Bloodshed and Rebellion Grow in Russia Across Posts
Reports from ST PETERSBURG and surrounding cities detail Kronstadt mutiny violence Rear Admiral Bechemscheff mortally wounded and killed. Drumhead courts martial resume as guards move through Kronstadt amid expected executions. Mutinies spread to Azova Pama ship and Riga gathering 500 captured. Stolypin’s resignation rumored as general strike looms. Martial law and troop deployments expand across rail hubs and coastal towns.
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Scripps-McRae
St, Petersburg
Bechemscheff
Kronstadt
Bechiemscheff
ST. Petersburg
Stolypin
Peterhof
Camarilla
Railroad heads must tell story in grand juries probe
G Grammer vice president of the Lake Shore will be summoned to testify before federal grand juries in Jamestown New York and Chicago. Officers of the New York Central and Lake Shore are ordered to appear with evidence of rebates and to produce records of rebates paid to the Standard or any affiliated company.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Chicago
Ill
G. Grammer
Lake Shore
Jamestown
N. Y
Chicago Federal Grand Juries
Standard
Railroads
New York Central
Former Mayor Belcher Sentenced to 12 Years for Embezzlement
Paterson report says former Mayor Belcher pleaded guilty and received a twelve year term on multiple counts of embezzlement this morning.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Paterson, M. J
Belcher
Balloon ascent study links to heart disease findings
Doctors Fulton and Ottinger report balloon ascents reveal risks of heart disease and other organic difficulties. The tests sought to compare physiological effects of ballooning.
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Philadelphia
Fulton and
Ottinger
Elks Trustees to Sign Lease for Club Quarters
At the Elks regular meeting last evening a resolution instructed lodge trustees to sign the lease for the new club quarters in the La Crosse theater building. The written document is prepared and will be signed at once. Convention plans were discussed with Wednesday and Thursday set for the parade social session steamboat excursion and other features. Initiation of candidates into Elkdom followed the meeting.
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the Elks
Lodge
la Crosse Theater
Trouble Maker Now Dismissed From Bindery Post
W. A. Miller, suspended earlier, was dismissed today by the public printer from the position of assistant foreman in the bindery. Miller had been the catalyst for the president's order for an open shop.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Washington, D. C
W. A. Miller
Miller
Fifty American machinists arrive from Mexico amid strife
Fifty American machinists and their families arrived in El Paso from Mexico. They say they were driven out by striking Mexicans who declare they will rid Mexico of all Americans. The group plans to seek US work and safety inquiries may follow.
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Scripps-McRae
EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Palace at Milan Burns in Exposition Fire
The Milan exposition decorative art palace was destroyed by fire this morning and many people were injured. The loss is about five hundred thousand pounds.
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Palace
Milan
Scripps-McRae
Talking Senator Frear Visits Hudson on State Nomination
La ke of La ke Talking-Senator James Frear of Hudson, a Republican nominee hopeful for secretary of state, is in the city meeting friends. He declines to discuss politics for publication but says primaries will yield harmony and a united GOP at the fall election.
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James Frear
Hudson
Tscharner Heads to Milwaukee for Postmasters Meeting
Postmaster W. B. Tscharner travels to Milwaukee to attend the executive committee meeting of the state convention of postmasters during the fair week of September.
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W. B. Tscharner
Milwaukee
State Convention of Postmasters
Veterans to travel in special car to Grand Army encampment
Arrangements with the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul road through agent F R Hartwell provide a special car for Wilson Colwell post members to attend the national Grand Army encampment in Minneapolis from the 13th to the 18th. Attendees expect a fine time with ample Twin Cities accommodations.
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F. R. Hartwell
Wilson Colwell
National Grand Army
Minneapolis
Marcus hanged for murder of bigamous wife in April
Charleston August 3 William A Marcus was executed by hanging this morning for the murder of his bigamous wife in April. The case drew wide attention as authorities connected the crime to his dual marriage earlier that year.
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Scripps-McRae
Charleston
S. C
William A. Marcus
Former La Crosse Politician Endorsed by North Dakota Convention
Dispatches from Minot report Bryan endorsed by the state convention with Tomas D. Casey as temporary chairman. Casey denounced Senators Hansbrough and MicCumber as corporation tools. A former La Crosse boy, he was born in Sparta and moved to La Crosse at age eight, living twenty years here, working at the A. E. Freeman mill.
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Minot
N. D
Bryan
Tomas D. Casey
Casey
Hansbrough and
MicCumber
la Crosse
Sparta
A. E. Freeman
Langdon & Boyd
M. Casey
Dakota
Mr. Casey
Sioux City
Let Daughter Work. 15-Fined for Child Labor Violation
Factory inspector August Lenhoff arrested Fred Felske of 517 Berlin Street for allowing his daughter Milly under 14 to work at Khatchwil candy factory. He paid a $5 fine plus $3.36 in costs, marking the first such county court case in months as the law is believed generally observed.
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Fred Felske
Berlin Street
Milly
Khatchwil
Felske
Rumors of City Burglaries Stir Community
City residents circulated rumors of attempted burglaries in several areas. Police deny knowledge of any incidents and say reports are unsubstantiated, with a suggestion that recent robberies may have fueled imaginative speculation.
Railroads obtain injunction against scalpers in Twin Cities
Six railroads with terminals in St Paul Minneapolis and Duluth won a temporary injunction until August 20 restraining all ticket scalpers in the cities. The move aims to curb speculation around the Grand Army encampment in Minneapolis the week of August 12.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Grand Army
Mason City man Warren Clark killed in farm implement accident
Warren Clark a famed Mason City horseman was killed yesterday when riding a binder. The team bolted and dragged him forty rods before stopping. He died at the scene. Clark had served as fair judge locally and was well known in the city.
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Warren Clark
Mason City
Thaw Family Defers Counsel as Trial Nears
Mrs Thaw dismisses Black Olcott firm as Harry K Thaw shifts defense strategy. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and Clifford E Hartridge influence the plan to plead insanity temporary and focus on the killing of Stanford White. Family rift with Thaws and Thaw relatives appears eased as Hartridge peers oversee documents and accounts.
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New York
William Thaw
Black, Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Clifford E. Hartridge
Olcott
Stanford White
White
Hartridge
Messrs. Hartridge & Peabody
Broadway
Eure
Physicians Drowned On A Canoe Trip
Ottawa report states Dr. Scott of Philadelphia and Dr. Cramp of Montreal, Scott's nephew, went on a canoe trip. The canoe was found bottomside up with no trace of the physicians.
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Scrinns-McRae Dispatch
Ottawa
Ont
Scott
Philadelphia
Cramp
Montreal
Embassy Clerk Dies After Thirty Years Service
London August 3 Charles Hod son longtime clerk of the American embassy for thirty years died this morning in the capital.
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Scripp
Nominations Filing Deadline For Primary In September
Candidates for public office must file nominating petitions by tomorrow midnight with state and county officers. The attorney general's unofficial opinion urges early filing. Some offices close at noon Saturday while the secretary of state stays open until midnight. declarations of eligibility must accompany petitions.
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Secretary of State
Sinking Mine Destroys Warrior Run Town in Pa
A mine cavern near Warrior Run Pennsylvania caused heavy damage to the town. One man John Shoemaker and a young woman Elizabeth Williams died when gas and fire from the sinking mine propagated through the streets and into cellars. Several houses burned and others severely damaged as the cavern released gas and cracked the surface.
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Wilkesbarre
Warrior Run
John Shoemaker
Elizabeth Williams
Y Boys Rally For Saturday YMCA Activities
Tomorrow will be a big day for the YMCA boys with an 8:30 boat launch for the intermediate group to play indoor baseball. At 2 and 3 o'clock the senior members will sail again for a swimming contest and other events, with E. J. Thompson of Fulton in town Tuesday.
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Tomorow
Singer’s
Latimer of Geneva Visits Friends Here
Thos. Latimer of Geneva is visiting friends in the area.
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Thos. Latimer
Geneva
Address by J J Esch Highlights Dresden Park Barbecue
A Dresden park barbecue hosted by the Board of Trade drew about 300 attendees amid poor weather, far below the hoped-for crowd. Congressman J J Esch spoke on Wisconsin and La Crosse's industrial prospects, detailing transportation eras from canoe to rail, noting water shipping’s cost advantage.
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J. J. Esch
Freeport
Dresden
Board of Trade
R. S. Reid
Fountain City
la Crosse
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Atlantic
Hie
St. Paul
St. Louis
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