Illinois Pensions and Public Notices Stream Through State
The Illinois pension list shows original and reissue grants for numerous individuals, with names including John Huntress, Francis White, Henry Koehler, and many others. Springfield dispatches report on Prison Congress attendance, hotel ownership changes, Cronin jury debates, and 1889 stock shows, plus the formation of Chicago Central Railway Company and state printing arrears and adjustments.
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Illinois
John V. Huntress
Francis M. White
Henry Koehler
Whitman O. Fisher
Joseph C. Cole
Isaac W. Stuart
Peter Brereton
William H. Benson
Wlisha B. Sweet
Joseph Siddueas
William Tuke
Higgins
Joseph Tucker
William Age
John Cox
Alford J. Elmore
John 8. Green
Franklin C. Smith
Ivan T. Stokes
Elijah Jolliff
William P. Askew
Hiram McCrillis
Solomon B. Shadden
Victor H. Gould
Leander Falhoy
John Peter Zoy
William F. McKelvy
John F. Long
Thomas M. Shields
Michael Schell
Patrick Y
Sangamon
Springfield
Melvina Arnold
John M. Palmer
Arnold
Gen. Palmer
George M. Moulton
Chicago
Joseph E. Dyas
Paris
Sylvester O. Spring
Peoria
Charles G. Mae
Mattoon
Harvey M. Hall
Olney
C. C. Johnson
Sterling
Edwin E. Wood
William L. Moss
Edwin L. Waugh
State Board of Contract Commissioners
State Board of Health
Springfield Dispatch
Register of Physicians
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Beford-Clarke Publishing Company
They Want a Dictator Popular Government Threatened
A Washington to Chicago Herald dispatch argues the Sherman congressional election bill would centralize power in the President, creating a large federal election machine with 400 000 new officers. It warns of a potential dictatorship, party manipulation, and undermining state control over elections, urging Democratic resistance in Congress.
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Springfield
Fred H. Vines
Hayes
National Prison Congress
Nashville
Wines
National Prison Association
Congress
Richelieu
Chicago
A. S. Gage
Lucky” Baldwin
San Francisco
Ohio
Washington Telegram
Chicago Herald
Sherman
Senate
House
South
Executive
United States
House of Representatives
Commons
Chandler
Ascuns
Reese
Sherman and
Board of Election Commissioners
District Electoral Board
Supreme Court
Harrison
Boss Quay
Farwell Senator Sees Close Illinois Legislature
In an interview from the Chicago Journal Senator Charles Bb Farwell predicts a tight next Illinois Legislature and expresses Republican dissatisfaction over federal appointments in Chicago. He notes no recent appointments by President Harrison in the district and Democratic replacements in city offices.
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Farwell
Charles Bb
Chicago Journal
Chicago
Harrison
Cregier
Newberry
Raum Appointed Pension Commissioner Surprises Illinois Politics
Washington telegraph reports President appoints Gen Green B Raum of Illinois as commissioner of pensions. Raum, born Dec 8 1829 in Golconda, Illinois, has a long career in law politics and the army. The pension report for 1883-89 shows 489 729 pensioners with $64 246 552 in annual pension value and $38 275 113 paid that year. Commissioner Tanner urges new agencies and broader pension provisions, including widows and disabled soldiers.
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Illinois
Pension Office
Washington Telegram
Green B. Raum
Ilinois
Golconda
Pope County
Kansas
Free-Soil Party
Harrisburg
Corinth
Atlanta
Missionary Ridge
Cincinnati
Internal Revenue
Gen. Baum
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Tanner
Columbus
Chicago
Indianapolis
Topeka
Kan
Congress
United States
Vatican to Publish Documents on Temporal Powers
The Vatican will soon release all documents supporting its claims to temporal authority. Chinese Foreign Minister Count Okuma was slightly wounded by a would-be assassin, who died by his own hand.
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Vatican
Count Okuma
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