Premium Loadings Under Scrutiny At Madison Meeting
A Madison joint committee on insurance discussed limiting premiums with actuaries Henderson and Rhodes leading the debate. Expert Glover urged lowering the loading, noting mortality charges have historically covered death losses, with less than 75 percent of premiums typically used for that purpose.
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Madison, Wis
Henderson
New York Mutual Life Insurance Company
Rhodes
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Joint Committee On Insurance
Devil's Lake
Glover
Rail disputes face hearings in Wisconsin
The state railroad commission announced hearings on May 7 for Buckstaff Edwards Oshkosh asking lower log rates on the Chicago & Northwestern. Senator Isaac T. Bishop and Kenosha county officials seek better passenger service west of Kenosha. F H Minch Basco and Manitowoc grain dealers seek lower grain rates on Northwestern and Wisconsin Central. Superior Board of Trade seeks lower grain rates and elevator improvements. May 14 covers clay and concrete manufacturers and Colin Wright Monroe seeking better service on the St Paul line Mineral Point to Milwaukee.
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Madison, Wis
State Railroad Commission
Buckstaff-Edwards Company
Oshkosh
Chicago & Northwestern
Isaac T. Bishop
Kenosha County
Kenosha
F. H. Minch
Basco
Dane County
Manitowoc
Wisconsin
Superior Board of Trade
Superior
Colin W. Wright
Monroe
St. Paul
Mineral Point
Milwaukee
Officials to Audit Wisconsin County Accounts for Graft Recoveries
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin May 1 officials recounts after W S Allen former county clerk confessed to grafting. Fourteen former county officers and a newspaper face suits for alleged overcharges. Attorney Alexander Athey leads prosecutions to audit twenty years of accounts and reclaim over twenty thousand dollars.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
W. S. Allen
Alexander Athey
Taft as a State Visitor Milwaukee Wisconsin May 2
Secretary of War Taft may visit Milwaukee and Madison delivering addresses. State Senator Whitehead discussed the Wisconsin trip with Taft who said he would try to arrange a visit. Merchants and Manufacturers Association may fix a date and a university stop could follow.
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Milwaukee
Taft
Madison
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
John M. Whitehead
Wisconsin
Whitehead
P. F. Rogers
Murder case delayed in Racine as lawyer cites busy term
Thomas M. Kearney attorney for W J Dillon, charged with the murder of Jacob C Best of Milwaukee, said the case would not be tried this term due to heavy workload. The district attorney will press to schedule it on the current term.
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Racine, Wis
Thomas M. Kearney
W. J. Dillon
Jacob C. Best
Milwaukee
Desperate Kidnapping Case Shocks Kenosha
Mrs. Alfred Terrill abducts her two daughters in Kenosha Wisconsin binding nurse hand and foot and tying her to a bedpost. The father A S Terrill and detectives search without success as police investigate the alleged mentally affected mother who fled with Mildred and Anabel Terrill, ages five and three.
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Kenosha
Wis
Alfred Terrill
A. S. Terrill
Simmons Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Mildred
Anabel Terrill
Terrill
Knights elect delegates to state convention
At a regular meeting last evening La Crosse council No. 839 of the Knights of Columbus chose John Weber Dr Edward Egan and John F Doherty as delegates to the state convention. The convention will be held at Janesville May 14.
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la Crosse
Knights of Columbus
John Weber
Edward Egan
John F. Doherty
Order
Janesville
Consecration Rehearsal By Christchurch Choir
Christchurch choir begins rehearsals for special consecration music next month under Bishop Webb. The ensemble will be enlarged with over fifty extra voices to perform Mendelssohn and Gadsby works.
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Christchurch
Webb
Packman
Mendelssohn
Gadsby
Winnipeg Club in Town for League Park Game
The Winnipeg ball club arrived at noon and will play the Champs at League park this afternoon. Manager J. M. Lamb accompanies the team and they stay through tomorrow.
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Winnipeg
City
Champs
League Park
J. M. Lamb
Winnipeg Association
Fellowship Among Them All
Madison May 2 The national congress of religions promotes fellowship at a First Congregational church meeting. Milwaukee delegates Rabbi Samuel Hirshberg Rev A C Grier and Rev Jenkin Lloyd Jones. A committee to draft resolutions for greater interfaith fellowship was formed with members from Madison Milwaukee and Janesville.
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Madison
Wis
National Congress of Religions
First Congregational Church
Milwaukee
Samuel Hirshberg
A. C. Grier
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
E. G. Updyke
G. E. Hunt
George McAdam
F. A. Gilmore
Rabbit Hirshberg
L. H. Keller
W. C. Waite
R. A. Vaughan
Janesville
Capitol exterior wall material decision promised
Madison Wis May 2 The capitol commission will decide today whether to use white Bethel granite or white Georgia marble for the exterior walls of the proposed new six million dollar capitol. The general impression is granite will be chosen. Prior sentiment favored marble but after a recent trip to quarries in Georgia and Vermont opinion shifted toward granite.
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Madison, Wis
Capitol Commission
Capitol
Bethel
Georgia
Vermont
Brookline Tops World In Wealth Per Capita Ranking
Brookline, a Boston suburb, is described as the richest place globally by wealth per person. The note contrasts New York City’s 18,000 practicing attorneys with only about 100 known beyond the city.
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Brookline
Boston
New York
Young Men’s Y M C A Campaign Races For Four Figure Pledges
The La Crosse effort shows E A Erickson’s team rising from last to second with 661 dollars while J F Correy leads at 1572. Business and young men compete for a 15 000 pledge to fund a new Y M C A building as calls go out for prompt subscriptions and dedication from all men.
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E. A. Erickson
J. F. Correy
la Crosse
Association
H. Schweizer
J. M. Holley, Jr
Woods
W. W. Withee
F. H. Scofield
F. J. Correy
E.A. Erickson
C. L. Baldwin
PP. J. Schuies
Dr. Rasmussen
C. F. Ogden
F. C. Herrington
J. W. Stafford
Virginia
Bloomington
American National Bank
Richmond
Joseph Bryan
Baldwin Mercantile purchase reshapes Sparta hardware firm
Sparta Wisconsin May 2 Special. Harry D Baldwin and E S Baldwin bought the M F Howell Hardware Co the citys oldest hardware business. Possession is immediate and the Baldwins will continue operations in both stores. Howell founder R S Baldwin is the new owners father. Howell will not return to business due to ill health.
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Sparta
Wis
Harry D
E. S. Baldwin
Baldwin Mercantile Company
M. F. Howell
Howell
A. M. McIntosh
la Crosse
Clara Fanning
Samuel Blake
Black River Falls
Theodore Tolock
Mary Oaks
la Crosse River
Railroad Street
Timmerman Brothers
Ontario
South Water Street
Ben Roon
R. P. Bushey
Appleton
William Jones
Cashton
Michael Donnelly
East Street
Geil to Lecture on A Yankee in Pigmy Land
Dr. William Edgar Geil tours the south delivering lectures in large meetings about his travels in Africa and other countries. A special train was reportedly run to bring listeners to his talk at a Congregational church next Tuesday night, with praise from Wm. T. Stead and positive British coverage.
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Geil
William Edgar Geil
Congregational Church
Africa
Livingston
Stanley
England
Wm. T. Stead
Mr. Geil
la Crosse
Onalaska Welcomes New Cement Block Industry
Onalaska forms a new company, the Onalaska Artificial Stone Company, to manufacture cement building blocks. J M Bucklin is president, Fred Holt House treasurer, Ernest Waga manager and inventor of a power driven block machine, and William Niedfelt superintendent. The plant near Onalaska is ready with machines in operation. The machine is claimed to produce 20 000 blocks daily, quadruple the old method.
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Onalaska
J. M. Bucklin
Fred Holthouse
Ernest Waga
William Niedfelt
Post Easter fashion notes for women corsets and gowns
The article outlines spring and summer lingerie and outerwear trends with new corset covers shaping hips and matching trims. It notes tailored coats with velvet collars, kilted skirts, and color harmonies for wedding ensembles. Fabrics include cloth and silk blends with pongee checks in green accents. Judic Chollet.
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