Three-Eye league deadlock asks for peace amid resignations
In Chicago the Three-Eye league fails to elect a president after three ballots with four northern clubs backing M. H. Sexton of Rock Island and four southern clubs backing Judge Frank Fox of Peoria. Holland resigns to seek harmony. proposals include a three-man commission and drawing names from a hat. The session adjourns amid continued deadlock at Sherman house.
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Chicago
Marek Za
Argus
Frank Fox
Peoria
M. H. Sexton
Rock Island
Sherman House
Holland
Kinsella
Springfield
George McGurn
City League of
Robert L. Welch
Spalding
Tip O'Neill
Western League
Rosenfield
Hill
Cedar Rapids
Set
Mr. Holland
Charles Bartson
Bering
Decatur
Sexton
Fox
H. Sexton
Bart
Ern
Rowland
Dubuque
Ufbroken
Louisiana Primary Election Law Declared Unconstitutional
Judge King in New Orleans civil district court voided Louisiana's state primary election law as unconstitutional null and void. The ruling was issued in New Orleans La on March 24. The decision challenges the legality of the current primary framework and could impact upcoming party nominations.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
King
Civil District Court
Road Wins Important Action Over Rates
Washington March 24 The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of the Great Western railway in the meat rate case over livestock freight rates. The case, brought by the interstate commerce commission and Chicago, contested the railroad's lower rate on meat while leaving livestock rates higher. The commission had found the differential unlawful, but the court reversed, allowing the rate change.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Great Western Railway
Supreme Court of the United States
Chicago
St. Paul
Missouri River
Illinois Banks Affected No Authority to Use Collateral
Springfield March 24 State Auditor McCullough says Illinois state banks have no authority to secure deposits with collateral turned over to depositors This opinion guides fraternal organizations doing business in Illinois It warns such deposits could impair bank capital or be unfair to other non secured depositors
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Springfield
Ill
McCullough
Ilinois
License to Carry a Gun in Chicago Ordinance Passed
Chicago council approved three ordinances regulating sale use and confiscation of weapons in response to recent violence. Only authorized and registered individuals may own firearms in the future and all weapon owners must obtain permits within a set period under penalties.
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Chicago Council
Chicago
Ridgelys Bank to Open in Kansas City
The National Bank of Commerce, crippled by a $39,000,000 liability, will reopen Monday with W B Ridgely as president, George Cutts as vice president, and Edward Ridgely as cashier. Stockholders voted to double capital to $2,000,000 and expand directors from 15 to 20.
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Kansas City
National Bank of Commerce
W. B. Ridgely
George Cutts
New York
St. Louis
Edward Ridgely
Girls Burned to Death in Barn Near Shickley Neb
Mrs A Hoff wife of a farmer near Shickley Neb failed to rescue her two daughters from a barn fire. The girls tried to light lanterns and a lamp likely exploded. In North Platte Neb Dr Nicholas McCabe mayor had drug store raided and faced liquor sale charges.
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Shickley
Neb
A. Hoff
North Platte
Nicholas McCabe
McCabe
Hint
French and American auto progress in California race
Reports from March 24 describe multiple cars in a cross country race toward Alaska. The American car lost near Los Banos and was recovered, with plans to ship by steamer. The Bryan Wyoming French car started at 9 20 am and a German car left Rock River. The Italian team faced a breakdown near Kelton, delaying progress. The American car from Bakersfield led the New York to Paris racers and passed Fresno en route to San Francisco. A De Dion car was sighted at Rock Springs.
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San Francisco
Los Banos
Alaska
Bryan
Wyo
Rock River
Fresno
Cal
Bakersfield
New York
Paris
San Joaquin Valley
Kelton
Ogden
Rock Springs
Thhat
Candidates Plenty at Indiana Democratic State Convention
Indianapolis march 24 Democrats gather for Indiana state convention set to convene tomorrow for a two day session. Seven gubernatorial candidates open headquarters as uninstructed delegates grow the chance for ante convention work. Delegates will choose district and national committee members with Bryan favored by four delegates and Kern urged as a potential vice presidential pick.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Eagem
Bryan
Ryan
John W. Kern
Kern
Grand Forks
N. D
North Dakota
Johnson
Four Die in Queen and Crescent collision near Burgin
Lexington Ky March 24 Four persons were killed three fatally injured and 17 more or less hurt when the Blue Grass special passenger collided with a south bound freight near Burgin on the Queen and Crescent railroad. The freight was said to be running without orders due to a night operator being laid off.
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Lexington
Blue Grass
Queen & Crescent
Burgin
Wife held after a murder in Fayette county
Waterloo Iowa March 24 Mrs Arlo Whitbeck widow of the man murdered in Fayette county last Wednesday night has been taken into custody after his funeral pending an investigation. Whitbeck was beaten to death with a heavy sledge stake while on the way to his barn to care for a sick horse.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Arlo Whitbeck
Fayette County
Whitbeck
Yoakum Talks With President at White House Visit
B F Yoakum chairman of the Rock Island railroad board conferred with the president at the White House on March 24. He was reticent about the purpose, but observers say the current industrial downturn influenced their discussion.
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Yoakum of
Rock Island
White House
Washington
B. F. Yoakum
The
Rock Island Railroad
Yoakum
First Report on Sugar Refining Distributor Issued
New York March 24 The first report of the American Sugar Refining Distributor was sent to stockholders. Secrecy surrounds the financial statement with net earnings for 1907 at 8,749,291 dollars and dividends totaling 8,299,930 dollars. The year’s surplus stands at 2,449,361 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Company
New York
Rockford Fire Damages Block Occupied by Firms
A morning blaze in Rockford damaged the business block housing Rockford & Interurban Co and W Clark Printing Co, with estimated losses around 75000 dollars. The fire began before noon on March 24 in Rockford Illinois. Authorities investigate cause as crews fought the flames across the blocked area.
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Rockford
Rockford & Interurban Company
W. Clark Printing Company
Senate recalls death of Senator Bryan as House criticizes
Washington reporting from yesterday notes the Senate announced the death of Florida Senator William James Bryan and adjourned in his memory. In the House, Mann of Illinois charged Sulzer with a false speech in the record, a contentious expulsion effort, and a sharp clash with the Speaker before adjourning at 4 01 p m in Bryan’s memory.
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Washington
Congress
Asken
Senate
William James Bryan
Florida
HOUSE
Mann
Illinois
Sulzer
New York
Obscure French waiter shines as promoter stealing millions
Paris notes the arrest of Henri Rochette a former waiter accused of running a web of mining ventures and the Francopanish bank to fraudulently pocket over 12 million dollars. His scheme involved new companies to service previous debts while stock slumped as details emerged. Rochette backed coal and copper mines mainly in Spain with over 20 million in capitalizations and some sixty branches he operated across France.
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Paris
Henri Rochette
Rochette
Francopanish Bank
Mme. Humbert
Oder
Spain
France
Roosevelt orders crackdown on anarchist paper La Questione Sociale
President Roosevelt responds to Mayor McBride by urging the justice department to prosecute those behind the anarchist publication La Questione Sociale. He denounces the paper as murderous and dangerous, citing calls for dynamite, murder of soldiers and police, and arson. Immigration law now bars entrants with such views, and postmasters should not aid their distribution. The piece links to broader suppression efforts and legal action.
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la Questione Sociale
Department of Justice
United States Army
United States
Malis
Stevens May Recover After Attempt on His Life
San Francisco reports reveal the attempted assassination of Durham W. Stevens, former counselor to the Japanese embassy, by I. W. Chang a Korean. Three shots were fired, wounding Stevens and another Korean, M. W. Chun, while Stevens was about to depart for Washington. Recovery for Stevens was deemed likely despite serious back injuries. The attack appeared tied to pro Korean sentiments against Japanese influence and a push for Korean autonomy.
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San Francisco
Durham W. Stevens
Korean Council of State
Stevens
D. W.stevens
Washington
Seoul
Yes Fear
I. W. Chang
M. W. Chun
Steven
Korea
Sulzer Restry of Speech Sparks House Battle
Washington March 24 Sulzer of New York proposes to strike from the record the Dalzell speech of March 18 on house rules and to substitute the speech delivered by the Pennsylvanian. The vote on Sulzer’s resolution ends 21 to 11 against him amid loud evidence of party rancor.
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Washington
Sulzer
New York
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
House
Mann
Illinois
Representative Sulzer
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce and Labor
Pettifogger
New Yorker
Mr. Sulzer
Mr. Stleer
Killed by Newspaper Fire Fatal blaze harms Rev Cephas Baird
Santa Monica March 24 Rev Cephas Baird a 50 year English Lutheran minister died from injuries suffered last January when a newspaper covering his face caught fire as he slept before an open fireplace. He was born near Akron Ohio in 1835 and served in Indianapolis Cedar Rapids Illinois Nebraska.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Cephas Baird
English Lutheran Church
Mr. Baird
Akron
Ohio
Indianapolis
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Inllinois
Nebraska
Saloons on Sunday to be voted on in municipal election
Chicago March 24 Judge Walker of the circuit court ruled that the question of whether saloons shall be closed on Sundays shall be submitted to voters at the upcoming municipal election despite opposition from election commissioners who will likely appeal the decision.
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Chicago
Walker
Circuit Court Today
Funeral Services Held for Rt. Rev. Charles H Fowler
The funeral of Rt. Rev. Charles Henry Fowler late bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church was held yesterday afternoon in New York. Rev. John Wesley Hill delivered the principal eulogy with other addresses by Bishops Goodsell Burt Wilson and Rev Dr Henry A Butts and Rev Dr James M Buckley. Memorial resolutions were read and a wreath of Easter lilies and maiden hair ferns sent by President Roosevelt accompanied the service.
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Roosevelt
Baby's Body In Mail Stirs Portales Investigation
Denver reports that Postmaster C. Olerach of Portales New Mexico notified Rocky Mountain region chief inspector BE Meixee about a dead infant found in a mailed package addressed to Roy W. Carr Roswell New Mexico. The package bore an unsigned note saying to burn or do something right away and not open.
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Denver
Colo
C. Olerach
Portales
N. M
Olerach
Gift of A B Judy Helps Build Industrial School
In Chicago on March 24 the Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society gains a $70,000 gift from A B Judy and his wife, a childless couple who adopted a 12-year-old orphan girl. The donation funds an industrial home for orphan girls and doubles the society’s resources. The Judys, wealthy farmers near Potomac, Illinois, were inspired by their adopted daughter to pursue juvenile charity and memorialize the project.
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A. B. Judy
Chicago
Iinois Children's Home and Aid Society
Potomac, Ill
Judy
Night riding in blue grass state ends
Cincinnati report says an agreement between American Tobacco Co and the Society of Equity at Winchester Kentucky ends night riding. The deal centers on nearly 14 million dollars plus purchase of entire 1906 1907 crops on one side and no planting or crop for 1908 on the other.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
American Tobacco Company
Society of Equity
Winchester
End of Gas Litigation Moves Toward Equitable Adjustment
Galesburg Illinois March 24 Platforms adopted at the city convention of both the liberal and peoples parties demand an equitable adjustment of the gas litigation for company and city and urge divorcing the street car franchise from the gas question. The gas suit has been in progress 18 months with pleadings not yet settled. The peoples party nominated L P Steepleton for assessor and EB Clark for supervisor. both parties named supervisors.
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Galesburg
Liberal and
Peoples
Peoples Party
L. P
Steepleton
Ala EB. O. Clark
Thirty Five Hurt In Harbor Line Wreck
Detroit dispatch reports a Harbor line interurban car wreck injuring thirty five people. The incident occurred on a Michigan avenue street route with passengers secured and casualties listed in the casualty report.
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Three-Eye League
Judge Fox
Bloomington
Herbert Miller
Wiliam Kalahar
Clinton
M. W. Purcell
C. H. Rowland
Sam Swift
Wilson Bering
W. A. Rosenfield
H. E. Casteel
J. F. Munger
C. B. Marshall
Belden Hill
Edward H. Smith
Great Western
Ridgely’s Bank
American Auto
Pacific Coast
Democrats
Way
Cashell
Democratic State Central Committee
Minnesota
Governor Guild
Boston
Philadelphia
Senator Bee
Devonshire
Cannes
Spencer
Ton Ca
Duke
Devon- Muskegob
Mich
Shire
Court
Baby
Woodstock, Kl
Helps Home and Aid Society
Blue Grass State
Detroit
Harbor Line
Mt Sedhee
Michitsn
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