Banker in Disguise Investigates Chicago Charities
E. S. Dreyer, a wealthy Chicago banker, seeks to audit charity groups by disguising himself as a pauper to test relief practices. He found red tape and misused funds, noting many solicitors receive commissions and annual subscriptions shrink before reaching the needy. He plans to form a committee of affluent men to publicly identify genuinely charitable societies.
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E. S. Dreyer
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Dreyer
Mr Dreyer
Stabbed in the Back Five Years Ago Cincinnati Murder Case
A Cincinnati carriage painter Frank Rutherford murdered his wife Lizzie Jackson in a tenement. After years of drunken abuse and neglect she worked for others to support their child. Rutherford claims temporary insanity amid a fatal back wound from shears as she leaned at a sewing machine.
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Clinton County
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Emperor's Vorse Accused Of Targeting German Emperor
A German paper claims the czar of all the Russias sought to remove the young German emperor by gifting him three stallions. One horse has aimed to gain fame by harming the emperor, then the coachman, and finally the coachman's assistant, with the horse reportedly to be killed.
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Siberia
Germany
Shall Wool Be Free A House Meeting Draws Wool Growers
A House debate on free wool prompts criticism of a small wool industry clique led by William Whitman and Judge Lawrence. The National Association of Wool Manufacturers and National Wool Growers Association have long influenced tariff policy, with meetings in Syracuse and Columbus to press for protection. The Wool Reporter notes confusion over attendance and argues the public should decide taxes on clothing.
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Free iron ore duty should be lowered say Record
A Philadelphia Record reader argues against the iron ore duty, noting many eastern furnaces use Lake Superior ore for mixing with local lean ores. They urge repeal to lower import costs, boost eastern Bessemer steel, and remove regional favoritism favoring western producers near Lake Superior.
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