Wealth At Higher Figure State Board Raises Taxable Property Value
The State Board of Equalization raised the assessed valuation of taxable property to 1,261,045,437, with actual state value five times that amount at 6,805,217,185. Lands total 802,520,782. lots 501,711,180. personal property 245,067,647. capital stock of corporations 17,000,000. railroads 104,743,848. grand total 1,261,043,487. An overall gain of 9,060,181 since 1907, with increases in all categories except personal property. Capital stock and railroads rise about 6,000,000 and 2,000,000 respectively. Eight years ago Chicago teachers pressed for higher franchise stock assessments. now capital stock stands at 17,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Equalization
Whdene
Ceca Veesnas
Chicago
Removal Rouses Boys' School Protest Rises
Employes and friends of Fred Ward at St. Charles Home for Boys protest his removal. Mrs Reaney on school board reportedly investigated Ward over his conduct before dismissal. Ward cites his wife's illness requiring meals in their apartment. F Br Driscoll named new assistant superintendent with prior Minnesota state institution ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ward
St. Charles
Ward
Reaney
School Board of Trustees
F. BR. Driscoll
Minnesota
Runaway Horse Kills Girl at Burlington Station
Miss Grace Brewin of Streator was killed by a runaway horse in front of the Burlington and Quincy passenger station. Her hostess Mrs. John Knorr was injured but expected to recover. Grace, 20, was to be married on Thanksgiving day. A separate note reports a preacher admitting drinking and a Bloomington case tied to the Harriet Beecher Stowe institute for dependent colored children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Brewin
Streator
Grace Brewis
Aurora
Burlington and Quincy
John Knorr
George Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe Institute
Bloomington
Brown
Dynamite at Cherry Valley Postoffice Sparks Stamp Theft
Robbers blew open the Cherry Valley postoffice safe and stole stamps worth 50 dollars. A separate blast damaged Jordan Bros meat market, netting 25 dollars. The post office receipts were already sent to Chicago the prior evening. This marks the sixth time the post office safe has been blown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Valley
Jordan Bros
Chicago
Illinois in Brief Dispatches Fire and Accidents Across State
Fire damaged offices on Fifth Street Springfield causing about 15000 dollars in losses. Miner John Underwood at Harrisburg badly crushed by coal fall requiring amputation. A Decatur boy confessed arson in two barn fires with 1475 dollars damage. Gov Deneen opened Illinois corn exposition in Springfield with talks by Professors Davenport and Hopkins. Rock Island Star Block fire caused 75000 dollars damage. Wilmette new Methodist church cornerstone laid at Lake and Wilmette avenues costing 20000 dollars. Sterling dealer J W Herns reports Jesus instructing sale of 40000 dollar stock to become evangelist. Springfield offices of Pyle company Brinkerhoff US Express Rokker Printing damaged 15000 dollars. Peoria County jury values eye at 10000 dollars after injury at boiler works. Champaign football game leads to arrest of couple for leaving baby alone. Hoopeston horticultural society elects officers. Illinois Masonic home inmate dies by self immolation. Illinois militia ammunition allowances ranked, guard Illinois 37254 dollars. Wabash grand jury indicts Lib Lucas and son for 1906 Clyde Showalter murder. Bloomington Harriet Beecher Stowe Institute inmates sent to poor farm. Bloomington judge offers George Brown pledge option for sobriety. Illinois Odd Fellows elect officers. Peoria captain and a man desertion case linked to Fort Douglas. Appellate Court voids stock transfer by by law restraint. Bloomington air compressor explosion injures worker and damages building. Mount Vernon plant burn causes 16000 dollar loss. Two fires total about 30000 dollars.
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Fifth Street
Springfield
John Underwood
No. 3
Harrisburg
Decatur
Lester Chandler
W. M. Chandler
Gov. Deneen
Davenport
Cyril G. Hopkins
Champaign
Rock Island
New Methodist
Wilmette
Lake and
Wilmette Avenues
J. WH. Aherns
Sterling
Jesus
Dr. Pyle Company
Brinkerhoff & Co
United States Express Company
Peoria
George Martin
Bloomington
James Powers
University of Illinois
Central Illinois Horticultural Sciety
Hoopeston
A. M. Augustine
Normal
A. V. Schermerhorn
Kinmundy
J. B. Burrows
C. G. Winn
Griggsville
EB. A. Crozier
Illinois Masonic
Sullivan
Washington
Illinois National Guard
New York
Pennsylvania
Wabash County
P. A. Pearce
Lib Lucas
Jesse
Clyde Showalter
Illinois
Harriet Beecher Stowe Institute
McLean County
Geo. Brown
Russell
Grand Lodge of Illinois
Odd Fellows
William M. Groves
Petersburg
P. P. Saylor
James Ewing Davis
Chicago
John H. Sikes
Thomas D. Needles
Nashville
Owen Scott
L. B. Boston
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
George Ryan
Fort Douglas
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ryan
Appellate Court
Third District
William Finch
D Jr
Macoupian Telegraph and Telephone Company
Chicago and Alton
Paul Rowland
W. A. Coats & Bro
Mount Vernon
Coats
Murder mystery grips Springfield as Gilliland dies
Edward Gilliland, 26, of Xenia, died after a skull fracture eight days after being found unconscious on East Madison Street. His uncle, Edward Gilliland of Pawnee, swore warrants charging James Carver, ex Springfield police officer, and George Wilkin with murder. They are held without bail amid a fight over a large missing sum of money.
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Edward Gilliland
Geta
Xenia
East Madison Street
Springfield
Pawnee
James Carver
George Wilkin
Gilliland
Two Tornadoes Sweep Western Arkansas Towns
Two tornadoes struck western Arkansas late Monday, killing and injuring many. Regions hit include Lafayette, Columbia, Miller, Pike, Howard, Hempstead, Montgomery, Yell, Pope, Johnson, Franklin, and Carroll counties with Piney near Tron Mountain railroad hardest hit. Estimates place dead at nine to twenty and property damage in the hundreds of thousands. Cravens and Berryville reports fix fatalities among a farmer family and local injuries. Rosin family deaths are confirmed.
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Arkansas
Lafayette
Columbia
Miller
Pike
Howard
Hempstead
Montgomery
Yell
Pope
Johnon
Franklin
Carroll
Piney
Tron Mountain
Knoxville
London
Berryville
Ravens
Cravens
John Rosin
Fierce fire sweeps Crab Orchard village
A devastating morning blaze in Crab Orchard destroyed the Murphy general store and residence, the post office, Fowler drug store storage, and several other buildings. The Murphy family escaped from second story windows as flames gutted multiple structures, with bystanders preventing further loss.
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Crab Orchard
C. A. Murphy
Fowler Drug Store
Murphy
Man shoots two at Boulder homes in alleged killings
Allie Alton, 25, allegedly wounded John S. Wde wards, 50, and George Walker, 35, at their Boulder area homes. Both men are in critical condition. Alton told authorities he aimed to kill five but succeeded with two. He previously lived in an asylum and had a falling out with Walker in a lawsuit.
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Allie Alton
John S. Wdewards
George Walker
Boulder
Alton
Walker
Edwards
Raymer Acquitted Again in Springfield Riot Case
After four hours of deliberation the jury found Abe Raymer not guilty on a charge of malicious destruction of property tied to the Springfield race riots. Witnesses saw him throw a brick into Lopez's restaurant, and he had previously been acquitted in a murder tied to the Donnigan lynching. The grand jury had 117 indictments with no convictions so far.
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Springfeld
Jary
Abe Raymer
Springfield
Raymer
Lopez
W. K. Donnigan
Aged Sparta Woman Dies Feeding Bonfire
Mrs. Mathew McClurken, 72, a renowned Sparta resident, was burned to death when she fed a backyard bonfire as paralysis struck her. Her body was found an hour later by housekeeper Mrs. Ryan. Miss Mamie McClurken, her eldest daughter visiting from New York, started the fire to dispose of rubbish and then went inside.
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Sparta
Mathew McClurken
Ryan
Mamie McClurken
New York
Illinois canvass out official figures on president and governor
The Illinois canvassing board at Springfield released official results from the recent election. President Taft led with 629,932 votes, followed by Bryan 450,810 and Debs 39,711. Governor Deneen led with 550,176, Stevenson 526,912, and Brower 31,293. The report notes varied minor candidates and totals. The report also covers corn crop prospects and local weather impacts on winter wheat.
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Springfield
Taft
Bryan
Chafin
Debs
Gilhaus
Hisgen
Turney
Watson
Deneen
Stevenson
Sheen
Brower
Jennings
McCashrin
Fooled Uncle Sam and Creek allotment windfall
The Creek Indians allegedly maneuvered Congress into a $7 million gain through land allotments and newborns added to tribal rolls. With 20,000 Creeks, every member may receive roughly $350, pending final winter settlements by Interior officials.
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Congress
Department of the Interior
Commissioners of the
Five Tribes
Secretary of the Interior
Gatun Dam Sinking Amid Heavy Panama Rainfall
Heavy rain in the past three weeks undermines the Gatun dam crest causing subsidence of earth. Officials monitor the structure for stability as water management and flood risk are reassessed. Local authorities warn residents downstream to stay alert for possible releases or emergency actions.
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Gatun Dam
Destruction Reported in Barr and Surrounding Areas
A dispatch from Knoxville confirms damage near the Village of Barr four miles away. In the Mulberry vicinity five persons are said to have been killed. At Lodi the Methodist church and several other buildings were destroyed. L. G. Holt and wife, an aged couple, were injured.
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L. G. Holt
Knoxville
Barr
Mulberry
Lodi
RNCS Politicians and Postmaster Removal in Seattle
The President removed George M. Stewart from his post as Seattle postmaster for soliciting campaign contributions. Elections favored Blu Root as United States Senator to succeed Platt. Republicans retain control of Congress, with shifts in the House and Speakership contests noted. The piece cites regional results and party battles, including Nebraska, Iowa, and North Dakota outcomes, and remarks from President Gompers on labor influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Stewart
Seattle
Wash
Blu Root
United States
Platt
Union League Club
New York
Congress
Cannon
Nebraska
Iowa
Republica
Hepburn
D. Jamison
Overstreet
Indiana
McCreary
Pennsylvania
Charles Landis
North Dakota
Gompers
Panama Canal Dam Settles Further Under Heavy Embankment
The Panama project reports the Chagres river dam extended from fifty to eight hundred feet in length. Settlements persist due to the heavy embankment weight. Gatun area shows more slide activity as rains flood the Culebra cut, with railroad tracks inundated for miles.
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Panama
Chagres River
Gatun
Culebra
Automatic Train Protection Tested by Interstate Commission
P. J. Simmen of Los Angeles has invented an automatic train protection system to prevent collisions. In operation on a Santa Fe trial section in Southern California, it records enter and leave times in blocks, signals engineers to stop or proceed, and interlocks switches to prevent unsafe signals. A train, broken rail, or open switch triggers an automatic danger signal, stopping the engineer if he does not comply within about a thousand feet. the system records the danger event, and an official test is planned by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Simmen
Los Angeles
Santa Fe
California
Interstate Commerce Commission
Comic Supplement Passing and Policy Shift at Boston Thurard
The Boston Thurard abandons its comic supplement in Sunday issues. An editorial explains that a great newspaper no longer needs a clown and that the supplement is no longer comic. It claims the section is vulgar, tawdry, lacking art, and filled with low ideas.
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Boston Thurard
Trade recovery shown in Chicago markets says Weekly Review
The Weekly Review of Chicago Trade notes a clear recovery across commerce with rising bank payments, shrinking defaults, fewer idle workers, and growing rail traffic. It cites ample money, stronger investment, and improving conditions in production, distribution, and wholesale order books while noting weather restricting winter sales and slower cotton trade in the South. Bank clearings rose 35.4 percent versus 1907, and failures in Chicago numbered 18 for the week ending Nov 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Review of
Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
Wall Street
Gary
Pullman
Pittsburg
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Chicago and National Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Market listings show prices across cities like Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and Tacoma for cattle hogs sheep and lambs as well as grains and dairy. Notable ranges include Chicago cattle 4.00 to 7.90 hogs 4.00 to 6.25 wheat 1.04 to 1.08 corn 0.62 to 0.68 oats 0.48 to 0.49 rye 0.78 to 0.84 hay 8.00 to 13.50 butter 0.27 to 0.30 eggs 0.27 to 0.29 potatoes 0.62 to 0.70 per bushel.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Ste. St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
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Illinois News
Rouses Boys’ School
William Elwell, Jr
Upper Alton
Elwell
Short Jeff College
Jerseyville
Kerens Donnewald
Edwardsville
East St. Louis
Lee Kindig
C. ©. Drake
Ridgeville
J. Je] Grubb
Centralia
Sam Wilson
Anton Schoenberger
Yates City
Benton Coal Company
Thomas Wilkinson
Havoc
Cora Squire
Central
Uncle Sam
Kaiser
Baltimore Sun
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