Double Fare Trouble at Coney Assumes Disastrous Proportions
A Brooklyn Rapid Transit second fare protest at Coney Island led to a riot. Seigfried Geggenheim refused to pay and threatened to shoot. One man was seriously wounded. police rescued Superintendent Smith from a hostile crowd as officials halted a sidetracked car systemwide.
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Coney
New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Assaul
Coney Island
Seigfried Geggenheim
Lewis
Geggenheim
Evans
Smith
Elk Lodge Mercy Fails To Save Man In Winona
Frank Wilson, jailed in Winona for passing a $20 check, claimed Elk Lodge affiliation to gain mercy. The judge denied leniency after confirming the check was cashed at a La Crosse bank and that Wilson misrepresented his membership.
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Winona
Frank Wilson
Order
Wilson
la Crosse
Plot to Kill Police Chiefs Across Poland Reported
Reports from Scripps McRae dispatches detail attempts to murder police officials with twenty murders including the chief and captain of Wioclawek. In St. Petersburg the czar reviewed troops who cheered as the czarevitch cried and the emperor lifted him into the saddle amid laughter.
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Warsaw
Wioclawek
ST. Petersburg
Czarevitch
North Side Runaway Endangers Bartow Child
A horse buggy owned by William Bartowack of La Crescent dashed through Caledonia Rose street and the Rose street bridge after the team frightened. The 3 year old daughter was jolted from the seat into the wagon box and badly bruised. Minor harness damage reported as bystanders stopped the runaway near Mall street.
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Bartowack
la Crescent
Kuhlan
Caledonia Street
Hager
Rose
Rose Street Bridge
Milwatukee Road
Mall Street
King and Emperor Meet in Embrace at Frederickshof
CRONBURG Aug. 15 King Edward arrived this morning and met Kaiser Wilhelm. They embraced and kissed each other before riding together to Frederickshof in an automobile.
Pole’s naturalization bid ends after anarchist questioning
Alexander Kartapinski, a Polish immigrant in Baltimore, appears before Judge Harlan for naturalization. A sponsor testifies to anarchist ties, saying Kartapinski belongs to an anarchistic society and would kill government officers. The judge halts questioning and Kartapinski does not receive papers.
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Baltimore
Alexander Kartapinski
Harlan
Bis
Kartapinski
Grand Army Parade Finishes Fortieth War Day in Minneapolis
Ex Governor Van Sant served as grand marshal with Adjt Gen Wood as chief of staff. Thousands march as Columbia Post Chicago drills escort commander in chief. Veterans voice concern over future encampments as many are too old to travel. Thomas Martin, 65, drops dead while marching.
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Scripps-McRae
Minneapolis
Minn
Grand Army of the Republic
van Sant
Wood
Minnesota National Guards
Columbia Post
Chicago
Calumet & Hecla declares 20 percent dividend
In Boston Massachusetts on August 15 Calumet & Hecla mine declared a dividend of 20 percent per share. In New York August 15 Standard Oil company declared a dividend of 6 percent per share.
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Boston
Miass
Calumet & Hecla
New York
Standard Oil Company
Will Sink The Quincy Again
The sunken packet Quincy floated yesterday after two weeks of divers work. Canvas repaired the hole in the boat side, pumping began, and the craft rose from twenty two feet of water. The plan is to drop the boat a short distance downstream to a sandbar and sink again on a level bottom to straighten the timbers.
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Quincy
Storms Kill Banker as Des Moines Area Struck
A terrific electrical rain and wind storm swept Iowa with fatalities including F. A. Samson the Ankeny banker. The parade of Philippine veterans and regulars was postponed as damage and alarms spread across the state.
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Scripus-McRae Dispatch
Des Moines
Theie State
F. A. Samson
Ankeny
Philippine Veterans
Federal probe may widen into refrigerator car industry
Toledo Aug. 15 A federal inquiry into the ice trust extends to the refrigerator car industry with evidence suggesting large concerns monopolize the business nationwide.
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Toledo
Ice Trust
Holmen Pioneer Passes Away
Mrs. Jake Hoffman of Holmen Wisconsin aged4 died last night at home. She was an early Holland town resident who came with her husband and lived on the old homestead with a son. Death from stomach trouble. Funeral from the home tomorrow at 2 PM. Interment Pine Grove Cemetery Amsterdam Prairie.
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Jake Hoffman
Holmen
Wis
Hoffman
Holland
Pine Grove
Amsterdam Prairie
Root Tells Of Our Deep Love For South America
At the banquet in Buenos Ayres President Alcorta hosts Root who praises South American sisters. Root says no alliances, yet the United States shares liberty and justice with all its sisters in sentiment and goodwill.
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Buenos Ayres
Alcorta
Root
America
United States
Man Kills Wife and Brother In Law Then Ends Life
Batavia Illinois August 15 Emil Berner 35 driven by three weeks illness attacked his wife and Ernest Frantzen 30 with a razor. Frantzen died and the wife was dying after the assault and Berner killed himself.
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Razor
Batavia
Emil Berner
Ernest Frantzen
Frantzen
Double Header Tomorrow In Oshkosh And La Crosse League
Oshkosh and La Crosse league teams schedule a doubleheader tomorrow to makeup for Monday’s postponed game due to Oshkosh’s non arrival.
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Oshkosh
la Crosse
Funeral for 3 month old infant in Avon
The funeral for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Charles Dierkopf of 831 Avon street was held at their home this afternoon. The Rev Thurow of Avon street Lutheran church conducted the services with William Dwyer in charge. Interment followed at Oak Grove cemetery.
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Charles Dierkopf
Avon Street
Thurow
Mine Fire Loss Tops Million in Calumet
A Tamarack mine employee discovered the blaze, ongoing for seven months, with the loss exceeding one million dollars. About a thousand workers remain unemployed while Quincy mine strikers return to work and accept half of their demands.
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Scripps-McRae
Calumet, Mich
Tamarack
Quincy
Funeral for A Blaumann Set for Tomorrow
August Blaumann a teamster killed yesterday at noon will be buried tomorrow afternoon. The funeral will depart from the house at 2 o'clock and from the German Lutheran church at 2 30. Rev G Gamm will officiate and interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery Miller Brothers in charge.
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August Blaumann
Rev. G. Gamm
Oak Grove Cemetery
Miller Brothers
President to Review Great Fleet at Oyster Bay
Preparations are under way for a September 3 review by the president of the largest fleet of American warships ever assembled. The force includes 45 vessels with 1178 guns, 812 officers, and over 15,000 sailors, commanded by Admiral Evans aboard the flagship Maine.
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Scripps-McRae
Washington,d. C
Oyster Bay
Evans
Maine
Bryan sails to Madrid as trip continues
Paris dispatch reports W. J. Bryan has departed for Madrid as part of his current travel itinerary.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Paris
W. J. Bryan
Madrid
Texas Republicans Nominate Averill for Governor
El Paso Texas August 15 regular Republicans nominate W C Averill for governor.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
EL Paso
Tex
W. C. Averill
Mrs Cragie's Inquest Rules Natural Death
In London on August 15 a coroner ruled Mrs Cragie's death natural with heart weakness cited as the cause. The inquest found no other abnormal findings beyond this medical verdict.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
London
Weather Note Showers Tonight With Mild Temps
Showers tonight and Thursday with partial cloudiness, no temperature change. Lows around 66 and highs near 84, light wind at 6 mph. River remains near stationary with slight rise tendency, stage of water 4.9.
Grand Crossing blanked North Stars in baseball win
The Grand Crossing team defeated the North Stars this afternoon by a score of g to 0 on the Summit foundry diamond.
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Grand Crossing
North Stars
Summit Foundry
Fire at Torrance Foundry Last Night
Fire department rushed to extinguish a blaze at John Torrance & sons foundry 116 Jay Street last night at 10 45 p m. Origin reported in the moulding room with minor damage reported.
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Torrance
John Torrance & Sons
Jay Street
River Trip Ends Promisingly for Clinton Friends
Mr and Mrs Earl Schmitz and Mr and Mrs C E Perrin of Clinton Indiana tied up at the levee yesterday morning on their way home from Lake Pepin where they spent several days fishing. They reported unusually good weather throughout the trip in their twenty horsepower boat Edith. They expect to reach Clinton Thursday morning and will have completed the voyage in eleven days if plans hold.
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Earl Schmitz
Mir
C. E. Perrin
Clinton
Lake Pepin
Edith
Ole Nyhus Funeral Held At Residence
The funeral of Ole Nyhus pioneer contractor was held this afternoon at the residence. Rev Magelsson conducted the services and Fessler and Dahl oversaw the interment at Oak Grove cemetery. A large crowd followed the casket to its final resting place with pallbearers Marcus Anderson C A Olberg O M Langestad Anton Peterson and Christ Pederson listed.
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Ole Nyhus
Rev. Magelsson
Fessler & Dahl
Oak Grove Cemetery
Marcus Anderson
C. A. Olberg
O. M. Langestad
Anton Peterson
Christ Pederson
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North Side
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Thomas Martin
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