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Chicago Eagle in Chicago, Illinois

26 Aug 1899

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Chicago Eagle

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1899

Page

2

Gas Trust battles and political maneuvering in Illinois

Long column covers state and Chicago politics with nods to candidates for Governor Attorney General and State's Attorney. Mentions Tanner for renomination, Mellorty, Schubert, Connery, Crafts, Fifer, and others, plus scrutiny of the Gas Trust led by Bumps Billings and proposed legal actions against gas franchises and city officials.

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Puller Boone County Tanner Fuller Boone S J. F. Beard Watseka Sherman House State Committee P. Morris Morris Crafts Beard Fifer Cook County J. R. B. van Cleave Great Northern Wyoming Ies City of Chicago GAS Trust Consumers’ Gas Company People’s Gas Light and Coke Company Equitable Gas Company People's Gas Company Remember Gas Trust Akin Illinois
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Gas Trust's Grip on Chicago Gas and City Losses

An outspoken critique arguing the Gas Trust overcharges Chicago, exploits public streets, and wastes gas workers while choking the city with monopoly power. It condemns bribery among politicians, warns of starvation and darkness, and vows to strike bribery hard to defend hospitals, orphans, the elderly, churches, and schools from monopoly plunder.

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China Gas Trust Chicago Gas Trust Ias People’s Gas Company Springfield
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Browning Democracs John P. Mellorty John C. Schubert Tfon Ernest G. Schubert Board of West Park Commissioners Congress John T. Connery Chicago Stock Exchange Board of Cook County Commissioners Connery West Robert T. Lincoln Monmouth Beach Country Club Long Island N. J Luke P. Colleran New York Des Tectives Dodd and Trafton Ripley Colleran W. A. 8. Graham Board of Education Graham Sident Harris L. F P. Beard Watacka Free P. Morris Clayton E. Crafts Hamilton Club James R. Mann Ogden Gas Company Economic Gas Company City Gas Inspector Commissioner of Public Works Council Billings Bumps Sangamon County Grand Jury Live Stock Monroe Street John C. Everett David 8. Geer Sydney Stein James C. Martin Charles T. Farson W. W. Wheelock John P. McGoorty Leonard Goodwin Fred Whitfield William F. Weimers Granville W. Browning John Miles J. Devine Max Eberhardt Randall H. White George Keraten Ogden Company Samuel P. M’connell Voters OF Chicago Europe
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