Illinois Vote on Saloon Question Reversed Across 260 Cities
Illinois voters reversed two years of dry wins in 260 cities with 39 dry towns going wet and 72 wets keeping saloons. Rockford, Decatur, Dixon, Belvidere shifted, while Danville, Joliet, Bloomington saw wet gains. Chicago and other cities reported wet majorities, with riots noted in Mattoon.
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Rock Island
Moline
Mattoon
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Sterling
Monmouth
Canton
Mount Pulaski
Deneen
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Freeport
Joliet
Fulton’ County
Varna
Marshall County
Decline in grain sinks Merritt & Co on Board of Trade
Chicago April 6 The cash grain house of W. H. Merritt and Co suspended its operations on the Board of Trade. Customers were ordered to close out trades as declines in grain prices were cited as the cause. Liabilities stood at 200000 with assets of 350000.
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Turks Facing a Revolt in Albania
Constantinople reports fourteen battalions of Turkish troops ordered to North Albania amid a revolt. Officials blame resentment against new taxes and say the government faces great anxiety over the unrest.
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Brownsville Shooting Probe Clears Colored Soldiers
A court of inquiry in Washington finds the shooting up of Brownsville Texas was committed by colored soldiers. The secretary of war ordered the inquiry a year ago to investigate discharge of those soldiers for alleged complicity. The formal report was signed but findings remain undisclosed.
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Weather and Astronomical Notes With Halley’s Comet Bulletin
Fair tonight and Thursday with frost. rising temp Thursday. 7 am temp 39, high 51, low 85 in 12 hours. Wind 8 mph. Precip 0.88 inches. Stage water 7.6 feet, up 0.1. Humidity 96 at 7 pm, 88 at 7 am. Sun sets 6:25, rises 5:31. moon rises 4:12 am. Venus in conjunction. Mercury at superior conjunction. Halley’s comet rises 4:35 am today, 4:31 am tomorrow. sunrise 5:31 am. speed today about 1,674 miles per minute.
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Congress proceedings highlight railroad bill and naval docks
In Washington on April 6 the Senate spent most of the session debating railroad bill provisions under Senator Heyburn of Idaho before adjourning until today. The House, meanwhile, debated the naval appropriation bill all day but failed to reach agreement on extending dry docks at New York, Puget Sound, and Pearl Harbor, with a proposed increase of about 100 feet. adjournment followed.
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Elgin Butter Price Debate Faces Senate Panel
Washington reports John Newman, president of the Elgin Board of Trade, denying claims it regulates national butter prices. He cites New York and Chicago markets as major price influences and notes higher grade butter and stock feed costs push up prices. He explains a January 6 cent Elgin price drop due to snowbound butter held for market, causing overstock and a tumble.
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Roosevelt in Rome Final Day Busy Before Spezia Departure
Roosevelt's Rome stay ends with meetings at the embassy and a tea at the Capitoline museum. He and Mrs. Roosevelt attend luncheon with Italian and American figures, then depart for Spezia at midnight amid Vatican tensions and Catholic dissent.
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Bank Robbery and Shootout At McKees Rocks
Bank employees killed. two robbers opened fire as four assailants seized about $500. A statewide dragnet led to five suspects jailed in Stowe township police station. The incident caused chaos in McKees Rocks and nearby towns with citizens wounded during the escape. Dynamite blast at Weldona Valley bank yielded $2,000.
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Ignard Schwartz
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Frost Rakes Wide West as Crops Suffer
Severe frost swept across Kansas Oklahoma and northern Missouri striking fruit buds and tender plants. Central and western Kansas saw freezing temperatures to 27 degrees above zero last night, raising fears of extensive damage.
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Burglar Confesses After Springfield Shootings
Bertram Gage Spencer, arrested last night, confessed today to the murder of Miss Martha B. Blackstone and the shooting of Miss Harriet P. Dow in a Springfield house last Thursday night. Dow and Blackstone were school teachers.
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Bertram Gage Spencer
Martha B. Blackstone
Blackstone
Harriet P. Dow
Illinois towns split over saloon dry town votes
A lengthy survey lists numerous Illinois cities and villages showing wet and dry outcomes, naming towns such as Pana Fairbury Mount Vernon Decatur and Rockford among those going wet or remaining dry, with many municipalities categorized by status.
Taft Declines Visit to Indianapolis May 5
A masked burglar entered the Dow home on March 31. Miss Dow is recovering as Taft declines to pay a visit scheduled for May 5 in Indianapolis.
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Socialists Win in Milwaukee by Large Majority
Milwaukee April 6 Social democrats led by Emil Seidel won the city and county election by about 8000 votes the largest municipal plurality in the city's history. The council and board of supervisors will be dominated by social democrats with several aldermen at large and 14 of 23 wards carried. Berger elected alderman at large and touted a square deal for Milwaukee. Wet victories were also reported in Wisconsin license elections with Edgerton going dry.
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Torpedo Boat Flusser Sets US Speed Record at Sea
Pensacola Fla April 6 a gulf test yesterday by the torpedo boat Flusser reached speeds over 35 miles an hour for four consecutive hours the fastest ever recorded by a United States naval vessel.
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Ohio miners and operators sign two year wage scales
Ohio miners and operators meeting with National President Lewis in Columbus signed two year wage scales for Pittsburg vein and Hocking Valley districts. Scale agreements were also announced for Guernsey Tuscarawas Columbian districts with expected signings for Jackson Massillon and Crooksville districts soon. The Hocking and Pittsburg vein districts account for over two thirds of Ohio coal production. Man and Wife Slain Canton Ohio April 6 Kene and wife slain in home by unknown assailants. Dinner for Roosevelt April 16 Vienna April 4 Emperor Francis Joseph to host state dinner at Schonbrunn for Roosevelt on April 16.
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Franking privilege passed for ex presidents and widows
Washington April 6 ex presidents of the United States or their widows will receive the franking privilege during their lifetime under a bill that passed the house by 120 to 76.
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