Life Term Set for Maniac Escaped From Asylum
Henry N Hatchett was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Chester military prison after escaping Bartonville asylum. He killed William L. Hagenback at Chesnut on Jan 17 with testimony from Bartonville and Jacksonville asylum superintendents challenging insanity as a defense. The Logan county farmers opposed the defense and Hatchett had been an inmate of multiple asylums.
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Henry N. Hatchett
Chester
Hatchett
Bartonville
William LB. Hagenback
Chesnut
Zelley
Carrier
Jacksonville
Logan County
Tatched
Elgin National Watch Company
Charles E. Meyer Vinegar Company
Freeport
Chicago and Alton
Bloomington
Deneen
Matt Davisson, Sr
Duquoin
State Mining Board
David Christie
Joseph Zadra
Belleville
August Genetti
Peoria
Hollis
Supreme Court
John Warner
Harry Jaynes
Plainview
Illinois
St. George
Kankakee
Aurelia Lanoue
Robert Munn
D’ueble
Colo
William Rothe
Litchfield
Maurice Shunick
John Murray
Eleanor
Shunick
Murray
Merritt O. Chance
Postoffice Department
Penis
Post Office Department
G. Timme
West
Mr. Chance
Mount Vernon
Dan Stevenson
Kansas City
O. B. Hewitt
Taylorville
Hewitt
Stevenson
E. A. Dillon
Harrisburg
Saline County
C. E. Byington
Secretary of State
Benjamin I’. Harris
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Windes
Campbell
C. H. P. Rogers
J. Ernest Edownds
Edmunds
Central Hospital For Insane
Squire Dyer
James Roach
Soldiers
Quincy
Roach
Livingston County
Illinois Farmers Grain Dealers Endorse Waterway Plan
The Illinois Farmers Grain Dealers Association, meeting in Bloomington, endorsed the deep waterway from the lakes to the Gulf and urged creation of a non partisan tariff commission modeled on Beveridge. New officers elected include President Thomas Lamb of Bement, Vice President L C McCabe of Ludlow, Secretary J A McCreary of Mason City, and Treasurer J P Abbott of Mason City.
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Ulinois Grain Dealers’ Association
Lakes
Gulf
Illinois Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association
Bloomington
Thomas Lamb
Bement
L. C. McCabe
Ludlow
J. A. McCreary
Mason City
J. P. Abbott
Dancing Master Is Unchanged In Harrisburg
Professor Dillon of Harrisburg remains free after serving part of a fine and agreeing to five days of street labor. He argues the fine was unjust, noting others in similar cases received lighter sentences and questioning why winning $40 at poker or more at study games is treated differently.
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Dillon
Harrisburg
D. H. Dillon
Alarm Clock Feeds Horses In Alton Invention
George Miller, a coal dealer in Alton, has built a device that automatically feeds his horses at set times. The clock is wired to a manger to pour corn or oats and turn on water, letting the animals eat and drink without human help. The invention draws local interest among residents seeking extra sleep.
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Alton
George Miller
Miller
Judge and Associates Cleared in Charleston Trolley Wreck
Judge Peter 8 Grosscup of the United States Circuit Court at Chicago and seven associates were found not guilty on manslaughter and criminal negligence charges related to the interurban wreck near Charleston on August 30. Circuit Judge Morton W. Thompson lifted the felony charge in a lengthy decision delivered before a crowded courtroom.
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Peter
Grosscup
United States Circuit Court
Chicago
Charleston
Morton W. Thompson
Wife Whips Alleged Rival in Rock Falls Street
Mrs. William Bradshaw confronted a woman accused of trifling with her husband’s affections in Rock Falls. She struck the rival with a concealed lash, causing two purple welts on the face and curling her lips. The other woman’s name could not be confirmed.
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William Bradshaw
Rock Falls
Convulsing Patient Dies at Illinois Insane Hospital
John Strader, a paretic patient at the Illinois Eastern Insane hospital in Kankakee, died during a paretic convulsion after a watchman failed to summon a doctor. At the same facility a tuberculosis outbreak led to the condemnation of 100 of 160 dairy cattle valued by the State at about 5000 dollars.
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Kankakee
John Strader
Illinois Eastern Insane Hospital
Lieutenant Governor Sherman Weds in Montrose
Lieutenant Governor Lawrence Y. Sherman married Miss Mary Estelle Spitler in Montrose on a Wednesday ceremony. The couple planned a quiet wedding with public notices suppressed, then traveled to St. Louis and will be abroad to the Hawaiian Islands and Mexico before the May legislative session.
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Illinois
Mr. Sherman
New Town for Canal By Corn Products Plant
A planned town of at least 5000 residents named Argo will arise within two years around the Corn Products Company plant on a canal lease. The $5,000,000 project includes 14 acres leased from the sanitary district, a dock of about 1200 feet, water from the canal, wells for manufacturing water, and employment for over 2000 workers.
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Argo
Corn Products Company
Sa’tary
Corn Products PLC
Summit
Annual Coal Output Report for 1907
State labor bureau reports coal production for year ending June 30 1907. Forty three counties contain 93 percent of mines with 411 shipping mines. 88 mines opened or reopened and 173 closed. Output 47 798 621 tons valued at 49 486 890 dollars. Average 45.5 miners employed with 18 026 underground. hand mining 59.2 cents per ton and machine mining 47.8 cents. 165 men killed, 95 wives widowed, 278 children left fatherless. 639 men injured enough to miss time.
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State Bureau of Labor
Rats Cost Saloon Keeper Over One Thousand Dollars
Eleven rats chewed through a money drawer at EB Freadhof saloon, destroying 1067 dollars. The pests were blamed for the loss as the owner counted the caper in his books. In another item, Walter Holbrook was shot by Fred Norman near Shawnee due to an old grudge. Norman was jailed as excitement rose.
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Hamelin
Sten ‘Ling
Borton
EB. Freadhof
Freadhoff
Gradge
Farmer
Walter Holbrook
Fred Norman
Junction
Shawneet
Norman
Revival Fires Consume Village Furnishings
The village of Pierson holds revival services as most residents convert. A bonfire consumes furniture while townsfolk gather around the fire to pray and sing.
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Pierson
War on Anarchy in Chicago Unites Officials
Federal state and municipal leaders unite to eradicate anarchist influence in Chicago after the Lazarus Averbuch assassination attempt on Chief George M. Shippy. Authorities vow decisive action, arrest several radicals and seize inflammatory literature amid nationwide praise for Chief Shippy’s handling.
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Chicago
Lazarus Averbuch
George M. Shippy
Haymarket Square
Averbuch
Chief Shippy
Olga Averbugh
Washburne Avenue
Busse
P. D. O'Brien
Detective Bureau
Jet Sere Hag
Lot
Auerbach
Haymarket
Roosevelt
Supreme Court Upholds Anti-Rebate Act Ruling
The Supreme Court unanimously holds that the Elkins and Hepburn laws convict the Great Northern for a 20 cent per hundred concession on oats from Minneapolis to Seattle. The ruling states repeal does not erase penalties unless explicitly provided. The decision impacts numerous post-repeal appeals and other major fines like Standard Oil.
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United States Supreme Court
Elkins
Shepburn
Great Northern Railway
Minneapolis
Seattle
Standard Oil Company
Denver's Vast Auditorium to House Democratic National Convention
Denver builds a large fireproof auditorium costing 550000 for the Democratic national convention opening July 7. Seating 12500, larger than Madison Square Garden, it aims for generations of use with wide exits for safety, while rail rates and hotel promises draw attendees and lavish entertainment funds are reported from Grand Army Elks and Eagles groups.
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Denver
Madison Square Garden
New York
Colorado
The
Grand Army
Elks
Eagles
Notable Events Across Nations and Personalities
Reports describe French actor Ernest Coquelin confined for hallucinations of being Napoleon I a high court ruling on a Venezuelan asphalt case and Finnish political changes Admiral Evans armada passing Valparaiso Japanese ambassador Takahira arrival and remarks boy king at Cintra a Mexican diamond discovery and riots in Rome tied to Giordano Bruno death anniversary with arrests of republican socialist and anarchist leaders
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Ernest Coquelin
Napoleon I
Gerhard
Finland
Bekmann
Grand Duchy
Evans
the Republic
Valparaiso
Callag
Peru
Kogoro Takahira
United States
Mexico
Lisbon
Cintra
Giordano Bruno
Rome
Trade Review Indicates Quiet but Improving Chicago Markets
Dun reports trade conditions in the Chicago district showing temporary weather-caused delays but an overall hopeful recovery. Grain and livestock receipts edged down versus last week, while steel and iron show mixed gains and wholesale demand remains cautious amid price shifts.
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Chicago
Weekly Review of Trade
R. G. Dun & Co
Plate Mills
Chicago to New York Farm Prices Across Markets
Market prices listing cattle hogs sheep and grains from Chicago Detroit Milwaukee Bulalo New York Toledo with values for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed across multiple exchanges and regions. Includes range data for prime fair and common grades with prices in dollars and cents.
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Chicago
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
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Barrington
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L. Y. Sherman
L. ¥. Sherman
Chicago Record-Herald
Maran
Slipher
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Aris
Mars
Moon
Ilaca
Panama
Canal Zone
High Federal Court of
Venezuela
Bermuda
Canada
Bradstreet
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