Maine Holds By Republicans Governor and Four Congressmen
Telegraph report from Augusta on September 14 states that Maine elected Bert M. Fernald as governor with about 8,000 votes more than his 1904 tally, selecting a largely Republican legislature and county tickets in twelve of fourteen counties. The race centered on prohibition. Republicans favored retention and enforcement measures, while Democrats pressed for liquor law resubmission. The four Republican congressmen elected were Allen, Swasey, Burleigh, and Seysey. Knox and Rockland showed Democratic strength in city wards.
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Obediah Gardner
Eniise
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Hale
Beng
Water- Meen
Wiliam T. Haines
Fer- Bo
Wer
Fernalaix & Corn
Stewarts
Republican tally sighted in Maine campaign push
Chicago reports from Maine Republican leaders place the candidate's support at a figure between AG and 10 000, about a thousand below earlier estimates but deemed satisfactory by Chair Me Hirerock. He called the local issue campaign for Dewey's special sec champagne a sure bet despite uncertain phrasing from the source.
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Maine
Wewelock
Stu
Hitchcock
Nordica Jewels Stolen From Martha's Vineyard Cottage
Boston police search for a large jewelry collection stolen from Mme Lillian Nordica’s summer home at Martha's Vineyard. Valued at $14,000 plus, with items highly treasured for association. Nordica, her doctor Baruch of New York, and sister Mrs Baldwin had lived there until Sept 8. theft reported earlier. Local police asked to aid in the inquiry.
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Boston
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Lillian Nordica
Martha's Vineyard
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Mme. Nordica
Baruch
New York
William H. Baldwin
Fifth Avenue Property Flip Profits Big After Quick Resale
Robert E. Dowling of City Investing Co resold the four story building at 374 Fifth Avenue for a profit of 35,4400 after buying from Mrs. Charlotte Astor Drayton Haig earlier in the week. Brokers Douglas Robinson, Brown & Co., and John N. Golding arranged the deal. The 37 by 100 foot parcel north of 35th Street, formerly home to the Engineers' Club, will be extensively altered by a well known retail house for its use, marking one of the district’s most profitable transactions in months.
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City Investing Company
Fifth Avenue
Charlotte Astor Drayton Haig
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Charles S. Brown
35Th Street
Engineers’ Club
E R Thomas Faces Board Over Reckless Driving
E R Thomas must appear before the New Jersey Auto and Motor Club board of trustees in October 1908 to show cause why he should not be expelled for reckless driving after an August 15 Long Branch accident. The Newark meeting, led by Paul E Heller, passed a resolution condemning reckless driving as harmful to all road users and to automobilists in general.
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Long Branch
Newark
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Sven Hedin Visits Simla After Tibetan Expedition
Explorer Sven Hedin arrived in Simla on Sept 14 after a two year journey beginning in Chinese Turkestan and traversing Western Tibet. He will stay ten days as a guest of Lord Minto before returning to Stockholm. He reports excellent health, no illnesses, and did not see a white face until Robo province, noting valuable discoveries yet room for future exploration in Tibet.
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India
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Yellow Fever Reported in Havana With Camp Columbia Ban
Havana reports a yellow fever case and issues an order barring officers and men at Camp Columbia from leaving the city to prevent spread. The directive aims to contain the illness and protect public health.
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Camp Columbia
Big fight on at Rochester over governorship stalemate
Rochester dispatch reports a Democratic convention crisis as McCarren threatens a bolt while Conners Murphy drift toward discord. Delegates may be unseated, unit rule invoked, and a dark horse remains possible amid Wall Street ties and factional maneuvers involving Ely Herrick Sulzer and Chanler supporters.
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Rochester
William J. Conners
Charles F. Murphy
Coler-Murphy
Ard
State Committee
McCarren
Conners- Murphy Alliance
Upstate
Kines County
Committee On
Conners
Lewis Stuyvesant Chaniler
Chanler
Murphy
D. Cady Herrick
Sulzer
Herrick
W. Caryl Ely
Wall Street, Traction
Ely
Mr. Sulzer
Young Egypt rising. Meeting forms protest to Geneva
A Geneva meeting today organized the Young Egyptian party modeled on the Young Turks. A dispatch was sent to Sir Edward Grey protesting Britain’s continued occupation of Egypt and reminding him of the promise to withdraw troops. Another dispatch to the Khedive Abbas Hilmi urged a parliamentary system of government.
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Edward Grey
Egypt
Great Britain
Abbas Hilmi
Charge Against Army Smuggling Claims Probed in Cuba
Havana editorial charges that the United States army is smuggling large quantities of meat and other goods into Cuba to avoid duties and sell them. Governor Magoon ordered an investigation and may prosecute the Union Espaniola if its claims cannot be supported.
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Union Espasiola
United States Army
Cuba
Magoon
Union Espafiola
Strange Park Shooting Near Lenox and 116th Street
A revolver shot near Central Park’s Block House drew patrolman attention to an unconscious Spaniard with a bullet wound to the head found in Circle Drive opposite 190th Street. Dr Reome said epileptic fit but hospital diagnosis confirmed bullet wound above the eye. A search near the Black House found no trace of shooter or weapon.
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Black House
Anti Hughes forces at sea as Hughes favored on first ballot
Saratoga dispatch details a political scramble over Governor Hughes renomination. The anti Hughes camp struggles to unite while key figures including Root Woodruff and Hitchcock push for a Hughes walkover on the first ballot. Tugging at the scene are Taft rumors, late conferences, and shifting tallies in Kings County backing Bert ie.
Seek Missing Girl in Massachusetts Mystery
Miss Esther A Hubert, aged 20, daughter of Mrs Mary Hubert of Lanestown near Philadelphia, vanished yesterday afternoon. One hundred state police under Major James McKay searched the countryside without success. She had just packed to enter Smith College and was going to the woods to read. Nearest rail station ten miles away, river two miles distant. Public opinion leans toward foul play over self harm.
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Chesterfield
Mass
Esther A. Hubert
Mary Hubert
Lanestown
Phiadelphia
James McKay
State Police
Hilbert
Springfield High School
Smith College
Governor to Speak at Wyoming County Fair
Governor Hughes travels from Albany to Warsaw to address the Wyoming County Fair tomorrow. Assemblyman Edwin Merritt Jr. joins from Saratoga, calling on the Governor for a personal matter. both deny political motives. The Governor will not meet other leaders and plans to return late tomorrow night.
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Hughes
Warsaw
Wyoming
Edwin A. Merritt, Jr
Assembly
Saratoga
Merritt
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