City Council Deliberations On Streets and Drainage Proposals
The city council held its second and final monthly meeting with most aldermen present. Topics included a North Market street lighting request, old factory chimney removal, and drainage fund creation. Several bills were approved, including a railing bill for the Washington street subway, while opposition questioned brick purchases and spending authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarty
Mullikin
Alderman Staley
North Market Street
Mattis
Howard
Geiger
Richards
Lutz
Big Four
Ising
Champaign Street
Alderman Starzinger
J. R. Riggen
Samuel Hunsicker
Wilber
Lloyde
J. W. Stipes
Wots
Starzinger
Staley
Webber
Street Railway, Electric & Gas Company
H. J. Pepper
Mr. Pepper
Legislative candidates in DeWitt County three Republicans announce
In Clinton Illinois January 17 three Republicans, Carl Swigart Weldon Dr S A Graham Waynesville and Harry A Magill DeWitt city, announce candidacies for representative in the Thirtieth senatorial district. Garver and Pinkerton are also discussed as possible contenders, with local power dynamics shaping the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt County
Clinton, Ill
Carl Swigart
Weldon
S. A. Graham
Waynesville
Harry A. Magill
E. S. Swigart
Champaign
Magill
Warner
Garver
Springfield
F. E. Pinkerton
Daily Public
Three of a Kind Aged Sisters Face Insanity Trial
In Kankakee Illinois on January 17 60 year old Mrs Emily Arseneau 67 year old Mrs Cimire and 55 year old Miss Sarah Dumont all of St Anne were brought to be tried for insanity. County Judge Gower impaneled a jury and appointed Dr W E Scobey as expert. The sisters long time residents have quarreled with neighbors since four years and are accused of threats and occasional gunfire and street profanity. They own a home and farm near St Anne. Their brother visited three days ago but was denied entry.
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Kankakee County
Kankakee
Ill
Emily Arseneau
Cimire
Sarah Dumont
St. Anne
Julius Dube
Gower
W. E. Scobey
Arseneau
Admiral Dewey to Attend G A R Encampment in Jacksonville
Jacksonville Ill Jan 17 The Illinois G A R council met and set the state encampment for May 2 to 5 1900 A citizens committee led by William H Hinrichsen is in Washington to secure naval and military leaders Admiral Dewey has accepted the invitation and will visit Jacksonville on May 3 A fund of 5000 dollars is proposed to cover entertaining the admiral and veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Ill
Council of Administration
Department of Illinois
Citizens’ Committee
William H. Hinrichsen
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Decatur
Gentral Illinois Retail Implement Dealers’ Association
Spalding Pardons Case Reopened by State Board
Springfield Indiana January seventeenth The state board of pardons continued the Charles W Spalding case to the next meeting Other cases with similar action included Richard Scully Salvatore D Angelo and Charles Kurth The board took several cases under advisement including murders rapes burglaries and manslaughter across multiple counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Charles W. Spalding
State Board of Pardons
Richard Scully
Salvatore D'Angelo
Charles Kurth
William J. Trester
Hardin County
Manford Smith
Fulton County
Allen Noe
James Lamaster
Frank Gilman
Vermilion County
Russell Boswell
Benton Holmes
Fayette County
Lake Kiser
William Kavanaugh
Smallpox Reported in Clifton From Monticello Outbreak
Kankakee NL reports two smallpox cases in Clifton fifteen miles south of town traced directly to Monticello Pratt County where patients recently visited a family with the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Kankakee
Clifton
Her
Pratt County
Duel Firing Kills Three as Colson Fight Sparks Lynch Fears
In Frankfort Kentucky a pistol duel between Colonel Colson and Lieutenant Scott left three dead and several wounded. Colson injured and jailed faces hospital transfer. The grand jury convenes to thoroughly probe the affair amid threats from Scott and Golden supporters.
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Scott
Golden
Aassailant
Grand
Frankfort
Colson
L. W. Demaree
Shelbyville
Charles Julian
Ethelbert Scott
Somerset
Fourth
Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
Benjamin B. Golden
Barbourville
Fourth Kentuky Volunteer Infantry
David G. Colson
Middlesborough
Congress
Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
Harry McEwan
Louisville
C. D. Redpath
Chicago House
Michigan City
Ind
SCHOONER ANITA BLOWN UP AT MAGDALENA BAY
A gasol ine fueled Schooner Anita exploded Monday near Magdalena Bay during target practice by the Iowa and Philadelphia. Four crew members are dead Captain Funcke Mate Charles Anderson Engineer William Forrest and three unnamed seamen. The blast reportedly stemmed from ignited gasoline aboard the vessel.
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Magdalena Bay
San Diego
Anita
Iowa
Philadelphia
Funcke
Charles Anderson
William Forrest
War Office Keeps Front News Secret in Natal Tugela Action
London reports heavy firing near Buller’s position fuels tension as a big battle is anticipated. Rumors say the War Office has received gratifying news but withholds details until British operations at Tugela are completed.
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War Office
London
Buller
Natal
Tugela
Parson's Daughter Elopes to Springfield
Edward Wiley a 20 year old cab driver and Miss Jessie Forbes 19 the daughter of Rev John Forbes eloped to Springfield and wed yesterday afternoon Their third elopement attempt was blocked by the girl's parents in Lincoln Illinois January 17 19XX
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parson
Lincoln
Edward Wiley
Jessie Forbes
John Forbes
Springfield
Wiley
Roberts reports lost Boers twenty dead at Colesbury
General Lord Roberts says the attack on the Yorkshire and New Zealand contingents at Colesbury Monday left twenty Boers dead. The overall situation remains unchanged with the outcome of Ledysmith now decisive.
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Colesbury
London
Lord Roberts
Yorkshire
New Zealand
Ledysmith
Choate and Salisbury Confer Over Contraband War Question
Ambassador Choate and Lord Salisbury met at the foreign office in London. It is reported the dialogue settled the definition of contraband of war.
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Choate
Salisbury Center
London
Lord Salisbury
Foreign Office
State Treasurers and Assessors Call Abolition Plan
The Illinois State Treasurers and Assessors Association met at the state house with 41 counties represented. A resolution seeks repeal of a revenue law board of review to save taxpayers money. Officers named include E. M. Burr president, R. F. Kinsella and A. W. Miller vice presidents, James McKinney secretary, Simon Rogers assistant secretary, and Jacob F. Knupp treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
State Treasurers’ and Assessors’ Association of Illinois
State House
General Assembly
Board of Review
J. F. Knupp
E. M. Burr
Champaign
R. F. Kinsella
Sangamon County
A. W. Miller
Cook County
James McKinney
Adams County
Simon Rogers
Sangamo
Americans widen base in southern island operations
General Otis reports the US army broadening its base in the southern part of the island. A band of eighty six Tagalos, who landed at Negros in December, attacked Byrne's troops in the Negros mountains. nineteen Tagalos were killed and twenty eight rifles plus ammunition captured. Northern Luzon troops pursue robber bands with good results.
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Otis
Washington, D. C
General Otis
Negros
Byrne
Negros Mountains
Luzon
Roberts committee ends work with two reports in Washington
The Roberts committee concluded its work with a majority report by seven members favoring exclusion of the Utah representative-elect and a minority report urging seating and then expulsion. In Colesburg, Boer attack details reach Rensberg as British losses rise to six killed and five wounded.
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Roberts Committee
Washington, D. C
Utah
Colesburg
Rensberg
Jan
Artillery Duel Between Boers and British Rages in Rensberg
In Rensberg on January 16 the Boers opened an artillery duel with a captured British fifteen pounder, which the British silenced. The British maintained heavy fire on the Boerkopjes and moved another gun to the summit of Coleskopf.
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Rensberg
Jan
Coleskopf
Gatacre Denies Boer Move At Stormberg Fortifications
General Gatacre protests against the Boers allowing wives and children within Stormberg fortifications and denies claims that British are carting all ammunition in ambulance wagons.
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Gatacre
Cape Town
Stormberg
Hamburg East Africa line reports cargo unloaded
Officials in Hamburg confirm the Bundesrath cargo was unloaded in Durban and matches the ship's manifest. The prize court has not yet reached a decision.
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Bundesrath
Hamburg
Hamburg-East African Line
Durban
Rumors on Buller Move Quiet Despite Natal Reports
Wild rumors about Buller spread in London with no press or official advices from Natal by late afternoon. In Grafton West Virginia burglars blew open Phillips' bank safe last night, stealing $7,000 and causing major damage to the building.
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London
Buller
Natal
Grafton
W. Va
Phillips
Pension appropriation bill seeks 288 million dollars
The pension appropriation bill was reported to the house today for expenditure in 1900 and 1901 totaling 288,000,000 dollars. The measure covers payments due to eligible veterans and widows under the civil war era pension program.
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Washington, D. C
House
Hoar Resolution Adopted by Senate on Philippine Campaign
Washington January 17 Senate approves Hoar resolution asking for information about the Philippine campaign. The measure seeks detailed data and official accounts from the war effort.
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Hoar
Washington, D. C
Senate
Petition for Dreyfus Reinstatement Presented in Paris
A petition with 44 700 signatures was presented to President Loubet seeking the reinstatement of ex captain Dreyfus. Also notes a performance of Two Little Vagrants tomorrow night and remarks on love as a mystery until understood.
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Dreyfus
Paris
Loubet
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Dewey
Spalding
Col. Colson
Elgin
Hampshire
Fred Kreeger
Kreeger
ISCO
F.k.robeson& Bro
Champaign, Ill
Walker & Mulliken
Neil Street
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