Judge J P Hand Reelected to State Supreme Court
In downstate Illinois many judges were reelected with little opposition while Cook County saw races shaped by liquor and labor influence. Judge John P Hand retained his seat on the supreme court, defeating Charles C Craig, with Marshall county flipping to Craig by 92 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Hand
State Supreme Court
Chicago
Cook County
Theodore Bretano
William Brown, Jr
Superior Court
Judge Hand
Peoria
John P. Hand
Supreme Court
Charles C. Craig
Kickham Scanlan
Chicago Bar Association
Francis Adams
Richard W. Clifford
Bar Association
Spring Wheat In Good Condition In June Report
Washington report on crop conditions June 1 shows spring wheat 95.2 percent good, winter wheat 80.7 percent. Spring acreage sown 18,391,000. Rye 89.6 percent and barley 90.6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Barney
Department of Agriculture
German Sisters to Hold Bird Shoot at Huber's Garden
The German Sisters and the Turner auxiliary announce their annual bird shoot and picnic at Huber's garden next Saturday. Children will meet at Turner hall in the morning, go by special cars to Rock Island and Moline, and return for a day of sports at the garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huber's Garden
Turner Auxiliary
Huber’s Garden
Turner Hall
Rock Island
Moline
Garden
Missing Italia Car Wrecked Near Litchfield
Italian racer Italian Coast to Coast enters New York to Seattle event and is found wrecked near Litchfield with a wheel missing. The fifth car in the field, from M. St. Louis, lies on its side after the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
M. St. Louis
New York
Seattle
Court blocks 3 cent fare injunction in Missouri case
Jefferson City June 8 The Missouri supreme court issued a writ of prohibition against Judge George Williams of the St. Louis circuit court forbidding him from proceeding with the injunction by which Circuit Attorney Jones of St. Louis sought to prevent certain railroads from putting the 3 cent passenger fare into effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
The
Missions Supreme Court
George Williams
St. Louis
Jones
Four Women Die In Sacramento River Car Crash
In Knights Landing California a car carrying Mrs. W F Nixon Mrs L H Dungan Miss Merl Dungan and Miss Julian Dungan of Woodland overturned and plunged into the Sacramento River late last night. All four occupants drowned. The chauffeur swam to a boat seeking aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Landing
Cal
W. F. Nixon
L. H. Dungan
Merl Dungan
Julian Dungan
Woodland
Sacramento River
Congress Debates Tariff Amendments and Porto Rican Bill
Yesterday in Congress the Senate clashed over Aldrich’s tariff amend ments including 13 cents per square yard and 20 percent ad valorem on window blinds. Rubber goods may be removed from the cotton schedule with lower duties for overshoes. The House passed the Porto Rican bill with amendments directing reports to an executive department and granting authority over island possessions. The session adjourned at 4.06 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
Aldrich
Beveridge
House of Representa
Government of
United States
House
Hursday
Imperial Divan Marches Through Louisville Meet
One thousand Mystic Shrine nobles paused tours of Louisville as the Imperial Divan led a procession from Selbach to the 1st regiment armory. After welcomes, the group adjourned to the Scottish Rite cathedral for business as Alderman of Cedar Rapids headed the escort. Meanwhile police news surfaced of Eugene Wahrmund’s assault and the arrest of Charles Cresson and Sam Bennett in connection with the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Selbach
1St Regiment
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Kentucky
Esterday
Eugene Wahrmund
Charles C. Cresson
United States
Sam Bennett
Wahrmund
Centenary of Printing Art Marked in Detroit
In Detroit on the centennial of printing in the Northwest Father Gabriel Richard is noted for bringing the first press to the region. Editors and public figures from across the state attended as Melville E. Stone of the Associated Press delivered the principal address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Old
Northwest Territory
Gabriel Richard
Northwest
United States
Melville E. Stone
Associated Press
Yoakum Party Whips Cop at Farewell for Miss Yoakum
In San Antonio Texas a party of society people bid farewell to Miss Bessie Yoakum daughter of B F Yoakum president of the Rock Island Frisco lines when a man attempted to interfere at the railroad station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Bessie Yoakum
B. F. Yoakum
Rock Island-Frisco Lines
Portuguese duel ends when Centeno wounds Count Arnoso
In Lisbon on June 8, former minister Count Arnoso fought Domingo Centeno in a local park over a political dispute. Centeno struck Arnoso with a sword, injuring his thigh and ending the duel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Domingo Centeno
Count Arnoso
Centeno
Favored contract plans for prompt treatment debated
At Atlantic City the medical meeting heard proposals for contract practice to ensure affordable care for workers. Dr L Benedict urged monthly client payments to guarantee physician attendance without extra charges, preventing unpaid bills and offering steady income for young doctors. Dr Woods Hutchinson supported the idea as insurance against medical bills. Dr H L Partes promoted health clubs for weekly hygiene study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Jane
American Academy of Medicine
L. Benedict
Buffalo
Woods Hutchinson
New York
Charles J. Sheedon
Republican Plan to Force Consumer to Meet Deficit
Washington dispatch argues a $98 million treasury deficit for the current year with spending outrunning receipts by over a million in early June. It notes proposals like income tax, tariff reductions, and bond issues, and contrasts Republican extravagance with historical appropriations under Cleveland and Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tay
The
Argus
Washington
Treasury
Uncle Sam
Congress
Aldrich
Endurance record of 44 hours broken in balloon flight
The balloon University City reportedly landed on Lookout Mountain after crossing the Indiana distance race, breaking the 44 hour endurance record. Reports varied with earlier claims of a Blanche Tennessee landing later corrected, as pilots clarified University City remained aloft and the race continued.
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Balloon University City
Lookout Mountain
Indianapolis
University City
Aero Club of America
St. Louis
Albert E. Lambert
H. E. Honeywell
St. Louis III
Blanche
Tenn
Honeywell
Quake Forecast Claim Tied to Rapids City Man
Washington reports a distant quake, estimated at 4000 miles away possibly near northern Chile or the Aleutian Islands, recorded by the weather bureau. An Associated Press dispatch implies Rapids City resident Braganza De La Coralla predicted the event, noting a second shake due June 7 and missing by one day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chili
Aleutian Islands
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Braganza de la Coralla
Rapids City
Chicago
Six Months and $200 Fine for Bucket Shop Swindlers
Cincinnati notices sentencing six individuals for using the mails to further bucket shop fraud. Louis W. Fossier John M. Gorman Walter Campbell A. C. Baldwin Edwin Heil and J. M. Scott each received six months in jail a $200 fine and costs.
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Cincinnati
Louis W. Fossier
John M. Gorman
Walter Campbell
A. C. Baldwin
Edwin Heil
J. M. Scott
Rock Island Wins Suit Over Rebates In Iowa Case
Des Moines June 8 Judge Howe of the district court ruled against the Agar Packing company in its $350,000 grievance against Rock Island Railway over rebating and unjust rates on continuous shipments. In a separate item Berlin reports an 11 hour clash on the Bulgarto Turkish frontier with unknown casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agar Packing Company of
Des Moines
Howe
District Court of Iowa
Agar Packing Company
Rock Island Railway Company
Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
No Change on Wool Schedule Intended
Washington June 8 The senate began consideration of the woolen schedule after finishing the cotton schedule. The first amendment from the finance committee proposed by Dolliver would raise top waste and roving waste prices to the old Dingley rates, an increase of 20 to 30 cents per pound to re establish Dingley rates across the woolen schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Committee On Finance
Dolliver
Finance Committee
Strike of Hat Makers Ends in Danbury Area
Danbury Conn June 8 The strike that closed 22 hat factories in Danbury Bethel and New Milford for five months is practically ended An agreement has been reached and announced this morning reflecting a settlement between striking workers and management with production to resume soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury, Conn
Bethel
New Milford
Tuberculosis May Wipe Out Dairy Industry and Race
Budapest June 8. Nathan Straus warned at the International Dairy Congress that tuberculosis milk threatens cattle and people and could wipe out the dairy industry and humanity. He urged tuberculin testing, segregating diseased cows, using slightly affected cows for calves, and pasteurizing milk to protect babies. He noted Chicago as a leader in protecting the public.
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Budapest
Nathan Straus
New York
Mr. Straus
International Dairy Congress
Vigado
Chicago
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Cambridge
Craig
Galesburg
Illinois
W. N. Butler
W. W. Duncan
A. W. Lewis
W. H. Green
BE. E. Newlin
J. R. Creighton
Third Circuit
Louis Bernreuter
Alain Wesprye
George A. Crow
EL aeRo Ae Pes Fe
Albert Rose
Thomas Jett
James C. McBride
M. W. Thompson
T. M. Harris
G. W. Patton
C. D. Myers
Twelfth Circuit
Frank L. Hooper
Dorrance Dibbell
C. H. Donnelly
R. W. Wright
E.R. Kimbrough
William W. Schofield
Sixth Circuit
W. G. Cociran
W.C. Johns
Solon Philbrick
Seventh Circuit
J. A. Creighton
E. R. Shirley
Pupee Oo
P. Thompson
Ty Dem
Eighth Circuit
A. Akers
G. R. Williams
Harry Higbee
Ninth Circuit
G. W. Thompson
J. J. Grieb
Harry M. Wagoner
Tenth Circuit
N. E. Worthingt
T. N. Green
Puss L. Puterbaugh
Eleventh Circuit
Charles B. Campbell
Thirteenth Circuit
C. Scougle
R. N. Skinner
Edgar Eldredge
Fourteenth Circuit
F. D. Ramsay
B.C. Gray
W. H. Gest
Fifteenth Circuit
Baum
R. S. Farrand
Oscar E. Heard
Sixteenth Circuit
Fl. B. Willis
Duane J. Carnes
Mazzini Slusser
Seventeenth Circuit
Sacramento
Lwin Say
Enn
Cere
Yoakum Party
COP
Adieux
H. L. Partes
Eatontown
American Society For the Study of Alcohol and
Taft
Republican Party
Sanetor Hal
Panama Canal
Cleveland
Roosevelt
C. J. Douglas
Dorchester
Mass
Douglas
American Medical Editors’ Association
Panama
Gorgas
American Medical Association
Sanitary Commission
Panama Canal Zone
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
James H. McBride
Pasadena
Philip Zenner
W. Blair Stewart
Ruth Webster Lathrop
Philadelphia
H. W. Loeb
Charles MacIntyre
Easton
Aero Club
Indiana
Dickson
Rapids
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