Legislature News Roundup From Wisconsin Assembly Session
In a busy session wrap, the Wisconsin assembly nears adjournment with only a dam bill left on the calendar while many measures move to messages and suspension. Senate vetoes on three actions stand, railroads faces, and a Capitol addition and repairs funding pass. A Portage Democrat and Poynette Press office form a regional advertising group. In Stevens Point a farmer awaiting trial fatally shoots himself after allegedly assaulting his wife.
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Sauk
Juneau
Dodge
Central Wisconsin Press Associatine
J. E. Jone
Portage Democratic
G. Swartz
Poynette Press
Stevens Point
Joseph Bartecki
Mining Town Devastated by Flames in New Mexico
St Johns New Mexico May 20 Fire devastated the mining town of Little Bay where the Copper mine is operated Three churches the companys stores government buildings and forty dwellings were destroyed The loss is fifty thousand dollars Two hundred and fifty persons are homeless
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St. Johns
N. M
Little Bay
Wisconsin Brevities: Rail Contracts and Tragic Accidents
A Wisconsin update notes the big contract for grading and tracking the La Crosse and Southeastern railway. A 1-year-old son died after being struck by a train near Math Oswald. Emily Baldwin survived a 40 foot fall in Racine. Six diners and W H Gubert's family recovered after canned salmon poisoning. Edwin Vaupel from Madison disappeared from an orphanage, feared killed. Trow Lumber faced closure due to high water.
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W. H Gubert
Ashland
Edwin Vaupel
la Crouse
Madison
Trow Lumber Company
la Crosse
Senator Spooner Buys Vast White Mountain Estate
Reports confirm United States Senator William M Spooner has acquired a huge Blanchard estate in northern New Hampshire near Pittsburg. The tract, rumored to cover an immense area near the Canadian border, will serve as a summer home with extensive game and fishing preserves. Spooner plans to use the land for private recreation rather than speculation, with his son confirming the purchase and intent to enjoy summers there.
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Spooner
New Hampshire
Blanchard
Pittsburg
New Hamyshire
In Ynense Track & Fish and Game
Willett M. Spooner
Planned death of president arrest in Sacramento
In Sacramento on May 20 a citizen detained a man who said one has died and another might just as well. The arrested man Rand Lelan carried a revolver and extra cartridges. He gave a brief explanation, calling it One Short Speech. Also on May 20 President Roosevelt stopped in Truckee for 15 minutes and then proceeded to Sacramento after a short address.
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Roosevelt
Cal
M. Woodson
Rand Lelan
Truckee
New Orleans
John B. Gordon
Louisiana
Montana Storm Wipes Out Flocks In Deadly Montana Snow
Great Falls Montana May 20 The heaviest cattle and sheep losses in state history amounting to 5060600 were caused by a three day snow storm. Some districts report up to 90 percent of sheep on ranges dead. At least three herders perished in the blizzard. flocks abandoned to seek settlements. Nearly all cattle on a six hundred herd bound for Havre froze. Losses will echo across ranches and markets for years.
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Great Falls
Mont
Montana
Havre
Southern reunion tribute strokes over Confederate leaders
New Orleans hosts a 100th anniversary Confederate reunion addressed by Gen. John B. Gordon. Speakers defend secession as lawful and praise Confederate soldiers and Southern women. They contrast secession with rebellion, honor Lost Cause figures, and urge pride in a reunited nation under one flag while acknowledging persistent Southern challenges.
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Mothers and Daughters of the
Confederacy
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New England
Pilgrim Fathers
Plylpouth Rock
Ilke
South
United States
Union
Taft
Great
North
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Florida
Texas
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Lees
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Jacksons
Hills
Bragg
Beauregard
Hardee
Price
Polk
Hood
Wizard
Redford Forrest
Joe Wheeler
Pat Cleburn
Walthall
John B. Gordon
Eople
United States Judge Addresses Civil War Reunion
John H. Rogers, judge of the United States district court, speaks to a Civil War reunion audience. He honors the bravery of soldiers and calls for a continued duty to memory, unity, and duty to all races as America faces a future full of promise. The gathering, in a hall draped with liberty symbols, reflects the enduring bond of the South and the republic.
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John H. Rogers
United States District Court
Imen
Southland
Streets Belong to the People in Rail Elevation Clash
Milwaukee Senator Roehr vetoes bill forcing general taxpayers to cover damages from elevated railroad tracks on public streets. Governor La Follette decries equity gaps and argues private interests should pay for damages. to be fair to all, property owners must be compensated.
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la Follette
TRS
Senate
Governor seeks six day window to approve laws
Madison May 2. Senator Miller introduced a joint resolution to amend the constitution to let the governor have six days to consider executive measures instead of three. After floor discussion, the measure was amended to six days and adopted unanimously.
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Miller
Senate
Madison
la Follette
Hatten
Whitehead
McDonough
Judiciary Committee
Telegrams In Brief From a scattered news digest
Three hundred employees of the Lin Locomotive and Machine company struck over a push to piece work. In Wilmington a judge suggested a receiver for Bay State Gas of Delaware. A tornado hit Horton Kansas demolishing buildings with minor injuries. A similar storm visited Merrill Iowa. Trenton New Jersey saw the incorporation of General Asphalt Co. a reorganization for several firms. Charles Thom alias William Montgomery, tied to a Guthrie Oklahoma murder, had vanished from Sioux City in 1900 while with Ratliff Watt & Co. The marriage of Frank Vanderlip to Narcisea J Pr of Chicago was celebrated at the Reform Church in Chicago. Dr L P Merce of Cincinnati and Bishop Charles Edward Cheney o Belated were noted.
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Lin '‘Locomotivn and Machine Company
Wilmington
Del
Dallas
United States Court
Bay State Gas Company
Delaware
Horton
Kan
Merril
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