Vermont Governor Race: Prouty Leads as Returns Trickle In
A revised Vermont governor tally shows Republican George H. Prouty with 43 043 votes, Democrat James E Burke 15 318, Quimby 5 Backus 1 222, M Campbell 201, H H Dunbar 4. Missing towns could shift Prouty’s lead to about 2 800. Voter apathy is noted as returns lag. Continued on page nine.
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White River Junction
Vermont
George H. Prouty
James E Burke
Quimby
Backus
Independence League
M. Campbell
H. H. Dunbar
Prouty
Atlantic City to Stay Closed Says Governor
Sea Girt New Jersey Sept 7 Governor Fort said Atlantic City will stay closed in conformity with the laws as long as Tam remains in the executive chair. He praised the success of the law enforcement movement and the results of enforcement efforts on Sunday.
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Sea Girt
N. J
Atlantic City
Tam
Fort
Calcutta Jail Under Tight Guard After Conspiracy Plot
Central jail in Calcutta houses most accused conspirators amid a troop guard following a jail delivery. In the ensuing chaos Narrendo Nath Gossain, a top suspect, was killed in the skirmish inside the jail during the confrontation with Governor General Kitchener’s forces.
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Calcutta
Central
Narrendo Nath Gossain
Kitchener
Germany demands recognition of usurping Moroccan sultan
Paris reports Germany’s notice to signatories of the Algeciras Act asserting recognition of Mulai Hafid as sultan. Officials fear a major shift in Moroccan policy and predict severe international fallout. Attacks by Arab tribes against French positions near Boudenih escalate tensions as France braces for possible reprisals.
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France
Paris
Germany
Morocco
Mulai Hafid
Fes
Wassel
Tansie
Algeciras
Musa Hafid
Europe
Boudealb
Boudenih
McCumber Sees Long War Over Tariff Revision
Senator McCumber of North Dakota predicts a long extra session after the fourth of March to revise the tariff. He says the west will push for free duty on several protected items including lumber and coal, promising stubborn fights over the schedules.
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McCumber
North Dakota
Washington
West
Roosevelt
Taft
Congress
Moumber
Interurban to Dilworth meeting discusses new electric rail link
The Commerce club plans a Tuesday evening meeting to discuss municipal business and a proposed electric railway to Dilworth Minnesota. Moorhead and Fargo Moorhead Street Railway representatives may attend as the Minnesota town is seen as a growth area. A dinner will precede the session at the club dining rooms.
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Fargo Commercial Club
Street Railway Company
W. J. Bryan
Dilworth
Minn
Moorhead
Fargo & Moorhead Street Railway
Minnesota
Tenn Miners Strike Over Wage Scale at Coalmont
Labor dispute at Sewanes Coal and Coke plant in Coalmont Tenn with about sixty workers still at work says a strike was called. The situation followed tensions in wage scale talks and patrols report the mine area is quiet. Albany report notes a prison discipline protest citing Thaws presence in jail as demoralizing.
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Tracy City
Tenn
Sewanes Coal, Coke ,Land Land Co
Coalmont
Alabama
Albany, N
State Commission of Prisons
George McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Batituton
Denver Police Face Strike Over Dismissals
Denver, Sept. 2 The Denver police threaten a strike unless Sergeant Russell and three other officers dismissed for leading an assault on prisoner John Bradley are reinstated. A round robin to the fire and police commissioners edges toward an ultimatum as Bradley was beaten with clubs and revolvers over suspicions of killing Patrolman Stephens.
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Denver
Russell
John Bradley
Bradley
Stephens
Man and Dog Killed by Train Near Stratford
A man and a dog were struck and killed by a train near Stratford last night. The body of the man, identified via a laundry slip reading G. W. Kerr, was found this morning. Kerr was believed to work with a threshing outfit and was last seen Monday evening in Stratford with the dog following.
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Aberdeen
Stratford
Cite & St. Louis
G. W. Kerr
Missouri Slope Editors Meeting Report
In Bismarck North Dakota on September 2 the Missouri Slope Editorial association met after the Republican state central committee session. Most members favor GO P. interests and aim to unite the western press against a common enemy as a solid phalanx.
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Bismarck
N. D
Republican State Central Committee
Missouri Slope Editorial Association
Bpeats
Mandan Pioneer
GO. P
Wantern
Ex-Sultan Buying Troops For Throne Seekers
Tangier dispatch reports anxious anticipation as Abdul Agix reorganizes his army with troops sent from central Morocco and the western coast. The movement, tied to secession concerns, fuels tension amid the throne bid.
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Tangier
Morroccan
Abdul Agix
Turin
Big California Trees Are Saved
Firemen and settlers fought a forest blaze that threatened the Big Trees grove near Sonora California. By morning, flames were believed under control after all-night efforts to arrest the fire. The incident was reported from the Big Trees hotel at 10 30 this morning.
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Sonora
Cal
Big Trees
Fire on Warren Farm Destroys Buildings and Grain Stacks
Fire swept the Walter Warren farm near Zumbro Falls destroying all buildings except the residence and thirty six stacks of grain. Suspected incendiary origin. J J Clift of Bear Lake injured by a hay fork during the blaze and died from the injuries shortly after. He left a wife and large family.
Will wed divorcee. Lawrence to marry Mrs Edwards in Sept
Announcement in church circles states Rev. Dr. William H. Lawrence pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Richmond Hill will wed Mrs Frances M. Gurney Edwards of New York. Edwards divorced two years ago from Julian A. Edwards now living in Poughkeepsie. The romance began while Lawrence led the Port Jefferson church.
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Ve Lawrence
Methodist Church
Mary G. Edwards
New York
Rea
William H. Lawrence
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Richmond Hill
Um.its
Frances M. Gurney Edwards
Julian A. Edwards
Poughkeepsie
Dr. Lawrence
Port Jefferson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Secrecy Attends Big Court Martial
Washington reports a general court martial to convene at Port Wayne Michigan on September 29. The panel includes one major general six brigadiers and ten colonels, with Major General Frederick D. Grant to head the court. High secrecy surrounds the officer identities and the proceedings as a possible trial of officers above rank of captain.
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Washington
Port Wayne
Michigan
T Riat
Gach
Frederick D. Grant
War Department
Physician's Fast as Proof of Theory Ends in Death Bed
St Louis reports Dr Irving J Barles, who sought to prove fasting as a universal remedy, is near death after a prolonged fast. The physician, famed for an 81 day fast last winter, shed from 240 pounds to under 150, claiming no ill effects despite sunstroke in the hot spell.
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St. Louis
Irving J. Barles
Bartes
Brilliant Pageant Dazzles With Bands and Flags
A grand crowd watches a street pageant featuring marching bands and flag displays. The event recalls Civil War generals Grant and Sherman, drawing spectators to a Taft era celebration with vivid public enthusiasm.
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Grant
Sherman
Taft
Taft Reviews Parade In Toledo Trip
Judge Taft left Middle Bass at 6 am aboard Commodore Richardson's power yacht for Toledo to review the grand army parade and attend a Lincoln Club reception. He will return as soon as Toledo duties are fulfilled, with the trip each way about four hours.
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Judge Taft
Commodore Richardson
Toledo
Lincoln Club
Taft
Toledo Skies Bright as Parade Delights Crowds
Toledo on September 2 features flags flying bands playing and cheering under a bright sky, with the events continuing on page nine.
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Toledo
The
Vet
Page Nine
Wright Case Continued At Devils Lake
In Devils Lake North Dakota on September 2 the preliminary hearing in the state versus Mrs. Mary Wright continued. The defense called Dr Lee of Edmore who said embalming likely caused throat marks on Babe Cox. Judge McClory denied dismissal and a two week continuance was granted to handle papers for removal of A Kelley and to bar him from acting as assistant district attorney. The case adjourned to September 16 at 2 PM.
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Devils Lake
N. D
Mary Wright
Babe” Cox
Lee
Edmore
North Dakota central committee chairmanship battle
At the state central committee session in Bismarck on September 2 James Johnson of Minot backs the leadership and faces F H Sprague of Grafton. Johnson claims support from several committeemen who view Sprague as too Marshall-friendly, amid efforts to shape the state committee slate.
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Republican Committee
Bismarck
Johnson
Marshall
N. D
State Central Committee
James Johnson
Minot
F. H. Sprague
Grafton
Fink Sprague
Woman in Boardwalk Tragedy Still Recovering
Atlantic City N J Sept 2 The woman shot on the boardwalk last Wednesday night is not improving and recovery is in doubt. Police continue to press efforts to apprehend the alleged highwayman who wounded Roberts in the incident.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Karien B. Roberta
Baltimore
Roberts
Ingersoll Widow Seeks Proof of Afterlife Spirit Mediums Tested
The widow of Robert G. Ingersoll seeks to contact his spirit to confirm an afterlife. Once a devoted follower who rejected the hereafter she now tests spiritualism hoping for decisive communication. She demands specific sacred details from their life before betrothal and marriage to acknowledge a spirit world.
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Ingersoll
New York
Robert G. Ingersoll
Ste
Fire Salute For Secretary Wright At Fort Riley
At reveille this morning a seventeen gun salute honored Secretary of War Luke B. Wright during his post visit. A second seventeen gun salute greeted him at the maneuver camp at 7 30 o clock. Five thousand regulars plus two Iowa National Guard regiments and a South Dakota unit joined in the day long program at Junction City. In New York New Jersey Democratic official Robert R Hudspeth was named eastern campaign manager for William Jennings Bryan.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Revelee
Luke B. Wright
Iowa National Guard
South Dakota
Junction City
New York
Robert R. Hudspeth
New Jersey
Democratic Committee
National Democratic Committee
Willam Jennings Bryan
Mise Darling
John Daye
Fort Tetten
Dr. Pratt
Stewart
Baywide Park
Ming Darling
Dave
Lena Park
Montana Democrats Reach Bryan Fund Total
Helena authorities report Montana delegates to the Denver Democratic convention have contributed 1 100 to the Bryan campaign fund. Six delegates from the state participated in the effort. In London, Horatio Edwards, who claimed a large New York area property inheritance worth 275 million dollars, was found dead hanging behind a door on Friday.
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Helena
Mont
T. J. Walsh
Montana
Denver
Bryan
Horatio Edwards
New York
London
Finchley
Trains Wrecked by Washouts East of Winnipeg
All night long trains were delayed by washouts on the Canadian Pacific line east of Winnipeg. Five passenger trains wrecked, but no serious injuries reported. Estimated cost to the company ranges from half to three quarters of a million dollars.
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Winnipeg
Here
Canadian Pacifico Railway
Dellara
Royalty Gifts Stolen In Bowman Home Break-In
In Hamilton on Sept 2 police hunt thieves who robbed the summer home of Postmaster General Von Mayer. Jewelry and silverware worth 15000 were taken including a pearl necklace and a set of diamond earrings given as gifts to Mrs Von Meyer. Also reported is Harry Lauder securing a 20 week US engagement at 5000 per week after leaving a Scottish contract.
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Hamilton, Maas
von Mayer
Glasgow
Scotland
Harry Lauder
America
Lauder
Cleveland Pastor Refuses To Officiate At 15 Year Old Bride Wedding
Rev M M Pratt of Plymouth Congregational church declined to officiate at the wedding of Miss Alto Darting aged 15 in an unnamed ward, Cleveland Ohio, citing policy. The event was planned in a local ceremony with involvement from civic and church leaders.
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Cleveland
Ohio
M. M. Pratt
Plymouth Congregational Church
Reconciliation Moment As Taft And Foraker Meet At G A R Parade
Taft and Senator Foraker, once rivals at the Republican convention, exchange smiles and a handshake in the reviewing stand during the G A R parade in Toledo. Veterans, officials, and crowds cheer as the leaders acknowledge each other amid Civil War veterans and bands.
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Toledo
Williams
Taft
Senator Foraker
Foraker
Harris
Roosevelt Emphatic on Hughes Nomination
Oyster Bay N Y Sept 2 President Roosevelt declared he will not dictate the New York Republican convention on Governor Hughes nomination. He urged re nomination of Hughes as governor while making clear he will not direct the convention’s action. He spoke to a conference in Sagamore Hill regarding the state political situation and party unity.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Sagamore Hill
New York State
Roosevelt
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Hughes
Wm. L. Ward
Westchester County
Germany's throne heir near death after auto crash
Berlin reports Crown Prince William and Crown Princess narrowly escaped serious harm on a pleasure trip in Alsace Lorraine when their fast car overturned at high speed. They were thrown clear of wreckage with only slight bruises and a severe nerve shock as the principal injuries.
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Berlin
Crown
William
Alsace—Lorraine
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