Sundry civil bill tops $94 million with canal funding
The sundry civil appropriation bill totals $94,947,000, including $25,461,000 for Panama Canal work to be reimbursed from canal bond sales. The bill, the largest of its kind, reduces $11,070,000 from agency estimates. Other items cover river and harbor work and public buildings.
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Tawney
Appropriations Committee
House
Panama Canal
Treasury
Ocos
State Department
Combs
Guatemala
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
Sulzer
New York
Charles P. Neill
James B. Reynolds
House Committee On Labor
Public to honor the heroic dead
Freeport and Grand Army Post join with Germania society and Spanish-American War veterans for Decoration Day 1906 observances. Rev. James W. Lee of Sandwich will deliver the oration. ceremonies include a 1:30 pm parade and 2:00 pm cemetery services led by Captain Burrell Kleckner Stewart and Brady.
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John A. Davis
Post
Germania Society
Walnut Street
G. A. R. Hall
Henney-Globe Band
Exchange Street
Woman's Relief Corps
Stephenson Street
Galena Avenue
Court House
Henry Burrell
George S. Kleckner
William Stewart
W. S. Brady
West Street
Lincoln Avenue
Cemetery
Tabernacle
G. A. R. Logan
John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Washington, D.C
Ang Psts
B. L. Stephenson
Army of the Republic
South
Grand Army
Springfield
Decatur
Petersburg
Fourteenth Tinois Infantry
William J. Rutledge
John M. Snyder
Robert Allen
Martin Wood
James Hamilton
Robert M. Flood
Daniel Grass
Edward Prince
John A. Lightfoot
B. F. Smith
A. A. North
Henry Howe
B. F. Hawkes
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Iowa
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Missouri
Kentucky
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Women’s Relief Corps
Portland
Maine
Grand Army Post
Burrell Bros
Illinois Forecast May 29 Fair Tonight and Wednesday
Chicago weather report notes fair conditions tonight with possible showers and warmer temperatures on Wednesday. Sunrise was at 4 27 a m and sunset at 7 29 p m.
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Chicago
Illinois
Market Closing Notes May 29 With Wheat and Pork Quotes
Closing board of trade quotations show July wheat at 82 55, July pork at 16.385, and July lard at 18.85. Cattle numbers at 5 000 with Beeves, and hogs 22 000 with mixed butchers trading 6.20 to 6.50. Sheep around 20 000 with price near 4.75 to 4.95.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Union
Fish Makes Special Report on Illinois Central Progress
President Stuyvesant Fish issues a special report detailing Illinois Central milestones since 1887. The system grew from 2,000 miles to 4,374 miles, net income rose from 5.66 million to 17.16 million, locomotives doubled to 1,158, and freight cars increased to 56,529 with tonnage rising from 17.4 to 34.21 million tons.
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Minois Central
Ninteen
Hiinois Central
Stuyvesant Fish
Fish
Whihh
Illness Strikes Mrs Clifford Weaver. Recovered Quickly
Mrs Clifford Weaver fell ill yesterday afternoon while shopping. A physician attended and she was returned home to Douglas Avenue. She is reported much better today.
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Clifford Weaver
Ojly
Douglas Avenue
Tragic Illinois Central accident robs Savanna youth
Alfred Schunemann, 22, of Savanna, attempted to board an Illinois Central freight near Adams street and Clark avenue in Freeport yesterday afternoon. He was dragged under the moving train, suffering both legs amputated below the knees at St. Francis Hospital. he's fighting for recovery with his mother and relatives in Savanna and Freeport awaiting further news.
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Sinais Central
Alfred Schunemann
Savanna
Goddard
Adams Street
Clark Avenue
Bert Brackett
Illinois Central
Brackett
Schunemann
Grant Coal Company
St. Francis Hospital
J A. Poling
Grant Willier
Waterloo
Freeport
Caboose
Hanna Clevland
Charles Dollmeier
Dubuque
Whips Pugilist for 500 in Fight Near Alton
Harvey Robinson son of a Chicago attorney battled John Murphy of Cincinnati in a six mile dash above Alton May 29. The fight was for $500 a side and ended when Robinson knocked Murphy out in the fifth round, concluding a long standing enmity.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Alton
Hil
Harvey Robinson
John Murphy
Robinson
Murphy
James E. Scripps Dies in Detroit at 71
James E. Scripps founder and longtime publisher of the Evening News in Detroit died after a long illness aged 71. The cause was inflammation of the spinal cord.
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Detroit
James E. Scripps
The
Evening News
Elgin Butter Market Reports Strong Output
Elgin butter sold at a western firm with output of 729 000 pounds. Assistant Chief of Police J H Ji1K visited Lena on departmental business today.
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Elgin, TH
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