Arrangements Open for Northern Settlers Convention in Galveston
The Galveston Business Men's Club reports all arrangements complete for the Northern Settlers' Convention on April 21 to 23. An auditorium of 7,000 seats will host visitors, with extra chairs and ships chartered for Gulf trips. The Southern Pacific Industrial Exhibit will showcase Texas products year round, and round trip tickets from St. Louis are $15 with low rates from other points.
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Galveston Business Men’s ‘Club
Northern Settlers’ Convention
Gulf
Texas
St. Louis
E. W. la Beaume
Boy With Glasses Rejects President Ambition
A Chicago Journal quip recalls a lad with spectacles who dismisses a patron’s idea of him one day becoming president. He counters that his parents would never consent to his standing outside in a March day to be inaugurated.
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Smail
Chicago Journal
Courts Hold Household Liable For Cook Injury On Ice
New Jersey courts rule a householder is liable for a cook's medical bills and damages if she slips on ice while rushing to fetch liver and bacon for breakfast. The Chicago Daily News notes a prudent man should wake his wife and send her.
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New Jersey
Chicago Daily News
Quote on friendship and financial embarrassment by Chicago Daily News
A compact aphorism notes that a man in financial distress may regret friends who only sympathize. The line reflects columnist wit from the Chicago Daily News era.
Dyspepsia Yields From Dr Williams Pink Pills Story
A Detroit woman cured after nine years of chronic dyspepsia and two years of near collapse credits Dr Williams Pink Pills after doctors failed. She improved by the second day and was fully well after three boxes. The ad notes pills restore digestion by boosting blood vigor and directs readers to obtain the remedy or a booklet from the New York address.
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Dr. Williams
Williams
Illinois legislators set sine die adjournment date
Special correspondent reports the Illinois senate favors an April 28 adjournment while the house is expected to adjourn around May 5. Both chambers have debated the timing and may need a few additional days of work to finish the session.
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Will Colvin
Springfield
Illinois
Senate
Shurtleff
House
Bills to curb bookmaking face death in Illinois assembly
Reports from Chicago say measures to bar pool selling in counties may be killed after a conference between race track representatives Speaker Shurtleff and Sheriff Barrett. Reasons for Shurtleff’s deal with track owners are unclear while the legislature faces a wave of suspicions about “fetchers” and “things being framed up” at the Forty-fourth general assembly.
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Chicago
Shurtleff
Barrett
Shurteff
House
Senate
Illinois
Forty-fourth General Assembly
Illinois proposes aid for Helen Keller inspired child
Illinois considers a state appropriation to continue education for Emma Kuebick, a deaf dumb and blind child taught by Mrs. Jordan at the Jacksonville institution. In three years Emma has shown wonderful progress under her care.
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Illinois
Helen Keller
Emma Kuebick
Fight on Labor Amendment Threatens Public Stage Use
Opponents of a child labor law amendment to allow children on public stages threaten to challenge the measure in court. The amendment would let children aged 10 to under 16 perform with consent from the state factory inspector, forbidding performances where liquor is sold or smoking occurs. Labor groups and Cook County Child Saving League oppose any change and call for hearings by the House committee on judicial department and practice before week’s end.
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Chicago
House
Cook County Child Saving League
Cook County
House Committee On Judicial Department and Practice
Road Bills Reported Out By House Railways Committee
The house committee on railroads reported out bills to increase passenger and trainman safety as a sop to the railroad lobby. The two measures include the full train crew bill and the safety appliance bill, with little opposition from railroads. Major issues like two cent fares and reduced sleeping car rates were not addressed, signaling likely railroad influence persists.
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House Committee
Railroad Committee
Disturbed by Vast Measures on Common People
A reader voices concern over the sweeping measures affecting everyday citizens, noting the heavy impact on livelihoods and daily life. The critique emphasizes the need for caution and consideration of ordinary people's burdens.
Senate action sought over Inga Hansen perjury case
A senate resolution urges Gov. Deneen to probe Inga Hansen's perjury conviction in Cook County. It claims large damages suits and Chicago street railway companies influenced the verdict, and asks for executive pardon if the charges prove true. The case centers on a personal injury suit alleging blindness and limited awareness of danger while the railway firm reportedly funded extensive surveillance.
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Senate
Chicago Street Railway
Amendment for Game Law Advances on Hunting License Questions
Senator Burnett introduces an amendment to the game law removing the unconstitutional section that forced land owners to secure a hunting license to hunt on their own land. The amended bill exempts land owners and invited hunters such as their children tenants or resident guests from licensing. It moves to second reading without committee reference.
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Burnett
State Supreme Court
Busy Friday marks busiest day of current legislative session
On Friday the house spent over three hours advancing 26 house bills and 14 senate measures to third reading while 20 senate bills and one house bill moved from first to second reading. The session was the busiest yet, with both morning and afternoon meetings promised this week despite possible attendance limits. Representative Gray urged postponing action on practice bills due to member absences.
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House
General Assembly
Senate
Gray
Garfield to Hear Oil Freight Facts in Kansas
Commissioner Garfield met General Manager R A Mudge of the Santa Fe in Topeka to discuss oil rates amid a lawsuit accusing Santa Fe of conspiring with Standard Oil. Parker of the Kansas Oil Producers association joined. Garfield will partition the inquiry into eight departments with ten questions each.
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J. M. Parker
Kansas Oil Producers’ Association
Garfield
Hoch
Parker
Mr. Garfield
Wreck on the Big Four train at Bellefontaine injures seven
Train No 43 traveling Cleveland to St Louis wrecked at Bellefontaine when brakes failed and the heavy engine plowed into netted switches tearing up tracks on three lines. Seven passengers were seriously hurt including a man maybe named Sacks from Pittsburgh and two mail clerks. Injuries ranged from internal to leg and arm damage. engineer Quayle suffered cuts. Traffic halted for hours on the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis line and adjacent tracks.
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Bellefontaine
Cleveland
St. Louis
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis
Sacks
Pittsburg
Nathaniel Chandler
Weymouth
Mass
Mary Rankin
St Louis
W. A. Wheeler
Union City
G. H. Broughton
Charles Bowman
Fortville
Ind
Charles Quayle
Sandusky
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
Ohio Central
Legislative Snag Aids Adjournment Foe Gas Bill Fight
The final committee on municipal corporations faced a tense session as members wish adjournment within 30 days while gas and anti-loan shark laws resist passage. Small electric companies in towns pressed the panel, while Chicago gas interests stayed in the background awaiting a committee bill empowering city councils to set gas charges. George E. Cole from the Chicago Legislative Voters' league is said to have secured pledges to push a gas bill this week.
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Committee On Municipal Corporations
Big
Chicago Gas Trust
Little Fellows
Chicago
George E. Cole
Chicago Legislative Voters’ League
Cole
Chicago Sues Standard Oil For 40000 Over Inspection Fees
Illinois state news reports Chicago has filed suit for 40000 against Standard Oil Co over alleged nonpayment of city inspection fees for naphtha and gasoline commerce. Company representatives claimed petroleum wording exempted them and that the ordinance did not apply.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Co
Deneen Names Commissioners for Lewis and Clark Centennial
Governor Deneen appoints commissioners to the Lewis and Clark centennial set for Portland Oregon from June 1 to October 15, 1905. The appointees are P A Peterson of Rockford Cyrus Thompson of Belleville John W Stipes of Champaign Reuben R Nffany of Freeport Richard E Corrigan of Chicago Frank L Sup of Newton Fred H Haud of Cambridge.
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Gov. Deneen
Portland
Ore
P. A. Peterson
Rockford
Cyrus Thompson
Belleville
John W. Stipes
Champaign
Reuben R.nffany
Freeport
Richard E. Corrigan
Chicago
Frank L- Sup
Newton
Fred H. Haud
Cambridge
Toll rate cut to unify long distance charges in Illinois
Central Illinois Independent Telephone association meeting in Peoria approves a uniform toll schedule for long distance calls, cutting rates by 26 to 50 percent. E R Conklin of Joliet and J W Barrett of Pekin will arrange a schedule. Gov Deneen issues a proclamation barring cattle imports from southern states with Texas Fever restrictions, allowing entry only after inspection and quarantine at National Stock Yards East St Louis.
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Central Illinois Independent Telephone Association
Peoria
E. R. Conklin
Joliet
J. W. Barrett
Pekin
Arange
Grayville Mining Co organized by local residents
H. Blood Jr, Rev. John Welsh, and W. J. Seil have formed the Grayville Mining Co to prospect coal near Grayville. They have secured leases totaling over 1,000 acres and expect a shaft to be started by fall.
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H. Blood, Jr
John Welsh
W. J. Seil
Grayville Mining Co
Grayville
Paroled man tries to escape from Mattoon court
Culley Snapp, on parole from the penitentiary, leaped from the second story of Mattoon city court to flee Sheriff Baird who had him under arrest for breaking parole. Beard shot and probably fatally wounded Snapp during the escape attempt.
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Mattoon
Culley Snapp
Baird
Beard
Child Drowns in Water Bucket Near Murphysboro
Infant Daryl Lillian Snyder, daughter of Matt and Addie Snyder, was found dead in a water bucket near a well in Murphysboro. The bucket contained five inches of water and the baby lay face down with feet protruding from the top.
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Daryl Lillian Snyder
Matt and
Addie Snyder
Murphysboro
Train Derailed Near Hardee Station Injuring 67
A Yazoo and Mississippi Valley passenger train bound south was ditched near Hardee station 16 miles north of Vicksburg at 12:30 AM. Reports say 67 passengers were injured as the train apparently rolled down an embankment. A special train with physicians has been dispatched to the scene.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
Hardee Station
Here
Woman in Galesburg Burns Self Protects Infant
Mrs. Joshua Morse of Galesburg tried to kindle a fire with kerosene. Her clothing ignited, she grabbed her infant and cast it to safety, but her escape failed and she was burned severely.
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Joshua Morse
Galesburg
Man Sues Lodge Over Bucking Mechanical Goat Injury
Chas McAfee, claiming permanent injury from a bucking mechanical goat during initiation into the Modern Woodmen lodge at Arrowsmith, filed suit seeking $5,000 damages. The action names the lodge as defendant in a civil case.
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Arrowsmith
Chas
McAfee
McKinley anti-trust bill moves to senate fight erupts
The house passed McKinleys anti trust bill and sent it to the senate where vigorous opposition forms over the provision prohibiting underwriters associations from fixing fire insurance rates. Insurance firms nationwide are mobilizing to press for changes, wary that the senate combine may loosen anti trust constraints but keep insurance in its reach.
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McKinley
House
Senate
Combine
Change of venue granted in Hoch bigamy trial
A change of venue was granted to Johann Hoch after the defense claimed a fair trial before Judges Tuley or Barnes was impossible. The request to move to Judge Kersten was approved, with April 19 set for Hochs trial.
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Chicago
Johann Hech
Bluebeard
Tuley
Barnes
Kersten
Hoch
Reform Leader Pelted With Eggs in Oregon Return
Reformer Fred Stone, head of the reform movement in Oregon, faced a hostile reception when returning home from a Reform League meeting as he was pelted with overripe eggs amid ongoing indictments against him.
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Fred Stone
Reform
Oregon
Reform League
Three Meet Horrible Death At Pekin Distillery
Jerry Hardy Joseph Byers and George Wagner cattle feeders at the American distillery in Pekin were precipitated into a tank of boiling distillery feed and scalded to death.
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Jerry Hardy
Joseph Byers
George Wagner
Pekin
Mrs Will shoots husband and drinks acid in Chicago home
Mrs Ralph Will fatally wounds her husband Ralph Will then drinks acid at the Seward public school principal Benjamin T Hill’s Chicago home. Neither is expected to survive. The motive remains unknown.
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Ralph Hill
Chicago
Ralph Will
Benjamin T.hill
Seward
Carbondale Loan and Improvement Association Chartered
State Auditor McCullough issued a charter to the Carbondale Loan & Improvement Association of Carbondale with capital stock of 1 million dollars.
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McCullough
Carbondale Loan & Improvement. Association of Carbondale
Fires burn Davenport shops and Reed icé house in Equality
Fire swept the machine shops of Davenport and White the icé house of R B Reed and the office of Dr W M Campbell at Equality causing an estimated loss of four thousand dollars. The blaze damaged multiple structures and required heavy firefighting efforts to control and prevent spread to nearby buildings. No injuries are reported.
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Davenport & White
R. B. Reed
W. M. Campbel
Equality
Tragic Stove Fire Claims Child at Kewanee
The three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Tharp died after her clothes caught fire from a stove at their home in Kewanee.
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Eugene Tharp
Kewanee
Slays Stepfather in Quar at Ziegler
Parker Atkins shot and killed his stepfather Albert Rea during a quarrel at Ziegler over a board pill, according to reports. The incident is described as sudden with Atkins alleged to have acted in the heat of dispute.
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Parker Atkins
Albert Rea
Ziegler
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