Warner will dispute ends in widow’s share of estate
Judge Cochran rules Mrs. Isabella Robinson Warner, stepmother of Commissioner Warner, is entitled to a life interest in about 300000 of the Warner estate valued near two million. The court also brands her white, rejects Vespasian Warner’s claim of mixed blood, and finds the antenuptial agreement invalid due to fraud and misapprehension about wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venpasina
Vespasian Warner
John Warner
Cochran
DROWN IN QUICKSANDS AT LACON RIVER DEATHS
Two Lacon men, Keeling Wilson and Wilson Wottewed, perished in the Illinois River quicksand tragedy. They were found upright with water up to their necks after hours of struggle, ages reported near eighty. The incident occurred during a Sunday outing when a chicken fry preceded their planned return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imsols
Lacon
Linois
Keeling Wilson
Wilson
Woman slain and husband missing in Edgar County murder case
Mrs. Benson Hicks was found dead in her Edgar County home garden with throat cut and skull fractured. Her husband Hicks fled and is missing, believed to have killed her. sister-in-law Harriet Hicks is jailed on suspicion. The husband’s body was later found in nearby woods with self-inflicted wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson Hicks
Edgar
County
Beade
Hicks
Ciine Phraeans
Tarriet Hicks
Suxjacion
Convicts Escape Joliet Penitentiary Hospital
Two inmates escaped Joliet penitentiary after a running gunfight with guards. Edward Quinn 47 and Harry Harmon 31, trusted due to good behavior, overpowered aides and fled toward Chicago. Detectives assigned to recapture them. both were serving burglary sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penitentiary Hospital
Joliet Penitentiary
Chicago
Edward Quinn
Harry Harmon
Henry McCabe
Vinn
Harmon
Unison
Berks Inheritance Plan Prompts Forced Marriage Claim
A Champaign mother seeks help to stop a 12 year old girl from being married off to a money lender after mortgaging a wagon and horse to cover a note due. The lender reportedly demanded payment and threatened force if the girl was not given in marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mmindeatan
Champaign
Wabash river shipwreck and state notices flood Illinois items
A busy Illinois wire includes the Lafayette sinking after snag strikes on the Wabash near Mount Carmel with passengers rescued. Also reported are a long list of local incidents from Champaign to Aurora including suicides, a mandamus bid against East St. Louis officials, a broom corn harvest start, a Clover Leaf wreck confession, a Kankakee theater accident, vaccination protests in Aurora, suspected arson attempts in Freeport, and new fishing licensing rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oowne
Littler’s Creek
Galesburg
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mount Carmel
Lafayette
Wabash River
Chester
Champaign County
University of Ilinois
Champaign
Bert Newkirk
Nokomis
Albert F. Galen
Waterloo
Illinois State Trust Company
Princes L. Miller
St. Louis
Randall Cassem
Aurora
Cook County Criminal Court
Chicago
East St. Louis
Silas Cook
Postal Clerks’ Convention
Peoria
Overstreet
Post Office
Standard Oil Company
Tenth Street
South Grand Avenue
Springfield
George Cline
Oleda Grubb
St. John’s Hospital
George ‘Futtle
Malor
Illinois
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Missouri
Bowman
Paul Jones
Charles Allison
Kankakee
Clarence Schneider
Mary Rosipal
West Eighteenth Street
Rosipal
Bertha
West Side
C. W. Geyer
Geyer
Charles McCarthy
Paris Green
Freeport
Nat H. Cohen
Illinois Fish Commission
Mississippi
Wabash
Calumet
Waukegan
Shippy
Howe and Quinn
Detective Bureau
Thomas Tyrell
Arrest Crew for Wreck Involving Central Illinois Traction
Coroner's jury indicts Ben F. McClara and Charles Botts motormen in a Charleston wreck that killed fourteen and injured over forty. Both men released on $3,000 bonds. Jury cites incompetent company management and improper car movement under unsafe orders. Victims include Nell Fugate Thomas Weakley William Nelson Charles Nelson Howard Cole Harold Cole Zack Vandeventer Edward Reynolds Albert Smith and Edna Walbom among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cenwares, Traction Company
Ben F. McClara
Charles Botts
Charleston
McClara
Express
Botts Wox
McClarn
Botts
Central Tlinois Traction Company
Nell Fugate
Gary
Thomas Weakley
Mattoon
William Nelson
North Oktawa
Charles Nelson
Howard Cole
Cook’s Mills
Harold Cole
Zack Vandeventer
Edward Reynolds
Paradise
Albert Smith
W.aus Price
North Mattoon
Douglas Logan
Humboldt
Edna Walbalm
Watermelon Crop Profits Rise in White County
Watermelon growers in White County report a strong season with shipments heading to the East. Prices are high with some farmers earning up to ten dollars per acre, while labor shortages push wives and daughters into picking though loading remains difficult for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White County
New York
Pittsburg
Ilinois
Chicago
From Arizona Rancher to Yuma Bride in One Visit
Lou L. Kramer of Yuma Arizona traveled to Tazewell County to marry Flora Weise after a long courtship begun by letter. Aunt Mrs. Patterson matched the couple through photos and correspondence and the marriage occurred the day after Kramer arrived. The newlyweds departed for Arizona immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou
L. Kramer
Yuma
Ariz
Flora Weise
Tazewell County
Kramer
Mrs. Patterson
Arizona
Illinois Needs Laborers Says Commissioner Ross
Commissioner Ross of Illinois reports a general demand for unskilled workers across Illinois. He notes rising wages for railroad, coal mine, and farm labor, with farm labor at about 20 dollars a month with board. He cites immigration records showing significant alien labor presence and strong demand for that labor in several sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross
David Ross
Ilinois
Afr. Ross
Stensland Pleads For Pardon Before Joliet Board
Former banker Paul O. Stensland, sentenced to Joliet for the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank failure, appeared before the state board of pardons in Joliet pleading for clemency. With tears he promised to pay all debts within three years if released, and strong influences reportedly support his case as the board resumes consideration this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Paul O. Stenaland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Chicago
State Board of
Stensland
Junge Kersten
Vaughan Held After Wife Killed in Carmi Quarrel
Dock Vaughan of East Carmi is held by a coroner's jury pending grand jury action for the death of his wife Christina Vaughan after a quarrel. She collapsed after being struck on the neck and shoulders and died outside a doorway. The couple, who arrived with six children from Thebes in February, accused each other of infidelity. Vaughan claims he only shoved her and did not intend harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dock Vaughn
Hela
Dock Vaughan
East Carmi
Christiana Vaughan
Vaughan
Carmi
Thebes
Troman
Monument to McKinley Erected in Buffalo at Niagara Square
A marble obelisk monument dedicated in Buffalo memory of William McKinley stands eighty six feet high at Niagara Square near Court Street and Delaware Avenue. Gov. Hughes delivered the principal address. The base bears inscriptions tracing McKinley’s life from Niles Ohio to the presidency. The structure includes a tiled promenade and fountains, with a four sided base listing key milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bufalo
McKinley
State of New New York
Work Complete in Every Detail Presented to Gov Hughes
The ceremony marked the transfer of a meticulously crafted work to Gov. Hughes. It was handed over by Chairman Butler on Thursday, noting the piece’s rare artistic beauty and its association with home of President McKinley and B. A. Curtis of Fredonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
B. A. Curtis
Fredonia
Butler
Gov. Hughes
Costs of Cuban pacification army reach over two million
The annual report of Gen. Aleshire shows the army of Cuban pacification spent 2,654,070 for 1907 with 1,015,383 used for transportation. It notes the Corps strength of 96 commissioned officers and 200 post quartermaster sergeants plus 76 line officers. It calls for more officers and sergeants and a general service corps and cites proposed increases in building cost limits to 60,000 dollars to ease hospital needs. Lumber prices rose about 100 percent since 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army of Pacification
Aleshire
Quartermaster’s Department
United States
Génerral
Congress
Nagasaki
Japan
Army Pay Rise Without Size Increase Reached
President and Congress agree on higher army pay but no expansion of forces. Eighteen men were freed after an eight hour confinements in the McAdoo tunnel. A rainfall spurred an accident to a worker. Two young foreigners, unable to speak English, were arrested in Syracuse for suspected involvement in a plan to wreck a New York Central train at Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
McAdoo Tunnel
New York
Syracuse
N. Y
New York Central
Jordan
Wreck at Norris Siding Kills Twelve in Iowa Express
A north bound Rock Island express derailed at Norris Siding near Cedar Falls Iowa killing twelve and seriously injuring twelve. Rescue fell to women passengers as men were in the smoker car. Names of the dead and the seriously injured are listed with several unlocated. Dr. C J O Keefe, badly hurt, urged rescuers to aid others first.
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Rock Island Road
Norris
Cedar Falls
Lakeland Street
Chicago
Oliver
P. B
Waterloo
Goodman
Will
Watson
John N
Landphere
C. L
Shell Rock
Johnson
W. Ray
Dike
Christy
B. R
Minneapolis
Minn
Toja
Lepovan
Hammond
Ind
Beeman
Newell
Inels Central
Shaw
John
O'Keefe
Dr. C. J
Cedar Rapids
Kinch
Meyers
W. H
Burlington
Charles J. O’keefe
Physt
First Steel Pullman Sleeper Built Entirely of Metal
Rail age notes the first Pullman sleeper made wholly of steel with steel or brass finish and asbestos insulation. The car features counter sunk rivets, double floor, monolith cement floor, plush rose upholstery, brass window sashes, pearl gray metalwork, and fireproof framing aimed at quiet ride in extreme temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone
Estate heirs split large trust sum after 38 years
Estimates say Marshall and Benny Field will divide 1 000 000 600 dollars when their grandfather’s estate is settled at the end of a 38 year trust period. A French gunnery ship accident near Foulon on Aug 2 killed three and wounded five. the cause remains a mystery as investigators probe the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Benny Field
Conronr
Foulon
Risid
Labor union activity spans cities across the United States
The report notes unions affiliating in New Bedford and Duluth, conventions planned in Detroit and Boston, labor temple efforts in Boston and St Paul, Brooklyn vendors forming protection unions, and wage debates in Scotland and Canada. It also covers rail and theater labor issues, strikes, arbitration moves, and a national downturn in 1905 employment losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
United Textile Workers
Détroit
International Union of Ladies’ Garment Workers
Boston
Duluth
Minn
Trades Assembly
St. Paul
Baltic Ports
Elbe and Weser
San Francisco
Cal
Stone Cutters’ Union
Emma Gruber Foley
Native Daughters of the Golden West
Women’s Auxiliary
Boston Garment Workers
New York
International Union
Calgary
Canda
Paris
National Institute For the Blind
Norfolk
Minneapolis
United States
Germany
France
la Crosse
Wis
American Federation of Labor
Trades and Labor ‘Council
Brotherhood Of‘the Footboard
Detroit
Mich
Locomotive ‘ Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Transportation Service
Massachusetts State Commission On Commerce and Industry
Gov. Guild
Jersey City
Executive Council
E Ricantration
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Ous
Warner
BERKS
Dride
Louis Skramer
Kinleys
State of
William M'Kinley
United States of America
Willam McKinley
Niles
Ohio Volunteers
William McKinley
Buffalo
E. H. Butler
George B. Matthews
John G. Milburn
Buffalo &M'Kinley Monument
Cuba
Iowa
Rock Island Express
Norris Siding
Lodz
Russia
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