Congress Grants Them Citizenship for Bennett Brothers
Congress passed a law granting citizenship to Benjamin and George Bennett of Michigan after discoveries about their fathers’ citizenship. The brothers had resigned as mayor and lawyer respectively when the defect was found, and similar cases are expected to surge as more claim citizens’ rights under the new measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
Benjamin
George Bennett
Ogemwa County
Mich
Bennett Brothers
West Branch
England
Senate
House
Champ Clark
Committee of Immigration
Ladies attend funeral for Robert Quinn at 2:30 PM
The Ladies of the William McKinley Relief Corps No 108 request attendance at the funeral of the late Robert Quinn of 414 South Third Street tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
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William McKinley Relief Corps
Robert Quinn
South Third Street
William McKinnley Relief Corps
Thaw Granted Right to New Trial in Sanity Case
Harry K Thaw wins a new trial on mental condition after Mrs Thaw and Justice Tompkins push for habeas corpus proceedings. He expects to testify and prove his sanity while expressing confidence in an end to his confinement. He also comments on the Hains verdict as aligned with his views of the evidence.
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Matteawan Hospital
Harry
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Tompins
Hains
Veterans to Attend Funeral of Quinn
The funeral for Robert Quinn will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 29. The old soldiers and the ladies of the McKinley Relief corps No 168 will attend. Interment will follow at Oak Grove cemetery with Mrs Theodore Mannstedt in charge.
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Robert Quinn
McKinley Relief Corps
No. 168
Oak Grove
Theodore Mannstedt
Ladies of the William McKinn ley Relief Corps Notice
The Ladies of the William McKinn ley Relief Corps No 168 request attention to a forthcoming event and related details. Readership is urged to note date and location as announced in this notice.
"Incurable" Heart Disease Soon Cured by Free Trial
A Chicago era advert promises a complete treatment for heart disease free with a $2.50 value of special care. Dr. Miles offers a two pound Trial Treatment and a Heart Book with an examination chart to prove cures claimed after multiple patients labeled incurable. Include names and cities of several cured patients as testimonials.
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Miles
J. B. Hann
Maryland St
Indianapolis
Ind
Elvina Sanders
Decatur
Neb
P. W. Runyan
Spencer
Iowa
L. A. Prout
Lisbon Falls
Mary DeHart
Greenville
C. E. Smith
Wayne
Mich
Elizabeth Boal
Eaglesport
Franklin Miles
Dept. H
Main St
Elkhart
Indiana
United Commercial Travelers Ball Set For February Fourth
Committees named to run the United Commercial Travelers ball on February 4. Arrangements by Herigen Callaway Elliott Fairbairn and Smith. Floor by Smith Trompison Elbertson Barti. Invitations Elliott Heath McIntosh. Printing Callaway Pamperin Ruplin Felzer. Refreshments Fairburn Gramms Clark. Music and hall Hertgen We Worih. Reception Dengler Hougan Ellingson Hulmerg Kimber De Ranitz.
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United Commercial Travelers
Wm. Herigen
J. W. Callaway
John A. Elliott
D. S. Fairbairn
B. C. Smith
Theo Trompison
Ole Elbertson
Jos. Barti
G. M. Heath
A. L. McIntosh
J. M
Otto Saugestad to Leave La Crosse After 44 Years
Otto Saugestad, longtime La Crosse resident and former traveling salesman for Mons Anderson, will move to the Twin Cities after 44 years in La Crosse. He has since engaged in real estate with holdings in the west and middle west and aims for a more central location, having arrived in 1866.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Saugestad
la Crosse
Twin Cities
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Saugestad
Old
Mons Anderson Company
West
Middle West
Laugestad
McMillan Suit Goes to Hearing on Monday
Samuel McMillan seeks an accounting of the estate of his father the late Alex McMillan from trustees W W Cargill E C Warner and John Holly in Commissioner C L Baldwins court Monday. He alleges funds were mishandled and trustees profited at his expense.
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C. L. Baldwin
Samuel McMillan
W.W. Cargill
E. C. Warner
John Holly
Alex McMillan
McMillan
Wreck Death Toll Rises With Prolonged Relief Effort
Reports say 25 to 50 are dead in a severe wreck. Hospitals and morgues fill rapidly as confusion spreads. Two relief trains with 25 to 35 injured are en route. one casualty died en route.
Grammar school declamatory contest to boost public speaking
The Lincoln Douglas Debating Society plans an annual grammar school declamatory contest for seventh and eighth graders. Each school may enter two representatives, with the event held after spring vacation to avoid lesson disruption. Principals support the effort and urge parental and pupil participation.
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Lincoln- Douglas Debating Society
Lincoln-Douglas Debating Society
Gore Holds Up the Keefe Immigration Nomination
Senator Gore delays the nomination of Daniel J. Keefe of Michigan to commissioner general of immigration. Gore objects to the reward charge and plans to be present for committee action, but repeatedly fails to appear, delaying Senate consideration.
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Washington, D. C
Daniel J. Keefe
Michigan
Senate Committee On Immigration
Gore
Oklahoma
Keefe
Samuel Gompers
Taft
Immigration Committee
La Crosse Man Falls From Pole Near Trempealeau
Jude Burtle of La Crosse, a line worker for Hatfield Dam Power, was thirty feet up on a pole near Trempealeau village when he was thrown to the ground. He narrowly escaped death and survived the incident.
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Jude Burtle
la Crosse
Trempealeau Village
Hatfield Dam
No New U. Buildings Authorized This Session
A meeting of the House committee on public buildings and grounds decided that no new federal buildings will be authorized by Congress at this session.
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U. 8
Washington, D. C
Congress
House Committee On
Reitzel Store
King Peter Faces Crisis as Servian Cabinet Resigns
Belgrade January 16. The threatened abdication by King Peter in favor of Crown Prince George reaches a crisis as the Servian cabinet resigns, signaling a potential constitutional shift.
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Peter
Belgrade
George
Servian
Hatters Strike War to a Finish in Nationwide Walkout
Eighteen thousand workers in seventy five hat factories walk out as the United Hatters strike to force continuation of the union label. The AFL pledges support and fund appeal to fight contempt cases. A foreman, Max Levy, was shot by strikers entering his home after refusing to quit work.
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Washington, D. C
American Federation of Labor
United Hatters
Laboring Men of America
New York
Associated Hat Manufacturers
John A. Moffitt
The
Hatters’ Union of North America
Orange
N. J
Max Levy
Williamsburg
Gerst
Bosshard Heads New Holmen Bank
Otto Bosshard of Holmen is elected president of the Bank of Holmen organized there recently. Officers elected include Vice President Thomas Johnson Cashier C A Sjolander Assistant Cashier Oscar Haug and directors Otto Bosshard Thomas Johnson C A Stolander William D Sandman and J M Halderson. The bank, chartered after a prior inspection by Bank Examiner Berg, operates from a modern building designed by Wells E Bennet and erected by P Nelson with Burglar proof vaults and safety deposit vaults. Forty local businesspeople and farmers form the stockholders. In its first week deposits reached 12000.
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Otto Bosshard
Bank of Holmen
Thomas Johnson
C. A. Sjolander
Oscar Haug
C. A. Stolander
William D. Sandman
J. M. Halderson
La Crosse Considers Trades For Baseball Buoyed by Meeting
President Henry Rooney and John Elliott depart for Milwaukee for the annual clubs meeting. La Crosse plans trades to replace drafted or departing players, seeks a strong first baseman and a southpaw pitcher, plus a few good hitters to push for the pennant this season.
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Henry Rooney
la Crosse Baseball Association
John Elliott
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Tracey
Faversham Debuts The Barber of New Orleans at Daly's
Wm Traver sham, renouncing The World and His Wife, appears at Daly's theater as The Barber of New Orleans. The French noble barber rescues the heroine in a romance set in early 1800s New Orleans. Miss Julie Opp (Mrs. Faversham) shares the stage.
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New York
Wm. Traversham
Daly’s Theatre
Barber
New Orleans
Edward Childs Carpenter
Philadelphia
Monsieur Beaucaire
Julie Opp
Irich Woman Weds A Yardmaster
Emma Tolle Nuckolls, a divorcee with a $1,000,000 stake, eloped last summer to marry A. L. May, former railroad yard master in Pueblo. May is said to have Philadelphia connections. Mrs May is widow of cattle king Tolle and was divorced from Emmett Nuckolls, a millionaire packer.
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Pueblo, Col
Emma _ Tolle-Nuckolls
A. L. May
May
Philadelphia
Tolle
Emmett Nuckolls
Strain Deepens Between Foreign Diplomats and Pekin Officials
London reports indicate heavy strain between the Pekin diplomatic corps and the Chinese foreign board after American Minister Rockhill and British Minister Sir J N Jordan refused to accept the diplomat regulations until Yuan Shi Kai’s dismissal is explained. The foreign board demands acceptance within 48 hours to avert a breach.
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London
Pekin
Chinese Foreign Board
Foreign Office
Rockhill
J. N. Jordon
Prince Chun
Grand Council
Yuan Shi-Kai
Foreign Board
Cabinet discusses libel cases over Panama Canal purchase
At yesterday's cabinet meeting the subject of alleged libels connected with the Panama Canal purchase was discussed. The president desires criminal prosecution. Attorney General Bonaparte said he expects to issue a public statement on the subject in a few days.
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Washington, D. C
Bonaparte
Officials gather to talk disease in Buffalo
A conference of state and federal officials meeting in Buffalo aims to modify quarantine rules to lift the embargo on New York state and other quarantined states. Participants include Pennsylvania state veterinarian Dr Pearson and federal representatives Dr John T Claris and Dr Wende with Michigan and Ohio veterinarians.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York State
Pearson
Pennsylvania
John T. Claris
Wende
Michigan
Ohio
Flood Devastates Portersville and Biggs in California
Dispatches report Portersville and Biggs submerged by floodwater with several other small towns threatened. Valley damage tallies in the thousands of dollars. Sacramento remains safe only if levees hold.
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Sacramento
Cal
Portersville
Biggs
Reporters Summoned Over Panama Canal Libel Prosecution
Two newspaper men are summoned to appear before the local grand jury and one before a New York grand jury in connection with proposed libel prosecutions over charges against the administration in the Panama canal affair. Grand juries also request files of the implicated papers dating from September 1 to the present.
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Washington, D. C
Grand Jury
New York
Panama Canal
Threats Target Tennessee Judge Over Hanging Case
Judge Jones reports a threatening letter from a group calling itself Black Patch. The message promises 60 000 troops to rescue six men set for execution and to pressure Governor Patt, with obscene threats directed at the jurist and his duty. Ed Marshall’s murder case in Nashville draws defense plans as bail remains at 25 000.
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Union City
Tenn
Judge Jones
Ed Marshall
Nashville
Pierce
Gen. C
Marshall
British praise for American fleet after world cruise
British experts at Malta commend the American fleet after examining the battleships W Kearsarge and Illinois and the officers and men. They report splendid condition, discipline, and health, noting initial health issues from late shore leave but improved since departure.
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London
Malta
San Francisco
Committee to Probe Merger Authority Question
The senate judiciary sub committee met in Washington to decide the scope of inquiry into the presidents authority to permit the Tennessee Coal and Iron merger with United States Steel. The panel weighs limiting review to legal aspects of the presidents refusal to let the attorney general explain, or expanding to legality of the merger itself.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Judiciary
Tennessee Coal and Iron Cmpany
United States Steel Corporation
Congress
Sherman Is Patron of Commercialism
Jas Sherman vice president-elect spoke to Hamilton College alumni asserting national greatness lies in commerce. He rejected warfare, praising ships as vessels to preserve peace and advocating commerce over battle. New York dispatch dated January a.
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Jas. Schoole Sherman
Hamilton College
Sherman
New York
Jan
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