Poison Mystery in Clinton Iran Clinton Woman and Bride Arrested
Illinois State News reports a sensational Clinton case as Frederick A. Magill and his new bride are arrested in San Diego on charges of poisoning Magill’s first wife. State’s Attorney Miller procured requisition papers to bring them back for questioning amid strong public pressure. The piece also notes various Illinois incidents, deaths, and local events from other towns.
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San Diego
Arthur’ Miller
Horr
I. A. Campbell
Clinton
Springfield
Frederick A. Mavill
San Tiezo
Cal
Magill
Marguerite
Denver
Fay Graham
Miller
George Merwin
Illinois militia reorganized under new three brigade plan
Major General Thomas W. Scott issues orders reorganizing the Illinois National Guard. Three brigades are formed with Brigadier Generals Foster Young and Wells in command. James B. Stuart retires as aging officer. Chicago First and Second regiments join Second Brigade under Gen Young with cavalry, artillery, and signal corps added. Fourth Brigade ceases to exist.
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Stuart
Illinois National Guard
Thos. W. Scott
Springfield
D. Jack Foster
Edward C. Young
Signal Corps
Frank P. Wells
James B. Stuart
Second Infantry
Decatur
Fifth Infantry
Gov
Demeen
Poster
Seventh Infantry
Col. Eee
Rst.ade
Foster
Chicago
Young
Cavalry
Artillery
Bridgeport Oil Tank Fire Sparks Large Blaze Dammed by Town
In Bridgeport a lightning strike ignited two 37 000 barrel tanks at a west refinery. The blast set off fifteen 250 barrel tanks, flames rose 500 feet, and residents built dykes to contain the blaze. Damage estimated at 150 000 dollars, with efforts by every local and nearby farmer to save homes.
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Bridgeport
Woman Slain by Black Hand in Sterling Home
Mrs Cinancita Genetti, a young Italian woman of Sterling, was found dead in her bedroom with a bullet wound to the heart. Police find no motive or struggle, suggesting Black Hand involvement. authorities doubt robbery or personal vendetta, neighbors heard nothing, no suspect evident.
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Cinancita Genetti
Sterling
Black Hand Association
Italy
Man and Wife to Jail for Forgery Ring
An Indiana couple, George Hyland and his wife from Elkhart, were brought to Joliet by Sheriff Hohm of DeKalb county. They are under indeterminate sentences for forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses. Sentences run concurrently and expect to be released together. The Hylands, who shackled together, conducted extensive forgeries in DeKalb county and secured several hundred dollars. they offered no defense, pleading guilty.
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Dwight Haven
Middle West
New Lenox
New York
Will County
Lexington
Mr. Hagen
Ethan Allen
Carmi Elty Calaboose
Charles Carroll
C. A. Wilson
Timothy Shea
B. A. Ball
A. P. Kelly
Asa Dillon
W. H. Torticil
Kewanee
Kewanee. the Lines Were Pulled From Mr. Torticil
Warren Goff
Chicago
Presbyterian Church
Manteno
M. C. Brasher
Charles Williams
Lulu Williams
Circuit Court
Cairo
Butler
Charles
Brewster Lake
Missouri
Herman Mackueais
In Gastrocera
Indiana
Illinois
Joliet
Hohm
DeKalb County
George Hyland
Elkhart
Ind
Hylands
Gality
Aurora saloon charged with Sunday law violations
Rev W A Matthews of Park Place Baptist church in Aurora swore warrants for the arrest of the Aurora Senate saloon proprietors for violating city ordinances and state laws. He inspected the saloon after hearing voices and found about a dozen men drinking at the bar during a Sunday opening.
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Aurora
W. A. Matthews
Park Place
Aurora Senate
Matthews
Senate
State Labor Bureau appeals for accident reports
Secretary David Ross of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics has mailed a circular to employers statewide. It highlights a law from the last General Assembly requiring reports on all accidents. The circular includes the law text and aims to aid drafting of an industrial insurance statute. previously only coal mine accidents were reported.
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Bureau of Labor
Lew
David Ross
State
Bureau of Labor Statistics
General Assembly
State board denies pardons in wife murder and kin killing cases
The State Board of Pardons refused pardons for many prisoners. Merritt Chism of Bloomington, convicted of murdering his wife, was not granted a pardon. Willie Kent, jailed for killing his brother near Carlinville after a dispute over property, also had a pardon denied. Kent comes from a wealthy Macoupin County family and shot his brother on a Chicago and Alton train.
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Drother
State Board of Pardons
Merritt Chism
Bloomington
Willie Kent
Carlinville
Macoupin County
Chicago and Alton
Miner ends spree after fatal shooting at Gints station
Deei Miner killed Joseph Pilkerton 28 and seriously wounded Michael Lepore near Gints station, a coal region. He fled into dense woods a half mile away, then killed himself. Earlier he threatened Caspar Tentz and Thomas Stinson in his home area.
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Deei
Joseph Pilkerton
Michael Lepore
Gints Station
Mar
Pilkerton
Lepere Brokavinwitch
Caspar Tentz
Thomas Stinson
Dispute Over Crow Bounty Fees Settled by Attorney General
Attorney General Stead ruled that town clerks may not be paid by towns for issuing certificates for crow bounty heads and eggs, but may charge 10 cents to each applicant. The ruling also applies to the groundhog bounty act, clarifying fee collection and lack of town payment for the certificate service.
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Stead
East Moline Stops Cars Over Franchise Clash
Mayor Johnson halted the Moline Rock Island andastern Interurban Company trains after failed talks on a franchise ordinance. The firm offered 10,000 dollars bonus and 25 miles of track in five years, while the city demanded street lighting and a franchise forfeiture for not extending. Stoppage could force factory closures.
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Traction Company
Johnson
East Moline
Moline, Rock Island and Astern Interurban
Bouncing Baby Born Named for Mayor Busse in Chicago
A baby in Chicago weighing eighteen and a half pounds is touted as the biggest infant born in the city and will be named Fred Busse Ross after Mayor Busse. The child, son of Harry Ross of 18 Halsted Street, is expected to pursue a notable life akin to Grover Cleveland and Taft, and stands nearly two feet tall.
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Chicago
Fred Busse
Ross
Harry Ross
Halsted Street
Busse
Grover Cleveland
Taft
BILLEK TO HANG FOR ARSENICAL MURDER IN CHICAGO
A jury in Judge Barnes court in Chicago found Merman Billex guilty of murder by arsenical poisoning. He faces the death penalty. The Vraal family lost four members to poisoning prior to the verdict. Edna Bil lek, nine, cried out as the verdict was read and Mrs. Bil lek fainted. The history notes Martin Vrzal was a milk vender.
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Merman
Billek
Edna Billek
Emperor of Korea Abdicates After Elders Conference
The Emperor of Korea formally abdicated after a long conference with elder statesmen. Following an all night session, the cabinet urged appointment of an emperor regent and a personal apology to the Emperor of Japan for sending a delegation to the Ta gue peace conference to protest Japan. The plan aimed to avert the emperor's forcible dethronement.
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Korea
Toko
Japan
Tague
William January Freed From Kansas Prison
William January alias Charles W. Anderson is released from a Kansas prison after a petition with fifty thousand signatures to President Roosevelt three months earlier urged clemency. The Missouri man’s case drew national attention as a Jean Valjean like release.
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Missouri
Jean Valjean
Kansas
William January
Charles W. Anderson
Roosevelt
Tragic Arsenic Tale Ties Prisoner’s Pardoned Return
A Kansas City man nicknamed January is linked to a family poisoning spree beginning with Vrzal in 1904, where a spell and white potion preceded his illness and death. The arson of several relatives followed, culminating in Mary Vizal’s death in 1906. Convicted criminal January, an ex-convict with a copycat Valjean arc, was pardoned by President Roosevelt after public petitions and lawyer appeals. January plans to reclaim citizenship and possibly restore his name to protect his wife and child.
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West 19Th Street
Billek
Vraal
Vrzal
Donosky
Mary Vizal
Anderson
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Washington
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Bankers Charge Express Firms With Unlawful Encroachment
The American Bankers Association accuses U S express companies before the Commerce Commission of unjustly and illegally encroaching on bankers’ legitimate field and using influence as common carriers to discriminate against bankers. The bankers say this departs from the express companies’ charter purposes.
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Express Companies
United States
Commerce Commission
American Bankers’ Association
Bankers’ Association
Record Shipbuilding Year in United States
Government reports show 1,463 vessels built in the last fiscal year totaling 510,865 gross tons. This record surpasses any prior year for half a century, with schooner construction declining and steamers rising as auxiliary power widens.
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United States
Bet Sds
Icehouse and machinery burn in New England disaster
A massive blaze at Bouth wick Maas destroyed the largest icehouse in New England with 75 000 tons of ice, extensive machinery, and forty box cars. Estimated damage reaches 200 000 dollars. The Spanish chamber of deputies passed a reform law shaping electoral changes that had previously caused liberal deputies to abstain.
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New England
Bouthwick
Maas
Chamber of Deputies
Trade Review Shows Steady Business Amid Heatwave Markets
Amid scorching heat, trade remains steady with mercantile discounts active and banks prepared to meet legitimate needs while crops drain looms ahead. Dry goods boots clothing and furnishings show strong demand as grain and livestock movements rise, bank clearings reach 237.7 million, and regional failures fall year over year per Dun's Review of Trade.
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Chicago
Dun’s Review of Trade
New York Weather and Trade Quiet Amid Seasonal Slump
Bradstreet's note reports seasonable weather aiding travel and crops with ordinary wholesale quiet. Tail trade improves with collections steady, wool firm, large sales scarce, shoes/leather steady. Iron and steel softening, copper down with stockpiles rising. cotton goods production high but demand unmet. US weekly business failures July 18 total 177, Canada 26.
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United States
Bradstreet
Nations Markets Digest Wheat Corn and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Market bulletins list cattle hogs and sheep prices for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Grains show No 2 wheat 86c to 98c No 2 corn 52c to 58c oats 42c to 47c rye 79c to 88c and mixed notes on butter eggs and seeds.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Germany Ship Sends 20 Million Feathers for Millinery
President Henry Hopkins of Williams College will retire. Prof. Harry A. Garfield of Princeton, son of the late President Garfield, is chosen to succeed him.
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Germany
Stone
London
Henry Hopkins
Williams College
Harry A. Garfield
Princeton
Garfield
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Illinois State News
Erie
Charles Trateliffe
Melvin
I. Lubnenck
Edward Bergan
Ilinois
Peoria
Big Muddy
Herrin
Rockey Peeria
Walter Humphrey
Moneaqua
Jacksonville
Thornton Davis
John Faulkner
Granite City
George Rigdon
Knoxville
Herschel Poor
Jerseyville
Marshall Franks
Wabash
Maunie
Otto Hartwig
William A. Sunday
Gibson City
Fred Weir
Superior Brown Bray
Hawthorne Township
Bray
Young Weir
Millers Park
Hiram Bigelow
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit
Mount Vernon
Kewanean
Ella Yates
Carmi
State Board
Bartowville
Frederick H. Smith
Allinoie General Hospital
Deneer
M. Wayne
Mary Vraal
Martin Vrzal
Ilv
Emperor
William
Gerinany Biluam
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Victor Hugo
Cago
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