Roemer Named Chairman of State Railroad Commission
Madison August 2 Governor Davidson appointed John H Roemer of Milwaukee to head the state railroad commission for a term to 1913 He is a veteran educator and president of the state normal regents with strong Democratic backing including ex Governor Peck Roemer is expected to accept with a salary of 5000 yearly and was praised for capability and integrity by supporters in Madison
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Madison
Wis
Davidson
Roemer
John Barnes
Railroad Commission
John H. Roemer
State Railroad Commission
Milwaukee
State Board of Normal Regents
Normal
la Follette
Commission
George W. Peck
Koreans and Japs Wage Bloody War in Seoul Streets
Rioting again at daybreak as Japanese cavalry move on Little West Gate Barracks demanding surrender. Heavy fire at the tower gate drives Koreans back, machine guns take over. Gen Okaziki reinforced, all buildings invested, consulate guarded. About 500 Korean soldiers killed yesterday in clashes over disarmament. Japanese casualties unknown. Prince Tong Yi, visiting Roosevelt, laments deaths and vows Korea will resist to the last.
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Seoul
Korea
Little West Gate Barracks
Tower Gate
Okaziki
Thong Yi
Roosevelt
Japan
Bitten by Turtle by North Side Fisherman
Frank Desmond, a well known north sider, was fishing along French Slough when a snapping turtle struck him as he tried to remove the hook. He sustained a severe foot wound but is recovering and not expected to have serious results.
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Frank Desmond
Desmond
French Slough
Mr. Desmond
Weather Freak Brings Unseasonal Chill to La Crosse
La Crosse endured an odd August storm as a lake region weather system lingered. A 6 AM reading dropped to 51 degrees with hail locally, while up north temperatures ran slightly cooler. The storm, moving from the west, unsettled conditions for about a day.
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la Crosse
Nice
Wisconsin
Bentley Eyes Piano Plant Move to La Crosse
Secretary A A Bentley of the La Crosse Board of Trade has contacted H F Miller Piano of Sheboygan to move the plant here. The firm makes two complete pianos daily and employs sixty skilled men. A favorable reply could lead to Bentley touring the Sheboygan facility.
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A. A. Bentley
la Crosse
Fraud and Thief Face Harsh Long-Term Consequences
A compact editorial note argues that in the long run fraudsters and thieves endure the harshest outcomes. It emphasizes accountability catching up with deceitful schemes and warns against short-term gains. The piece frames integrity as essential to social trust and stability.
City Treasurer Must Return $983.19 Interest Money
Milwaukee officials report City Treasurer W H Graebner admitted taking 983.19 in interest on deposit funds for his personal use. He must restore the amount and pay any interest that would have accrued if all funds had been deposited in designated city depositories as required by law.
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Milwaukee
Wis
W. H. Graebner
Bryan and Folk Democrats Slogan Rally in St Louis
In St Louis on August 2 Bryan and Folk sparked a slogan gathering as sixteen of twenty one Nebraska state senate Democrats announced support for the Bryan and Folk 1908 ticket. Bryan is reported to have committed himself as a candidate.
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ST. Louis
Bryan
Folk
State Senate
Two Recruits Secured in City
Robert Shaw, the local recruiting agent, sent Geo. Sundown and A. Abrahamson as field artillerymen to Ft. Snelling yesterday. H. R. Green was rejected on account of hearing difficulties. All the young men are residents of La Crosse. They were accompanied to Ft. Snelling by Capt. Cotechett of St. Paul, who had been the guest of Mr. Shaw for the past few days.
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Robert Shaw
Geo. Sundown
A. Abrahamson
Ft. Snelling
H. R. Green
la Crosse
Cotechett
St. Paul
Shaw
Uncle of A. R. Nelson Dies in Janesville
Mr. A. R. Nelson of Nelson Carpet learns of the death of his uncle Paul Iverson at Janesville. Iverson was an early state pioneer and well known in La Crosse.
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A. R. Nelson
Nelson Carpet Company
Paul Iverson
Janesville
Iverson
la Crosse
French jockeys die when gun explodes at sea training ship
In Toulon on August 2 three men were killed and five wounded when a gun exploded during target practice on the French training ship Courcone.
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Toulon
France
Assaulted and murdered in New York cellar death
The city reels after two murders of women and children by stranglers, with the discovery of an year old girl’s body in an east side tenement cellar confirmed to have been killed in the same manner as Sophie Kohrer. A hair ribbon tied tightly around her neck links the case to the earlier crime.
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New York
East Side
Sophie Kohrer
Burlesque Circus Parade Delights Large La Crosse Crowd
The Conway Society Burlesque shows in La Crosse drew hundreds as a parade captivated Main Street with clowns animals and a faux calliope. Miss Bessie Hodge led a tandem team followed by wagons cages a Zulu band and floats from Doerflinger and Gund’s brewery. Two afternoon shows and two more slated for Saturday promise a top city spectacle benefiting the La Crosse Baseball association.
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Conway Society
la Crosse Baseball Association
Main Street
Bessie Hodge
Dana
WATCH THE JAP SPIES PITTSBURG
Secret service men track Japanese spies in Pittsburg and Tipton with reports of serial observations. Col Rutledge barred Japanese workers at the Tipton national guard camp. Japs were refused employment at Homestead steel mills Westinghouse works and other plants where war supply capacity could be at risk.
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Pittsburg
Secret Service
Tipton
National Guard
Col. Rutledge
Homestead Steel Mills
Westinghouse Works
Mrs Lapoint Dies at Local Hospital
Sadie Lapoint 36 wife of Louis Lapoint died last evening at La Crosse hospital after a brief cancer illness. She leaves her husband two sons and her parents. Funeral from 521 North Thirteenth Street Sunday at 2.30 p.m. interment Oak Grove Cemetery. Rev Dr Fowler officiates. Mrs Mannstedt in charge of arrangements.
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Sadie Lapoint
Louis Lapoint
la Crosse Hospital
North Thirteenth Street
Oak Grove Cemetery
Dr. Fowler
Mannstedt
Vanderbilt Third A Railway Engineer By Pleasure
Cornelius Vanderbilt Third, a New York 400 member, is described as a capitalist and director in banks, trust companies, and railroads. He is also a practical railway engineer with deep knowledge of train construction and operation, having studied in shops and operating departments. He graduated Yale in 1895 and married Grace Wilson a wealthy society belle. He is the son of Cornelius Vanderbilt and Alice Vanderbilt and maintains homes in New York and Long Island.
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New York 400
Anderson to Address Mayors at La Crosse Meeting
La Crosse hosts a state meeting August 14 to 16 with Mayor Anderson giving the welcome address and Mayor Doyle of Fond du Lac delivering the response. Speakers include E. J. Henning on special assessments, D. A. Minnehan of Green Bay, D.A. McGovern on a Milwaukee jury talk, and T. S. Smith on Water Power.
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Madison
Wis
S. E. Sparling
la Crosse
Anderson
F. L. Doyle
Fond du Lac
United States
E. J. Henning
North Milwaukee
R. E. Minnehan
Green Bay
F. E. McGovern
Milwaukee
T. S. Smith
The
State University
F. S. Stigelbauer
Bert Williams
Ashland
Aylward
H. E. Legler
Free Library Commission
W. G. Kirchoffer
Old Landmarks Of The Senate Passing
Washington notes a shift in the upper chamber as veteran senators yield to a new generation. The death of Edmund Pettus at 86 and John Taylor Morgan at 83 highlights ongoing losses, while Edmund Allison of Iowa remains active at 79.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Congress
Edmund W. Pettus
Alabama
John Taylor Morgan
Allison
Iowa
Republican
Deathbed pact ties two Chicago tragedy victims
Laura Matthews arrived in Kansas City and was buried within an hour a nurse and others attended. Burnett Boyd claims Matthews and Amos Richardson Rumbaugh discussed suicide during a Christmas meeting in Chicago. Matthews reportedly said she would kill herself if she could not have him, and Rumbaugh agreed.
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Kansas City
Laura Matthews
Parclay Meader
First Christian Church
Tillie Green
C. A. Coey
Amos Richardson Rumbaugh
Burnett Boyd
Mount Pleasant
Rumbaugh
Boyd
Chicago
Miss Matthews
Lusk Warns Free Press Policy Fatal to Republicans
The Milwaukee Free Press publishes a letter from Jacob Lusk of Auburndale warning Republicans and the press that Barnes resignation was a democratic ploy to make him governor and that campaign materials will be used against the GOP. Lusk cautions Dems aided by railroads and unreconstructed stalwarts seek to split the party ahead of Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race.
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the Tribune
Thomas Morris
John Barnes
Barnes
Milwaukee Free Press
Jacob Lusk
Auburndale
Lusk
Morris
Wisconsin
Grocers Plan Parade With Winona Visitors At Pettibone Park
La Crosse Retail Grocers head, James B. Murray, received a note from Winona grocers inviting a parade around Pettibone Park on Thursday led by Mayor Anderson, Murray, and Kingsbury. A speeches program is planned after the march. Merchants may shift closing to Thursday to attend the picnic.
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James B. Murray
la Crosse Retail Grocers Association
Winona Grocers
la Crosse Association
Pettibone Park
Anderson
Murray
The
la Crosse
Kingsbury
Winona Associations
Winona
Magill and Faye Magill Indicted in Pet Magill Slaying
In Clinton Illinois this morning Fred Magill and his wife Faye Graham Magill were indicted by the grand jury on six murder counts including poisoning and smothering. The panel found no direct evidence of murder, only circumstantial proof, and crowd tension accompanied the prisoners’ transfer to court.
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Clinton, Ill
Fred Magill
Faye Graham Magill
Magill
Faye
Faye Graham
Five Drown In Bad Launch Disaster In Iowa
Ottumwa dispatch reports a Des Moines river launch capsized last night killing six aboard. Dr. W H Powell his wife and son, and Mrs J S Stevens and her baby drowned when the boat’s engine failed and the craft overturned in the Des Moines river.
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Ottumwa
W. H. Powell
J. S. Stevens
Des Moines
Orchestration Mixup Delays Song at Burlesque Circus
A publishing error blocks orchestral accompaniment for H W Singers My Fairy tonight at the Burlesque circus but the piece will be ready tomorrow. Other concert parts were rehearsed at Dana hall last evening and an excellent entertainment is assured.
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H. W. Singer
Dana Hall
Purses Stolen From Miss Fritz on Main Street
Miss Regina Fritz of 1321 Charles street reports her purse stolen Wednesday evening on the corner of Fourth and Main streets after returning from a music lesson. The thief escaped with a small amount of change. the cul print remains unknown.
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Regina Fritz
Charles Street
Miss Fritz
Fourth
Main Streets
Williams Named For U S Senate In Mississippi Primary
In Jackson Mississippi Aug 2 John Sharp Williams was nominated for the United States senate in the Democratic primaries over Governor Vardaman by a solid majority. Williams carried fifty of seventy eight counties while the Vardaman campaign concedes defeat.
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Jackson, Miss
John Sharp Williams
United States Senate
Vardaman
Automobile Party Stops at La Crosse Visited Friends
A party headed to St Paul and Minneapolis from Peoria stopped in La Crosse last night. The group includes Mr. and Mrs. W N Kieburn Dr E D Kieburn Mr R W Kieburn and Miss Plowe traveling in a large Thomas Flyer.
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W. N. Kieburn
E. D. Kieburn
R. W. Kieburn
Miss Plowe
Peoria
la Crosse
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Hypnotist Herman Billik Sentenced to Hang October 11
Chicago August 2 Herman Billik a hypnotist and fake fortune teller was sentenced to be hanged October 11 for killing five members of the Vizal family to obtain a few hundred dollars in life insurance.
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Chicago
Herman Billik
Vizal
Not a Henpecked Man Tops Plot Success
A terse reflection notes that the most effective plotter is not the henpecked husband but a shrewd organizer dictating steps with measured timing. The remark contrasts perception with practical cunning in scheme execution.
Fairbanks Heads West for Addresses in Nebraska
Chicago Aug 2 Fairbanks leaves the city this afternoon for a trip into Nebraska and other western points to deliver addresses in behalf of his presidential candidacy.
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Chicago
Fairbanks
Nebraska
Lake Kidnapper of Missing Child Reported Found
The body of Gretchen Rohde a 6 year old who was believed kidnapped was recovered from the bottom of Lake Michigan near the shore this morning Chicago Aug 2
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Lake
Chicago
Gretchen Rohde
Lake Michigan
Prominent Elk Leader Ends Life in Mystery
Des Moines Aug 2 C C Colligan a prominent Mason and Elk at Fort Dodge wrote letters to his lodges and then suicided. The cause is a mystery. His wife is on a tour in England.
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Des Moines
C. C. Colligan
Fort Dodge
England
Judiciary Committee Meets On Minor Common Council Matters
The judiciary committee of the common council convenes this evening to take up several minor matters for consideration.
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Judiciary
Judiciary Committee
the Common Council
Weather and River Forecast for Midwest States
Forecast for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa calls for fair conditions tonight and Saturday with warmer temperatures on Saturday. River levels are expected to fall gradually over the next 36 hours with specific stage readings listed for St Paul Red Wing Reeds Landing Prairie du Chien La Crosse Waupun and Davenport.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Paul OU
Paul
Prairie du Chien
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