Mayor Gaynor of New York Dies on Ocean Liner
New York mayor William J. Gaynor died at sea after a heart condition worsened en route aboard the Baltic. In a final wireless message from the Baltic dated September 5 he warned against returning control of the city to outside grafters and urged builders to “give them the shovel” as a symbol for subway construction and reform.
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Gaynor
Baltic
New York City
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Delmonico’s
W. J. Gaynor
Murphy
Tammany Hall
Delmonico's
Edward E. McCall
Tammany
William Gaynor Dies Aboard Baltic After Assault
William J. Gaynor dies at sea on the Baltic after lingering from the assassin’s bullet that struck him three years ago. He suffered heart failure and debilitating coughing as his son Rufus W. Gaynor and a nurse kept vigil aboard the liner en route to Europe. The New York political scene had just named him a nominee moments before his weakness prevented speech.
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New York
William J. Gaynor
Baltic
Europe
Gaynor
Rufus W. Gaynor
Weather Summary for La Crosse and Minnesota Regions
Yesterday's high 81 and low 69 with .34 inches of precipitation. Tonight and Friday bring cooler, fair to partly unsettled conditions, with frost in low lands and winds from the northwest. Regional high and low pressure patterns show fair eastern states and unsettled Mississippi Valley with heavy rain in the lake region to Gulf states. River conditions noted.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Atlantic States
Mississippi Valley
Plains States
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain Districts
Montana
Lake Region
Gulf States
Duluth
St. Paul
Red Wing
Des Moines
Kansas City
Galveston
Burglary hits Gautsch store and Tausche Hardware
A burglar broke into L. E. Gautsch at 508 Main street and rifled the cash register losing only a few cents from the safe. Earlier he tried to rob the V Tausche Hardware Co on South Fourth street but escaped through a Jay street alley without taking any goods.
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L. E. Gautsch
Main Street
la Crosse
V. Tausche Hardware Company
South Fourth Street
Ed Hovind
Gautsch
Mr. Gautsch
Tausche’s
Tausche Hardware Company
Fourth Street
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Jay Street
March Out of Fire at Fuller School in Chicago
A twelve year old girl played a lively march as 600 Fuller school pupils evacuated safely from a smoke filled building during a fire.
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Chicago
Fuller School
Congress Clock Reports Noon Sessions and Currency Debate
The Senate met at noon as the currency reform debate continued. The West Virginia strike investigating committee pressed its probe while the House convened for general debate at midday.
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Senate
West Virginia
House
Public hearing set on insubordination charges against Police Chief Webber
The fire and police commission scheduled a public hearing for Wednesday evening September 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the city hall council chamber. Mayor Sorensen filed the charges and the commission will hear testimony, with Webber represented by counsel and the city attorney possibly speaking for the administration. The mayor may be questioned on motives behind the dispute. The complaint was served this morning by the commission.
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Fire and Police Commission
John Webber
Ori J. Sorensen
L. C. Colman
Webber
Sorensen
Plan 30 Million Plant At Superior Wis
United States Steel announces a new steel plant at Superior Wisconsin costing about 30 million dollars. Construction begins in spring with about 12 000 workers planned. Power from the St Louis river will be exceptionally high voltage enabling production 20 percent cheaper than at other U.S. sites.
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Superior
Wis
United States Steel Corporation
Great Lakes
St. Louis
Niagara
Keokuk
Steel Corporation
La Crosse County Adopts Dunn Coupon Ballot for Voting
The La Crosse County Board approved the Dunn coupon ballot by a 21 4 vote to guide county elections. The decision followed heated debate led by Supervisor Valentine Keppel who opposed the ballot. The board also referred a proposed $10 000 drainage dyke project by Onalaska farmers to a special committee with costs shared by farmers the town of Onalaska the town of Campbell and the railroad.
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la Crosse County
Valentine Keppel
W. E. Barber
Walter Winter
Midway
Campbell
Halfway Creek
Drought Ended as Kansas Weather Brings Rain
Kansas drought relief as heavy rains sweep the state. One to four inches fallen, reviving fall crops and winter forage. Water shortages ease and cattle market pressures lessen as stock water conditions improve.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Rain Dampens Milwaukee Day At State Fair
Rain began before noon at the Milwaukee State fairgrounds dampening Milwaukee day crowds. About 15 000 people had entered the fair by noon despite the drizzle.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Thieves Steal 500 Dollars Worth of Ginseng
In Sparta Wisconsin on September 11 thieves stole about 500 dollars worth of ginseng from Charles Roy near Summit. The year’s ginseng thefts are estimated to cost Portage farmers about 3590 dollars.
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Sparta
Wis
Charles Roy
Summit
Aeroplane Dives Into Crowd Killing Four in Germany
A biplane failed to rise and dived into a crowd of spectators near Buchenbeuren, Coblenz. Four people were killed, two fatally injured and 15 hurt as Lieut Teubern’s machine crashed into the onlookers during maneuvers. A woman and a boy were cut to pieces by the propeller.
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Buchenbeuren
Lieut
Teubern
Schneider
La Follette's tariff vote earns mixed praise across party lines
Local Democrats and Republicans applaud Senator La Follette for backing the Underwood tariff bill. W. D. Connor and The Milwaukee Free Press defend his stance as principled, while figures like Charles Schweizer and D. S. Law stress progress and loyalty. Gov Morris lauds tariff reform but notes missed amendments.
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Milwaukee Free Press
W. D. Connor
la Collette
Senate
la Follette
John F. Doherty
Wisconsin
Charles H. Schweizer
Senator la Follette
D. S. Law
Republican County
James Thompson
Bob
Morris
Wilson-Underwood
President Wilson Plans Cornish Vacation to Rest and Reset
President Wilson planned to depart Washington this afternoon for Cornish New Hampshire for possibly a week's vacation. He aims to avoid public business to return refreshed and ready for the currency fight.
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Wilson
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Robbery at Dekarske Saloon as Two Masked Men Escape
Two masked men entered the Dekarske saloon early today and forced Charles and his wife to surrender sixty dollars from the cash register before fleeing, hindering police response.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Charles Dekarske
Dekarske
Smugglers Hold Texas Deputies Near Carrizales
A fight broke out near Carriz Springs in Dimmit County as a sheriff's posse clashed with fifteen Mexican ammunition smugglers. One Mexican was killed and deputies Bucking and Ortiz were captured. Another posse pursued the smugglers and Governor Colquitt ordered rangers to the scene.
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Austin
Texas
Bucking
Ortiz
Carrize Springs
Dimmito County
Colquit
Bank Messenger Robbed by Four in West Madison Heist
Four men ambushed Garfield Park State Savings messenger Warrington McAvoy on West Madison Street in Chicago seizing a valise with 4,690 dollars in cash and 10,000 in checks before fleeing in a Ford. Police recovered the valise and checks at 1243 Independence Boulevard. cash remained unaccounted.
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Chicago
Warrington McAvoy
Garfield Park
McAvoy
Garfield Park Bank
Independence Boulevard
Arkansas Hangs Youth in Fayetteville
Arkansas today hanged an 18 year old boy named Omer Davis for the murder of his school mistress Miss Nellie Moneyhan. He protested his innocence to the last while his mother, who had traveled northern Arkansas with a petition seeking commutation, collapsed near the inclosure when the trap was sprung.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Arkansas
Omer Davis
Nellie Moneyhan
County board backs convict labor on roads in Illinois
Dixon Illinois September 11 the Lee county board of supervisors adopted a resolution commending the Joliet penitentiary system at Camp Hope where 45 honor convicts are at work on roads and urging expansion to all able bodied prisoners in city county and state institutions
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Dixon
Ill
Camp Hope
Joliet State Penitentiary
Lee County Board of Supervisors
Resignation of Pontiac Reformatory Head Over Cruelty Charges
Judge Russell quit as superintendent to save the reformatory from objectionable notoriety. He denied mistreatment of inmates and said the charges were trumped up.
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Pontiac, Ill
Russell
Pontiac Reformatory
The
Reformatory
Grebner Dittman Nuptials Pronounced at Home
Miss Helen Grebner daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Grebner was married this afternoon at 3 30 to C A Dittman secretary of the State Retail Liquor Dealers association. The ceremony occurred at the bride’s parents home Seventh and Cass streets.
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Helen Grebner
Frank
Forty days in jail for La Crosse shoe theft
George Brooks, a young man charged with robbery at the La Crosse Boot and Shoe company, pleaded guilty in county court to stealing several pairs of shoes and was sentenced to forty days in the county jail.
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George Brooks
la Crosse
Mother Grieved by Absence of Daughter In Bangor
Bangor Wisconsin resident Lillian Robinson, daughter of prominent locals, is reported missing from La Cyr Jrosse. Authorities and community members await her return as family pleads for information.
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Bangor, Wis
Mystery surrounds missing wife in Chicago and Midwest
Chicago and northwest police are asked to help locate Mrs George Palmer formerly Lillian Robinson of Bangor Wisconsin who disappeared July 8 from Minneapolis. Her mother is distraught and Palmer has telegrammed Chicago police asking them to locate her and return her to Bangor. The woman, 25 and married six years, has no known address, no Chicago ties, and a letter postmarked Chicago offered no explanation.
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Northwest
George Palmer
Minneapolis
Lillian Robinson
Bangor
Wis
Twin Cities
George Robinson
Charles Robinson
Palmer
Tribune
Mr. Palmer
Yacht Fire Fatal in Chicago Docked Vessel
An unidentified man was fatally burned when a massive explosion and fire destroyed the $15,600 yacht owned by James D. Lacey a Chicago real estate broker. The yacht was docked on the Chicago river north branch for repairs ahead of a month long cruise. Dock workers heard the blast and the man leaped into the river as flames enveloped him before being rescued and rushed to a hospital.
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