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One of the biggest stories in Chicago is the "epidemic of white slavery." White immigrant girls and innocent White American farm girls are being lured from all over the country to come to Chicago under false pretenses. They think they have received marriage proposals from men who appear to upstanding gentlemen, but when they arrive, they are sold into prostitution at one of the many brothels operating in Chicago's notorious Levee district.
Outraged reformers have been camping out in the Levee district for months, trying to shame the men who frequent the establishments, and scare away the madams who run them. Chicago newspapers have been running accounts of these poor women who have fallen for the schemes. After this fails to spark action, the reformers take their cause to the Illinois State House and Senate in Springfield.
There the stories horrify lawmakers. The white slavery trade is openly blamed on the Jews and the French. In a unanimous vote, both the House and the Senate pass an anti-White Slavery law. The punishment for “pandering” or “recruiting” a white woman into prostitution (at a “disorderly house”) is 6 months in jail and $300 fine.
In other Chicago Cubs news this week...
*The Chicago Cubs play a 17 inning game against the Braves in Boston. The game is called because of darkness, and ends as 1-1 tie. They go 3-1-1 for the week, sweeping the rest of the series with Boston and losing a game against Pittsburgh. At the end of the week the Cubs are still in first place with a 26-15-1 record.
*Chicago Cubs backup Vin Campbell gets his only at bat of the year (June 6). He gets his chance only because the Cubs are decimated with injuries. Outfielder Jimmy Sheckard is out with an eye injury, reserve infielder Heinie Zimmerman is out because he was beaten up by his teammates for causing Sheckard's eye injury, backup catcher Pat Moran was spiked, starting pitcher Chick Fraser was hit in his pitching hand with a line drive, starter Orval Overall has a bad back, and a flu bug is sidelining utilityman Solly Hofman, reserve Del Howard, and most importantly, first baseman Frank Chance & second baseman Johnny Evers.
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