New Fisherman’s Ring Ordered Amid Papal Succession
Rome July 29 The Teribuna notes the recovery of the yet lost fisherman's ring for the papal ceremony after a new pope is chosen. Cardinal Oreglia orders a new ring as divisions within the sacred college widen with anti Rampalla factions vowing to back a foreign cardinal if needed. Cardinal Kopp is mentioned but not viewed as a serious candidate due to France risk. In New York, mourners attend services for Pope Leo XIII at St Patrick’s Cathedral with a large crowd, solemn prayers, and clergy assisting.
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Rome
Cardinal Oreglia
Leo Xiil Iy
Sacred College
Tax
Kopp
Breslau
Franuce
New York
Leo
St. Patrick
Russians Die in a Cyclone Near Saint Petersburg
A cyclone swept through the district near St. Petersburg on July 2, killing three villagers and causing great loss. Local authorities report extensive damage and ongoing rescue work as survivors recount the event amid widespread fear and disruption.
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St. Petersburg
Nigor
Efe
Incendiary Fire Endangers La Crosse Home
A fire at the J. W. Stowell residence near Guatago in La Crosse trapped Mrs. Stowell and two young children until two firemen carried them to safety. The blaze started in an unoccupied area, and no arson evidence was found, though the culprit remains unknown.
Citizens battle Ghigago policy writers in Chicago
July 20 six hundred policy writers in Chicago were arrested by the grand jury for lottery tickets. Indictments mark the start of a campaign by the Citizens association against policy operations in the city. In Michigan Nogrunce near Goose Lake a handcar collision killed William Linger of Cincinnati and seriously injured another man while two others escaped uninjured.
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Chicago
Citizens’ Association
Bookies at Glenville track under police vigilance
Cleveland on July 29 reports say bookmakers operated under police vigilance at Glenville track. Wagers were placed across events while the sport remained brisk. Joe Pointer set an 8:09 pace record to 2:05.4, becoming the fastest son of Star Pointer, and Elastic Pointer lowered the 2:23 pace record to 2:00.45.
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Cleveland
Glenville
Joe Pointer
Star Pointer
Crops Improve After Heavy Rain in Plainfield
Plainfield reports a break in drought as a heavy rain boosts crop prospects. Warm weather brings optimism about the seasonal outlook and farming conditions across the region.
De Pere Council Debates Water Franchise Request
At a regular De Pere council meeting next Monday A L Holmes plans to block the water company’s franchise application. Holmes seeks a 30 year term and promises a sufficient supply for public and domestic use.
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Green Bay
Depere Chy Council
A. L. Holmes
Mr. Holmes
Pioneer of Stevens Point Doctor John Phillips Dies
Stevens Point Wisconsin July 29 Dr John Phillips longtime pioneer physician of central Wisconsin died after months of illness following influenza heart trouble He was born in Richmond Vermont in 1828 came to Wisconsin in 1846 practiced in Stevens Point 1848 Married Ella Hall in 1854 survived by two daughters and will be buried with Masonic rites He helped bring the sixth state normal to Stevens Point
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Stevens Point
Wis
John Phillips
Wisconsin
Richmond
Wyate
Lafayette County
Lymad J. Rhoades
Fond U Lac
J. M. Rogers
Four Drown as Boat Drawn Over Dam on Dedication Night
Four people drowned when a boat carrying them was swept over Herr's Island dam just after the dedication ceremonies. Pittsburg reports the tragedy occurred on the night of the dam opening, with the current driving the boat over the structure.
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Pittsburg
Herr's Island
Rock Island System Absorbs Another Road
New York July 29 The Rock Island system yesterday acquired control of the Ryansville and Terre Haute and subsidiary lines by taking over the holdings of the syndicate headed by Edward S Hooley senior partner of Hooley and Co whose failure was announced Monday.
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Rock Island System
New York
Ryansvile & Terre Hatte
Edward S. Hooley
Hr of
Hooley and Co
Gas Trust Co as Trustee for Detroit City Gas Mortgage
The Valuable Trust Co of New York is named trustee for a $10,000,000 mortgage issue of the Detroit City Gas Co Michigan. The indenture dates July 1, 1908 and is recorded in New York money markets.
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Detroit Company
New York
Jay
Valitable Trust Co
General Mortgase
Detroit City Gas Co
Michigan
Nedey
Trase
Bristow Withholds Hedges Salary Amid Suspension Case
Washington July 26 Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow is holding up the undrawn salary of Charles Hedges, recently dismissed superintendent of the city delivery service, for the last week of his service as the case accounts are settled.
L M Larson Wanted at Waldorf College Iowa
Dr L M Larson a Wisconsin history scholar at West Side High Milwaukee has been offered Waldorf College presidency in Forest City Iowa. The decision could interrupt his Household of the English Before the Norman Conquest project and ongoing university research and library work as he weighs the substantial financial lure against commitments to historical investigation and teaching duties.
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L. M. Larson
Department of History
University of Wisconsin
West Side High School
Milwaukee
Waldorf College
Fores
Iowa
Larson
Son of Savenport Lawyer Drowns in Lilly Lake
St Paul reports a man from Savenport died by drowning in Lilly Lake on a Saturday morning. Alfred Clausen, a resident of Savenport, was identified by letters found on a swan's clothing. The body was recovered the following Monday. identification linked him to Ernest Viksen, a prominent lawyer of Davenport.
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Savenport
Lilly Lake
St. Paul
Lilly Lane
Sudwater
Alfred Clausen
Spport
Ernest Vikusen
Davennort
Isthmian revolution subsides for present at least
Washington dispatch reports the temporary Indian official on the isthmus has subsided per a cablegram from US Consul General Gudger dated Penama yesterday. He says conditions are perfectly quiet and he foresees no further trouble. Gudger wishes to return home on leave, but Acting Secretary Leonig has denied the request.
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Washington
United States
Gudger
Penama
Gudjer
Leonig
Russia Eyes Peace in Far East This Winter
Lenica July 28 The Chronicle reports Russia has made key concessions to the United States Japan and Great Britain and that peace will be preserved in the far east throughout the coming winter according to correspondents.
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Lenica
Far East
Russia
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Senators Clash on Race Problem in Wisconsin Debate
In Madison a July assembly featured Senator B R Tillman of South Carolina trading barbs with Senator J F Burton of Kansas on the negro question. Tillman argued against political equality for blacks while Burton urged education and political rights, amid a 6000-strong crowd. The discussion touched on emigration, northern and southern attitudes, and wartime motives, with references to Wisconsin demographics and long-standing racial tensions. Other notices cover Gov. LaFollette’s camp visit, bike thefts in Janesville, and the death of Charles Haggerty, a 15-year-old missing boy found in the Wolf River.
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Madison
B. R.tillman
South Carolina
J. FR. Burton
Kansas
South
Myest
Burton
Tillman
Senate
Race and rights rhetoric from Reconstruction era speech
The excerpt argues Black progress under slavery and freedom, asserts standards for voting by race, condemns lynching, and warns against renewed war on Black people. It presents controversial views on crime, education, and social status attributed to historical slavery and calls for equal application of standards. It reflects hostile, racialized rhetoric from the period.
Wisconsin State News Uplifted union talks amid paper strike
A Wisconsin conference among De Pere paper workers discusses a request from the American Writing Paper Company to join strikes in Holyoke Massachusetts and other eastern points. De Pere workers have not yet acted. Also a railway laborer, Agland Tose Sural, was killed when a sand bank collapsed at a pit, buried under fourteen feet of sand.
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Uppleton
American Writing Paper Company
Holyoke
Mass
Agbland
Tose
Sural
Hunters Seek Mad Dog in Yorkville Farm Town
About fifteen to twenty armed farmers scoured Yorkville for hours hunting a mad dog. A large ferocious canine bit six cows, causing losses estimated at $300, with the cows valued at that sum.
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Racine
Yorkville
Man Killed, Another Injured in Goose Lake Road Accident
While returning to Sands on a handcut and rounding a curve near Goose Lake, William Jinger was instantly killed and another man seriously injured. The accident involved a bound fast freight.
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Negaimee
Sands
Goose Lake
William Jinger
Loved an Old Indian in County Affair Exposed
A white woman in the county abandoned her husband and sought the company of an Ojibwa. The Indian is described as advanced in years and the case draws local attention to cultural intermarriage and social norms of the era.
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Washburn
Pabe
Maiming Charge Yields Six Months Jail Terms
Prairie du Chien Ed charged with maiming an officer along with Dave Jenkins of Marietta. Each defendant received six months in the county jail on the maiming officer charge.
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Prairie du Chiron
Dave Jenkins
Marietta
Eacn
Race and crime debate cited by senators in 19th century dialogue
The speech portrays renewed southern resentment post Civil War with claims that crime by Black people has risen since emancipation. It recalls Southern leaders arguing for white political supremacy and the persistence of slavery era attitudes in northern states. The dialogue reflects racial tensions and justifications used to defend segregation.
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Burton
Tilman
Landmark Judge Cole homestead burns in city fire
A large wing of the old Judge Cole homestead, long a city landmark, was destroyed by a blaze at Burns La Gross landmark. Fire officials believe the cause is incendiary.
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Burns la Gross
Crosse
Judge Cole
Richards sonsfire shotgun spree terrorizes neighbors
Two young sons of George Richards, visiting from abroad, seized shotguns and fired promiscuously in the city emulating wild west acts. No injuries reported as police confiscated the weapons while the incident drew attention to the neighborhood.
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Janesville
George Richards
England
Revolutionist General Surrenders to Government
Caracas July 29 General Antonio Ramos a late revolutionary chief near Témain and with a camp near Santa Lucia surrendered to the government with 400 men, arms and ammunition.
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Caracas
Antonio Ramos
Santa Lucia
Gether
State improves Mendota and Waukesha facilities bids opened
The Wisconsin state board opened bids for Mendota Insane Hospital renovations and an Industrial School for Boys at Waukesha. Work totals exceed 70 thousand dollars with Mendota bids above 25 thousand. Swift & Co of Chicago approved for three months meat supply worth about 5 thousand dollars monthly.
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Swift & Co
Chicago
State Board of Control
State Hospital For the Insane
Mendota
Industrial School
Waukesha
Nelson Morris Co
Receiver Named for Show at Spring Brook Grounds
Judge Dunwsdale appoints David W Watt receiver for the Lillella Forepaugi Fick show attached for 23000 dollars. Horses to pasture and the menagerie stored in Janesville city until gala. City crowded with a mix of races and travelers awaiting funds. Police surveillance around Spring Brook Grounds where tents remain.
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Janesville
Dunwsdale
David W. Watt
Spring Brook
Child Nearly Died After Fall Into Yellow Jacket Nest
Three year old falls into a hollow near Riverside cemetery in Appleton and is stung by a yellow jacket nest. She was nearly stung to death but is expected to recover.
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Yellow Jackets
Appleton
Ndar
Riverside
Miners' President Fined for Concealed Weapons
Leadville California July 29 Charles R. Moyer, president of the miners union, was fined sixty dollars for carrying concealed weapons. Immediately after, he filed a twenty thousand dollar damage suit on behalf of Joseph Schultz, a union member, against Sheriff Long for false imprisonment.
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Leadville
Cal
Charles R. Moyer
Miners’ Union
Joseph Schultz
Sheriff Long
Heavy rain boosts Illinois corn prospects in Bloomington
Bloomington Illinois saw a heavy shower last night the first in three weeks the rain was badly needed by corn and the prospects for an enormous crop are now excellent.
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Bloomington
Winois
Ratification talks on Anglo-Chinese Treaty in Pekin
July 29 Pekin reports ratification exchanges for the Anglo-Chinese treaty. The pact seeks abolition of Likin barriers and sets a list of custom houses to be furnished. Disagreement remains over the exact number of custom houses, with British interest noted in the government records.
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Pekin
Great Britain
Payne to Visit President in Oyster Bay
Postmaster General Payne will visit the president at Oyster Bay, probably tomorrow or Friday, then return to Washington to resume duties next Monday. It is understood Payne's health has improved materially since leaving Washington.
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Oyster Bay
Payne
Washington
Cloudburst Destroys Bridges and Livestock at Burkett
A cloudburst yesterday at Burkett near Warsaw Indiana washed away bridges over Beaver Creek and cattle and horses are reported drowned. Telephone and telegraph wires are down.
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Indiana
Warsaw
Ind
Burkett
Beaver Creek
Canadian Tennis Champion Beaten in Western Championship
Canadian tennis champion A C McMasters was defeated yesterday in Chicago in the third round of the singles for the western championship. He lost to local player J A Forstall who advanced in the tournament.
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Chicago
A. C. McMasters
J. A. Forstall
Widow Mrs Stiesney Passes After Long River Falls Residence
Mrs Stiesney died at her daughter's home at age 9% after living in Black River Falls since 1855. The death marks decades of residence in the city, with neighbors recalling her long life and ties to local families prior to passing.
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Black River Falls
Stiesney
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