Chicago Street Cars Evade Taxes, Faces Reform
An 1890s Chicago inquiry shows three street car firms pay about half a percent of gross earnings to the city through license fees. Proposals include raising the per car license to 100 dollars and enforcing the 2 percent gross receipts rate. officials warn of fierce legal battles over changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curcago
Chicago
General Electric Railway Company
General Electric Company
Wetherell
West Chicago Company
Chicago City Railway Company
City Treasury
Chicago City Company
City Railway Company
Perjury arrest snags patent medicine leader
Dwight M. Conley, head of a leading patent medicine firm in Louis Benn Indiana, is arrested for alleged perjury after swearing he had practiced medicine for ten years before 1885 to obtain a county physician license under state law. Electric Telephones are now sold out right by Edmunds & Law in Room 4 Schmitz block. Tel. 262. Subscribe for the Fort Wayne Evening Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Benn
Ind
Dwight M. Coonley
Edmunds & Law
Schmitz Block
Worst on record wife abuse in Mrs Siebert's complaint
Mrs. Caroline Siebert, through Colerick & France, files in circuit court for divorce alleging extreme cruelty since 1895. She says she was abused, tossed from the house, chased with a carving knife, denied warmth and medical care, and forced to live in the saloon while supporting the family on $1.50 weekly. Alimony of $2,000 is asked. case before Judge O'Rourke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Siebert
Colerick & France
Circuit Court
O’rourke
Solomon McClish
Woodburn
Ind
McClish
John W. Springer
Mr. Springer
George W. Ewing
W. W. Rockhill
Hugh M
Jesse D. B
Douglas Avenue
John Ryan
Bullerman
Clairvoyant Swindle Aimed at Wealthy Widow in Indiana
In Evenart Indiana on February 6 Mrs. Sarah Wright, a rich widow, allegedly paid a clairvoyant 3214 for treatments and was persuaded to move $300 in gold from a sofa to a box in her wood-shed, with the phony seer warning that the work would fail otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evenart
Ind
Sarah. Wright
Women barred from auction amid Nebraska court case
In Omaha a novel injunction suit asks Judge Powell to restrain Marie Wilson her mother and sister from entering Ray mond's jewelry store during an auction. Plaintiff alleges the women have harassed the employer and spread false stories since arriving from Los Angeles. The case stems from a restaurant incident where Paul Harris knocked down Miss Marie Wilson and escaped.
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Omaha
Neb
Powell
Marie Wilson
Raymond
P. J. Burroughs
Los Angeles
Paul Harris
Harris
Burroughs
Jack the Peeper Seen Prowling Fort Wayne Homes
Two Wilt Street women spotted a tall man with a heavy black mustache peering into a side window then reappeared at Wilt and Rockhill streets. He approached the gate, fled when challenged, then returned and entered a yard again before fleeing toward Dalton’s area. Residents warn of a strong reception if he returns.
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Jack
Peeper
Fort Wayne
South End
West End
Wilt Street
Wilt
Rockhill Streets
Rockhill Street
Mr. Dalton
Dalton
Chicago Produce Market Prices Report
Chicago produce table shows futures for Carcano Conn oats and Parx Lane and Spare Rrss with May to Sept contracts. Prices include openings and closings: Carcano 68 67c to 67{c, Conn 30c to 31lfc, Oats 214 21c to 21kc, Parx 10.60 to 10.57, Lane 5.80 to 5.77, Spare Rrss 5.42 to 5.40. Market supplied by Gordon & Co. margin brokers, White Bank Block.
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Carcano
G. Wurat
C. Conn
C. Oats
Gordon & Co
White Bank Block
English in failing health and angemia feared
Inprana Pouis February 6 report states Hon. William H. English has not rallied and suffers angemia alongside other complications. Friends fear a fatal result not long delayed. Denven February 8 reports Wendell P. Smith, a watchman and ex policeman, shot and killed by burglars last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inprana Pouis
William H. English
Mystery of Pearl Bryan Murder Jolts Indiana Family Ties
Cincinnati reports Scott Jackson, accused of Pearl Bryan’s murder near Green Castle Indiana, has confessed and implicates M Walling who also confesses. Green Castle families shocked as arrest warrants travel from Greencastle to Cincinnati and South Bend for Jackson Wood and accomplices.
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Cincinnati
Scott Jackson
Pearl Bryan
Green Castle
M. Walling
Walling
Jackson
Fort Thomas
Newport
Ohio River
Greencastle
Ind
Deitsch
Dental College
William Wood
Jack
South Bend
Wood
Crim McDermot
Talks Upon Practical Subjects free with $1 purchase
Marion Harland and ten contributors present a 160 page living guide on air, food, exercise, nerves, sleep, dress, and healthy living. Free to customers who spend $1 or more, limited to one copy per customer. Regular price 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Harland
Father Alive. Sensation in Colored Circles in Columbus
Ella Williams, a young colored domestic in Columbus, says her father Abner Williams is alive and seeks contact through Superintendent Liggett after a family believed him dead. Poundmaster Brown will try to locate him as the case stirs local colored community. Alice Mitchell seeks arrest of Harry Fernwall for assault and battery after returning to seize belongings from her former employer’s family.
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Ella Williams
Columbus
Liggett
Abner Williams
Poundmaster Brown
Alice Mitchell
Harry Fernwall
Miss Mitchell
Indiana building and loan laws panel to hear statewide input
A state commission appointed by Governor Matthews will sit next Tuesday in Indianapolis to hear suggestions from building and loan associations across Indiana. The panel includes John H. Holliday J. E. McCulloch and Bellamy B. Sutton. The 142,093 stockholders have invested 22.36 million dollars and associations have loaned 26.54 million on mortgaged security as 502 associations operate in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Matthews
John H. Holliday
J. E. McCulloch
Bellamy
Sutton
Shelbyville
Sudden Death of Miss Josie Updegraf in Columbus
Miss Josie Updegraf of this city died suddenly in Columbus Ohio last evening. Her remains will be brought here at 4 o clock this afternoon over the Pittsburg and conveyed to Dr McCulloch s home where the funeral will be held. Miss Updegraf was a popular young lady mourned by many friends. An escorted tour through Mexico offered from Cincinnati via Queen and Crescent route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Josie Updegraf
Pittsburg
Mexico
Cincinnati
Queen & Crescent
W. C. Rinearson
Grave Tampering Probed at Lindenwood Cemetery
Deputy Prosecutor Aiken Sheriff Clausmeier and Lt. Lapp visited Lindenwood cemetery to investigate alleged grave robbery. Aiken reports the grave of the late Mrs. Anna Miles shows evidence of tampering and a party of officials will continue the inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Clausmeier
Lapp
Lindenwood Cemetery
Anna ‘Miles
Two Vessels Aground As Fierce Storm Rages In New York
A violent nor eastern storm batters New York with 68 to 70 mph winds causing the J. B. Walker to wreck near Liberty Island and the sloop Favority to capsize with three men, one drowned. A three story brick building on Thirty ninth street collapses burying three workers. Shipping along the coast suffers widespread danger as Brixton, Brooksign, and Lamington face dire straits. Dans F Green Arcade Jeweler advertises wedding presents in sterling silver.
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New York
J. B. Walker
Liberty Island
Favority
Columbia
Lamington
Brooksign
Thirty-ninth Street
Dans F. Green
Arcade Jeweler
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Berry ‘Street
George Ewine
William Struver
Tilberry
Amasa Koler
Allie Fanhorn
Jack the Peeper
Will Street
Chicago Produce Market
Bryan
Indiana
William Earl
Western Union
Marion Marland
Will
Miss Josie Updegraf
Brooklyn
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Cloak and Fur House
V. Gutermuth
Calhoun Street
RABUS
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