Gas Trust under fire over Chicago franchises and taxes
The Eagle demands action as it exposes alleged sharks in county and city offices, cites usury and tax dodges, and calls for Grand Jury scrutiny of judges, assessors, and water, school, and police departments. It targets the Gas Trust’s Chicago franchise bargains, urging quo warranto suits and city recovery of rights.
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Grand Jury
United States
Viettn
Eagle
Bullock
Sattler
Heyman
McClun
Padden
Monroe
Murphy
Zuckerman
Webster
Brewer
Smith
Richardson
Oblsen
Harper
Tolman
Card
Scutt
Montgomery
Kelly
McLean
Williams
Erd
Tomlinson
Valliston
Cessna
Cullen
Diedrich
Heckrein
Sieger
Punk
Knowlton
American Mortgage Ca
Chicago Mortgage Loan Co
West Side
Mills & Co
Wilkinson
Hlindis Credit Co
A. M. Smith
Reliance Loan Company
Hopkins
Wenham
Toss
Griting
R. I
Gas Trust
Portieth General Assembly
Illiois
Ilinois
City of
Chicago
City Council
Gas Consolidation Act
Consumers’ Gas, Fuel and Light Company
Equitable Gas Light and Purl Company
40Th Assembly
Maine
People's Gas Light and Coke Company
Supreme Court
Filinola Supreme Court
Consolidated Corporation
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Bumpa" Billings
Springfield
Trust
Ogden Gas Company
Economic Gas Company
Ita
City Gas Inspector
Commissioner of Public Works
Question on Card and Keel trim in Hall ae formerly aid
The readable fragment asks about a well known trim of Card and Keel and mentions Hall ae formerly aid. The text is unclear and lacks verifiable entities or a coherent event to summarize into a factual card.
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Card & Keel Dade Mnet Baaltions
Hall Ae
Foreclosures and loan shark opposition urged by McNally case debate
Community members question foreclosure rules and loan shark activity. The Haglo group invites public input opposing predatory lending while referencing the McNally case as context for upcoming discussions.
Organize Against the Gas Trust in Chicago
A rallying call urges residents to organize ward clubs to combat the Gas Trust accused of bribery and corrupt regulation. The message claims bribery controls streets and politics, urging public sentiment to rise and drive the trust from Chicago.
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Chicago
Gas Trust
Ogden Gas Company Tackles Chicago Gas Trust Stand
The piece argues that corporation money corrupts courts and legislation, praising the Ogden Gas Company for offering cheap, reliable gas and promising to challenge the Gas Trust in Chicago. It accuses the Trust of extortion, overpricing, and street control while alleging underperformance and inflated lamp service charges.
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Chicago
Gas Trust
Trust
Springfield
Ogden Gas Company
Ogden Company
The Gas Trust Moves to Pass Favorable Legislation
The Gas Trust asserts it lacked a franchise to operate from Chicago yet pushed a measure through the Legislature to curb opposition. The statement accuses the trust of buying legislative influence to secure passage, highlighting alleged overreach and invalid authorization.
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Gas Trust
Chicago
Chicago election graft and Rand McNally school book scandal
A Tribune dispatch critiques Chicago political corruption, naming lawyers tied to Cook County State's Attorney race and detailing the Rand McNally Co influence over school books. It accuses city hall grafters, notes gas trust profits, poor building associations, and calls for investigations while praising Alderman Fowler and predicting Leo Tausig's potential legislative election.
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Garden City Equitable
Cutronh
Drexel
Bankers and Merchants
Thirty-fifth Street
Village
Interstate
North Avenue
South
Chicago
Lincoln and
Fifth Avenue
United States
Andy McNally
Harrison
Rand, McNally & Co
McNally
Telegraph
Eagle
Elx
Anon
Gas stock leaders cited by local officials in Cincinnati
Attorney War Fington, chief counsel for the gas company, and M. M. White, president of the Fourth National Bank, are reported as the heaviest individual holders of gas stock in Cincinnati. Fington spoke in a public address and White gave an interview in a local newspaper.
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War Fington
M. M. White
Fourth National Bank
Cincinnati
White
Sidewalk truit dealers pay for space near Wells bridge
Some fruit vendors on the north side of Wells Street bridge hire space on the sidewalk by paying 50 to 100 a month for the privilege. The Champion of Graft does not advertise them directly or through police channels.
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Wells Street Bridge
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