Iowa Republicans Endorse Senator Allison for Reelection
Des Moines reports show Senator Allison nominated by Republicans with a 12,000 vote lead over Cummins. Hull loses as Judge Prouty defeats him by about 1,200 with strong showings in Polk and Des Moines. County majorities swing to Allison, seven districts give him the statewide edge. Carroll nominated for governor by over 15,000 votes. Larke leads for lieutenant governor. Other state-ticket results sparse.
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Des Moines
Allison
Cummins
Hull
Iowa
F. Prouty
Prouty
Polk
Story
Marion
Dallas
Hardin County
W. P. Hepburn
Kansas City Kansats Keeps Old Form in Commission Vote
Kansas City Kansas voters rejected replacing the present government with a commission system in a special election held yesterday by about 1000 votes. The campaign was hard fought with speakers from Des Moines Iowa where the plan is in operation.
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Kansas City
Kan
Des Moines
Iowa
Arkansas Delegates Bind To Bryan At Democratic Convention
Delegates chosen in Little Rock for the national convention pledged to support William Jennings Bryan as the party nominee. The state convention yesterday adopted a binding resolution and named delegates at large.
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Bryan
Little Rock
de Ratfe
William Jennings- Bryan
Roosevelt Declines Publicity for West Virginia Letter
Washington June 3 Roosevelt blocks public release of a letter to a West Virginia delegate aimed at quelling a Roosevelt revival bid. His friends say he has spoken clearly to the nation and no publicity is needed. The article also notes minor political items and a few other June 3 notices from New York and Canada.
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West Virginia
Washington
Roosevelt
Chicago
Retiring Mayor Honored With 11000 Gift From 81 Citizens
In St Paul Minnesota on June 3 81 businessmen presented ex mayor Robert A Smith with a draft for 11000 just after his retirement The 81 year old served 50 years in public office mostly as mayor and faced bankruptcy earlier in life before donors helped him settle debts and leave office not penniless
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St. Paul, Minn
Robert A. Smith
St. Paul
Smith
Typo's Officers Announced After Union Election
Indianapolis June 3 officers of the International Typographical union were announced. President James Y. Lynch Syracuse N Y First vice president J W Hayes Minneapolis Secretary treasurer J W Bramwood Denver Agent union printers home George F Nichols Baltimore Delegates to American Federation of Labor Frank Morrison Chicago Max S Hayes Cleveland Hugh Stevenson Toronto T W McCullough Omaha Trustee union printers home Anna C Wilson Washington D C L C Shepard Grand Rapids Mich Thomas McCaffery Colorado Springs Colo The total vote for president was 21076 for Lynch and 13361 for H S Hudspeth of New Orleans.
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Indianapolis
International Typographical Union
Syracuse
N. Y
J. W. Hayes
Minneapolis
Minn
J. W. Bramwood
Denver
George F. Nichols
Baltimore
American Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
Chicago
Max S. Hayes
Cleveland
Ohio
Hugh Stevenson
Toronto
Ont
T. W. McCullough
Omaha
Neb
Union Printers’ Home
Anna C. Wilson
Washington, D. C
L. C. Shepard
Grand Rapids
Mic
Thomas McCaffery
Colorado Springs
Colo
Lynch
H. S. Hudspeth
New Orleans
Gause Plan Urges National Public Health Control
Chicago June 3 delegates to the American Medical association endorsed national public health control via a dedicated commission to oppose laws abolishing vivisection. Officers elected for the Examiners Association include President Dr Frank E Allard Boston and Secretary Treasurer Dr J C Monihan New York. Dr William S Thayer urged city focus, noting urban disease risk and calling for national health governance either as a cabinet department or a division with a chief commissioner.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
Board of Trustees
Jamnerieac
Association of Medical Examiners
Frank E. Allard
Boston
D. H. Montgomery
W. J. Meins
Columbus
Ohio
O. E. Kinne
Syracuse
N. Y
J. C. Monihan
New York
William S. Thayer
Baltimore
Charles Harrington
M. D
Mass
Sues under new law: Metcalf files rate case against express firms
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf initiates the first federal action under the new rate law at the interstate commerce commission. The suit targets Adams Express and Northern Express over through rates, citing 3,748 pounds shipped from Washington to Bremerton at $11.75 per 100 pounds versus 50 cents per 100 pounds for Washington to Bremerton, seeking enforcement of the lawful through rate. Also reported: Kewanee Illinois forms a Commercial Club with 200 members, led by President T. H. Johnston, modeled after the Chicago Association of Commerce. speaker George L. Wilson of Oak Park attended.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Secretary of the Navy
Adams Express
Northern Express
Navy Department
Bremerton
Kewanee
Ill
T. H. Johnston
Chicago Association of Commerce
George L. Wilson
Oak Park
Bourbon Only Made in Kentucky Under Court Ruling
The District of Columbia court of appeals ruled that whisky and neutral spirits are not like substances, endorsing Roosevelt and Bonaparte. Bourbon whisky must be made in Kentucky and from a mash whose chief ingredient is corn. Vigilante groups form to guard abandoned riverfront homes as the Mississippi rises. Flood warnings spread across Illinois and Missouri. authorities organize patrols to prevent looting along the swollen river. Tracks under water disrupt rail service from Louisiana toward Hannibal as towns evacuate to higher ground.
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Washington, D.C
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Department of Agriculture
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Mississippi River
Illinois River
Jersey County
Missouri River
Missouri
Illinois
Quincy
Lewis
Scotland
Knox Counties
Hannibal
Burlington
Louisiana
Mississippi Bed
Clarksville
Elsberry
Bluffs
Two Cent Letter Postage Secured
Postmaster General Meyer announced a pact with Britain to set letter postage at 2 cents an ounce between the United States and Great Britain and Ireland, to take effect October 1, 1908. He said the British postmaster general would announce the same to the House of Commons.
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Washington
Meyer
United States
Great Britain
Ireland
House of Commons
Oregon Voters Elect Republican Legislature to Back Democrat Senator
Portland June 3 Governor George B Chamberlain Democrat is Oregon’s choice for the United States Senate to replace Charles W Fulton Republican while a Republican legislature was chosen to elect him. Chamberlain’s margin over Henry M Cake is believed to exceed 1000. The result is a preliminary step toward the senate seat amid party factionalism and possible defections in the next session. Prohibition gains and equal suffrage losses marked the ballot as most GOP candidates apart from the senator ran anew.
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Portland
Ore
George B. Chamberlain
Oregon
United States
Charles W. Fulton
Chamberlain
Henry M. Cake
Roosevelt
Ture
Senate
United States Senate
Shonts Denies Opium Link In Duc de Chaulnes Death
Theodore P. Shonts president of the Interborough Met. company returns from Paris and denounces reports that his late son in law the Duc de Chaulnes died from opiate use as infamous libels He cites heart disease as the true cause and recalls the couple kneeling at their bedside in prayer when the stroke struck.
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Theodore P. Shonts
New York
Paris
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Duc de Chaulnes
Mr. Shonts
Cannon Stands On Record In Presidential Nomination Race
Press association coverage opens with President J C Adams of Peotone delivering the annual address. Adams reviews editorial problems and upholds the association’s stance against the parcels post. W T Davidson of Lewiston speaks on Lincoln and Douglas.
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Cannon
Ends Auto Tour There Pittsburg June 3
The automobile tour of Speaker Cannon and party has been abandoned. Cannon and Landis will go west tonight, Senator Hemenway left here last night. Cannon declines politics and will ride by train home to save time. Landis says officials near the president have forestalled a Roosevelt stampede at the Chicago convention.
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Pittsburg
Cannon
Landis
Hemenway
Congresa
Chicago
Roosevelt
Winter race meets may be at an end
Baton Rouge Louisiana June 3 At a meeting of the joint judiciary committee of the house of representatives today a bill prohibiting bookmaking and other forms of gambling at the race tracks received a favorable report The bill if passed will abolish the long racing season which has marked the winter in New Orleans for many years
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Baton Rouge
Joint Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
New Orleans
Young Evans Proves Chip of the Old Block
Lieutenant Frank T. Evans son of Fighting Bob saved two sailors from a beating in a Barbary Coast dive on the Louisian a. He intervened after spotting a theft by a woman and a bouncer moving to eject the sailors. Evans warned the crowd and drew his revolver to protect the bluejackets.
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San Francisco
Frank T. Evans
Bob
Louisiana
Evans
Edmundson
Smith Estate Appraisal Shows $22 Million for Distribution
A transfer tax appraisal by William P. Gregg reports the James Henry Smith estate with personal property valued at 21,240,447 dollars and real estate at 2,416,087 dollars. Debts total 1,690,577 leaving 21,965,957 for legatees, with 4,088,919 subject to 1 percent tax and 17,652,127 to 5 percent tax. The state will receive 923,495 dollars. The piece notes the case in Port Jervis and Tuxedo, Orange County.
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Port Jervis
N. Y
William P. Gregg
John B. Sweezey
James Henry Smith
Tuxedo
Orange County
Gregg
Close Shave for President While Riding
Washington June 3 The president narrowly escaped a serious accident while horseback riding with Mrs. Roosevelt near Rock Creek. A new horse reared and toppled into the creek, the president slipping from the saddle but escaping injury aside from a swelling. He remounted after recapturing the horse and rode for some time before returning home.
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Washington
Hammond enters race for Republican vice presidency nomination
John Hays Hammond declares his candidacy for the Republican vice presidential nomination from Washington on June 3. A Californian by birth and former Guggenheim Mining associate, Hammond now resides in Gloucester Massachusetts and has strong Western policy credentials. He arrived in Washington yesterday after talks with political allies to announce his decision.
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John Hays Hammond
Washington
West
Gloucester
Mass
Hammond
Guggenheim Mining Company
Mattoon elects Dry Proponent Dr. F E Bell mayor
Dr. F E Bell, campaigning on a local option platform, won Mattoon Illinois by 181 votes in a special election to replace resigned mayor T T Lehman after the city went dry. He defeated C W Kincaid on the citizens ticket and George Custer on the temperance ticket. All three pledged to enforce local option law. Party candidates did not run.
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F. E. Bell
Mattoon
T. T. Lehman
C. W. Kincaid
Citizens
George Custer
Temperance
Kills His Entire Family in a Missouri Tragedy
Knox City Missouri June 3 Bert Mc Millen foreman of the W A Thomas farm two miles north of here killed his wife their two children and himself. Various causes are signed for the quadruple tragedy though none tenable. General impression is McMillen suddenly became insane though he had shown no prior signs and was cheerful minutes before.
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Knox City
Bert McMillen
W. A.thomas
Here
McMillen
Gas from Stove Kills Four in Chicago Home
Mrs. Mary Doerman and her three children were found dead in Chicago today from gas in a stove. The fatalities occurred as celebrations marked Confederate Decoration Day and the 100th anniversary of Jefferson Davis birth observed across southern states.
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Mary Doerman
Chicago
Louisville
Jefferson
Davis
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