Crosstown Rail Spinoff Ties to Water Power Bid
The article reports that the A Crossthe Water Power Company secured an option on lines and property belonging to the La Crosse City Railway Company. Chicago dispatches connect the deal to a streetcar strike and indicate the company president could not be reached for comment. Local officials declined full confirmation despite some admissions of negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Crosse Water Power Company
LA Crosse City Railway Company
la Crosse Waterpower Company
la Crosserty Railway Company
Water Power Company
W. J. Ferris
E.G. Boynton
Col. Holway
la Crosse
Chicago
la Crosse City Railway
Waterpower
Winona
Gas & Electric
Dan McMillan
la — Gas & Electric Company
Boynton
Fpower Company
Waterpower Company
Ete Gas & Electric
Hatfield
E. Edwards
Edwards
W. Cargill
E. West
Ctors
B. E. Edwards
W. W
Hearing set on Mill street crossing protection in La Crosse
Wisconsin Railroad Commission orders a July 14 hearing at Madison to determine safety measures for the Mill street crossing. The action follows city complaints and a new law empowering the commission to compel protection at crossings. The C M and St P Ry and the La Crosse City Railway are notified with the city of La Crosse.
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St. P. Ry
Madison
Wis
State Railway Commission
la Crosse
Mill Street
C. M
City of la Crosse
Railroad Commission of Wisconsin
Mill Street Crossing
Wisconsin
Railroad Commission
Capitol
City of
J. M. Winterbotham
la Crosse City
Dr. Anderson
Zeppelin to Fly North Pole in 1910
Count Zeppelin announces plans for an aerial expedition to the North Pole from Friedrichshafen. Enthusiasm surges as telegrams of praise and offers flood in. Zepp lin vows the voyage would bring glory to Germany and says preparations will begin soon.
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Zeppelin
North Pole
Berlin
Count Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Harvard Wins in Aquatic Battle on Thames
In New London Connecticut Harvard defeats Yale in the annual varsity boat race on the Thames. The Crimson led from start to finish and won by six boat lengths with a time of 21 50 to Yale 22 10. A vast crowd gathered to witness the event.
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New London
Conn
Al'e
Harvard
Yale
Thames
Crimson
Cornell Favored in Intercollegiate Regatta At Poughkeepsie
Cornell wins the four and freshmen races while leading in the varsity with Syracuse second and Columbia third. Wisconsin had no entry in the varsity four as Pennsylvanians stage a late surge to finish strong in the freshman race. Official times set new marks with Cornell driving the record in the freshman event and Syracuse breaking the old record in the varsity.
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Cornell
Syracuse
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Coneianin
Rcord
Samuel M. Evans
United Press
Colman Appointed to State Park Board for Six-Year Term
Madison July 2 Governor Davidson appointed L C Colman to the state park board for six years replacing W H Fetridge. Colman, long a member of the state board of normal regents, has a brother Ed Colman on the La Crosse park commission.
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Madison, Wis
L. C. Colman
State Park Board
James O. Davidson
W. H. Fetridge
Colman
State Board of Normal Regents
Ed Colman
la Crosse
Baier Dies at La Crosse Hospital
John A. Baier son of the late Wm F Baier died this morning at 1 40 in La Crosse hospital. Funeral at his sister Mrs E Gaerttner home at 2 and at 2 30 at German Lutheran church. Baier leaves Mrs E Gaerttner Geo Baier Lena C Baier and Katherine A Baier.
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John A. Baier
Wm. F. Baier
la Crosse Hospital
E. Gaerttner
la Crosse
Geo. Baier
Lena C. Baier
Katherine A. Baier
Driven From Home Because of Love
Laura B. Munson daughter of Samuel E. Bliss sues J Lincoln Pfaff for 25000 damages alleging breach of promise after he proposed twice and finally accepted then refused to marry, driven from her home when she learned she was not Bliss' heir.
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Chicago
J. Lincoln Pfaff
Laura B. Munson
Samuel E. Bliss
Metropolitan Trust Savings Company
Pfaff
Bliss
Fired employer threat leads to arrest in Oak Park case
Chicago July 2 A letter threatening to blow up W. J. Sheldon’s new Oak Park building prompted police to arrest 60 year old James E. Rhodes. Rhodes admitted he became enraged after being discharged from the law firm. The note bore Rhodes’s signature and accused Sheldon of ruining the writer’s wife.
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Chicago
W. J. Sheldon
Alton Watch Company
Oak Park
James E. Rhodes
Rhodes
Sheldon
Etter
Hartwell Named for Employes on Arbitration Board
Employes of the street car company appoint F. H. Hartwell to represent them on a board to be named as wage scale dispute, reinstatement of Thrun, and other points seek settlement without arbitration.
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Thrun
F. H. Hartwell
Yale Crowds Fill Boats as Crimson Holds Thames Rowing Lead
A large Yale turnout follows the Crimson along the Thames as Yale aims to reclaim river glory. Railroads cannot supply enough cars to transport spectators to observation stands amid the record crowd. Continued on page 8.
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Thames
Yale
Hottest Day Of The Season Recorded At 95 Degrees
The weather bureau reports 95 degrees at 2 30 this afternoon making today the hottest day of the season.
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Weather Bureau
Death of Leon Ling Linked to Tong Murders Mystery
New York report on the Hudson River body possibly identified as Leon Ling, a Chinese gambler linked to the Elsie Sigel murder. Coroners and police debate identity, with theories of rival tongs and hidden secrets, suggesting a wider tong killing chain.
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New York
Hudson River
Leon Ling
Elsie Sigel
Leon
Thomas H. Curten
McDonald
Edward Burn
Yonkers
Fort Georg
MacDonald
Cudtin
Robert F. McDonald
Dennis Ward
Carey
Homicide Bureau
van Wagoner
Elsie Sigels
Hep Sings
On Leong Tong
Earth
Nebraska Governor Discusses Purity of Politics and Tariff
The Chautauqua program featured Governor Shallenberger who spoke on political patriotism and the tariff, arguing the nation’s strength lies in agriculture and western wealth. The Commonwealth Quartet performed while earlier talks covered Lincoln and democracy with a diverse concert lineup.
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Abraham Lincoln
Parkes Cadman
Donald Chalmers
Hal Merton
Seton
Shakspeare
Geo. R. Laird
Royal
Rev
F. Hopkins
Royal Handbil Ringers
Commonwealth Quartette
Doherty
Shallenberger
la Crosse
Ashton’ Shallenberger
Great West
Far
Weather and river forecast for upper Midwest
Partly cloudy with showers and possible thunderstorms tonight or Saturday, cooler across Wisconsin. Minnesota and Iowa see partly cloudy skies with cooler conditions tonight and Saturday. Saturday should be fair in Minnesota. Rivers continue to fall with stage of water not stated.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Hoosier Balloon Continues Flight From Dayton
The balloon Hoosier rose from Dayton Ohio last night and crossed into Kentucky this morning. Ballast was dropped and the craft continued southwest with G I Bumbaugh, the Indianapolis race pilot, at the controls.
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Cannelton
Ind
Dayton
Ohio River
Kentucky
G. I.bumbaugh
Indianapolis
Son of conductor drowns at Austin Minn
The son of S. Pettingill, a conductor on the S. M. division of the Milwaukee, drowned at Austin Minnesota while swimming. Brief advices received here today report the accident.
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Austin
S. Pettingill
S. M
Milwaukee
Austin, Minn
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Utv
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Davidson
Hartwell
Cutler
Hudson
Elsie Se
Gel
Landis
Nebraska
Raini
St. Paul
Red Wing
Reeds Landing
Prairie du Chien
Hoosier
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