Illinois Politics Heats Up For Senate Speakership
Springfield sees intense activity as Democratic and Republican leaders converge for the U S Senate race to succeed General Palmer. Dark horse hopes rise with Allerton and Littler seeking leverage while Madden and Mason jockey for caucus momentum ahead of the January 14 Republican Senate caucus.
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Springfield
Ids
John M. Palmer
United States Senate
Senate
United States
Chicago
Samuel W. Allerton
Allerton
David T. Littler
Clark HE. Carr
Galesburg
Mand
R. R. Hitt
Mount Morris
Madden
Mason
Assembly
Battle for the House Gaves and Speaker Hopefuls
Candidates for speaker jockey for Cook county support as Selby Allen Cochran and Charles Page Bryan vie for votes. The caucus tomorrow will nominate with forty four needed. Republicans discuss reapportionment and anti fusion laws to curb cross party cooperation.
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Schubert
Cook County
Leland
Selby
Allen
Cook
Charles B. Bryan
Vermilion County
Cochran
Sylvan
Springfield
Charles Page Bryan
Elmherst
Anderson
Henderson County
Political races and session length discussed in Altgeld era
The report notes a likely short session ending in May with lawmakers paid a fixed $1000, not per day. Democratic central committee members are gathered to decide leadership, amid a tight contest. Governor Altgeld pushes for Andrews while Hinrichsen campaigns against him.
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Samuel W. Allerton
United States
John M. Palmer
Senate
Democratic Party
Democratic State Central Committee
Altgeld
W. H.hinrichsen
Democratic Central Committee
Andrews
Hinrichsen
Legislature to Extend Tax Levy for Two Years in Chicago
The judiciary committee on Saturday approved extending the 1 percent tax levy for the sanitary district two more years to fund ongoing work. Ratification by the board next Wednesday is expected. The proposal would raise about $4.46 million with a projected deficit of $3.86 million, leaving $800,000 as a surplus for flushing conduits in the north and south branches if enacted.
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Chicago
Dan
Sanitary
Board of Trustees
Judiciary Committee
Board
Wenter
Finance Committee
Flushing
National debt shows monthly drop amid treasury cash rise
Washington on January 4 reports the December 31 public debt at 992,929,582 dollars, down 2,839,577 for the month due to a 2,963,281 dollar increase in cash in the treasury from new Pacific railroad bonds sales. Debt totals 1,221,249,961 with various classifications and a treasury cash balance of 228,320,379 after liabilities.
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Washington
Treasury
First Mortgage Pacific Railroad
Central Pacific Sinking Fund
Gov Altgeld Pardons Six Murder Convicts in Illinois
Springfield January 4 Governor Altgeld grants pardons to six inmates serving murder terms in state prisons and two more for assault with intent to kill The pardoned include Kate Ford La Salle county 1891 fourteen years Charles Richter Cook county 1889 seventeen years Henry Schwartz Grundy county 1887 life Willis Morgan Pike county 1894 fifteen years Charles C Myers Christian county 1882 ninety nine years Edward J Warren Cook county 1894 twenty years John W Prentiss Hancock county 1883 fifty years
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Springfield
I S
Altgeld
Kate Ford
la Salle County
Charles Richter
Cook County
Henry Schwartz
Grundy County
Lfe
Willis ©. Morgan
Pike County
Charles C. Myers
Christian County
Edward J. Warren
John W. Prentiss
Hancock County
Inquest Finds Globe Democrat Editor Joseph B McCullagh Death An Accident
In St Louis on January 4 the inquest into the death of veteran editor Joseph B McCullagh was continued. Witness Louis C Bohle said he cannot believe the death was by own action. The coroner ordered a verdict that death resulted from a skull fracture from a fall from a window while sleeping under gas influence, an accident. A large press meeting afterward praised the editor’s career and character.
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St. Louis
Joseph B. McCullagh
Globe-Democrat
Louis C. Bohle
McCullagh
Waller Wins Six Day Bicycle Race at Convention Hall
About 7 000 spectators saw the closing stage of the six day International race. Waller the Flying Dutchman led the field by 1½ laps over Maddox with Lawson the Terrible Swede claiming fourth place by about ten feet. Final scores list Waller 874 miles 5 laps Maddox 874 miles 3 laps Aschinger 873 miles 7 laps Lawson 871 miles 10 laps Hunter 871 miles 10 laps Foster 870 miles 10 laps.
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Washington
Convention Hall
Waller
Harry Maddox
Lawson
Hunter
Maddox
Aschinger
Foster
Divorce suit awards alimony to Millie Klingelhoefer
In St. Clair County, Mrs. Millie Hodel Klingelhoefer wins a divorce case against Prof Charles B Klingelhoefer and is granted 80 dollars monthly alimony. The defendant plans to appeal. The couple married two years ago and separated the day after the wedding amid undisclosed reasons, with the case pending for months.
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Macoutah
Fils
Millie Hodel Klingelhoefer
Charles B. Klingelhoefer
St. Clair
Death of Dr Adams of Nashotah Milwaukee Jan 4
Rev. William Adams D D died at Nashotah Wisconsin at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon. He was one of the founders of the Episcopal mission at Nashotah.
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Adams
Nashotah
Milwaukee
William Adams
Wis
Episcopal Mission
Palmer Threatened with Pneumonia in Illness Stay
Springfield Illinois January 4 report says Senator has not returned to Washington due to illness and is confined to bed with threat of pneumonia. No further names or dates provided.
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Palmer
Springfield
Lill
Washington
Banker Dramatically Ends Life in Lake Near Evanston
William A Hammond second vice president of the National Bank of Illinois, reportedly driven by mental distress, leaped from Foster pier into Lake Michigan near Evanston. His body washed ashore hours later as authorities note evidence of mental derangement and possible prior arrest in banking affairs. Weather across the region brings floods, snow, and blizzard conditions from Illinois to the Dakotas.
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Chicago
National Bank of Illinosis
William A. Hammond
Foster Pier
Evanston
Lake Michigan
Dempster Street
Greenwood Boulevard
Hammond
United States
National Bank of Illinois
McKeon
Chicago Alderman O Malley Murder Trial Delayed
Chicago alderman Thomas J. O Malley charged with the murder of Gus Colliander faced a bail hearing and court delays. Judge Tuley continued the case to the next term after debated venue changes while O Malley remains out on $25 000 bail as state seeks secrecy on evidence and immediate trial was urged by State Attorney Deneen.
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Chicago
Thomas J. O'Malley
Gus Colliander
Tuley
Cook County
O'Malley
Gibbons
Deneen
Sears
Santry
Collander
O’malley
Love Led Her To Death In Chicago Tragedy
Nellie Uren aged 19 and Obbie Heath younger by a year planned suicide after their parents opposed marriage. After a night at a downtown theatre they went to a coal shed twelve miles away and shared carbolic acid. Nellie drank half and died within hours. Heath faltered, prevented by fear for her.
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Chicago
Nellie Uren
Obbie Heath
Adolph Christensen
Heath
Turned Streets in Suburbs into Ponds in Sumit Chicago
A heavy rainfall yesterday and the prior two days caused a county wide flood. Suburban streets became ponds and many basements flooded as the continuous downpour persisted.
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Sumit
Chicago
Cook County
Porter Confesses to Murder Linked to Insanity Fits
Chicago on January 4. William Thomas Powers a Negro porter jailed at the stock yards police station confessed to the Murphy saloon keeper murder. He swore before Justice Hennessy that a lifelong illness causes him fits during which he acts without knowledge and killed Murphy during one such spell.
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Chicago
William Thomas Powers
Stock Yards
John Jd. Murphy
Hennessy
Murphy
Indeterminate Sentence Law Ruled Unconstitutional
Chicago, Jan 4 Judge Gibbons held the 1895 indeterminate sentence statute unconstitutional. The ruling came in a habeas corpus case brought by Charles Henning against the penitentiary warden seeking release after a June 1895 offense. The act had not taken effect until the following month.
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Chicago
Gibbons
Charles Henning
Henning
Free rein to litigation opens treble damages claim for grain bets
Chicago January 4 Judge Payne Saturday ruled a third party may sue to recover treble losses from grain speculation on the board of trade when the actual loser did not sue within six months allowed by the criminal code.
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Chicago
Board of Trade and
Payne
Board of Trade
Wage cuts at Illinois Steel workers set to take effect
Chicago January 4 employers of the Illinois Steel company with contract workers saw wage reductions announced though the exact amount had not been agreed upon. The cut could range from 10 to 50 percent and would begin February 1. Similar notice was issued to Bay View mills in Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Illinois. Steel Company
Bay View
Wis
Condition of Dreyer's Bank in Chicago
The Security Title and Trust company as receiver for E. C. Dreyer & Co. reports bank resources at 1,595,692 with liabilities at 1,484,483. Assets may shrink upon realization and the concern is not expected to pay dollar for dollar.
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Dreyer’s Bank
Chicago
Security Title and Trust Company
E. C. Dreyer & Co
National Bank of Illinois
Hart Wins the Walking Match in Chicago Roots
St Louis report notes Hart, the Chicago colored athlete, won the six days heel and toe walk event ending at midnight. He led Hoagland by seven laps, with Stephens finishing third. Oddy and Cowboy Smith failed to reach 300 miles and will not share gate receipts. final standings list Hart 303 miles 7 laps Hoagland 803 miles Stephens 292 miles Oddy 278 miles Smith 210 miles.
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Hart
St. Louis
F. Hart
Chicago
Hoagland
Stephens
Oddy
Cowboy Smith
Denver
Smith
Weyler Returns to Havana After Cuba Tour
Captain General Weyler returns to Havana after leaving Bagote at 6 AM yesterday. He travels by cavalry to Artemisa arriving at noon and Mariel at 8 PM before boarding the Legazpi cruiser and reaching Havana by 8 PM last night.
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Weyler
Bagote
Artemisa
Marlel
Legazpi
Illinois Auditor Dying Reported in Springfield
A private dispatch from Springfield says David Gore, auditor of public accounts, is dying of heart failure at his Carlinville home after a short illness. This marks his third attack.
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Llinois
Springfield
Philippine Rebels Defeated in Major Manila Battle
Dispatch from Manila reports a major battle in the Philippine islands ending in a decisive insurgent defeat with 8,000 killed. Madrid notes the victory as a significant setback for the rebels.
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Phillippine
Madrid
Manila
Philippine Islands
General Sickles Not Improved After Illness
New York January 4 General Daniel J Sickles remains ill with a severe neurasthenia attack at his home and shows no improvement after several days of confinement.
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Sickles
New York
Daniel J. Sickles
Death of a Distinguished Chemist in Philadelphia
Philadelphia January 4. Theodore George Wormsey M D Ph D OL D, a distinguished chemist aged 70, died yesterday at his home in this city.
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Philadelphia
Theodore George Wormsey
Guarantees Maceo Alive in Paris Herald Claim
The Paris edition of the Herald asserts it can guarantee the accuracy of news stating that Antonio Maceo remains alive.
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Maceo
Paris
The
Herald
Antonio Maceo
Weather Indications For Twenty Four Hours
Weather outlook for 24 hours from 38 p M yesterday describes cold air and snow across Indiana with westerly winds. Lower Michigan expected to have rain turning to snow in the west with southerly shifting to westerly winds and colder conditions. Upper Michigan faces rain or snow with a cold wave and brisk northerly winds. Wisconsin to see snow with northwesterly winds and colder conditions. Iowa shows threatening weather with snow and northwesterly winds in the eastern portion. Illinois reports snow and a cold wave with northerly to northwesterly winds.
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Washington
Juan
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Upper
Wisconsin
Cyclone Strikes Mooringsport Era Death Toll Then Rises
A northern parish cyclone hits Mooringsport La at 3 45 pm causing widespread destruction and multiple deaths and injuries. Four Funeral bodies found two miles from home. A relief train aids casualties as trains resume service amid inland flooding and property ruin.
Filibuster Sinks Off Florida Coast In Cuban Vessel Disaster
Cincinnati report from Jacksonville details the Cuban filibuster Commodore sinking twenty miles offshore after striking the bar. Of 28 aboard, 17 survived, 5 landed at Daytona, including Captain Murphy and novelist Stephen Crane. William Higgins died. Two lifeboats capsized with missing men. survivors endured 24 hours at sea. The Three Friends given permission to search for the missing.
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Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Jacksonville
Fla
Daytona
Murphy
Stephen Crance
Cook
William Higgins
Rhode Island
Captain Murphy
Stephen Crane
Higgins
Windy destruction in Arkansas injures several towns
Report from Little Rock dated January 4 describes a severe storm sweeping southern Arkansas. Benton suffers demolished frame houses and overturned freight cars with several injuries but no deaths. Communications have been reestablished with towns south of Little Rock and more casualties are possible in lumber camps.
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Rock
Texarkana
Rath Hall
Eaton
Benton
Giantern
Little Rock
Ark
Iron Mountain
Little
Three Tinmen Lose Their Lives In Missouri Pacific Crash
In New Haven at mile sixty seven a freight train derailed yesterday forenoon on the Missouri Pacific line and plunged into the river. Three trainmen were killed Homer Evans engineer Henry Bolkup switchman J B McQueen brakeman all of St Louis.
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St. Louis
Dan
Missouri Pacific Railway
New Haven
Homer Evans
Henry Bolkup
J. B. McQueen
Krakeman
Burial of Editor McCullagh in St Louis
Services for Joseph B. McCullagh editor of the Globe Democrat were held at his sister-in-law’s home. Rabbles of flowers marked the esteem from colleagues and friends. Clergy praised his secret good deeds before interment at Bellefontaine cemetery.
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St. Louis
Joseph B. McCullagh
Globe Democrat
Manion
John Snyder
Unitarian Church of the Messiah
McCullagh
W. W. Boyd
Second Baptist Church
Quartette
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Major McKinley Moves Into Windermere at Hanna’s Home
Major and Mrs. McKinley arrive in Cleveland on Saturday and are greeted by Major Charles F. Dick. They proceed to Windermere, Hanna’s country home, with McKinley declining to discuss politics for reporters. Senator Cullom visits. McKinley plans a quiet week outlining his inaugural message.
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Cleveland
McKinley
Charles F. Dick
Hanna
Myron T. Herrick
Prospect Street
Beck lehymer Makes Suicide Gesture In Illinois
Myron P Beck lehymer attempted suicide Saturday afternoon by saturating his clothing with oil and applying a lit match. The act occurred in Yureka Illinois as authorities investigated the apparent self harm.
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Yureka, Ills
Myron P. Becklehymer
Laurier declines knighthood and other telegram notes
Abbreviated telegraphs report Laurier declining a knighthood while Bethlehem Tron plans to revive Bethlehem mills employing thousands. Plague cripples Bombay with health officers aiding. US gold output 1896 up $10 million. silver dips. Countess Helena Potocka buried alive rumor untrue after disinterment. Petoskey boy killed during pond play. German duels double since 1889. Baddie Bald to tour Europe. Wisconsin court names Stephens ancillary receiver for Western Paper Bag. Persian shah estate valued at £40 million. Nashville fire losses reach $400,000. Vesuvius and Dolphin ordered to Florida. Fifteen months see 15,005 English Roman Catholic converts.
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Wilfred Laurier
Canada
Bethlehem Tron Company
Bethlehem
Bombay
United States
Warsaw
Poland
Helena Potocka
Lou Benning
Western Paper Bag Company
Nashville
Tenn
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Dolphin
Florida
Cuba
England
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