Fire destroys Clark Livery Barn in dramatic blaze
Two firemen were overcome by heat and smoke and Captain McGlachlin was severely cut by flying glass as a $30,000 fire yesterday afternoon razed the Clark and Clark livery barn at 322 South Fifth Street. Seventeen horses and more than forty carriages and sleighs were lost. officials suspect spontaneous combustion in the second floor mow. Twenty five
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Clark & Clark
South Fifth Street
Erickson
Department No. 1
Clark Livery Barn
Boy Real Hero George Gavin Saves Two Horses From Fire
Ten year old George Gavin showed bravery by entering a smoke filled building, untying and leading two horses to safety. He guided them down the stairs and outside to safety, earning praise for his courage.
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George Gavin
Gavin
Hay Barn Fire Destroys Building. Firemen Save Horses
A loose hay pile in the mow ignited and burned the barn roof from front to rear. Albert P. Clark, Harry Walker, Bigelow, George Hirstgrove and Stry were at the barn when flames erupted. Firefighters arrived in force, ten streams fought the blaze, the roof collapsed, and several firefighters suffered smoke and heat injuries while preventing further loss.
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Albert P. Clark
Harry Walker
Bigelow
George Hirstgrove
Stry
Clark
No. 1 Fire Company
No. 2 Company
Point
Tragic train fatality near West Avenue in Burlington
Henry Halverson 25, a Michel Brewing bottling worker, died after being struck by Burlington passenger train No 48 along the Burling ton tracks near West Avenue. He was taken to Lutheran hospital where he died an hour later. He was walking beside the train, thought to have felt dizzy and fallen into the cars. His body was taken to Fessler Dahl undertaking parlors. Parents from Black River Falls arrived to arrange funeral plans. nonstop news note: funeral arrangements pending.
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Henry Halverson
Michel Brewing Co
Burlington
West Avenue
Larry Dugan
C. O. Denison
Lutheran Hospital
Halverson
Diplomat John Bigelow Ill at Highland Falls Home
Newburgh N Y June 6 John Bigelow eminent author and diplomat aged 94 is ill at his home in Highland Falls. He is reported resting easily and in no immediate danger of death though full recovery is unlikely due to age.
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Newburgh
N. Y
John Bigelow
Highland Falls
Women disguised attempt at Regent Teheran shooting
Two women dressed as men fired two shots at Azad Al Mulk the regent but neither shot took effect. The attackers escaped before being captured.
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Teheran
Azad al Mulk
Ninechildren at age21 in Alberta birth record
A 21 year old Russian woman named Kowalesky in Calgary Saskatchewan a Riverside settlement gave birth to four living children. This follows earlier multiple births including twins and triplets. Rev Brockman attended the birth at Riverside Lutheran church.
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Calgary
Alta
Kowalesky
Alberta
Riverside
Brockman
Lutheran Church
Twine Plant at Waupun Assured by Senate Action
Senate approves a $450,000 appropriation dedicated to equipment and operations at the prison in Waupun. The measure ensures funding for the twine plant operation and related repairs, with full concurrence toward sustaining inmate labor and local employment.
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Waupun
Senate
Wisconsin Senate approves needle to break binder twine trust
Governor will sign a bill to fund a binder twine factory at Waupun State Prison with 450000 dollars. The state board of control will run output and set prices to undercut the trust, backed by the Society of Equity and farmers in the legislature. E J Kneen from La Crosse district was a notable farm district ally who persisted despite opposition in prior sessions.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Binder Twine Trust
State Senate
Waupun
State Board of Control
Society of Equity
E. J. Kneen
la Crosse
Root Explains Day Painting Affair Before Committee
Senator Elihu Root testified to the house committee on expenditures in the state department that Secretary John Hay authorized 1600 of 2450 dollars for a painting of former Secretary Day. He said he investigated and accepted a report that the money was expended under Hay. He denied ordering vouchers withdrawn and contradicted Hollander’s claim of permission to draw funds from the United States and Santo Domingo for financial work in the Dominican Republic.
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Washington, D. C
Elihu H. Root
Roosevelt
House
State Department
John Hay
Day
Root
Michael
Calcutta
Hay
Jacob H. Hollander
Hollander
United States
Santo Domingo
Odd Fellows Grand Lodge Opens in Milwaukee
The annual session of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows begins in Milwaukee with 622 Grand Avenue as the registration site. Rebekah assembly meetings, the women's auxiliary, run concurrently during the four day event.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Temple
Grand Avenue
Grand Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Rebekah Assembly
Woman’s
Penisa Maid Sold for 25000 in Indianapolis
Penisa Maid a two year old pacer sold by M D Shutt of Rock Rapids Iowa for 25000 to R J McKenzie of Winnipeg. Shutt clocked the filly a mile in 2 09 1 4 last week and she is expected to be a Grand Circuit sensation this season.
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Indianapolis
Ind
M. D. Shutt
Rock Rapids
Iowa
R. J. McKenzie
Winnipeg
Shutt
Penisa Maid
Pilot Missing After Sea Flight Off Nice
In Nice France June 6 reports say Lieutenant Bague an army aviator vanished after a sea flight from Nice toward Corsica. Six torpedo boats that joined the search failed to find any trace of the aircraft or its pilot and the rescue effort was practically abandoned.
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Nice
France
Bague
Corsica
Circus Gorilla Escapes from Traveling Show in La Porte
Mack the gorilla escaped from a traveling circus in La Porte after mauling keeper Montana Harrison of Columbus, Ohio. The animal was recaptured in a building’s cupola, sending locals into a panic.
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LA Porte
Ind
Mack
South Africa
Montana
Harrison
Columbus
Ohio
Cup of Death ban ends common drinking cup use in Illinois
Governor Deneen signed a bill abolishing the common drinking cup at public fountains and all public drinking places in Illinois. The measure, passed by the recent legislature, prohibits the shared utensil to prevent disease transmission.
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Springfield
Illinois
Deneen
Chicago Arson Case Ends With Death of Dreyfuss
Leo pold Dreyfuss wealthy Chicago tailor confessed to hiring eight men of a fire ring to burn his shops then killed himself. He named ring members and several prominent merchants who used the gang. Investigators say he profited by fake sales certificates used to collect insurance.
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Chicago
Leopold Dreyfuss
Michigan Boulevard
Dreyfuss
South Market Street
Co Witherson
Sullivan
Fire Bug Band
Higher rates dismissed on fruit and veg shipments
The Interstate Commerce Commission dismissed advances in rates for transporting fruits and vegetables from Chicago and Milwaukee to various destinations. The filing was made by the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Proposed Rates Upheld by ICC Denying Packers Request
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied protests by Oklahoma City packers seeking a suspension of proposed freight rates on packing house products from Fort Worth to St. Louis effective June 18. They argued discrimination but the ICC ruled against them.
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Washington, D. C
Oklahoma City
Okla
Fort Worth
Texas
St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Church Lover Wins as Minister Looks for Pay
Miss Alice Johnson will marry Rev. W J Bostick once he secures a $2 000 yearly post, agreeing a $1 200 salary would be unwise. Bostick has resigned from Western Avenue Baptist Church saying he would not give up the woman he loves for the church. Johnson, principal at Ladd, Ill., will continue teaching while he seeks new employment for him.
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Chicago
Alice Johnson
W.j.bostick
Western Avenue Baptist Church
Bostick
Miss Johnson
Ladd, Ill
Underwood Hits Taft In Report On Wool Revision Bill
The report by Representative Underwood denounces President Taft and attacks the Republican tariff plan in the wool revision bill. It criticizes the tariff board for withholding data and warns that delaying data to Congress could affect wool farmers and manufacturers. The document defends the 20 percent duty on raw wool amid Republican criticism.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
House
Representative Underwood
Ala
Tariff Board
Underwood
Congress
Statistical
Bureau of Corporations
Suit Against City Over Ice on Sidewalk Injuries
Edward Schleiger sues the city of La Crosse for 5000 damages claiming a January fall on ice at Fourth and Jay streets caused three fractures in his right leg. He alleges permanent leg shortening and three months of home confinement, with the case set for the circuit court’s next term.
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la Crosse
Edward Schleiger
Fourth and
Jay Streets
Albert Wolfe
Schleiger
Taft to Seek Roosevelt Aid at Gibbons Jubilee
Baltimore hosts a golden jubilee event for Cardinal Gibbons with President Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt as chief guests. Observers say the visit could influence the looming national campaign. Reports of Taft appealing to Roosevelt over Canadian reciprocity are unconfirmed but considered likely as a political move.
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Baltimore
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Cardinal Gibbons
Fifth Regiment
Roosevelt
YES MAY OPPOSE DERO SAYS LANDA
Jose Y Limantour and Guillermo Landa Y Escandon arrive in St Louis on a secret mission heading to Canada and Europe. Senor Landa believes General Bernardo Reyes will be a strong presidential candidate against Francisco Madero Jr, noting Reyes returned to Mexico City shortly before Madero's arrival.
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ST. Louis
Jose Y., Limantour
Mexico
Guillermo Landa Y. Escandon
Federal District of
Canada
Europe
Bernardo Reyes
Francisco Madero, Jr
Senor Landa
Reyes
Mexico City
Madero
Purdue Awarded 1912 Big Eight Track Meet
Athletic Director Hugh Nicol of Purdue plans changes to the athletic field in Lafayette after Minneapolis announced Purdue had won the 1912 conference track meet.
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Lafayette
Ind
Hugh Nicol
Purdue
Minneapolis
Dinner for Labor Heads Honors Gomper and AFL Leaders
Invitations went out to 500 friends of labor for a Washington dinner on June 14 honoring Samuel Gompers AFL president John Mitchell vice president and Frank Morrison secretary. The event celebrates the Supreme Court dismissal of the contempt case against the three labor leaders.
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Washington, D. C
Labor
Washington
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court of the United States
Aviator Venturing Paris Rome Turin Flight Wins Dangerous Leg
Pierre Vedrine, winner of the Petit Parisien Paris Madrid race, completed a 200 mile leg from Versailles to Dijon in three hours and fifty four minutes. He faced violent cross winds that repeatedly nearly threw the plane off course, marking him as a perilous rival in the Paris Rome Turin event.
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Dijon
France
Pierre Vedrine
Petit Parisien
Versailles
Commission plan upheld in Illinois ruling
Springfield, Illinois, June 6. A lower court held the commission form of government for Illinois cities constitutional. The decision was not final and the case will be appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Illinois Supreme Court
Sleep walker perishes in San Francisco fall
William Meyers, 30, died after hours of sleepwalking and falling from the fourth story of an unfinished building. He had appeared at the saloon where he worked as a porter in his pajamas, polishing, sweeping, and cleaning glass without waking. A policeman tracked him from the saloon to the rooftop window and he tumbled to the pavement.
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San Francisco
Cal
William Meyers
Meyers
Opliy
Ministers Fear to Endanger Meal Tickets Dietrich Says
Rev John H Dietrich pastor of St Mark s Memorial Reformed church says most ministers are afraid to endanger their meal tickets in preaching the truth in Pittsburg Pa on June 6.
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Pittsburg, Pa
John H. Dietrich
St. Mark's Memorial Reformed Church
Death Is Announced From Presbyterian Pulpit
Mrs. William L. Smith wife of W L Smith of Smith Manufacturing Co died after appendicitis and peritonitis. Funeral held at 10 30 amid family and friends from 421 North Eighth street with Rev D C Jones officiating. Interment at Oak Grove cemetery. She leaves her husband two sons a mother and a sister.
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William L. Smith
W. L. Smith
The
Smith Manufacturing Co
North Eighth Street
D. C. Jones
Oak Grove Cemetery
Smith
la Crosse
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Redwood Falls
Minn
Bessie Webb
Hesper
Lester
Henry
A. J. Webb
J. W
Man Rescues Horses as Barn Burns. Children Die
William Amptmann of St. Charles County fights flames to save two horses as his barn burns. Unaware his two young children were in the loft, the barn tragedy ends with the children found charred in the ruins. A match lighted by the children is believed to have started the fire.
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ST. Louis
William Amptmann
St. Charles County
Weather Forecast and River Outlook for Upper Mississippi Region
Weather in La Crosse and vicinity remains fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler temperatures. Minnesota and Iowa show similar trends with some showers southeast tonight or Wednesday and cooler air. Cloudy conditions prevail this morning across the upper Mississippi Valley and surrounding areas with rain and thunderstorms reported in parts. temperatures have dropped notably in the northern plains while pressure remains high over the north Pacific and New England. River stages at St Paul Red Wing Reeds Landing La Crosse and Prairie du Chien show small changes, with slight rises expected in the lower stretch over the next 36 hours.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Mississippi Valley
South Pacific
Kansas
Nebraska
Atlantic
Middle Plains
North Pacific States
Dakotas
New England
Lake
St. Paul
Red Wing
Reeds Landing
Pr. du Chien
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Mes Tholaughlin
Thos. K
Pittsburg
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Car
Regent
Self
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Woman
Victor
Dero
Landa
Sleeper
Presbyterian
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