Lawmakers Defeat Daily Amendment In Direct Primary Battle
In Springfield Illinois on May 8 the Daily amendment to the Trautmann Shurtleff bill failed 665 to 71 after ten Democrats were absent and Republicans split. Democrats caucused to support a direct primary law. A proposed amendment for direct county candidate nominations by vote was tabled 69 to 68 amid shifting votes by Brady Gillespie Kerrick and McGuire.
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Stephenson County
Springfield
Til
Regublican
Haines
Winnebago
Gillespie
Carrol
Taggart
Stephenson
Trautmann- Shurtleff
Shurtleff
Shanahan
Treautmann-Shurtleff
Allen
McGuire
Ratification of Miners Action Reaffirms Conference Accord
The anthracite miners convention in Scranton Pa reassembled and unanimously ratified the subscale committee action from yesterday s talks with operators in New York. Notices posted by coal companies announce Monday work resumption. A Pueblo riot between striking smelter workers and deputy sheriffs left one striker dead and two injured. In Washington the senate conference on the Allison railroad rate bill provisions gained ratification from Republican leaders.
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Scranton
New York
Pueblo
Colo
Washington
Senate
Allison
Extradition Bid Ties Gorky to Uprising
Moscow reports the procurator charges Maxim Gorky with participation in the December uprising alongside political propaganda. A rumored request seeks his extradition from the United States.
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Moscow
Maxim Gorkey
United States
Mysterious Staten Island death suspected suicide
Police report on Chas. L. Spier confidential agent for H. H. Rogers found dead in his Staten Island home. Officials say evidence indicates Spier died by his own action.
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New York
Chas. L. Spier
H. H. Rogers
Staten Island
Spier
Chicago Weather Forecast Mixed With Threatening North Weather
May 8 report notes generally fair conditions for Chicago with threats of weather from the north. Cooler tonight with frost anticipated. Sunrise at 4 46 a m and sunset at 7 07 p m.
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Chicago
Tinois
Indian Scout Gol Frank D Powell Dies in El Paso
Frank D. Powell, renowned Indian scout nicknamed white beaver, has died in El Paso Texas from heart disease. His death is reported in May with special dispatches noting his storied career and service.
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el Paso
Tex
Gol
Frank D. Powell
General Ignatieff Assassinated in Kieff Russia
General Count Alexis Ignatieff once governor of Kieff was assassinated in Kieff Russia on May 8, 1900 according to special dispatches. The event marks a violent blow to regional leadership amid unrest surrounding the government.
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Ignatieff
Kieff
Russia
Count Alexis Pavyolich Ignatieff
Market Report from Chicago and Union Stock Yard
Closing board quotes show July wheat at 7 9 3, oats 3 1 1, pork 15 15 17, lard 3 5 4 2, ribs 2 7 0. Cattle at Union Stock Yard: 1,500 head, steady. beeves 1.15 to 6.20. cows and heifers 1.85 to 5.24. hogs 10,000, strong to up 4. stockers and feeders 2.90 to 50. sheep 20,000, weak to 10 lower, 34.00 to 85.75.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Union
Batter market steady with no sales today
Elgin market reports no sales on the board of trade with batter quoted 20 cents lower than last week. District output totaled 516000 pounds.
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Elgin
Board of Trade
City finances alarm Dittmar warns of deficits and expenses
Mayor Dittmar warned the council that the city overspent its appropriations by 14777 last year with big costs for street work and a stone quarry. He urged caution, proposed examining firemen, and discussed leasing the quarry to a contractor to cut rock costs.
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Dittmar
Tutty Street
Wm. H. Shons
Votal
Public Library
Sowgys
Cer
Robert J. Burns
F.T. Brandt
E. Darling
Graham
John Rodemeyer
J.J. Sweeney
Pens
Total Sicacresse
Shons
van Buren
Jacob H. Boos
John A. Davis Post
Alderman Steffen
Biremen
Bauscher
Bauscer
Steffen
Ditmar
Investments and city issues dominate council discussions
Bankers promote safe farm mortgage loans and cautious lending while city officials debate street funding, a city sealer office, meter testing, and safer fire escapes as bids and ordinances move through the finance committee.
Prayer Meetings Tomorrow at Several Homes
Prayer meetings will be held tomorrow at multiple residences led by various pastors and leaders including H E Herlocker 79 Fifth Avenue W G Thrall Rev H L Moore Mrs Hoover 138 Douglas Avenue Rev H L Moore Mrs Geo Oblander 284 Walnut Street Rev F A Hosmer J R Jackson 162 Hik Street Rev Elijah Brown Rev F A Hosmer YL William Street Rev C W McCaskill Miss Manny 224 N Galena Avenue Rev F M Davis J B Fenton Lincoln Avenue Evangelist Vogt H L Moore First Presbyterian Parsonage Mrs Lindy.
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H. E. Herlocker
Fifth Avenue
W. G. Thrall
Hoover
Douglas Avenue
H. L. Moore
Geo. Oblander
Walnut Street
F. A. Hosmer
J. R. Jackson
Hik Street
Elijah Brown
William Street
C. W. McCaskill
Benefit for Musicians at Ger mania Hall
Local musicians union plans a concert and ball at German ia hall on Thursday evening May 17 to aid San Francisco musicians left homeless by the quake and fire. The concert starts 5 30 p m with a forty piece band, followed by a dance with a thirty piece orchestra. Admission is 25 cents. Tickets will be sold at convenient places without canvassing.
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Musicians’ Union
Germania Hall
San Francisco
August Biersach Rumor Tied to Milwaukee Relatives
A fragment suggests August Biersach of Milwaukee may be a guess about the home of his nephew boule Biersach in Carroll stress. The text is incomplete, offering little verifiable detail about relation or location.
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August Biersach
Milwaukee
Boule Biersach
Carroll
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