Governor Deneen Victory Amid Illinois Senate Contests
Illinois lawmakers declare Charles S. Deneen governor after a chaotic week as a recount petition led by Adlai Stevenson questions the November election results. The drama centers on alleged fraud in several counties, with Cook County highlighted, and a fierce contest anticipated for the next senate race. Inaugural plans proceed with ceremonies to honor the new administration, while the joint committees organize tickets, seating, and a public reception at the state capitol.
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House
Stevenson
State House
Albert J. Hopkins
Ernor
Democratic State Central Committee
Adlai E. Stevenson
McCann
Rouse of Representatives
Paddock
Illinois
Banner Counties
Calhoun
Froqueis
Kendall
Lawrence
Pope
Stark
Tazewell
Union
White
Cook
Beneen
Adams County
Soldiers’ Home
Steven
Alexander County
Kentucky
Bureau County
Geen
Paign
Haythen
Jereena
Cook County
Henry Freeman
Edgar
Dencen
Said
Charles S. Deneen
Hurburgh
Katherine Devers
Grace BH. Burkett
Nelle Keating
Florence Corwin
T. IL. Scanten
James Miller
Claude KE. Lacey
Lews Farmi
Joseph Bowes
Page
J. W. Osgood
Senator McElwain
General Assembly
Simpheiy
Charles 8. Veenen
Hall of Representatives
Capitol
Thomas W. Scott
General Scott
University of Iinois
Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Cullom
Hopkins
Edward D. Shurtleff
Beck
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Chester W. Church
Logan
Hiay
Frank HL. Funk
Bloomington
Ira M. Lish
Livingston County
Walter I. Manny
Alt. Sterling
James W. Crawford
Benton
Adam C. Cliffe
Sycamore
J. W. Allison
Kankuakea
George W. Seneglish
Vienna
Juul
Alanny
Church and
Allison
John G. Oglesby
James A. Rose
James S. McCullough
Andrew J. Russel
William H. Stead
Legal Amenitios in Charleston's Boorish Magistrate
A Charleston West Virginia judge known for rough manners vexed a finicky lawyer during a long trial. With feet on the railing hiding his face the judge mocked the lawyer asking which end of his honor to address. The lawyer retorted there is as much law in one end as the other.
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Charleston
W. Va
Foley's Honey and Tar Adverts For Cough Relief
A claim touts Foley's Honey and Tar as the safest cough remedy for infants and children. The ad stresses it contains no opiates or narcotics and urges mothers to keep a bottle at home, naming H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkuas as sellers.
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Foley
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkuas
Tillman Again to Make Reply to President Order Debate
In Washington on January 14 Senator Tillman pressed Attorney General Bonaparte for a public reply to whether he sued the Southern Oregon land grant holder tied to military roads from Roseburg to Coos Bay. Senate discussion followed on Congress's right to demand information from the president and departments amid talk of a probe into the demolition of the old Pennsylvania depot.
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Solons
Washington
Thi Man
Bonaparte
Southern Ore-gon
Roseburg
Coos Bay
Senate
Congress
Tate
House
Bacon
Maine
Tellier
Teale
Tillman
Teller
Senate Committee On Public Buildings
Pennsylvania
Uncle Sam to Mind Children at Play
Washington debate over the District of Columbia appropriation bill split on child supervision with Gaines opposing a paid oversight and Minn urging it. The amendment passed 65 to 62. Also the provision for 50 cents a day to dependents of workhouse laborers was struck out as fostering vagrancy.
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Washington
House
District of Columbia
Gaines
Tenn
Bede Minn
Secret Service
Tennessee Prohibition Bill Clears Legislature Aimed at 1909 Start
Nashville Tenn Jan 14 The bill to prohibit sale after July 1 1909 of all intoxicating liquor in Tennessee passed the lower house by 62 to 36. it follows the senate approved version and goes to Governor Patterson who is expected to veto it. State widers expect to override the veto by about the original margin.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
General Assembly
Senate
Patterson
Georgia Anti-Saloon League Targets Whisky Ads
The Georgia Anti-Saloon League says it will prosecute newspapers for printing whisky advertisements. It charges papers are hired agents and solicitors for whisky houses.
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Anti-Saloon League
Atlanta
Georgia Anti-Saloon League
League
Miners Die In Lick Branch Disaster Two Explosions
Bluefield W Va January 14 A total of thirty five bodies have been taken from the mine at Lick Branch Three rescue crews of forty men each led by State Mine Inspector Grady Nicholson and Warner are at work Distinguishing between white and black victims proves difficult due to severe burns Authorities report two explosions occurred in the same mine within a short period Some say a nineteen degree temperature drop in hours influenced the disaster.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Lick Branch
Grady
Nicholson
Warner
Wine Victim Murdered In Maryland Play
Charles Lesley Pippin an undertaker died after drinking poisoned wine at a Methodist church play in Marydel Maryland. State's Attorney Elmer Deen says the death was murder and that others were to be harmed in a complex criminal plot. Arsenic was found in large quantities in bottles used at the entertainment.
Western phosphate lands opening method debated
Washington January 14 Over 2 000 000 acres of public lands are involved in legislation on issuing patents to phosphate lands in Wyoming Utah and Montana. The House debates leasing versus patent granting under mining laws and whether under the lode or placer acts.
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House
Washington
Wyoming
Utah
Montana
Dynamite Kills Woman in Mitchell Cottage Fire
A dynamite explosion at a prospector’s cottage in Mitchell Colorado leaves Mrs. Richard Lauterbach dead and Miss Esther Schuster severely injured. Lauterbach, involved in several mining claim disputes, was away from the cottage when the blast occurred.
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Mitchell
Colo
Richard Lauterbach
Esther Schuster
Lauterbach
Supreme court upholds pistol length law in Alabama
Montgomery Jan 14 The supreme court held the pistol law valid. It bars ownership or carriage of pistols shorter than twenty four inches and prohibits sale of pistol supplies for guns of smaller size.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Receiver for Johnson Bank Sought Over Liquidation Contract
In Cleveland affidavits were read in a hearing on Anthony Kremnn's petition as a stockholder of Depositors' Savings and Trust to appoint a receiver and set aside a liquidation contract with Cleveland Trust and First National Bank. The petition claims attacks on Mayor Tom L. Johnson's finances triggered liquidation actions through other banks.
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Cleveland
Jan
Anthony Kremnn
Depositors' Savings and Trust Company
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland Trust Company
First National Bank
Johnson
Shively Wins Indiana Caucus For U S Senate
Benjamin F. Shively of South Bend won the Indiana legislature caucus after twenty ballots, defeating John W. Kern. Shively, a former congressman and Indiana University board president, secured the required votes and pledged speech approval.
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Indianapolis
Jan
Indiana
Benjamin F. Shively
South Bend
United States Senate
Shively
Kern
Lamb
Menzies
Charles Miers
John W. Kern
Board of
Indiana University
Robber Kills Woman then Guns Down Officer in Omaha Hotel
A masked robber held up a Omaha hotel at 1 AM and shot a resisting woman. Patrolman L A Smith confronted the fugitive near the exit, was fatally shot, and died instantly. The woman suffered nonfatal injuries. Police pursued the suspect toward the Missouri River and fired when he did not surrender, hitting him. He was taken to the emergency hospital. his status as the killer remains unconfirmed.
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Omaha
L. A. Smith
Missouri River
Octogenarians Robbed in Farmhouse Burglary
Six masked robbers bound gagged and assaulted Solomon Loughner an 80 year old man and his two elderly sisters between 70 and 80 on a farm mid way between Jeannette and Harrison City in Pittsburg on January 14. They ransacked the house stole about 1500 dollars ate supper then fled.
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Pittsburg
Solomon Loughner
Loughners
Jeannette
Harrison City
Panic from quakes in Italy causes two deaths in Bologna
Reports from Venice Lombardy and Tuscany describe a panic triggered by a series of earthquakes. Two women died of fright in Bologna. no other casualties reported and damage was minor, confined to broken windows and cracked cornices.
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Bologna
Rome
Venetia
Lombardy
Tuscany
King Alfonso to Learn to Fly with Wilbur Wright
Paris January 14. King Alfonso of Spain will become an aeronaut. He has acquired a Wright model aeroplane and will study flying under Wilbur Wright as his tutor.
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Wilbur Wright
Monarch
Paris
Alfonso King
Spain
Postal Service Budget Set at 234 Million for 1910
Washington January reports confirm the House committee on post offices and post roads says it will require 234 million dollars to run the postal service in the fiscal year 1910. The figure was adopted as the service’s operating demand.
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House Committee
Washington
Jan
House Committee On
Relatives suspect murder in Roanoke bridegroom death
Roanoke Va Jan 14 Relatives of William A Andrews the bridegroom whose body was found swinging from a tree after a week missing believe he was murdered A surgeon found several small holes in the breast one leading to the heart The wounds are believed to have been made with a hat pin
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Roanoke
William A. Andrews
Puts Ban on Corset Posters in Oklahoma City
Directors of the National Bill Posters association order members to stop posting corset and union salve style pictures used in advertising. (Note: OCR text quality issues present. summary reflects readable facts: ban on certain posters in Oklahoma City, warned by national association.)
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Oklahoma City
Oklahon
National Bill Posters' Association
Typhoid Caused Oarsman's Death at Yale Crew Race
New Haven officials report Yale coach Julian W. Curtiss stated in a letter that Dwight T. Griswold died from typhoid fever, not from the Harvard race collapse. The February event involved last year’s crew stroke Griswold who collapsed during the race.
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New Haven
Conn
Julian W. Curtiss
Yale
Dwight T. Griswold
Harvard
Duty on Leeds Pearls Sustained by Appraisers Board
Washington January 14 The board of general appraisers sustained a duty of 10 percent on Leeds pearls valued at 220000. The ruling follows an assessment by customs authorities and impacts import duties on the precious stones.
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Leeds
Washington
Jan
Board of General Appraisers
Many Hurt In Strike Riot At Kelley Morocco Factory
In Lynn Massachusetts on January 14 a clash erupted between strikers and strike-breakers at the Thomas H Kelley morocco factory. Many people were injured on both sides as the confrontation escalated.
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Lynn
Mass
Thomas H. Kelley
Morocco
Foley's Orino Laxative Advertises Cure for Constipation
If you take Foley's Orino Laxative until bowels become regular you will not need purgatives constantly. The product claims to positively cure chronic constipation and sluggish liver and is described as pleasant to take. Names H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz are listed as endorsers.
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H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Leper escapes from hospital in Los Angeles cell
John Moro of Hermosillo Mexico, a leper confined at the county hospital, escaped from his cell with the aid of a ladder.
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Leper
Los Angeles
Cal
John Moro
Hermosillo
Mex
Hotel Swindler Tackled by Western Hotelmen’s Protectives
Salt Lake City Utah Jan 14 The Western Hotelmen s Protectives association took action to eradicate the hotel swindler A secret service has been created and will operate to expose and prevent fraud within the industry The move signals coordinated crackdown and heightened vigilance across member hotels and related enterprises
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Western Hotelmen’s Protectives Association
Sacks On Trees From Antiarus In Western India
A Western India practice uses Antiarus trees to make sacks. A branch is cut to the sack length and diameter, soaked, beaten to loosen bark, then turned inside out. The wood is sawed away except for a grishi piece left as the sack bottom.
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India
Overman Renominated by Democratic Caucus
Raleigh Jan. 14 United States Senator Lee S Overman was renominated in a Democratic caucus. The action confirms Overman as the party’s choice for the Senate in the upcoming election, reflecting continued support within the party ranks.
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Overman
Raleigh, N
United States
Lee S. Overman
A Religious Author Praises Kidney Remedy
A writer describes years of kidney trouble with severe winter pain and bed rest. After using Foley's Kidney Remedy the pain lessened, then stopped and urine normalized. He recommends Foley's Kidney Remedy to others, naming H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkuns.
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Foley
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkuns
Iron trade dull amid tariff revision warnings
New York January 14 iron trade shows disappointment despite forecasts from November. Railroads lag while overall trade stays cautious ahead of tariff revision. New business is light across the board as demand snaps and hesitates.
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New York
The
River Furnace to Erect $2,000,000 Furnaces
The River Furnace and Dock company in Cleveland Ohio will start building two furnaces costing two million dollars as soon as the weather allows.
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Cleveland
River Furnace and Dock Company
Sugar Trust on Trial Today for Defrauding Government
The American Sugar Refining company known as the sugar trust faces federal fraud charges in Brooklyn. The government accuses fixed scales used by the firm and some employees of defrauding import revenues on raw sugar.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Thomas I. Chatfield
Federal District Court
Brooklyn
the Sugar Trust
United States Treasury
Double Tragedy at Capital in Domestic Fatality
Washington Jan 14 Frederick J Kraemer aged twenty three shot and killed Lizzie Harbin forty one mother of seven after she returned to her husband Kraemer then shot himself in the head dying instantly The incident occurred in the capital and authorities report the domestic attack and suicide Gertrude Harbin was not present at the scene.
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Washington
Lizzie Harbin
Frederick J. Kraemer
Kraemer
Hains Case Goes to Jury Tonight in Flushing
Justice Crane tells the Hains case will go to the jury tonight in Flushing New York. Juror Thomas Walsh was injured by a streetcar in Manhattan but remained in court. Prosecutor Darrin mocked the notion of real estate buyers with checkbooks and warned against violent acts in the trial.
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Flushing
N. Y
Crane
Hains
Thomas Walsh
Manhattan
Walsh
Darrin
Thornton Hains
Harvard Names Lowell as Successor to Eliot President
Boston January 14 Harvard college corporation nominates Abbott Lawrence Lowell professor of the science of government to succeed President Charles W Eliot Lowell a Boston native fifty three years old has long been tied to Harvard as student lecturer and faculty for over thirty years overseers expected to ratify the selection in line with officials position
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Boston
Corporation of
Harvard College
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Charles W. Elot
Harvard
Lowell
Eifot
Harvard University
Admits Killing Benefactor Slain Priest Case Breaks
Enrique Delara the seventeen year old San Dominican student confessed to murder in the second degree after fatally shooting Rev Arturo Ascuelo in Central Park. He said he stole valuables from the priest and robbed him of fifteen dollars during a walk after meeting on a steamer from San Domingo.
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New York
Enrique Delara
Arturo Ascuelo
Delara
San Domingo
Central Park
Brown Heads Two More Roads
New York report says the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway and the Lake Erie and Western railroad accepted President William H. Newman’s resignation and elected W. Brown as his successor.
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Brown
New York
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
The
Lake Erie and Western Railroad
William H. Newman
W. ©. Brown
Hair Woven Into Wedding Gowns Allegedly Secret Habit
A dressmaker shows gowns to a friend claiming each dress contains a hidden lock of hair from various shades. London Answers notes seamstresses believe the wearer of a gown sewn with a worker's hair will face personal worry within the year.
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London
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Ad Testimonial
A Minneapolis Minnesota reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female troubles. The letter claims full recovery in three months and encourages others to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. The notice emphasizes confidentiality and twenty years of free guidance to sick women.
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Pinnes
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Joan G. Mo
A Queer Lesson From Aboard A Famous Atlantic Liner
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt recounts theft aboard a voyage where champagne glasses ink wells and curling tongs vanish, blamed on a noble passenger. The captain resolves the issue by a dubious middle ground, saying to take one ink well and leave the other to teach a lesson while avoiding scandal.
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New York
Philadelphia Bulletin
Crafty Master Fox Spies Ducks Then Steals Meal
A fox observed near the water emerges from a stone pile and uses moss as a decoy to lure ducks. It drifts a moss raft toward the ducks, then the fox glides underwater to seize a duck and returns to shore. His mate and offspring are implied to share the spoils.
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Ife
Some Troubles of a Pianist Harold Bauer
A Cincinnati Tribune item recalls Harold Bauer the pianist facing odd episodes abroad. In Barcelona an audience member threatened a duel after being reproved for noise. In Italy he was escorted through an underground tunnel to escape frantic admirers. In Russia police arrested him midperformance for allegedly taking money under false pretenses due to a Hungarian dance on the program with no dancers.
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Harold Bauer
Barcelona
Italy
Russia
Moscow
Bauer
Cincinnati Tribune
Mrs Fyffe Refuses To Leave Asiatic Fleet
A navy general order once required wives of naval officers at the Asiatic station to return home, but Admiral Fyffe recorded, I have delivered this order to Mrs Fyffe, and she refuses to go, requesting further instructions, in Yokohama.
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Navy Department
Asiatic Station
Admiral Iyffe
Asiatic Fleet
Yokohama
Japan
Nevy
Yffe
Joseph Fyffe
Success Magazine
Vassar Graduate Declares MA Not Yet
A Philadelphia Ledger clipping quotes a dialogue between a Vassar graduate and an old family friend. On being asked about pursuing an MA after earning a BA, she answers with frankness that she is currently working for her M. A. 8.
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Vassar
Philadelphia. Ledger
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