Central Electric Plant Lease Suit Trial Opens
The minority stockholders suit over the Central Electric plant lease to the Cargill Light Trust began with W. E. Doerflinger and Roland B. Gelatt testifying. Doerflinger described promises of stockholder support and questioned the lease’s terms and safeguards, while Gelatt asserted memory gaps and disputed press suppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Electric Company
Cargill Light Trust
W. E. Doerflinger
the Central
Roland B. Gelatt
Doerflinger
Gelatt
Mr. Gelatt
Gargill
Chronicle
la Crosse
Leader-Press
Henry H. Rodgers
Standard 617
Central
Cargill
Light Trust Common
McMillan
Bankers of District No 7 organize at La Crosse club
Wisconsin Bankers Association district number seven completes permanent organization at La Crosse club with officers led by President John M Holley and Vice President John E Hart. Mentions eight western Wisconsin counties and speeches by Dudley and Barney along with committee appointments and bylaw adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Bankers of District No. 7
la Crosse Club
John M. Holley
John O. Melby
Whitehall
H. Linndemann
Viroqua
Dudley
Bangor
Barney
Wisconsin
Geo. D. Bartless
Citizens State Bank
Stanley
Wis
Wisconsin Bankers Assn
la Crosse
Corpse in St Paul Not Believed to Be Lemptke
Telegram from St Paul hospital says the man found dead on the wharf is not Charles W Lemptke of La Crosse. Albert Barnett and Mrs Frohock traveled to verify identity but uncertainty remains as details of Lemptke's letter and possible fate unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
A. B.rackey
St. Paul City Hospital
Charles W. Lemptke
Albert Barnett
Lempke
Anarchist Arrested Near King Victor Emmanuel in Geneva
Geneva reports an anarchist arrested Saturday during the Simpson tunnel opening near King Victor Emmanuel. The man carried a concealed stilett0 in his sleeve within two feet of the monarch, sparking security concerns.
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Scripps-McRae
Geneva
Simpson — Tunnel
Victor Emmanuel
Farmer Drives Motherless Children 10 Plow Like Oxen
Oshkosh Wisconsin May 24. August Dumbie a farmer has been arrested by the Hirmane society charged with habitually harnessing his six motherless children in or before their teens to a plow and driving them about the field Neighbors threaten violence.
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Oshkosh
Wis
August Dumbie
Hirmane Society
Philippine coin silver to curb bullion exports expected Friday
Washington May 24 Lodge notified the senate he would call up Friday the measure authorizing the Philippine commission to lower the amount of silver in the Philippine coins to prevent its exportation for bullion value.
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Washington
Senate
Philippine Commission
Cyclone devastates Soller province in Madrid event
A terrible cyclone struck the Soller province near Madrid on May 24 causing enormous damage across the region. Officials report widespread destruction and property losses as residents assess the impact.
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Madrid
Soller
Count Solsky Resigns as Empire Council President
ST PETERSBURG May 24 Count Solsky, president of the council of empire, resigned due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Count Solsky
Council of Empire
Night Robe Flee as Virginia Seminary Burned
Two hundred female students from a colored seminary fled in night robes when the large institution burned to the ground in Richmond Virginia. The fire caused an estimated loss of eighty thousand dollars.
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Scripps-MecRae Dispatch
Richmond
Old Engineer Heads Out Window Hit By Passing Switch Engine
Burlington Iowa May 24 J D Johnson a veteran Burlington engineer stuck his head out of the cab window and a passing switch engine knocked it off leaving the man uninjured but shaken The incident happened as the train moved through Burlington local news records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Burlington
J. D. Johnson
Banks warned on insurance handling in Wisconsin
Deputy insurance commissioner Thos M Purtell sent notices to bank cashiers statewide citing statutes that bar banks from soliciting or collecting life insurance premiums without state authority. The warnings respond to banks acting as agents for companies removed from the state but with active Wisconsin policies.
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Madison
Wis
Thos. M. Purtell
Wisconsin
State Insurance Department
Milwaukee repair foreman John Landis laid off
Mil waukee crew foreman John Landis is being laid off while foreman E Bach attends duties.
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John Landis
Milwaukee
E. Bach
Hearing Opens On Prorates In Oil Shipments
In Cleveland on May 24 a dozen Standard Oil and railroad lawyers attended an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing under the Tillman Gillespie reservation. F B Westbee of Titusville testified that prorates on oils from Titusville to Vermont were refused. Louis Emery of Bradford testified to selling lubricating oils to European railroads and to American roads before contracts with Standard and Galena Oil Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Cleveland
Standard Oil
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tillman-Gillespie
F. B. Westbee
Titusville
Vermont
Louis Emery
Bradford
The
Standard
Galena Oil Co
Striking Plumbers Return to Work After Short Shutdown
Striking city plumbers resumed work this morning under a temporary agreement reached yesterday between employers and a plumbers committee. The pact ends a one week strike with concessions on schedules and hiring, maintaining daily wages of 3.50 for masters and 2.50 for helpers.
Postal Congress Approves One Ounce Letter Weight
The international postal congress approved raising letter weight to one ounce. Rome reports the decision with Madrid set to host the next congress.
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Rome
International Postal Congress
Madrid
Trepte Welcomes Baby Girl At Home
Mr and Mrs B Trepte Jr welcomed a baby girl to their home yesterday. The brief notice notes the new arrival in the family and records the happy event.
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Stoee ST. Paul
Charles W. Sempke
Magnate
William Doerflinger
Felber
R. B. Gelatt
Fawcett
National Bank
Holley
Bankers Presbyterians
United Today
Groupe “7
John E. Hart
Treas —J. F.rance
Galesville
George H. Ray
George W. Burton
H. P. Proctor
Cumberland
Regulation Church
Des Moines
Presbyte
Rian Church
Moderator Corbett
Berland
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterians
Unitarian Church
Presbyterian Assembly
America
Mrs. Frohock
St. Paul
Leiter
Charles W. Semple
Lémpké
Tempke
Spain
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