Illinois Political Candidacies and Local News Snatches
A jumble of political notices from Jo Daviess County show William W. Krape and others declaring candidacies for county clerk county judge and county treasurer subject to Republican primaries on April 28 1906. A store robbery in Lenert’s office ends with robbers escaping. reports detail ensuing police calls and neighborhood fray. Fosterburg townsfolk celebrate tobacco supply as four horses deliver relief while mud binds roads. Interurban rail lines are proposed by McKinley syndicate linking Clinton Bloomington Jacksonville Springfield and Decatur Champaign with franchise uncertainties. Illinois Central probe yields rumor of a cash offer to the state treasury. Miner James Alwine dies from a mine fall near Danville. A Virginia Wisconsin misfire leaves Elton Simmons gravely wounded. In Quincy Negro churchgoers press mayor to bar a performance of The Clansman.
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Jo Daviess County
Illinois
William Stephenson
Decatur
Ill
McKinley Syndicate
Clinton
Bloomington
Springfield
Jacksonville
Lincoln
Champaign
Incident at Chicago safe blowers battle in grocers office
Two men drilling a safe in Joseph Lenert & Co. on Division Street in Chicago opened fire when Lenert appeared at the door. The robbers fled under gunfire leaving about 8500 in currency in the vault. detectives hunted the area as neighbors panicked and Lenert and his wife left for the theater.
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Chicago
Joseph Lenert & Co
Division Street
Lenert
Yainly
Expense of Paste Diamonds Reveals Imitation Gems Bond
The New York Herald reports on paste diamonds and the costly ingredients behind imitation stones. Paste is made from rock crystal, red lead, carbonate of potash, borax and white arsenic, and high purity is required due to waste. Colored stones seal a hollow crystal with colored liquid, hidden by a crystal plug.
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New York Herald
A Tale Told By an Earl of Aberdeen in Ireland
The Earl of Aberdeen, large landholder in Scotland with about 63000 acres, recalls a country stroll in Ireland. He asks a laborer if the soil is good and what the next crop will be. The worker replies with a blunt lesson on minding one’s own business and pursuing a small allotment to stay busy.
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Ireland
Earl of Aberdeen
Scotland
Practical Theology in Wartime Japan’s Temple Prisons
Country Life notes a pragmatic view in Japan where Buddhist temples are used as prisons after a victory belief. The piece cites that Buddha granted victory and prisoners are a temporary gift to his codhead, reflecting a starkly practical religious justification.
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Buddha
Debates Over Hepburn Rate Fixer Split in Senate
Washington March 8 sharp differences among supporters and opponents of the Hepburn rate bill surface in the senate with Clapp opposing broad court review of interstate commission orders and Tillman Bailey clashing over penalties and enforcement. Roosevelt sends back Tillman Gillespie resolution urging thorough, funded investigation by the ICC into coal and oil railways.
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Washington
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Moses E. Clapp
Minnesota
Clapp
Tillman
Tillman and Bailey
Roosevelt
Tillman Gillespie
Congress
Interstate Commission
House
Scott
Reforming the Supreme Court Tillman Says Bound to Have Relief
A debate on court powers and injunctions centers on whether congress may restrict or permit interim rate suspensions. Clapp and Bailey discuss inherent powers of courts versus congressional conferred authority, with Tillman’s nervous response underscoring the dispute over agency rates and property rights.
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Tillman
Clapp
Pennsylvania
Inox
Congress
Bailey
Circuit Court
United States
Supreme Court
Minnesota
Lf Congress
West Galena Democratic Caucus Sets Date at Market House
The town of West Galena will hold a Democratic caucus at the Market house in Galena on March V 1906 from 7 to 9 p m to nominate candidates for township offices. Democrats wishing to enter names and fees must file with Joseph Harney by 6 p m March 14 1906 for ticket preparation. By Order Town Committee. Joan A Gaipney Chairman R F Bemn Secretary Dated March 4 1906 New Primary Law does not apply to township election.
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West Galena
Galena
Joseph Harney
Joan A. Gaipney
R. F. Bemn
Property and travel ads in People’s Column
Saue-: Frazer Rouse on Hickory street near Franklin offers six rooms, cistern, two large lots. Call D. B. Blewett or visit office. Travel tickets sold Jan 16, Feb 6, Feb 20 at half fare plus $2 to multiple western states. info from F. R. Mosier, T. P. A., 115 Adams St., Chicago. For sale: Rice town farm five miles from Galena South Homestead, 170 acres, 40 acre pasture, timber lot 386 acres, good water, mineral ore potential, meadow and stock land. Inquiries at the farm. Store building for rent at Green and Commerce. saloon fixtures available. Apply to William McKernan.
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Saue
Frazer Rouse
Hickory Street
Franklin
D. B. Blewett
Arkansas
Colorado
Indian Territory
New Mexico
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Texas
Wyoming
F. R. Mosier
Adams St
Chicago
Ill
Rice
Galena South
W. J. Gray
Green and Commerce Streets
Willliam McKernan
Train company offers colonist tickets to western destinations
The Chicago Great Western Railway will sell one way colonist tickets to Alberta Arizona British Columbia California Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada Oregon Utah and Washington at greatly reduced rates. Tickets on sale February 6 to April 7 inclusive. For full information apply to F R Mosier 1 P A 116 Adams St Chicago IL.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
Alberta
Arizona
British Columbia
California
Colorado
Tdalia
Montan Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Wington
F. R. Mosier
Adams St
Chicago
Brarron offers to handle mining property sales or leases
Rt. A. Brarron promotes services to sell or lease property for mining purposes, offering to manage the transaction for interested owners.
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Rt. A. Brarron
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Galena Tribune
Sunday Tribune Publishing Company
D. A. Callahan
Galena,iii
General Assembly
Republican Party
William W. Krape
J.C. Williams
Anwil
William Rippin
John R. Gilson
Edward Menzimer
Levert
Cvenert
Fosterburg
Alton
Lucknow
the Central
Illinois Central
Ilinois
Danville
James Alwine
Dering
Westville
Virginia
Mareh
Elton Simmons
Benjamin Simmons
Quincy
Dickson
Edwin Percy Whipple
Gloucester
Hampton Roads
Iroclad
Sam Merrimac
Elihu Jarritt
D H. Strother
Smith
Apostle of Peace
New Britain
Conn
Burritt
Association of
Henry Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
Litchfield
David Hunter Strother
Charlestown
Asi
Stamford
Gabriel Jules Thomas
Paris
A. M. Palmer
New York City
Kuropatkin
Mukden
Bla
Bailey and Tillman
Aldeleh
Crane
John RR. McLean
Washington Post
House Committee On Post Offices
Post Roads
San Francisco
Otls
Moody
Washingston
March
Clayton
Alabama
Cheetsetehio
Shernan
New York
House Committee On Judiciary
China
Foreign Office
Peking
Empire
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Hornace Speech
Hese
Wisconsin
Amos TY. Wilder
Mong Kong
Shanghai
Neckwear Sale
Coatsworth’s Dry Geos
Democratic Caucus
People’s Column
Lean
Clarence R. Griffin
Sheridan
Lod
Sterling Remedy Co
N.Y
Maple City Soap Works
Monmouth
Galena Iron Works CO
Albert L. Caulkins
Galena, Il
Galena Irch Works
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