Milwaukee Road to Move Yards on North Side
Milwaukee Road to eliminate all switching on Mill Street and other North Side street crossings. About $60,000 will fund new yards and only main tracks will pass the North Side. Supt Eldridge and city aldermen approve plans. location of yards kept secret pending finalization. work to start at once if officials favor.
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Milwaukee Road
C. L. V. Craft
B. F. Eldridge
Craft
P. W. Mahoney
Pres. Edwards
City Railway
Ald, Keller
Eldridge
Grand Crossing
Murphy for Vice President Prominent New Jersey Push
The New Jersey delegation at Chicago will present Franklin Murphy as the GOP vice presidential candidate. Murphy, former New Jersey governor, serves as Republican National Committee vice chairman and leads a varnish company famed globally. Supporters anticipate votes from Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts New Hampshire New York and several southern and western delegates.
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New Jersey
Chicago
Franklin Murphy
Murphy
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
Republican National Committee
La Crosse City Hall Run by 6 Year-Old Mayor
A six year old Detroit boy, grandson of Mayor Anderson, visited La Crosse and briefly dictated city business at the city hall. His presence caused a playful upheaval as locals watched the youngster issue whims and treat the town as his own domain for about an hour or two.
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Anderson
Detroit
Mayor Anderson
John W. Anderson
Wolverine
la Crosse
Michigan
No Bishops Elect Today at Methodist Conference
Baltimore May 22 Two ballots for bishop election were announced with no election. Leaders on the eighth ballot were W S Lewis Sioux City W A Quale Chicago Homer C Stuntz Philippine Islands Charles W Smith Pittsburg. On the ninth ballot leaders were Quale Lewis Stuntz Smith and Robert M McIntyre Los Angeles. The tenth ballot was taken at noon and will be announced Monday morning. The conference voted today to adjourn sine die on June 1.
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Baltimore
General Conference of Methodists
W. S. Lewis
Sioux City
W. A. Quale
Chicago
Homer C. Stuntz
Philippine Islands
Charles W. Smith
Pittsburg
Quale
Lewis
Stuntz
Smith
Robert M. McIntyre
Los Angeles
Presbyterians Seek End To Church Litigation Across States
Kansas City May 24 Plans to end the litigation caused by the union with the Cumberland church were discussed at the Presbyterian General Assembly session. The legal committee reports cases pressed in eleven states and recommends synodical committees handle such matters and disputes be settled out of court where possible.
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G. A. Keller
Mill Street
Eldridge
Craft
Kansas City
Cumberland Church
Presbyterian General Assembly
Synodical
Looters of the Public Domain a Book by S A D Puters
Portland May 23 The Looters of the Public Domain a book by S A D Puters former king of land fraud agents in Oregon, and Horace McKinley's pal, is off the press. Timber men exposed in Puters account of arrest, escape and re arrest. expected to stir when contrasting with Burns’ tale.
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Portland
Ore
D. Puter
Oregon
Horace McKinley
Puter
W. J. Burns
Deer Appears in State Road Coulee
Farmers along State Road Coulee reported a doe deer wandering from the tobacco shed on the Bennett farm toward the Burlington tracks. J B Watterson and John Van Loon attempted capture. Dr Hauser and others planned a pursuit. The deer, possibly owned by the Rademacher family, had been in captivity and was last seen near the abattoir as several groups hunted the area.
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State Road Coulee
J.B. Watterson
Primrose Hotel
John van Loon
Mormon Coulee
Bennett Farm
Burlington Railroad
Burlington
Abattoir
Dr. Hauser
Rademacher
Mississippi Street
Ambrose Buys 116 Acre Yakima Valley Fruit Farm
John Ambrose of Mill Street has purchased a 116 acre fruit farm in the Yakima Valley Washington after a western visit. He will return next Thursday to decide whether to move his family there.
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John Ambrose
Mill Street
Yakama Valley
Washington
Ambrose
Monopoly Suit Against New Haven Trade Ring Denied
Washington May 23 A Sherman act action against the New York New Haven Hartford railroad monopoly in New England triggered rumors of a clash between President Roosevelt and Attorney General Bona parte. The White House denies the dispute and confirms a Boston filing to restrain the New Haven from dominating 500 of Connecticut 600 miles of electric railways, with 35 percent of regional traffic under it.
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Washington, D. C
New York
New Haven & Connecticut
New England
Rooseevlt
Bonaparte
White House
New Haven
Hartford
Massachusetts
Boston
Connecticut
United States
French
New Haven Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
Rhode Island
Root May Succeed Fuller As Chief Justice
Washington debate grows over a possible change in the United States Supreme Court chief justice. The piece notes no retirement official, but indicates the president or successor may nominate a new chief. If Roosevelt or Taft selects, Elihu Root could wear the mantle.
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Root
Fuller
Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Republic
Justice Fuller
Roosevelt
Taft
Elihu Root
Deneen Replies to Illinois Charity Inquiry Report
Springfield May 23 Gov Deneen sent a special message to the legislature rebutting the house committee report on state charitable institutions. He brands the inquiry political and denounces its procedures as improper while detailing Hamlin case facts from Pontiac reformatory. Legislature adjourned sine die after a bond bill vote failed 58 to 50 with 77 needed.
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Springfield
House
Illinois
Deneen
House Committee
Hamlin
Pontiac Reformatory
Peter Dailey Dies After Pneumonia In Chicago
Peter F Dailey leading actor with Joe Weber's company at the Colonial theatre died of pneumonia at the Auditorium hotel at noon. He fell ill after catching a cold while performing and after a week with pleuro pneumonia, was expected to resume duties next Monday. Dailey was a well known American stage comedian famed for his musical comedy work.
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Chicago
Peter F. Dailey
Joe Weber
Colonial Theatre
Auditorium Hotel
Dailey
Rodriguez
Hardin Wins A Great Victory In Ruling Reversal
Leipsic May 23 The supreme court reversed the conviction of Editor Harden for libel against the Knights of the Round Table, ordering a rehearing. The ruling alarms officials and crowns Harden a popular target as he awaits retrial on bond.
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Harden
Statue to Hanna Unveiled in Wade Park Cleveland
A grand statue of the late Senator Marcus A. Hanna was unveiled in Wade Park beside Euclid Avenue in Cleveland. Designed by St Gaudens, it rests on a 25 foot granite pedestal. Gov Harris and other officials led attendance including Taft Cortelyou Harry New and Secretary Dover. Mrs Ruth Hanna McCormick and Mrs Mabel Hanna Parsons unveiled the figure. John W Griggs delivered the oration.
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Cleveland, CO
Marcus A. Hanna
Wade Park
Euclid Avenue
St. Gaudens
Harris
Taft, Cortelyou
Harry New
Dover
National Republican Committee
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Mabel Hanna Parsons
John W. Griggs
United States
Nail In Foot Injures La Crosse Foreman
L. L. Murphy, foreman at the La Crosse Rubber mills, stepped on a large nail while carrying a bundle across the floor. The nail fastened into his foot, causing a serious injury. He is expected to be laid up for several days.
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L. L. Murphy
la Crosse
Plea to Change Site of Farm School Not Taken Seriously
Madison May 23 state Supt. C. P. Carey visited La Crosse to discuss moving the county agricultural school from Onalaska to West Salem. The board denied he had authority to decide the site, and Bosshard stated the board alone holds final authority. Building committee members asserted advisory power, while the full board retains authority over site choice.
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Madison
Wis
C. P. Carey
la Crosse
County Agricultural School
Onalaska
West Salem
Supt
Carey
Board of Supervisors
Pettingill
Otto Basshard
Bosshard
Assemblyman
Vv. S. Keppel
W. F. Baker
Burt Nelson
Mike McHugh
L. F. Aiken
Mr. Bosshard
J. L. Pettingill
B. F. Oltman
F. I. Bolles
Supt. Carey
County
City Board of Education
Weather and Water Forecast With Temperature Extremes
Weather forecast notes Wallaca Idaho 36 hour outlook with 48 to 72 degree range and light wind around 4 miles per hour. Water stage at 7.3 rising 0.3. Wisconsin outlook shows fair tonight and Sunday with little temperature change.
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Wallaca
Idaho
Wisconsin
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