Stephenson Fails In Joint Ballot For Wisconsin Senator
In Madison on January 27 a stormy joint ballot left Isaac Stephenson one vote shy of a majority as 65 of 37 present backed him Roger voting members including S A Cook H A Cooper E A Morse J H Davidson and J Esch and others split with Stephenson. The session adjourned with another vote planned for noon tomorrow and a legislative probe on Stephenson’s campaign funds deferred.
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PILL IGNITES HAIR OF ACTRESS ON STAGE
New York reports Miss Ethel Barrymore escaped serious harm after a spark from a cigarette set her hair ablaze during the second act of Lady Frederick. She smothered the flame with her hands, received medical dressing at intermission, and continued the performance.
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New York
Ethel Barrymore
Frederick
Church Choir Affinities Nabbed After Repentance
Bertha Williamson, 19, an affinity bride, travels with her four week old baby to Carmel Indiana as James W. Richey, a former Methodist minister, is held in St. Louis on wife desertion and support charges. Richey, already married with two children, had past indictments in Carmel Noblesville and Charlotteville. Williamson says they sought forgiveness and planned to wed after divorce. Her uncle F E Williamson of Glasgow Kansas escorted her home.
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Bertha E. Williamson
James William Richey
Carmel
Ind
Richey
Indiana
Noblesville
Charlotteville
Miss Williamson
Carmel Church
W. R. Brown
F. E. Wiliamson
Glasgow
Kansas
Lawmakers consider redrawing circuit divisions amid La Crosse protests
Western state lawyers oppose a proposed bill to revise judicial circuits that would shrink the Sixth circuit led by Judge Fruit in Trempealeau County. Frank Winter warns the plan would damage La Crosse as the western state's judicial hub. Local bar groups may press Madison representatives to block the measure and seek the creation of a new superior court in La Crosse.
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Judge Fruit
Trempealeau County
Juneau County
Frank Winter
Fruit
la Crosse
la Crosse County
Madison
Wife, Following Husband Suicide, Feeds Poison in St Louis
Mrs Rose Mackel, grieving after her husband shot himself four days earlier, drank corrosive sublimate in her home. She resisted antidote attempts by a doctor and a policeman and died en route to a hospital. Her neighbor had warned authorities after the victim spoke of cremation. Mackel's mother was en route from Butte to St Louis.
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ST. Louis
Rose Mackel
Bernard Schulte
Judge defines drunken in Cooper trial amid juror dispute
Nashville jury selection continues as Judge Hart rules on what constitutes drunk for the case. witnesses dispute Leigh's sobriety with odd remarks about beard and shaving, as the judge settles the definition: a person so far under liquor influence that they become a nuisance to the public.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cooper
Hart
Leigh
Jackson
Carter
Teddy says nice things on Kaiser's anniversary
Berlin observers recount a grand royal gathering for the emperor in the palace. Kings, grand dukes and princes from across Germany attended a luncheon with 100 royalties, followed by a royal parade and a 101 gun salute.
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Louis
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Senate confirms Bacon and O Laughlin for top State Dept posts
In an executive session the Senate confirmed Robt. Bacon as secretary of state and John Callan O Laughlin as assistant secretary of state.
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Senate
Robt. Bacon
John Callan O’laughlin
Murder in Chester County Barn Shocks Local Family
Philadelphia report states Henry James, a wealthy farmer, and his wife were found murdered in the couple’s barn on their Chester County estate. Detectives investigate while neighbors recall the couple’s quiet life and local ties.
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Henry James
Chester County
George Lyman Short 69 Dies at Mendota Asylum
George Lyman Short longtime Mississippi River pilot and Civil War veteran died at Mendota State Asylum after a week there. A New York native born 1840 he served 46 years on the Father of Waters and fought at Gettysburg and Fredericksburg with the Eighth Illinois Cavalry. Funeral is set for 2:30 PM at his State Street home with G A R post members attending. burial at Oak Grove Cemetery with Mrs. Theodore Mannstedt assisting.
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George Lyman Short
Mississippi River
Mendota
Mississippi Valley
New York
Waters
Gettysburg
Fredricksburg
Illinois Cavary
Mississippi
Short
St. Paul
St. Louis
State Street
Wilson Coywell
Theodore Mannstedt
Oak Grove Cemetery
Arrest of Keiran Provokes Outrage, Keiran Secluded in Upper Broadway
Moses Shire, attorney for Patrick J. Keiran former Fidel ity Funding president, arrives from Buffalo to look after Keiran whose arrest and release yesterday drew Shire’s outrage. Keiran and intends to issue no statement, directing inquiries to his lawyers. The Pittsburg warrant was said to be invalid.
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New York
Moses Shire
Patrick J. Keiran
Fidelity Funding Company
Buffalo
Lok
Keiran
Upper Broadway
Shire
Pittsburg
Inquest Opens Into Crib Fire Before Jury
Coroner Hoffman opens an inquest today in Chicago into the crib fire victims. Relatives object that three engineers linked to Geo. W. Jackson, the contractor, may have dealt with merchants near the disaster. Hoffman says it would be absurd to find a Chicago jury unaware of Jackson.
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Chicago
Hoffman
Geo. W. Jackson
Jackson
Cuts Off Head With Wife S Christmas Razor
Wm. H. Fox, 36, of Newport Kentucky, nearly severed his head with a razor his wife gave for Christmas after she refused to die with him. She delayed all night and, at dawn, found him dead in the dining room while she had fallen asleep hoping he would change his mind.
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Cincinnati
Wm. H. Fox
Newport
Mrs McEldowney Dies at West Salem Age 75
Mrs Lizzie McEldowney widow of the late William McEldowney died at West Salem at noon today aged 75 from the general decline of age. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Lizzie McEldowney
William McEldowney
West Salem
Willett Speech Expunged From Congressional Record
Washington January 27. The house adopted the special committee report expunging Willett's January 18 remarks deeming them improper and in violation of debate rules. The panel contended decorum in debate requires striking the entire speech to prevent personal abuse and disorder while preserving free speech in proper channels. Willett argued the expungement sets a dangerous precedent.
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Representative Mann
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Willett
N. Y
House Special Committee of Investigation
Mann
Illinois
Hughes
W. Va
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Senate
Weather Forecast for La Crosse and Nearby Regions
Fair tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Wisconsin: fair tonight and Thursday. cooler in the east tonight. Minnesota: fair tonight and Thursday with warmer west portion tonight. warmer Thursday. Iowa: fair tonight and Thursday with warmer northwest portion Thursday.
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