Gas Trust bribery scandal roils Chicago politics
Chicago elites, led by Alderman Neagle, clash with the People’s Gas Light and Coke Company over alleged bribery in frontage and gas consolidation laws. The Eagle pledges further coverage as investigators weigh court filings, taxes, and municipal ownership bills amid pushes for gas and electric light plant privatization versus public operation.
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State Bureau of Labor Statistics
People’s Gas Light and Coke Company
State Board of Equalization
People’s Gas Light and Coke
John F. Neagle
Twelfth
Coke Company
Superior Court
Malato
Chicago
John P. McGoorty
McGoorty
Harrison
Chicago Democrats
Bigane
Gas Trust
Legislature urged to probe warehouse bill passage
The author calls on honest lawmakers to aid the grand jury by tracing back the warehouse bill vote to expose enemies of Hindi farmers and foes of good society, promising urgency in political reporting on page 7.
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Sangamon County Grand Jury
C. K. G. Billings
James F. Meagher
Roswell P. Flower
L. A. Wiley
4. A. Zimmerman
F. A. Crane
Anthony N. Brady
Walton Ferguson
Perry A. Hull
Charles H. Crawford
Ogden Gas Company
Sangamon County
Embalmed Beef Charges Roil Chicago Packers Probe
A heated push to open a legislative inquiry challenges Chicago meat packers over alleged embalmed beef fed to soldiers. Gen. Miles cites mounting regimental reports and affidavits while New York Journal and Chicago Record raise related claims of chemical preservation, canned roast beef, and possible war-time substitutions. Pack- ers deny collusion, with lawyers and officials signaling forthcoming disclosures amid a broad scrutiny of meat exports and government contracts.
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Springfield
Chicago
Miles
War Board
New York
Fairbank Canning Company
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Nelson Morris & Co
Cudahy
War Department
Washington
England
Liverpool
Chicago Pack
G. HL. Hammond Company
W. W. Taberner
Eagan and Alger
Col. Denby
Government Investigating Commission
League
Albert H. Veeder
la Salle Street
M. Favorite
Favorite
Libby, McNeill & Libby
St. Louis Stockyards Company
Veeder
Brine
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J. M. Gaffey
J. H. Collins
H. J. Kearn
G. H. Kettelle
W. D. Pearne
J. P. Stanton
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Ambrose A. Woraley
Lake View
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J. A. Mahoney
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