Lorimer Vote Bribery Case Unfolds In Chicago
Testimony before the senatorial investigating committee ties Governor Deneen to a State Bank of Chicago stake and shows Holtslaw’s confession of a 2500 payment for Lorimer votes. John Broderick and H J C Beckemerer face related questions as lawmakers detail alleged bribery schemes and arrangements.
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Chicago
Joseph H. Clark
Vandalia
William Lorimer
United States
Lorimer
Clark
Cook County Grand Jury
Jarvis Newton
The
State Bank of Chicago
Holtslaw
Newton
Deneen
State Bank
Broderick
John E. Broderick
Big John
Thomas Dawson
Sangamon County
Dawson
H. J. C. Beckemerer
Lorimer Browne
Wilson
Springfield
St. Louis
Ex Senator Rufus Blodgett Dies in New Jersey
Long Branch New Jersey Oct 3 Ex United States Senator Rufus Blodgett 76 longtime railroad man and Democratic leader died Monday morning at his Third Avenue home after three months of rheumatism He was born in New Hampshire and twice served Ocean County in the assembly He won the 1886 Senate seat over Leon Abbott and served to 1893 and was five times mayor of Long Branch
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Long Branch
WN. J
United States
Rufus Blodgett
New York
Third Avenue
New Hampshire
Leon Abbott
Blodgett
250 000 Miners Strike in Wales Labor War
Cardiff Oct 3 Abergorke and Whondda coal districts join the strike with about 250 000 miners idle after a dispute over employing non union men. Nearly 2 000 mines halted as the labor war between unions and owners intensifies across Welsh mining fields.
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Cardiff
Wales
Abergorke
Whondda
Prizes Set For Window Display Contest On Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue merchants association will award prizes Tuesday for the best decorated windows on the avenue. Judges from the three largest city newspapers will decide. First prize a blue ribbon, second a red ribbon, third a white ribbon. Window dressers will showcase their best efforts.
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Massachusetts Avenue Merchants’ Association
Wintow
Monaghan seeks liquor license for West Eighteenth roadhouse
Thomas J. Monaghan, 42, applied to county commissioners Monday for a liquor license to operate the roadhouse at 1165 West Eighteenth street. The establishment has drawn attention recently due to a lawsuit by former occupant Lon McClure to have the place closed.
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Monaghan
Thomas J. Monaghan
West Eighteenth Street
Lon McClure
Receiver Named for Standard Live Stock Insurance Co
A petition was filed Monday seeking a receiver for the Standard Live Stock Insurance Association of Indianapolis. The firm owes creditors about 1200 dollars and another claimant states the company owes him 76 dollars. The case concerns liquidation of the insurer handling only live stock policies.
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Standard Live Stock Insurance Association of Indianapolis
Richey
Flyers Plan To Break Records At Hawthorne Meet
Chicago October 3 Glenn H Curtis made his last appearance at Hawthorne Aeroplane Meet with Curtiss and his team aiming to break height and speed records Monday afternoon. Aviators Willard McCurdy and Ely expected to exceed marks while Blanche Stuart Scott from Rochester, the sole woman entrant, vows to fly with the men soon. Trials precede the $25,000 prize race, Curtiss opting not to enter due to business in New York.
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Chicago
Glenn H. Curtis
Hawthorne
Curtiss
New York
Willard
McCurdy
Ely
Blanche Stuart Scott
Rochester
N. Y
Brookins to Open St Louis Aviation Meet
Walter Brookins, famed for the Chicago to Springfield flight, will open the St. Louis aviation meet by flying from Springfield to St. Louis, about eighty five miles, then continuing along the Chicago and Astor railroad. A supply train will trail the aviator as aeroplanes for the meet arrive daily at Kinlochlan, with Le Blanc’s Aero club of France machine also due Tuesday and five Wrights entered.
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ST. Louis
Walter Brookins
Chicago
Springfield
Brooking
Chicago & Astor
Kinlochlan
le Blanc
Aero Club of France
Wright
La Follette Will Undergo Operation in Mayo Clinic
Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin rests and diets under Mayo doctors in Rochester awaiting an operation set for Tuesday morning. Doctors cite gall bladder inflammation and possibly appendix as the causes. family members have not yet arrived but are expected near the hospital for the procedure.
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Rochester
Minn
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Goshen firm sues over patent on hoisting pullleys
A federal suit was filed Monday by Goshen manufacturing against Hubert A. Myers company of Warsaw and Hubert Myers of Bryan Ohio for infringement of a patent on hoisting pullleys.
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Goshen Manufacturing Company
Hubert A. Myers Company
Warsaw
Hubert Myers of
Bryan, O
Schwab Wins Ship Contract for Chinese Battleships
Schwab, head of Bethlehem Steel, secures a contract to build two battleships for China at a cost of 15 million dollars. The deal announced from Pittsburgh on October 3 outlines the project and its financial scale, highlighting Schwab's role in a major naval construction contract.
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Schwab
Pittsblerg
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Street Corporation
Down and Out Richard W. King Recalls Fall From Fortune
An emaciated, poverty-stricken man rests against a stone portal on Illinois street. Richard W. King of Lexington, Kentucky, claims to be a former second lieutenant of the Seventh Kentucky cavalry and nephew of Gen. Charles King. He speaks of misfortune and a westward quest for fortune cut short by illness, homelessness, and hospital care. A sympathetic stranger gives him food and promises to hear from him again.
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Illinois Street
Charles King
E. H. Barber
University of Nebraska
Richard W. King
Lexington
Indianapolis
Leutenant
Seventh
Kentucky Cavalry
Moses Comes to Chicago Sermon Upset Over Idolatry
Chicago Oct 3 Rev logram f Bill of the North Shore Baptist church says if Moses came to Chicago he would break his tablets and throw them into Lake Michigan. He criticizes worship of mammon and cheap shows and calls for a return to home, heaven and humanity. He warns against focus on money and worldly pleasures fueling moral decay.
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Chicago
Moses
Logram F. Bill
North Shore Baptist Church
Oyrer
Bill
Lake Michigan
Philadelphia police surgeons strike over uniforms parade
Thirty six of Philadelphia's thirty eight police surgeons have gone on strike citing the order to wear uniforms and to march in the annual police parade.
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Philadelphia
Postal Savings May Build Canal
Washington October 3. If postal savings banks prove successful, no more Panama bonds will be issued and the canal will be dug with money loaned by bank depositors. Secretary McVeagh will use postal bonds to replenish the treasury under the law allowing 65 percent of deposits to be invested in U S bonds or securities when needed for welfare and interests.
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Washington
Postal Savings Banks
Taft
MacVeagh
Panama
McVeagh
Treasury
Postal Savings
United States
Postal Clerks Banquet Aims at Businessmen Ties
The Stairway Postal Clerks of Indianapolis plan a banquet Monday evening October 24 at the Commercial club to foster closer relations with business people who use the mails. Committee on arrangements led by F M Dickerman expects large attendance.
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Postal Clerks of
Indianapolis
National Railway Mail Association
Commercial Club
F. M. Dickerman
Mothers Club to Meet at Lucretia Mott School
The Mothers club of Lucretia Mott school will meet Wednesday October 5 at 3 15 p m A magazine article recommended by Miss Mary Nicholson will be read and discussed.
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Mother’s Club
Mothers’ Club
Lucretia Mott School
Mary Nicholson
Trade Extension Division to Run Merchants Buyers Meet
Indianapolis trade extension division takes general charge of the merchants buyers meet scheduled for October 18 to 20. Harold Hibben Jr. chairs the division and has named special committees for Parade Smoker and Theater, with a large corps of volunteers assisting. The groups aim to attract many visitors from the Indianapolis jobbing and manufacturing markets following recent Illinois receptions.
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Indianapolis
H. T. Henarsey
Joseph Reagan
Richard Lieber
P. H. Clifford
George Alig Sr
A. M. Kuhn
Ford Holiweg
H. W. Lawrence
J. Edward Krause
H. J. Hibben
W. A. Holt
Claude Crowder
J. F. Lindley
Ford Hollweg
Bert Leary
Charles Lynn
Robert Foster
Charles Krauss
John J. Landis
Joseph Schaf
C. D. Hart
Fred L. Willis
Carl Fisher
Cecil Gibson
H. T. Hearsey
Claude McElwaine
G. B. Moxley
Oscar Welborn
B. C. Downey
John Frenzel
F. W. Ball
A. M. Glossbrennner
W. A. Caperton
Illinois
Post Office Gains as September Receipts Lead 1909 by Large Margin
Indianapolis post office reports strong September business with receipts surpassing September 1909 by 14 298 81 dollars according to Finance Clerk D M Elliott. The article notes the month’s revenue growth and hints at broader fiscal vigor for the department.
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Indianapolis
D. M. Elliott
Revenue figures for the office month and year compare
The office reported revenue of 100,250.20 for the month versus 5,560.90 for last year’s game month. The displayed percentage gain was 14.95.
Body Recovered From Hudson River Disaster
The first body recovered from the Saturday night sinking of a sailing launch carrying Arkansas crewmen was James Dudley, a coal passer. Authorities denied reports of twelve bodies recovered, saying no such tally had been confirmed and a ship within the squadron held the bodies.
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New York
Arkansas
Hudson River
James Dudley
Hoosiers Given Committee Places in Prison Reform Body
Washington October 3 Indiana officials are listed as officers and committee members in the American prison reform body. Miss Moffett Richards elected official stenographer. Amos W Butler on the board and committees include E Howard of South Bend on criminal law reform, W H Whittaker on reformatory work and parole, EB York of Plainfield on prison discipline, and Miss Emily Rhodes of Indianapolis.
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Moffett Richards
Amos W. Butler
Tnotby E. Howard
South Bend
W. H. Whittaker
EB. York
Plainfield
Same
D. C. Peyton
Jeffersonville
Emily Rhodes
Indianapolis
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GH J. Davey
North Wiineis Optometrist
Oroushly ‘Syamined and ‘Glasses
Chicago-New York
Brookins
LA Follette
Traction Station
Union Railway Station
Washington Street
Kentucky
Divine
Indiana
Mr. Wason
Happy Hawkins
Gaynor
Marcus Aurelius
Robert Alexander Wason
Delphi, Indiana
Pictasr
Paul Meylan
All
Bobbs-Merrile Company
Association Institute
Goty
Marott
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