Illinois State News Raises Cry Stop Thief at Cairo Train Stop
A southbound Mobile and Ohio train at Cairo is halted as Mrs. Taylor leads a crowd to stop Cicero Thompson from leaving town without two weeks board dues owed to Mrs. Taylor. Thompson pays and waves goodbye to the crowd as the train departs. Across the state several drownings and deaths from accidents occur. Charles Kadis drowns in Taylorville. Mrs. Sick dies after falling from a window in Sumnerfield. Paul Beckmeyer dies from lockjaw after a cut. Axel Jorgenson drowns in the Calumet river. multiple deaths attributed to heat and accidents are reported in Peoria, Bloomington, and other locales. Authorities appoint trustees and investigate other incidents, including a possible homicide in Rockford and a post office robbery in Jeffersonville. Blood-poisoning from a Fourth of July accident claims Floyd Hotchkiss. Lightning kills Mrs. Risk and injures others at a Litchfield chautauqua. A train-related death and a church quarrel ending in a stabbing are noted near Carmi. A factory insolvency schedule shows F. B. Tait Manufacturing Company liabilities at $140,283.90 with assets $133,151.40.
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Mobile and
Ohio
Cairo
Cicero Thompson
Taylor
Charles Kadis
Taylorville
Calumet River
Frederick H. Smith
Peoria
Illinois General Hospital For the Insane
Bartonville
Deneen
B. M. Wayne
Tazewell
Mary Caylord
Pontiac
Bloomington
Charles J. Johnson
Montgomery County
Stanley Mason
Will Mason
Miles
R. A. Black
Vandalia
Rockford
Edward Lonergan
Lonergan
Jeffersonville
Floyd Hotchkiss
Zion City
William Risk
Litchfield
Hillsboro
C. W. Bliss
Clint Bliss
Drew
F. B. Tait Manufacturing Company
Decatur
United States District Court
Springfield
Clay Wilson
Felix B. Tait
Matthew Thompson
Ruddick
Carmi
Gallatin County
Thompson
Suddick
Shawneetown
Wandering George Hileman Found Near Home in Exhaustion
George Hileman, missing from near Jonesboro for days after telling his wife he would not return, was found a few rods from his residence. He appeared fly blown, clothes missing, and the shotgun gone. He had wandered miles without food or drink. a physician says his condition is serious but he may recover.
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George Hileman
Jonesboro
Hileman
Acquitted Slayer of Policeman Returns Home Fails Shutdown
Marvin Boren, acquitted of killing Policeman Patrick Doud during an arrest, goes home to find his baby dead shortly after. He collapses upon learning the loss. The verdict triggered resignations among police and claims of police conspiracy and perjured testimony by defense friends.
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Cairo
Marvin Boren
Patrick Doud
Boren
Doud
Loren
Tend Bes
Sterling Couple Held for Murder of Woman Galciit Gennetti
Louis Randi and wife were jailed in Sterling on murder charges in the Galciit Gennetti case. The couple, living in the camel house, faced a scene where Mrs Randi’s hands were loosely tied, a broken window screen, and rifled trunk and dresser. Randi claimed burglars entered and he leapt through the window. He gave conflicting stories before arrest.
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Sterling
Louis Randi
Galciit Gennetti
Camel House
Mystery in battle over boy at Elgin home
William I F Ziegler, head of Larkin Children's Home, barred Archibald Lehmann, 8, from leaving the Elgin institution amid a dispute with Mrs Ethel Lehmann and Mrs Mary Jones both strangers in Elgin who claimed to be the boy's grandmother. The case centers on alleged child taking and guardianship.
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Elgin Institution
Ethel Lehmann
Mary Jones
Elgin
William IF. Ziegler
Larkin Children's Home
Archibald Lehmann
Jones
Lehmann
Negro Pythians Score Alton Admission Fracas
The negro Pythian grand lodge ended a three day session in Alton with a resolution condemning the citys inhospitality. Delegates faced food and lodging shortages as boarding houses and hotels refused them, forcing quarters in far flung black homes and leaving many hungry with no soda water.
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Negro Pythian Grand Lodge
Alton
Overriding Bail Commissional Judge Shirley Rules on State Filing Rates
Judge Shirley rules the state may file rate suits against defendants, ruling on bail commission authority and related charges. The decision affects how state legal actions pursue repayment or adjustments, signaling a shift in prosecutorial strategy and court procedures.
State's Attorney Suarez power to sue discrimination affirmed
In Sangamon County Springfield Judge Shirley overruled a demurrer and held the State's Attorney can file rate discrimination suits under the statute. The five cases, in Hatch v Chicago and Alton Railway, seek allied damages totaling 500000, asserting the People of Illinois against the railroad.
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Shirley
Sangamon County
Springfield
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Robert Shirley
Hatch
People of
Iinois
Chicago and Alton Railway Company
Allied
President Smith Tells Aurora Chamber News
C M Smith, head of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association and Aurora Chamber president, praised freight rates on a Chicago basis after the chamber’s railways committee work. Eleven factories have located in Aurora in fifteen months, and the population is expected to reach 35 000. Annual officer slate announced: President C B H Smith, first VP H J Cooper, second VP I C Copley, secretary W N Baker, treasurer H Felsenheld.
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Smith
C. BH. Smith
H. J. Cooper
I. C. Copley
W. N. Baker
H. Felsenheld
Death trap confession ties Belleville jail inmate to Collinsville mine killings
Joseph Genetti, jailed in Belleville, confessed to setting a death trap at the Consolidated coal mine in Collinsville on July 1 that killed his cousin August Genetti and Louis Cologna. He said motive was August's opposition to Kate Genetti's marriage to him. He named fellow miner Joseph Zahra, arrested at Glen Carbon, who allegedly helped plan the device and share a mutual alibi. Zahra refused to speak.
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Joseph Genetti
Belleville
Collinsville
August Genetti
Louis Cologna
August
Kate Genetti
Joseph
Genetti
Joseph Zahra
Glen Carbon
East St. Louis
Zadra
Floating Skeleton Found Aids 2-Year-Old Disappearance
A Kankakee fisherman found a human skeleton floating six and a half miles upriver from Kankakee believed to be John Fish of Momence. Fish ran away during typhoid illness and later was legally declared dead after weeks of river searches and a large reward.
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Kankakee
Kankaee
H. H. Wheeler
John Fish
Momence
Fish
German scholar studies Illinois farming and transport needs
Dr Carl Steinbrueck a distinguished European professor from Halle Germany is in Bloomington and surrounding areas as a special German government representative. He surveys central Illinois sheep raising wheat growing and the transportation system while visiting major agricultural centers to gather ideas for potential implementation back home.
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Carl Steinbrueck
Halle’ University
Germany
Bloomington
Central
Illinois
Steinbrueck
Destructive Storm Ravages Warren and Mercer Counties
A cyclonic wind storm with 2 inch hail devastated a three by eight mile strip in Warren and Mercer counties. Hailstones up to baseball size shredded corn and oats, killed many fowls, bruised stock, damaged small buildings, and ruined fruit and shade trees.
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Warren
Mercer
Two Legged Duck Attracts Attention In Illinois Farm
Robert Richards of near Carmi reports a remarkable duck with two sets of legs and two bills and four wings. The fowl, hatched early this summer, can swim forward or backward as it wills and has drawn circus like notice amid the brood.
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Robert Richards
Carmi
Rich Men Fight Duel at Granite City Station
Two wealthy residents, Mr Tod the merchant and Dr C H Paul, dueled at the Big Four depot in Granite City over a woman. Tod concealed a horse whip and struck Paul. Paul drew and stabbed Tod in the face. A running fight ensued and the physician was arrested.
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M.r. Tod
C. H. Paul
Granite Cuy
Man files for divorce amid family tragedy in Antioch
Mrs. William Young of Antioch sues for divorce alleging cruel treatment. The husband, known for a past incident in which he stabbed one son to death while defending his mother, claimed it was an accident and escaped punishment. He is described as well to do.
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William Young
Antioch
Young
North Carolina Judge Voids Rate Law Penalty Clause
United States Judge Peter G. Pritchard in Asheville declared the penalty clause of North Carolina’s new rate law unconstitutional and void. He warned the fines could bankrupt railroads and paralyze interstate commerce, while urging due process protections and signaling potential state federal entanglements. Governor Glenn called for an immediate appeal to the US Supreme Court.
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North Carolina
Port
Glenn
United States
Pritchard
Asheville
James H. Wood
Southern
C. Wilson
Polie
Reynolds
J. H. Merriman
Wood
Wilson
Supreme Court of the United States
Southern Railway
Virginia
Washington
Roosevelt
Grand jury returns 1524 count indictment against Standard Oil
Dispatches from Memphis report the federal grand jury for the Western District of Tennessee has handed up an indictment of Standard Oil Company comprising 1,524 counts, each count constituting a separate charge in the case.
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Memphis
Federal Grand Jury
West Tennessee
Standard Oil Company
Hospital patient dies after leap at Freeport hospital
A 69 year old patient at the National Christian hospital in Freeport committed death by his own hand by leaping from the third floor. The incident occurred as hospital officials investigated treatment and safety measures.
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Denis- Leonard Neldeigh
National Christian Hospital
Freeport
Merchants Fear California Attacks Threaten Trade Ties
Seven chambers of commerce in Tokyo in a session sent an address to principal American chambers and to President Roosevelt. They warn that if such unfortunate incidents as California attacks on Japanese residents are not stopped, the ill feeling toward a section of the United States could endanger future commercial relations and cause incalculable losses for both nations.
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Seven Chambers of Commerce
Tokio
Chambers of Commerce
America
Roosevelt
California
United States
Startling Charge in Warmer Will Case Describes Negro Descent Claim
Pension Commissioner Vespasian Warner accuses his stepmother Isabella Warner Robinson of Negro blood and deceit in a 1874 marriage to his father John Warner. He alleges affidavits support the claim, while Mrs. Warner and her daughters threaten libel suits. The case arises from the contested will and antenuptial contract tied to a $1,050,000 estate, with Mrs. Warner fighting to obtain her widow’s share amid denials of fraud. The dispute has drawn regional attention in De Witt County, Illinois, where the Warner family has long been prominent.
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Vespasian Warner
Illinois
United States
Isabella Robinson - Warner
John Warner
Flora Warner McDermott
Robinson
Warner
Isabella Warner
Stephen Robinson
Ohio
Commissioner of Pensions
Norwalk
Warner ‘Will
John Warner & Co
Clinton
Congress
de Witt County
Strikes Favor Organized Labor In Long Run Data
Statistics from the Bureau of Labor show that over the last twenty five years most strikes succeed for organized labor. In total 33,303 strikes and lockouts affected 7,444,279 employees with 48 percent full success and 15 percent partial success and 37 percent failure.
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Bureau of Labor
United States Leads in Rail Fatalities and Injuries
Herr Guillery of the Prussian railway archive presents a comparative table showing the United States as the deadliest rail system. US rail mileage tops Europe, with 26.1 killed per 10 000 workers versus England 12.8 and others. travelers injured in the United States outpace Russia and several nations by wide margins, France reporting the lowest injury rate.
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United States
Herr Guillery
Archive Bureau
Prussian Railway Administration
Europe
England
Switzerland
Russia
British India
Belgium
France
Italy
Germany
Steamship Lines See Record Travel to Europe This Year
Steamship operators report a surge in European travel with 45,102 more passengers in the first half of the year than the same period last year. The sharpest rise occurs in third class bookings, reflecting broader demand across travel segments.
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Europe
Noted Scientist Dead in New York City
Prof Angelo Heilpria a famed scientist renowned for his Mont Teles eruption study in Martinique five years earlier died suddenly in New York City on July 17.
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Angelo Heilpria
Mont Teles
Martinique
New York City
Trade continues steady despite heat and high temperatures
Despite hot weather activity remains strong with sustained production in heavy industries and healthy demand in leading retail lines. July showed exceptional demand, inventories look favorable, and farmers report expansion in prosperous communities. Bank clearings rose 12.4 percent from last year as failures stay manageable and crop conditions improve.
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Chicago
Dun
Review of Trade
New York
Iron and Steel
Minnesota
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Grain and Livestock Prices Across U S Markets
A compendium of trading figures lists cattle hogs sheep and grain prices from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and more. Details include price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep and item quotes for wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and seeds across regional markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Health board bans kissing games among Philadelphia children
All Around the Globe reports Philadelphia health authorities prohibit kissing games for children. President McCrea of the Pennsylvania Railroad testifies in Philadelphia that enforcing the 2 cent fare law would worsen the road's passenger earnings. A prized Boone relic, his powder horn, is owned by Charles G. Shanks of Claysville Ind. A Cheyenne Tribune reader asks what's wrong with Wyoming, remarking it is heaven for men and dogs and hell for women and horses.
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Philadelphia Health Board
McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Daniel Boone
Charles G. Shanks
Claysville
Ind
Tribune
Wyoming
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Ulash
Melieda Store Board of Lots
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Cherry
Jmpanese
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