Railroads Face Monopoly Bills Aimed at Coal Interests
Springfield scene as Rep Chas Durfee of Pope county introduces two bills to bar railroad companies from any coal mine or manufacturing interest and to revoke stock ownership in railways by mining or manufacturing firms. Penalties include up to one year in jail and fines to 5000. Durfee explains the measures amid concerns of railroads seeking exclusive coal lands.
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Springfield
lSorn
Chas, Durfee
Pope County
Durfee
Legislative Voters’ League
Control of Railroads Aims to Curb Illinois Capitalization
Governor Deneen plans a railroad and warehouse commission takeover of railroad capitalization in Illinois to curb manipulation seen in the Chicago and Alton case. Attorney General Stead and officials weigh New York actions on the 32 million bond issue. The move follows warnings by state authorities about risky financial operations in railroads.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
E. H. Harriman
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Deneen
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Illnois
Stead
New York
Hardan
Chicago & Alton
Labor and Wine a Victory in State Legislature
The state labor lobby won an easy victory in the house municipal corporations committee by enacting stronger employer liability. A bill to hold employers liable for injuries caused by negligence of any fellow employee was advanced, despite earlier compromises limiting liability to hazardous occupations. The measure, now reported favorably, would broaden employer responsibility to injuries from negligence by any employee. Speaker Shurtleff’s resolutions condemning the High clinics were approved, and a bill granting the governor power to call a special election to fill a sanitary district board vacancy also passed. The two-week extension for bill introductions was approved, allowing Chicago charter bills to proceed. Representative J. B. King of Galesburg authored the Railroad Employer Liability bill, deemed of great importance with wide effects.
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House Municipal Corporations Committee
ABC
Soeran
House
Shurtleff
Appropriations Committee
Sanitary District Board
House Committee On Rules
Chicago Charter
Money for State Fair Grounds Build and Beautify Plan
An assembly bill by Mr. Oglesby of Logan county seeks 200000 for permanent buildings on the state fair grounds and for grounds improvements. Allocations include 60000 for hog and sheep pavilions 35000 for an administration building 15000 for a dining hall 40000 for a machinery hall extension and 50000 for cattle barn extensions. Payments to be made in installments as needed. Referred to appropriations committee where Oglesby sits. action expected promptly.
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Oglesby
Logan County
Committee On Appropriations
Appointments, Handbooks, and a Drainage Bill in Illinois
Governor Deneen sent nominations to the senate naming Dr Walter B Schussler to the state board of health and William C Boyden as trustee of the industrial home for the blind both confirmed. A measure to curb handbook publishers in Illinois stalled in Chicago with expectations of burial. A drainage bill to fill the late Anton Novak’s sanitary board seat was passed by the house after veto adjustments.
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Deneen
Senate
Walter B. Schussler
Orland
Cook County
State Board of Health
Harrison W. Hipp
William C. Boyden
Chicago
Industrial Home For the Blind
Anton Novak
Sanitary Board
Baldwin Insane After Double Murder in Illinois
Illinois report notes Dr J Whitney Hall of Chicago declares Thomas Baldwin hopelessly insane after examining him in Bloomington. Baldwin killed Mrs Hisman and her daughter Cora and Mr and Mrs Kennedy nearby. he dismissed the assault charges as not guilty and memory blank on other counts. Miss Fanny Montgomery repels a negro burglar in Alton, knocking him down and holding him until he pleads for mercy. Joe Leiter found guilty in Benton over mine inspection violation tied to a fatal mine explosion that killed 47 workers.
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Baldwin
Bloomington
J. Whitney Hall
Chicago
Thomas Baldwin
Hisman
Cora
Kennedy
Hall
Hal
Alton
Fanny Montgomery
Joe Leiter
Benton
Joseph Leiter
Zeigler
Leiter
Trials and troubles from towns around Illinois
Across Illinois towns reports touch on a range of incidents including a hospital painter declared insane in Kankakee with pay raised from 35 to 50 dollars a month. bank embezzlement charges in Chicago. a fight over Fourth district appellate court fate in Mount Vernon. a baptismal panic in Tampico. a shooting in Decatur. a family covering a missing 500 in Peoria. a Mount Sterling murder attempt plea. a Chicago Sub Treasury negligence purge. a 60th wedding anniversary in Jacksonville. and a fatal crane fall in Kankakee Dulles City.
Harriman Farewell Interview Outlines Railroads and Policy
Washington interview with E. H. Harriman reveals views on transportation problems railroad legislation currency tariff and public attitudes toward corporate interests He predicts hard times unless Congress and public change tactics and praises Roosevelt for a reciprocal government railroad agreement.
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Washington
E. H. Harriman
New York
Congress
Mr. Harriman
McKinley
Dingley
United States
Harrive@n
Harriman
Roosevelt
Rairoad
Congressmen Voyage To Inspect Panama Canal Site
Fifty three U S representatives sail for Colon to learn canal conditions. Lieut Col George F Goethals and Maj Gaillard accompany the party to study construction plans. Delegates include William A Rodenberg J V Graff Illinois E L Ellis Missouri J C Chaney J H Foster Indiana G G Gilliam S Holliday Indiana P T Chapman Illinois Frederick Landis Indiana William W Reeker Missouri.
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New York
Congress
Panama Canal
Colon
George F. Goethals
United States Army
Maj. Gaillard
Col. Goethals
William A. Rodenberg
J. V. Graff
Ilinois
E. €. Ellis
Mrs. La Follette Heads to Washington in Illness Call
Madison Wisconsin. Rising at 3 am the wife of Wisconsin Senator R M La Follette leaves her country home to walk four miles to the station and catch a 5 am train to Washington to join her ailing husband. A lone servant finds the door silent as a brief message reads Gone to Washington.
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Madison
Wis
R. M. la Follette
Wisconsin
United States
Washington
Pupils Kill a Teacher Near Gotebe Oklahoma
Perry Evans, a country schoolteacher north of Gotebe, Oklahoma, died several hours after being assaulted by multiple male students who attacked him when he tried to whip a pupil. The youths responsible were arrested, and the incident stirred strong local indignation.
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Gotebe
Okla
Perry Evans
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Illinois
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Decatur
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Mount Sterling
Jake Smith
William T. Henry
Edward Harris
Jacksonville
John Bybrant
Paul Rogger
Dulles City
Magnate
Mrs. la Follette
Oklahoma
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Thy State Medical Co
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St. Louis
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