Illinois Legislature to act after parole law ruling
Springfield reports that an extra session may be called after the supreme court ruling on the parole law. Gov. Deneen will urge action if any state board acts illegally, with concerns over officers' pay and a potential retrial for Manslaughter cases. Paroled prisoners may remain free to avoid humbling reversals.
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Springfield
Illinois
Supreme Court
Deneen
State Board of Administration
Joyce
William and Tilford Coleman
Paul O. Stensland
Evelyn Romadka
John A. Cooke
Miners Fear Strike Supported by Union Congress
Illinois United Mine Workers delegates warn of a possible strike after refusing joint talks with operators. President-Elect Walker and Secretary Hayes oppose salaries for the annual convention, while a resolution urges industrial unionism due to rising living costs. The convention approves the committee’s recommendation for locals to discuss solidarity.
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Peoria
Ill
United Mine Workers’ District
Illinois
Walker
Hayes
Former banker found dead in river at Logansport
John F. Johnson former president of the State National bank of Logansport was found dead in the Wabash river. He served six years in prison after confessing to embezzling 550000 of the bank funds. He had been a grain broker and it is presumed he died by his own action.
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John F. Johnson
River
Logansport
Ind
State National Bank
Wabash River
Johnson
Illinois Fair Weather Preview Promises Cold Wave
A regional forecast notes a cold wave moving in with brisk winds tomorrow as residents prepare for the Illinois fair. Temperatures will fall, with moderate gusts likely affecting outdoor activities and travel plans.
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Illinois
Choate Presided Maine Memorial Meeting at Carnegie Hall
Joseph H. Choate led a memorial gathering in Carnegie Hall honoring Maine figures. The event drew notable attendees and reflected on regional contributions while highlighting cultural ties between Maine and New York venues.
New bank formed by City Trust and Old Colony merger
The City Trust company merges with the Old Colony Trust company forming a new bank with $2.5 million capital and $10 million surplus. Deposits will reach about $70 million after transfers. Old Colony Trust dates back to 1890 and City Trust to 1900.
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Boston
United States
City Trust Company
Old Colony Trust Company
Old Colony Trust
City Trust
Fourteen Hurt In Chicago & Northwestern Train Wreck
A Chicago & Northwestern passenger train between Ishpeming and Chicago derailed near Little Suamico injuring fourteen passengers. The wreck involved four sleepers an express car a mail car and two day coaches and is believed caused by a broken rail.
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Green Bay
Wis
Little Suamico
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Ishpeming
Chicago
Bail Denied in Alleged Assault on Bride Martha Graham
Comer, Pennsylvania, February 21. John C. Smith was arrested and jailed after being accused of assaulting Mrs. Martha Graham, a bride of only a few weeks. Bail was denied. Families mentioned as prominent in the community.
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Martha Graham
Comer
John C. Smith
Graham
Cornell student arrested for threatening waiter with razor
Eugene A. Culber n of Budapest, a Cornell law junior, was arraigned on charges of threatening a black waiter with a razor and resisting arrest. He tussled with three police before jailed, later released on bail. Culberson is described as son of Raymond Culberson of Philadelphia and Xenia Rageznya, a Russian princess who was disinherited.
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Ithaca
Eugene A. Culbern
Budapest
Cdge
Cornell
Culberson
Raymond Culberson
Philadelphia
Russia
Xenia Rageznya
Ship Wrecked off Dunwoody Bay. Twenty Die
Queenstown reports the Italian ship F. B. Ciampa lost with all crew in a gale off Dunwoody bay. Wreckage drifts ashore and some bodies have been recovered. The crew numbered twenty.
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Queenstown
Ciampa
Dunwoody Bay
Memorial Meeting For Maine Sinking At Carnegie Hall
Spanish War Veterans gather at Carnegie Hall in New York to memorialize the Maine victims. Admiral Sigsbee and Chaplain John P. Chadwick attend along with surviving sailors. Congressman Sulzer urges action to remove the hulk from Havana harbor as Choate chairs the event.
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New York
Maine
Carnegie Hall
Havana Harbor
Sigsbee
John P. Chadwick
Navy
William Sulzer
Washington
Havana
Congress
Joseph H. Choate
Daniel EB. Sickles
Calls Finds Wife Dead in Shared House With Thin Partition
In Battle Creek Michigan on February 21 a mortuary incident revealed Mrs. Amandus Moses 61 lay dead on the floor of a small cottage. The husband, separated for years but living in the same home, discovered the body during an afternoon visit. A light burned and a pet dog watched. The husband requested to lay hands on the body to ward off bad dreams.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Amandus Moses
South Side
Moser
Robbers battle to death at prison hospital in Virginia
J A Tenden a highwayman and James Meyers a safeblower fought in the tuberculosis hospital at the penitentiary farm in Richmond. Tenden stabbed Meyers to death after a beating with a poker. The quarrel revived a long standing grudge from prior convictions.
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Richmond
J. A. Tenden
James Meyers
Penitentiary Farm
Tenden
Meyers
Lwe
Beivie Ley
Blanchard Bank Robbery Sparks Shootout and Chase
Blanchard city marshal Cal Perry was shot and seriously wounded after robbers blasted the First State bank vault. The bandits fled on handcars toward Chickasha as Perry led a posse. pursuit continues amid tension and rumors of lynching surrounding a local incident between the Grahams and Smith.
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Cal Perry
Oklahoma City
Okls
Blanchard
First State Bank
Jerry
Perry
Chickasha
Convicted Sicilian Counterfeiters Transferred From Tombs
Ignazio Lupo Giuseppe Morello and six other Sicilian counterfeiters were moved from the Tombs to Atlanta prison. Marshal Henkel deployed twenty six deputies and four police, fearing a demonstration by the men’s friends. The prisoners were handcuffed in pairs and moved by ferry to the Pennsylvania Depot then sent south with six deputy marshals.
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New York
Ignazio Lupo
Giuseppe Morello
United States
Atlanta
Marshal Henkel
Lupo
Morello
Pennsylvania
Glavis Hearing Ends Briefly as Cross-Examination Pauses
Washington February 21 Attorney Ver trees counsel for Secretary Ballinger sprung a surprise at the Ballinger Pinchot hearing by announcing he would not cross examine Louis R Glavis further Henry M Hoyt attorney general of Porto Rico was called as the second
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Washington
Vertrees
Ballinger
Louis R. Glavis
Henry M. Hoyt
Porto Rico
Bryan Party Arrives in Valparaiso for Chile Visit
William J. Bryan, Mrs. Bryan and their daughter arrive in Valparaiso to a large welcome by government officials and Americans. They stay two days, then four in Santiago before continuing to Buenos Aires.
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Valpraiso
William J. Bryan
Countess of Granard welcomes birth of daughter
The Countess of Granard, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ogden Millis, has become a mother. The announcement notes the newborn adds another member to the family with congratulations from relatives and acquaintances.
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Ogden Millis
Daughter born to Earl and Countess Granard
London reports the Earl and Countess Granard have a daughter. The mother is Miss Beatrice Mills of New York, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ogden Mills.
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London
Earl and Countess Granard
Beatrice Mills
New York
Ogden Mills
Father Slays 3 Children in Alabama Tragedy
In Birmingham on February 21 George Stephens, son of a mine operator, shot and killed his three young children and their colored nurse before fatally shooting himself.
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Birmingham
Ala
George Stephens
Taft to Visit Albany March 19 for Dinner and Stay
President Taft will visit Albany on March 19. He will attend a dinner at the University Club and be the guest of Governor Hughes at the executive mansion during his stay in New York.
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Hughes
Albany
N. Y
Taft
University Club
Executive Mansion
Chicago market summary hogs cattle and sheep 1910
Market notes from Chicago on February 20 1910 show hog receipts about 40000 with steady to higher prices across light mixed and heavy categories. Cattle demand strong with gains up to 10 cents, and sheep steady to strong with healthy volumes. The following day February 21 1910 reports active hog trading 10 to 15 cents lower and cattle and sheep remaining strong. Additional notes cover grain futures and currency bids.
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Texas
Local Washington City Market Prices Featured
Quotations from Reister & Son show corn at .60 per bushel, hay and straw values by tender and load, flour per sack at 1.60 to 1.70, bran and shorts per hundred, corn meal and buckwheat by 10 percent sk, butter and eggs priced, poultry including turkeys fowl chickens ducks geese listed with unit asks, reflecting steady farm commodity rates.
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Cicsiecksckdesdrawesnaven
Reister & Son
C.csrses
John A. Babcock Case at North American Live Stock
A case involving John A. Babcock is outlined in proceedings concerning the North American Live Stock Commission Company and the U and Stock Yards in Chicago. The matter centers on agency actions and property or financial claims related to the stock market operations in Chicago.
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North .American
LIVE
Stock Commission Company
U.& Stock Yards
Chicago
Ell
Citywide Philadelphia transit strike erupts with carnage
Rioting spreads across suburban Philadelphia with 100 injured and several dead as cars and facilities suffer heavy damage. Police scramble to restore order while Mayor Reyburn orders 4000 extra officers and the transit system halts service.
Sanator Tillman Improves After Paralysis Attack
Washington February 21 Senator Tillman of South Carolina who was stricken last Thursday and for a day nearly died rests easily now. He has awakened and is conscious though still paralyzed on his right side. Doctors say the rally is remarkable and that speech has begun to return though may be permanently impaired if recovery continues.
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Washington
Senator Tillman
South Carolina
Tillman
James Gibbons Who Guided Fort Sumter Sighting Dies
James Gibbons of Erie Pennsylvania died February 21. He was the last surviving member of the small garrison that surrounded Major Robert Anderson at Fort Sumter in 1861 and is credited with sighting the first Union gun fired that day.
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Erie Pa
James Gibbons
Robert Anderson
Fort Sumter
Eight Injured in Conflagration in Fredericktown
Four men were instantly killed and four others seriously hurt when a brick wall of the Keyes dy ing building under fire in Fredericktown Missouri collapsed trapping workers.
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Fredericktown
Keyes
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