Federal Court Imposes Maximum Penalty on Oil Trust
Chicago Aug 3 Judge Landis imposes 29 240 000 fine on Standard Oil Indiana for rebating schemes. Grand jury to probe Alton Railroad. six tone civic orders urge enforcement and imply joint guilt with oil trust. Proceedings detail rate falsifications and legal missteps as the case advances to the Court of Appeals.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
K. M. Landis
Landis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Elkins
Standard Oil Company
United States District Attorney
Alton Railroad
Alton
Oil Trust
Trust
Whiting
India
East St. Louis
Standard Oil
Court of Appeals
Starr
Roe
Roemer Named Milwaukee Lawyer Wisconsin Rail Board Chair
Washington reports the appointment of John H. Roemer of Milwaukee as chair of Wisconsin’s railroad commission. Local lawyers praise his qualifications and predict strong leadership after succeeding John Barnes. Governors Davidson and the state gain a capable head for railroad policy amid calls for uniform accounting with federal reports.
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Railroad Commission
Milwaukee Man
Barnes’ Place
la Crosse
James O. Davidson
John H. Roemer
Milwaukee
Wis
State Railroad Commission
Roemer
Davidson
Attorney Roemer
Morris
John Barnes
Rhinelander
John McConnell
Mc- Connell & Schweizer
Mc Connell
John F. Doherty
Wisconsin
Stores Will Not Close for Grocers Picnic Day
Officiers of the Retail Grocer's association failed to arrange a one day closing of all large city stores for the Winona grocers' picnic at Pettibone park on August 8. Stores will still close in the afternoon, while efforts continue to grant free bridge access for La Crosse residents and Winonans.
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Winona Grocers
Pettibone Park
Bentley
Board of Trade
la Crosse
Death of Reinhard Schwerz Early La Crosse Resident
Reinhard Schwerz, 74, an early La Crosse resident, died of old age. He left the city four years ago for the west with his wife and family and had lived here over 50 years. Survived by his wife and five children. Funeral expected in Denver.
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A. N. Hammes
Adams Street
Denver
Reinhard Schwerz
la Crosse
Mr. Schwerz
West
German steamer Teutonia wrecked in Red Sea
London reports the German steamer Teutonia bound for Hamburg has been wrecked in the Red Sea. Sixteen crew members are said to be missing.
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London
Teutonia
Hamburg
Red Sea
Midnight Fire Destroys Kitchen at Reese Home
Fire discovered in the summer kitchen at the rear of Mrs. Ida A. Reese's house at 311 South Fifth Street just after midnight. Firefighters arrived to find Attorney S. C. Raymond and passersby had already extinguished flames using a garden hose.
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Ida A. Reese
South Fifth Street
S. C. Raymond
Johnson Proclamation Eases Ore Strike Tension
HIBBING Minn Aug 3 Special News of Governor Johnsons proclamation allows strikers to meet in halls but bans parades. Both sides express relief, while Sheriff Hoolihan and Chief Madden monitor potential armed responses as reports of readiness surface among workers and sympathizers in the range.
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Hibbing
Minn
Johnson
Petriella
Hoolihan
Madden
Chisholm
Orchestration Finished for H W Singer Ballad
The orchestration for H. W. Singer's new ballad My Fairy is complete and the piece will be performed with orchestral accompaniment at the Burlesque circus this evening.
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H. W. Singer
Radical Japanese statesman heir to Viscount Aoki speculated
Washington August 3 Baron Kentaro Kaneko, born 1853, seen as Aoki successor as Japanese ambassador, despite official denials. Kaneko educated in Boston, worked with Gray Swift in New York, influenced by Oliver Wendell Holmes, returned to Japan in 1880 as secretary, joined Ito cabinet in 1898 and remained a key figure in public affairs.
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Washington, D. C
Kentaro Kaneko
Viscount Aoki
United States
Baron Kaneko
Marquis Kuroda
Boston
Gray & Swift
New York
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
Japan
Marquis Ito
Society Woman Thief Is Found in Wisconsin Tale
A Madison society woman receives back a $500 sealskin coat stolen six years ago from Miss Adelaide Keenan of Madison. A Janesville resident confessed after a Minneapolis visit suggestion, with U S Attorney Wheeler prompting the return. The involved society members are unnamed. the conscience claim is questioned.
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Madison
Wis
Janesville
Wisconsin
Adelaide Keenan
Minneapolis
United States
Wheeler
Miss Keenan
George Keenan
Ships guard czar at Kaiser meeting at Swinemunde
In Swinemunde on August 3 the entire home squadron of thirty warships surrounds the royal yachts Standard and Hohenzollern where the czar and Kaiser meet. Festivities in honor of the czar planned on the yachts and ships. Torpedo police patrol waters for protection against assassination as the home fleet accompanies the czar who travels with several Russian ships.
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Swinemunde
Standard
Hohenzollern
Kaiser
Minn town save near train wheels by carrier boys
DRESBACH Minn Aug 3 A southbound passenger train narrowly missed Ida Maynard Gilbert and Peter Wader as they alighted at the depot. Elmer Kemp and William O'Neil Tribune carriers shouted warning just in time to avert death as another train passed.
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Dresbach
Minn
Ida Maynard
Gilbert
Peter Wader
Elmer Kemp
William O'Neil
Tribune
Looney Buys Greenwood Property On Seventh Street
C. C. Looney assistant postmaster purchases Greenwood property on Seventh street between State and Vine streets and plans moving his family from the north side to the South Side.
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Looney
C. C. Looney
Greenwood
Seventh Street
State
Vine Streets
New Boom Bears First Fruit in Rochester Move Hope
President Conley of Rochester Camera company plans a noon visit Monday to La Crosse to inspect facilities and discuss moving the plant here. Booster club efforts and Keep Your Eye on La Crosse ads helped attract attention as negotiations progress, with favorable state of arrangements and transportation facilities under review. He will spend the day in La Crosse if needed to complete terms.
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Washington
The
la Crosse Tribune
Abs J. C. Welliver
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Henry C. Adams
Commission
la Crosse Board of Trade
Rochester Camera Company
Rochester
la Crosse
Des Moines Judge Arrested on Perjury Charge
Des Moines reports Judge James Howe of the district court was arrested on a perjury charge based on information filed by D. L. Blodgett, a newspaper man who had criticized the courts and was later indicted.
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Des Moines
James Howe
District Court
D. L. Blodgett
Society Man Dies of the Hiccough
Des Moines reports Arthur Junkin a society man died after hiccoughing since Monday despite doctors efforts.
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Des Moines
Arthur Junkin
Drop Carnival Ends After Amusement Firm Reneges
The Eagles lodge admitted five new members last night. A planned carnival was cancelled after the amusement company signed a contract and then demanded more money.
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Eagles Lodge
Amusement Company
Beautiful Chinese girl linked to Boston Chinatown massacre
Boston reported a Chinese massacre after Che Fah Wong, a Chinese woman from San Francisco, sparked weeks of vengeance among tong factions. Mong Duck abducted her and was found dead, triggering revenge killings by Hop Sing Tong and mass gunfire in Oxford Place Chinatown. Five to seven arrested amid the shootout between Hep Sing Tong and Hop Sing Tong factions.
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Boston
Che Fah .Wong
San Francisco
On Leong Tong
Mong Duck
Duck
Hop Sing Tong Society
Joe Guey
New York
Hep Sing Tong Organization
Narow
Chinatown
Hop Sing Tongs
Oxford Place
Magill Not Guilty Plea After Arraignment
Clinton Aug. 3 Chief Justice presided as Fred H. Magill and Fay Graham Magill faced arraignment on murder charges. Magill, rattled at first, answered not guilty with counsel present. The judge confirmed the plea and directed seating as the Magills endured the court procedure with varying composure.
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Clinton
Magill
Fay Graham Magill
Southern railway license revoked in Alabama
Montgomery August 3 The Southern railway license in Alabama is revoked by Secretary of State Frank N. Julian. The license stub records show the company deprived of the right to do business in the state for violating senate bill No 86 effective July 1.
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Montgomery
Ala
The
Southern Railway
Alabama
Frank N. Julian
Southern
Romantic wedding ends in divorce in Worcester
Worcester Mass August 3 Mrs Ida Foster Day a noted New England beauty has filed for divorce from her husband citing cruelty and abusive treatment. The couple wed on July 24 1905 after a romance that lasted two weeks.
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Worcester
Mass
Ida Foster Day
New England
Auto Strikes Car in Jackson. Three Die
Jackson Mich Aug 3 Three persons were killed one probably fatally hurt and another injured in a collision between a touring car and a suburban electric car just east of the city last night authorities said the tour ing car was one of two autos in a party returning from a trip the electric car was occupied by residents of the suburb involved in the crash and the city morgue and hospital were rushed with the dead and injured police investigated the cause of the crash and the extent of the injuries
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Jackson, Mich
Man drinks non intoxicating beverage to prove its effect
In Minneapolis on August 3 Charles H Bates drank eight glasses of a so called non intoxicating drink at Dr George D Haggards home to show it was intoxicating The evidence will be used against a dealer to convict him of selling intoxicating liquor without a license
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Minneapolis
Minn
Charles H. Bates
George D. Haggard
Twin City
Every cornetist is in his sense his lown tooter
A concise remark notes that every cornetist acts as his own cautious musician.
Taft Men Pursue Free Candidacy and Resignation Push
The New York Herald reports Cortelyou may run as no man’s candidate if Roosevelt stays out. Taft’s friends urge him to resign from the cabinet to shed Roosevelt’s shadow and avoid being seen as his legatee. Washington hints at renewed pressure to prompt a cabinet exit.
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New York
the Herald Today
Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Washington
Taft
Ann Nial
Blaine
Harris
TERROR IN NEW YORK CITY CRIME wave sparks calls for martial law
August 3 report from New York details a surge in assaults on women and children, including three attempted lynchings. A sailor named Karl Nelson was beaten by a crowd before police removed him. A man mistreating two girls was stopped by police after mobs gathered. Missing the word “missing” carries danger for women and girls. two Russian visitors with $800 disappear. London pastor Morgan urges martial law to end the carnage.
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New York
Karl Nelson
Brooklyn
D. G. Campbell Morgan
Westminster Congregational Church
London
Mining Disaster in Honburg Kills Eighteen
Berlin reports a mining disaster in Honburg, south Germany, leaving eighteen men dead and twenty two injured. Rescue operations and investigations are underway as authorities assess the cause and possible safety lapses at the site.
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Berlin
Honburg
Germany
Weather and water forecast for Midwest states today
Forecast calls for Wisconsin fair tonight and Sunday with warmer conditions. Minnesota fair and warmer with east showers, west showers, and rising warmth. Illinois warmer tonight with east fair and west showers, Sunday showers and warmer. River will fall slowly over 36 hours with several city gauges showing slight declines.
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Minnesota
Ilowa
St. Pate
la Crosse
Prairie du Chien
Dubuque
le Claire
Davenport
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