Mrs Rawson Acquitted In Chicago Trial For Emotional Insanity
In Chicago Mrs Meckie L Rawson was acquitted after a two week trial for attempted murder of Attorney H C Whitney. The jury found emotional insanity at the time, deeming her irresponsible. Whitney later suffered insanity and is in the Kanakakee asylum. the case followed the prior divorce action and a son’s shooting of his stepfather. Pat McLindy was arrested in Illiopolis for an attempted killing of Douglas Peden. State budget bills propose 1889 and 1890 state institution expenses and library funds with allocations for multiple asylums and reform institutions.
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McLindy
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Sheets
Illinois
Illinois Soldiers and Sailors
Quincey
Lester
House
Thirty-Sixth General Assembly
Yister
Kellar
Merritt
Richard K. Swift
Cairo
Prison reform and parole proposal from Southern Illinois Penitentiary
The biennial report to Springfield requests 65 000 dollars a year for two years plus 5 000 for repairs and 10 000 for a contingent fund. Chaplain Griffith advocates ending fees on criminal convictions and paroling inmates on ticket of leave with conditions. Warden Mitchell seeks a reform school for boys. Mount Vernon Supreme Court voids Shawneetown city bonds of 25 000 dollars issued to the St Louis and Southeastern Railway for failure to meet completion terms.
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Illinois
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United States
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Springfield
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Miltiades
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Supreme Court
Mount Vernon
Shawneetown
St. Louis and Southeastern Railway Company
Twenty Fourth Illinois Institute Report Requests Funds
The trustees seek 100000 for ordinary expenses 20000 for land 40000 for ground improvements and 23000 for other improvements. The superintendent notes 566 pupils enrolled as of Sept 30 1886 with 77 admitted since then 24 graduates 9 discharged 14 removed 1 expelled 2 died and 50 dropped. Since 1846 there have been 1962 pupils connected with the institute 275 married deaf mutes 23 married hearing persons. Remaining pupils include 1320 American 292 German 162 Irish 46 Swede 35 English 15 French 15 Hebrew 12 Scotch and 12 colored. He urges introducing the manual alphabet into state common schools arguing it can be learned in an hour and would aid deaf mutes in communication.
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Illinois Instituton For
Jacksonville
High Versus Low Taxation and the Tariff Debate
Senator John T Morgan argues against high tariffs and burdensome taxation on farmers and laborers. He cites mortgage pressures from British capital, the North South mortgage maps, and calls for reduced government expenditures to relieve agricultural workers and promote free use of labor and genius.
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How the Republicans Control New York
The Detroit Free Press argues Republicans control the New York Legislature by suppressing Democratic votes. It contends no law is needed to tilt results, as Republicans ensure one vote counts more, through refused censuses and skewed districting. Four Assembly districts and Kings County yielded about 88 000 votes while seven interior counties elected thirteen Assemblymen.
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New York
Bill Chandler
Senate
United States
Assembly
Kings Counties
Interior
Detroit Free Press
Butterworth Attacks Working Man Tariff and Carnegie Profits
The Brooklyn Citizen opinion attacks Mr. Butterworth for opposing a $1.25 daily wage and for backing tariff changes that would boost Carnegie’s profits from $1.5 million to four times that amount. The piece argues the Republican party offers no redress for workers and has misled rural voters into continuing Civil War era loyalties.
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Wool Reporter brands Senate tariff bill dishonest
The American Wool Reporter, a protectionist journal, calls the Senate tariff bill dishonest and claims its wool schedule was designed as parliamentary strategy to yield concessions in conference while preserving core aims.
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American Wool Reporter
Senate
Biscuits Debate in Brid’s Wages
A brief Arcola Record tidbit shows Mrs Brown asking Bridget to make biscuits very short with the servant promising to add her wages to the dough, claiming they will be devilishly short.
Illinois Senate and House Pass Tax and Education Bills Amid Adjournment
Illinois lawmakers report back Senate action on a 100000 employee payment with a 850,000 amendment, approve the amendment, and move to third reading. Education panel backs uniform textbooks and prints, with a recommendation to recommit, as many bills are introduced. A death notice for Virgil Ruby is adopted, and session adjourns after brief proceedings.
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Cook
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Knox
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Southern Insane Asylum
Anna
Cullom
Big Money in Little Things
A historic survey highlights small inventions yielding huge fortunes. Rubber pencil tips, early roller skates, metal rivets for pockets, gimlet-point screws, copper tips for children's shoes, and protective glass for gas lighting all generated vast profits, with emery cloth coatings and boot sole plates contributing to multi‑million earnings.
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