Rock Island Celebrates Depot Opening Banquet
A Burlington system banquet at the Harpers House celebrated the completion and opening of a new seager station and freight depot at Second Avenue and Twentieth Streets. W C Brown praised Rock Island's future and rail improvements amid a formal toast sequence with officials and civic leaders.
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Rock Island
W.C. Brown
Burlirzton
W. C. Brown
Burlington System
Seuger
Second Avenue
Twentieth Streets
Rock Island Mayor Welcomes Depot Completion and Rail Growth
Mayor McConochie congratulates B and Q officials on completing the new passenger station at onecond avenue and Twentieth street and the adjacent freight yards. He praises progressive railway expansion, notes the Depression era impact, and foresees faster service and broader national growth amid constitutional debates.
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McConochie
Mr. Brown
Rock Island
Twentieth Street
Proposed Senatorial Apportionment Puts Rock Island With New Neighbors
After Illinois announced statewide senatorial apportionment, Rock Island is reassigned to join Mercer and Henderson with Henry paired elsewhere. Henry aligns with Bureau and Stark. Whiteside links with Lee and De Kalb. Knox pairs with Falton. Of 32 districts outside Cook County, 23 are Democratic. Albertson's Tazewell county district remains contested as Pekin region leans Democratic. No major house objections noted.
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Springfield
Rock Island
Henry
Mercer
Henderson
Bureau
Stark
Whiteside
Lee
de Kalb
Knox
Falton
Cook County
Albertson
Tazewell County
Seu
Pekin Ié c Ia
Nation Crusaders Threaten Night Saloon Raids
Topeka and Wichita report a planned night raid by Nation supporters to smash saloons and bolster police power. Judges rule against Nation’s vandalism, while Winfield reports saloon closings amid tempers. Topeka dismisses a charge against Carrie Nation for Sunday raid, keeping other cases pending.
Nation's Trial Delayed as Judge Denies Change of Venue
In Topeka Kansas on February 21 Judge Hazen postponed the case of Carrie Nation and several co-defendants for the April term. Nation repeatedly called the judge Your Dishonor and demanded trial while claiming to be poisoned by jail smoke. Stark, a clerk allied with the crusaders, also sought a delay as attorneys warned of a bitter legal battle over venue and fair trial, with a special venire possible for the single case.
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Nation
Topeka
Kan
Hazen
District Court
Carrie Nation
Murphy
Eva Hardin
Rose Crist
Madeline Southard
C. ©. Chadwick
C. R. McDowell
Waters
Stark
Balf
Crusaders
Terrible illness turns woman to bone in Indiana
Mrs. Mary Black wife of real estate and insurance man Josiah Black is reportedly dying from Addison's disease with ossification. Once 200 pounds she now weighs under ninety as flesh stiffens and organs weaken. Physicians say the disease is incurable and exceptional in medical history.
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Frankfort
Ind
Mary Black
Josiah Black
Joliet
Ill
Mortimer T. Stevens
Honolulu
McGill
I. D. Stevens
Colorado
Klondike
Miss Briggs
Neenah Quarantine Strain Sparks Stall Over Board
Nine teen men in smallpox quarantine at Butler and McCarthy hotel marched to the mayor's office to claim they are starving and demand food. The hotel owners seek a city guarantee for expenses, Mayor Kalfals declines, and proprietors lock dining room supplies while guarding with revolvers as detainees refuse to pay for board.
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Neenah
Wis
Butler & McCarthy
Kalfals
Death of Dr Hamilton and jealous suspect on trial
In Knoxville Iowa on February 21 testimony opened in the Alfred Ahn murder trial over Dr. Hamilton’s death on November 26. Witnesses said Hamilton died from bullet wounds and knife cuts. Ahn allegedly jealous over Hamilton’s attentions to Mrs. Ahn and threatened to shoot him. Hamilton was shot while en route to his stables. no witness statement was given. The batch also covers Joliet happenings, Mendota hospital chief changes, a Chicago soprano gaining fame, Des Moines railroad rate talk, and a New Jersey pork packing company formation.
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New York
Boston
Montreal
San Francisco
City of
Mexico
Knoxville
Alfred Ahn
Dr. Hamilton
Marysville
Des Moines
Tom Her
Chicago and Great Western Railroad
Chicago and Great Western
Hooper
China Accepts Alternative All Punishments End Waldersee Campaign
Washington Feb 21 A cablegram reports Chinese plenipotentiaries inform the foreign ministers the emperor agreed to all punishments named in Congers telegram of Feb 6 This may end Waldersee campaign Washington dispatches say Pekin Feb 21 princes Ching and Li Hung Chang notified ministers that edicts on punishment are accepted and Boxer unrest grows in southern Manchuria Samuel Maddox defender of Vital was shot to death.
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Conger
Pekin
Ching
Li Hung Chang
St. Petersburg
Vishivo Atock
Manchuria
Mob kills man connected to fatal assault in Lake Charles
In Lake Charles Louisiana February 21 a Black man named Thom as Vital who previously harmed 13 year old Nora Miller was dragged from his Fenton area home by a mob and fatally wounded. The incident underscores a violent response to the earlier crime as authorities investigate the mob action.
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Lake Charles
Thomas Vital
Nora Miller
Fenton
Half Million Dollars In Ashes At Atlanta
Fire in Atlanta business district destroys property valued at about 500000. An oil tank explosion at the wholesale grocery house of O J and J E Maddox started the blaze and spread to nearby buildings. A separate fire in Sioux City at the American Linseed company caused a loss of 250000, but the plant remains operating.
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Atlanta
O. J
J. E. Maddox
Sioux City
American Linseed Company
Former Senator White Dies in California
Ex US Senator Stephen M. White dies at his Los Angeles residence after a brief illness. He suffered from stomach ulceration and showed alarming symptoms after midnight before his rapid decline.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United States
Stephen M. White
Hazing Debate Sparks Sen. Hepburn Attack
Washington lawmakers discuss military discipline as Senator Hepburn of Iowa accuses officers of tyranny and cites 25 U S ships wrecked by incompetent commanders since the Civil War. He denounces hazing and urges a fixed punishment.
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Washington
House
Hepburn
Iowa
United States
More Arrests in Cudahy Kidnap Plot
St Paul Minnesota February 21 Patrick Hussr and John Lane alias Tory were arrested on a warrant sworn by Detective Baum Omaha charged with involvement in the plot to kidnap young Cudahy
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St. Paul, Minn
Patrick Hussr
John Lane
Tory
Baum
Omaha
Cudahy
Consuls Charged in Manila Insurgent Aid Case
Manila police say documentary evidence links Italian consul Francisco Reyes and Uruguayan consul Manuel Poypoch to aiding Filipino insurgents. The authorities report the incriminating material has been submitted to General MacArthur for action.
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Manila
Francisco Reyes
Manuel Poypoch
Uruguay
MacArthur
Burlington Promotes Two Officers in System Restructure
A Chicago dispatch reports officers of the Burlington system are to be advanced following C. E. Perkins resignation and George B. Harris elevation. Expected moves include C Brown to second vice president, Howard Elliott to general manager of the Burlington, F A Delano to Missouri lines manager, and P S Eustis reassigned to passenger traffic manager. W A Lalor or John Francis eyed as successor passenger agent.
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Bleuer
William McConochie
W. C. Brown
Phil Mitchell
P. S. Eustis
I. J. Medill
Illinois Lines
F. C.rice
E W. Herst
BL. Porter
Maj. C. McD
F W Babsen
L.S. McCabe
John Crabaugh
James McKinney
E. D. Sweeney
C. C. Carter
L. F. Berry
Tri-City
H. 5. Cabe
RI & P
F. A. Head
L. Eyster
T. H
C. E. Perkins
Burlington Road
George B. Harris
Rock Island
Chicago Dispatch
C. Brown
Genpal Pene Leese
Burlington
P. 5
Eustis
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