Contested Illinois Senate Race Dominates Springfield Scene
In Springfield on January 19 the race for a six year Illinois Senate seat dominated politics as Hopkins supporters opened headquarters in St Nicholas Hotel while Democrats backed Lawrence Stringer. Federal officials attended as debates over whether 102 or 103 votes constitute a majority heated up amid rumors of Democratic defections and possible shifts in support.
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Springfield
House
Senate
Hopkins
Albert J. Hopkins
Aurora
T Hey
Senator Hopkins
St. Nicholas ‘Hotel
Lawrence B. Stringer
Kane County
Inaugural Session Amid Staunch GOP Alignments
The Illinois senate and house met in a brief, informal session as ceremonial moves preceded the inauguration. Governor Deneen, re-elected, was introduced by Speaker Shurtleff with guests including Mrs Deneen and Frances Deneen. Assembly approved printing five thousand copies of the governor’s message. Key players in the senator race include Foss, Hopkins, Church, and Camp. Alignment shows Hopkins supporters and foes, with Deneen and Shurtleff neutral.
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Charles F. Hurburah
Galesburg
Senate
W. Clyde Jones
Chicago
House
Shurtleff
Cartwright
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Hopkins
Deneen
Illinois
State of
Charles S. Deneen
Mary F Deneen
Frances Deneen
Sisner
James F. Maloney
Richard J. Oglesby
Elkhart
Oglesby
George Edmund Foss
Springfield
Chester W. Church
Lucas Butts
Peoria
Church
Foss
Mr. Church
Fred M. Blount
D. A. Campbell
Edwin Sims
H. W Whiikerson
Charles Eilein
Joliet
Frank L. Smith
Dwight
Charles P. Hitch
Paris
John C Ames
C. P Gardner
Edward Sd. Clair
la Salle County
Lyman T. Hoy
Woodstock
Lorimer
Chester W Church
Foley’s Honey and Tar Promoted for Children’s Coughs
An advertisement extols Foley’s Honey and Tar as a safe cough remedy for infants and children, noting it contains no opiates or narcotics. It urges careful mothers to keep a bottle at home and to refuse substitutes, listing H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkuns as markers.
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Foley
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkuns
Hopkins Forges to Call Caucus
Springfield January 19 After midnight Hopkins leaders announced that if the senator did not receive a majority of votes in the separate houses a caucus would be held before a joint session There was surprise as the plan to caucus regardless of a working majority created sensation among legislators up and about after the decision was made
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John C. Ames
Chicago
Charles P. Hitch
United States
Springfield
Frank L. Smith
Dwight
Internal Revenue
Lorene Wheeler
William Trautmann
Danville
East St. Louis
Win W. Sims
Standard Oil Co
James H. Wilkerson
W. A. Northcott
Springfield Istrict
Luman T. Hoy
Percy G. Rennick
Penorta
Paul I. Zaabel
Friends
Senator Hopkins
Hopkins
Beween
Deneen
Washington
House
Senate
Luther Laflin Mills Dead in Chicago
Juliet, Orator and Scholar succumbs to paralysis after a long illness. Mills, a Chicago resident most of his life, served two terms as Cook County State’s Attorney and gained fame prosecuting notable causes including the Haymarket riot defendants. He was known as a refined orator and prominent in city business circles.
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Juliet
Chicago
Luther Laflin Mills
Mr. Mills
Cook County
Haymarket
Fuller Construction to Pay Nearly 30000 in Iroquois Claims
Chicago January 19 Nearly 20000 will be paid to relatives of Iroquois theater fire victims or to injured parties as a settlement by George A Fuller Construction Company builder of the doomed theatre. Under an agreement with attorney Charles C Spencer the firm will pay 759 to each of 38 claimants, removing it from most pending litigation.
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Fuller’ Construction
Chicago
George A. Fuller
Charles C. Spencer
Mr. Spencer
Judge Gross Dead After Paralysis at Home in Springfield
William L. Gross aged sixty eight, grand commander of the Illinois Knights Templar, died at his Springfield home from paralysis. He was installed grand commander last August in a ceremony at his residence due to illness. A Civil War era telegraph corps superintendent in Ohio and the Gulf, he later served as circuit judge and as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, and for eleven years was secretary and treasurer of the Illinois State Bar Association.
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Springfield
William L. Gross
Alinois Knights Templar
Grand Commandery
Rock Island
United States Military Telegraph Corps
Department of Ohio
Department of the Gulf
Miners House of Representatives
Illinois State Bar Association
University of Hilnois seeks 3.5 million for two years
The University of Hilnois will request about 2.5 million dollars from the state legislature for the next two years. The board of trustees has determined the budget with 900,000 allocated to agricultural interests. Several new university buildings are also proposed.
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University of Hilnois
University of Hiinois
Old-Time Printers Mark 25th Anniversary in Chicago
The Old-Time Printers association celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary at the Sherman House in Chicago. Rev. Joseph Milburn, pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church, delivered the evening address.
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Chicago
Sherman House
Joseph Milburn
Plymouth Congregational Church
Elgin Chosen For Spanish War Veterans Encampment
Rockford HI Jan 19 The council of administration of the Spanish American War Veterans selects Elgin HI as the site for the department encampment on July 9 and 3. The decision sets a summer gathering for veterans.
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Elgin
Rockford, HI
Council of Administration of the
Simple Remedy for La Grippe Cures Coughs Fast
An ad claims Foley's Honey and Tar quickly cures la grippe coughs that could become pneumonia overnight. It says the remedy heals inflamed lungs and prevents dangerous conditions when taken in the yellow package from H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
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Foley
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Kieran Surrenders Accused Fund Chief to Face Trial
P J Kieran once head of the Fidelity Funding Company of New York surrendered in Pittsburg on January 19. He gave bonds in two pending cases and departed for New York to contest bankruptcy proceedings. He said poor advice kept him away and that he would turn over his personal property to the Fidelity Funding Company.
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Pinareler
Pitteburg
P. J. Kieran
Fidelity Funding Company of
New York
Pittsburg
Kieran
Fidelity Funding Company
Willett
Noah Webster
Mr. Willett
Mr. Roosevelt
Secretary Long
Cuba
San Juan Hill
White House
Harriman
Louis XIV
Henry IV
Henry of Navarre
Church in Donora Seeks Bankruptcy Over P. J. Kieran Deals
Petitions filed in the U S district court seek bankruptcy for the Church of the Holy Name of Mary in Donora Pennsylvania. The action stems from financial dealings by P J Kieran with church members and institutions. Petitioners claim 9000 dollars.
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P. J. Kieran
Pittsburg
United States District Court
Church of the Holy Name of Mary
Donora
Mob injures Black man after insult in Hope Arkansas
In Hope Arkansas on January 19 a group of young men forced the light plant engineer to cut power, then took eighteen year old Hilliard from the county jail and hanged him to a telegraph pole amid gunfire. The Black man had insulted a woman clerk in a department store, sparking the mob action and ensuing violence.
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Bullete
Hope
Ark
Hilliard
Woman, 60 Attacked By Negro in Fort Smith
Fort Smith Arkansas January 19 Miss Levett aged sixty was attacked by Charles Stinnet twenty eight a colored man who is in custody charged with the assault. The case details indicate a violent incident with a suspect detained by local authorities.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Charles Stinnet
Miss Levett
Raven Society Celebrates Poe Centenary at Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia January 19 The Raven Society at the University of Virginia marked Edgar Allan Poe centenary with a varied Cabell Hall program Dr Herbert Nash of Norfolk spoke of his brief acquaintance with Poe during the poet’s last Virginia visit and H H Freeman of St John’s Church Washington played selections on the Carnegie organ
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Poe
Nash
Charlottesville
Raven Society
Cabell Hall
University of Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe
Herbert Nash
Norfolk
Virginia
Carnegie
H. H. Freeman
St. John’s Church
Washington
Nebraska Congressman Seeks Answer on Prague Flag Incident
Representative Hitchcock of Nebraska introduced a resolution asking the state department for details of a Prague police clash with citizens bearing an American flag. He seeks to know if the flag was torn into strips and trampled and what steps were taken to secure an apology.
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Washington
Jan
Hitchcock
Nebraska
State Department
Prague
Bohemia
Resolutions Aim to Increase Hebrew Union College Graduates
Philadelphia January 19 resolutions will be presented at the Union of American Hebrew Congregations council to expand the Jewish faith in the United States. The aim is to raise the number of rabbis graduating from Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati.
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Philadelphia
United States
Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Morgan Gifts Prehistoric Weapons to British Museum
London January 19 J Pierpont Morgan has presented to the British Museum the collection of prehistoric weapons made by Canon Greenwell of Durham. The collection illustrates the bronze age in Great Britain.
Smallpox Case on Battleship Kearsarge at Malta
A case of smallpox occurred aboard the battleship Kearsarge, the illness contracted in Cairo. Strict quarantine is maintained and no crew members are allowed ashore.
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Malta
Cairo
Senator Smoot Renominated by Utah Republicans
Salt Lake City Jan 9 Republicans in the Utah legislature caucus nominate Reed Smoot for re election as United States senator with all forty three members in the caucus voting in favor.
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Smoot
Salt Lake
Jan
Reed Smoot
United States
Utah
Feud figure Buck Cot Tongame sentenced. father collapses
In Hamilton Ohio on January 19 Buck Cot Tongame a Kentucky feudist was sentenced to life in the penitentiary for murder. As the verdict was read Parrish Arnet father of the victim collapsed and died in the courtroom.
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Hamilton, O
Buck Cottongame
Kentucky
Parrish Arnet
Arnet
Three Thousand Warships to March In inaugural parade
Washington Jan 19 Fully 3000 able seamen fresh from their world encircling cruise will comprise the purely naval division of the inaugural parade on March 4.
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Washington
Seven Bishops at Dedication of St Peters Catholic Church
At Columbia Kansas the new $5,000 St. Peter's Catholic church building was dedicated with seven bishops present. The event included a rural anecdote about a farmer and a vaudeville actor, cited from the Kansas City Independent as a humorous aside.
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Columbia
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Kansas City
No pneumonia linked to Foley's Honey and Tar use
The record shows no case of coughs or colds developing into pneumonia after taking Foley's Honey and Tar. The claim notes the remedy cures coughs from colds and influenza.
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Foley
Tage
Ryoe
Bitter Roosevelt attack stalls House vote
Washington Jan 19 Representative William Willett of New York labeled President Roosevelt a gargoyle and a courtly despot in a fiery speech. The House, deeming the remarks vilification, voted 126 to 78 to halt him from proceeding as turmoil gripped the chamber.
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Roosevelt
Empire State
Washington
White House
Alexander Hamilton
William Wilett, Jr
New York
House of Representatives
Willett
House
Wulett
Mr. Willech
President Willett Defends Heroes With Plain Words
The president, Mr Willett, proclaimed that real heroes frighten phonies, declaring to all that true courage is honest and unyielding in the face of sham. He contrasted genuine bravery with counterfeit bravado during a pointed address.
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Willett
President Uses Final Washington Address at African Diamond Jubilee
In Washington on January 19 the president spoke at the African Diamond Jubilee of the Methodists. He noted this would be his last public speech in the city as president and discussed the Philippines, Cuba, and Santo Domingo, praising U S efforts and self government for Filipinos while warning against abandonment and bloodshed.
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Washington
United States
Philippines
Spain
Carribean
Cuba
San Domingo
Ol¢ Islands
Taft's Secretary of Treasury Decision Delayed in Talks
Chicago editor reports Taft has not named a treasury secretary. He spoke with J C Shaffer of the Chicago Post about candidates from Chicago. Taft noted Secretary Newberry blocked Michigan delegation support for Navy secretary and Edwin Denby presented their views. Rockefeller to attend Taft banquet by local chamber of commerce tomorrow night.
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Augusta
J. C. Shaffer
Chicago Post
Edwin Denby
John LD. Rockefeller
Chamber of Commerce
Courtesy at the Pawnshop Card Game Line
A dialogue snippet from a bygone scene shows Frau Meier and two figures in a tense exchange at a pawnshop. One declares patience and warns the other, while a second speaker expresses confidence about securing money, hinting at a pending financial deal.
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Frau Meier
Agent of Hearst jailed in Oklahoma libel probe
Guthrie Oklahoma January 19 A sworn statement by Governor Haskell accuses Scott MacReynolds Hearst special agent of conspiracy to defame the governor. MacReynolds was arrested with a search warrant at the Iona hotel as papers tied to Hearst libel suit valued at 606000 were seized. Haskell says money was offered to falsify statements and promises more arrests will follow.
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Oklahomy
Guthrie
Okla
Hail
Scott MacReynolds
Attoney
Willian Hearst
Ernor Haskell MacReynolds
Iona Hotel
John Mahaney
Orville Smith
Haskell
Hearst
MacReynolds
Sen
Joan H. Burford
Ernor
Mooney
Uto
Roosevelt urges national holiday on Lincoln birthday
Washington January 19 President Roosevelt has sent a special message to Congress requesting that February 12, Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, be made a national holiday. The proposal aims to honor Lincoln with a nationwide observance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Mahmout Fails to Throw in Stipula Time Bout
Des Moines Iowa January 19 Youth match Mahmout failed to throw Jessie of Des Moines twice within a forty five minute stipula period no falls were scored final.
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Mahmout
Reimer
Des Moine
Jani
Jessie
Des Moines
Birds Spend Three Years to Reach Mature Plumage
A study notes that it takes three years for five bird species to acquire mature plumage. Researchers tracked growth stages and coloration changes, highlighting delayed maturation compared with other species.
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