John P Altgeld Dies After Pro Boer Address in Joliet
Former Illinois governor John P Altgeld died at 7:09 AM in Joliet after collapsing during a Pro Boer meeting at the Opera House. He arrived with a party including Secretary Williams of the Chicago branch of the Transvaal League and spoke with vigor before deteriorating, later dying at the Hotel Monroe. Born December 30, 1817 in Germany, Altgeld grew up in Ohio, served in the Union Army, practiced law in Chicago, and became governor in 1893, noted for pardoning Haymarket defendants and his stance on silver coinage. He was survived by few details given here.
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Monroe
Opera House
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Enghind
Mr. Altgeld
Bowles
John Peter Altgeld
Germany
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Harrison
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Rishland County
Stordal Won Murder by Head of Gang in Beaumont Case
Mattie Bennett confessed to Sheriff Landry that she led a gang of negro women and white men luring men to her house drugging them and killing some. Some bodies were dumped in the river while others were left where found. A white man Punch Prim and another woman Mary Jane are jailed. Authorities fear multiple murders among missing men in Beaumont.
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Sheriff Landry
Benjamin Pearson
Punch Prim
Mary Jane
Landry
Pearson
Beaumount
General Ponston Advocates Hangings Amid Insurgent Talks
In Chicago on March 12 General Funs ton delivered a forceful speech praising harsh actions against insurgents and urging punishment for peace party supporters. He cites deadly losses and praises Major Wallace for shooting natives under duress. The remarks reflect wartime tensions and calls for decisive justice.
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Gneral Ponston
Chicago
Funston
United States
Strikers Grow in Boston as Lumber and Freight Halt Work
Boston labor unrest swells as 16,000 on strike across lumber teams longshoremen and freight handlers. Governor Crane and civic leaders seek settlement with M A Hanna offered to mediate. The N Y N H & HL report disputes over handling of Brine merchandise while South Boston terminals brace for possible action.
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Cox
Allied Freight Transportation Council
Easley
Civic Federation
Gompers
Alel of L
National Civic Federation
Tuttle
Boston & Maine Road
Central Labor Union
Boston & Maine Railroad
Unon
Crane
Oscar H. Cox
Allied Freight Transporation Council
Martin N. Ryan
Longshoremens* Union
Thomas H. Canning
G. A. Powers
Martin F. Cavanaugh
C. J. O'Leary
Patrick O'Day
Thomas O'Connnor
Collins
M. A. Hanna
Washington, D. C
P. A. Collins
M.A, Hanna
South Boston
N. Y
Hall
Waterbury Smallpox Case Increases Amid Quarantine
John Barry a 25 year old transient from Ansonia was found ill on South Main street and taken to the pest house as Waterbury reports a new smallpox case raising total to 16. Lodging houses including Wayside Inn on Grand street are closed and tramps are quarantined. Bronson Library partial closure. vaccination continues. schoolchildren vaccinated. another illness at Salvation Army barracks not smallpox.
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Pest House
Conns
John Barry
Ansonia
South Main Street
Pol Oman
Barry
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Grand Street
Bronson
John Daly
Huven
Salvation Army
Quebec public is told where to find Colonel Gaynor
Colonel I Gaynor of New York, bail of 10000 forfeited after his disappearance from Savannah on a conspiracy to defraud the U S government charge, is in Quebec with his wife and Captain Greene. He openly registers at the Chateau Frontenac so business can reach him, saying they may return to the United States on the ditch. They have engaged notable extradition lawyers, including Jules Tessier and L A Tascherenne, to handle any proceedings.
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I. Gaynor
New York
Savannah
United States
Chateau Frontenac
Chateau
D. Greeen
Gaynor
Gaynor Iain Greene
Associated Press
L. A. Tascherenn
Charles Fitzpatrick
Canada
John
Caplin
Opposition to Ide confirmation grows in Senate
Washington debate over Clarence W. Ide for Paget Sound customs collector deepens as Senator Addison Foster blocks a favorable report. Roosevelt had pressed Ide’s nomination after rejecting a prior candidate for bad character, while Foster vows to fight further. Also reports of money-backed trial flights and a large cock fight in Connecticut with heavy betting and police inquiry.
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Marely
Senate
Clarence W. Ide
Paget Sound
Roosevelt
Addison G. Foster
Ide
Ine
United States
Northwest
Iole
Commerce Committee
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