Chicago Crime and City Crisis Faces Spring Vote
Chicago faces political turmoil as Grand Jury probes police graft and city bosses. Chief Ripley’s sudden departure for New Orleans amid reform efforts intensifies maneuvering by Harrison Kipley Burke and other power brokers. Redistricting and a looming $1 million deficit threaten budget and public projects as reforms stall.
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New York Times
Chicago
Merit Board
Grand Jury
Gibbons
Ripley
New Orleans
Harpee Ree
Kipley
Ciel
Robert F. Burke
Croker
New York
Burke
Harrison
Luke P. Coleran
Citiei
Sxipley
Baxter
Harrison and Kipley
Deneén
Hopkins
Lorimer-Jamieson-Hancey- Smyth
Farrison
Board of Election Commissioners
Fphis
Board of Review
Supreme Court
Counselman Syndicate
Ake
Seaboard
Lake Erie
Atlantic Seaboard
State Pawners’ Society
Pawners’ Bank
Farwell Bays
Plans for Standard Fraternal Association outlined
Indianapolis officials and allied leaders announce a new order to reinsure Chosen Friends members. A meeting in the city next Tuesday will endorse ongoing plans with figures from St. Louis Cincinnati Louisville Chicago and Indianapolis taking officer roles across Supreme President and allied posts.
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Indianapolis
Tie
Louis A. Steber
St. Louis
C. A. Burhans
Cincinnati
Albert Rosengartner
Louisville
Joseph Clark, Jr
New York
Supreme
W. F. Gibson
San Francisco
Supreme First
S. C. Wallis
Supreme Second
A. Rosengartner
T.B. Linn
Supreme Recorder
Chosen Friends
L. A. Steber
C. A.burhans
David Sanders
San Antonio
Texas
G. H. Piersch
Hoboken
N. J
Supreme Guard
P. H. O’brien
New Haven
Holiday fur gifts offer wide range of prices in New York
The list outlines fur items from $10 to $15 up to $7,750 for Russian sable sets, highlighting muffs, scarves, stoles, capes, rugs, and coats. It notes items like seal, mink, fox, and Alaska sable furs, with selections including muffs, boas, collars, and fur lined overcoats. Store hours extend to 9 PM daily through Christmas.
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Chinchilla
Hudson Bay
Florentine
Erme
New York
Fraud Alleged in Western Plan to Fisher Chosen Friends
Nathan B. Killmer denies a Indianapolis receiver petition and a Western order merger as a designed plot to wreck the Chosen Friends. He notes unpaid Galveston storm death claims total about 70000 and dismisses claims of a 34000 shortage as unfounded. Wilson family members dispute the alleged shortfall and audits reportedly found books correct.
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Newark
N. J
Nathan B. Killmer
Order of Chosen Friends
Chosen Friends
Indianapolis
Supreme Recorder
T. B. Linn
Killmer
Galveston
William B. Wilson
Order
H. H. Morse
Sadie Wilson
Express
Sick Benefit Society
The
Loan and Savings League
Wilson
Diploma dealer punished in Chicago trial
Dr James Armstrong, former president of the Metropolitan and Independent Medical Colleges and the Illinois Health University, was sentenced by Judge Kohlsaat to one year in Joliet and a $500 fine for using the mails to defraud. Testimony showed his institutions issued and sold diplomas en masse to buyers at home and abroad.
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Chicago
William J. Calhoun
National Inter-State Commerce Commission
Judge Tuley
Englewood
William H. Harnwright
H. C. Mackey
Myer Lewis
Seventeenth
State Streets
Amelia Meyer
James Armstrong
Medical
Illinois Health University
Kohlsaat
Joliet
Armstrong
United States
Man Hunt in Maine Targets Noted Poacher Old Pete
Bangor reports a major chase as Game Warden Herman Templeton and Guide Ben Woodward pursue Old Pete Fountaine, famed poacher, near Baker Lake. The outlaw’s vast trap line runs fifty miles north to the Allegash, with fears he will be surprised.
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Bangor
Maine
United States
George Nadeau
St. John River
Herman Templeton
Ben Woodward
Kineo
Baker Lake
Pete
Fountaine
Templeton
Warren
State Game Commissioners
Guide Woodward
Woodward
Paris Exposition Art Wares Offered at Low Prices
Imported collection from Paris features Limoges enamels Legres vases Duchesse lace and Segres glassware with Grand Prix honors. Includes mosaic paintings bronze goods Sevres vases and various art objects priced from 3 5 to 100 90. Sale starts tomorrow on Main Floor 59th St Section.
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United States
Limoges
Legres
Segres
Women's Fine Neckwear Stock at 59th Street Main Floor
A 2000 piece stock sale offers rare bargains across chiffon jabots lace collars scarves and veils. Velvet ties real lace berthas duchesse appliques and hair ornaments in colors with velvet satin and aigrette accents. Fichus mousseline de soie Liberty silk neck ruffs pompadour effects and feather boas included. Come see prices at the Main Floor 59th St Section.
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59Th St
Very Special Handkerchiefs at Great Value Picks
A large stock valued around 50000 for this week features embroidered lace trim handkerchiefs in boxes, initial linen and cambric styles, pure linen options, white and Cambric sets, and special lace edged pieces. Prices range from 17c to 45.00 with many boxed assortments and a main floor display at 59th Street Section.
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H. S
Duchesse Pointe
Brussels Pointe
59Th Street
Donner
Carlsbad
Bloomingdale Bros storefront locations
Bloomingdale Brothers operate retail spaces along 3d Avenue and the 59th to 60th Street corridors, indicating multiple department store sites in the area.
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Bloomingdale Bros
3D Ave
59Th and 60Th Sts
Harlem Savings Bank Run Eases as Depositors Withdraw
Depositors continued to withdraw from Harlem Savings Bank yesterday but the panic subsides. About 1,000 of 35,000 accounts, totaling around $450,000, had been drained, with $34,000 withdrawn yesterday. President Charles Tooker said the run was near its end and most customers believed the bank safe though they prefer to hold funds.
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Harlem Savings Bank
Charles Tooker
French Vice Consul Shoots Himself
In San Francisco on December 15 Paul Antoine, French Vice Consul and Acting Consul, shot himself through the head last night and is expected to die.
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San Francisco
Paul Antoine
France
College Examination Board announces treasurer and chief examiners
The College Entrance Examination Board of the Middle States and Maryland named Joseph C. Hendrix as treasurer and Dr. William E. Waters as assistant secretary. Chief examiners for 1901 include Remsen, Stoddard, Cameron, Learned, Smyth, Salmon, Bennett, Thompson, and Nichols with affiliations to Johns Hopkins, NYU, Princeton, Penn, Bryn Mawr, Vassar, Cornell, and Columbia.
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Middle States
Maryland
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Joseph C. Hendrix
National Bank of Commerce
William E. Waters
Yale College
Ira Remsen
Johns Hopkins University
Francis H. Stoddard
New York University
A. Guyot Cameron
Princeton University
M. D. Learned
University of Pennsylvania
Herbert Weir Smyth
Bryn Mawr College
Lucy M. Salmon
Vassar College
Charles E. Bennett
Cornell University
Henry Dallas Thompson
Edward L. Nichols
First Cathedral Marriage at St John the Divine
Miss Mary Goodrich Monell daughter of the late John F Monell wed Mr Wait at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in Morningside Heights. The ceremony took place in a solemn religious setting with family and friends in attendance.
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Mr. Wait
Miss Monell
Morningside Heights
Monell Weds Frederick S Wait in New Cathedral Crypt
Monell and Frederick S Wait were married in the crypt of the new cathedral near the Tiffany altar in Newburg. The ceremony attended by close friends due to illness, featured J N Weed as escort and Edwin Tatham as best man. Mrs Caroline E Monell, 86, attended. Wait’s legal and literary circles connections noted. office at 10 Wall Street.
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Masters
Dobbs Ferry
Caroline E. Monell
Menell
Andrew Jackson Downing
Central Park
Wait
Fishkill Landing
Union League and Reform Clubs
The
Bar Association
Union League Club
Wall Street
Death of Mrs Smith in Bridgeport Likely Morphine Overdose
Mrs Ferdinand B Smith, wife of a prominent Bridgeport businessman, was found dead at Tailsome Hill. Medical examiner cites morphine overdose with multiple arm punctures from a syringe. The body was taken to Morre and identified by Smith and his daughter.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Ferdinand B. Smith
Tailsome Hill
Smith
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Fischer Piano
Union Square—West
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H. B. Kirk & C0
Holiday Presents
C. C. Shayne
Japan
Alaska
Pete Fountaine
Woacher
Bloomingdale’s
D. Lamponi
Jano Pandiana
M.jano
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China
Thih
Parma
Secorly Floor
Harlem Institution
Rotonda
Angola
Jin
Bloomi
Gdale Bros
Stewart Baa
Volta
C-Ib
Ornet
Columbia Zit
Boehm
Howard FO
Cort Andt &J
New
TE Ork
H. N. Squire’s Son
Diamonds and Watches
Maiden Lane
N. Y
Adiereneny
Bours
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