Illinois Signs New Laws Aimed at Bureaucracy and Safety
Governor De Neen approves three Senate and twenty one House bills in a session marked by errors and corrections. Highlights include pawnbroker pledge holds for one year, a $5000 appropriation for a fire insurance rates study, new police powers for railroad and steamboat conductors, a defense exception for embezzlement linked fraternal officers, Circuit Court clerks’ per diem set at six dollars, and a white slave act making detaining a woman for debt a felony.
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Nic
Senate
Deneen
University of Illinois At Urbana
House
General Assembly
Thieves Sought After Hegewisch Post Office Safe Blown
Two men believed from Chicago robbed the Hegewisch post office early morning, blowing the safe and escaping with stamps and about four dollars. Police officer Gavin spotted them fleeing. they fired and a pursuit followed, ending in their escape. Suspects described as tall man in black suit and derby, and a medium man in white hat and dark clothes.
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Hegewisch
Gavin
Chicago
Gary Man SLAIN IN FEUD FATAL KILLING OF VILLAGE MARSHAL
A Gary political feud ends in the death of Village Marshal Patrick Crowley who was shot while transporting suspect Lenzi. Lenzi, an ex mayor linked to the feud, escaped as the crowd dispersed. La Grange Marshal Frank Rau arrived an hour later. no witness could confirm the shooter.
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Illinois
Renault
Gary
Modesta Lenzi
Patrick Crowley
Crowley
Lenzi
Editor Charges Death Plot In Rival Feud
Rock Island publisher John Looney swore out a war warrant against Tri-City Morning Journal owner W. W. Wilmerton alleging a recent ambush. Wilmerton claims alibi and a conspiracy. A shotgun shell fragment was found near the shooting scene amid a past revolver duel that wounded Looney. Captain George W. O Dell 81 died in Peoria after a week of illness. his wife died minutes later. Ten children survive. Two women drowned in Cahokia creek when a skiff struck a tree and swamped. two children survived.
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John Looney
Rock Island Weekly News
W. W. Wilmerton
Tri-City Morning Journal
Wilmerton
Looney
George W. O'Dell
Peoria
O'Dell
New York
Eleventh
Illinois Cavalry
Cahokia Creek
East St. Louis
Mary Nelson
Mary Emery Campbell
Special Session Next Fall Over Waterway Dispute
The Illinois Assembly will be recalled to Springfield for a special session next fall to tackle waterway development and related issues. Gov. Deneen backs immediate canal work to maximize water power and use of the $20 million voter authorization, while Lorimer opposes spending without Congressional aid and argues for a deeper, funded deep waterway. A summer compromise is possible but a split could trigger a contentious session. Direct primaries and Chicago charter may also be considered.
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Illinois Assembly
Springfield
Senate
Deneen
House
Lorimer
Congress
Assembly
Chicago
Illinois News in Brief from Our Borders
Dr Theodore Kemp installed as president of Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington Chicago to have a new Mennonite Church per Freeport state conference. John Plautz, 2, died after ingesting carbolic acid in Sterling. Endowment offer of 50000 by W A Rankin of Onarga contingent on raising 57000 by Sept 1 1911 for Grand Prairie seminary. Xenia votes four to one to build a new school. bonds issued and construction to start. Mark Hanna of Champaign killed under train wheels at Illinois Central yard. Rockford College enforces secret society ban with stern discipline. Ernest Fildes 16 drowns in Barnhill Township pond. Lee Powless 13 rescues attempt. Teresa Colbert arrested at Ledford for robbing William Ryan of 360. 260 in $20 bills found sewn in coat collar. Governor Deneen allows Etelson price schoolbook bill to become law without signature. concurs with attorney general that bill unconstitutional. Thomas Patrick Sweeney 28 killed on B&O train at Carlyle en route to Granite City. Illinois Central pays 563000 to state for six months ended April 30 1909. total over year exceeds 1100000. Eightieth annual Illinois College commencement in Jacksonville. Rev John Balcom Shaw of Chicago delivers address. Dr H W Johnston receives LLD. J C Barnes and R M Hockenhull elected trustees.
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Mark Hanna
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Champaign
Fair
Rockford College
Barnhill Township
Ernest Fildes
Lee Powless
Teresa Colbert
Ledford
William Ryan
Deneen
Ettelson
Stead
Thomas Patrick Sweeney
Carlyle
Pittsburg
Wabash Railway
Sweeney
Granite City
Illinois
Illinois College
Jacksonville
John Balcom Shaw
Chicago
H. W. Johnston
Indiana University
C. A. Barnes
R. M. Hockenhull
Illinois Supreme Court strikes down direct primary law
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled the direct plurality primary act unconstitutional in a Springfield dispatch. The decision marks the third time a primary statute has been invalidated by the courts, with Governor Deneen likely to reconvene the legislature to attempt a new primary law in fall or early winter. The ruling questions voter registration requirements and the timing provisions in sections of the act linked to primary elections.
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Ilinois Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Illinois
Springfield
Deneen
Supreme Court
Cook County
Joseph Phillip
Pererson
United States
el Pang
Private Klein Put On Trial For Killing Militia Riot Duty
Private Joseph B. Klein, Chicago militia member, stood trial in Paxton on Monday for the August killing of Harl Nelson in Kankakee during a riot march to Springfield. Officials and jurors were selected as part of the trial proceedings.
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Chicago
Joseph B. Klein
Paxton
Harl Nelson
Kankakee
Springfield
Tragic Train Incident In Kankakee Guard Detail Ends in Death
A soldier train through Kankakee saw a guard named Klein push a boy from a car loaded with ammunition. The boy was killed by Klein using a bayonet during the struggle. The report notes the fatal confrontation occurred as the train carried soldiers and other boys.
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Kankakee
Nelson
Klein
United States Senate Costs Spend Vast Amount on Office Needs
A 1908 Senate expense ledger lists vast outlays from salaries to office furnishings. Items include lithia water, bicycles, typewriters, mahogany desks, towels, and funeral costs for eight deaths. The total per senator neared 19 500 dollars, with substantial sums for repairs, libraries, stationery, and commissions.
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Ndence
United States
Senate
Lithia
Sen
White Rock
Ida
Ashington
B. W. Gayton
Wpragier
Earthquake Kills At Least 100 in Southern France
A sharp quake devastates towns in Herault and Bouches du Rhone causing widespread ruin. Dozens die and many wounded as villages like St. Cannat Rognes and Lambesc suffer severe damage. Survivors crowd shelters while searchers brace for higher casualties.
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Herault
Bouches-du-Rhone
St. Canat
Rognes
Lambesc
Aix
Vauvenargues
Venelles
Pelissanne
Puy-Ste-Reparade
Arguilles
St. Cannat
Rognez
Chateau Valmousse
Vernegues
Five Shot in Mississippi Feud Ties Meadville Slaying
Dr. A M Newman chancery clerk of Franklin County Mississippi, recently acquitted of killing Cornelius Prichard on April 26, was shot down in Meadville while riding in his buggy. His two sons Ernest and Lenox were wounded, Silas Reynolds died, and lawyer Herbert Applewite was injured. A witness against Newman named Boyd is said to have fired the fatal shot.
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Meadville
A. M. Newman
Franklin County
Mississippi
Cornelius Prichard
Silas Reynolds
Newman
Newman-Prichard
Butler
Dr. Newman
Ernest
Lenox
Herbert Applewite
Prichard
Boyd
New Hope for Thaw in Sanity Case at White Plains
Harry K Thaw may again seek release from Matteawan asylum after Justice William J Gaynor granted a new writ of habeas corpus returnable before Justice Mills in White Plains N Y The writ was issued on the application of Thaws attorney Charles Morschauer of Poughkeepsie following his trial for killing Stanford White.
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Stanford White
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
William J. Gaynor
Brooklyn
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Charles Morschauser
Poughkeepsie
Thaw
Gates Stop Flood At Sault Ste Marie Lock
New gates on the canal lock at Sault Ste Marie were installed after the Perry G Walker wreck. The lock was pumped out to assess damage from the cataract rushing through it. The steamer Crescent City, rammed through by floodwater, was raised and sent to the lower lakes with temporary bow patches.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Perry G. Walker
Crescent City
Omaha Girl Attempts Suicide by Gun Cotton
Helen Wells a 20 year old Omaha girl tried to end her life by swallowing gun cotton after a quarrel with her sweetheart. She rested on a heavy mattress tied down all day as doctors feared operating may trigger an explosion and treated her with chemical doses to dissolve the contents. She was taken to police headquarters after the incident.
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Helen Wells
Business Brightens as Weather Improves and Demand Expands
Prompt response to milder weather boosts lead ing industries and financial operations. Banks sustain high payments while money absorption for commercial use grows aided by a favorable discount rate. Retail lines show improved absorption of light weight apparel and general merchandise with stock reductions. Wholesale goods demand strengthens with fall orders for dry goods, footwear, suits and clothing. Furniture, carpets and draperies gain. food, jewelry, art wares and sporting goods advance. Heavy contracts in iron steel wood and leather rise, machinery hiring improves, rail track demand grows especially for South America. Light rails demand strongest in nearly two years. raw materials conversion expands with firm prices for pig iron lumber hides wool. Bank clearings reach 282,057,748, up 28 percent from 1908 and above 1907. Chicago district failures total 26, with 9 liabilities over 5,000, vs 4 last week, 9 in 1908, 9 in 1907.
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South America
Chicago
Dun's Weekly Review
New York Business Outlook Shows Gains With Weather Hurting Trade
The issue notes continued improvement in crop prospects, manufacturing, and fall bookings, though irregular weather limits retail trade and re orders. Industrial expansion continues with wage cuts restored and broader employment. Building trades lead activity but lumber sales lag. US weekly business failures total 213, Canada 28, with year to year comparisons.
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New York
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
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