Governor Johnson dies after operation in Rochester Minn
Governor John A. Johnson dies at St Marys hospital Rochester Minnesota at 3 25 am after an operation last Wednesday He fought death with determined resistance for almost a week Mrs Johnson and colleagues were at the bedside The death ends a long career as Minnesota s first native born governor and a three term leader The body was to be moved to St Paul for in state display and funeral arrangements were not yet set with condolences pouring in from across the country and leaders paying tribute to his public service
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Minn
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
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Johnson
Sullivan
St. Paul
Great Western
St. Peter
Job A. Johnson
Eberhart
Sweden
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District of Minnesota
State Senate
Tentenant
Atryan
Douglis
Ariz
Wiliam J. Sryan
Limon
Col
Goodland
Taft
Stratton
Flagler
Ballinger
Charles J. Hughes
Gulf Coast Hurricane Leaves Coast Wide Damage
Reports from New Orleans Galveston and Mobile describe a powerful hurricane sweeping the Gulf Coast. Winds up to 60 mph caused widespread flooding, property loss around a million dollars, and isolated several cities with ruined communications.
Tariff War With France Near
Paris reports a looming tariff clash as the Payne Aldrich law adds an ad valorem duty to existing rates. Retaliation follows with France poised to raise limits on American goods while U S products are kept from French markets. The stalemate threatens trade and consumer prices.
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Paris
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France
Two Discoverers Of North Pole Land In America Same Day
Reports detail Dr. Cook and Rudolph Francke reaching America on the Oscar II after polar voyage beginnings in Utah and Greenland. Chronology covers April 1908 to September 1909 with stops at Upernavik Lerwick Copenhagen and New York amid official greetings and scientific plans.
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Associated Press
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Denmark
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Kraus
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University of Spenhagen
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Peary
Explorer
Whitney
Tompkinsville
Grand Republic
Arctic Explorer Bower Discovers New Eskimo Tribe
W J Bower reports discovery of a tall new people named Muncaotics living near Prince Albert Island after two years away from San Francisco voyage aboard the Drummond. He also found a copper depot, lost an eye to a spider bite, and the party walked 150 miles to Point Barrow before rescue aboard the Jeannette.
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Jeanette
W. J. Bower
Eptic
Bower
Prince Albert Jand
Drummond
Muncaothes
Point Barrow
Illinois Central Track Between McComb City and New Orleans Hit By Floods
A large portion of the Illinois Central track between McComb City Mississippi and New Orleans is under water. By four o clock yesterday communication with Natchez was lost. A dispatch reported high winds and broken electric wires from fallen trees. Wires south of Vicksburg were also down.
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Miss
New Orleans
Natchez
Adiapatch
Ys Zoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
Vicksburg
Funeral of Bishop McCloskey in Louisville Aims for Impressive Ceremony
The funeral for William George McCloskey Catholic bishop of Louisville was held at the Cathedral of the Assumption. Archbishop Moeller of Cincinnati celebrated the solemn pontifical mass and Rt. Rev. Denis D. Donoghue, auxiliary bishop of Indianapolis, delivered the sermon.
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Louisville
William George McCloskey
Cathedral of the Assumption
Archbshop Moeller
Cincinnati
Denis D. Donoghue
Indianapolis
Anti Jewish Riots Erupt in Kiev Russia
Kiev dispatch reports anti Jewish riots breaking out in the city. About 20 persons were killed and several hundred injured, many of them fatally, as mobs attacked Jewish residents and property.
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Kiev
Russia
London
Good Roads Convention Draws Thousands to Cleveland
Thousands of delegates from nearly every state gathered in Cleveland for a three day Good Roads convention. Expert road builders promoters and manufacturers of road making machinery attended the session seeking advances in road construction and related technology.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Jury Venire Scandal Sparks Chicago Court Shuffle
In Chicago on September 21 State's Attorney Wayman moved to dismiss a 50-man venire amid claims of close ties linking October grand jurors to September panel members. Supposed leaks and vanished representatives of implicated interests threaten the case as Wayman hints at confessions and a state’s evidence.
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Wayman
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Holland
Rayburn
Martin
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