Affairs in Illinois Highlights and Local Incidents
A twelve inch guide mill starts at Springfield Iron Company boosting output and jobs. Killed at Moline as a building collapsed. Farmers Alliance seeks Illinois delegates to form a state body. Governor commutes Daniel Kimbro’s manslaughter sentence. Schedules and staff for St Louis and Chicago Railroad sale and railroad consolidations. Claims Commission to sit August first session with up to ninety days. dozens of old and new claims on docket. State crop notes predict below average hay yields, good pasture, and decent meat and grain crops with tobacco and potato areas detailed. Chicago to get a Gettysburg monument commission with ex governors and civic leaders named. Prairie chicken timing battle law mix-up clarified. Notable drownings and a murder at Springfield Court House Park. Illinois State Fair premiums near 25 000 dollars with ostrich and equestrian attractions. Harvey Brothers in Chicago fail with 40 000 liabilities and 30 000 assets.
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Daniel W. Kimbro
Chester
Fifer
Kimbro
St. Louis
Chicago
Springfield
United States Court
American Loan and Trust Company of
New York
Mercantile Trust Company of
Peoria, Springfield and St. Louis
Peoria
State Auditor
New Claims Commission
Herbert A. Pearson
Pacific Coast
Thirty-first Street
Illinois
Joliet
E. J. Murphy
Wiley
Bond County
Kate Williamson
Kate Cotton
Cairo
Ida Beard
Hamilton County
P. D. Armour
Armour Mission
Armour
George Murray
Court House
Theophilus Waldron
Murray
Waldron
Postmaster Appointments Spark Party Favoritism Debate
Washington special notes a Champaign Illinois postmaster change from Fielding to Spalding, a brother in law of Halford, highlighting patronage over fitness. The piece argues the administration rewards private rascality and hints at Senate action next fall to probe rewards for rifling private desks.
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Spalding
Champaign
Halford
Harrison
Indiana
Arthur
McAllister
Ill
Cleveland
Fielding
Washington
Msut
Quay
Senate
Republican Committee
United States
Dudley's Work in Indiana Reported by McClellan
Congressman Charles A. O. McClellan, of Indiana's Twelfth District, told Detroit Free Press reporters of Republican vote buying and crossroad schemes during the recent campaign. He claimed Democratic efforts included maps, travelers, and brass bands to influence votes, while indictments led to nolle prosequis. He asserted Indiana's Democrats supported Cleveland and tariff reform without losing votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. O. McClellan
Congress
Indiana
Detroit
Free Press
McClellan
Allen County
Fort Wayne
J. B. White
United States
Woods
Nolle
Cleveland
No Love For Harrison in Brooklyn Republican Ranks
Brooklyn Republicans sour on Harrison as demands for plum offices intensify. Willis sought Surveyor of the Port but fortunes favor rivals. internal strife grows as leaders weigh factional tensions before the next general committee meeting. Brooklyn dispatch.
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Brooklyn
Harrison
Gen
Tracy
Corporal Tanner
Broolyn
Theodore B. Willis
Willis
Platt
John A. Nichols
Wallace
Surveyor Beattie
Brooklyn Dispatch
Southern political row over Consul appointment
Washington dispatch exposes William I Sorsby a Mississippi Democrat who became Consul at Guayaquil after aiding Catchings party efforts. The Greenville Times editor Neeley who aided Catchings kept letters. Sorsby allegedly traded private campaign letters for a federal post reflecting infighting in the South political machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Washington Dispatch
North
William I. Sorsby
Mississippi
Guayaquil
Sorsby
Greenville Times
Catchings
Congress
James Hill
the Times
Neeley
Harrison
Washington
Senator Quay
Farmers degrade tariff reform as they cling to protection
A Chicago Herald critique of the South Dakota Farmers Alliance at Huron for siding with prohibition and direct Senate votes while opposing tariff reform. The piece argues heavy mortgage burdens and rising costs underscore the need to end protection, noting farmers pay more for necessities and receive less for crops under current tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Chicago Herald
Indiana gets more pensions than Illinois say Washington dispatch
The Washington dispatch argues Indiana receives about 50 percent more pensions than Illinois due to politics and patronage. It claims Indiana's closeness to national contests makes its veterans' cases prioritized, with clerks favoring Indiana men and expediting their applications, while Illinois veterans wait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Illinois
Ilinois
Dudley
Gen. Black
Corporal Tanner
Republican Party
Washington Dispatch
Sullivan Wins Seventy-Five Round World Championship Fight
The Sullivan Kilrain world title bout near Richburg Mississippi on the morning of the 8th ends in a Sullivan victory after seventy five rounds taking two hours and five minutes. Kilrain endures brutal punishment and finally yields with Sullivan delivering decisive blows to the ribs and head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richburg
Miss
Fox
John L. Sullivan
Jake Kilrain
Sullivan
Kilrain
John Fitzpatrick
New Orleans
London
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Springfield Iron Company
Moline
Henry Hagger
National
Farmers’ Alliance
Filley
Neb
Farmers of
Moulton
Iowa
Secretary of State
State Board of Agriculture
Cook
General Assembly
Gettysburg
J. L. Beveridge
Cook County
Eighth Cavalry
Joseph B. Greenhut
David B. Vaughn
Kankakee
Twelfth Cavalry
House of Representatives
Thirty-sixth
House
Jefferson Park
Harvey Bros
OF Lige
Congressman McClellan
Omees
William T. Sorsby
Boston
Pugilist
John I. Sullivan
Itchell
Charlie
Baltimore
Jake
Mitchell
Donovan
Mike Donovan
Kilrain Sullivan
Marion
Bud Renaud
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