Illinois Telegraph Tunnel Deal Changes Hands
The Illinois Telephone Tunnel project appears set to transfer ownership to a new syndicate or the Chicago Telephone Company. A trust deed for rights and franchises will be filed soon, with Albert G. Wheeler confirming the pending transfer while withholding names of investors. Tunneling has stalled for a year due to map errors, and engineers now realign routes for downtown lines intended to reach 100,000 subscribers.
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Note Telephone and Telegraph Company
Chicago Telephone Company
Albert G. Wheeler
Mr. Wheeler
Down Town
Perry A. Hull
Willian A. Loettter
Powers & O'Brien
Madison Street
la Salle Street
la Salle
Madison Streets
Take and State
Clark and
Randolph
Dearborn
Franken Streets
City faces cuts as departments warn of service failure
City officials scramble as funding reductions threaten street cleaning and garbage removal. Department heads warned the Mayor and Comptroller that stopping essential services could follow, with the per cent cut affecting duties to citizens.
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Comptroller
McGann
Doherty
Governor Demands Resignation Amid Illinois Political War
Governor Yates calls for Walter Loudon of Clinton County to resign from the State Commission of Claims. The demand marks another move in the struggle between Yates and the Dawes faction within Illinois Republicans as U.S. Senate candidates multiply.
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Walter 8. Loudon
Clinton County
State Commission of Claims
Yates
Dawes
Iinois Republicanism
Prospective Senate Race and Local Water Meter Controversy
The piece notes an unsettled race for the Senate with the Legislature to convene next year and multiple potential candidates. It mentions Midway Natatorium Company facing water meter disputes tied to a hydrant hookup near 60th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. It also references Janes Neville of Bloomington’s replacement as commission chair and Kilpatrick’s secure position at The Paddock, with faint hints of Congress member Maim weighing a Senate bid but lacking solid support or votes.
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Midway Natatorium
60Th Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
A Met
Ekin
Janes Neville
Bloomington
Smith
Joseph J. Joy
Ottiwha Tlan
Paddock
Kilpatrick
Congress
Senate
Marron
Residents Rally to Shut Down Local Rendering Plants
Residents of the Fourth and Fifth Wards unite to abolish offensive rendering plants in the area amid odors. They have faced opposition largely alone, pushing for action to end the nuisance.
City weighs street bay windows. injunction blocks advertising window
Judge Hancey ruled Connell exceeded its authority over street encroachments. An injunction bars the John Anistielt Company from building a bay window for advertising in front of 174-176 State Street. Edward Grossman & Co allege light obstruction and interference with their property. case appealed with possible widespread pleas for removal of windows and signs tying up the business street.
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Hancey
Connell
John Anistielt Company
State Street
Edward Grossman & Co
Ansfield
Aly
Grossman
Haneey Ix
Judge rules money lenders entitled to all advances without interest
Judge Tuthill decides money lenders owed all funds advanced to city employees with no interest. The amount cited is $165. Lenders named include Parish, Raphael, H Moss, Louis Weber, Weber & Kanter. The passage also notes the Railroad and Warehouse Commission's new officers: James Danakin as Attorney, J C Ewald as Engineer, William Kilpatrick as Secretary, and Charles J Smith as Assistant Secretary.
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Tuthill
Jre Or Vs Parish
Raphael
H. Moss
Louis Weber
Weber & Kanter
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
James Danakin
Jacksonville
J. C. Ewald
Chicago
William Kilpatrick
Charles J. Smith
Duquola
Kilpatrick
Ewald
Dan
Health Dept Announces Public Notice On Improper Milk Simples
Secretary of the Health Department will post the names and addresses of mill dealers whose simples are found to be of low grade, adulterated or unfit for consumption. Rising daily failure rates shown by laboratory tests prompt this public information measure.
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the Health Department
Tough Carter v Harrison League Sets Strict Membership
Leaders announce a firm membership policy in the Carter v Harrison League with a constitutional clause requiring applicants to pass through a standing committee before possible approval by the Executive Committee. The league aims to disseminate Democratic principles and bolster loyalty to the party and its nominated candidates.
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Carter v. Harrison League
League
Democratic Party
Firemen’s Benevolent Association Elects Healy President
Daniel D. Healy, Warden of Cook County Hospital, was elected President of the Firemen's Benevolent Association at last week's meeting of the division.
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Daniel D. Healy
Cook County Hospital
Firemen's Benevolent Associaton
Board chiefs clash over Secretary appointment
Directors including Dr. Bill G Hirsch and Miss Julia C Lathrop condemn Gov Yates for appointing J Mack Tanner as Secretary of the State Board of Charities. They warn the board may become a political tool and refuse to sanction appointments without board consultation amid expenditures over five million dollars annually.
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Bill G. Hirsch
Julia C. Lathrop
Senator JK Jones Denies DNC Headquarters Move
Senator JK Jones responds to a report that the Democratic National Committee headquarters would move to Washington. He says the report is news to him and as committee chairman he would know if it were true, and adds there is nothing in the report.
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Times JK
Jones
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Chicago breweries largely unaffected by firemen strike
The Chicago firemen strike has little impact on major manufacturers. Most big firms have reached terms or kept operations, with Belop McAvoy's Keeley's Wacker & Birk's Fortune Bros and Mor tine Bros all running. Mor tine notes eight hour days and prior payment to union scale.
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Chicago
Belop McAvoy's
Keeley's
Wacker & Birk’s
Fortune Bros
Mortine Bros
Bird Certified as Chief Paymaster by Civil Service
Harry L. Bird, longtime newspaper writer and now Assistant City Paymaster, has been certified by the Civil Service Commission as Chief Paymaster.
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Harry L. Bird
The
Civil Service Commission
SAVE LINCOLN PARK SEAWALL REPAIR PLAN APPROVED
A Chicago north side special committee of the Park Board will hire a competent engineer to oversee sea wall repairs at Lincoln Park. The plan centralizes costs for substantial reconstruction to curb lake encroachments, with joint talks to involve property owners and a focus on efficiency and nonpolitical payroll tenure. Mayor Taggart and officials discuss reform, while McGann’s illness is reported and resignations at the state charity board trigger political stir.
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Lincoln Park
Great North Side Pleasure Ground
Park Board
Lathrop, Gansbergen, Simmons and Hirsch
Potter Palmer
Franklin MacVeagh
Harold F. McCormick
Lathrop
Warder
Chicago
Milwaukee and St Louis Mayors Share Mayoral Burdens
It is reported in Milwaukee that Mayor Rose, a Democratic chief magistrate, sympathizes with Mayor Harrison that the Mayoralty is a thankless office. He notes its honors and salary do not compensate for its cares and troubles and that inadequate municipal revenue worsens his sorrows. Also mentions Mayor Welle of St Louis as part of the Western city mayors sharing the view.
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Milwaukee
Rose
Harrison
Welle
St. Louis
Mayor orders departmental cutbacks in Gley Hall layoffs list
The mayor’s directive to trim staff across departments led to the discharge of numerous employees including Frank Solon and Edward Wilmann among others with salaries from 600 to 3,000 dollars annually. Fire department members offer to serve without furloughs, proposing city certificates of indebtedness as future compensation.
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Harrison
Gley Hall
Frank Solon
Edward Wilmann
Tr. J. Jackman
John P. Dougherty
Ernst Jameson
H. W. Smith
Messenger
James J. Wai
Damase
Department of Public Wo
C.H. Magoon
W. J. Kelly
Chicago Fire Department
McGann
Eire Marshall Musham
Secretary Ross urges appointing a state board statistician
Secretary David M. Ross of the State Board of Labor Statistics says the fight on him is trivial and urges Governor Yates to appoint a statistician. He requests J. D. Roper of Springfield be named to the position.
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David M. Ross
State Board of Labor Statistics
Yates
J. D. Roper
Springfield
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Illinois
Health Department
Pritchard
Musham
O'Neill
Walker
H. H. Kohlsaat
Record Herald
Charles J. Happel
George BE. Morgan
Civil Service
Dunning
Hanberg
Happel
Morgan
United States
General Assembly
Healy
North Side
Mercy Hospital
Taggart
Lndianapolis
Philadelphia
Ed. Mack Tanner
State Board of Charities
Julian, Lathrop
Rockford
Miss Lathrop
Jane Addams
Tanner
Yate’ Act
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