New Chicago Terminal Plan Debuts for Madison Street
The Chicago and North Western announces completion of Madison street passenger terminal plans. The elevated complex will feature a 120 foot portico, granite walls, bronze lamps, four 12 foot clock dials, and a 840 by 320 foot train shed with sixteen tracks. Estimated cost is 20 million dollars with occupancy planned for 1910.
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Chicago & North-Western Railway
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Wells Street
Kinzie Street
Clinton
Canal Streets
Clinton Street
Canal Street
Washington and
Randolph Streets
Information Bureau
North-Western
Booth City
Washington Street
Nina
Dot
Niele
North- Western
Pioneer Line
Chicago
Messrs
Frost and Granger
LaSelle Street
London
Liverpool
Paris
Vienna
Edenburgh
United States
Bryan assails congress on bank guaranty and Oklahoma banks
In Lincoln on August 19 William J. Bryan attacked Republican leaders for enacting a currency bill favoring the stock market and failing to authorize Oklahoma national banks to use state depositor guaranty laws. He noted Enid National Bank’s surrender to state provisions and said many Oklahoma banks profit from guaranty while unsecured banks lose deposits. He argued banks must choose between national charters or guaranty protection.
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Neb
William J. Bryan
Congress
National Banks
Oklahoma
Bryan
Bonaparte
Sieuomiee Congress
Chafin Notified as Prohibition Presidential Candidate
E W Chafin of Chicago was formally notified at Music hall as the Prohibition party nominee for president. Professor Charles Scanlon of Pittsburg delivered the notification address and Chafin delivered his acceptance speech outlining campaign policies. Prohibition leaders from multiple states attended including Felix T McWhirter of Indiana A G Wolfen of Nebraska A A Stevens of Pennsylvania and Dan R Sheen of Peoria Illinois the party's gubernatorial nominee.
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E. W.chafin
Music Hall
Charles Scanlon Ok
Pittsburg
Temperance Committee
The
Presbyterian Church of America
Scanlon
Chafin
Prohibition Party
Union College
Mich
Felix T. McWhirter
Indi
A. G. Wolfen
Barger
Nebraska
A.A. Stevens
Pennsylvania
Dan R. Sheen
Peoria
Prohibition
Militia Under Fire As Night of Attacks Sparks Rumors
Springfield Aug 19 militia pickets faced repeated assaults near General Young’s HQ amid attempts to set fire to a factory. A chasing suspect fired on sentries, two troopers exchanged shots, and a molasses explosion caused a panic trailing one drenched man. No injuries reported.
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Springfield
E. C. Young
Jefferson
Milson
George Howell
Troop B
First Cavalry
Howell
Delman
Lowenstein
First Infantry
Jacob Janson
Chicago
Arsenal
General Wells
North Side
Fifteen Business Houses Burn in Gore Bay Fire
Sault Ste. Marie reports a large fire wiped out the business section at Gore Bay Manitou Island. Fifteen business places and lighthouses burned leaving about 1000 residents and an estimated loss of 150000 dollars partly insured.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Gore Bay
Manitou Island
Manila Merchants Urge Roosevelt Visit to Philippines
The Manila Merchants Association urges President Roosevelt to visit the Philippine islands either before or after his Africa hunting trip. The group adopted a resolution at a meeting to extend a formal invitation to the president likely after his successor’s inauguration next March.
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Merchants’ Association of Manila
Roosevelt
Philippine Islands
Africa
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