Alleged fugitive ex-legislator teaching in Washington school
Elbert Dickson once a legislator from the Fiftieth district, now a fugitive, was found teaching in a Vancouver area school. Arresting officers led away the man as students cried. He fled Illinois two years earlier after large cattle purchases and fraudulent checks totaling over forty thousand dollars. Police traced him to a rural Washington schoolhouse.
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Vorger
Washington
Elbert Dickson
Ilinois
Dickson
Vancouver
Wash
Wiftieth
Marion Aind
Goreville
Charge rail road paid jurors in suit over depot plan
The Supreme Court heard Chicago and North Western Railroad Co vs Chicago Mechanics Institute over the new Chicago depot. Mechanics Institute Charitable School won 44,444 damages in a year-old condemnation suit. A key point claims jurors were paid five dollars daily. county paid two, with three dollars said paid by the railroad. The case was taken under advisement.
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Northern
Mechanics’ Institute
Supreme Court
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company
Chicago Mechanics’ Institute
Chicago
Mechanics’ Institute Charitable School
Elgin Man Marries Chicago Widow to End Model Wife Search
Charles Grosse, 57, of Elgin, wed 43 year old Dora Rickert of Chicago after a two year quest for a “model wife.” He had proposed to about a score of Kigin widows, even near his late wife’s grave, before the ceremony at a friend’s home near the Cook county line.
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Charles Grouse
Charles Grosse
Elgin
Dora Rickert
Chicago
Grosse No
Grosse
Cook County
Jealous Husband Kills Wife and Man at Roadhouse
William Barnhart a young switchman at Chicago and Alton yards in Roadhouse killed his wife of three months then shot Carl Clapp in the City hotel barroom. Barnhart claims he found them together earlier, Clapp resisted, and Barnhart pursued and killed both before being taken to Carrollton to avert lynching.
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Roadhouse
William Barnhart
Chicago and
Alton
Carl Clapp
City Hotel
Barnhart
Clapp
Carrollton
Three Killed in Rend Mine Near Mount Vernon
Three shot firers John Donaho Will Murphy and George McMannen suffocated in a Rend mine explosion at Mount Vernon. The blast wrecked the tipple and air pump causing rescue to be impossible. Damages total about 40 000 dollars. A prior explosion at the same mine a month earlier killed three and caused 25 000 dollars in damage. The latest blast was blamed on a windy shot and gas released from a damaged sealed entry from the earlier blast.
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Coats
John Donaho
Will Murphy
George McMannen
Rend
Mount Vernon
Bold Crime in Rockford: Paymaster Robbed for $700
In view of fifty men two robbers attacked Albert Lawson paymaster of Nelson Knitting Company in Rockford, felled him, and stole envelopes totaling about 700 dollars. Lawson lies in Rockford hospital with a fractured skull. Police and a large posse hunt the highwaymen as no trace is found. Walter Tiffany, 18, indicted for railroad car burglaries in Harrisburg after confessing. Three hundred miners strike at Williamson county mines four miles north of Marion over powder quality.
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Payaater
STOO
Nelson Knitting Company
Rockford
Albert Lawson
Lawson
Harrisburg
Walter Tiffany
Princeton
Ind
Williamson County
Marion
Francis J. O'Reilly
Peoria
Spalding
Demerath
Nicholas J. Demerath
Kewanee
William Murphy
Charles Donohue
John MacManahan
William Stefford
Chicago and Alton
Bloomington County
Fairfield
W. B. Golden
Golden
Among Our Neighbors Surprises Across Illinois Headlines
A broad Chicago area roundup reports a mine fire at Zeigler and sealed air shafts, a deadly explosion near Marion, the sinking of City of Peoria at Peoria, burglaries in Johnston City, and clergy reshuffles. Also noted are a dramatic highway robbery near Rockford, a locomotive pilot inventor’s death, a quarantine in Kankakee, urban lighting transfer in Aurora, and a 1908 city health death rate record.
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Zeigler
Joseph Leiter
Heir to Million Estate Alleged by Alton Woman
Mrs. George M. McCollum of Alton claims a share in an $80,000,000 Wilmington Delaware estate tied to Baron Christopher Springer. Thirteen heirs seek control of the property after leases dated ninety-nine years ago expired January 1, 1908. McCollum, a candy store keeper, says attorneys expect her to receive a substantial share.
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Alton
George M. McCollum
Wilmington
Del
Christopher Springer
J. L. Springer
Delhi
Charles Meyers
Mount Olive
Edward Geason
Dallas
Texas
John and Lewis Pldridge
James Hoffman
Charleston
Illinois Coal Output Sets State Record In Fiscal Year
Illinois reports 49,272,452 tons of coal produced last fiscal year, up 1,473,831 from the prior year, with product value at 50,589,082 dollars. Mines decline to 922, with 407 shipping. accidental deaths reach 178 and injuries totaling 674. Average miners employed 48,751, with mining costs 59 cents per ton for hand work and 47 cents for mining.
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Illinois
State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Muldoon Installed as First Bishop of Rockford Diocese
In a grand ceremony at St James pro cathedral Archbishop Quigley installed Bishop P J Muldoon as the first bishop of the Rockford diocese. Hundreds of land women and diverse faiths attended as the bulls of Pope Pius X erected the new see and consecrated the new prelate. The event focused on ceremony more than liturgical rites.
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P. J. Muir
Quigley
Rockford
Church of St. James
Muldoon
Pius X
Counterfeiters Are Sentenced In Five Dollar Case
Five men including Edward Wheed Edward Westcott Gus Tav Bayer Harry Michaels and George Anderson pleaded guilty before District Judge Bethea in Chicago in the Wheed five dollar bill counterfeiting case. Leo Brown pleaded not guilty. Sentences ranged from three to ten years at Leavenworth Kansas. Women Go Hunting One Killed Mrs James Velue of Galesburg and her sister in law hunting fired at a rabbit miss hit. A gun loaded in the bush struck Mrs Velue in the breast she died within minutes. Miss Velue drove to a nearby house with the body. Condemned Man Must Hang The Supreme Court denied writs in the Frank Bryant case sentenced to hang for murder in Springfield. Burglary Visit Humboldt Six Humboldt shops robbed about $500 taken. bloodhounds from Decatur used. Alton Cleans Up Traffic Chicago and Alton moved over 100000 tons of freight in 24 hours setting a record. Willoughby to Build Canning Factory A P Willoughby of St. Louis plans a Keewanee factory to make canning machines. Cannery planned in Chicago area. No Race Death By Own Action Mr and Mrs T J Roberts near Alto Pass eligible for Roosevelt Anti Race Death By Own Action Club. Dr Glasce reports birth of their nineteenth child.
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Ida Velue
Galesburg
James Velue
W. H. Browning
Knox College
Homer Holman
Allenton
Warl Ladiger
Chicago
Aurora
Jefferson County
Edward Wheed
Edward Westcott
Gustav Bayer
Harry Michaels
George Anderson
Wheed
Bethea
Leo Brown
Leavenworth
Kan
T. J. Roberts
Near Alto Pass
Roosevelt
Farm Wealth Surges as 1908 Reports Show Big Totals
Secretary Wilson's annual figures place U S farm product value at 7 778 000 000 for 1908 with ten year wealth production over 60 000 000 000 Corn leads with 2 643 000 000 bushels worth 1 615 000 000 Other crops include wheat 620 000 000 oats 821 000 000 hay 621 000 000 and potatoes 190 000 000 Exports reach 1 917 000 000 while imports fall 87 000 000 Co operation among farmers grows with 6 100 000 farms represented Meat products inspected total nearly 6 000 000 000 pounds with 45 344 206 pounds condemned after reinspection
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Wilson
James Wilson
Cortelyou
Rockefeller
Morgan
United States
Record Exports Reach New 1908 High in U S Manufacturing
U S exports of manufactured goods in fiscal 1908 set a record totaling about 750 million dollars, with Europe absorbing 368 million and iron and steel forming major shares. North America received 189 million, Asia 72 million, Oceanica 40 million, Africa 10 million, and South America 72 million, led by iron, steel, and refined mineral oils.
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Bureau of Statistics
Europe
North America
South America
Asia
Oceanica
Africa
Powderly Declares Bread Line Men Mostly Bums
Terence Powderly, former Knights of Labor leader and labor agent, spent hours in a New York bread line in hobo disguise and interviewing others. He concluded that most men in the line would not work if given the chance, with many false tales of former bankers and brokers.
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Powderly
New York City
Terence V. Powderly
Knights of Labor
Broadway
Washington
Mr. Powderly
Russian Duma Defers Battleship Budget Amid Reform Push
The Russian duma committee on national defense votes to withhold 1908 battleship appropriations until naval ministry reforms are completed. Funding will be provided for torpedo boats and related vessels instead, signaling a shift in naval priorities.
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St. Petersburg
Alexieff
Marine Dikoff
H. E. Hansen
United States Department of Agriculture
Central Asia
House of Commons
Ireland Birrell
George Wyndlam
Frank Oliver
British Columbia
Committee On National Defense
Duma
Naval Ministry
Philadelphia doctor tests typhoid vaccine on four people
Dr Harlan Shoemaker of Method ist hospital inoculated himself and three others with antityphoid serum in the first such experiment in the country. Reactions were satisfactory with fever and pain lasting four days. City authorities hope mass vaccination will ward off the epidemic threatening Philadelphia, as in yellow fever campaigns.
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Harlan Shoemaker
Methodist Hospital
Philadelphia
Shoemaker
The Presidential Vote and Roosevelt Africa Trip Rumor
Summary of the last national election shows Taft 7,087,676 Bryan 6,893,182 Debs 447,051 Chafin 241,252 Hisgen 88,186 Watson 33,871 Gilhaus 15,421 total 14,852,239. The Bryan gain over Parker totals 1,315,211 as the largest party vote difference. A London hunter estimates Roosevelt’s Africa trip at 12,600 for four months for five people with outfits, porters, maters, and other expenses. Rail price history reveals 1876 price-fix boards and Temple Iron ties to rail executives, contested in the Philadelphia suit.
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Historic milestones from 1672 to 1907 through yearly notes
Chronological summary lists events and figures from 1672 through 1907 noting origins, political shifts, discoveries, and international actions. Entries include legislative milestones, statehood, battles, fires, inventions, explorations, and notable honors. The list spans America, Europe, and global developments across two centuries.
Minnesota colleges host annual social science convention
Justice C B Elliott opened the second Minnesota Academy of Social Sciences session at the University of Minnesota with addresses by Judge Brown Attorney General Young and Prof Pletcher. Minnesota pride grows as Carlisle defeats Nebraska 37 to 6 and Minnesota 11 to 6, with livestock show exhibits from several agricultural colleges and a $5000 J Ogden Armour scholarship contest at Chicago judged by a farmer’s son from Manhattan Kansas.
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State Supreme Court
Minnesota Academy of Social Sciences
University of Minnesota
Co. L. Brown
E. T Young
H. J. Pletcher
Law School
Minnesota
Nebraska
Carlisle
St. Louis
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