Illinois Primary Law Challenged as Unconstitutional
A bill for injunction seeks to strike down Gov. Deneen’s special session primary law. The suit, filed in Chicago Circuit Court by Roy D. Keehn and Thomas Marshall for George W. Rouse, argues ten clauses show unconstitutionality. If any clause stands, the law would be removed and lawmakers must draft a new statute. The filing seeks to halt payment of wages to judges and election clerks from primary day.
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Gov. Deneen
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Chicago
Roy D. Keehn
Thomas Marshall
George W. Rouse
Rouse
Attorney Marshall
Hanberg
Illinois State News in Brief Chronicle
State news summaries report Fred Egan 28 of Joliet killed on a Chicago and Alton train near Dwight. Others die from accidents, illnesses, or foul play including a youth in Ford county, a brother-sister shooting in Matteson, and a boy struck by lightning near St. Auburn. Fire damages Duquoin property. Illinois cattle die from lexus fever. insurance changes adopted by Illinois Ancient Order of United Workmen. An 18-year-old killed by a train in Bloomington. a Milwaukee pickpocket captured by a Chicago restaurant owner’s wife. a Cairo mayor’s daughter elopes with Orlando Peabody after a clash with officials.
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Fred Egan
Joliet
Chicago and Alton
Dwight
Earl Joyce
Ford County
Carmi
Arthur Williams
William
Michael Croughan
Fairfield
St. Auburn
Thuth Mooney
Charles R. Taylor
State Board of Dental Examiners
Chicago
Adams Street
Lydia Forsyth
Elgin
Podstata
Murphysboro
Messrs. Brown & Hoover
St. Louis
Jackson County
Bloomington
Western Boarding Company
Dearborn Street
Northwestern
Aspinwall
Frank Ifall
James Williams
Matteson
Wiliams
Kanknee
Duquoin
Teague Harris
Christopher
John Sutchinson
Illinois
Albert Stacey
Labelle
John M. Scott
Grand Lodge of Illinois
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Springfield
Supreme Jodge
Montreal
William Herbig
Hayes Dental Offices
Rockford
Henry Burmeister
Louis Gressens
Harry Aument
William E. Myers
Fred Avery
Harry Dennison
George Harding
Chas, Wright
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wright
Goodrich
Harding
Northwestern Depot
Orlando Peabody
Mr. Peabody
Cairo
Sergeant Peabody
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Evanston Heiress Elopes to Michigan with Poorer Suitor
Lydia Lewis 17 daughter of Frank C. Lewis of Evanston elopes against her parents wishes, marrying Charles Smith in Michigan. Her father, manager of Colonial Steel, learns by a letter. Lydia’s fiancé was once favored by neighbors as older than her, and invitations had excluded the intended groom.
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Anston
Lydia Lewis
Frank C. Lewis
Evanston
Charles Smith
Michigan
Lydia
Lewis
Colonial Steel Company
Miss Lydia
Mr. Smith
Bradley Manufacturing Company enters voluntary liquidation
The David Bradley Manufacturing Company, maker of farming implements with Bradley factory roots in Bradley and Chicago, files for voluntary liquidation. Liabilities total 790833 with assets 1962883. Manager says aim is to reorganize. Chicago banker Hogan leads creditors committee to wind up the business. David Bradley, pioneer plow maker, began in Sycamore New York in 1832 and later moved to Chicago before establishing the Brad ley plant in North Kankakee.
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Bradley Manufacturing Company
David Bradley Manufacturing Company
Bradley
Hogan
Chicago
David Bradley
United States
Sycamore
N. Y
North
Kankakee
Burglar Tools Valise Sparks Edgar County Sensation
A valise with burglar tools and explosives was found at a hotel in Edgar county, alleged to be left by C. L. Wittick, son of the Edgar County Herald editor. Wittick, 19, was arrested on $500 bond, admits leaving the bag but denies knowledge of the contents, claiming a plot to ruin him.
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Uuiverson
Edgar County
C. L. Wittick
Wittick
Edgar County Herald
Lovelorn Boy Eludes Father in Denver Abduction Plot
Peoria millionaire Charles Robinson traced his 18 year old son Leslie to a Denver hotel area where he believed a marriage was planned with 20 year old Miss Estelle Williard. After taking the youth from the YWCA reception room the boy escaped again next morning. Robinson and Williard pursued to parts unknown as the missing pair vanished.
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Peoria
Charles Robinson
Denver
Colo
Leslie
Estelle Williard
Robinson
Young Women’s Christian Association
Williard
Wreck on Big Four near Norris City Kills Engineer
A freight train wreck on the Big Four near Norris City kills engineer Frank Edwin whose head was severed and body mangled. Fireman escapes with a broken leg while engineer Erwin jumps and is believed to have fallen in front of the train. Both men lived in Mount Carmel and left families.
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Norris City
Frank Edwin
Erwin
Boa Constrictor Terror Strikes Interurban Car
A 14 foot boa escaped from a crate in an Elgin to Geneva interurban car. Nine prisoners battled to escape as Chief James Younger and Elgin officers contained the panic. The snake seized Marty Thorne before its owner and others freed him and recaptured the reptile.
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Elgin
Geneva
James Younger
Harry Thorne
Joliet
Higgins
Younger
Marty Thorne
Beg 40 Years Hoard 40 000 Ill Couple Mad Begging
An almost blind Illinois couple Mr and Mrs William Mines have traveled for forty years begging across northwestern Illinois and eastern Iowa. They accumulate about 10 dollars daily in agricultural towns while earning music from an accordion and small organ. A $500 post office money order to Pittsburgh raised questions about their wealth and about other similarly traveling mendicants.
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Illinois
William Mines
Iowa
Bureau County
Pittsburg
KILLED BY WRONGED HUSBAND IN SHELBYVILLE
Martin Quigley, a Shelbyville businessman, shot and killed Prank Brophey on a street. Allegations say Brophey was too friendly with Quigley's wife, with whom he eloped months earlier. Mrs. Quigley witnessed the shooting as Brophey returned despite warnings. Brophey, 33, left behind a wife and two children.
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Shelbyville
Martin Quigley
Prank Brophey
Brophey
Quigley
Back Tax Report On Illinois Central Issued
Preliminary investigation report on back taxes due the State from the Illinois Central railroad has been submitted to Gov. Dennen. Several legal points will be researched and the matter is now in the hands of Assistant Attorney General Boys. A final statement is expected within a week for public release by the Governor.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Goy. Deneen
Boys
Mine tragedy at Mount Pulaski claims two lives
An engineer misfired the mining cage lever at Mount Pulaski prompting seven miners to descend. The cage shot upward toward the tipple. five men escaped unharmed while Charles Cox and Charles Fultz fell 300 feet and died instantly.
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Ngineer
Mount Pulaski
Charles Cox
Charles Fultz
Canadian Wheat Crop Promises Prosperity for Western Farmers
Winnipeg dispatch outlines a broad Canadian West grain outlook with exports forecast at about 78 million bushels, a 90 million bushel wheat harvest, and substantial income from oats and barley. It notes 22,000 to 25,000 harvest hands needed, immigration from Britain and the U.S. rising, and the optimistic view of 1906 wheat quality amid expanding prairie farming.
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Winnipeg
Roblin
Manitoba
Foothills
Tidewater
Western
Canada
Canadian West
Ank of Commerce
Free Press
Seati
Northwest Grain Dealers’ Association
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ontario
Nova Scotia
Etn Canada
J. F. Wharton
Minneapolis
Finlay Barral
Chingo
Brainerd
Springfield
Thers
Preference for Sparta Girl Ends in Suicide Attempt
Elizabeth Baird aged 16, niece of Joliet penitentiary warden BE Murphy, attempted suicide by taking acid after being told to return to Chicago. She wished to stay in Sparta where she felt happiness. She now has a chance to recover.
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City
Chicago
Elizabeth Baird
BE. J. Murphy
Joliet Penitentiary
Sparta
Aged Henry County Clerk Dies Amid Audit
Frank G. Welton longtime Henry county clerk died at his Cambridge home as an expert auditor began examining the clerk’s office books. Welton, 82, fell ill Friday after the audit started on Wednesday, ending in his death.
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Henry County
Frank G. Welton
Cambridge
Welton
Hopes for a call from Mr Magiley to Miss Passay
The Philadelphia Press reports a social note that Mr Magiley has asked Miss Passay for a visit. A bridesmaid selection is presumed, with playful chatter about upcoming nuptials referenced in the page’s light society tone.
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Tess
Commerce widens as industrial boom fuels heavy trade
The Chicago economy shows expansion with rising bank deposits and cash, steady production, and strong wholesale demand. New accounts open across jobbing branches, shipments to Pacific and Southern points set records, and fall trade rises with cooler weather. Failures in Chicago district drop to 17 from 25 last week, while nationwide and Canada figures remain in flux amid high raw material costs and resilient consumer demand.
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Chicago
Pacific
Southern
Dun
Review of Trade
New York
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Market quotes for livestock grains across US cities
Telegraphic Brevities report price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Toledo New York with values in cents and dollars. It also notes Armagines Sanchez a Pulujanes chief captured and S F Kline a Savannah laundry clerk who killed himself in Atlanta.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Armagines Sanchez
F. Kline
Atlanta
Savannah
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Missouri
Union
Los Cal
Lorhe
Philadelphia Record
Killarney
Thornhill
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