Illinois Local Option Returns Favor Wet and Dry County Outcomes
Illinois voters weighed local option in April with towns like Dixon going dry and Springfield voting wet by 1 800. Rockford and Macon county towns split, Hoopeston remains dry after 30 years, while Centralia and Marion county towns show mixed results with several towns voting against saloons.
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Chicago
Illinois
Dixon
Sterling
Freeport
Rockford Winnebago County
Rockford
Pecatonica
Aurora
Elgin
Geneva
Batavia
Blackberry
St. Charles
Kae F County
Springfield
Taylorville
Pana
Christian County
Assumption
Belvidere
Decatur
Macon County
Kankakee
Hoopeston
Benton
Franklin County
Goode
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Grand Tower
Centralia
Marion County
Salem
Kinmundy
Odin
Sandoval
Wet vote sweeps Madison county towns against dry policy
Prohibition opponents won decisively in Illinois towns across the river from St Louis. Madison county towns largely voted wet with 324 saloons tallying in Alton Edwardsville Granite City Madison Venice and nearby areas. Outside the belt near St Louis prohibition carried in most other upriver locales.
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Illinois
St. Louis
Madison County
Alton
Edwardsville
Tri-Cities
Granite City
Madison
Venice
Wool River
Saloons Vote Result Across Townships and Counties
East Lincoln 604 dry and 84 wet. Monmouth township and city majority against local option. five of fourteen remaining dry. Bloomington voted wet 271 to 2,580. Danville township with 92 saloons voted against local option by a large margin. Livingston county towns mostly dry except Dwight Chatsworth Flanagan Strawn. Pontiac went dry by 353. Joliet township wet by 2,474. four townships voted saloons out, three remained wet by close margins. Rock Island wet by 1,791. country districts with licenses generally went wet.
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East Lincoln
Monmouth
Bloomington
Danville Township
Livingston County
Dwight
Chatsworth Flanagan
Strawn
Pontiac
Joliet Township
Rock Island
Kansas City Democrats win mayor and council control
The Kansas City Democratic ticket led by Thos T Crittenden Jr. won the mayoral race by about 500 votes over Henry M Beardsley. Democrats will control both council houses. Crittenden supports enforcing saloon laws, drawing mixed support from wets and drys. In Nebraska and Wisconsin results, Prohibition gains and license votes shaped local outcomes, including Milwaukee mayoral results with Rose defeating Seidel and Pringle.
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Kansas City
Thos.t. Crittenden, Jr
Henry M. Beardsley
Crittenden
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Milwaukee
Wis
McDonald Victim’s Funeral Held in Terre Haute Details
William E. Dwyer chief of detectives was buried after being killed in the courtroom by Henry McDonald. Police from Indianapolis and other cities attended the service with city departments and fraternal orders present. McDonald had predicted his own death within days and claimed innocence in other crimes.
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Terre Haute
Ind
William E. Dwyer
Henry McDonald
Fire Department
Indianapolis
Sanford
McDonald
What Has Brazil to Say
London reports interest in British admiralty purchase of two large ships building in Brazil. Brazil has no need for ships of that power and would face high costs, yet Britain may buy to prevent rivals from securing them.
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London
Brazil
Addiiton
Great Britain
Aged Veteran Stricken in Boonville Early April
Boonville Indiana April 8 John Mur Ty a seventy year old veteran of the Civil War was stricken with paralysis while walking. He was removed to his home in critical condition. A month earlier he suffered a similar seizure but had partly recovered.
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Boonville
Ind
John Mur Ty
Collapse of Collins Private Exchange Bank in Rochester
Rochester Mich April 8 The Collins Private Exchange bank closed its doors and owner Arthur E Collins filed a bankruptcy petition. Deposits are not known but not believed to exceed 50 000.
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Rochester
Mich
Collins Private Exchange Bank
Arthur E. Collins
Died While Kneeling at Prayer in Detroit
Henry C. Knill of Chicago collapsed and died at his daughter Mrs. S. A. Munger’s home 255 Lincoln avenue Detroit on April 8 after days of acute indigestion. Doctors suspect heart distress contributed to the death.
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Detroit
Henry C. Knill
Chicago
S. A. Munger
Lincoln Avenue
Knill
Zolas Glory Sufficient For Her Husbands Fame
Paris April 8 Mme Zola publishes an open letter expressing regret that she cannot retain possession of her husband Mme Zola says his forty years of labor and his role in the Dreyfus affair have earned him fame beyond what the Pantheon could grant and she does not deem the Pantheon burial necessary for his glory.
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Paris
Dreyfus
Pantheon
Mme. Zola
End of Southwestern Coal Strike Delayed After Demands Rejected
Kansas City April 8 The end of the strike of 35 000 southwestern coal miners was put off as operators insisted on certain demands that miners rejected. A conference between operators and miners remained open with hopes that President Lewis’s arrival from Indianapolis may bridge the gap.
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Kansas City
Lewis
Indianapolis
Oklahoma's First Death Verdict in Statehood Era
Tecumseh Oklahoma April 8 Wil Johnson a negro boy was found guilty of assaulting and killing Mrs Mary Cuppy near Shawnee weeks ago. The court directed a guilty verdict and the jury imposed the death penalty, the first death sentence in Oklahoma since statehood.
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Oklahoma
Tecumseh
Okla
Wil Johnson
Mary Cuppy
Shawnee
Bank Robbers Dynamite Safe at Huron City
In Topeka on April 8 a gang of six dynamited the State bank at Huron in Atchison county and escaped with about $6,500. The robbers fled on handcars after the break in.
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Topeka
Kan
State Bank
Huron
Atchison County
Marquette Man Jailed After Wife Shot in Quarrel
In Marquette Michigan on April 8 Charles F Anderson is jailed at Crystal Falls charged with shooting his wife who remains in critical condition after a quarrel.
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Marquette, Mich
Charles F. Anderson
Crystal Falls
Republicans sweep Flolena municipal election in 200 runoff
Flolena Montana April 8 Republicans won a sweeping victory electing Frank Edwards mayor by a plurality of 200 over Brandegee Democrat They also elected five of seven aldermen and the police magistrates.
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Flolena
Mont
Frank 3. Edwards
Brandegee
Sophomores Nab Freshmen At Ann Arbor Armory Banquet
In Ann Arbor two thousand people gathered near the armory for the freshmen annual banquet as sophomores captured roughly forty freshmen after luring in escorts for their girls. Militia guarded the armory while police checked entrants and three window lights were broken during the events.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Armory
Senate debates army bill and DC appropriation action
Washington April 8 Hale warned against bigger military establishments and moved reconsideration of the army bill but the motion was laid on the table. The Senate passed the fortifications appropriation bill for 12.106 million and adjourned in memory of late Representative Brick. The House devoted its session to the District of Columbia appropriation bill and recessed in Brick's honor.
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Washington
Hale
Senate
District of Columbia
Representative Brick
Markets report from Chicago on Hogs and Cattle April 8 1908
Hogs receipts estimated at 24000 with yesterday's carryover 6511 and light to heavy grades quoted. Cattle and sheep expected steady with large estimated receipts today and tomorrow. Prices span hogs and cattle categories, with mixed packers and shipping grades described and regional factors noted.
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Seady
John A Babcock Seeks Square Deal at North American Commission
John A. Babcock of The North American Commission Company offers reliable service and fair terms, inviting customers to contact him for straightforward business dealings and timely responses.
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The
North American Commission Company
Great Northern Railways 5000 Dollar Rebates Case
In New York the Great Northern Railway Company was fined 5000 dollars after being convicted of granting rebates on sugar shipments to Sioux City. An appeal was filed while Santa Fe officials explained discriminatory rates used to lure business from steamship lines.
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Great Northern Railway Company
New York
Snaar Refining Company
Holt
United States
Sioux City
Northern Steamship Company
Stimson
Hhere
New York Central
Stimeon
Great Northern
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Cal
Edward Chambers
Santa Fe Railway
State Railroad Commission
Chambers
San Francisco
Held Prisoner by a Gale Off Norwalk Beacon
Frank Lassen endured three days on an exposed beacon platform off South Norwalk until rescued by oystermen. Stranded in a northwest gale he faced hunger thirst and near freezing cold as salt spray battered his improvised shelter. He tended four lights on shoals daily and rode out the storm clinging to the beacon’s remains.
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Norwalk
Conn
Frank Lassen
Long Beach
Lassen
Dynamite Blast Injures Eight at Meadow Creek Work Site
A dynamite explosion at Meadow Creek near Huntington West Virginia on April 8 injured eight men at work removing a landslide from the Chesapeake and Ohio track. A rock was driven into a box of dynamite igniting the blast. Injured are C W Kincaid J W McAllister Adolph Antony C H Brazie Antonio Donati Francisco Romito and Ed Carter.
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Huntington
W. Va
Meadow Creek
Chesapeake and Ohio
C. W. Kincaid
J. W. McAllister
Adolph Antony
C. H. Brazie
Antonio Donati
Francisco Romito
Ed Carter
Monarchists Win Portugal Election Amid Lisbon Disorders
Washington reports from Lisbon where America Minister Bryan dispatches to the department of state that monarchists won the Portugal election. Disorders are confined to Lisbon while the remainder of the country remains quiet.
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Lisbon
Washington
America
Bryan
Portugal
Department of State
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