Rockford Alderman Carty Held On Graft Charge
Illinois dispatch reports Rockford Alderman Edward F. Carty was arrested and bonded at 2500 on graft charges tied to bribery involving Rockford Edison Company and the Central Heat and Power Company. Two council members I H Reynolds and Otto Paulson resign amid the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carty
Rockford
Edward F. Carty
I. H. Reyolds
Otto Paulson
Rockford Edison Company
Central Heat and Power ‘Company
Central Heat and Power Company
Paulson and Reynolds
Bursting Flywheel Kills Two in Waukegan Plant
A flywheel burst at the Waukegan Electric Company plant kills two men and injures three others. The accident cripples the town’s power supply, halting business and sidelining hundreds. A fragment from the wheel struck J. H. Jensen, who dies at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Waukegan Electric Company
North Shore
J. H. Jensen
State fatalities and legal notices from area towns
A roundup of short items reports deaths by illness and accident across Illinois towns including Henry county and Pana. Notable incidents include a Marion powder mill explosion killing John C. McClintock and Stephen Upchurch and multiple self inflicted deaths linked to ill health. Also cited are fines for saloon violations, a banking permit for Wood River, and a shoplifting arraignment in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Harris
Henry County
Kewanee
George Hammond
Chicago
St. Joe River
Colon
Mich
Valentine Thomas
Milner
Marion
John C. McClintock
Stephen Upchurch
Gideon Potter
Central Illinois
Illinois
Bloomington
H. G. Bruner
Stuttgart
Ark
McCullough
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank of Woodriver
Woodriver
Madison County
J. 8. Prosser
B. Knepper
D. R. Maxey
John Gough
Shelbyville
Gough
Arthur Wilson
Wilson
Juliet
Judge Crowe
Harrison Street Court
Glenna Wheaton
Jennie Hammond
Ada Millard
Joliet
William Seymour Ferris
Aurora
Elkhart
Ind
Violent Flywheel Accident Destroys Plant and Hotel
A private policeman Joseph Paddock was killed when a belt fire released a 20 foot diameter flywheel, smashing through the brick wall and destroying the electric plant and ripping a roof hole in the Hotel Edmund causing panic among 100 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Paddock
Electric Company
Edmund
Duquoin Home Is Dedicated in Opened Orphanage
Hundreds attended the formal dedication of the New Duquoin Children's Home, built at 15 000, with Mayor Pope and Colonel Sam T Brush among onlookers. The Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society backs the facility serving twenty eight southern Illinois counties. Mrs L Y Avery of Chicago named district superintendent and Mrs F M Dunning of Shelbyville appointed matron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duquoin Children's Home
Mayor Pope
Sam T. Brush
Carbondale
Anti-Saloon League
H. H. Hart
Chicago
Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society
Annie M. Wilcox
G. W. Wall
Duquoin
C. C. Strahmann
Missouri Children’s Home Society
Illinois
L. Y. Avery
F. M. Dunning
Shelbyville
New Institution
Predict Large Apple Crop at Mississippi Valley Growers Meet
The Mississippi Valley Apple Growers Association held its annual meeting in Quincy with H. Williamson declining re election as president and H. Koehler elected president. Henry Clay Cupp reported unusual apple bud growth and protective overcovering boosting prospects for fruit this year. James Handly was elected treasurer for the ninth time by acclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley Apple Growers
Quincy
Mississippi Valley Apple Growers Association
Chamber of Commerce
H. Williamson
H. Koehler
New Canton
Henry Clay Cupp
Fall Creek
James Handly
Joliet Fire Destroys Boston Store In $300,000 Blaze
Fire believed incendiary roared through the Wiener block in Joliet Sunday harming the Hammond and surrounding buildings. The Boston store, Joliet’s largest retailer, was lost with about 1500000 in merchandise and 150000 in building damage. Total losses reach 300000.
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Joliet
Boston
Fire Devastates Vergennes Business District
A major blaze in Vergennes devastates the business section including Ross & Son drug store. Estimated losses reach about 60 000 dollars with limited insurance. The town of 1200 lacks a fire department and relied on bucket brigades. Buildings burned include the bank post office hotel several houses and stores. Cause unknown.
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Sons
Vergennes
Ross & Son
St. Louis
Illinois Central Railroad
Vergennes Bank
Schimpf's
Hillsboro Jury Finds Three Not Guilty in Coxean Murder Case
In Hillsboro the jury acquits Cullen Allen Oren Allen and William Sharp of the death of Lola Nance 18. The trial marked a sensational Montgomery county case as details linked to Miss Nance and Miss Bessie Laws. Also notes a Rockford graft inquiry authorized by city officials and a pardon denial for Merritt Chism. Government launches barges on Rock River. canal vessel plans noted.
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Montgomery County
Hillsboro
Cullen Allen
Oren Allen
Wm. Sharp
Lola Nance
Bessie Laws
Oren
Miss Nance
United States
Rock River
Sterling
Elen Canal
Labor unions spread across states with new formations
Austin hosts twenty eight unions while Salem forms waiter union. Concord sees fortnightly paydays for city laborers. Germany requires social insurance for workers under 16 earning under $500 a year. Fall River spinners celebrate golden anniversary and burn mortgage. Cedar Rapids contract mandates union labor for new government building. Labour topics include child labor limits in Florida and women delegates in Brockton. Charlestown navy yard forms union. West Virginia mines begin inspection. San Juan eyes labor paper. AFL delegates to British Trade Union Congress. St Catherines workers strike. English minimum wage award set for boot and shoe tasters. San Francisco considers consolidating city labor into a new union. Gompers mediates with stage employers and electrical workers.
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Austin
Texas
Salem
Mass
Concord
N. H
Germany
Fall River
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Wilfrid Paquette
Canadian Federation of Textile Workers
Women's Clubs of
Florida
Ellen F. Donovan
Brockton
San Juan
Porto Rico
American Federation of Labor
Andrew Furuseth
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
British Trade Union Congress
Nottingham
St. Catherines
Canada
Relief Committee
England
Northampton
San Fraancisco
Cal
Fire Department
Labor Council
Roosevelt demands new powers for Interstate Commerce Commission
President Roosevelt on Monday sent a special message to Congress urging broader ICC powers and action on his proposed legislation. He condemns class hatred and corruption in labor and capital, warns against injurious injunctions, and calls for anti trust strengthening, postal savings banks, and federal financial study. He urges limiting injunctions, supports national incorporation, and defends wage unions while opposing boycotts and blacklists.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Tariff Commission
Europe
Appalachian Mountains
Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Minnesota
North Carolina
Federal
Trade Review Signals Slow Recovery in Chicago District
R G Dun & Co reports gradual stabilization in Chicago trade with fewer large credit losses. May interest payments loom, but merchandising shows vigor as interior buyers call for reorders and place fall orders. Rail traffic hampered by crop marketing. iron and wood sectors show uneven recovery amid limited furnace activity. New York outlook mixed with weak retail, jobbers cautious. textiles and shoes soft to hopeful. Weekly U S failures: Chicago 34, New York overall 254. Canadian 36.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
New York
South
Central West
Universal
United States
Live Stock and Grain Prices Across Markets
A dense price table lists bids and ranges for cattle hogs and sheep at Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Toledo and New York along with grain values for wheat corn oats rye barley and regional butter and egg quotes. figures show typical daily variations with no single standout change. Prices span from $1.00 to $7.50 plus for commodities and up to $8.10 for lambs, with bids per market including shipping and common to prime classifications.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste. Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Sawner Insull Named Receiver of New Orleans Consumers’ Electric
Sawner Insull, president of the Chicago Hitson Company, was appointed receiver of the Consumers' Electric Company in New Orleans upon the application of the Yadongi Conduit and Cable Company of New York, a creditor.
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Sawner Insull
Chicago Hitsun Company
Consumers’ Electric Couny
New Orleans
Yadongi Conduit and Cable Company of
New York
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Venice
Cla
Pearl
C. W. Evans
Tulsa
Okla
Adeline Barnett
St. Clair County
Mast St. Louis
Evans
Dicke
Morris Bengston
Sigrid Appleholm
South Dakota
Ellen Simpson Ferris
George C. Benton
Benton
State Normal University At Normal
J. L. Simmons
Graf
Board of Aldermen of
Srte
Deneen
Merritt Chism
Farmer
Chism
Board of Education
Public Schools of
State Supreme Court
Louise Jenkins
Gompers
International Stage Employers’ Union
The
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Yvan
South Dakota Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Missouri River
Kenneylvania
Schunk
United States Engineer Corps
Fargo
Belmont
Northern Pacific
Northwest
National Educational Association
Cleveland
Roosevelt Declar
Ishicago
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