Saline County Courthouse Razed in Illinois
The old Saline County Courthouse in Illinois begins demolition to yield a $40,000 modern structure. For fifty years the building housed notable events and figures including John A. Logan, Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, and the Allens. It witnessed early law practice and prewar tensions over slavery, and housed the Knights of the Golden Circle before the Civil War.
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Saline County
Ilinois
Manny
John A. Logan
Robert G. Ingersoll
Allens
Willis
Josh
Raleigh
Harrisburg
Mick Mitchell
The
Knights of the Golden Circle
Illinois Pays Big Revenues From Federal Tax Burden
Illinois contributed over one fifth of the nation’s total internal revenue for the year ending June 30, with the Peoria district as a major collector. Chicago First District and Springfield Eighth District also yielded sizable sums, while Illinois cigars tobacco and margarine production added tax totals.
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Prairie State
Illinois
Peoria
United States
Slone
Chicago
Springfield
East St Louis
Ilinois
Minois
Indicted for Dodging Taxes in Montgomery County
The Montgomery County grand jury indicted fifteen wealthy residents for filing false property schedules to evade assessments. Named defendants include J C Sinclair Mo M Milner Puauville Heonett and William Laforce of Litchfield Louis Wolters Fred Hianmann William Wolge Charles Missimore EF M Smith of Hillsboro Wr Thomas J Whitten Fred Law Abram Bonrqning Harm Helgens James Carroll and William Lohr. The maximum penalty is 5000 dollars fine or one year in jail or both. One case notes an owner with over 5000 dollars reporting 120 dollars in personal property.
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Montgomery
Montgomery County
J C Sinclair
Mo M . Milner
Puauville Heonett
Willian Laforce
Sil
Litchfield
Louia Wolters
Fred Fianmann
William Wolge
Charles IL. Missimore
EF M Smith
Hillsboro
Thomas J Whitten
Fred Law
Abram Bonrqning
Nokomis
Harm Helgens
Walshville
James Carroll
Farmersville
Wiliam Lohr
Irving
Dunkard Home to Be Built at Girard for $15,000
The Dunkard sect with thousands of members plans a home for the aged at Girard. Twenty acres were purchased and a building contract let for $15,000, said to be the first institution of its kind for the Dunkards.
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Girard
Dunkards
Hingis
Doukard
Father and Son in Fatal Fight Over Whisky
Benny Shirley of Charleston died from paralysis after a fall sustained in a confrontation with his 20 year old son. The pair had been in town when the son took a bottle of whisky from the father. Enraged, the father drove his wife and two younger children out into the cold and later attacked his son with a club as the son attempted to shield his mother.
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Benny Shirley
Charleston
Shirley
Dance at Pem berton Home Ends in Gunfire Wounding Guest
A dance at the home of Newton Pemberton three miles south of Harrisburg broke up in a general fight. John A. Smith, a guest, was shot and badly wounded during the clash as Essie Cook and James McDonnelly fought. In the struggle two shots were fired, one hitting Smith.
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Newton Pemberton
Harrisburg
John A. Smith
Essie Cook
James McDonnelly
Smith
Deadly Incidents and Political Shuffle Across Illinois
State and local news compile a string of tragedies and political moves. Notable deaths include State representatives, a 12 year old struck by a wagon near Grove City and a typhoid death in Joliet. Civil cases include foreclosures in Springfield and manhunts by Illinois police, with political shifts in Okanoyville and Chicago figures.
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Nowe
Im Briem
David Plapp
Malta
Vespasian Warner
Giutontas
Isaac Brubeck
Grove City
Aloe Johnson
Joliet
St. Joseph's Hospital
David Owens
Mwilfred
Moline
Effingham
St. Elmo
Altamont
Augustus H. Burley
Chicago
William P. Boyer
Galesburg
State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Springfield
Alton Water Works
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Okanoyille
F. Meehle
Philip Gibbs
Henry
Dela Simpson
Virginia Vail
Barney Yeager
Mud Lake
Illinois Public School Report Shows Growth and Finances
The Illinois Superintendent reports over one million pupils in the year to June 30, 1903. Of 11,780 districts, 29 lacked full schools, 11,635 had six months or more. 2,174 graded, 10,703 ungraded, 393 graded as high schools. 27,100 teachers employed. average wages $65.83 for men and $55.02 for women, with ranges from $12.50 to $300 monthly. Libraries rise to 6,890 with 807,985 volumes. 77,331 added last year. Receipts $28,644,571.82. expenditures $20,980,085.90. cash balance $7,637,427.84 and $26,157 loaned. School property valued at $56,612,707.
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Hlinois
Alfred Bayliss
Nmles
Court names a receiver for Moline Building and Loan
Stockholders petitioned for a receiver in the Moline Building and Loan Association after a $100,000 shortage by longtime secretary J W Warr. Judge Graves named C B Kerns to wind up affairs, bond set at $50 000 as directors oppose receivership. The firm holds real estate loans totaling $139 372 and stock loans of $51 316.
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Association
Bank cashier charged with embezzling 60000 in Dundee case
Francis B. Wright former cashier of the First National Bank of Dundee was arrested on a charge of embezzling $60,000 dating from 1901 to 1903. He waived examination before United States Commissioner Foote and was committed for trial with $20,000 bail.
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Francis B. Wright
Fist National of
Dundee
First National Bank of Dundee
United States
Foote
R. N. Botsford
Elgin
Cook County
D. C
D. C. Cook, National Bank Examiner
Wright
Chicago Board of Trade
Mount Sterling Man Arrested in Murder Plot
A. W. Burrows of Mount Sterling is jailed after Mrs. Martha Fowler admits she was hired to kill Mrs. Mary Burrows. Fowler says Burrows planned the crime to gain the victim's property, providing the hatchet and disposal directions. Clothes and bloody hatchet found. Burrows bonds for preliminary hearing set for December 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Burrows
Mount Sterling
Fowler Burrows
Bond
Winnetka Post Office Looted in Night Break-In
Robbers forced entry to the Winnetka post office front door and manipulated the safe, stealing about $2,500 in cash and $200 to $300 in stamps. Postmaster S. W. Osgood found the door damaged, office furniture disordered, and the safe door wide open with contents inspected. Mail from the night before had been forwarded aside from ad letters rifled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnetka
S. W. Osgood
Heapa
Man Dies After Shotgun Trap Accident Near Duquoin
William Kennedy of near Duquoin died from a shotgun wound to the ankle suffered when he triggered a trap he had set to deter chicken thieves. He had forgotten about the device and was fatally injured at his henhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duquoin
William Kennedy
Cairo Sees Severe Earthquake Felt Friday Morning
An earthquake was felt in Cairo at 320 o clock Friday morning, continuing for several minutes and stronger than the tremors felt on November 4. Peoria Banks Consolidate. Commercial National and German American National banks of Peoria announce a December 31 consolidation with 550000 capital and 200000 surplus.
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Cairo
Hasj Amother
Peoria
Roosevelt's Message Stresses Isthmian Canal and Labor Policies
The president outlines national policy on the isthmian canal, labor disputes, and corporate power. He defends U.S. actions in Panama, supports arbitration in labor conflicts, notes anti trust suits against Northern Securities, and praises Secretary Booth for army readiness plus navy expansion. The creation of the Department of Commerce and Labor is highlighted as a pivot for future economic questions.
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Washington
Hgosdvelt
Congress
Gegat
Panama Canal
Panama
Hay
United Sttes
United States
New Grenada
Roosevelt
Northern Securities Company
Supreme Court
Government Postal Reform Aims for Cheaper Service
Postmaster General Bristow reports long standing contractor abuses in postal free delivery. He calls for reform including better equipment, stricter contracts, new inspectors lookouts, and bonds for aides. Proposed 1904-05 funding totals about 13.5 million to sustain 19,396 rural routes and 47 million overall.
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Hilatawhar
Bristow
Reguiterar
Hiclyne
Gsi
Illinois fugitive Fred Strube captured in Missouri confession to murder
Fred Strube of Topeka Illinois was arrested in Macon Missouri by Chief James Woods. He confessed to murdering Misa Alice Henninger on November 14 six miles east of Havana after a box social with her sister. Strube described jealousy as motive and led investigators to the body, then traveled through Beardstown Quincy and Kirkville before returning to Illinois.
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Illinois
Missouri
Fred Strube
Topeka
Ill
Misa
Alice Henninger
Macon
James Woods
Havana
Btrube
Woods
Nat M. Lacey
Miss Hoenninger
Mason City
Iowa
Misa Henninger
Henninger
Miss Henninger
Beardstown
Quincy
Kirkaville
Macon County
Strube
Springfield
Oddities and town talk from a past column
A string of quips and provincial observations covers ice on ponds riots in Chicago hair turning green in New York and Panama politics with Morgan and Uncle Sam misunderstandings about wealth and health featuring satire on the era’s fads and fears.
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Smovot
Chicago
New York
Panama
Uncle Sam
J.pierpont Morgan
Evacuation Anniversary and Overseas Hopes Highlight City
The article notes the twentieth anniversary of Sir Guy Carleton’s evacuation of New York celebrated in the city. It mentions adventurers heading to New Orleans after President Jefferson’s message praising Louisiana’s riches and reports of large French military preparations frightening English citizens. Harti gains independence after three years of revolutionary war.
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New York
Sir Guy Carleton
New Orleans
Jefferson
Louisiana
Seventy Five Years Ago In The United States
Postmaster General reported 36 956 employed by U S postal service with 17 584 horses railroads almost unused. First American tin extracted by Trof Hitchcock Amherst College from ore near Goshen NY. Canal one and a quarter miles long with one lock would connect Lake Michigan to the Mississippi. Bolivar urged to accept imperial crown of Colombia amid daily executions in Bogota. US cotton production about 320 508 bales yearly.
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United States Postal Service
Trof. Hitchcock
Amherst College
Goshen
SN. Y
Gaolena
Lil
Lake Michigan
Mississippi River
Bolivar
Imperial Crown of
Colombia
Bogota
United States
Prairie fires sweep Livingston and Shelby counties fifty years ago
A historical note recalls prairie fires within Livingston and Shelby counties around fifty years past. Irish exile John Mitchel arrived in New York from San Francisco with little public reception. Franklin Pierce faced criticism over an English carpet laid in the White House east room costing $3,000. Over 65,000 bushels of grain were shipped from Milwaukee in thirty six hours, including 14,000 for Cleveland flour mills. Steamer Winfield Scott sank near San Francisco with 500 passengers and $1,100,000 in gold saved.
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Livingston
Shelby
Tillinois
John Mitchel
van Dieman's Land
New York
San Francisco
Franklin Pierce
White House
Afi
Waukee
Wis
Cleveland
Winfield Scott
California
Civil War Era Highlights From Lincoln and Knoxville
Forty years ago Lincoln contracted a mild smallpox. White House operations ran under quarantine. Knoxville siege ended as rebels retreated under Longstreet. Grant reported a war footing navy due to Spain hostilities and spills of slaveholder intrigues in Cuba.
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Lincoln
White House
Knoxville
Tenn
Longstreet
Fort Sanders
Burnside
Grant
Congress
Spain
Madrid
Cuba
Thirty Years Ago Recalled in Quick Historical Snapshot
A miscued clipping recalls Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia urging U S Cuba action against Spain, Jay Cooke & Co. as a major fiscal agent, Robeson’s naval worry, Henry Ward Beecher’s moral suasion stance, and James G. Blaine’s election as Speaker with Stephens taking office as Georgia congressman.
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Alexander H. Stephens
Georgia
Washington
United States
Cuba
Spain
Jay Cooke & Co
Philadelphia
Robeson
United States Navy
Henry Ward Beecher
James G. Blaine
National House of Representa _tives
Confederacy
Khartoum Panic Over Imagined Advance By EL Mahdi
Reports said EL Mahdi's force neared Khartoum causing panic though only 2,000 men could be summoned and one month of rations remained. The Khedive sent 6,000 Bedouins and 2,000 gendarmes to Suakim to oppose HY Mahdi's advancing army.
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Khartoum
Egypt
EL Mahdi
Suakim
Khedive of
HY Mahdi
Labor leader predicts end of Knights of Labor
John McBride then UMWA president forecast the dissolution of the Knights of Labor whose 70,000 members included 40,000 paid up. Rumors of a 2 steel trust by Rockefellers with Carnegie and Illinois interests were called absurd by Sacre Lovejoy of the Carnegie company.
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John McBride
United Mine Workers of America
Knigits of Labor
Rockefellers
Carnegie
Illinois
Sacre Lovejoy
Carnegie Company
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Home For Aged Dunkardb
Lire
Kinmundy
Masonic ‘Temple
T. J. Menrese
Anna
Menrese
Reese
Frits Trapp
Tazewell County
Trapp
Jeffer
Bloomington
A W Hastings
Inedianapolis
G G Decker
W. W. Sherwin
Board of Trade
C. E. Botsford
John A. Russell
Herbert I. Neal
Detroit
Unois
Wenoena
Hindert
Minouk
John Bineghr
Dere Kieneman
Binegar
Bieneman
Tuscola
Joseph G. Cannon
Representative Cannon
Opera House
Gor Yates
Caleb C Johnson
Sterling
Soldiers’ and Sailors
John Black
William Frembor
Freeport
Hospital For the Insane
Watertown
D. E. Munger
Fred Wayden
Mary Sthoudes
Hayden
St. John's Hospital
Afosca Tipsword
Charlies Hawker
Moccasin Township
Cumberland County
Hawker
Moses
Tipsword
Waukegan
Bays
St .Agnat
Capital and Labor
Department of Commerce and Labor
Messrs
Bonaparte and
Conrad
Boothha
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