Maine Republicans win governor and bolster Senate control
Maine returns show Republicans reclaim the governorship with Wm T Haines winning by 2,557 over Frederick Plaisted. Republicans also gain three of four congressmen, boost joint-ballot majorities, and install a GOP-dominated legislature likely to elect Edwin Burleigh to the U S Senate.
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Senate
Portland
Maine
U.S
Wm. T. Haines
Waterville
Frederick W. Plaisted
Augusta
Haines
Plaisted
Bert M. Fernald
Bath Houses
State Senate
House
Edwin C. Burleigh
U. S
Obadiah Gardner
Wm. P. Frye
Entre Control
Warren C. Philbrook
Republican State Committee
Burleigh
Californian in Sucker State in Northern Illinois Campaign
Freeport Illinois September 10 Governor Johnson toured Republican strongholds urging Progressive Party backing for social and industrial justice. He warned against a government solely for business, while Frank H Funk touted him as next Illinois governor and potential U.S. vice president. Raymond Robins rode in supporting suffrage.
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Freeport
Johnson
Illinois
Progressive Party
Frank H. Funk
Ilinois
U. S
Raymond Robins
Chicago
River Convention Opens With Wilson Letter Endorsement
The eleventh annual Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association convenes at Burlington with delegates from Iowa Missouri Illinois Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Wilson letter praising the work is the morning’s chief feature and delegates will tour Keokuk on a government steamboat Thursday to inspect the dam.
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Burlington
The
Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association
Missouri
Inois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Thomas Hedge
Woodhrow Wilson
Keokuk
Mississippi
Gov. Wilson
John T. Martin
St. Louis
Panama Canal
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Drowning Not Cause Szabo Death In New Jersey Case
Autopsy on Rosa Menschik Szabo exhumed in Jersey City finds indications death may be from other causes than drowning. Tomorrow's exam results to determine exact cause. Gibson, Szabo’s attorney and executor of a $20,000 estate, involved in will probate after Szabo died boating on Greenwood Lake. Deputy consul general of Austria-Hungary alleges a ruse involving a woman posing as Szabo’s mother.
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New York
N. Y
Rosa Menschik Szabo
Jersey City
Sherrie DeGraw
Orange County
Burton W. Gibson
Greenwood Lake
Horse Disease Germ Spotted in Kansas and Nebraska
Lincoln Neb Sept 10 State Bacteriologist H H Waite of the University of Nebraska says the germ causing the mysterious horse disease spreading through Kansas and Nebraska has been discovered. It is believed to enter through the mouth or nostrils and reach the brain, spreading via air and provender. A state veterinary conference will be held in the senate chamber at the capitol Wednesday to discuss the outbreak and notices have been sent to about a hundred practitioners statewide.
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Lincoln
Neb
H. H. Waite
University of Nebraska
Kansas
Aldrich
Hay
Veterinary Surgeons
Senate
State Capitol
Mayor Gaynor Refuses to Testify Before New York Committee
Mayor William I. Gaynor clashed with the aldermanic committee probing graft in the police department. He withdrew his acceptance to appear, alleging partisan motives and warning he will testify only if subpoenaed. He accused the committee and press of sensationalism and said he could not aid a petty inquiry.
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Gaynor
New York
N. Y
William I. Gaynor
City Hall
Alderman Curran
Curran
Buckner
Mr. Buckner
Hamilton
Police Department
H. WH. Curran
France wins world aviation title at Chicago show
France’s Jule Vedrines won the James Gordon Bennett trophy in a Deperdussin monoplane, beating two French rivals as no American aeroplane defended the cup. Vedrines completed 124.8 miles in 1 hour 10 minutes 56.85 seconds at 105.5 mph.
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Chicago
Ill
France
Jule Vedrines
America
James Gordon Bennett
England
D. Thompson
Vedrine
Aero Club of America
Maurice Prevost
Deperdusain
Andre Frey
Henriot
Race War in Iowa Town Ends as Leaders Arrested
Scandia Iowa September 10 Officers from nearby towns restored quiet after a race clash between white and colored miners. Four shot two stabbed. a colored constable was fatally shot. Heathcote brothers and Wm Davidson, alleged leaders, were arrested. The dispute traces to a disputed poker game six weeks earlier.
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Scandia
Will
Liam
Joseph Heathcote
Wm. Deividson
Heathcote Brothers
H. Lee
Heathcotes
James
Perry
George Ross
Trail of Missing Persons Is Found in Hammond
Chicago dispatch reports Virginia Brooks seeks to identify twenty missing persons from a West Hammond resort run by Henry Foss. Chief Peter Austgen lists cases over two years with traces leading to West Hammond where trails vanish. Threats against Brooks persist as authorities pursue leads and the September grand jury gears up to probe alleged vice conditions.
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Chicago
Ill
Peter Austgen
Hammond
Virginia
Miss Books
Miss Brooks
Helen Lotier
Foss
Richard EB. Burke
West Hammond
Maryland GOP to oust three Roosevelt electors in convention
Baltimore reports the Maryland Republican state convention will reconvene to depose three Roosevelt electors who refused to resign and name successors. Colonel Joseph R. Baldwin is among those who refused. Progressives say vacancies require resignation or death and plan to nominate eight electors by petition next week.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Roosevelt
Rooseelt
Taft
Jos. R. Baldwin
State Central Committee
Rebels Attack Ojinaga as Hundreds Gather at Presidio
Rebels under General Salavar drive on Ojinaga near Presidio Texas with hand grenades and bombs as federals under General Sanchez resist. Marfa and Presidio observers report heavy fighting, while Mexican and U.S. officials discuss troop movements and transport through the United States.
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el Paso
Texas
Ojinaga
BE. Z. Steever
Marfa
Tex
United States
Presidio
Wilson to Review Spanish War Veterans Parade
Governor Woodrow Wilson left New York for Atlantic City to review a parade of Spanish American War veterans at their annual encampment. The Democratic National Committee arranged a private car for his campaign travel amid factional friction at the United States Spanish War Veterans convention over including Colonel Roosevelt.
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New York
N. Y
Woodrow Wilson
Atlantic City
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
United States
Taft
Roosevelt
Annual Convention Opens for Bankers in Detroit
Detroit hosts the American Bankers Association annual convention drawing 2000 to 3000 delegates from the U.S. territories and Canada. The opening session featured welcome addresses, reports by officers, and plans to hear Ro bert Borynge on Banking and Currency Reform. Senator Charles Townsend of Michigan and President William Livingstone of Detroit spoke, with Aldrich currency plan endorsed by the group.
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Detroit
Mich
American Bankers’ Association
United States
Canada
Robert Borynge
Denver
National Monetary Commission
Chas. B. Townsend
Michigan
Wm. Livingstone
Fred J. Farnsworth
New York
Association
Executive Council
Borynge
Bankers' Organization
Livingstone
Aldrich
New Orleans
Congress
Missouri parties meet in Jefferson City organize state committees
Democratic state committee elected D C McClung chairman A A McBride secretary and former Governor Dockery treasurer Republicans also organized Progressive leaders announced platform secretary Clark named for Democratic platform. Taft pledge may be included. platforms must be published by tomorrow evening. sessions to review candidates and home rule plank.
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Jefferson City
Democratic State Committee
D.C. McClung
A. A. McBride
Warrensburg
Dockery
Republican State Committee
Progressive Party
Chanp Clark
Democratic Party
Progressive Party Committee
St. Louis
McClung
Democratic Committee
Co. D. Morris
St. Joseph
Politte Elvins
Elvins
Morris
Taft
Methodists to Meet at Decatur Illinois Conference
The Illinois Methodist Episcopal conference opens in Decatur with Bishop Wm F McDowell of Chicago presiding. About 375 ministers and 300 laymen are expected to attend as the church debates a plan to raise 1,250,000 for Illinois Wesleyan University Hedding College Jacksonville Grand Prairie Seminary Onarga and Chaduckey’s School Quincy.
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Ninois
Decatur
Tlinois
Ill
Ninois Methodist Episcopal Conference
Wm. F. McDowell
Chicago
Winois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Hedding College
Alington
Alington, Illinois
Women’s College
Jacksonville
Grand Prairie Seminary
Onarga
Chaddockey's School
Quincy
Legate Arrested on Grave Offense in New York Office
Harry E. Nolan of Washington, recently named secretary to the U S legation at Panama, failed to appear in police court to plead to abducting 16 year old Marion McVicker of Newport News Va. Bail forfeited, detectives sent to arrest him. The case, linked to an Anchor Line office incident, is described as a mystery by police.
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New York
Harry BE. Nolan
Washington, D
U. S
Panama
Marion McVicker
Newport News
Nolan
Wfn
Yale
Washington
United States Legation
Anchor Line
Leonard Street
Win
Britton
Old Dominion
Marian McVicar
Thirty-first Street
Jefferson
Scotland
D. C
Harry E. Nolan
Senate
Illinois
State Department
Murphy
Gerard
Chicago
John R. Nolan
Consular Service
Mer. Nolan
Operatic Soprano Marie Lasalle Rabinoff Dies After Operation
London reported the death of Marie Lasalle Rabinoff, American soprano and wife of impresario Max Rabinoff, after an operation. Born Jessie Richmond of Beatrice Nebraska, she trained with notable patrons and planned a Metropolitan Opera appearance next season. Her career included leading roles with Philadelphia Boston and Chicago companies. She was 25.
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London
Marie Lasalle Rabinoff
Max Rabinoff
Jessie Richmond
Beatrice
Neb
New York
N. Y
Marie Lasalle-Rabinoff
Metropolitan Opera House
W. K. Vanderbilt
Otto Kahn
Lasalle
Chicago
Rabinoff
Jersey City
Madame Rabinoff
Philadelphia
Boston
South America
Mexico
Italians Bombard Seaport Near Smyrna
Italian fleet bombs Scalamova and nearby Asiatic Turkish seaport, according to a London dispatch received by a news agency.
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London
Scalamova
Smyrna
Turkey
London Today
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