Moors Revolt Threatens Spain as Alfonso Struggles
Madrid reports a revolutionary wave threatening Alfonso’s throne with uprisings at the palace. Weyler may be named military dictator as Barcelona and Melilla battles intensify and Spanish forces retreat before Moorish forces.
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Alfonso
Madrid
Spain
Morocco
Melilla
Weyler
Cuba
Barcelona
San Pablo
College Des Escalapes de
San Antonio
Surender
Outow
King
General Weyler
Humphreyت Decides Plan Of Committee On Arbitration
Figures presented show street car workers earn less than city sweepers. Amalgamated spokesman Fred Fay compared wages with other crafts, noting carmen face long hours and constant work. He cited varied earnings from barbers to teamsters and street sweepers at $1.75 daily in La Crosse, with carmen under similar scales.
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Committee On Arbitration
Fred Fay
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Mr. Fay
W. J. Ferris
la Crosse
Li Crosse
Rothschild love romance denied in Chicago and Vienna
Olga Menn’s father denies any engagement between Olga Menn and Baron Oskar Rothschild amid sensational rumors linked to Rothschild’s death. In White Plains, Harry K. Thaw defends himself in court, maintaining legal insanity but denying perverted accusations as Evelyn Thaw observes from the gallery.
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Chicago
Olga Menn
Sove
Oskar Rothschild
Vienna
Rudolph Menn
Menn
Rothschild
Lilly
Dr. Menn
Thaw Court Appearance Focuses on Sanity Test
Jerome Thaw remains confident in his mental state as Evelyn Thaw sits in court for a sanity evaluation. The case centers on whether Thaw’s actions reflect insanity or wit amid the legal proceedings.
Thaw agrees to face Jerome on mental health claim
Jerome says he will grill Harry K Thaw on every detail of the White murder trial and Thaw vows to withstand cross examination. Thaw tells U P he can prove his sanity to Justice Miller and sees this as a chance to win his life and liberty after three years.
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White Plains
N. Y
Harry Thaw
Jerome
Thaw
Susan A. Merrill
Hartridge
Council
Stanford White
Evelyn Thaw
White
Wm. Traverse Jerome
The
United Press
Harry Kk. Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Miller
Electrical Storm Paralyzes Detroit With Heat Prostration
A severe July storm in Detroit Michigan caused widespread heat prostration, hospital and police departments prepared for numerous cases. The downpour disrupted city life with rain heavy enough to halt street traffic and force commuters to travel by raft.
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Detroit
Mich
Bureau
Nick's Wife to Fly With Aero Club
Washington July 29 Mrs Nick Lane Worth has joined the aero bug and attends Fort Myer trials daily. She hopes to fly with Orville Wright after obtaining her husband’s consent to accept an invitation from A Holland Forbes president of the Aero Club of America to make a balloon ascent.
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Washington, D. C
Nick Laneworth
Fort Myer
Orville Wright
A. Holland Forbes
Aero Club of America
Shiplike rocking in railway car arrangement sparks debate
The article notes that the rocking of railway cars can resemble a ship in a severe storm. It discusses how the run arrangement could not be worse, as stated by arbitrators.
President Taft Heads to Mississippi River trip
President Taft accepts invitation to visit St Louis then travel the Mississippi to New Orleans for the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways convention. He arrives in St Louis on October 26, will stay overnight, then proceed south aboard a river steamer leading a flotilla of at least 30 vessels.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
St. Louis
Mississippi River
New Orleans
South
House of Representatives
Congress
Fell Between Cars Kills Duluth Man
Frank Williams an elderly Duluth resident was killed while crawling between two slowly moving train cars today. He was crushed under the wheels in Duluth Minnesota.
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Duluth
Minn
Frank Williams
Biggest Trempealeau Picnic Draws Capacity Crowd
The La Crosse Retail Grocers and La Crosse butchers held their annual picnic aboard the excursion steamer W S W in Trempealeau Wisconsin with a record crowd. A brass band played as contests and races for all ages were organized with prizes and a full schedule of events continuing through the day.
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Trempealeau
Wis
la Crosse
Kreutz
A. B. Moll
William Doerflinger
T. A. Lavake
A. J. Beutler
Jos. Stuber
H. Taggart
Geo. Bedessem
H. Schlicht
A. Englehard
G. Stuber
J. Bergoust
George Will
S. Boma
H. Miller
L. Lavake
W. C. Rick
W. Grams
M. Boma
Weather and river forecast for Midwest states
The data shows La Crosse at 76 degrees the coolest and 90 the warmest with a 4 mph wind and trace rainfall. Forecasts call for fair skies across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with much cooler temperatures tonight and Friday especially in the east portions. rivers are expected to rise with stage of water continuing to rise.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Carmen Gain Open Arbitration Today
The arbitration board ruled that all future sessions be open to the public, reversing an earlier push for closed proceedings. Arbitrator W J Ferris had sought private testimony to speed the inquiry, but the board's decision allows public attendance and press presence.
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Carmen
Humphrey
Arbitration Board
W. J. Ferris
Ferris
Poison mistaken for medicine nearly kills saloon keeper
Fly poison mistaken for medicine injures G H Fitzwater at 221 South Front Street. Dr Bechmann uses a stomach pump after milk and quick action from A L Gims to fetch a doctor. Fitzwater nearly dies but is now out of danger and recovering. he has long run the Front Street saloon.
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G. H. Fitzwater
South Front Street
Dr. Bechmann
Edwards Pleads Poverty in La Crosse City Railway Hearing
President B E Edwards of the La Crosse City Railway pleads poverty before the arbitration board. He says the company is not a paying corporation, dividend last year was 5 percent, expenses are high, and charges are fixed. He denies promising wage increases but notes five year men could be raised to 22 cents per hour if warranted. Edwards disputes significant cost of living increases since 1907, aside from flour, and says workers might switch to clerical work with clerks earning nine to twelve dollars weekly.
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Edwards
Indians Threaten War Path Near Hazelton
Fearing a serious outbreak among two thousand Indians near Hazelton B C residents petition the government to set up a mounted police patrol along the Grand Trunk Pacific railway line. Indians are reported to have armed themselves and are said to be preparing to go on the war path.
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Hazelton
B. C
Dominion of Canada
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
One Year Penalty for Common Vagrancy
Ed Benson pleaded guilty to common vagrancy in county court before Judge Brindley. He had prior convictions and a reputation as a "bad man."
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Ed Benson
Brindley
Benson
Dions
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