Death of Former Governor Altgeld After Pro Boer Speech
Joliet March 12 Former Governor John P Altgeld died at Hotel Monroe shortly after 7 this morning following a period of unconsciousness. The death was due to cerebral hemorrhages amid prior illness and a recent decline in health. Clarence Darrow arrived to handle the body and prevent post mortem.
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Joliet
Chicago
Illinois
Altgeld
Altzeald
Globe Savings Bank
Spaulding
Lazely
Clarence Darrow
Lawer
Friends of Humanity
Yates
South Africa
Darrow
Remains Taken to Chicago for Former Governor Altgeld
Joliet March 12 The remains of Former Governor Altgeld were moved from Joliet on a special Chicago and Alton train leaving at 4 56 o clock Chicago bound. A Joliet delegation accompanied the body and the funeral cortege was headed by the police with many citizens of all parties following the hearse. Flags flew at half mast as the procession passed through the city.
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Chicago
Joliet, II
Altgeld
Joliet
Chicago & Alton Road
Remains of Former Governor Altgeld Arrive in Chicago
The body of former Governor Altgeld arrived in Chicago on a special train tonight and was taken to his home at 3225 Malden Avenue. A small group of friends, business partners, and a delegation of businessmen accompanied the procession, with the black casket adorned by Marechal Neil roses and carnations.
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Chicago
Altgeld
Malden Avenue
Mourning at the Capital over Governor Altgeld’s death
Springfield reports the portrait of former Governor Altgeld in the state house was draped with crepe as officials express deep regret. An adjutant general order directs mourning activities on the day of his death.
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Springfield
Fil
Altgeld
State House
Adjutant General's Office
Scott's Emulsion Cures Old Coughs By Nourishing Lungs
An ad touts Scott's Emulsion as the best remedy for persistent coughs, claiming it reaches the root of the problem. It soothes raw throat and lungs while nourishing and healing inflamed tissue to replace it with healthy tissue. A free sample offer is included.
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Scott
Funeral Flags To Fly At Half Mast At Armories
At dawn a section of Battery B at Galesburg will fire a 13 gun salute and again at intervals of 30 minutes during the day one gun, with 13 guns in the evening. The usual mourning badge will be worn by all officers on duty for 50 days, and the regiment’s colors placed in mourning for the same period.
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Galesburg
Widow of former governor collapses after Joliet news
In Chicago on March 12, Mrs Altgeld widow of the former governor, is prostrated by shock from Joliet news. Grief and concern for her welfare grow as she has endured delicate health for two years.
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Chicago
Cabinet Shuffle Foreseen in Roosevelt Era
St Paul dispatch reports two likely cabinet changes. Root may move from secretary of war to secretary of state as Hay retires, with Wood retiring from Cuba to Washington but not seeking a cabinet post. Taft may become secretary of war to preserve Ohio influence as Hitchcock’s retirement remains uncertain. MacArthur is tipped to succeed Miles, with Wood next in line.
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St. Paul
Minn
Pioneer Press
State Department
Department of the Interior
Hay
McKinley
Roosevelt
Root
Cuba
War Department
Philippines
Wood
Washington
Taft
Cabiet
Ohio
Hitchcock
MacArthur
Miles
Woad
Morgan Enteres New Field
New York March 12 For some time J P Morgan Co have been negotiating a consolidation of typesetting machine makers in the United States A merger is reported for the Mergenthaler Lanston and several smaller firms Morgan Co will announce details to stockholders soon The Mergenthaler Co 1895 capital 10 million dividends 10 percent plus extras Directors include Ogden Mills D O Mills Whitelaw Reid Lanston organized 1887 capital 5 million Directors W H Goadby J C Mayhew Stocks traded in Washington New York curb market
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New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morganthaler Linotye Company
Lanston Minotype Company
Mergenthaler Company
Ogden Mills
D. O. Mills
Whitelaw Reid
New York Tribune
Boston
Washington
Lanston Company
Ecompany
Virginia
W. H. Goadby
J. C. Mayhew
W. H. Goadby & Co
Broad Street
Premonition of Death in Iowa City
Iowa City mourns Alderman J A Miller who predicted his death two days earlier and dictated a will from his bed. Provisions call for a fine store and office building to honor his name, preserved atop a namestone if the project survives his passing. Miller, a veteran of Co H Second Iowa Infantry and forty-year city businessman, rests in funeral honor today.
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Iowa City
J. A. Miller
Iowa
Kentucky bill targets women voters in school trustees elections
The Kentucky general assembly sent to the governor a bill removing women voters from school trustees elections. Introduced by Mr Blair of Lexington, the measure follows a scene in Lexington where black women led action at the last general election.
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General Assembly
Kentucky
Blair
Lexington
Effort to End Boston Freight Handlers Strike Grows
Boston and Lynn reports warn that the 20,000 strikers may swell to 80,000 or 90,000 if grievances at the hub are not settled soon. Mayor Collins and Governor Crane push for compromise with Senator Hanna ready to assist, while surrounding boards of trade seek a regional response to pressure the Brine company. Rail routes reroute goods to the West as Saturday labor drop threatens.
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Hanna
Boston
Collins
Crane
Lynn
Mass
Board of Trade
Boards of Trade
Boston Merchants’ Association
Springfield miners strike over wage terms at Pana mine
Springfield reports 180 miners at the Springfield Coal Company mine in Pana walked out today after the firm failed to honor the state agreement by supplying track at face value and paying narrow-work rates per the agreement.
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Springfield
Springfield Coal Company
Pana
Liquor Question Dominates Local Election Tactics
Atlantic March 12. A sharp local election pitted prohibitionists against license supporters. J H Johnson, a radical prohibitionist, led the ticket with G H Whorley, a liberal license advocate. Van McCurdy ran independently for balance. Final vote: McCurdy 647 Thorley 470 Johnson 375. Prohibitionists underperformed. liberal sentiment carried the result and foreshadowed the city council race. Johnson had aided Meyers in jail, signaling campaign stakes.
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Atlantic
Muior
J. H. Johnson
G. H. Whorley
van McCurdy
Thorley
Johnson
McCurdy
Meyers
Palmer palmist named Victor Ross accused of swindling six women
In Ottumwa on March 22 an alleged palmist identified as Victor Ross is accused of swindling six women out of about $1,000. The scheme involved placing money in corsages to appear as untold wealth, with victims failing to press charges at the police station. It is believed Ross fled to Chicago after the incident.
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Ross
Chicago
Ex-supreme finance keeper charged in Detroit arrest
Charles D. Thompson former supreme finance keeper of the supreme tent of the Knights of Maccabees was arrested in Detroit on a sheriff sworn complaint regarding a reported shortage of 57000 dollars.
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Charles D. Thompson
The
Knights of Maccabees
Detroit
Favorite Prescription Aids Women's Health Reports Gains
A glimpse of a woman's face signals daily suffering from disease. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is advertised to cure irregularities, draining weakness, inflammation, and female weakness. Sick women are invited to write for confidential advice, with testimonials from Mary Murphy of Kentucky.
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Doctor Pierce
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Mary Murphy
Milton, Trimble Co
Kentucky
People’s Medical Adviser
Benevolent Associations Endorse Peruna in Chicago Letters
Letters from Mrs. Catherine Toft and Mrs. Clara Makemer praise Peruna as a superior tonic for general debility liver complaints dyspepsia and female irregularities. The Florence Crittenden Anchorage Mission housekeeper and others send gratitude to The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio with free literature including Health and Beauty.
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Catherine Toft
Valkrein Association
Chicago
Cottage Grove Avenue
Las
Clara Makemer
Florence Crittenden Anchorage
Chestnut Street
Hartman
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Board of Pardons Next in Des Moines March
Des Moines reports a push by legislators for a pardons board to relieve the legislature of duty. The pardons committee has heard many petitions, with a five member sub committee visiting Anamosa prison to hear convicts. Betsy Smith and Christina Behrens protest innocence in two notable cases. Wes ley Elkins, once 13 when he killed his parents, is praised as a model prisoner and may be recommended for release despite local opposition.
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Des Moines
House
General Assembly
Anamosa Prison
Betsy Smith
Christina Behrens
Davenport
T. W. Watson
Wesley Elkins
Elkins
Wesley
Commutation Land Sales Near Sioux City
Sioux City notes that two years after acquiring land from the Union Loan and Trust, the Credits Commutation company has sold most of its country acreage. A 1900 committee including Capt. John Ellis and Abel Anderson appraised the land at 500000 dollars and directed sales, reducing holdings outside Sioux City to 80 acres near Luton, part of the Hedges farm.
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Sioux City
Credits Commutation Company
Old Union Loan and Trust Company
Capt
John Ellis
Kewanee, Sr
Combination Bridge Company
Abel Anderson
Northwestern National Bank
W. C. McNeil
Postville
Comany
Luton
Will Become the Chief John Francis Slated for Post
John Francis of Omaha is reported by Burlington officials to assume the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy general passenger agent post on April 1 with Chicago headquarters. He will replace P. S. Eustis, slated to become general traffic manager, while Lucius E. Wekely would take Francis’s Missouri lines duties in St. Louis. The Trunk Line association will dissolve its money pool, ending a long era of rate sharing among eastern railroads amid Roosevelt’s anticipated actions against member lines.
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John Francis
Omaha
P. S. Eustis
Omaha, Neb
Burlington Railroad
Burlington & Missouri
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago
Francis
Lucius E. Wekely
Missouri Lines
St. Louis
New York
Trunk Line Association
the Herald
Roosevelt
Newman
New York Central
Railways Withdraw From Southwestern Passenger Bureau
St Louis March 12 at a special meeting the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, Chicago Rock Island and Texas and the Texas and Pacific railways served formal notice of withdrawal from the Southwestern Passenger bureau.
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St. Louis, Mo
Southwestern Passenger Bureau
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Chicago, Rock Island & Texas
Texas & Pacific Railways
Governor orders suit over alleged iron range railroad merger
In St Paul on March 12 Governor Van Sant directs Attorney General Douglas to sue in state courts over a suspected merger among the Duluth Mesaba and Northern, and the Duluth and Iron Range lines. United States Steel, said to hold stock in the roads, will be a defendant. The railroads remain separate but are said to be under common control. The case mirrors the Northern Securities issue, asking if one entity may hold a controlling interest in parallel competing lines.
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St. Paul, Minn
van Sant
Douglas
United States Steel Corporation
Duluth
Mwesaha & Northern
Duluth & Iron Range Roads
Steel Corporation
Northern Securities Company
Rock Island Withdraws From Military Traffic Pools
Formal notice yesterday by Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad of its withdrawal from east and west bound military traffic pools run by Western lines. The move, effective immediately, threatens to dissolve pools and undermine illegal traffic schemes, as Southern Pacific also pulled from west bound pool. Aims toward unifying Western routes into a single association west of Chicago and St. Louis. Mileage ticket rules announced. 2000 mile tickets restricted to single system lines. 3000 mile rebate policy unchanged.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Western Lines
Rock Island
MacLeod
Western Passenger Association
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Chicago
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
George W. Ristine
Southwestern Passenger Association
Burlington plans fares rise and network upgrades
Rail leaders push a scheme to raise passenger rates while blocking interchangeable tickets amid hostile legislation. Burlington Railway aims to cut operating expenses by at least 25 percent within a year through grade and curve reductions, double tracking toward the Missouri River, and increased power capacity. About 3 million on rails laid and 1.5 million ties renewed in three years on the Lackawanna. total 1901 improvements near three and a half million dollars.
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Burlington
Missouri River
Red Oak
Chicago
Illinois
Iowa 85
H. L. Laird
Chas
Walters
Peoria
Iowa Central Road
Albert Lea
Iowa Central Land Company
Marshalltown
Morton County
N. D
Lackawanna
Lackawanna Railroad
Western League schedule referred to special committee
Denver Colo March 12 The Western Baseball league meeting referred the schedule to a special committee. President Whitfield announced umpires would be selected from cities outside the league. The season will begin about April 22.
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Denver
Col
Western Baseball League
Whitfield
Two Ten Round Draws In Detroit Hard Fights
Eddie Burns of Detroit drew ten rounds with Kid McPartland of Brooklyn while Joe Cherry of Saginaw and Bix Mackey of Findlay fought ten rounds to a draw in Detroit on March 12.
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Detroit
Mich
Eddie Burns
This City
Kid” McPartlland
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joe Cherry
Saginaw
Bix” Mackey
Finlay, C
Yacht Race Plans Under Olympian Games Chicago
The committee reports wind strength and water depth at Lake Michigan harbor for the Shamrock II race trials. If canal passage proves impracticable, Sir Thomas Lipton will build a yacht specifically for the proposed races.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Thomas Lipton
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