Dunne Wins Chicago Mayoral Race and Municipal Ownership Victory
Judge Edward F. Dunne defeated Republican John Maynard Harlan by 4,248 votes to become Chicago mayor as the Democratic ticket swept most city offices. Frederick W. Blocks won treasurer, AO Anson became city clerk, and John F. Smulski narrowly lost the city attorney post amid a city council tilt toward Republicans. Dunne framed the win as a push for municipal ownership of public utilities, signaling a nationwide shift in urban governance.
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Chicago
Edward F. Dunne
John Maynard Harlan
Frederick W. Blocks
AO Anson
John F. Smulski
Judge Dunne
Dunne
America
Ameraz
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
the Sentinel
Charles P. Cary
Albert Salisbury
Ean
Racine
Whitewater
Sparta
Oshkosh
Fox Lake
Vic
Berlin
la Crosse
Monroe
Bake Mills
Ripon
Dartford
Waupaca
Virogua
Thorpe
Milton
Milton Junction
Beloit
Delaven
Palmyra
Marinette
Darlington
Kenosha
Missouri
Kansas City
Jefferson City
Henry J. Wallau
Citizens
Repubican
Sedalia
Mexico
Nevada
West Plains
Joplin
C. W. Lyons
Detroit
Mich
Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit
Chittenden
Cadillac
Gustave Hine
Bay City
West Bay City
Flint
D. D
Chosen to Head the New Panama Canal Commission
Theodore P. Shonts of Chicago, president of the Toledo St. Louis & Western, will accept the chairmanship of the new Isthmian canal commission after talks at the War Department and White House. The commission includes Charles E Magoon as governor, John F Wallace as chief engineer, with high ranking military and engineering officers named.
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Washington
Theodore P. Shonts
Chicago
Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad
Isthmian Canal Commission
War Department
Charles R Magoon
Clarence Edwards
White House
Mr. Shonts
Crawford County
Pennsylvania
New Isthmian Canal Commission
Charles E. Magoon
Earthquake Hits Mussoree and Lahore with Casualties
A sequence of tremors struck Mussoree India starting at 6 10 am on Tuesday. Eleven shocks caused severe damage including collapse of the Savoy hotel wing and destruction of the new Catholic church. One woman killed and many injured. Reports from Dehra Dun and Rajpur indicate extensive damage and landslides. Lahore also suffered violent shaking with loss of life and major buildings damaged.
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Mussoree
India
Savoy Hotel
Dehra Dun
Rajpur
Lahore
British India
Explosion at Bay City dynamite plant kills three men
A nitroglycerin storage tank exploded at H.H. Thomas dynamite plant six miles northwest of Bay City on Monday. Three workers Moses Island an Indian 40 George Godfrey of Kawkaw lim 26 and George Uhrbricht 44 from Auburn were in a building covering the tank and were blown to pieces. The cause is unknown and the loss is under $150.
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Bay City
Mich
H.H. Thomas
Moses Island
George Godfrey
Kawkawlim
George Uhrbricht
Auburn
Slaying in Batesville: Dow Kills Wife and Two Others
In Batesville Arkansas on April 5 John Dow and a son of a neighbor shot dead his wife who refused to return home at her father’s house. He then wounded the wife’s mother and another woman. The father-in-law returned fire and mortally wounded Dow.
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Batesville
Ark
John Dow
Sulphur Rock
Don
Death Ends the Prosecution in Nixon Case at Luling
S M Nixon a noted politician and lawyer died Monday from apoplexy after nervous collapse. His murder trial for the Luling street fight that killed R W Malone and Capt J L Veasy was scheduled for Monday. Two $50,000 suits by the deceased men’s widows rested on the case. Betrayed His Trust Boston April 1 Charles M Reed trustee in estate larceny of $8500 arrested held in $10000 bond.
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Lockhart
Tex
S. M. Nixon
R. W. Malone
J. L. Veasy
Luling
Boston
Charles M. Reed
Simplon Tunnel Opened as World’s Longest Rail Link
Rome reports the Simplon tunnel the longest in the world was inaugurated Sunday morning with the first trains from the Swiss and Italian sides meeting at the center. The event marks a historic cross alps connection enhancing European rail travel and commerce.
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Simplon
Rome
Death of Ill. state normal school president Hewett at 77
Bloomington Illinois April 1 Dr E C Hewett longtime president of the Illinois State Normal School died suddenly Friday at age 77. He led the institution for 15 years and was a prominent educator in the state.
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Bloomington
Ill
E. C. Hewett
Illinois State Normal School
Bloodshed in Warsaw and Lodz riots sweep Polish streets
A Sunday Dzika street demonstration by the Bund led to a police and military volley killing four and wounding forty, all Jews, with arrests and anticipated deaths among the injured. In Lodz, Police Commissioner Szabalowicz was grievously wounded by a bomb in the street, the bomber later killed. Earlier, Iowa eased biennial elections, and industrial plans and a New York murder case moved through courts.
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Warsaw
Dzika Street
The
Bund
Lodz
Russian Poland
Szabalovicz
Konstantinowsk
Zawarski
Szabalowicz
Enormous Immigration Figures In March at New York Port
New York April 1 Immigration through the port of New York for March reached 97,000 arrivals, vastly higher than last year’s 47,877 for the same month. The surge signals a remarkable increase in newcomers entering the United States via the harbor.
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New York
Admission Price Fixed for Lewis and Clarke Exposition
Portland reports April 1 that fifty cents is the general admission price for the Lewis and Clarke exposition. Commutation books will be sold at reduced rates.
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Portland
Ore
President Roosevelt on vacation trip to the west and Texas
President Roosevelt leaves Washington for nearly two months to reunite the Rough Riders in San Antonio with stops en route at Fort Worth and other towns. He will hunt in Texas and Colorado while staying connected to public affairs. The journey includes brief stays in Pittsburg Louisville St Louis and multiple speeches en route culminating in a stop at Vinita, Indian Territory.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jong
Rough Rider
San Antonio
Tex
Fort Worth
Panhandle
Texas
Colorado
Pittsburg
President Roosevelt
Horseshoe Bend
Cepceres ci Ge
Louisville
Court House
Kentucky
St. Louis
Indiana
Illinois
Milltown
Ind
Huntingburg
Mount Vernon
Vinita
I. T
Death of a Jurist in Joliet April 3
Judge Charles B. Garnsey died after months of illness in Joliet. An ulcerous growth on his cheek bone and related complications caused his death. Garnsey served as one of three judges of the Twelfth judicial circuit and was among northern Illinois’s best known lawyers.
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Joliet
Charles B.garnsey
Garnsey
Twelfth Judicial Circuit
Illinois
Fire Kills 1000 Chickens in Chicago Poultry House
A fire at George Willard's three story frame poultry house on Ninety eighth street and Erie avenue in Chicago killed 1000 chickens. The structure burned in minutes with no birds escaping. Willard suspects incendiaries. Loss estimated at $2,500.
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Chicago
George Willard
Ninety Eighth Street
Erie Avenue
Willard
Senators Ask Roosevelt for Special Session Date
Washington March 31 Senators who called on President Roosevelt Thursday to consult on when Congress will reassemble were told a special session is likely to be called for October 16. The note indicates the administration expects a fall session to address urgent matters.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Robbery in Kutais Leaves Station Master Stranded
Four armed assailants overpowered the escort of a Kutais station master riding to the local treasury and robbed him of 3000 dollars. The April 3 incident, reported from Tiflis, details the bold attack and escape by the bandits.
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Tiflis
Kutais
Mine explosion costs many lives at Zeigler mine
Thirty seven bodies recovered after gas explosion at Joseph Leiter mine in Zeigler. Miners and an inspector William Atkinson die attempting to reach entombed workers. blast linked to accumulated fire damp. A six ton cage hurled 500 feet. one worker survives a 69 foot air shaft toss. Separate report: Bridgeport cartridge plant explosion kills three in dry house. John Meary blown through roof amid debris.
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Carbondale
Joseph Leiter
Zeigler
William Atkinson
W. D. Ryan
United Mine Workers of America
J. L. Wood
Cleveland
Bridgeport
Conn
Union Metallic Cartridge Company
John Meary
Michael Hurley
William Bayliss
Naval Battle Expected Between Russia and Japan
In April reports from St. Petersburg indicate an imminent clash between Rojestvensky and Togo as the Russian fleet nears the Malay Straits after leaving Madagascar on March 16. Togo’s scouts near Singapore and Sunda straits are watching, making elusion unlikely, with the battle seen as Russia’s key hope.
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St. Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Togo
Admiralty
Madagascar
Vladivostok
Rosestvensky
Malay Straits
Singapore
Sunda Straits
Java
Russia
News in Brief For The Week Ending April 5
The week’s brief items cover a brutal Baku massacre with two thousand deaths, donations to the American Tract Society, optimistic Cuban congress notes, Bishop Favier’s death in Peking after forty years in China, and a meningitis death toll of 128 in New York. Other items include Oxford beating Cambridge in the boat race, fires in Presque Isle and a Charlottesville home destroyed with deaths, a rail incident near Mingo Junction, drownings in Beloit, and DAR congress dates. Additional items report a large lumber deal in Wisconsin, labor disputes, and notable arrests or deaths. A Memphis derby winner and other local disasters, plus legal actions and a US protectorate claim in Santo Domingo are mentioned.
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Baku
Russian Caucasus
Ralph Voorhees
New Jersey
American Tract Society
Palma
Bishop Favier
Lazariat Mission
Peking
China
New York
Oxford
Cambridge
Presque Isle
Edward Hines
Chicago
N. Ludington & Co
Marinette
Wis
W. J. Thompson
Charlottsville
Thompson
Peter Hardy
Roosevelt
Mingo Junction
Montague White
Beloit College
Rock River
Beloit
Roy Andrews
Aharrow
Continental Congress
Daughters of the American Revolution
Memorial Hall
Washington, D. C
Prince
Princess Brogll
Naples
Princeton
Ind
American Federation of Labor
Lester Henry
Carlisle
Little Valley
Corry
Charles Scott
Ray Scott
St. Charles
Mich
Memphis
Agile
John Smulski
Jack Lory
Frank Maurin
Atlanta
Ill
Alonzo J. Whiteman
Buffalo
N. Y
Whiteman
Washington
William G. Crawford
August W. Machen
George E. Lorenz
Frank J. Bell
Dallas
Tex
Knights of Pythias of Texas
R. R. Parker
Bell
Santo Domingo
United States Senate
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Michigan
Kansas
Rose
Leavenworth
Peter Everhardy
D. R. Anthony
Finley Ross
Wichita
Theodore P. Shontz
Panama Canal Commission
Negro
Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa
Industrial Parliament
Southern Industrial Parliament
Anna Valentine
Rosa Salza
Lodi
N. J
Zeigler,ill
Crusaders
Kan
Carrie Nation
Myra McHenry
Diddin Munts
Jmcy Wilbert
Temperance Crusaders
Nation
Indiana Bank
Ladoga
Bank of Ladoga
F. Kyle
Lima
Common Pleas Court
Joseph Hicks
Hicks
Lima Rail Light Company
Branchville
8. C
Southern Railway
Badham
Iin —Creamery
Seeee
Omaha
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