Illinois State News Roundup of Accidents and Local Actions
A Chicago cigar maker Adam Brueck hanged himself at home amid family troubles. Other items note storms injuring orchards little, Bandit Bartley Bird captured in New Orleans, a Swedish tramp tortures a boy in Pana, and a Rockford burglary ends in the daughter’s death. Bee associations form in Bloomington, boiler explosion at Taylorville, railroad charter in Springfield, and gas company suit in Chicago.
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Adam Brueck
Chicago
Colonel Mills
Agricultural Department
Springfield
Bartley Bird
St. Clair County
New Orleans
Wibbon
St. Clair
Bird
Pana
Christian County
John Shaffer
Winnebago County Agricultural Society
H. W. Carpenter
Lawrence McDonald
F. H. Kimball
G. A. Sanford
E.S. Bartholomew
Frank G. Smith
George S. Haskell
Robert Simpson
Taylorville
Peter New
John Jones
Samuel Lanam
John McCollum
William Dishel
Patrick Doud
Henry Hemerson
Wenceslaus Chum
Bohemia
E. B. Payne
Ringfield
Risley Elevated Railroad Company
Jane Smith
Chicago Gas-Light Company
Illinois
Washington
Internal Revenue
Thomas A. Graves
Canton
Fulton County
John P. Reynolds
Jacksonville
Morgan County
Cooper
Ctizens
Vandalia
Fayette County
Illinois Legislature Adopts Bills Amid Adjournments
The record outlines House and Senate actions over several days with bills on road funding and contracts, insurance bonds, railroad regulation, and probe of taxes. Prohibitory amendment is proposed, judiciary reforms debated, and adjournments noted with multiple orders to third reading or engrossment.
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Senate
Illinois Central Railroad
East St. Louis
Hovusr
Committee On
Chicago Lake Front
Illinois & Michigan Canal
Military
House
Eanes
Chicago
Pullman Palace Car Company
Presidency's diminishing prestige as the people govern
The St. Louis Republican argues that the presidency has lost its former prestige and sweeping power as the public grows more self governing. It contrasts Arthur with early presidents, notes a lower standard for leaders, and claims the nation now safely steers with educated citizens guiding themselves.
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Arthur
Garfield
Olted
The
Republic
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
John Juney Adams
Jackson
White House
Congress
Newsaper
Ship of State
St. Lewis
Reform Must Start in States to curb Presidential Power
The piece argues the President has grown into a monarch and reforms must begin among the states. It calls for an Executive Council elected from diverse regions, replacing a single head of state, and cites Athens Rome and Switzerland as models. It notes constitutional amendment could establish a seven member council after the next election.
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Republic
Washington
Judicial
Congress
Supreme Court
Athens
Rome
Switzerland
Great Britain
Queen Victoria
Revue Ali Ted
Oprenaihial
High-Pressure Life and Overwork Warned by Herbert Spencer
The piece cites Herbert Spencer on the burdens of modern life and overwork. It notes nervous collapses and damaged constitutions seen across ages, with implications for future generations, urging readers to verify these claims in personal observations.
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Herbert Spencer
Baltimore Gentleman Recasts Rebuff in Postal Act
A Baltimore man writes of a young man who asked a girl to be his, she declined by postal card, and he returned her photograph with a one cent stamp on the back. The account frames the act as shockingly ungallant yet tit for tat in a quaint postal exchange.
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Swartzell
Norman McGregor
Rockford
Winnebago County
Mrs. McGregor
August Gerhardy
Baltimore
Procter Reflects on Vast Time Scales and Modern Changes
The quote contrasts a calm remark about 34 million years ago with concern over changes in the last fifty years, illustrating a modern anxiety about rapid historical shifts.
Fast Horses Ruin Bank Officials in New Jersey
Peck's Sten notes a bank failure in a New Jersey town exposes how its president cashier and book-keeper squandered funds on fast horses. The piece warns young men against horse racing fever, describing how addiction to speed and betting leads to financial ruin and compromised trust.
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New Jersey
Gray
Curious gold music box toy from Loston town
A Boston Post description recounts a small gold enameled music box instrument from Loston. The lid bears a porcelain oval, which springs open to reveal a living like bird that sings when released, then returns to its nest. The toy costs twelve dollars.
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Loston
Boston Post
Nilsson sings in Atlanta provokes gallery response
The New York Sun reports that when Mme. Nilsson sang Way Down on the Suwanee River in Atlanta recently, all the colored people in the gallery cried. The singer, whose siblings are tied to peasant life in Sweden, will view New York as her home with her adopted son.
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Mme. Nilsson
Atlanta
Suwanee
Sweden
New York
N. Y Sun
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Illinois State News
Michael Powers
Padua Township
McLean County
McLean County Apiarists
Bloomington
Central Illinois Bee-Keepers’ Association
J. L. Walcott
Samuel Rogers
Sidney Myers
Chicago Beehive Bank
Denver, Col
Chicago Agricultural and General Manufacturing Company
Colorado
Texas
Haskell
W. J. Taylor
J. Carter
Jane
Illinois Legislature
Kye
Hooton
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