Sets a New Fashion he Goes Ready to Probe Things
State Senator Walter Clyde Jones of Hyds Park hires a legislative investigator at a salary of 1000 dollars per session to aid Governor Deneen's program. J. Martyn Johnson, ex-newspaper man, travels to Iowa and Wisconsin gathering data to guide Illinois policy. After the session opens they will scan new bills for good and bad to aid lobbists on the floor.
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Chicago
Walter Clyde Jones
Hyds Park
Illinois
Springfield
Deneen
Jones
J. Martyn Johnson
Johnson
Tres Moines
Iowa
Tlinois
Madigan
Wis
Wisconsin
Ite
Lobbist
Expansion of trolley lines in Illinois by Montreal firm
In Springfield on January 4 President McWhinley of Mlingis Traction and officers from Sun Fire Insurance of Montreal, financiering the McWhinley lines, discussed a possible $2,000,000 Mississippi bridge between East St. Louis and St. Louis. They may build Canton to Peoria and Peoria to La Salle to form a Chicago to St. Louis through route, with Springfield to Jacksonville next summer. In Springfield January 4 Judge Humphrey ordered sale of the Peoria and Pekin Terminal railway for bondholders’ benefit, the upset price set at $600,000.
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Springfield
McKinley
Mlingis Traction System
Sun Fire Insurance Company
Montreal
McWinley Lines
McWhinley
Mississippi
East St. Louis
St. Louis
Canton
Peoria
LaSalle
Chicago
Bloomington
Jacksonville
Spriingfield, Tr
Humphrey
United States
Peoria and
Pekin Terminal
Painters Strike for Higher Wages in Champaign
Practically all members of local No. 303, National Brotherhood of Painters, have gone on strike in Champaign on January 4 to demand a wage increase of 20 cents per day. They allege contractors work at too low a rate with the current 214 cents an hour wage.
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Champaign
National Brotherhood of Painters
Fighting the Church Union In Mason County Appeal
In Springfield on January 4 the appellate court for the third district of Illinois heard arguments in the Cumberland Presbyterian case from Mason County. A group of Cumberland Presbyterian members contest union with the Presbyterian church.
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Church Union
Springfield
Janu
Third District
Miinois
Cumberland Presbyterian
Mason County
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Chureh
Edward Seymour Dies by Gunshot in Yard
Edward Seymour, 45, killed himself with a revolver in the yard of his former wife’s home in Litchfield. He had threatened to kill the woman and fired a shot after she fled the residence.
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Litchfield
Edward Seymour
Tragic Note Says Insomnia Led Inspector McClelland to Self Harm
Decatur January 4 Elmer McClelland a freight rate inspector, cut his throat citing insomnia in a letter left for his mother in Newark New Jersey. The incident is reported as a personal tragedy with no further official details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur, U1
Elmer McClelland
Newark
Whisky Jug a Deadly Weapon in Assault Conviction
Paris Jan 4 George Simpson convicted of deadly assault Judge Kimbaugh ruled that a whisky jug used to strike a man is a deadly weapon The case highlights how improvised objects can meet the legal definition of a deadly weapon in court
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Paris
George Simpson
Kimbaugh
Weather Becomes Blunt Over Illinois River Record
Bloomington Illinois January 4 Weather notes mention navigation on the Illinois River continuing despite heavy ice. The latest record kept shows December 2H, with thirty years since such conditions.
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Bloomington
Ilinois River
Baby’s Illness Touches Maryland Family Tale
A Maryland family endures chickenpox, told through a brief vignette. A 10 year old sister smiles shyly as a minister’s wife asks about the baby’s progress. The girl quips that the child “couldn’t be much better” because he remains small, in a light Harper’s Magazine style anecdote.
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Maryland
Poe
Harper's
Confessed Murderer Michael Lio Details New York Slaying
Elsworth Wisconsin January 4 Michael Lio alias Joe Saragusa an Italian railroad worker recently convicted of the Prescott murder of John Isaac has confessed in Elsworth to murdering Marie Labrizzi in New York on May 27 1902 and then dismembering her body Detectives from New York arrived after a wire alerted authorities and identified Saragusa as the New York slayer He says he spent money on the girl paid her way to this country she promised to marry him she chose another man and he killed her then cut her up.
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Elsworth
Wis
Michael Lio
Joe Saragusa
John Isaac
Prescott
Wiss
Marie Labrizzi
New York
Saragusa
Marie Labrizal
New Paper Combine Forms With 2 Million Capital
Madison Wis Jan 4 a new paper company with capital stock of two million dollars has filed incorporation articles with Secretary of State Houser as the Kimberly Clark company. The incorporators are John A Simberly James C Kimberly S F Shattuck Charles B Clark and Irrank J Sensenbrener. The fee paid for filing was two thousand dollars. The company may be a new combination of paper manufacturers recently reported being organized to take the place of the trust that was declared unlawful by federal courts. Simultaneously with the filing of the articles of the new corporation were filed resolutions of dissolution by the Kimberly and Clark company and the Atlantas Paper company and Telulah Paper company of Appleton.
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Madison
Wis
Houser
Kimberly-Clark Company
John A. Simberly
James C. Kimberly
S. F. Shattuck
Charles B. Clark
Irrank J. Sensenbrenner
Kimberly and Clark Company
Atlanta’s Paper Company
Telulah Paper Company
Appleton
Brooklyn Man Tries Gas Suicide in San Francisco
Henry Terry of Brooklyn attempted suicide by inhaling gas in San Francisco on January 4. He was found unconscious but doctors expect recovery. A farewell note claimed he sought to “save the honor of more than one woman,” leaving unclear details about the family.
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San Francisco
Henry
Terry
Brooklyn
N. Y
Harriman Returns Home After Minor Operation
Edward H. Harriman, who had been confined to his Arden home for about a week, has returned to his town house in New York. A Harriman family disposition led to a slight operation on Monday, which was reported as entirely successful.
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New York
Edward H. Harriman
Arden
Harriman
Great Northern to contest state stock issue rights
Minneapolis Jan 4 The Great Northern railway moves to challenge Minnesota's authority to block its plan to issue 60 million dollars in stock. The company has secured a postponement of the case until next Thursday.
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Great Northern
Minneapolis
Great Northern Railway
State of
Minnesota
Governor Urges Anti-Trust Legislation Tied to Ohio Law
Denver January 4 Governor Jesse B McDonald in his biennial message to the legislature urges framing anti trust legislation along lines of the Ohio law he says has stood the test of judicial determination.
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Denver
Jesse B. McDonald
Ohio
Roan Catholic Seminary Reorganized for Public Education
Abbe Jerome in Nancy France reorganizes the Roan Catholic seminary as a public education institution under church and state separation. The seminary will reopen next week.
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Nancy
France
Jerome
McKinley statue cast for Summerville NJ. Duce pneumonia in Genoa
A bronze statue of the late William McKinley, destined for Summerville New Jersey, has been successfully cast in Florence. Actress Eleonora Duce is hospitalized in Genoa with pneumonia.
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William McKinley
Trentanove
Summerville
N. J
Florence
Eleonora Duce
Genoa
Bulgaria
Valparaiso
Two old friends talk on street with grave news
Two old friends walk arm in arm and discuss topics, turning to family matters. The judge asks about the aunt, who has become frail. the major replies she was buried yesterday, and the judge insists on confirming the death.
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Major
Murder of St Petersburg police chief shocks Russia
In St Petersburg Major General von der Launitz, prefect of police, was shot at the Institute of Experimental Medicine and then killed himself as his escort closed in. The Spaceful Revolutionists claim the act, naming a 22 year old Jew who gained a church invitation with no name. Prominent guests included Prince Peter Alexandrovitch and Empressists relatives, while the bodyguard remained unaware.
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St. Petersburg
von der Launitz
Institute of Experimental Medicine
Count Tenatief
Stolypin
von der Lannity
Tle
Peter Alexandrovitch
Duke of
Oldenburg
Gyrand
Olga
Nicholas
Evigina Emilianova
von der Lawnitz
Russia
Assassination Sparks Turmoil After Guarded Sabre Attack
A chaotic scene followed General von der Launitz fall as a masked assailant fired twice and died after a final self-inflicted wound. Officers hacked at the prostrate body until the Duke of Oldenburg halted them. Police arrested several inside the church and in a nearby factory, tied to revolutionary plots linked to Maria Spiridonove and the League linked to Tsarskoe-Selo.
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von der Launitz
Duke of
Oldenburg
Duke of Oldenburg
Taimbov
Unboy
Maria Spiridonove
Luzhenoffski
von der Lannitz
Dubrevin
League of the Russian People
von Warmes
Sarskae Selo
Alexis Ignatieff
Tsarskoe-Selo
Negro Murderer Plays in Bad Luck
In Vicksburg Mississippi on Jam 4 0 Will Larvey and Hegre were hanged for murder at Mayorsville Mississippi three minutes before notice of commutation reached the sheriff of Issuqueng county.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Will Larvey
Hegre
Mayorsville
Issuqueng County
Coyote Round Up Proposed by Hill City Republicans
A Hill City Republican editorial urges rural residents to organize a coyote roundup. It notes one coyote can destroy poultry worth many dollars in a year and suggests forming a group, choosing a leader, and meeting at a set place to cover terrain as the group size allows.
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Hill City
The California Quake and a New Bering Island Outbreak
Garrett P. Serviss surveys whether the Bering Sea island eruption ties to the San Francisco quake. He notes coincidences and objections, linking a broad pattern of simultaneous subterranean upheavals but finds evidence favors mere coincidence and cites past island formations without Ca lifornia disturbance.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Bering Sea
California
David Starr Jordan
Coast Range
Mendocino County
Alaska
Vesuvius
Valparaiso
Garrett P. Serviss
New York American
Burglars and a Rat in Fifth Avenue Storefront
Two policemen stop two men in a rich Fifth Avenue storefront scene. A large rat gnaws a sealskin coat worn by a Parisian model, threatening about $50 in value. The officers scare the rodent away and compare rat infestations to grain vessels in port.
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Fifth Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Broadway
New York
Pittsburg
Emperor of Austria
Virginia
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed by Drugstores
When the cold winds dry the skin a box of salve can ease discomfort. Buy the original DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve and check the box name to avoid imitations sold by all druggists.
Man in the Moon Myths Across Cultures and Ages
An overview of moon legends from ancient theft to the man in the moon, noting gender shifts in Teutonic myth, Jack and Jill origins, and beliefs from Egyptian and South American lore, with medieval links to hell and witchcraft. The piece cites the London Globe as its source.
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Gablel
Moses
Segman
Mr. Baring-Gould
Jack and
Jill
Hinki
Bil
Hell
London Globe
Uncle Mose Banjo Legend Quits After Minstrel Offer
A Philadelphia Public Ledger writer notes Uncle Mose as Georgia’s famed banjoist. A visitor learns Mose quit playing after a minstrel show offered him a steady job, claiming fear of losing his old skills and status.
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Mose
Georgia
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Darky
Uncle Mose
Deel
Chile
Sal
Richard Garnett Remembered as One of England’s Learned Men
Richard Garnett, recently deceased, served many roles at the British Museum and was famed for his extraordinary memory. An inquirer seeking continental library information was directed to a single book in the museum, with Garnett naming the title and pointing to page 10.
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Richard Garnett
British Museum
England
Chammett
Dr. Garnett
Kennedy Laxative Cough Syrup Market Claim
A mother praises Kennedy's Laxative Cough syrup for tasting good and containing honey and tar. The ad claims the product is free from opiates or narcotics and complies with the national pure food and drug law, with sales through all druggists.
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Kennedy
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