Physician Must Pay 1700 for Mail Fraud Scheme
Judge Humphrey in Springfield denied Nichols's motion for a new trial. Dr. Charles A. Nichols, Urbana, was convicted by a jury of using the mails to defraud Mrs. Susan Day, divorced wife of William R. Day. Nichols faced imprisonment until paid, with $250 fine and costs, totaling $1,000, and threatened exposure over a settlement.
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Humphrey
United States District Court
Springfield
Charles A. Nichols
Nichols
Urbana
Susan Day
William R
Blackburn College Endowment Drive Gains Momentum
President Lingle announces a campaign to boost Blackburn College endowment by 50000 dollars. The effort, begun a year ago, has already secured 20000 dollars from Carlinville residents. Four Presbyteries in Illinois pledge 5000 dollars each, and J C Armstrong of Minneapolis, alumna of 1884, commits 10000 dollars for the final portion.
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Lingle
Blackburn
Thomas W. Lingle
Blackburn College
Carlinville
Presbyterian Synod of Illinois
Alton
Bloomington
Springfield
Mattoon
J. C. Armstrong
Minneapolis, Minn
Galena Marks 84th Grant Birthday With Orator Peter Grosscup
The 84th anniversary of General Ulysses S. Grant's birth was celebrated in Galena with Judge Peter S. Grosscup of Chicago as orator. Attendees included Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris and visitors from several points, with exercises held at Grant Park beside the statue presented in 1893. Other notable attendees were H. H., BE, W., Judge Kohlsaar, Courtney Campbell of Chicago, Frank Jones of Washington, and Smith D. Atkins of Freeport.
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Peter 8. Grosscup
Chicago
Gen. A
Grant
Galena
Peter 8
Grosscup
Grant Park
Gen. Grant
Nellie Grant Sartoris
4. C. Kohlsaar
Courtney Campbell
Frank Jones
Washington
Smith D. Atkins
Freeport
Apple bloom in southern Illinois signals large crop
Bloom in southern Illinois apple orchards appears later than last year and prompts horticulturists to forecast a record crop. Thousands of acres are in prime condition with sprays and care underway for blooming. If conditions stay normal, Clay county alone may yield 1,500,000 barrels.
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Illnois
Ilinois
Clay County
New Jacksonville Church Dedicated Debt Free
A new Christian church in Jacksonville costing 65000 was dedicated Sunday. Rev F M Rains of Cincinnati led the services and 26000 in subscriptions cleared the debt leaving a 3000 surplus. The blue sandstone building features 33 apartments and a 2500 seat auditorium with a basement kitchen dining parlor and library.
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New Christian Church
Jacksonville
F. M. Rains
Cincinnati
National Farmers Union Formed By Three Illinois Indiana Missouri Groups
Delegates from the Farmers' Social and Economic Union Farmers' Relief Association and Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association of Illinois Indiana and Missouri ratified a consolidation at Pinckneyville. The new National Farmers' Union totals about 15,000 members with officers: W. A. Bain president L. C. Davis vice president E. B. Hunter secretary and H. H. F. White treasurer.
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New National Association
Farmers’ Soccial and Economic Union
Farmers’ Relief Association
Farmers’ Mutual Benefit Association
Ilinois
Indiana
Missouri
Pinckneyville
National Farmers’ Union
W. A. Bain
Benton
L. C. Davis
Old Orchard
E. B. Hunter
Murphysboro
HH. F. White
Marion
Mill Safe Blown By Burglars at New Minden
Thieves opened the New Minden Milling Company safe and carried off a small sum after demolishing the safe. President Walbrook had drawn a large amount from a Nashville bank that day and kept funds at home. The robbers fled overland toward Centralia after stealing a hand car in Hoyleton.
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New Minden
New Minden Milling Company
Wal‘brock
First National Bank
Nashville
Hoyletor
Illinois Southern
Centralia
Illinois Steel works blast kills two in South Chicago
State news brief reports two men dead and five injured in an explosion at the Illinois Steel works in South Chicago. Other items note a Jacksonville church dedication at 64 000, Red Men Illinois gathering, and various local deaths and incidents across the state.
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Illinois
South
Chicago
Christian Church
Jacksonville
T. M. Rains
Cincinnati
The
Order of Red Men of Illinois
Springfield
CG. I. Winters
E. F. Winters
Pana
Christian Zimmerman
Lewis Struck
Mattoon
Peoria
Warren Quilling
Ursa
Quincey
A. J. Wanna
Northern Transportation Company
Kenosha
Racine
Louis Kreski
Jefferson Street
Johanna Cook
Col. Cook
Normal
Bloomington
John W. Cook
State Normal University
J. W. McClellan
Walter W. Somers
International Bank of Hulls
Somers
Temple
James Westes
Ashley Bank
Baptist Sanitarium
St. Louis
Westes
Jefferson County
Ashley
Opdyke
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Graft
Naval Cadet Body
Annapolis
John R. Towers
Kane County
J. W. Bodenshotz
Douglas Avenue
Elgin
John Peterson
South Elgin
Peoria High School
Joseph Hickish
William Voss
Nelson, Morris & Co
Union Stock Yards
Frank Vail
Illinois Eastern Insane Hospital
Kankakee
L. 8. Wiggins
Evelyn McCormick
la Porte
Ind
Shebanno
San Francisco
McCormick
Shebanna
Weems Brothers
Akers
Circuit Court
Quincy
Tinois Federation of
Collees
Big Nine Conference
Wives and Children Trade Unusual Farm Family Pact
Reports claim near Pana a pair of families agreed to swap wives and children in a legal looking arrangement. In December Fred L. Jackman took his wife and five children to visit J M Mosby, who preferred Mrs Jackman and her baby. Contracts were drawn, a lawyer sought legal salience, Mosby checked with the State's Attorney, and Mosby was arrested while Jackman remains at large.
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Pana
Fred L. Jackman
J. M. Mosby
Jackman
Mosby
Illinois Central Files Value Of Property With Auditor
The Illinois Central Railroad filed with the Auditor of Public Accounts for the first time since 1859 a statement showing property value on charter lines and branches for the year ending April 1, 1906, totaling 155 0160 dollars. Attorney General Stead says the company must pay 5 percent of gross earnings into the state treasury on fines in the statement and then apply the state tax rate to the property value. if taxes do not equal 2 percent of gross earnings, the company must add enough to reach 7 percent of gross earnings.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Auditor of Public Accounts
Stead
Sanitariums Fire Destroys Glen Ellyn Institution
A Glen Ellyn sanitarium used for Chicago poor children last summer burned after a lightning strike at 10 o'clock the previous morning. No one was inside. Insurance coverage totals 5000 dollars. Formerly run by O E H Miller of the St Luke Society, the facility was owned by the Glen Ellyn Hotel and Spring Company.
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Glen Ellyn Institution
Glen Ellyn Sanitarium
Chicago
O. E H. Miller
St. Luke Society
Twenty-first Street
Wabash Avenue
The
Glen Ellyn Hotel and Spring Company
Widow Wins Husband's Body Rights in Court Action
The Champaign county Circuit Court awarded the body of Jesse M. Richards to his widow Mrs. Mary B. Richards of Boston. Richards former Chicago Board of Trade president died in 1898 and left a contested will. The case claimed the vault at Mount Hope cemetery Urbana contained the remains, disputed by Sanford Richards and Susan Josephine Bailey.
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J. M. Richards
Circuit Court
Champaign County
Jesse M. Richards
Chicago Board of Trade
Mount Hope Cemetery
Urbana
Mary B. Richards
Boston
Mr. Richards
Red Men Elect Officers and Award Prizes in Illinois
At the Illinois Red Men session in Jacksonville the first prize for team work went to Newman, second to Springfield, and third to Jacksonville. State officers elected include Great Sachem C. Be Chamberlain of Lebanon, Great Senior Sagamore G. W. Thompson of Moline, Great Junior Sagamore J. F. Brighton of Blue Mound, Prophet W. H. Chew of Shelbyville, and Great Chief of Records William H. Blodorn of East St. Louis.
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Illinois Cornell Alvo
Illinois
Jacksonville
Newman
Springfield
C. Be, Chamberlain
Lebanon
Sagamore
G. W. Thompson
Moline
J. F. Brighton
Blue Mound
W. H. Chew
Shelbyville
William H. Bluedorn
East St. Louis
Hermit Menaces Farmers in New Castle Area
A demented man roams woods near New Castle threatening residents. He calls at farms demanding food and says he would kill a man as a rabbit. Posses have pursued him without success. He is described as fierce, tall, very dark of complexion, and a stranger to the area.
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New Castle
Death by own action of Gen. Grant's aid Major Throop
Major C. B. Throop of Belvidere shot himself in a bath tub amid despondency. A former Fourth Illinois Cavalry officer, he served on Gen. Grant's personal staff and later as captain of scouts with Sherman. A prominent Mason, he had questioned a friend earlier that day about whether a Mason who died by his own action would receive burial.
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C. B. Throop
Belvidere
Fourth Illinois Cavalry
Grant
Sherman
Throop
Roosevelt Charges Standard Oil With Secret and Open Rates
President Roosevelt forwarded Commissioner Garfield’s oil transport report to Congress. It details secret and open freight rebates that allegedly enrich Standard Oil by up to $750,000 yearly, while independent shippers suffer. The message urges stronger interstation commerce powers, railroad examiner access, and immediate effectivity of antimonopoly measures.
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Roosevelt
Congress
James R. Garfield
Interstate Commerce Commission
Standard Oil Company
White House
Standard
New York
Combine
Department of Justice
Knox
Humphrey
Supreme Court
Govvs
Tobacco Trust
Ch Barington and Quincy Railroad
Cer
New England
Garfield
Government vs the Standard Oil Monopoly
Commissioner Garfield reports secret rates and rebate practices by Standard Oil across major transport routes. He notes published tariffs lower at Standard refineries and higher oil prices in monopoly regions, asserting concerted action by Standard and railroads to control markets from producer to consumer.
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Garfield
Standard Oil Company
Standard
New England
Ohio River
Mississippi
Rockefeller Trust
Magnates Reply to Roosevelt on Standard Oil Report
H H Roge rs and John D Archbold of Standard Oil deny wrongdoing. They call the President's railway investigation remarks amusing. They claim the facts were supplied by Standard Oil and that the muckraker dug out inferences to damage the company.
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Roosevelt
Garfield
H. H. Rogera
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Illinois House Debates Primary Law Across Sessions
Chicago Mayor Dunne leads a 56-strong delegation to press for direct primaries while Republicans push the Shurtleff compromise. After party-line votes, a Democratic Daugherty alternative stalls the measure as factions realign and the issue is postponed to Tuesday.
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House
Dirnne
House Committee of the Whole
Campbell S. Stearn
Mayor Dunne
Chicago
State Assembly
Trautmann
Rinaker
Shanahan
Phillips
Gaunt
Shurtlef
Daugherty
John Dailey
Peoria
Democratic Alliance
Never Again On Sleeping Cars Warns Lone Traveler
A Chicago Inter Ocean account recalls a lone woman traveler who vows never to board a sleeping car again after a midnight trip. She describes locked dressing rooms, crowded berths, and the inability to sleep as trains move and stations bustle, leaving her in distress and rage.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Mutations of Literature From a Readable Exchange
A regretful editor rebukes an old fashioned authoress as he argues about changing story plots and character types The dialogue notes the shift from heroic handsome leads to troubled geniuses or wealthy heirs reflecting evolving literary tastes in New Orleans.
Prescription Didn't Fit Upgardson Don t mope
Atom jokes about headaches as the Chicago Tribune notes a light hearted back and forth. Bright side of a dull head ache is debated in a playful exchange.
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Upgardson
Atom
Chicago Tribune
Heritage Resemblance and Merciful Justice Dialogues
A fragment from Indianapolis News quotes a child’s remark on parental resemblance and a merciful mercy in a poem about punishment. The Hoston Tran script notes the editor’s joke that the judge tempered justice with mercy after a week of hard labor.
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Ibann
Swell College
Endowm
Jacksonville Church
Warren McCarthy
Hoffman
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Kewanee
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Pekin
Elgin Academy
Northwestern University
Hermit
Is Himself
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Attenton
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Hnen
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Standard Oil Monopoly
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