Three Firms Compete for Saline County Mining Rights
In Saline County immense coal fields draw bidders led by Peabody Coal Company OGaya King Co of Chicago and SC Dover of Pennsylvania. Peabody pays farmers up to 40000 recently and buys surface as well as coal. OGaya King holds options on about 30000 acres extending to Equality Williamson County. Other rail and drill plans rise as surveying teams and ten drilling outfits scout north and west of Harrisburg for ideal shaft dips.
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Saline County
Rann
O'Gara, King & Co
Chicago
Equality
Williamson County
Cover
Ilinois Central
Burlington
Wabash
Eastern Illinois
Harrisburg
Romance Develops In Suit Over Wives And Heirs
In Pike County a dower case ends with Rachel Billings, born Myrick, accepting 1400 and costs after her claim to Levi Billings estate is resolved. Fry, her first husband presumed dead, is found alive in California. court confirms her status as widow and heir following marriages to Brown and Billings.
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Rachel Billings
Pike County
Billings
Myrick
Morgan County
Indiana
Obadiah Fry
Fry
Brown
Levi Billings
Rockport
San Benito
Los Angeles
Cal
Mary
Ambiguity in Will Could End Bequest for Home for Aged Women
In Kankakee County the will of Mrs. Helen Huling leaves a homestead and $25 000 for a home for aged women but to the ambiguous Helen Huling home. Heirs dispute the bequest and the philanthropic Woman's Club of Kankakee hires a lawyer to probate the will. Additional bequests of 50 per year to Emergency hospital and 5000 income to the Episcopal church may also be invalid.
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Helen Huling
Sankakee County
Woman's Club of
Kankakee
Episcopal Church
Two Sisters Refuse Shared Inheritance In Mendota Case
A La Salle county tale shows unselfishness as Amanda and Sarah Worsley decline $75,000 from their brother Joseph I. Worsley’s estate near Mendota. The $118,765 estate will be divided among John O. Worsley of Bronough, Missouri, and the two sisters, who refuse any share. They say money would be a nuisance and their brother can better use it.
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la Salle
Joseph I. Worsley
Mendota
John O. Worsley
Bronough
Amanda
Sarah Worsley
Federation of Labor
Teamsters
Mien
Employers
Charles Dold
Federation Labor
Chicago
St. Louis
Illinois Rural Service Leads in Rural Free Delivery
Illinois reports 2,478 rural free delivery routes, the most in the nation, with Ohio 2,186 and Iowa 2,008 closely behind. On May 1, total routes reach 80,982 with 4,708 service resignations pending.
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Ohio
Iowa
Illinois
Degraw
Indiana
Organist Steadies Panic in Shawneetown Fire Alarm
In Shawneetown the Presbyterian organist kept calm and played as a church crowd of about five hundred fled when a fire from a nearby planing mill spread toward the Shawneetown Ice Company plant and George W. Hubbard’s residence. The blaze, owned by Kareber and Scanland, caused total losses estimated at 30 000 dollars but panic was averted.
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Presbyterian Church
Shawneetown
Kareber & Scanland
Shawneetown Ice Company
May Shot Illinois Mines Faced With Bill
Coal operators in Illinois met in Springfield to discuss the shot firers bill. They warn a possible statewide mine shutdown and say the measure will force operators to hire special firing personnel, potentially abrogating existing agreements with the United Mine Workers of Illinois and prompting a general strike.
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Illinois
Springfield
Justi
Association
United Mine Workers of Illinois
Will Leaves $200,000 to Spiritualism Church and Library
Deceased Leroy banker J T Crumbaugh dies at 87 childless. His will endows a Spirit ualism church in Le Roy with $200,000 and funds a free town library with $50,000 while five siblings receive $1,000 each and his widow a nominal share. The estate may total about $200,000 to support spiritualist education and local church activity.
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Leroy
J.T. Crumbaugh
Chicago Tie Up Sparks Riots and Labor Strife
Large scale disruption envelopes Chicago as hundreds of police and deputy sheriffs accompany delivery wagons amid violent clashes. Rioting leads to multiple deaths and injuries among non union drivers, strikers, and bystanders. officials consider subpoenas and grand jury action while Mayor Dunne seeks arbitration amid a deteriorating security climate.
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Cleveland
Teamsters
Employers’ Teaming Company
Kohlsaar
Sherman
Charles Dold
Chicago Federation of Labor
Dold
Healy
Dunne
Roosevelt in Chicago Advocates Strong Federal Oversight
President Roosevelt arrived in Chicago amid tight security for a 12 and a half hour visit. He met Gov. Deneen and Mayor Dunne and spoke at Iroquois Club banquets urging law and order, federal supervision of railroads and corporations, and robust national defense while affirming the Monroe Doctrine.
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Gilly
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Ecard
Tam
Auditorium
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Police Department
Hamilton Sub
Merchants’ Club
Hhe
Iroquois Club
Shea
Teamsters
Congress
Panama Canal Commission
Panama Canal
United States debates China indemnity and Philippine census
Don t ta states that in his next annual message Roosevelt will urge releasing the 22 million indemnity from China for education while keeping the 25 million sum as a gift to aid China s modernization. The Philippine census shows 7 million population with 14 000 villages and Manila at 220 000, most homes owned, 4 000 children in schools, and 4 000 adults in Manila night schools studying English. Cuba and Havana s School City system praised for school governance. Senate carpet replacement costs 2000 plus. Panama railway board doubles track to handle canal traffic. Post Office reports free delivery routes expanding with 4 708 petitions pending.
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Roosevelt
China
Pekin
United States
United States Census Bureau
Philippine Islands
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Detraw
Publilic
Pural
Post Office Department
Extradition Hearing Set After Canadian Court Defeat
Green and Gaynor, U S government contractors long in hiding in Canada, lose again in Canadian courts and face extradition on its merits. A Santa Fe passenger train from San Francisco was ditched near Ashfork Arizona, killing Engineer Richter and Fireman Morton.
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Unite States
Canada
Santa Fe
San Francisco
Ashfork
Ariz
Richter
Firewan Morton
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