Republicans Hold Cham paign County Meeting in May
Early gathering at Beardsley hotel shows strong support for the 1900 campaign. County central committee plans May 3 convention in Cham paign city with primaries May 1 to select delegates for state and congressional contests.
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Republican Party
Champaign County
Beardsley
County Centras
Twin Cities
Riley
Sabin
Babb
Campbell
Berry
J.S. McCullough
Messrs
Rose
Yates
Perry Kennard Wins Navy Post After Washington Exam
Perry G. Kennard returned home from Washington D C after taking the examination for an assistant paymaster slot in the U S Navy. He passed with high credit and expects orders to report at once. Friends cheer his appointment as McKinley names him to the post. Charles Julian, victim of Tuesday's tragedy, had funeral at Frankfort with Scott's body shipped to Somerset. Colson remains seriously ill.
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Perry Kennard
Perry G. Kennard
Washington, D. C
United States Navy
McKinley
Colson Vietin
Frankfort
Charles Julian
Scott
Somerset
Colson
Castellanes deny report on Boni count in Bourse bets
Paris January 18 The Castellanes issue a card denying claims that Count Boni cost millions of francs in stock market speculation.
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Paris
Count Boni
Aguinaldo 18 Captured by U S Forces in Manila
Washington reports Aguinaldo the Philippine insurrection leader and fifty bodyguards captured in south Manila by General Schwan. The group is en route to Manila headquarters amid great rejoicing as confirmation awaits.
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Manila
Washington, D. C
Aguinaldo
Schwan
Luzon
United States
Goldfan Found Guilty of Perjury in Illinois Case
Morris Goldfan a Chicago detective was found guilty of perjury by the Kankakee county circuit court and sentenced to the penitentiary. He testified in the Sidney Ringo murder trial that Ringo confessed in November 1898 to the killings of Emil Chinnevy and his wife. Also awaiting trial are Ruben Miller Floyd Carey Bennie Goldman and Louis Rosen Blum of Chicago for perjury.
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Kankakee
Ill
Morris Goldfan
Chicago
Sidney Ringo
Emil Chinnevy
St. Anne
Goldman
Ringo
Selem
Ruben Miller
Floyd Carey
Bennie Goldman
Louis Rosenblum
German Wife Beheaded by Train in Virden
Mrs. George Sabal, a German immigrant arriving ten days earlier, was killed instantly in Virden when her dress became entangled in a Jacksonville & St. Louis train wheel as she crossed the tracks with her husband.
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Germany
Virden
George Sabal
Jacksonville
Falls Heir to 3000 Good Fortune for Mary Voight
Mrs. Mary Voight of North Market Street learns an uncle Elliston of Minnesota left her 3000 in his will after recently dying. The Webster statue unveiling follows with national leaders present. The Hindi Retail Implement Dealers' convention adjourns in Decatur and will reconvene next January to discuss catalogue sales and dealer practices.
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Mary Voight
North Market Street
Elliston
Minnesota
Decatur
Hindi Retail Implement Dealers’ Association
Vermilion Ford counties seek apportionment agreement in Hoopeston
A state convention failed to agree on senatorial and representative apportionment between Vermilion and Ford counties. The meeting was set for Hoopeston on April 4. Nominees include Charles Bogardus and M. B. Bailey with S. G. Wilson as candidates for senate and Charles Allen and W. G. Herron for representative. A. D. Metz of Wapello also seeks a House seat at Springfield, backed by farmer and laborer support and long church service.
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M. Ochiltree
G. T. Davis
H. J. Wiggins
M. C. Thomas
Homer
D. J. Ford
David Murphy
Frank Purnell
Joseph Ware
Charles Lester
Ernest Scott
G. P. Miller
Mahomet
Champaign
County Central Committee
Republican Party
Riley
H. M. Dunlap
Students’ Republican Club
University of Illinois
Dunlap
Republican League
O. F. Berry
Carthage
Jim
Solon Philbrick
James S. McCullough
Illinois
Champaign County
Ofice of Auditor of Public Accounts
Illnois
Judge Yates
A. M. Lewis
C. D. Thomas
Andrew J. Miller
L. B. Saffer
F. M. Green
J. W. Porter
Vermilion
Ford
Hoopeston
Charles Bogardus
Paxton
M. B. Bailey
Danville
S. G. Wilson
Charles Allen
W. G. Herron
Allerton
Clinton
A. D. Metz
Wapella
House of Representatives
Springfield
Express Company
Christian Church
Illinois School Statistics From State Report
Read highlights from Alfred Bayliss annual report on public instruction in Illinois. Key figures include 1 539 145 youths ages 6 to 21, 945 143 pupils enrolled, 726 782 average daily attendance, 12 726 school buildings, and 49 138 724 dollars estimated public property value.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
Springfield
Ill
State Superintendent of Schools
Alfred Bayliss
Chicago
Social Science Club hears Mrs. Cady on travels
The Champaign Social Science club met at Burnham Athenaeum Wednesday afternoon to hear Mrs. E. H. Cady recount travel along the Mediterranean. A large audience enjoyed well told stories and many pictures from various places.
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Mrs Cady
Champaign Social Science Club
Burnham Athenaeum
E. H. Cady
Mediterranean Sea
Heir to Immense Fortune Turns Toward France
Dispatch from Quincy reports heirs of Maria Livingston who died in Paris last week seek to claim a vast estate now under American consulate care. Up to a dozen heirs are named, including W. H. Hart of Champaign, as proofs are prepared for transfer of the fortune.
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France
Quincy
Maria Livingston
Paris
W. H. Hart
Champaign
Body Found in a Cistern in Galena
The dead body of Mrs. Mary Lacey was recovered from a cistern in Galena Illinois last evening after she had been missing for four days. She was known for literary works and declined interviews. Also noted: Montague White former Transvaal consul general left New York for Washington on an unconfirmed diplomatic mission. Eighteenth District Convention met in Danville Wisconsin with central committee activity.
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Galena
Mary Lacey
New York
Montague White
Transvaal
London
Washington
Danville
Eighteenth Senatorial District
One Sister Declared Insane in Kankakee Case
Mrs Cimire Morin aged 67 one of three St. Anne sisters brought to Kankakee Illinois Tuesday for insanity trial was adjudged insane The other sisters Mrs Emily Arseneau aged 69 and Miss Sarah Dumont aged 55 were certified until the February term of court Refuses to Discuss Certain Question Cincinnati Jan 18 W J Bryan refused to express city preference or discuss candidacies for the presidential nomination when approached by the citizens committee
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Kankakee
Cimire Morin
St. Anne
Gustave Poltras
S. Beaupre
Emily Arseneau
Sarah Dumont
Cincinnati
Citizens’ Committee
W. J. Bryan
van Wyck
New York
Stone
Missouri
Monetary League Convention Sets National Meeting Plans
The executive committee of the Monetary League announces the national convention will be held at the same time and place as the Democratic National Committee selects. The league aims to draft the financial plank of the Democratic party platform.
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Monetary League
Denver
The
League
Democratic Nations
How Baldness Comes from Melbourne Weekly Times
Comic exchange on hair loss in Melbourne. A bemused speaker jokes that baldness will worsen if the problem continues, illustrating lighthearted attitudes toward thinning hair.
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Melbourne Weekly Times
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