Chicago and Midwest election results sweep the states
Tuesday elections across Missouri Illinois Kansas Wisconsin Nebraska Minnesota Texas and Colorado reshaped city halls and councils. Carter Harrison won Chicago for a third term by about 28 500 votes while St Louis re elected its democratic city ticket. Prohibition themes rose in Kansas with Topeka Albert Parker winning by 11 votes and Wichita showing low turnout. Denver Cripple Creek Pueblo and Leadville shifted toward Republicans. Racine La Crosse and Evansville elected mayors or solidified council majorities.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Illnois
Arkansas
Kansas
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Minnesota
Texas
Colorado
Missoure
Wells
Parker
Meriwether
Filley
House of Delegates
Illinois
Chicago
Carter
Harvison
Elbridge Hancey
Tason
Haneey
Harrison
Maney
Municipal Voters’ League
Teppeka
Kas
Nation
Atchison and Leavenworth
Wichita
Albert Parker
Topeka
Hughes
Denver
Col
R. R. Wright
TY. Wells
Johnson
Board of Supervisors
Pueblo
Cripple Creek
Victor
Leadville
J.T. McDonald
Colorado Springs
Wiscons
Racine
Wis
Michael Higgins
Fred Klein
First Judicial Circuit
Belden
J. B. Simmons
la Crosse
Joseph Troschert
Abolition of Army Canteen Sparks Presidio Demoralization
San Francisco reports show soldiers near the Presidio gates flocking to Lion Street saloons after the army canteen’s closure. Capt. Evans of Co. D, Eighteenth Infantry notes a drastic rise in misconduct, estimating a 200 to 300 percent increase.
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San Francisco
Presidio
Lion Street
Evans
Co. D
Eighteenth Infantry
Hughes plans contest in Topeka mayor race defeat
Col J W B Hughes republican mayoral candidate who lost to A W Parker by 1% votes announces a contest proceeding at once. He claims Russian votes swung the result, alleging about two hundred Russians voted for Parker on both the democratic and citizens tickets, and his managers say this will defeat Parker.
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Topeka
Kas
J. W. B. Hughes
A. W. Parker
Mes Institute
Col. Hughes
Parker
Democratic
Citizens
Hughes
Illinois Senate and House Pass Various Measures
Springfield reports a dull senate session with bills authorizing city purchase of library sites and branding processes for butter. A John Crerar library bill passed 97 to 4, and a veteran peddling bill for honorably discharged soldiers and sailors was approved. House business was routine with several appropriation and monument bills moving forward.
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Springfield
Senate
Sennio
John Crerar
Front Park
Chicago
Strachanan
Cook
Mueller
Wilson
Ogle
Springfeld
Shumway
Ith
Busse
Geneva
Commercial Club of
House
Scroggin
Pundy
Ulinals
Shitoh
State Board of Agriculture
Committee On Appropriations
Dietrich Recalled Veto On Supreme Court Boost
Lincoln Nebril April 4 Gay. Dietrich recalled his veto of the appropriation for the supreme court commission and the act creating nine assistants for two years. Lawyers pressed to reverse. docket backlog cited. Deputy librarian funding remains. library doors reopened after closure Tuesday.
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Lincoln
Neb
Dietrich
Supreme Court Commission
Supreme Court
Sailed On The St Louis In Expedition Move
The St Louis carried United States officials including Wew Work assistant commissioner general to the Paris exposition and Rear Admiral Bartlett J Cromwell to relieve Rear Admiral Schley as commander of the South Atlantic squadron. Also aboard was Lieut Jay H Sypher. After Southampton, the squadron will proceed to Montevideo aboard a Royal Mail steamer. Lease Sold for Half a Million. The McCahill ore mine lease in western Mesaba was sold for 500000 dollars likely to a United States steel corporation entity. The land belongs to James McCahill and the lease was held by J L Washburn O D Kinney and G C Howe of Duluth. Eight Business Buildings Burned. Lehigh Ia April 4 The main business portion of Lehigh village was destroyed by fire Tuesday night eight buildings burned the village lacking a fire department villagers fought the blaze with buckets and the origin is known.
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D. B. Woodward
United States
St. Louis
United States Commission
Bartlett J. Cromwell
Schley
South Atlantic
Jay H. Sypher
Southampton
Montevideo
Duluth
Minn
McCahill
Mesaba
United States Steel Corporation
James McCahill
J. L. Washburn
D. Kinney
G. C. Howe
Fort Dodge
Lehigh
Art in Architecture AUIS a neatly designed house for 1809 dollars
A detailed historic design lists a seven room residence with rubble stone foundation and 16 inch thick walls. Floor plans cover parlor dining room kitchen and four bedrooms with multiple stairs, bays, a veranda, two chimneys and a second floor balcony. Construction specs specify framing with 2x4 studs 2x10 joists, star brand roof shingles, double thick American glass, Georgia pine trim, and yellow ochre priming with white body paint.
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Auis
Star A Star
One Pencil Per Child Sparks School Health Alarm
Doctors blame shared lead pencils for recent school illnesses. Pencils pass from student to student daily, prompting inspectors to urge a policy of one child per pencil. Also notes Texas State House is the nation’s largest state building, begun 1881 and finished 1888, funded by land grants, plus a Dumanguette Philippines manual training school funded by H. B. Silman for carpentry ironwork and agriculture.
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Texas
Hig State House
Texas Capital
United States
Dumanguette
Island of Negros
Philippines
H. B. Silman
New York
Princeton
Tenement Reform and Electric Transit Projects Highlight Urban Progress
Reports from the Tenement House Commission condemn dense city districts as centers of disease poverty and crime while praising reforms in Liverpool and London. London plans to improve housing for the poor. Liverpool demolished 6,500 unsanitary dwellings and spends 2,000,600 dollars on 183 new homes. A colossal electric ferry bridge is proposed over the Tyne to connect North and South Shields with a 270 foot height, 640 foot span, tramcar and passenger platform, all electric driven. In Canada, 34 electric railways totaling 630 miles raised 21,760,000 dollars in capital and carried 104,034,659 passengers last year. Plus a joke panel line about a husband’s noisy roars.
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New York
Liverpool
Tyne
South Shields
Canada
Dominion of Canada
What One Man Can Do at Day One Workshop
A report notes a worker with limited tools can assemble 6 000 watch classes by hand on day one, illustrating rapid skill application and manual production pace. The item highlights early efficiency and potential for scale in crafts.
Women Must Sleep Warns of Nervous Prostration Cure
A Chicago woman, Mrs. Hartley of 221 West Congress Street, suffered indigestion, exhaustion, womb displacements, fainting and headaches, all blamed on nervous system strain. She was cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, presented as proof of the remedy's unfailing effectiveness.
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Hartley
Congress St
Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
English Facts and Figures From Past Tax and Trade Records
A concise historical survey cites the Saladin tithe origin of English income tax, varying murder counts across the four nations, and distribution of gasworks. It notes tea consumption rise, pauper relief figures for 1899, and grain, bean, and import shares by Britain and its colonies among European powers.
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England
Ireland
Scotland
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Holland
France
Germany
Indian Missionary's Story Inspires Elderly Survivor
Twenty five years past Rev C H Thompson left Indiana to preach among Choctaw Indians then among Creek and other tribes in the West. Kidney trouble from alkali water worsened until a Chicago specialist said no hope. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills he recovered fully and praises them as a God send. He is now 68 and recommends the remedy for Bright's Disease, Diabetes, and Dropsy.
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Little York
Ind
C. H. Thompson
Indiana
Arkansas
Western
Prairies
Wagoner
Indian Territory
Chicago
Dodd
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Fline
Chonen
Counell, Hanover
Han
Dock
Short
Kansas City
Craddock
Flighes
Bengon
Evansville
Charles Covert
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Pond Creek
Perry
Sapulpa
Tulsa
Adair
Chickasha
Vinita
THE
State Egislature
Forty Second General Assembly of Minors
Mehan
Charleston
S. C
Ihe
Appropriations Committee
BD. L. Woodward
Bartlett J. Cromwell Salk
ART IN Architecture
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GEO. A. W. Kintz
Qearg
Aleks B
Srgordla Pmg
Wiggies
Sumerville Journal
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