Moors Gain Ground as Spaniards Fall Back at Melilla
Dispatches report Moors bombarding captured Spaniards with their own cannons at Melilla. Spanish lines retreat to inner fortifications as General Marina leads a risking defense amid heavy losses on both sides. Revolt grows in Amurdan and Halafrugel with a provisional republic forming, royalist troops en route.
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Lisbon
Melilla
Marina
Spain
Mundo
Ampurdan
Halafrugel
Republc
Barcelona
Yeomen Picnic at Myrick Park Program Details
Deputy H A Lee announces the Yeomen picnic at Myrick park on Wednesday August 18 featuring Kreutz band overtures, mayoral address, remarks by Wm Koch and Dr O G Winters, C E Stalleop, a La Crosse drill team, pig catching, pole climbing for a Yeoman clock or cash prize, tug of war, sack and running races, ladies contests, water relay, refreshments, and dancing to close the day rain or shine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Lee
The
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Myrick Park
Kreutz
Sorensen
Wm. Koch
Des Moines
Iowa
O. G. Winters
C. E. Stalleop
la Crosse Homestead No
North
South Side
Funke
An Economical Vacation Round Trip Fares Announced
Round trip tickets to over a hundred resorts in Canada New England New York City and Jersey Coast will go on sale on various dates after June 1 1909. Full sale dates limits stopovers and descriptive literature available from W S Cookson A G P A Grand Trunk Railway System 135 Adams Street Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
New England
New York City
Jersey Coast
W. S. Cookson
Grand Trunk Railway System
Adams Street
Chicago
Carmen at Chicago Have New Offer
Peace seems possible in the street strike as union officials favor the terms offered by Chicago Railways president Roach. A conference was planned with Chicago City Railway chief Mitten to discuss a similar offer. The plan raises wages from one cent immediately to a maximum 30 cents after two years, with new hires starting at 23 cents rising to 26 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roach
Chicago Railways Company
Mitten
Chicago City Railway Company
Bagley tobacco factory fire causes $100000 damage
Detroit manufacturers John N. and Paul E. Bagley assessed the ruins of their tobacco factory after a blaze that broke out last night. They estimate damage at about $100,000. Fireman Holderness, injured in the blaze, showed signs of improvement today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
John N
Paul E. Bagley
Holderness
Commission Market In Danger As Land Grab Probe Hits
Chicago August 13 The South Water street commission market faces destruction as an Illinois legislature investigation into alleged land grabs by private interests unfolds.
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Chicago
South Water Street
Illinois
Tomah Fair Sees La Crosse Visit Invitation Declined
Tomah merchants invite La Crosse visitors during fair week from August 24 to 27. Secretary J L Utermoehl says the excursion is not feasible due to Green Bay road plans and recent refusal to visit Preston. Local signatories include Alois Fix and W W Warren among business leaders and firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Tomah
Green Bay
J. L. Utermoeh
Elliot-Loeffler Co
John C. Burns
la Crosse
Tomah Fair
Utermoehl
Green Bay Road
Wis
City of
Tomah Cash Merc. Co
Alois Fix
Ww. E. Bosshard
F. J. Eldridge
F. H. Buriin
W. L. Howes
W. W. Warren
Pickwick Clothes Shop
Frank Drew
Jos. Grossman
M. R. Strouse
F. L. Fieting
Emil Schmidt
Geo
Uebele
Geo. Gesham
E. L. Melvy
Central Hardware Co
F. O. Elwell
Butts Furniture Co
Henry Meinecke
Berrones & Son
W. J. McMullen
H. H. Miller
Local People in Brief Visits and Travels
Miss Rita Parks returns from an extended visit with relatives at Crystal Lake Illinois. Otto Gudenschwager and sons Argyle and Weldon leave for a two weeks visit to Schenectady New York. Homer Davis returns after a month with friends in Minneapolis. Mrs A C Tomerasen returns to Caledonia after several days here with friends. Mrs T W Mann of Caledonia returns home after visiting in the city. Miss Alice Parker leaves for a visit with friends at La Crescent Minnesota. Miss Katherine Phillips of Beaver Dam Wisconsin is in the city for a few days. Miss Violet Hellikson of Mabel Minnesota is visiting friends here briefly. Albert Weimar of 127 South Twentieth street is guest of Prof Frank Dana in Milwaukee. Weimar was a member of Dana's orchestra and band when located in this city.
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Rita Parks
Crystal Lake
Otto Gudenschwager and Sons
Argyle and Weldon
Schnectady
N. Y
Homer Davis
Minneapolis
A. C. Tomerasen
Caledonia
T. W. Mann
Prof. Dana
Fire destroys Hendricks Copper works in Belleville blaze
A spectacular fire gutted the Hendricks Copper works plant in Belleville New Jersey today. About 300 workers were left unemployed as the building and property, valued at roughly 500000 dollars, were destroyed. The blaze caused extensive damage but no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
N. J
Hendricks Copper Works
Memorial Day Observances For Judge Fruit And C B Miller
A La Crosse County Bar association committee set memorial services for Judge John J. Fruit at 2 p m September 14 in the circuit court room. Similar exercises will be held Monday for Charities B Miller with participation from each county bar in the Sixth Judicial circuit. A prepared speaker from every county will be heard followed by extemporaneous remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Fruit
la Crosse County Bar Association
J. J. Fruit
Charles B. Miller
Crcuit
Charities B. Miller
Bar Association
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Fruit—G. M. Woodward
George H. Gordon
John Brindley
B. F. Bryant
C. L. Hood
C. B. Miller
William F. Wolfe
Frank Winter
Mills Tourtejlotte
Pugilist Johnson Fined on Hoodoo Friday 13
Chicago reports pugilist Jack Johnson fined 23 dollars in municipal court for speeding downtown. Judge Gemmill refused excuses noting Friday the 13th as a series of hoodoos including thirteenth case and thirteenth arrest as Johnson blamed a tight schedule to catch his train west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Gemmill
Michael Flynn
Pacific Coast
Government Seizes Bleached Flour as Test Case
In Muscatine Iowa on August 13 the U S government seized a carload of flour for violating the pure food and drug act due to bleaching. Orders came from Secretary Wilson and Attorney General Wickersham. The action is a test case on bleached flour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Iowa
United States
Wilson
Wickersham
Low Round Trip Fares From Chicago in 1909
Advertises low round trip fares from Chicago to New York City Atlantic City Boston and other Eastern destinations during July August and September 1909. Return limit thirty days. Stopovers at Pittsburgh Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia. For information contact R C Haase N W T P A St Paul or B N Austin G P A Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York City
Atlantic City
Boston
Pittsburgh
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
R. C. Haase
St. Paul
B. N. Austin
Stock Swindle Suspect In Custody Over $110000 Theft
Donald Persch note banker charged with stealing $110,000 in stock posted to secure a $50,000 loan and jailed in the Tombs until $50,000 bail is posted. Co-accused W. L. Clark, arrested last night, has posed as a "financial agent" of Charles Katz, a wealthy brewer. Katz reportedly funds church ventures offering loans at 3 1/2 percent on church realty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Donald Persch
F. Augustine Heinze
W. L. Clark
Persch
Charles Katz
Katz
Heatwave Downpour Follows Frightful Friday in St Louis
St Louis records an 80 to 88 degree rise by midmorning as a brutal August heatwave continues. A Chinese laundry worker and two white men succumbed to heat prostration in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Shoots scab printers in Bisbee double killing
A strike at the Morning Review in Bisbee Arizona ended in a double fatal shooting when William Pfankuch a striker killed two linotype operators Asa Hoy and William Bockholz as they finished their day. Hoy formerly served as business manager of the paper.
La Crosse Water Power Faces Arbitration Aftermath
W J Ferris, president and arbitration go-between for La Crosse Water Power and La Crosse City Railway, was in Chicago on business as directors discuss whether to accept Humphrey report terms. RB Edwards said a directors’ meeting was canceled and may reconvene tomorrow. Some officials call the report garbled and unfair, while the company may decide to pay the scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Ferris
la Crosse Water Power Company
la Crosse City Railway Company
Carmen’s Union
Chicago
RB. E. Edwards
Ferris
Peter Walier
the Tribune Today
Humphrey
Traction Company
East Versus West A A U Meet Opens In Seattle
Athletes from across the nation gather in Seattle at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific stadium for the great amateur athletic union track and field meet. The junior division races include a strong quarter mile with J J McEntee favored over Reid Nelson and a swift mile featuring Joe Ballard Noble and Risen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Amateur Athletic Union
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
J. J. McEntee
New York Athletic Club
Reid
Portland
Nelson
Boston
Joe Ballard
Noble
New York
Risen
Old Settler Lang Dies After Illness in La Crosse
Mrs. Josephine Lang, widow of Fredeline Lang and a pioneer of La Crosse, died after a three month diabetes illness at age unknown. Survived by husband, three sons Frank Riepe Wilhelm Charles. three stepchildren Mrs. William Walker Mrs. Mary Pierce Fred Lang. one brother Joseph Riepe. one German-residing sister. Funeral Monday at 8:30 a.m. from home and 9 a.m. at Holy Trinity Church Rev A Joerres officiating with Fessler and Dahl morticians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Lang
Fredeline Lang
Redfield Street
la Crosse
Frank Riepe
Stoddard
Wis
Wilhelm
Rochester
Minn
Charles
East St. Louis
William Walker
Mary Pierce
Fred Lang
South Dakota
Joseph Riepe
Germany
Holy Trinity Church
A. Joerres
Fessler & Dahl
Farmer in Wisconsin Arrested Over Insane Claims
Alfred Konkel, a farmer near New Richmond Wisconsin, was arrested in St Paul near Dayton's Bluff after declaring himself an expert on insanity cases. He urged the desk sergeant to drink mineral water to avoid going crazy and was turned over to a city physician for a sanity examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Konkel
New Richmond
Wis
St. Paul
Dayton's Bluff
Plundered bank to reopen with guarded cash shipment
The First National Bank in Tipton Indiana voted to reopen for business next Monday. Six hundred thousand dollars in cash will be shipped from Chicago tonight guarded by Secret Service men. The reported shortage is two hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Ind
First National Bank
Secret Service
Chicago
G. A. R. Chooses Atlantic City for 1913 Encampment
Atlantic City was selected as next year’s G. A. R. encampment site defeating St. Louis 307 to 293. Veterans closed sessions and prepared to depart for their trips after the final camp fires. Rev. Daniel Bryan of Indianapolis elected chaplain and E. S. Brice of New York named sinking fund trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Atlantic City
St. Louis
Daniel Bryan
Indianapolis
E.S. Brice
New York
Higgins Sold to Cleveland Americans for 2500
Peoria catcher Bob Higgins of the Three Eye league club is sold to the Cleveland Americans for 2500. Scout McGuire completed the deal. Higgins reports at season end. he joined Peoria last year from the Eastern Illinois league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Higgins
Peoria
Tls
Cleveland Americans
McGuire
Higgins
Unlucky Friday Ends In Jail For Edwardsville Bride Threat
In St Louis on August 13 a man picked Friday the 13th for his wedding to Bertha Williams a milliner from Edwardsville and used a large revolver to coerce her to come to St. Louis to marry him Barron Charles is in jail on concealed weapon charges rather than on his honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Bertha Williams
Edwardsville
Charles Barron
Locomotive Washout Blast Kills One in Elkhart Yard
An explosion in the Lake Shore yards at Elkhart Indiana killed one worker and fatally scalded another when the washout plug blew out releasing a surge of steam. About a score of other employees sustained burns but survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Ind
Lake Shore
Bull Fight Ring Roof Collapse Injures Fifty at Pachuca
An all day carnival in Pachuca Mexico began with the roof of the bull ring collapsing during the first event. Thousands watched as timbers fell and guards rushed entrances. Fifty people were seriously injured as crowds panicked and many were trampled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pachuca Mex
Pachuca
Gotch Escapes Death After Auto Flips in Omaha
Omaha Aug 13 Frank Gotch world champion wrestler narrowly escaped death when his automobile turned turtle early today Gotch believes Friday the thirteenth is a lucky day after the accident in Omaha Nebraska where the incident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Frank Gotch
Master Butchers Attend National Convention in St Paul
Dominic Jehlen Jr and John Farley, president and secretary of La Crosse Master Butchers association, traveled to St Paul for the national convention. The sessions span three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominic Jehlen, Jr
John Farley
Master Butchers’ Association of
Jailer Stabbed by Prisoner in Essex County Jail
Angelo Caprio stabbed Essex county jail keeper Bryant with a sharpened spike taken from a chair. He was shot and killed at the cell door by keeper John Corby who rushed to assist Bryant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Bryant
Essex County
Angelo Caprio
John Corby
Railway Tunnel Destroyed After Fire in Lynchburg
After sixty hours of fighting flames in the Southern Railway tunnel beneath Lynchburg Virginia all hope of saving the structure was abandoned. The plan now considered to save any surviving section is to dynamite the portion already damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Southern Railway
Kidnapping Case Stirs Mount Vernon
In Mount Vernon on August 13 a man abducted his nine year old stepson from the boy’s stepfather. Hollaway was arrested but escaped custody and remains at large as of today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon, III
Hollaway
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Carmen
Commission
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Madge Griffin
Fort Dodge
Miss Griffin
Clarissa Roening
Miss Griffen
Walier
OLD Settler
the Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, Gp
C. S. Primrose
Erhart’s
VEAL
U. S. Government Inspection
Philo Hay
Ana Newark
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