WINE STRONG DEMOCRATS TALKED OF FOR MAYOR
Chicago political scene in 1909 is recalled with names of Democratic mayoral contenders and a report on police brutality cases. A judge condemns police action while Barricaded by a series of incidents reveal community distress over law enforcement conduct and public safety.
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Dry Bibs
da, Cama
Luc Honore
Charles J. Vopicka
Fred W. Blocki
Andrew J. Graham
John E. Traeger
Ernst Hummel
Wiliam L. O'Connell
J. E. Thompson
15Th Street
Thompson
Btate
Wayman
Red Light
Policemen's Benevolent Association
Wdod
Fadner
Record-Herald
Indiana Avenue
Negrohs Bhoot
Geo. Smith
Bradford Beard
Smith
Beard
Provident Hospital
BAYS
Chicago Examiner
Joseph C. Mullen
Warren Avenue
James McKay
Walker
Busse
Elton Lower
Civil Service Board
Mr. Lower
Book of Rules and Regulations
Police Department
Department m
Department of Police
General Superintendent of Police
City of
Chicago
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Law
Civil Service Act
Police Trial Board
Lower
McKinley
Fargo
Cleland Municipal Judge Warns Chicago Streets Unsafe
Cleland Municipal Judge Mc Kennie Cleland says Ex-President Roosevelt is safer in Africa than Chicago in a lecture at Trinity M E Church. He warns crime is rising, praises parole reform, and cites a drunken plainclothes policeman who killed a citizen as evidence of urban danger. Three men were talking together.
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Chicago American
James H. Burke
Chicago Avenue
Crowe
George Gift
Hudson Avenue
Kingsbury
Superior Streets
Burke
Poliiceman Burke
Crowe Here
Ryan
Hunce
Fredricus Yonge
Fourteenth Place
Twelfth Street
Yonge
Chicago
Adolphe Hirsch
Vendome Hotel
Monroe Avenue
Hirsch
A. H. Hirsch & Co
Masonic Temple
Amanda Evert
Po Lceman Ohn Evert
Miles O'Donald
Franklin Street
North Pier
Carland
O'Donald
John Hennessey
John Lenahan
Eddie Murphy
Kinzle Street
Chicago & Northwestern
Hennessey
Lenahan
Fred Bambeur
William Benjamin
67Th Street
Rambour
Bambeur
Roosevelt
Africa
McKennie Cleland
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Cleland
Judge Cleland
Fisher Criticizes Traction Office as Ill Joined Reform
A Chicago editorial protests Walter L. Fisher retaining his post and salary after Merriam commission work. It argues retrenchment should start with abolishing his position, citing long service beyond completion and calls for resignation. The piece also notes rising streetcar injuries and a proposed daily accident report ordinance.
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Walter L. Fisher
Chicago Journal
Merriam
Select Committee
Chicago
United States
Fisher
Merriam Commission
Special Traction Counsel
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Huron Street
Rudolph Berendt
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Grossfeldt & Roe
West Randolph
North Desplaines Streets
Matthew A. Reed
Soldiers
Milwaukee
Veterans’ Association
C. F. Lange
45Th Street
G. Rossi
Chatham Court
James Giblin
Giblin
Rossi
Ilnols ‘Street
A. R. L. Mueseler & Sons Company
F. R. Hollender & Co
Hollender Company
Mueseler
A. R. Mueseler
James Bredin
West 63d Street
Bredin
James Woodworth
Parnell Avenue
Benjamin Hayden
Esther Fries
Ridge Avenue
Hayden
EB. Nelson
Mra. Fries
Hazel Violet Marsh
Pubelo
Caqjo
Miss Marsh
James Schermerhorn
Kimbark Avenue
Chicago Record-Herald
George M. Fadner
John M. Roach
Rees Gunes
Alder Iman Pringle
Judiciary Committee
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Deneen
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