Mayor James Neville Dead in Indiana Visit
James B. Neville longtime Bloomington mayor and member of the Illinois warehouse and railway commission died suddenly at West Baden Indiana at age 53. He led local politics and banking circles and had close ties to Gov. Yates. A special Bloomington council term appointed A. G. Erickson to finish Neville’s unexpired period.
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dJament
S. Neville
West Baden
Ind
James
Neville
Bloomington
Illinois Warehouse and Railway Commission
Gov
Yates
State Board of Warehouse and Railway Commissioners
Bank of
United States
Tle
McLean County
Fifer
Mr. Neville
Gov. Yates
Rain Floods Freeport Illinois Damage Reaches 200000
Severe cloudburst floods Freeport Illinois forcing evacuations in the Second Ward. NinetyNineteen residents fled homes as water filled streets and cellars. Rail lines including Illinois Central Madison division and nearby roads suffered washouts and culvert failures. Damage estimated from 100000 to 200000.
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Freeport
First Ward
Illinois Central
Madison
Great Western
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Chicago Educator Returns After 31 Years
Professor Charles H. Frye, former Chicago normal school superintendent, returns home after 31 years. He hands his wife 5000 in cash with the remark to ask no questions. Frye disappeared at age 31, lived in the Philippine Islands for years, and was recognized by his altered appearance.
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Chicago
Charles H. Frye
Chicago Normal School
Philippine Islands
Victory for Miners as Scale Districts Stand
Illinois coal miners win a key legal victory when Judge B D R M Kimbrough in Danville refuses to overturn the mine classification by scale districts. The case began with the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway seeking a lower mining rate at Cherry mine versus Gillespie, challenging long held wage distinctions.
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Illinois
BD. R. M. Kimbrough
Danville
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company
Cherry
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Gillespie
Heir to 600000 Keeps Navy Gunner Post
Edward Flood of Peoria county, heir to 600000, remains a gunner on the United States battleship Kentucky. Despite an uncle’s California bequest of 600000, he accepts 24 dollars monthly and his Uncle Sam keep, choosing naval service over freedom. He aims to raise his reputation as a crack shot with big war ordnance.
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United States
Kentucky
Sam
Edward Flood
Peoria
California
Naval Service
Young Flood
Mail sacks looted of 8200,000 by Effingham cut open
A Pennsylvania bound first class mail sack left at Effingham transfer depot was found torn on the outskirts, half the letters rifled and an estimated 200000 in drafts checks money orders and currency stolen. The items were bound for Chicago and Northwestern points via Illinois Central. A veteran railway engineer Leroy T Foote died in Springfield after a career including the 1881 Slater hold up. An assailant shot Joseph Steganac thrice in Kewanee. he died three hours later.
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Alexander White
Duquoin
Plummer Frazier
Frazier
White
William Thomas
Pontiac
James Spear
Griffin
Marion County
Illinois Central Railroad
Centralia
Frank Garner
Miss Michael
Glenwood
Chicago
Hiingham
Pennsylvania
Illinois Central
Northwestern
Effingham
Union
Leroy T. Foote
Chicago and Alton
Slater
Jesse James
Springfield
Joseph Steganac
Kewanee
Fire destroys freighter C. H. Conover in Chicago harbor
A fire on the freighter C. H. Conover near the Illinois slip in Chicago caused a dramatic blaze that lit the river. Crew threw oil overboard as flames grew, bullets from cargo endangered bystanders, and the vessel was a total loss with damage estimated around 100000 dollars.
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Chicago
C. H. Conover
Illinois Slip
Merchants’ Lighterage Company
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co
Cloudburst Tragedy Kills Three on Pecatonica River
Three boys lose their lives when a gasoline launch capsizes seven miles up Pecatonica River after a flood. Victims Leo Kaiser 12 Harry Sweeney 30 and Oscar Denar 21 perished as onlookers watched. Nearby rescues saved Samuel Marker John Schmedes and Charles Smithkee. Damaging floods caused crop and bridge losses across the county districts.
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Pecatonica
Leopold W. Kaiser
Harry Sweeney
Oscar Denar
Samuel Marker
John Schmedes
Charles Smithkee
Freeport
Schmers
Marker
Smithkee
SINKING FUND PLAN FAILS Catholic Knights of Illinois Defeat Change
The Catholic Knights of America Illinois state convention in Springfield voted down a proposal to alter the order. The measure would have allowed changes benefiting older members as practiced for years. Officers elected for two years include President William Burback Chicago and several vice presidents and officers. The next meeting was set for Collinsville on the third Tuesday in August 1908.
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Catholic Knights of Ilinois
Catholic Knights of America
Springfield
James J. Hoag
Mattoon
Adam Bein
Sterling
Charles A. Kleist
Chicago
B. Mussmann
Effingham
Charles F. Pich
Charles Evermann
H. P. Dingus
Red Bud
Collinsville
Albert G. Lane Die s at Home in Chicago Veteran Educator
Albert G. Lane a widely known West educator died at his Chicago home from nervous prostration due to overwork. He had recently traveled to Bay View Michigan to recuperate but suffered a severe collapse. He leaves a widow and two daughters Mrs George W Noble of Hyanston and Miss Harriet Lane. Lane was district superintendent of Chicago public schools and formerly headed the system for eight years. He was born in Chicago in 1841 and was among the first Chicago high school graduates. At 18 he became principal of Franklin school.
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Socialist Party
Chicago
W. E. M.dermott
May Wood Simons
Gertrude B. Hunt
Corinne Brown
Algie M. Simons
John Murphy
Elgin
Anna Keyes
Frank Stone
Irving Howell
Geneva
Joseph Stefanic
Kewanee
Stefanac
Valence Primuzic
John Kramer
Herman
Albert G. Lane
West
Lane
Bay View
Mich
George W. Noble
Hyanston
Harriet Lane
Illinois Miners Strike Drains Treasury By Half A Million
The Illinois United Mine Workers Treasury falls from 1,087,426.11 to 501,500.28 after a costly strike. Relief and aid costs tally 415,769.69 with a widow and orphans fund balance of 7,472.88. A Lincoln tree planted at his Springfield home was uprooted in a recent storm, with locals collecting relics.
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Tilinoia United Mine Workers’ Treasury
Illinois United Mine Workers
W. D. Ryan
Springfield
Illinois
James Radford
Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Wighth
Jackson Streets
Illinois Democrats Nominate Leaders at State Convention
Illinois Democrats gathered for a state convention selecting a new state committee led by Sullivan, with strong Bryan support and calls for his 1908 presidential bid. The assembly featured heated protests over Sullivan resignations while nominating John A. White and N L Piotrowski for treasurer and Caroline Grote for superintendent, and electing D R Cameron and John Cuneo as trustees with Clara Borland from Peoria on the ticket. The platform urged reform, attacked Roosevelt and the beef trust, and criticized the Deenen primary bill as bogus while praising civil service efforts.
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N. L. Piotrowski
Sueceesees Caroling
Grote
State Universty
D. BR
Cameron
Peoria
Illinois
Democrats
Roger
Sullivan
William J. Bryan
Chicago
Bryan
Jorn
Ittee
Stwete
John A. White
Peorld
Piotrowski
Cook County
Litte
Caroline Grote
Pike County
Cen
Ron Deneen
Hig
Locust Plague Ravages Hungarian Harvests
A Hungarian region near Abrecsin faces a massive locust outbreak, consuming 60 000 acres of crops. Desperate methods fail as locust swarms persist, even surviving fires and steam rollers while entering the River Theiss and leaving corn ruined and unpalatable. The crisis follows last year’s attempted eradication and endangers many farmers.
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Hungary
Ebrecsin
Twenty Thousand Men Sought to Harvest Western Wheat
Manitoba and Saskatchewan farmers face a record crop and a shortage of harvest labor. The Manitoba government estimates a need for at least 20 000 additional men to assist with wheat gathering, sourcing workers from older provinces and directing them to Winnipeg for distribution to grain centers. Strong nationwide demand for labor and a booming crop drive the effort.
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Canadian Northwest
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Winnipeg
Canada
Noncontiguous Trade Large Rises in Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico
Trade between the United States and noncontiguous territories totaled 119,304,511 for the year. Shipments to Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico rose about 20 percent, while Philippine shipments declined by about 750,000. Domestic gold from Alaska reached 12.5 million. foreign gold from Canada via Alaska amounted to 7.5 million.
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United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Philippine Islands
Hawaii
Alaska
Canadian
Deaths and injuries from Fourth of July celebrations
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports 158 deaths in the United States from the recent Fourth of July festivities. Tetanus caused 75 deaths as part of 5,808 total injuries, the highest in four years. Fireworks and giant firecrackers were major sources of harm, with specific losses including 22 blind, 72 one-eyed, 56 with limb injuries, and 227 finger injuries. Secretary of State Root spoke at the Pan American Congress in Rio de Janeiro urging peaceful cooperation and no territorial claims, noting the Hague congress would formalize a declaration barring colonization of the American continent.
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Medical Journal
United States
Journal of the American Medical Association
Root
Pan-American Congress
Rio de Janeiro
Latin America
the Hague
Governor Glenn Grants Militia Right to Fire on Mobs
Gov. Glenn of North Carolina issues an order to the state militia authorizing firing on mobs without local sheriff permission, a shift from former practice. He warns that any mob member is outside the law’s protection.
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Glenn
North Carolina
Utah women secure 800 acres for industrial farm
Through the efforts of Utah's women groups, 800 acres have been secured for an industrial farm benefiting children. The plan includes adopting the cottage system to organize child work and training.
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Utah
Women's Clubs of
Deneen Ticket Wins at State Republican Convention
The Illinois Republican convention nominated Smulski for state treasurer Blair for superintendent of public instruction and three university trustees. The 1582 delegates ratified a Deneen platform praising Roosevelt and Deneen, with Cannon endorsed for 1908 presidential run. The roll call produced Blair unanimous for state treasurer and a top four for university trustees, with Parker challenging before settling.
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John F. Salish
Chicago
Frank Q. Blair
Charleston
Coles County
Carria
Alexander
Belleville
Alexander McLain
Fred L. Hately
Spring Valley
K. L. Lehman
Mattoon
Springfeld
Deneen
Roy QO. West
State Central Committee
Smuleki
Blair
Walter A. Parker
le Grange
Parker
Springfield
Topher
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Bangs
Kimzey
Ed Seward
Edwards
Walter L. Parker
Hatch
McLain
Lehmann
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Knights of the Globe
Clarence Clark
Ilinois
Thomas Murphy
Olgin
Joliet
Otis Rudd
Kansas City
Rock Creek
Mayor Dunne
Petersburg
James 8
John I.’. Myers
Stella Everson
Margaret Wells
Central Insane Hospital
Jacksonville
Havana
Hoopeston
H. H. Barsalom
Momence
Piasa
Association
G. W. 8. Bell
William Griggs
John E. Griggs
Fraternal Tribunes
Wortham Brothers, Dry Goons Merchants of
Rockford
Illinois City
Roger Sullivan
William Jennings Bryan
Roger Bullivan
Roger ©. Sullivan
Armont
Committee
Governor's Friends Control Convention
Smulski
Cannon
Joe” Cannon
Berry
Cullom
Shurtleff
State Committee
Arville Fr. Berry
Tinney
Homer K. Galpin
E. D. Shurtleff
Roosevelt
Lorimer
Russell
Messick
Knopf
Russel
Busness
Oran
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