Assembly Votes $500 for a Bronze Medal
The assembly approved a five hundred dollar grant to fund a bronze medal. Local officials cited honoring a notable recipient and promoting community recognition in a ceremony scheduled later this year.
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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1905
Page
3
The assembly approved a five hundred dollar grant to fund a bronze medal. Local officials cited honoring a notable recipient and promoting community recognition in a ceremony scheduled later this year.
The Wisconsin Assembly adopted a joint resolution honoring Albert R. Hall, late legislator and civic leader. It suspended rules to appropriate 500 for a bronze memorial medal to be placed in the Assembly chamber wells. The tribute lauds Hall for public service, leadership in taxation and railroad policy, and his steadfast patriotism.
The assembly and senate memorialize Albert R. Hall describing him as honest and patriotic, a public servant who dedicated his life to preserving the nation and fostering industrial and commercial growth. They express sympathy to his family and urge reverence for his memory.
At the Wisconsin Letter Carriers convention in La Crosse on June 14, speakers urged unity to oppose proposed government rule changes. They warned new rules would impose hardships on carriers. Officers elected included President William H. Law of Sirnurk, Vice President John J. Kobitz, Secretary L. L. Mead, Treasurer C. F. Miller, and Sergeant-at-arms T7 J. Kunz with delegates Chris Dyrug Barghoo and H. C. Jacox Fort Atkingga.
An inspection train left Buffalo on the Lake Shore line at 6 15 am yesterday and arrived in Chicago at 1 05 pm. The trip took seven hours and fifty minutes, two hours faster than the schedule. The article notes that the Chicago to New York leg could be completed in about 14 hours and 24 minutes.
A wireless dispatch from Commander Badger at the Newark reports the drowning of Midshipman T. L. Ver Trees, Second Class, at the U S Naval Academy during swimming. Ver Trees, 19, son of W. J. Ver Trees of Bushnell, was aboard the Newark which was anchored off Hackett Point after joint exercises. Details are incomplete.
In Pittsburg on June 14, post office inspectors arrested John M Teed John Whitney and James Stewart of New York charged with altering raising and replacing United States postal money orders. Officials say the trio operated nationwide for over a year using a 25 cent method to raise orders to 75 or 100 dollars then exchange them for goods and change. The scheme reportedly defied detection longer due to clever execution.
A eastbound Southern Railway cotton special carrying Confederate veterans to a Louisville reunion crashed on a trestle near Gol den Gate AK. The engine and four coaches plunged into a ravine. Twenty injured. Dead include Juhles Greenway of Arkansas passenger and J D Johnson of Princeton Indiana fireman plus an unidentified woman. Victims were from multiple states and the three Pullmans and four coaches were derailed.
In a lengthy letter from Stockholm dated June 14 King Oscar defends his prerogatives and rejects overstepping constitutional duties in the consular veto crisis. He says the Norwegian council’s resignation and the ensuing breach of the constitution threaten the union, leaving Sweden and himself to decide if Norway’s actions dissolve the union. The king argues his oath binds him to uphold the union’s legal basis within opposing Norwegian national sentiment.
Amid shouts of thieves and crooks police guard a Philadelphia meeting where the committee on street railways sent four bills to the city solicitor for legality. The measures would grant 120 miles of street to lay tracks with no city compensation, signaling a heated clash between Mayor Weaver backed reformers and the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company and its allies.
London reports Great Britain, a signatory to the Madrid convention of 1880, hesitates to join a conference prompted by a request from the sultan of Morac and the United States shows reluctance.
Jee to form the international conference or consideration of the Moroccan question has announced its preference not to take part in the conférence. The United States has taken the same stand, preferring not to join a conference that might delay urgent reforms in Morocco.
Frank Lopez a messenger for American Express was assaulted and robbed at 1 am near the city limits. He was struck with a club, robbed of 57 dollars, and his pockets rifled before regaining consciousness. No clues exist and the money was not company funds.
Nearly 146 delegates from Iowa Minnesota and Missouri attend the Tri State Medical Society session in Burlington. Papers are read by Dr C W Weber Chicago and Dr John K Kempker Davenport. Dr W B Quine Chicago delivers the annual address last evening.
A late Wisconsin Assembly session failed to secure early adjournment with action postponed until next week. The two houses debated final adjournment timing, suspended rules, and multiple bills including railroad sidetrack duties, cranberry industry funding, and tax exemptions while a plan to adjourn by the end of the day was challenged.
Chicago officials announce a grand jury will hear claims that labor leaders accepted bribes totaling about $80,000 to halt strikes. John C. Driscoll, former secretary of the coal team owners association, says he will testify with bank records detailing payments from employers to intermediaries for labor leaders' actions.
June 14 St. Petersburg report says Japan will demand surrender of all ships interned in eastern waters. Russian sources note newspapers urge acceptance of defeat and peace, citing look at France as precedent. Russia plans to publish a brief status of peace negotiations rather than full text of its note, awaiting Japan's reply.
A well informed diplomat asserts Japan's terms before Mukden were moderate and likely not unduly harsh despite recent speculation. He notes lack of clear communication with Australia on plenipotentiaries and timing, while the Russian reply to Washington could not have reached Tokyo before last midnight.
June 13 in Menasha Wisconsin a traveling man John Weston was held up in front of the Northwestern depot. The robber’s club failed to get the $50 Weston hid in his stocking, securing only a small sum.
In Philadelphia on June 14 under Mayor Weaver a warrant was issued for Frank H. Caven and select councilmen accused of bias in city contracts violating their oaths. Caven was arrested and jailed in $10,000 bail for a heating tomorrow. Caven posted bail and was released.
In Athens on June 13 premier Theodore Delyannis was stabbed by gambler Gherakaris in the chamber of deputies. He died within hours as crowds mourned and 20 000 escorted the body to his later home. The assassin, who claimed revenge for closures of gambling dens, was overpowered and jailed.
A Minnesota justice of the peace declares a national bank bill outlawed as legal tender after six years from issuance. The opinion holds that a demand must be made within six years to preserve a cause of action on a demand note, and without proof of demand for payment the note is outlawed. The piece calls the result strange and unforeseen.
Charles J. Bonaparte announced he would take the duties as secretary of the navy on July 7. The plan followed discussions with Secretary Morton during a recent meeting in Washington on June 14.
Atlantic Clay New Jersey June 14 The association of American portland cement manufacturers has decided the ensuing year to raise prices about five per cent. The association represents 50,000,000 capital and 30,000,000 barrels of cement.
The executive council of the American Federation of Labor opened its session in Scranton on June 13. A report shows eight months receipts of 141,784, bringing total receipts to 344,991 with balance on October 1. Expenditures for eight months totaled 148,356. The AFL lists 25,000 affiliated local unions.
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