Big Cases in Illinois Highlight Attorney General Stead Era
A compact review of major lawsuits and legal actions led by Illinois Attorney General Stead. The piece recaps Continent Finance Company litigation, inheritance tax defense, habeas corpus reforms, the Joyce parole case reversal, the Two-Cent Fare Law defense, drain and submerged lands suits, Kaskaskia Commons recovery, and fee-in-treasure acts, noting substantial recoveries and ongoing federal pendings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stead
Continental Finance Company
Assembly
National Safe Deposit Company
Coak County
Joliet
Chester
Supreme Court
Joyce
Joseph A. Joyce
Forty-fifth General Assembly
Attorney General
Spring Lake
Cook County
Lake Michigan
Chicago
General Assembly
Kaskaskia Commons
Kaskiskia School
Chicago Board of Trade
Court of Claims
Millionaire Beef Barons Are Free After Trial
Chicago March 27 The jury found ten millionaires not guilty in the packing combine case and discharged them. Defendants include Louis F Swift Edward F Swift Charles H Swift Francis A Fowler J Ogden Armour Arthur Meeker Thomas J Connors Edward Morris Louis Heyman Edward Tilden and the Morris group National Packing Company headed by Edward Tilden. After 18 hours deliberation the verdict exonerates big business leaders and marks the first use of Sherman anti trust charges against them. The packed room erupted in congratulations as Judge Carpenter thanked the jury and discharged the defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicagd
Carpenter’s Court
Big
Louis IF. Swift
Edward F. Swift
Charles H. Swift
Francis A. Fowler
The
Swift Group
J. Ogden Armour
Arthur Meeker
Thomas J. Connors
Armour Group
Edward Morris
Louis Heyman
Morris Group
Edward Tilden
National Packing Company
Bar of Justice
Marks
Judge Carpenter
Carpenter
Two Workmen Die in Elevator Cable Break Tragedy
In Cleveland on March 26 a steel cable fault on an elevator at the Bradley building on West Sixth Street caused Harry Gardam and William Hunter to plunge 100 feet to their deaths. The men, who had just begun a quarrel upon entering the Witt, were found together with both holding each other. Doctors report facial scratches on Gardam and a bruise on Hunters head as signs of a fight.
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Cleveland, O
Bradley Building
West Sixth Street
Harry Gardam
William Hunter
Witt
Gurdam
Hunter
Dr. Mary Walker Sinking Declares Serious Condition
New York report says Dr. Mary Walker reformer and suffrage advocate ill at Hotel Gerard. Dr. Nellie Von Slinker Land, who stayed at the bedside, said the patient’s condition was serious as friends feared the end could come at any moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mary Walker
Hotel Gerard
Nellie von Slinker Land
55 Co-respondents Named in Milwaukee Divorce Suit
Milwaukee Wisconsin March 22 55 co respondents named by Mrs Dorothy Evans in a divorce and alimony suit against her husband Benjamin Evans a 27 year old barber The list includes blonds brunettes short and tall all ages and types with descriptions of each alleged sweetheart of Benjamin Evans filed in court.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Dorothy Evans
Benjamin Evans
Benjamin
Mother sacrifices life saving son in Dixon gas blast
In Dixon Illinois on March 23 a mother died after sheltering her son William Gephart Jr. from a gasoline fire that followed an explosion. Both parents were badly burned. the father William Gephart Sr. survived with severe injuries.
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Dixon
Ill
Mar
William D. Gephart
William,Gephart,Jr
Bixon
Railroads Reject Wage Increase Demanded by Engineers
Fifty eastern and northern rail lines refused to grant the roughly 19 percent annual wage rise asked by locomotive engineers. The joint committee of engineers led by Grand Chief Stone and twelve railroad presidents stated that the proposed increase would cost about 7.55 million dollars per year and burden securities, hindering improvements for safety and efficiency. Negotiations to continue toward an amicable adjustment were agreed.
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New York
Chicago
Norfolk & Western
Committee of Engineers
Chief Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Railroads
Prosecute Outlaws in Hillsville Courthouse Shooting Case
District Attorney Williams of Richmond acting prosecuting attorney at Hillsville Va presents before the grand jury the evidence against the mountaineers who shot up the courthouse killing the judge prosecuting attorney and sheriff. Meningitis in Oklahoma reports Willie Jackson a year old stepson of James Jackson a negro living in the ill vow.
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Williams
Richmond
Hillsville
Shor i
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Mar
Willie Jackson
James Jackson
Beware of Mercury Containing Catarrh Remedies
Warning against nostrums for catarrh that contain mercury and may harm the system. Claims of a cure are untrustworthy and unsafe components are described. Mentions Toledy Ohio and F L Cheney Co as makers with testimonials and druggists selling at a price per bottle. Also advertises Ball's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledy
Ohio
FL J. Cheney & Co
Ball
Bee Wing Vibration Rate At Four Hundred Per Minute
A historic note states that the optimal wingbeat for a bee reaches about four hundred vibrations per minute, marking a precise tempo in buzzing flight discussions of entomology.
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Illinois
Attorney General’s Department
Romecourt
Wick Bros. Jewelry Company
Farmer
George E.dickson
New Lenox
Wicounty
Linois
Mr. Dickson
Son
DEW Engineers
Richardson
Miss Rose Wilkinson
Klein Building
Ueauwarter
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