimony. He says he entered the contest without pledges but would welcome one.
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Sheriff Webb
Herald of
Sheriff Forgey
Winder Webb
Portiar Sheri
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