Washington Buyy on Case of Men Shanghaied Into British Navy
Illinois State News details U S Attorney W A Northcott report on two Springfield men who supposedly sailed on the Celtic Monarch bound for Australia after being misled about return by Sept 1 1906. The telegram to Honolulu asks for release of McLaughlin and ODonnell and notes state department interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Buyy
O'Donnell
Auburn
United States
W. A. Northcott
State Department
Washington
Springfield
Pacific Coast
McLaughlin
Australia
Department of Commerce and Labor
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Wv. H. Metcalf
Race War at Ullin Selves Stir Bitter Feelings and Threats
Reported at Ullin a third murder in two months by negroes has stirred bitter race tension. White residents hunt two alleged killers, William Daniels and another companion, after Homer A. Harris was shot during a negro picnic when Harris refused free riding. Harris died, and a white man wounded a fleeing assailant.
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Ullin
William Daniels
Homer A. Harris
Ulin
Harris
Daniels
Major Stansfield Honored by War Veterans in Chicago
Major James H. Stansfield elected commander of the Department of Illinois of the United Spanish American War Veterans. He served in the Illinois militia since 1881, fought in Cuba as captain of Company F, Second Regiment, aided in taking Cienfuegos, and has held multiple top posts. He is a Chicago lawyer, born in Illinois, about 40 years old.
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Stansfield
Cuba
Chicago
Asylum Reports Kept Secret By State Charities Board
The State Board of Public Charities held its first quarterly meeting with closed door sessions. Special committee reports covered the insane hospitals in Kankakee Watertown South Bartonville Jacksonville Anna and the Soldiers Widows Home at Wilmington the Soldiers and Sailors Home at Quincy and the Lincoln Peeble-Minded Children Asylum. A verbal report on Kankakee was given by Dr Billings and a public statement will follow once Dr Greene takes charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Charities
State Board of Public Charities
Kankakee
Watertown
Bartonville
Jacksonville
Anna
Wilmington
Soldiers and Sailors
Quincey
Lincoln
Elected by C. E. Convention Ulinois Branch Officers Named
The Illinois Christian Endeavor convention at Forest Park Shelbyville elected officers: President Nicholas L. Johnson Batavia First Vice President J W McDonald Decatur Second Vice President Walter Mee Chicago General Secretary W J Williams Wheeling Statistical Secretary Miss Mary Matton Mount Vernon Treasurer Karl D Pope Duquoin Rev Charles B Mediary of Des Moines spoke on the Supreme Ministry and a praise and consecration service closed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulinois
Shelbyville
Illinois Christian Endeavor
Forest Park
Nicholas L. Johnson
Batavia
J. W. McDonald
Decatur
Walter Mee
Chiweago
W. J. Williams
Whicengo
Mary Matton
Mount Vernon
Karl D. Pope
Duquoin
Charles 8. Mediury
Des Moines
Benton Woman Charged With Murder Of Eleventh Child
Authorities hold Mrs. Leary Orton in Benton jail as they pursue charges in a case that eleven of her babies died under suspicious circumstances. The eleventh body was found buried in an old straw pile with a broken neck after an inquest last week. The State's Attorney's office is reviewing new evidence while the accused protest her innocence and condemn the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Orton
Leary Orton
Thompsonville
Battle for a crossing at East St Louis
Labor clash between Louisville and Nashville railroad and Illinois Traction Company over a disputed crossing in East St Louis. Eight hundred workers, gunfire, two engines ditched, and tracks torn up despite efforts to protect the third. No serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville and Nashville
Electric Line
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Illinois Traction Company
East St. Louis
Electric Road
Railroad Company
W. L. Lowrie Named United States Consul at Weimar
Elgin native W. L. Lowrie has been appointed United States consul at Weimar Germany. Son of Prof. and Mrs. A. H. Lowrie, he previously served as secretary to Charles Page Bryan in Brazil in 1898 and as deputy consul general at Rio Janeiro.
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W. L. Lowrie
Elgin
United States
Weimar
Germany
A. H.ee Lowrie
Charles Page Bryan
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Lowrie
Hobart
Tasmania
W. L. Lowgie
Uate
Adrian
Mich.) College
University of Michigan
Leipsic
Light Averts Race Battle At Lynch Mob Showdown
Mounted officers from Mounds hurried to Mound City with a frightened prisoner as a mob of about two hundred black residents armed themselves to prevent lynching. The life of Homer A. ee ris, a white man, was at stake in the imminent clash. The prisoner was taken to safety in Mound City, averting a likely deadly confrontation between blacks and whites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mounds
Mound City
Homer A
Eeris
Expect Record Apple Crop in Marion County
Orchardists anticipate a great yield in Marion County where 1,500,000 trees mostly bear fruit. The county ranks third among US apple counties behind Benton and Washington, Arkansas, with a 60 percent crop expected and concerns about labor and shipping capacity for the anticipated volume. The apples are described as perfectly shaped, foretelling the greatest output in 25 years.
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Marion County
United States
Benton
Washington
Arkansas
Prospective Groom Balks at Six Children Wedding
Rufus Crim of Charleston and Mrs. Nina Buck of Gypsum Kan called off their marriage after Mrs Buck arrived with six children from a former marriage. The couple had met through a matrimonial paper and planned a wedding before the interference of the children caused a mutual decision to end the union.
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Cupid
Rufus Crim
Charleston
Nina Buck
Gypsum
Kan
Crim
Cured by Miracle At St Anne Shrine In Grotto Healing
Four thousand observers attend St. Anne's grotto near Kankakee as three alleged miracles are reported. Barbara Bertoncelo of Cardiff walks without crutches after seventeen years of immobility. Mayme Chaney of Muskegon is told to be cured from nine years of ivy allergy. Mrs. A F Page, bedridden for a year, also claimed healed as 1,200 Chicago pilgrims join the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anne's Shrine
St. Anne’s Grotto
Kankakee
Barbara Bertoncelo
Cardiff
Mayme Chaney
Muskegon
Mich
A. F. Page
Muskegon, Mich
Chicago
Aged Man Beaten by Thugs in Chicago Near Death
William Goodman aged 73 is in a Moultrie County home after injuries from an assault by a gang in Chicago. The Elwood Neb resident was en route to his son Charles when separated from his granddaughter, found a week later in a hospital with a broken jaw and extensive bruises. He alleges belongings were taken during the attack.
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James Stewart
Chester
K. Dryhead
Lawrenceville
Vincennes
Ind
J. B. Merritt
Bradner Smith Paper Mills
Rockton
William Langoth
Bloomington
Bartley Welsh
Harrisburg
Kingston
Edward Chandler
Charles Chandler
Louisville
Flora
Elijah Price
Price
Litchfield
D. K. Pearsons
Chicago
McKendree College
Lebanon
George Hecker
Lancaster
Kankakee
Champaign
Charles Phillips
Marion
Virginia
Geo. Henderson
Henry Hall
William Barclay
Hal P. Funge
First Baptist Church of
Utlea
Illinois River
Mathew Riley
Benjamin Weston
Petersburg Coal Company
John Johnson
Rushville
Johnson
Springfield
People of the
State of
Ilinois
Wulff
Floyd K. Whittemore
Black” Brown
Omera Township
van Buren
Richard Haugan
HH. H. Haugan
State Bank of Chicago
North Shore Society
Andrew P. Walsh
Sugar Grove
Wisconsin University
Tie
Philip van Zandt
George van Zandt
Prairie State Bank
Lake Geneva
J. Henry Deckard
Havana
Rock Island
Pythians
City
J. 8
H. ©. Starr
Decatur
BR. S. Robinson
Harry Starr
I. R. Mills
Starrs
F. C. Troby
S S. P. Wheeler
William Goodman
Charles
Moultrie County
Elwood
Neb
Tragedy Aboard the Sirio Sea Disaster Claims Hundreds
The Sirio struck a reef off Cadiz on a Saturday, sinking with about 800 aboard including women and children. Passengers leaped into the sea as the vessel sank, many drowning or dying from exposure while crews and fishermen nearby aided survivors amid scenes of panic and horror.
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Min
Papesnger
Aul Pia
Cadiz
Montevideo
Sirlo
Sirio
End of Fake Jewelry Lawsuit Promises Public Protection
A report on new legislation to curb fraud in jewelry marking. Congress seeks penalties for mislabeling gold and silver articles to shield consumers and honest dealers, following advocacy by jewelers and industry groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Moon
Labor News From Across America And Beyond
Reports on child labor under age fifteen in mills, union burial plans in Chicago, and the Amalgamated Wood Workers Association. Iron and steel sectors face worker shortages while Britain debates labor measures. Boston gears up for a 25 000 strong Labor Day parade marking twenty years of labor holiday. NYC carpenters win raises. Buffalo Molders dispute scale and closed shop. Structural Iron Workers train members in safety, and a Greater Pittsburgh Labor Day parade is planned. A union exposition is planned for Minneapolis to showcase organized labor goods and growth.
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Mills
Free America
Germany
England
Italy
A. J. McKelway
National Child Labor Committee
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Union Burial Association
Amalgamated Wood Workers’ Association
Iron Age
Iron and Allied Industries
Great Britain
House of Lords
Boston
Carpenters of
New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Carpenters
Manhattan Carpenters
Faa Rere’ Club of
Buffalo
Molders’ Union
Manufacturers’ Club
Chamber of Commerce
Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Board of Examiners
Organized Labor
Pittsburg
America
August H. Kaems
Cheboygan
Mich
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Max Morris
Trade and crop prospects show steadies in midsummer
Midsummer activity in Chicago reaches high levels with iron and steel strong, machinery and electrical goods busy, and building active. Grain movement at the port totals 7,030,228 bushels, receipts up 41.7 percent from last year. shipments down due to less corn. Bank clearings rise 15.5 percent. failures in Chicago district total 24. Bradstreet notes optimistic fall trade, continued abundance of raw materials, and solid agricultural prospects despite high prices.
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Chicago
Dan
Review of Trade
New York
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Regional grain and live stock prices across major markets
The roundup lists cattle hogs sheep and grain quotes from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. It shows price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep, and figures for wheat corn oats rye and other commodities, with market names and quality grades.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Mesa
New York
Toledo
Roy Ferguson Dies by Own Action in Minnesota Incident
News notes Roy Ferguson 18 of Cany Minnesota committed death by own action at Sioux Pally 8 D. The brief item records a youth from Cany involved in a fatal self-inflicted act at the Sioux Pally location on the date noted.
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Roy Ferguson
Cany, Minn
Sioux Pally
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WAR Veterans
C. E. Convention
Cape Palos
Spain
Reef
Rivents
Minw feGhanics’ Insurance Company
Cali
Fornia
Justice of the North Atlantic
Massachusetts Bay
East Lispool
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