Early Illinois laws regulate indentured slavery in 1803
Fragmentary overview notes 1803 measures regulating servitude in Illinois Territory. It cites age limits for male and female enslaved persons, with long terms for children born to enslaved parents, and records of Governor Ninian Edwards registering enslaved individuals for extended years. Reports mention later incidents of theft, fires, legal actions, and public notices across the state.
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Illnois
N. Dwight Karris
Ninian Edwards
Rosy
Antony
Maria
Jee Zi
May Hold Dougherty Dupes Arrest Threat Looms For Peoria Board
Prominent citizens push quo warranto against Peoria school board over Dougherty theft of nearly 1 million dollars. Judge Worthington sets March 12 for board to appear. Regular meeting votes not to sue Peoria National Bank or bondsmen, accepting about 300000 as Dougherty property and dropping further prosecution. Minority members oppose and may sue bank and bondsmen later.
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Peoria
Newton C Dougherty
Worthington
Circuit
Peoria National Bank
Dougherty
al Dougherty
Afw 85 000 000 Corporation Sees Major Promotions and Acquisitions
Genrreda Moline Rock Island and Davenport Street Hallways figures appear in a pending corporate reshuffle. George J Ko promotes the oviisae unit as St Louis completes the purchase of Drnwry Maccoties. New San Wall capitalized at 5 000 000. Tri City Hueowasy and M G Malley Pracvun mergers affect Moline Davenport Watertown markets. People Power and bagherst grieve metrics set at 24 per share for the Twin Twr Company. Control shifts March 15 with a bump of one million dollars for the coming year.
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Genrreda
Detectives Nab Two In East St Louis Interference Case
In East St Louis detectives arrested 31 year old Ja Sapp and 34 year old his partner on charges related to murder and counterfeit activity. Officials say a confrontation involved molten metal and a plaster mold after entry to a room. James Ta w ie confessed that a dead man and two brothers were connected to the counterfeit scheme. The brothers formerly lived with Lloyd and a third brother served as lookout in the alleged crime.
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St. Louis
Sapp
James
Yio Kloyd
Suebh
Appointment of Prof Wart as St Charles Institution Superintendent
Directors of the St Chir Home for Boys meeting at Judge Richard Tuthill's Chicago home selected Prof C W Wart to fill the vacancy caused by M W Melvin's resignation. Wart, aged years, previously led schools at Wood Mock and will assume charge of the St Charles Institution later this month.
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W. Hart
Price
St. Chir
St Ae
Richard
Murderer pleads guilty in Bloomington bank killings
Ulfe IngSentenced to life in penitentiary for killing the mayor and bank cashier and a depositor in Chenoa. The defendant pled guilty to two charges in Bloomington following a surprise defense move. The trial date had been set for March 19. A separate railroad accident near Norris City caused injuries and $2,000 in damages as a work train plunged through a trestle.
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Ulfe
Kiliing
Bloomington
Danker
Willam Leduc
Ortis Igst
Chenoa
Mayor Nickel
Eugh Jones
Treatle
Ok Central
Norris City
Jum
Palis Valley school bonds sold in Ardmore
Citizens of Palis Valley approved $28,000 in school bonds and later sold them in Ardmore to John M. Muzen of Chicago for $20,457. The sale shifts bond ownership to a Chicago investor.
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Pabis Valley
Palis Valley
Ardmore
John M. Muzen
Chicago
Farm Drainage Law Upheld by U S Supreme Court
The Supreme Court sustained the Illinois farm drainage law in the case Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway Company versus State of Illinois. The decision, delivered by Justice Harlan, upholds the state police power to compel a railroad to enlarge a Bristol bridge over Robroy Creek to drain 2000 acres of slough land. The suit began in Kendal County Circuit Court as mandamus action under the state law.
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Illinois
Supreme Court
Ilinois
United States Supreme Court
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company
Iinois
Harlan
Circuit Court
Kendal County
Robroy Creek
Bristol
Mrs Phoebe Strawn Will Filed in Jacksonville
The will of Mrs Phoebe Strawn filed in Jacksonville allocates 00000 for property, 150,007 to Lines College, 10090 to the Presbyterian church, 1400 to Paxsavant hospital, and 25,000 home to be passed to The noix college as the Phoebe Strawn Art School Gallery upon sons leaving. The widow of June Strawn known as the union cattle king, she leaves sums to church groups and a college trust.
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Jacksonvn
Phoebe Strawn
Jacksonville
SRO
Lines College
City
Presbyterian Church
Association For Works of Mercy
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Paxsavant Hospital
Thenoix College
Phobea Strawo
Gsallary
Mra Strawn
Jneukh Strawn
Ulinom
Illinois Central offers payment to state treasury
Circulating reports say the Illinois Central has offered a substantial sum to the State treasury as part of a probe into its dealings. The inquiry, ordered by the Governor, has uncovered that large amounts and gross income from chartered fines were not included in prior tax payments.
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Iiineta Central
Illinois
Springhiel
Svaid
Central
Interurban Network Plans Mapped by McKinley Syndicate
At a Decatur meeting of McKinley syndicate superintendents it was announced five million dollars will fund interurban lines this year. Clinton to Bloomingman and Springfield to Jacksonville are set, Springfield to Lincoln pending franchise approvals, and Decatur to Champaign hinges on city entrances.
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McKinley Syndicate
Deenatur
Clinton
Bloomingman
Springfield
Jacksonville
Lincoln
Decatur
Champaign
Ilinolg
Woman Dies After Snowstorm Strands Her Near Belleville
Miss Anna Bieble, 23, died at Rentehler Station near Belleville from exposure after a snow and sleet storm. She was returning from Mascoutah when she became lost in the blizzard. Searchers in Aurora look for Lars as brothers of Mrs L Johnson assist. Mrs Johnson, maiden Madden, and her three brothers were separated from their parents in Chicago in 1850 and later lived in St Peter Minnesota and Chicago.
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Anna Bieble
Rentehler Station
Wear Belleville
Mascoutah
Aurora
Lars
Andrew
Haddah
L. Johnsohe
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Johnson
Caroline Madden
Chicago
St. Peter, Minn
Incendiary Fire Hits Linden Glass and Spierling Firms
The Linden Glass Company and Spierling and Linden Company painters and decorators in Chicago lost 25000 by fire. Officials of both firms accuse arson as the cause of the blaze. Electric Lights at Villa Grove covers the new light plant powered by W. M. Elmore costing 15000. A Fifty Years Arc romance ends as F L Abinger and Mrs Margaret Sinders wed in Jo Daviess county after fifty years. Argos reports an epidemic with three deaths and possible school closings.
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Linden Glass Company
Spierling and Linden Company
Chicago
Villa Grove
W. M. Elmore
Jo Daviess County
F.L. Abinger
Margaret Sinders
Strike Looms as Anthracite Operators Reject Key UMWA Demands
The eight operators refuse all nine UMWA demands including higher wages shorter work cuts union recognition and grievance changes while proposing three more years of existing commission rules. If talks fail miners may strike amid confrontation over coal prices and labor rights and roles.
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Anthracite Nine
United Mine Workers of America
Anthracite Strike Commission
Mine Workers’ Convention
Shamokin
Mitchell
Unien
Anthracite Commission
Cocaine Epidemic Warns of Dangers and Easy Access
A period report describes cocaine forms and methods of use including snuffing, injection, and ingestion. It notes the drug’s quick stimulant effects and addictive power, highlights skin sores from snuffing, and warns how cheaply the habit can be bought, even by children, with druggists and saloonkeepers implicated.
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Chienga
Oklahoma and Indian Territory Statehood Fight Ends
Senate approves bill admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory as a single state named Oklahoma, excluding Arizona and New Mexico. Measure returns to the House for concurrence as Democrats and Republicans align on joint statehood and referendum provisions amid a long chase over territorial statehood.
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Indian Territory
Arizsonna
New Mexico
Autonim
Senate
Oklahoma
Congress
Arizona
Burrows
Michigan
Bulkeley
Connecticut
Carter
Montana
Flint
Perkins
California
Foraker
Ohio
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Geyburn
Idaho
Scott
West Virginia
Spooner
Wisconsin
House
Death of Dallas Ages proprietor Thomas V Senney
Thomas V. Senney a Dallas Ages partner died in Dallas Texas. Mexican authorities weigh building model tenements in Mexico City to house the poor and cut the death rate. Foreign US commerce for seven months of FY 1900 stood at 11 752 to Bro. Commerce bulletin. College presidents meeting in Colorado Springs condemned state legislatures actions on discrimination. Campbell Bannerman ministry wins first victory defeating Sandgran amendment on Irish home rule in reply to the king’s speech.
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Mesico City
United States
Bro
Department of Commerce and Labor
Colorado Springs
Colo
Minnesota
Iowa
South Dakota
New York
Campbell-Bannerman
Great Britain
Addrew
Supreme Court Affirms Joint Rail Rates Rebating Ban
The Supreme Court reverses the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling on freight traffic by railroads. It upholds that rail carriers may choose routes yet still fix joint rates while blocking rebates. The decision found the roofing arrangements not to violate antitrust competition rules and ended active competition, affecting California citrus traffic and 13 railroads including Southern Pacific and Union Pacific.
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Supreme Court
Cts
California
Southern Pacific
Vichison
Armam Nt
Interstae Commerce Commission
Ecommerce Commission
Rilroad
Desond Ie
Speech by Speaker Cannon Attacks Federal Remedy Push
Speaker Cannon denounces calls for federal action as West Virginia Governor Dawson appeals to Senator Tilman. He argues states have power to remedy grievances and criticizes seeking national aid while asserting sovereignty. The address referenced railways and provincial rights amid constitutional critique.
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Cannon
Philadelphia Union League Club
Gov
Dawson
West Virginia
Tilman
Titi
Notable Updates From New York Museum and Ohio Marriage News
A Metropolitan Museum of Art endowment by George A. Hearn is announced in Sb25caartaOre. Harbison remarried his divorced wife in Youngstown Ohio after previously killing L V Bergman in his wife’s room and being acquitted. Robert J Thompson of Chicago, secretary of the Lafayette memorial commission, writes Washington fixing October 19 as the dedication date for the Paris monument.
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New York
Vmestopolitan Museum
George A. Hearn
Harbison
Youngstown
Ohio
L. V. Bergman
Robert J.thompson
Chicago
Lafayette Memorial Commission
Washington
Army of Lawmakers Costs and Pay Across States
The piece notes there are about 8 155 lawmakers nationwide including state and federal members and those in territories. It cites New York salaries at 1500 per session totaling 800 000 annually plus wage costs for staff and other legislative expenses. It adds state variation from 3 to 8 per day and mentions Pennsylvania Illinois and Maine figures and costly insurance investigations boosting expenses.
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Hawaii
Porto Rico
New York
Assembly
Kansas
Florida
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Mississippi
Ohio
Towa
Washington
Maine
Insurance Sesuit
Ohio Ship Canal and Lake Ene Company Bill in Congress
The House considered a bill to incorporate the Lake Ene Company as the final link in a waterway chain from New York to New Orleans. Republican Chairman Davidson of Wisconsin led the railway and canals committee, arguing it would regulate highway rates and boost twenty four state commerce. Critics noted government overreach and suggested earlier surveys dating to 1824.
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Lake Ene
Dpeanssioinir
Oriedratd
Sarreond
Pennsy
World notes of royal and political figures in perplexing prose
A garbled collection of names and events mentions King Soward and King Carlos of Portage with gifts, Admiral Fogo and Japanese cruisers, George TPE and a New York art museum, Paris toy collections, a Pretoria grave sculptor, Lorraine Wellington coal burner ancestry, Prince Louis Napoleon in the Caucasus, Campbell-Bannerman era pricing reforms, Queen Victoria’s regard, and a vague Liberal versus Conservative clash with references to Arthur and Balfour.
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Baron Guerpe
Rie Geographa of
S Vary
Soward
Carlos
Portage
Fogo Wail
Koper EK
Fry
London
George Tpe
Ywintings
Vmotrapontoo Museu of
New York City
Caar
Hawdhter
Penin Toys
Paris
Landon Ned Hetlar
Ree
Tewidens Kruger
Lis
Pretoria
Snaargemund
Lorraine
Wellington
Louis Napoleon
Tit Caucasus
Campbell-Bannerman
Hite ES
Glasgow
Queen Victoria
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Sidney Lane
Maumey
Springfield Coal Company
Kiondike
H. H. Depew
Kane County
Edward Dye
Highn
Gov. Deneen
Arthur
Bird
Ferdinand Winkel
Paul Winkel
Kankakee
Winkel
Alto Pass
Margaret Hickey
Illinois Eastern
Whiteside
Mississippi River
Neo
E.G. Mauppin
Barney Layton
Galesburg
Isaac McShelton
Yates City
Lena Ramp
Pfinois Civil Service Commission
Deneen
Joseph Henson
Henson
Illinois State Highway Commission
Ira C. Baker
University of Hilinais
Albert Johnston
Illinois Commission
Norfolk
Sevela Point
Hampton Roads
Melrose Park
Joe
Michael de Traine
Frank Butterfield
Calumet
Irederick TI
Ackerman
Elgin
aAcrerman
Duquoin, Anna, Marlon
Carbondale
Ohio and Mississippi Telephone Company
Duquoin
Hlingis
Marion
Cape Girardeau
Conrad Ackermann
Pigin
Ackermann
Andrew C. Tranking
High National Bank
Hawkins
AFW
Illinois College
Illinoia Central
Thiat
Thomas V. Senney
Dallas
Texas
Commerce Commission
Army OF Lawmakers
VM. Akely
Ohio Ship Canal
Pawises
Alert Victor Gleischen
Wasteington
Ward
Horridge
Balfour
Manchester
Hetle
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