Illinois Democrats rally for Bryan in Springfield crowd
Thousands of Illinois Democrats in Springfield meet William J. Bryan after his Jacksonville banquet. Adlai Stevenson Elected Bryan Clubs president as editors of the Democratic Editorial Association convene. a mass meeting is planned at the state arsenal with about ten thousand expected. Legal notes touch a union boycott case, injunctive rulings, and Supreme Court remarks on unfair lists.
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Springfield
Argus
Wiliam J. Bryan
Bryan
Jacksonville
Jacksonville Bryan Club
Wabash Station
Sexton
Democratic Editorial Association of the State
State Arsenal
Stevenson
Bars Unfair List Decision In Sparta Case
Springfield Feb 21 The supreme court found that a labor union unfair list is effectively a boycott and may be enjoined. Justices Scott and Farmes dissented. The Sparta WL case involved livery owners John KE Wilson and John T Wilson against Roy Hay and other Sparta union workers. The Wilsons faced union obstruction across proyectos since 1909 and 1904 incidents, with local notices and failed attempts to hire nonunion help.
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Wilsons
Randolph County
Supreme Court
Scott
Farmer
Springfield
Mki- Nois Supreme Court
Scott and Farmes
Sparta
John KE
John T. Wilson
Roy Hay
Twick
International Union
Corneluus P. Shea
Weaper
Luton Ducs
Union of Churches Declared Legal in Alabama Case
Springfield Alabama February 21 The union of the Presbyterian and the Cumberland Presbyterian churches was upheld as legal by the supreme court affirming a judgment in the Poe et al. v Alisy et al case. The ruling lets the general assembly proceed with the church union and possession of properties including James Milliken Institute Decatur and Lincoln University Lincoln.
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Springfield
Uni
The
Presbyterian
Cumberland Presbyterian Churches
Supreme Court
Poe
Alisy
Circuit Court
Macon County
General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
James Milliken Institute
Decatur
Lincoln University
Lincoln
US Board Defines Original Unbroken Package
Washington February 21 The United States board of food and drug inspection defines an original unbroken package as one that has not had any part of its contents removed before delivery to the consignee This clarifies interpretations of regulation 2 of the foods and drugs act enforcement rules.
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Washington
United States Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Frisco bank not opened. deposits over a million
The Market Street bank in Frisco did not open this morning and bank commissioners are investigating its financial condition. The bank reportedly holds deposits of $1,182,000. In Dixon Illinois the Micnais Retail Merchants association convention elected Sol Westerfield president, George F. Green secretary, and T. Schmidt treasurer, with next meeting in East St. Louis.
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San Francisco
Market Street Bank
Dixon
Micnais Retail Merchants’ Association
East St. Louis
Sol Westerfield
Chicago
George F. Green
Peoria
T. Schmidt
Kentuckian Named Chief Clerk of Postoffice Department
Washington Feb 21 The postmaster general appointed Charles A Conrad of Kentucky to be chief clerk of the postoffice department to succeed Co O Chance of Illinois recently named auditor of the department.
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Washington
Postmaster General
Charles A. Conrad
Kentucky
Postoffice Department
Co. O. Chance
Ilinois
Washington Statue at Wall and Broad Streets Inaugurated
A historic statue honoring George Washington stands at the corner of Wall and Broad Streets in New York, marking the site where Washington was first inaugurated. The landmark attracts visitors interested in early American history and city memory.
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Washington
Wall and Broad Streets
New York
NO WHITEWASH INTENDED Ex-Governor Pennypacker Testifies
Harrisburg Pa Feb 21 Former Governor Pennypacker testifying for the defense in the conspiracy suit against Contractor Sanderson and former state officers Snyder Mathes and Shumaker denied any official attempt to whitewash the capitol scandal He said Stanford G B Lewis aide to Architect Joseph M Husten lied when he testified the architect's letter to Attorney General Carson was prepared at a conference with Pennypacker Auditor General Snyder and Lewis
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Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Sanderson
Snyder
Mathes
Shumaker
Carson
Stanford GB. Lewis
Joseph M Husten
Pennypack
Lewis
Constitutional convention forwards voting on amendments plan
Lansing Feb 21 The constitutional convention has begun work on a draft constitution. At the final session it adopted a plan for initiating constitutional amendments by voter petition and popular vote and a plan allowing the legislature to submit any act passed and signed by the governor to the electors, with the law not becoming effective until approved by voters.
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Lansing, Mich
Lincoln Centenary Movement Launch in Chicago 1909
Lincoln centenary plans in Chicago aim to elevate the 1909 birth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln to international significance. Charter members include prominent Chicago professionals, with Lt. Gov. Lawrence Y. Sherman and Mayor Fred A. Busse. Proposals call for a million dollar memorial and a one week observance featuring services, a Springfield visit, and global invitations.
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Lincoln
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
The
Association of Commerce
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Fred A. Busse
Mike Tinets
Mecca
Ft Fe
Springfield
Linecoln
Hedding Student Tied to Tree During Blizzard
Clarence Robinson a Hedding College student Abingdon Illinois was seized by masked youths tied to a tree in the blizzard near the west campus and nearly perished from exposure. He freed himself crawled six blocks through deep snow and collapsed from exhaustion before help arrived as faculty conduct a formal inquiry.
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Hedding
Galesburg
Clarence Robinson
Hedding College
Abingilen
Pari
Exmaettre
Revingon
Midnizit
One Tunnel Completed Enabling Railroad Under East River
The first of four tubes for the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel linking Philadelphia to the Hudson River through Manhattan to Long Island City was joined, completing the shell from shore to shore. The tube, begun in August 1905, runs 4,000 feet under the East River off Thirty-fourth Street with steel rings bolted in a continuous string.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Manhattan Island
Long Island City
Middle East River
Thirty-fourth Street
Not There at the Time of Three-Toed Horse
A UC bulletin relets to Neocene man in Sierra Nevada auriferous gravels challenging Whitney’s California claims. W J Sinclair’s university bulletin reports investigations, noting Calaveras skull in Harvard Peabody as key to Whitney’s deduction.
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California
J. D. Whitney
W. J. Sinclair
University of California
University Department of Anthropology
Sierra Nevada
Calaveras
Peabody Museum
Harvard
Whitney
Stop Anti-Saloon Crusade in Illinois Hotel and Restaurant Employes
Illinois hotel and restaurant workers move to curb the anti saloon wave by seeking favorable legislation. A legislative committee will push for changes at the next general assembly and a modification of the local option law. Alton chosen for the December convention. 1998 date set, W F Foster elected president and Joseph W Rizzie secretary treasurer.
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Illinois
Springfield
Alton
W. F. Foster
Decatur
Joseph W. Rizzie
Staunton
Sunday Y M C A Meetings With Films And Talk
Moving pictures titled Paul Revere's Ride will be shown at the Y M C A auditorium Sunday afternoon for men. Rev W H Blancke will discuss local option and answer questions. The Sylvan quartet performs Licensed. A pre meeting at the boys' room precedes the men session with Rev R I Haney speaking The Midnight Ride of St Paul. Saturday night program notes a chapel event at 7 30. Cold wave damages vegetables in New Orleans shipping fruits north.
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W. H. Blancke
Paul Revere
Civic Federation of
Daversfort
English Lutheran Church
Sylvan Quartet
R. I. Haney
Second Congregational Church
Moline
St. Paul
Impeachment Call Over Judge Wilfley in Shanghai Case
Representative Waldo of New York introduced a resolution in the House to impeach Judge Lebbens R. Wilfley of the Shanghai U S court. The measure cites corrupt conduct and high crimes and misdemeanors tied to barring certain lawyers and a broader clampdown on Shanghai practitioners.
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Ashington
Waldo
New York
Lebbens R. Wilfley
United States Court For China
Shanghai
Committee On Judiciary
Wilfley
State Department
Denial of Wage Cuts Tied to Railroad Pressure
A 25 man committee of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Firemen Trainmen Conductors and Telegraphers met in New York to respond to reports of wage reductions. President Newman of the New York Central sent a message denying any planned pay cuts on Central or allied lines. In Cleveland Warren Stone and William Lee spoke against threatened wage reductions, pledging full union action if needed to prevent pay cuts.
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New York
Brotherhoods of
Newman
New York ‘Central
Central
Cleveland
Warren
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
William G. Lee
Sorrow Over Stoessel Conviction Leads to Russian Woman's Death
In Hartford on February 21 Amelia Karris, a former Russian employee in General Stoessel's household, killed herself by inhaling illuminating gas driven by remorse over the general's conviction at St. Petersburg.
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Hartford
Conn
Stoessel
St. Petersburg
Amelia Karris
Ice Falls on Mine Cage in Wilkesbarre Traps Three Dead
In Wilkesbarre Pa today a large chunk of ice fell in the Stanton mine shaft striking the hoisting cage. The impact killed three miners and left three others gravely injured, with their condition improving or worsening as reports varied.
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Wilkesbarre
Stanton
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Kansas Democrats Name Delegates For Bryan Support
Hutchinson Kansas February 21 Kansas democrats held a state convention to choose delegates for the national Denver convention. It was conceded Bryan would be endorsed and delegates instructed to vote for him to the end. Fourteen English miners die in pit explosion Washington England February 1900s.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
Denver
Bryan
Newcastle Upon Tyne
England
Washington
Congress Briefs Honor Latimer as Sessions Open
Yesterday in Congress the Senate adjourned after convening to honor Senator Latimer of South Carolina whose death was announced. The House spent most of its time reading impeachment charges against Federal Judge Lobbins R. Wilfley of the U S court at Shanghai, with the matter referred to the Judiciary Committee, and adjourned early as a mark of respect to Latimer.
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Willey
Wilfley
T. R. Jernigan
E. Pessenden
Arthur L. Bassett
Francis M. Brooks
Cecil Holcomb
Willian L. Rogers
Edwin H. Lamme
Harry L. Hart
Lorrie Andrews
W. 41
Heen
Wiffle
Congress
State Department
St. Louis
Manila
Shanghai
New American Court
Ninth Judicial Circuit
United States
Teweetorneys
Blackstone
Washington
Senate
Latimer
South Carolina
HOUSE
Waldo
New York
Lobbins R. Wilfley
United States Court
Chi
Race cars reach Chicago as Arctic explorer rails for repairs
In Chicago two crew members of a French car arrived by train with a speed shaft needing repair before resuming the New York to Paris race. Captain Hanson, the Norwegian Arctic explorer, said snow drifts since New York rival Siberia. In Indiana, Montague Roberts in the American car moved toward Goshen amid foot-deep snow drift and a stalled 14 mile leg after Kendallville to Wa wala. The Kaalian car reached Kendallville. the French car No 1 remained at Kendallville awaiting further action.
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Chicago
New York
Paris
Kendallville
Ind
Siberia
Captain Hanson
Roberts
Ligonier
Montague Roberts
Goshen
Wawaka
Holds It Better In Jail Than Out And Hungry
In Philadelphia on Broad street police clashed with a crowd of unemployed foreigners marching to city hall. About a thousand demonstrators faced several hundred officers. fourteen Italians were jailed with ringleaders charged with assault and battery and inciting to riot. Nine others were held for inciting to riot. A mass meeting preceded the march. Witnesses testified a flagrant sentiment prevailed.
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Philadelphia
Broad Street
Jred
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