Joliet saloon fire war blamed on incendiaries
Bitter sentiment over Joliet’s saloon war triggers several fires. Incendiaries damage the Truby elevator, Leach windmill plant, and Hardy machine shop, with losses estimated at 15 000 and 10 000. Two suspects arrested as fire crews fought blazes from morning until afternoon.
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Joliet
Ruby Company
Leander Leach Windmill Manufacturing Establishment
Hardy Machine Shop
Truby
Leach Manufacturing Establishment
Hardy Manufacturing Company
Leach
Wreckers Derail Fast Train on Illinois Central Line
The Diamond Special fast train between Chicago and St. Louis derailed at 4:30 AM Saturday two miles south of Springfield after wreckers pulled out rail spikes. The locomotive baggage and express cars overturned while the buffet car left the rails. No injuries reported. engineers and fireman jumped to safety. Cars were later moved to Springfield then south on the Chicago and Alton.
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Winds Central
Illinois Central
Chicago
St. Louis
Springfield
Chicago and Alton
Freeport Votes Heated By Free Lunch Campaign
The license fight in Freeport intensifies as wets and drys clash with newspaper ads and nightly meetings. Gov. Hanly spoke at the Grand Opera House urging the dry cause. On April 7 voters will be offered free coffee and doughnuts by women and a lavish saloon lunch by the opposing side.
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U Freeport
Freeport
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
43Rand Opera House
Exhume Body In Poison Test Of Farmer Murder Case
The body of J L Pearson a Foosland farmer at the center of an alleged poisoning murder case was exhumed at Belleflower cemetery. State's Attorney Coggeshall of Champaign county State's Attorney Cranston of Ford county and Dr Hooton of Chicago witnessed the disinterment. The post mortem will be conducted in Chicago with the stomach removed for analysis.
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J. L. Pearson
Foosland
Neil
Belleflow Er
Coggeshall
Champaign County
Cranston
Ford County
Hooton
Chicago
Threat to mob wife slayer met by heavy guard at Sorento jail
L Evans fatally shot his wife near Clover Leaf station in Sorento then wounded himself. He was arrested. A heavy guard was placed at the jail amid threats of lynching. The couple had separated four months ago and Evans returned unexpectedly. The wife stood at the railroad station when he called her out and fired three times.
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Sorento
L. Evans
Clover Leaf
Sourento
Evans
White Earth
Minnesota
South Dakota
Earl Vanscotter
John Flockhart
Missouri River
Greenwood
Ler Minn
John Donthitt
Westboro
Wis
Willionaire Farmer Dead Near Eowardsville
Christian P. Smith a 75 year old millionaire farmer and land owner near Eowardsville died recently. A native of Hesse Darmstadt he started with nothing and amassed 5000 to 6000 acres valued over 500000 and held bank interests. Crime Is Seen in Death notes unidentified youths found in Chicago canals and river with possible murder indications.
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Willionaire
Christian P. Smith
Eowardsville
Mr. Smith
Hesse-Darmstadt
Germany
America
Rockwell and
Campbell Avenues
Chicago
Fuller Street
Hennepin Canal Set to Open April 1
Captain L. L. Wheeler announces the Hennepin canal will open for navigation on April 1. Several barges and steamers have been chartered to handle traffic. A separate note reports William Boudreau a young Kankakee county farmer remains missing after leaving his home near Tucker.
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Hennepin Canal
L. L. Wheeler
Grip
William Boudreau
Kankakee County
Tucker
Multiple Illinois accidents and deaths reported in state news
The dispatch lists mine collapses and drownings in Hiderado Carmi and Peoria, a janitor found dead in Grafton hotel ruins, and a miner killed by slate. It notes resignations at Illinois Wesleyan, a Granite City plant reopening, fires in Rockford, and various other local incidents and investigations across Illinois including crimes, weather, and public notices.
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John Means
Ogara
Hiderado
Hamilton Kent
Valley Hotel
Grafton
Frank G. Barnes
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Harvard
Commonwealth Steel Company
Granite City
Rockford
Rockford and Interurban Company
W. Clark Printing Company
Fire Ruins Leland Hotel in Springfield
The Leland hotel in Springfield once a political hub and delegates’ stop for the State Republican convention, is in ruins after a noon fire that started in the housekeeper’s room. Damage estimated at 75000 dollars. no injuries. Decatur engine aided, Jacksonville not required. The 1867 hotel has hosted presidents and generals, and housed many notable figures.
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Stewart
Leland
Springfield
Illinois State Journal
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Decatur
Jacksonville
Wiggins
Ianois
A. 8. Grant
James G. Blaine
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas A. Hendricks
Rutherford B. Hayes
William Tecumseh Sherman
John Sherman
Foraker
Custer
Wesley Merritt
Nelson Miles
Robert T. Lincoln
Charles Stewart Parnell
Murder Plot Confessed in $500 Life Insurance Case
Isaac Gay of Fairfield admits conspiring to murder Wesley T. Braddock, an aged recluse, to profit from a $500 life policy. Gay claims accomplices James Haines and William helped smother Braddock and throw the body into an abandoned well. Haines has been indicted following the confession. The case centers on a family dispute and insurance fraud scheme in Wayne County Illinois.
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Wnhe
Wayne County
Isaac Gay
Fairfield
Illinois
Wesley T. Braddock
Gay
Braddock
James Haines
Haines
United States Life Endowment Company
William
Joliet Firebugs Attack Illinois Match Plant
Fire at the Illinois Match Company's Joliet plant caused about 5000 in damage. Evidences point to arson with a watchman leaving just before flames, and Col. Fred Bennitt named as a local option man amid a string of similar fires. Police made a few arrests but lack sufficient evidence for charges.
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Joliet
Illinois Match Company
Col
Fred Bennitt
Smallpox Outbreak Strikes Central Illinois Cities
An Illinois smallpox surge spreads through San Jose and Eureka prompting church and school closures and postponed public meetings. Eureka College shut after a student contracted the disease. Lincoln Chenoa Fairbury and Livingston county report cases. Quarantines are in effect across affected areas.
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Illinois
San Jose
Eureka
Eureka College
Lincoln
Chenoa
Fairbury
Livingston County
Choice of High School Given by Parents Under New Act
Superintendent Francis G Blair says school boards lacking a local high school cannot withhold approval of a high school in an adjoining district chosen by the eighth grade graduate’s parents. Tuition is paid by the home district under the new free high school privilege act.
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Francis G. Blair
Freight Thieves Nabbed After Train Robbery Ring
Three switchmen Roy Armstrong Charles Clark and William Brown were arrested in Hast St Louis on charges they robbed a Louisville and Nashville freight train nightly for months. Police say Armstrong and Brown confessed yielding over five thousand dollars.
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Roy Armstrong
Charles Clark
William Brown
Illinois Republicans Boost Cannon for Presidency Platform
Illinois Republicans opened their state convention in Springfield to rally behind Joseph G. Cannon for the national presidency. Delegates were chosen for the Chicago convention as the platform endorsed Cannon and urged tariff revision with special session calls and anti monopoly measures. The gathering praised Roosevelt and Governor Deneen while the hotel fire halted remarks briefly.
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Springfield
Joseph G. Cannon
Chicago
Cannon
Ohio
Henry Sherman Boutell
Roosevelt
Taft
Deneen
Roy O. West
Republican State Central Committee
State
J. M. Frankeis
Edward St. Clair
West
George Tigham
Danville
Puckin
Willis D. Nance
Boutell
Illinois
Joe’ Cannon
Lincoln
Grant
Leland
Buckingham
Congress
Resolutions Committee
Committee On Resolutions
Oliver W. Sollitt
Wallace Clark
H., F. Bidman
Thomas Finucane
Frank Selick
William Lorimer
George A. Mugler
John F. Devine
Routell
James Lease
M. F. Walsh
K. 01. Brewster
O. FP. Berry
Snively
Leslie Putterbaugh
Thomas Stoss
Highteenth
Ww. LR
Jewell
Charles G. Eckhart
C. J. Doyle
Clarence Lanl
T, Eh, Hosmerek
Walter Louien
T. S. Williams
James A.white
No Trust in Henpeck Household Revealed
A Philadelphia Press snippet describes a domestic dispute where Henpeck’s wife refuses to lend him a quarter until the next day, illustrating a lack of trust. The conversation notes his meek demeanor and the wife’s cautious stance in a tense moment.
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Henpeck
Philadelphia Press
States Lose Power as High Court Sides With Federal Control
The Supreme Court, in a eight to one decision led by Justice Peckham, upholds federal authority over state railway rate laws in Minnesota and North Carolina. Justice Harlan dissents, warning of a new era in federal state relations and predicting disaster from the ruling. The rulings affirm federal testing of state rate laws and allow injunctions to block state enforcement while constitutional questions are resolved.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
Peckham
Minnesota
North Carolina
Harlan
Supreme Court
Railroad gains despite October panic reflect improving conditions
Reports from major railroad systems to the interstate commerce commission show overall improvement with the October panic causing limited damage. Eastern lines and southeastern routes bore the brunt while western and transcontinental roads remained comparatively unscathed. The commission notes a gradual countrywide recovery toward normal or better conditions.
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Great Railway Systems of America
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago Trade Outlook Improves as Demand Rises
R. G. Dun & Co reports seasonable conditions boosting industry in Chicago. Iron steel and woodworking show improving demand while machinery and skilled labor rise. Building and heavy construction advance. freight movement grows with lake port traffic. grain marketing slows. Failures 32 in district, liabilities over 5 thousand total ten.
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Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
New York Trade Buoyed by Conservatism and Millinery Strength
Improvement in sentiment and demand continues but buying remains cautious with small staple purchases. Spring jobbing trade appears to have peaked, with totals above earlier expectations but below last year. Fall trade delayed, dry goods and millinery lead, while textile output falls 65 to 75 percent, wages cut for about 80,000 New England mill workers. Overall outlook hopeful but uneven with fluctuating activity until crop yields are measured. Weekly business failures: 298 in U S., 39 in Canada.
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New England
United States
Bradstreet
Market Prices for Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grains Across Cities
Commodity quotes from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo and New York list cattle hogs sheep and grain prices. Values include No 2 wheat and corn bids, oats and rye ranges, and special notes on creamery butter eggs potatoes and pork mess.
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Chicago
Timothy
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
St.on
Vera
Steege
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Wabash
Carmi
Loring Snow
Thurston Wildes
Cambridge
Robert H. Craig
Henry
Stark Counties
Kewanee
Vermont
Prairie Schooner
Paul Baker
Jos. Baker
Alton
Andrew Teusel
Hart Weigher Company
Peoria
Abe Cross
Sangamon County
Northwestern University
Cross
Illinois Traction System
A. W. White
Jacob P. Nauys
Standard Oil Company
Nau
White
J. W. Carrington
Arwin BH. Price
Elgin
Chicago Telephone Company
Elgin Academy
G. P. Lord
Illinois Conference
United Evangelical Church
Peotone
Ashland Avenue
C. J. Frey
Dearborn Street
C. J. Shuster
Diversey Boulevard
J. G. Eller
Hoyne Avenue
F. W. Landner
Harvard Street
C. M. Kaufman
Adams Street
EH. K. Yenkle
Kimball Avenue
W. R. Marshall
Carterville
Central Illinois
Kansas
William Heinrich
Highland
Heinrich
L. EB. Koch
Leland Hotel
Joliet Firebug
John Woodward
Aurora
TAF
Uncle Joe
Largh
Bhelby M. Cullom
A. I. Hopkins
Charles $. Deneen
F. Busse
Co. G. Bekfil
J. I. Smiley
W. Hodson
J. R. Marshall
Joseph Cannon
Supreme Tribunal
Justice Harlan
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