Chicago Aldermen Indicted in Bribery Conspiracy Case
Grand jury returns indictments charging seven Chicago aldermen with conspiracy to commit bribery. Gosselin and Gorman elude arrest as others post bail. Alderman Koth admits aiding a newspaper scheme and says votes were bought to advance doodle ordinances. Gorman remains at large amid hunt and council proceedings proceed.
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Chicago
Clifford
William J. O’brien
Daniel R. O'Brien
Nicholas A. Cremer
Patrick J. Gorman
Philip Jackson
Stephen M. Gosselin
John F. Dorman
Gosselin
Gorman
Adams
Criminal Court
Koth
City Alderman Reveals Payoff Scheme For Votes
Alderman Roth describes a corrupted effort to sway votes for a gas ordinance after mayoral veto. He details meetings with O'Brien associates, two $500 bills, and an envelope marked Roth opened before multiple newspaper representatives. He states he took money only to expose corruption.
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South Side
Billy O’brien
O’brien
Sherman House
Roth
Mr. Baker
Commercial Bank
the Tribune
The Long Fight Over Senate Confirmation of Judge Woods
The long contest over Judge Woods of Indiana for the United States circuit judge of appeals ended after four hours of debate mainly by opponents. The final vote was 25 in favor 24 against along party lines with Peffer voting against. Other nominations passed except Judge Gilbert of Oregon, held to win Judge McKenna’s seat after Judge Sawyer’s death.
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Washington
Judge Woods
Indiana
United States Circuit Judge of Appeals
Gilbert
Oregon
McKenna
Sawyer
Money for Western Waters River and Harbor Bill Items
Washington dispatch outlines major appropriations in the river and harbor bill. Indiana harbors include Michigan City inner harbor expansion with significant funding and related works in the harbor plan. The summary notes key allocations for western waterways and port improvements.
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Washington
Indiana
Michigan City
Inner Harbor
End of the Standard Oil Trust as Dissolution Action Passed
At a New York meeting on March 21 1882 trustees were empowered to wind up the Standard Oil trust. The dissolution plan requires private sale of assets and pro rata distribution to certificate holders, with stocks allocated to owners. Rockefeller Archbold and other trustees named to oversee liquidation and transfers.
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New York
Standard Oil Trust
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Archbold
C. T. Dodd
John I. Rockefeller
M. H. Flager
William Rockefeller
John D. Archbohl
Benjamin Brewster
H. W. Rogers
O. B. Jennings
Wesley H. Tilford
Michigan's Electorial Law Debate by Governor Winans
Governor Winans outlined the Democratic response to the Minor law moving presidential electors to district elections. He predicts the law’s validity but says Republicans will challenge it to the state supreme court, with possible U.S. Supreme Court appeal before the election. The Democrats would elect by districts and have a Democratic canvassing board issue certificates.
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Wigans
Democratic House of Representatives
Michigan Supreme Court
Grant
Southwest
Texas
Sinois Supreme Court
Moran
Appellate Court
Henry M. Shepard
Venezuela
Chicago
Salisbury dispatch reports Salisbury refuses extend modus vivendi
Washington learned from a state department official that a dispatch from Lond Salisbury returned the president of Stanist note. It is understood the note refuses to extend the modus vivendi for another year.
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Washington
State Department
Lond Salisbury
Stanist
Lord Salisbury
Senators and officials show improving health
Washington reports Secretary Blaine is improving and was briefly out yesterday. Senator Merrill remains improving, according to Dr. Busey. Representative Springer also continues to improve as Dr. Curtis notes a rapid three day improvement.
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Washington
Blaine
Busey
Senator Merrill
Representative Springer
Curtis
Farmer’s Son Starves Himself, Dies in Waucoma
Five weeks of refusing food culminates in the death of Daniel Potter a three year old farmer’s son from Waucoma Iowa. A well to do farmer in the region reported the case and the child declined nourishment until death last Saturday leaving him near skeletal condition.
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Stuart
Iowa
Waucoma
Daniel Potter
Osborne Pearl Heist Case May See Early Release
London March 21 The Home Secretary may order the release in May of Mrs Florence Ethel Osborne who is serving a nine month sentence for perjury and larceny of Mrs Hargreave s pearls according to informed observers.
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London
Home
Matthews
Florence Ethel Osborne
Dodd Discusses Oil Trusts and Proposed Termination
Mr. Dodd argues about a decades old oil stock trust where trustees hold voting power for many owners. He says the scheme increased production and lowered prices, but public opinion and state laws target trusts. He cites the Ohio supreme court ruling on Standard Oil and explains equitable vs legal title in trust certificates. Smaller firms would be wound up as trusts dissolve.
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Dodd
Union
Ohio Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
Work of the Wise Men in Both Houses of Congress
Chronicles daily Senate and House actions from March 16 to March 22, detailing Peffers bills on treasury gold discrimination and electricity farm motors, the free wool debate, military and public building measures, pension adjustments, and executive sessions on Judge Woods nominations.
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Congress
Washington
Peffer
Senate
Treasury
House
Woods
Wolcott
Stewart
California
Oregon
Nevada
Judge Woods
Holman
Council Bluffs
General Sherman
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Cedar Rapids
Moline
Ill
Sp. m
T. C. Harter
First Indiana
Pope
Isdy
Anna Maria Young
E.G. Husch
Committee On Printing
Williams and Hoar
Walker
Homer Fire Levels Eleven Buildings in Main Street Blast
Crampaigs DL reports a blaze in Homer on Saturday killed eleven structures along Main Street from the square to Andrew Unger’s residence and west to Dr. Rupp’s home. Lovina Hamill’s millinery store started the fire. Six families were left homeless and insurance was limited.
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Crampaigs
Homer
Lovina Hamill
Andrew Unger
First Street
Dr. Rupp
McKenna to resign Congress for Ninth Circuit judgeship
Washington on March 1 reports Justice Joseph McKenna will resign from Congress to take a circuit judgeship in the Ninth Judicial Circuit. His resignation to California’s governor takes effect March 28 with duties starting mid April.
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Washington
Joseph McKenna
Senate
Ninth Judicial Circuit
California
Congress
Prominent Names List From Evansville to Lockport
A compilation of notable individuals and their locations, including Colonel William Be Hollingsworth of Evansville Indiana and Henry Boulh viscount Hampden at Pau, with entries spanning Chicago Boston New York London and other places. The list names bankers, manufacturers, ministers, judges, publishers, and public figures, each tied to a city or country.
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William BE. Hollingsworth
Evansville
Ind
HeNry BouUvenue
William Brand
Pau
Henry Bolh
James M. BishHor
Quincy
Ills
Omalhia
Frank Smiley
Carlisle
Chicago
Smirh
St. Andrews
Edinburgh
Alvin HkyWwoouu
Manchester
England
Ev Warp A. Fpeeman
London
Don Carson Robinson
Madison Ship Yards
Madison
Max Strakosch
New York
Robert McMoney
Washington
Hot Springs
Ark
Wide World News Roundup From March Week
Gold bearing quartz yields 60 dollars a ton at Iron Clad mine near Ouray Cole. John L fights Corbett for big purses. Rev F N Rice attacks Bishop Foster in Baltimore. Paige Tube works explosion at Warren kills Cyrus Miller and injures four others. Paris barracks dynamite blast alarmed Parisians. German Emperor William ill. Berlin unsettled. Balloon over Albuquerque with no sighted voyageur. Boehm Co liabilities hit 800000. life insured 500000. Insane man in Tiffan shoots three men then kills self. John L Sullivan says final battle against Corbett. prefers Mitchell or Slavin. Albert Winter pleads guilty to grand larceny. Levi Morton joined as defendant in Chicago suit. Poison incident: two girls die. 14-year-old son suspected. Leguett & Myers tobacco factory burns in St. Louis. loss 325000, 600 people escaped safely.
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Ouray
Cole
John L
F. N. Rice
Bishop Foster
Methodist Church
Baltimore
Paige
Warren
Cyrus Miller
Republican Guard
Paris
William
Germany
Berlin
Albuquerque
N. M
Boehm & Co
Denver
Mitchell
Slavin
Albert Winter
Monroeville
Leguett & Myers
St. Louis
Various 19th Century Dispatches Highlight Global Unrest and Local Incidents
Reports note W Snyder wounded in Tiffin Ohio and all expected to recover. Paris police react to anarchists while Catholic Knights of America face treasury losses. Spreckels sugar refinery fire in Philadelphia causes 200000 dollars insured loss. Chicago grand jury indicts Dr Scudder for Mrs Dunton murder. Three Garza-aligned rancheros detained in Texas. Snow storm blankets Arkansas and parts of Tennessee. Diplomats expect Italy relations to resume. Congress may grant indemnity to New Orleans mob victims families. Indiana cargo relief sent to Russia prompts more aid. Edward M Field committed to insane asylum after alleged firm collapse robbery. Marquis de Mores duels with M Isaacs in Belgium. de Mores now identified as Socialist.
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Arkansas
Tennessee
Italy
Congress
New Orleans
Notable 19th Century Obits and Trials Across Europe and America
Max Strakosch dies in New York from paralysis. Deacon to be tried for killing his wife's lover Abeille in Cannes on May 1. New York assembly passes World’s Fair bill funding. Guenzberg’s liabilities estimated at 5 to 20 million roubles. Grand Duke of Hesse funeral draws immense crowd in Darmstadt. Tennessee Democrats choose delegates in Nashville for Chicago. Cleveland disrupted by typhus immigrant report. Secretary Jester returns from England in improved health. O Donavan Rossa visits New York. Franz Schneider executed in Vienna for murdering servant girls. Two poachers hanged in England for killing a game keeper. St Patrick’s Day celebrated nationwide. Irish flag atop New York City Hall. Chicago holiday proclaimed by council. A R Lea of Wisconsin faces slander suit amid murder case links to H C Mead.
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Max Strakosch
Impressario
New York
Deacon
Abeille
Cannes
New York Assembly
Guenzberg
Grand Duke of Hesse
Darmstadt
Germany
Tennessee
Nashville
Chicago
Cleveland
Qas
Jester
Bkngland
O' Done van Rossa
Franz Schneider
Vienna
England
United States
A. R. Lea
Wisconsin
Er. B. Gordon
H. C. Mead
Waupaca
Wis
Lea
Gordon
LYNCHING REPORTS AND POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS
The news notes a lynching near Gainesville Virginia and a fire killing four at a London butcher shop. It mentions Charles Aldrich named solicitor general from Illinois and Illinois governors and delegates shaping convention outcomes. The piece also cites a Venezuela government clash and Texas wheat gains amid southwest storms.
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Gainesville
Preenen
Charles
Aldrich
Illinois
London
Notable Deaths and Disasters Span Early 1900s Topics
A cascade of brief notices reports typhus deaths in New York and thousands buried at a potter’s field, a ninety day cattle quarantine renewal, a Port Jefferson resident confined to bed for sixteen years, Iowa senator Gatch’s cautious stance on a local option bill, a Minnesotan marriage, Chicago’s Horatio Hill the aged printer, English youths abused in Rio Janeiro, a Kansas City killer arrest reward won, Milwaukee merchant Timothy Chipman’s passing, and Chicago fire damages to Burton block with firms burned.
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Port Jefferson
L. 1
Senator Gatch
Iowa
Lindsay Porter
Plainview
Minn
Eva Daniels
Horatio Hill
Er. G. Sherman
Kansas City
D. B. Gilham
Alton
Dis
Timothy A. Chipman
Milwaukee
Burton Manufacturing
Clinton and
van Buren Streets
Chicago
Horace O'Donoghue
Railway Strike Looms and Transit Cuts Spread
The Grand Trunk railway workers threaten a strike amid broader service cuts. Chicago to Cincinnati passenger fares drop from one dollar to a lower rate. A German hotel burned in Drechausen with two boys perishing in the flames. The Standard Oil trust ends after a two thirds vote by certificate holders. Louis Cartigny dies at 101, last French Trafalgar survivor. William R K Morrison named chair of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Quillimane in Africa under siege by 6000 natives with a British warship dispatched. A Pittsburg woman punished her child by placing her on a stove. the child was saved by the father. Washington unsure of Salisbury reply as revenue cutters head to Behring Sea. English Miners resume work after a dye-price dispute. further unrest noted in some mining regions.
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Drechausen
Germany
Standard Oil Trust
Louis Cartigny
Hyeres
France
Trafalgar
Commodity and livestock prices across markets on March 21
Chicago board quotes cover March to July futures with mixed results. Park-MMarch and cattle bids show March activity. Livestock prices at Union Stockyards rise for dogs, hogs and sheep while cattle and veal vary in trading. New York and Detroit markets report wheat corn oats and lard figures amid steady hogs and lamb values.
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Board of Trade Today
Kilge
Rouge
Tac
Kaye
Ste. Corn March
Ufe
Duge
Dune
Este
Park
Texas
New York
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Baily News
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Muskegon
Ontonagon
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South Haven
Marquette
Rod
Petoskey
Green Bay
Kenosha
Kewaunee
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Milwaukee Refuge
Milwaukee Harbor
Racine
Superior Bay
St. Louis Bay
Sheboygan
Ashland
Gov. Winans
Salisbury
Mrs. Osborne
History OF
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National Legislature
Will
George Dricas
Cook County
Edward Emmons
L. J
George William PE
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Daniel Loriner
W. P. Flowers
Memphis
Charles J. van Depoele
Lynn
Mass
Timothy A. Chapman
Thomas Sproull
Allegheny
Caroline Mountpleasant
Six Nations
Lockport
A. F
Levi P. Morton
Mr. Morton
Dr. Scudder
Mrs. Dunton
Garza
Russia
Edward M. Field
Cyrus W. Field
Marquis de Mores
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Europe
Belgium
M. Isaacs
Fourmies
de Mores
Priday
Potter’s Field
Grand Trunk Railway
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