Goggins declines Wisconsin railroad commissioner post
Bernard R. Goggins announces he cannot accept the appointment to succeed John Barnes on the Wisconsin railroad commission. He cites business and family ties to Grand Rapids and his desire not to move. Governor Davidson not available. Roemer Bashford and Sturdevant discussed for next selection.
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Grand Rapids, Wis
Bernard Goggins
John Barnes
Railway Commission
Madison
Bernard R. Goggins
Tribune
Grand Rapids
Roemer
Bashford
Sturdevant
Wolfe to Address Anniversary of E F U in City
W F Wolfe will be the orator for the tenth anniversary of the E F U in the city on Aug 6. The program includes class initiation at & p.m. orchestra at 8 20, Miss Van Wormer sings, Eric Carrington comic song, Wolfe oration, Batchelder song, Jim Murphy comic recitation, more singing, dancing and refreshments.
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W. F. Wolfe
Cocal
Miss van Wormer
Miss Noyes
Eric Carrington
Hearts Astray Co
W. B. Batchelder
Jim Murphy
Dalton
John Ledeger
S. Frankenstein
L. B. Omerberg
Pauline Friemark
Sophia Redmond
Charles Friemark
Henry Klick
Elmer Redmond
Ote Gudenschwager
Officer Yehle shoots mad dog to protect owner’s hound
Officer Alois Yehle killed a mad dog belonging to Fred West of 1713 Prospect Street after the hound showed rabid behavior and threatened bites. A previously shot dog owned by Mr. West had gone mad weeks earlier, prompting close watch. The incident occurred this morning when the dog snarled near the porch before the officer fired.
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Fred West
Prospect Street
Alois Yehle
Mr. West
Yehle
New First Sacker Given Release By Manager Hawley
First baseman Michell, tried out in Madison Tuesday, was released yesterday by Manager Hawley. He could not deliver the goods.
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Michell
Madison
Hawley
Korean Says Japs Plan Attack on America
A Korean source claims Japanese forces plan an assault on the United States with a reported envoy en route to President Roosevelt. The report notes suspicions about moves in the Pacific theater and potential strategic targets.
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New York
Tujong Oniji
Korea
Roosevelt
Japan
Philippines
Far Indies
Washington, D. C
United States
Sammons
Seoul
Rate Commission Cuts Down on Coal Shipment Rates
The Wisconsin rate commission ordered a 40 cent per ton reduction on coal shipments between Ashland Superior and Eau Claire with pro rata on intervening points on the Omaha road. It also required spur-line switching for compensation, improved Greenwood branch service, and faster Portage to Stevens Point service. The ruling addressed express consignments and hinted at broader express-rate reviews.
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Madison
Wis
Rate Commission
Ashland
Superior
Eau Claire
Omaha
J. H. Nobie
Superior Board of Trade
Harvey Clark
Janesville
Greenwood
Wisconsin Central
Portage
Portage-Stevens Point
Burlesque Circus Parade Set For Tomorrow Morning
The La Crosse baseball association society burlesque circus schedules a street parade at 11 o clock tomorrow morning at League Park with two performances tomorrow and Friday afternoon and evening featuring unique elements to draw interest.
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Society Burlesque
la Crosse Baseball Association
League Park
CY Young Signed by the Champs in La Crosse
Manager Hawley reports in todays game with Madison that C Young will be in the box for La Crosse on a trial. The Milwaukee Lake Shore league pitcher is said to carry strong form and could deliver. Fans recall a no run no hit game by a former Wisconsin star on the university team two years ago. Negotiations continue for an infielder with more details to follow.
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Elliott
Hawley
Madison
C’ Young
la Crosse
Young
Milwaukee
Universiy of Wisconsin
Egyptologists Claim Rameses I Fraud Not Nab Great King
London reports that Egyptologists claim Rameses I was a fraud and not entitled to the title great. They say temples and monuments bearing his name predate him by a thousand years, suggesting the king had his name inscribed widely by vanity before his reign.
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London
Famine of Carpenters In La Crosse Prompts Appeal
La Crosse faces a contractor shortage as builders rush projects this summer. A call has gone to Milwaukee for ten carpenters, with William Griebling of the Federated Trades of Milwaukee coordinating. The building surge strains local crews. foreign contractors have taken some work but many positions remain.
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la Crosse
Milwaukee
Wis
Willian Griebling
The
Federated Trades of Milwaukee
New Puzzler in the Magill Case
Clinton Illinois August 1 More mystery over Mrs Pet Magill death chemists report shows arsenic in lung tissue but embalming fluid ruled poisoning. Chloroform traces found. strangulation theory advanced. Magill and state theories undermined. Defense attorney Lemon showed a suicide letter but withheld Margaret Magill missing daughter.
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Clinton
Pet
Magill
Tahd
Lemon
Margaret Magill
Milwaukee normal buildings offered to Knights of Columbus
Milwaukee normal school buildings and site have been offered to the Milwaukee school board and to the Knights of Columbus for 55 600. The Knights of Columbus are considering the proposal and plan to use the building as a Catholic Y M C A.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Normal School
Milwaukee School Board
Knights of Columbus
Priest Levot Martoogesian Named in Quartet of Indictments
Four indictments accuse Father Levot Martoogesian an Armenian priest of attempted robbery and extortion. The plots allegedly involved removing his priestly robes to blackmail. The case links to a murder and shows District Attorney Jerome taking a direct role.
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New York
Levot Martoogessian
Jerome
Local Man Arrested for Restaurant Theft in Winona
Edward Brown, a Black man, was arrested in Winona as he prepared to board a Milwaukee train to La Crosse. He faces charges of stealing $2.50 from a restaurant money drawer.
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Edward Brown
Winona
la Crosse
Frick Returns to Lead Standard Oilco After Rogers
Henry C. Frick hurries from Europe to assume leadership of Standard Oil Company, as Henry H. Rogers’ illness is said not to be serious. Frick, born 1849 in West Overton Pennsylvania, heads H. C. Frick Coke Company since 1897 and rose to prominence after the Homestead strike.
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H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Rogers
Henry Clay Frick
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. Overton
Penn
Mr. Frick
Adelaide Howard
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Frick
Homestead
Deserted wife granted separation after hasty marriage
Mrs Maggie Smith pursued a separation for Jennie Elizabeth Wochernhofen from Fred E Schoenhofen due to desertion after their January 2 1906 marriage. Judge Fruit appointed a guardian ad litem and issued the decree with Mrs Smith as the action’s attorney.
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Jennie Elizabeh Wochernhofen
Fred E. Schoenhofen
Judge Fruit
Maggie Smith
Schoenhofen
French War Ships on Morocco Coast
Tangier dispatch reports French cruiser Galilee arrives at Casablanca. A pasha’s order to protect Europeans under threat of punishment. Massacre victims tortured vividly by locals with troops present. Foreigners flee to ships as more cruisers Conde and Dubayla head to Morocco to quell revolting tribesmen.
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Morocco
Tangier
Galilee
Casablanca
M. J
Toulon
France
Conde
Dubayla
Arm Says Strike to Kill Leads Minnesotan Miners
Petriella the agitator told about two thousand miners in Chisholm that they should arm themselves within 24 hours and strike to kill if their rights are not won by justice. Sheriff Bates moved one hundred armed deputies toward Hibbing as new deputies were sworn in. The Fayal mine opens with nearly full crews while Adams Spuse Rust Glen Clark and Chisholm mines resume with partial crews. Governor Johnson is urged to send troops to the Mesaba iron district as today is marked critical in the strike. dock laborers return to work on old terms.
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Chisholm
Minn
Petriella
Bates
Duluth
Hibbing
Fayal
Adams
Spuse
Rust
Glen Clark
Johnson
Mesaba Ranges
Troops Kill Thirty in New Labor War at Lodz
St. Peters bur report from Lodz says troops opened fire during riots aimed at a general labor strike. Thirty total killed and wounded as business stalls and socialist leaders are arrested. Rioters burned street cars. more troops rushed to the city to secure control and suppress the uprising.
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ST. Petersburg
Lodz
Hill Justifies Higher Pacific Lumber Freight Rates
James J. Hill argues that current freight rates harm carriers by losing money when a car travels empty to the Pacific coast and returns full of lumber, necessitating an advance in rates to cover costs.
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Pacific Coast
James J. Hill
Desirable Place for Camera Plant Drew La Crosse Interest
A. A. Bentley and Ray Reid of La Crosse Board of Trade hailed Rochester Camera Co as a desirable fit for La Crosse after inspecting its Rochester Minnesota plant. President Robert Conley may visit La Crosse Monday to consider relocation. no formal proposal was made during the inspection.
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la Crosse
A. A. Bentley
Board of Trade
Camera Company
Bentley
Conley
Jack Downey Plans Dry Goods Empire Move
James Downey, once a La Crosse boy, has traveled to New York to buy a bill of dry goods and will later proceed to Seattle to open a large dry goods store. The remark about drowning troubles in drink appears as a local line.
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James Downey
la Crosse
New York
Mr. Downey
Seattle
Rabbi and fish dealer go to court over false weight charges
Rabbi Meyer Reiman of the Jewish congregation and fish buyer M. Ehrlich were arrested on a complaint by Deputy Game Warden George L Kingsley. Both pleaded not guilty and the case was continued to Monday. Ehrlich also faces a charge for possessing a pike under one pound.
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M. Ehrlich
Pine Street
Meyer Reiman
North Eleventh Street
George L Kingsley
Rabbi Reiman
Brindley
J. E. Higbee
Ehrlich
Reiman
United States Express Company
Ehrrich
Dove at Winona Wedding Sparks Good Luck Folklore
A white dove released from the court room during the wedding of John J. Hunt and Ada Webb in Winona fluttered above the attendees. Judge Buck and Gustav Buck performed the ceremony, with Miss Carrie Webb of Larose as a witness.
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John J. Hunt
Ada Webb
Winona
Judge Buck
Gustav Buck
Carrie Webb
la Rosse
Boiler Explosions Kill Five on Two Lines
In Urbana Ohio Lou Chamberlain P F Weisner and Charles Stuart trainmen died when a Pennsylvania engine boiler exploded from low water. The unit and two cars were demolished. In Breckenridge Missouri three men died when a Burlington freight locomotive boiler blew up killing G E Mendenhall and H P Brewer both firemen and a student fireman with two others badly hurt.
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Breckenridge
Burlington
G. E. Mendenhall
H. P. Brewer
Decrease in La Crosse Dog Population
Police census shows 1358 dogs citywide with 1004 on the south side and 354 on the north side. Seventy five dogs were shot this year by police and 150 were killed last year, marking a decline of 125 dogs from prior totals.
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la Crosse
Swimmer Dies In Swell Club Tank
Edmund R. Watson president of the Southern National Bank of Philadelphia was killed in a swimming tank accident at the Swell Columbia Club. He mounted the diving board, slipped, and his head struck the concrete tank, dying instantly.
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Philadelphia
Edmund R. Watson
Southern National Bank
Columbia Club
Rumbaaugh Loved Her and Coey Rumbaaugh Loved Him
A Colorado Springs coroner jury ruled Laura Matthews and Amos Rumbaugh died by their own hands in a tangled romance involving the Chicago clubman Charles Coey and dentist Harold Thomas. Miss Matthews promised to marry Rumbaugh by Aug 1. she took poison after threats and a pact echoed through the case.
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Colorado Springs
Laura Matthews
Amos R. Rumbaugh
Miss Green
Charles A. Coey
Chicago
Miss Matthews
Coey
Harold Thomas
Rumbaugh
Chicago to host both national party conventions
Chicago will host both the Democratic and Republican national conventions, says Thomas Knight, head of the joint committees. He lists Denver Seattle Kansas City and Boston as rivals and notes about eight hundred hotel rooms have been booked for next June.
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Chicago
Thomas Knight
Denver
Seattle
Kansas City
Boston
Littleton Chosen Chief Counsel for Thaw Trial
Martin W. Littleton former Brooklyn borough president has been named chief counsel for Harry K. Thaw. His fee is reported at 25000 dollars and he will conduct the trial largely as he sees fit. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw denies pining for the stage and the Thaw family backs her statement.
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New York
Martin W. Littleton
Brooklyn
Harry K. Thaw
Littleton
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
Weather and Water Forecasts for Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
Forecast calls for fair conditions in western Wisconsin and Friday fair across Minnesota and Iowa. Showers and cooler weather expected in eastern Wisconsin tonight with improving conditions Friday. River levels are expected to fall slowly over the next 36 hours with observed stages listed for St Paul Red Wing La Crosse Dubuque Davenport and others showing slight declines.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
St. Paul
Red Wing
Reeds Land
la Crosse
Prairie du Ch'n
Dubuque
T. le Claire
Davenport
Keokuk
St. Louis
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R. R. Commission
Wolfe
Equitable, Fraternal Union
Officer Yehle
Mad Dog
Emper
EDICT
British India
Ing
CY Young
Champs
Rameses
H. C. Frick
Standard Oilco
Henry C. Frick
Europe
Wall Street
Henry
Elizabeth Shoenhofen
Mrs
Tangier Dispatch
Pabriella
Jack Downey
Segret
Matthews Case
Lorado Springs
Cairman Joint Committee
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