Washington Subpoenas Smith in sugar trust inquiry
The Hardwick committee at Washington issues a subpoena for Joseph F. Smith to testify about the Mormon church's affiliation with the sugar trust. The Senate investigates Lorimer bribery. counsel appointments include John Marble and John J. Healy. Democrats pivot to tariff as main legislative aim.
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Hardwick Sugar Investigating Committee
Washington
Joseph F. Smith
Mormon Church
The
Sugar Trust
John Marble
Washington, D. C
John J. Healy
Chicago
United States Senate
Lorimer
Fred N. Webber
Waterway bill passes Senate after long session
The Johnson deep waterway bill sailed through the Illinois Senate by a 30 to 7 vote after over seven hours of debate. A late compromise amendment failed on a tie due to Senator McElwain’s absence, blocking changes to make the measure merely a power site project. Amendments set minimum nine foot depth, authorize property condemnation, and outline federal cooperation and U S involvement from Lockport to Utica. Attorney General Stead warned the questions in a resolution require clearer language and longer study before opinion.
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McElwain
Johnson
Yeas
Chiperfield
Shanahan
Senate
House
Commission
United States
Lockport
Utica
Illinois River
General Assembly
Illinois
Board of Commissioners
Desplaines
Sanitary District
Chicago
Waterway Board
Illinois State Fair Tract Not Expanded
The judiciary committee of the state board of agriculture recommends no enlargement of the Illinois state fair grounds north of the city. The panel reviewed eighty acres proposed for addition to determine necessity, and the board is expected to adopt the plan.
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Judiciary Committee
State Board of Agriculture
New Illinois Corporations Formed Under Secretary Rose
The Ravinia company of Highland Park with capital 5000 engages in general theatrical and amusement park business. Incorporators are Percy B Eckhart Thomas G Deering and William M Klein. The Lutheran Education Society of Chicago and vicinity in Chicago aims to promote higher education. Incorporators are Theodore H Lamprecht Charles H Zuttermeister William Schlake and Gustavus J Tatge.
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Ravinia Company
Highland Park
General
Percy B. Eckhart
Thomas G. Deering
William m. Klein
Lutheran Education Society of Chicago and Vicinity
Chicago
Theodore H. Lamprecht
Charles H. Zuttermeister
William Schlake
Gustavus J. Tatge
Sixty Senators Back Reciprocity as Vote Seen Soon
Washington report from Senator Penrose and President Taft confirms a canvass showing sixty senators in favor of Canadian reciprocity and predicts a vote date within two weeks. Root amendment expected to be defeated. list of proponents and opponents totals 25 for, 51 against, with 13 noncommittal and 2 absent.
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Washington
Penrose
Senate Finance
Taft
Senate
Bailey
Clarke
Wyoming
Crane
Dillingham
Dixon
Dupont
Frye
Gallinger
Grenna
Heyburn
Johnson
Jones
la Follette
Lodge
Lorimer
McCumber
Martin
Nelson
Oliver
Root
Simmons
Smith
Michigan
Smoot
Sutherland
Warren
Bacon
Borah
Bradley
Brandege
Briggs
Brown
Bryan
Burnham
Burton
Chamberlain
Chilton
Crawford
Culberson
Cullom
Cummins
Davis
Fletcher
Gamble
Gore
Guggenheim
Hitchcock
Johnston
Kenyon
Kern
Lea
McLean
Martine
Myers
Nixon
O’gorman
Overland
Owen
Percy
Perkins
Poindexter
Pomerene
Rayner
Reed
Richardson
Shively
South Carolina
Stephenson
Stone
Swanson
Taylor
Terrell
Townsend
Watson
Williams
Works
Bankhead
Bourne
Bristow
Clapp
Clark
Arkansas
Curtis
Foster
Sugar Deal Nets $500000 for Oxnard Bros in 1887
Henry T. Oxnard testifies before the sugar trust inquiry that Oxnard Bros. earned half a million dollars overnight by placing their Brooklyn sugar refinery into the 1887 trust. They sold trust certificates two years later for 750000, with the Brooklyn plant valued at 200000 though capitalized at 100000.
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Washington
Oxnard Bros
Brooklyn
Sugar “Trust
Henry T. Oxnard
American Beet Sugar Company
House “Sugar Trust
Oxnards
Mr. Oxnard
Wireless aids 200 bankers rescue on Great Lakes
Two hundred Michigan Bankers Association members traveling from Detroit aboard the Western States were transferred to the City of Cleveland after Western States disabled mid lake by a burst cylinder. Wireless telegraphy enabled rapid rescue, a first for Great Lakes service.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Michigan Bankers’ Association
Detroit
City of Cleveland
Midlake
Great Lakes
Western States
Senate Plans Big Postal Probe
Washington report: The Senate passed the Bourne resolution authorizing an inquiry into the U S postal system to determine necessary changes and consider the possible establishment of a parcels post.
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Senate
Washington
United States
Bank closes in Macon Missouri under state control
The state banking department assumed control of Citizens' Bank of Macon Missouri with a capital of 40000 dollars. The action followed financial difficulties prompting the state agency to take charge in Jefferson City Missouri.
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Jefferson City
State Banking Department
Citizens’ Bank of
Macon
Munyon’s Paw Paw Pills Offer Free Trial Package
A free trial of Munyon's Paw Paw Pills is offered to readers on re west with mail in care of Professor Munyon of Philadelphia. The ad claims the pills gently stimulate the liver, avoid harsh laxatives, and improve digestion, blood, and complexion, urging constipation as a root of many ailments.
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Munyon
Re West
63D
Tettareca Sts
Philadelphia
Professor Munyon
Unclear Fragment Highlights Persuasion and Phrases
Fragmentary text cites relationship strain over dress color and dismissive remarks on charity. Mentions Dr. Pierce's Pellets for constipation and a claim about purity. References Meriwether Edwards in Clarksville Tennessee in a disjointed ad-like line.
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Wisconsin
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Knox
Hamlin
State Department
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Elihu Root
Rosenthal
John Hay
International Paper Company
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International Company
H. O. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
E. E. Atkins
Sherman
Jeannette Stewart-Ford
Cincinnati
Edgar S. Cooke
Big Four Railroad
Cooke
Maine
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
New York
Russell Sage
Bishop Potter
W. E. D. Stokes
Ansonia Hotel
Lang Branch
John E. Ferris
Ferris i
William L
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Middlebrook
Bound Brook
N. J
George Washington
John L. Lowry
Paducah
Hamlettsburg
Ill
Illinois State Senate
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Mexico
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Cleveland
International Seamen’s Union
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Barbara
New Orleans
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Nellie Tryer
General Baking Company
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William Wimberly
Savannah
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Joliet
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Edgar 8. Cooke
Missouri
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley
North Dakota
E. H. Stokes
E. C. Stokes
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Millville
Europe
George E. Matthews
J.N. Matthews Company
Buffalo Express
Feltonwood
Grand Island
David T. Denmead
First National Bank of
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Harrison A. Allyn
Connecticut College For Women
Trieste
Austria
Adriatic Ocean
Subcommittee
Springfield
Funk
Gray
Hay
Hurburgh
Lish
McElvain
Magill
Potter
Telford
Hearn
Madigan
Manny
O’conor
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Barr
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Chamberlin
Cornwell
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Ettleson
Juul
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MacLean
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Denver
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Glackin
Gorman
Davies
Florence Kelley
Kelley
Consumers’ League of New York
State Fair
New Illinois Corporations
Lake Erie
Munyon’s Laboratory
53D & Jefferson Sts
Meriwether & Edwards
Clarksville
Tenn
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Allen
Augusta
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Palm Beach
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Carter
Ari
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