Hopkins Wins Hard Contest In Illinois Primary
Late returns confirm C. S. Deneen as Republican governor nominee and Albert Hopkins as Republican candidate for U S senator with about 18 000 vote lead over Foss. L B Stringer wins Democratic endorsement for senator and Adlai E Stevenson is named for governor. count totals remain incomplete.
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Chicago
C. S. Deneen
United States
Albert J. Hopkins
Deneen
Yates
Hopkins
Foss
L. B. Stringer
Lincoln
A. E. Stevenson
Bloomington
New York Governor Race Centered on Republican Rank and File
New York August 11 The state Republican chairman Timothy L Woodruff says the party will be guided by rank and file sentiment in choosing a governor candidate for renomination Charles E Hughes faces a base driven decision The temporary convention chair will be Elihu Root or Joseph H Choate with the other as permanent chair.
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New York
Republican Party
Charles E. Hughes
Timothy L. Woodruff
Woodruff
Republican Party of
Elihu Root
Joseph H. Choate
Girl Shows Pluck Waiting for Land Opening
Duluth August 11 Miss Anna Rowe a nineteen year old Duluth girl waits at the United States land office door camping day and night until the land opens for settlement She is No 6 in line with five men ahead and plans to become a farmer relying on chickens and garden produce She reads while fearing five weeks in dark stalls but believes the land will be worth it.
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Duluth
Anna Rowe
United States Land Office
Miss Rowe
Federal Building
Missing North Bay tax collector faces $28000 shortage claim
William Martin Jr the tax collector of North Bay Ontario is missing and a warrant is out for his arrest. His books allegedly show a shortage of 28000 dollars as of August 11.
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North Bay
Ont
William ‘Martin, Jr
Louise Chandler Moulton Dies in Boston After Long Illness
Boston report states Mrs Louise Chandler Moulton renowned as a poet and horsewoman died at her home after a nine month illness. She was a well known figure in literary and social circles.
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Boston
Louise Channdler Moulton
Revolution Necessary in Turkey Says Salih Munir Pasha
Turkish ambassador to Constantinople Salih Munir Pasha, recalled to Ankara, urges that Turkey can only prosper through reform and warns that failure will bring chaos foreign intervention and loss of Islam's prestige in a grim future.
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Paris
Salih Munir Pasha
Constantinople
Turkey
Banquet for Admiral Sperry and fleet in Auckland
The government hosted a grand banquet at the Drill hall in Auckland for Rear Admiral Sperry and the officers of the American battleship fleet now anchored in the harbor. About 750 people attended. hall decorations featured flags, the Union Jack, and the Stars and Stripes.
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Auckland
N. Z
Sperry
French President's Daughter Marries Secretary Amid Church State Rift
Paris Aug 11 The wedding of Madeleine Anne Marc Fallieres to John Jean Joseph Edward Lanes took place with simple splendor. The ceremony was at the Elysee city hall and the Church of the Madeleine with Premier Clemenceau present but officials tied to the separation law were excommunicated. A large diplomatic attendance accompanied by families and friends observed the event.
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Paris
France
Madeleine Anne Marc Fallieres
French Republic
John Jean Joseph Edward Lanes
Elysee Palace
Clemenceau
Roger Allen
Pichon
Merine Thomson
Roosevelt names five experts to study farm life
President Roosevelt has asked five specialists to investigate social sanitary and economic conditions on American farms and report recommendations. The group includes L H Bailey H Wallace Kenyon L Butterfield Gifford Pinchot and Walter H Page with a message to Congress expected next year.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Congress
L. H. Bailey
New York College of Agriculture
H. Wallace
Wallace’s Farmer
Des Moines, Ia
Kenyon L. Butterfield
The
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Gifford Pinchot
Uni States Forest Reserve
Walter H. Page
the World’s Work
New York
Danish Printers Strike Halts Denmark’s Newspapers
Copenhagen reports a general suspension of newspaper publication as printers strike for an eight hour day. Compositors vow to hold out, causing lockouts for bookbinders and job printers alongside the press blackout.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Chicago Population and Directory Show Growth in 1908
Chicago reports a population of 2,425,000 in the 1908 directory, up 58,000 from 1897. The directory lists 758,100 names, an increase of 20,700 over 1907, reflecting city growth and expanded listings.
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Chicago
Receivers Sought For Pillsbury Washburn Milling Firm
Stockholders petitioned a federal court to appoint receivers to oversee the Pillsbury Washburn Flour Mills company. The move seeks restructuring with unsecured liabilities of 5 million against liquid assets of 3.5 million. The filing names C A Pillsbury Jr and A C Loring among petitioners and notes the company’s vast water power and elevator holdings in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Milling Company
Federal District Court
C. 9. Pillsury
Charles A. Fillsbury
A. C. Loring
Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company
A. G Cobb
Northwestern National Bank
First National
Swedish-American National of
Minneapolis Mill Company
Minneapolis and Northern Elevator Company
Great Northern
Devils Lake
Pillsbury- Washburn Company
C. A. Pillsbury
Washburn
Henry L. Little
Mr. Little
Union Printers Meet In Boston For Annual Convention
The fifty fourth annual Typographical union convention and its Auxiliary convened in Boston. President James M. Lynch reported recovery from losses during the eight hour campaign with membership near forty six thousand. Treasurer Bramwood announced regular union funds totaling $198 310 for the year.
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Boston
The
Typographical Union
James M. Lynch
J. W. Bramwood
Indianapolis
Morse Indicted Again in Bank Fraud Case
New York August 8. A federal grand jury returned another indictment against C. W. Morse and A. H. Curtis charging them with making false entries in the books of the National Bank of North America. Their old bonds remain in the case and arguments are set for September 12.
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New York
C. W. Morse
A. H. Curtis
Federal Grand Jury
National Bank of North America
Farmer Dies While Attempting Suicide Near Janesville
James Loremyer a farmer near Janesville Ohio dropped dead while placing a noose about his neck for self harm. Coroner reports death from apoplexy brought on by excitement.
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Janesville
James Loremyer
Victims Named in Steam Car Explosion Near Painesville
Mrs Mary Bowden sixty five and Mrs Rose Kwithe forty three were killed when a steam auto exploded at Stickey hill eight miles from Painesville. F Beckwith forty five was fatally injured and Bessie Beckwith sixteen suffered severe bruises and burns. The car from Windsor Ohio carried a mother in law wife and daughter who were all hurled in different directions. An ambulance transported the injured to the city.
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Painesville
Mary Bowden
Rose Kwith
F. Beckwith
Bessie Beckwith
Stickey Hill
Beckwith
Two Local Boys Drown Near Inver Grove
In Inver Grove the bodies of Alvin Hartin fifteen and Albert Motz seventeen were recovered from Bartons slough after their disappearance. Motz’s sister, discovering their clothes on shore, alerted others. Frank Chradrema dragged the water and located the bodies.
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St. Paul
Alvin Hartin
Albert Motz
Bartons Slough
Inver Grove
Motz
Frank Chradrema
General Funston Hands California Command to Mays
Brigadier General Frederick Funston transfers the California department command to Colonel Marin H. Mays in San Francisco and plans to depart this week for Fort Leavenworth Kansas to lead the cavalry school.
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San Francisco
Frederick Funston
Department of California
Marin H. Mays
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Cavalry
Market Quotations for Wheat and Flax in Minneapolis and Duluth
Wheat prices for Sept and Dec hover around $1.00 to $1.01 in Minneapolis with track bids for No 1 hard and Northern grades. In Duluth bids show No 1 hard at $1.19 and No 1 Northern at $1.18 with Sept and Dec futures near $1.00 and 98.5 cents respectively for flax on track and nearby months.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
Livestock Prices From St Paul Auction
St Paul market report lists cattle good to choice steers at 6.00 to 6.75, fair to good 5.00 to 5.75, cows and heifers 4.90 to 5.00, veals 3.75 to 5.75. Hogs 5.50 to 6.70. Sheep wethers 3.85 to 4.25, yearlings 4.25 to 5.00, spring lambs 5.75 to 6.36.
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St. Paul
Market Quotes for Wheat Corn Oats and Livestock
Chicago market notes show Wheat Sept 93 93 1/2 cents Dec 95 1/2 cents Corn Sept 77 Dec 66 4 1/2 cents May 64 5/8 cents Oats Sept 48 1/2 Dec 48 5/8 May 50 cents Pork Sept 13.57 Oct 15.50 Jan 16.27 Butter Creameries 18 21 cents Dairies 17 19 cents Eggs 18 4 cents Poultry Turkeys 11 cents Chickens 15 16 cents Springs 16 cents.
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Chicago
Chicago market prices at stockyards on Aug 10
Chicago Stock Yards report shows bids for cattle including Reeves at 98.75 and 7.65, Texans 3.50 to 5.20, western cattle 3.60 to 6.00, hogs varying from 6.05 to 6.80 for light to heavy types, pigs 5.35 to 5.95, sheep 2.40 to 4.25, yearlings 4.25 to 5.00, and lambs 3.50 to 6.36.
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Chicago
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