McKinley Policy on Cuba Protects Americans Abroad
New York dispatch reports that Maj. McKinley will shield all U.S. citizens if war with Spain occurs. He opposes recognizing Cuba as a republic and resists armed intervention, arguing no justifying conditions exist. He pledges absolute protection for Americans in Cuba and vows swift action for any citizen harmed.
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Ivory
United States
Spain
New York
Zulius Chambers
Gleveland, O
Cuba
Maj. McKinley
Republic of
Maj
McKinley
Havana
Lee
Judge McKenna as Attorney General Prospective
A Washington dispatch reports a Pennsylvania Republican claim that Judge Joseph McKenna will be named Attorney General, with speculation that if Col. McCook joins the cabinet he would hold the Interior post. The report notes California and other regions pressed McKenna due to pressures from the American Protective Association and concerns over the Interior portfolio.
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New York
Times
Washington
Pennsylvania
Canton
Mc‘Kenna
McKinley
Col. McCook
Interior
Joseph McKennais
McKenna
California
American’ Protective Association
Interior Department
Improvement in Business Gradual and Moderate
Dun's Commercial Review reports a gradual, widespread recovery with increased production and employment following iron and rail developments. Exports, imports, and exchange show mixed shifts while lake ore prices are uncertain. Steel, coal, and textiles gain modestly. cotton and wheat show variances. Railcar orders rise and export contracts persist amid cautious optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R.G. Dun &Co
Mesaba
Connellsville
Bessemer
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Ises
United States
Canada
Baltimore & Ohio to be Relaid with New Steel Rails
New York report confirms the Baltimore and Ohio receivers will purchase about 8000 tons of eighty pound steel rails for roughly one million dollars. Rails are to be laid promptly, with major sections between Baltimore and the Ohio River expected to be relaid by fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio
New York
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co
Baltimore
Ohio River
Meets Defeat in State Loan Vote and Cash Deficit Debate
Springfield February 25 The two thirds requirement failed as the state loan bill fell 69 to 47 in the house with Democrats uniting against it over an amendment limiting future borrowing to address deficits. Republicans convened to seek responsibility for the treasury deficiency and money flow. A republicans’ caucus outlined a seven member drafting panel on department store reform and anticipated a possible special session to tackle revenue measures after Gov. Tanner’s Washington trip.
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Springfield
House
Anderson
State Treasury
Selby
Messrs. Anderson
Needles
Allen
Rowe and Boyd
Miller
Chicago
Vermillion
Gov
Tanner
Washington
House Revenue Committee
Senate Revenue Committee
Brignadello
Seventeenth
Courtty Civil Service
Friends of the Merit System
State Board of Labor Statistics
State Board of Mine Examiners
Richard Ramsey
Braceville
William Cruikshank
Farmington
Hugh Murray
Sparta
Thomas Haddow
Pana
John R. Thomas
Ladd
Revell
Department of Banking and Building and Loan Associations
Novak
House Committee On Judiciary
Hall
Cook
Ottawa
Law for Birds Meets in Chicago to Seek Stronger Protections
The Illinois State Sportsmen's Association held a meeting at the Sherman house in Chicago to press for bills protecting game fish and game birds in Illinois. Speaker M. R. Bortree urged cross state action with Michigan Minnesota and Wisconsin to halt ruthless slaughter, end spring shooting, and curb selling game in spring. Other speakers pledged to push legislation restricting market and pot hunting.
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Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association
Sherman House
Chicago
Illinois
M. R. Bortree
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Child Labor Address in Chicago Prompts Reform Plan
Mrs. Alzina P. Stevens spoke at a meeting of the Shoe Operatives Protective Association to improve organization. She cited 262 children under 14 employed in Chicago mercantile establishments earning 1.75 to 3 dollars weekly, with half the wages spent on 60 cents car fare. She urged a state law akin to the factory act to restrict child labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoe Operatives’ Protective Association
Chicago
Alzina P. Stevens
Eighty-Year-Old Preacher Arrested Over Lake Suicide
Rev. James C. Buaker of Clinton, a superannuated Methodist Episcopal preacher aged over 80, was stopped by Evanston police while preparing to jump into the lake. He was found walking toward Dempster street pier with a revolver, pruning knife, and eight pounds of bullets in his pockets as weights. He initially feigned indignation but confessed he came to Evanston to end his life by his own action.
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James C. Buaker
Clinton
Methodist Episcopal Church
Evanston
Lake Shore
Dempster Street
Illness and Music Therapy at Illinois Eastern Hospital
Dr. Gapen superintendent and Prof. W L Tomlins of Chicago advocate music therapy for insanity. Thirty Apollo club members led by Tomlins gave a choral concert at the Kankakee institution. Vocal music classes to be organized for patients, with Tomlins having tested voices in December.
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Gapen
Illinois Eastern Hospital
W. L. Tomlins
Chicago
Apollo Club
Tomlins
Kankakee
Deaths in Illinois Recall Early History of Nauvoo
Mrs. I. N. Waggoner died at her Hamilton area home aged 87. Her husband was an early Mississippi River pilot and keelboat captain before steamers. Her father Captain James White bought land now part of Nauvoo from Indians, paying seven bushels of corn per wigwam and receiving an Indian deed on wampum.
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I. N. Waggoner
Hamilton
Mississippi River
James White
Nauvoo
Chicago bookkeeper George W Adams suicides amid losses
George W Adams a bookkeeper in the National Lingeed Oil office in Chicago shot himself in the head and is near death. About 60, he once played a prominent role in Chicago board of trade affairs but suffered reverses and lost a fortune, later earning a salary as a bookkeeper. Ex Senator George Torrance of Yon tacc has been named superintendent of the Pontiag state reformatory for boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Adams
National Lingeed Oil Company
Chicago
Board of Trade Affairs
George Torrance
Yontac
State Reformatory For
Pontiag
Real old lady honored with Bible in future days
An Atchison Globe line laments affecting an elderly lady, praising her devotion and reverence for the Bible. The fragment signals a sentiment about faith guiding community respect.
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Atchison Globe
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised reward offer
One hundred dollars reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Endorsers Bert Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin Toledo. Cure taken internally and affects blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills praised. Kam's Horn quote ends notice.
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Hall
F.J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Bert Truax
Toedo, O
Walding, Kinnan &Marvin
Ohio
Enormous yields touted for White French Artichoke
The article extols the White French Artichoke claiming yields from 350 bushels to 1500 bushels per acre after a year of trials. It notes the crop’s rising popularity as a staple food and mentions related ads and testimonials, including patent remedies and general commentary from various papers.
Wonderful Compound Restores Woman From Severe Ills
Mrs J S McGilllas of Rockford NL reports near death from heart pains fainting and menstrual disorders before Lydia E Pinkham's Compound cured her. She praises the remedy and urges other women to try it for relief from ovaries womb and general weakness.
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Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
McGillas
Kilburn Avenue
Rockford, NL
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Weinley
Joseph M’kenna
Dun's Commercial Review
Treasury
Consolidated Supreme Court
House Committee On Appropriations
Craig
Eastern Illinois State Normal School
Charleston
Tllinois State Normal School
de Kalb
LAW For
State Sportsmen’s Association
Saga
Kankakee Hospital
Hrecall
CG L Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Priscilla
Jack
Penelope
Kam
Washington Democrat
W. R. Williams
Antioch, Ills
St. Jacobs Oil
J. Vissering
Alton
Ill
Ram’s Horn
Mrs. McGillas
Melkene
le Hartshorn
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