Sulzer Loses Point In Impeachment Court Ruling
Albany dispatch reports Governor Sulzer’s impeachment trial where Chief Judge Cullen sustained senators challenges to sit, the court adopted rules, and Martin H. Glynn was formally recognized as acting governor. Sulzer refused to appear, denying the court’s authority as 45 senators and nine judges convened to try him.
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Albany
N. Y
Martin H. Glynn
New York
Sulzer
High Court
Waco
Wagner, Frawley
Lanner
Remsperger
Cullen
Cady Herrick
Impeachmione
Ted Clark McCabe
Senate
Meado
Seid
Wagner
Wagners
Wrawley
Ramaper
Ger
Suoner
D. Cady Herrick
Brudge Herrick
Senelors
Frawley
Ramsperger
Sconer
Herilek
Caesar
Frawley Committee
Herrick
Callen
Louis Marshall
William Sulzer
State of
Court of Appeals
Court of Apgents
Edgard M. Cullen
Sul Or Ba
Senator Kenyon to Tour State for Currency Talks
United States Senator W. R. Kenyon announced a state tour starting September 20 to interview business men bankers and farmers on the currency question. He invites local residents to participate in discussions during the stops at Fort Dodge and nearby communities.
London Strike Looms Over Union Badges Policy
London September 20 A general strike of transport workers seems imminent as the Tillings Omnibus Company refuses full union recognition. Bus conductors and motormen walkouts disrupt south to north routes while talks at Mansion House fail to resolve wage hours and badge issues. Mass meetings and inter-company conferences continue as unions press for recognition and unified action across tubes buses and street railways.
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London
England
Tiling Omnibus Company
Rerkely
Horke
Amalgamated
Tillings Company
Mansion House
Ben Smith
General Omnibus Company
Diggs and Caminetti Sentenced to Prison
San Francisco reports F Drew Caminetti and Maury Biggs were convicted under the Mann Act. Diggs drew two years and $2000 fine on four counts. Caminetti received eighteen months and a $14000 fine on one count. Judges granted a ten day stay of execution and released on bond pending appeal. Both men show no apparent concern as they await further action.
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San Francisco
F. Drew Caminetti
Maury Biggs
bin Quentin Estate
Marsha Warrington
Lola Norris
Diggs
Wes
Caminetti
Vin Ploet
Caminett
Yfelson
Princess Sophie Ends Life In Heidelberg Palace
Princess Sophie of Saxe- mar com m committed death by own action by shooting herself with a revolver during the night. She was found dead this morning in her room in the palace of her father Prince William. Engagement reports linked her to Hans Von Isleichroeder, a Berlin banking heir, which her father had denied earlier. The couple had been seen together recently amid persistent rumors of an engagement.
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Heidelburg
Sophie
Saxe- Mar
Prince Willam
Hans von Isleichroeder
Berlin
Frince Willam
Costly train wreck shocks Lacrosse region
The Oriental limited grocery train on the Burlington line plunged through a burning bridge at Treaupealeau. Moments after a gas tank exploded under the diner, a baggage car, maker, coach and two tourist sleepers burned. The engine and Pullmans stayed on the rails. Property losses reach $100,000 with many slightly injured passengers.
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Lacrosse
Wis
Oriental Limited
Burlington
Treaupealeau Ofteen
Jewelers slain by bandits in Grand Rapids robbery
Two thieves entered J J Thompson's jewelry store on Monroe Avenue and shot dead J N Thompson and Sid Ward Smith while fatally wounding clerk Paul Townsend. They escaped with two thousand dollars and diamonds. A woman, Mrs Alice Davis Sing, is held for murder in Chicago in a separate case where Charles Lo Sing was stabbed to death on September 2.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
J. J. Thompson
Monroe Avenue
J. N. Thompson
Sidward Smith
Paul Townsend
Chicago
Alice Davis Sing
Charles Lo Sing
Retired Banker John E. Corwin Dies in Middletown Chair
John E. Corwin, a retired banker, died suddenly in his chair in Middletown New York on September 19. He had come here from Anderson Indiana years earlier, where he shot and killed a man in self defense.
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Middletown
N. Y
John E. Corwin
Anderson
Ind
Priest Ready for the Chair in New York Shock Statement
Han Schmidt reaffirms confession to Anna Aumuler murder and accepts electric chair. He denies other killings and absolves accomplice Or Murch. He offers to confess to Attle Alma Kellar murder if Logieville authorities accept his involvement and save John Weudlins, jailed for life at Frankfort.
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New York
Han Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Murch
Schmidt
Logieville
Attle Alma Kellar
St. John's Church
John Weudlins
Frankfort
Craze Father Destroys Home Killing Daughters
Bloomington Indiana September 20 Mack Hurst a fifty year old stone mason in a demoningal fit blew up his home with dynamite about three in the morning killing himself and three daughters Maud sixteen Fannie thirteen and Elizabeth six with severe injuries to two others Mrs Hurst escaped The dead include Mack Hurst Maud Hurst Fannie Hurst and Elizabeth Hurst in a gruesome family tragedy
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Bloomington
Ind
Mack Hurst
Stone Mason
Elizabeth Hurst
Arrest All St Francis Levee Board Members in Arkansas
Marion Arkansas September 20 all 23 members of the St Francis levee board were arrested on indictments for malfeasance in office. O M Kiltough president of the board was indicted for embezzling 250 dollars from the board. Eugene Williams former secretary was indicted for embezzlement amounting to 21000 dollars. They were released on bond as a mass meeting is set for September 30 to allow resignations.
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Marion
Ark
St. Francis Levee Board
O. M. Kiltough
Wryond
Eugene Williams
Gardner Chosen Commander in Chief of G A R in Tennessee
Chattanooga Tenn Sept 20 Over the opposition of the house of Jorda of the Grand Army of the Republic Washington Gardner of Michigan was elected commander in chief for the ensuing year Col G E Adams of Nebraska was the candidate agreed upon by a few leaders of the Grand Army at the last encampment and the election came after one of the hardest fights ever waged in a national encampment Michigan won a death victory securing out only the commander in chief but the next encampment delegates voting to elect Gardner for the full term Other officers elected were senior vice commander Thomas M Soward Guturie Okla junior vice commander William L Tress Fitchfield Me surgeon general J K Wenven Morristown Pa chaplain general Horace M Carr Parsons Kan Gardner's first official act was to appoint Oscar A James of Detroit as adjutant general and Col D R Stowit of Buffalo N Y quartermaster general The encampment adopted a resolution approving the erection of a peace memorial to the men of both armies to be erected near Chattanooga similar to that adopted by United Confederate veterans in May
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Detroit
Adams
Commaander
Gardner
Caet
Thomas M.soward
Guturie
Okla
William L. Tress
Fit
United Confederate Veterans
Felker Told To Free Thaw In Extradition Case
Concord New Hampshire Sept 20 Governor Felker was urged to examine all angles before extradition papers to New York are granted in the Harry K L Thaw case Councillor Noone of Peterborough a Felker ally favors full review and suggests insanity as the sole basis for extradition while Thaw could argue mental stability to avoid surrender.
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Concord
M. H
Harry KL Thaw
Felker
New York
Councillor Noone
Peterborough
Thaw
Striker Shoots a Soldier in Calumet Strike Clashes
Sept 20. Strikers resume violent acts to press demands. Private Randolph Narbey of Kalamazoo is shot by a striker hiding in woods at Isle Royale mime, with a bullet lodged in his arm as surgeons report he has an even chance of recovery. In Newtown near Calumet four strikers beat a man going to work and assault officials, prompting officers to fire to subdue them.
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Calumat
Mitch
Isle Royale
Randolph Narbey
Kalamazoo
Randolph
Newtown
Calumet
Daputiga
Oftcera
Lincoln's Barber a Death by Own Action
Dalton C. Steward, eighty four, long time Decatur barber and former Lincoln cleaver in Springfield, shot and killed himself. He also served as a janitor in Lincoln and Verndon’s lay office, and his death occurred on September 20 in Decatur.
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Lincoln
Decatur
Dalton C. Steward
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Lincoln & Verndon
Administration currency bill passes House amid party splits
Washington Sept. 19 The administration currency bill passed the House 236 to 84 with Republican support and Democratic opposition. The vote included 24 Republicans for and 3 Democrats against. The measure now goes to the Senate Banking Committee for long consideration, with debates over gold standard and interlocking directorates. Philadelphia’s W. H. Berry urged the Senate committee not to grant arbitrary discount power to a federal board, arguing discount rates should reflect business conditions.
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Senate Banking Committee
Washington
House
Banking Committee
Wingo
Arkansas
Murdock
St. Thres
Representatives Calloway
Texas
Elder
Louisiana
Witherspoon
Mississippi
Baltz
Browne
Cary
Cowper
Cramton
Dillon
Rick
Farr
Fess
Ilinois
Lingbergh
Minnesota
Kelly
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Wafferty
MacDonald
Manahan
Murdeck
Nolan
Norton
Rupley
Thomson
Winnelg
Stephens
California
William H. Berry
Philadelphia
Senate
Federal Reserve Banking Board
Herald
Big Tim Sullivan Slain by Robbers Rumors Rise
New York investigators led by District Attorney Whitman opened an inquiry into alleged features of Congressman Timothy D Sullivan death after his mangled body was found at a Bronx railroad crossing. Rumors say he may have been attacked by footpads and left on the tracks though no autopsy was performed. Coroner Healy set September 29 for the inquest.
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New York
Timothy D. Sulivan
Bronx
Whitman
Sig Tim
Healy
Mine owners spurn peace in Colorado coal strike
Denver reports the state administration failed to avert the district 15 coal strike. Operators and United Mine Workers officials rejected Gov E M Ammons proposed arbitration under state mediation laws. Miners demand recognition of state laws and veto further talks.
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Denver
Colo
District 15
United Mine Workers of America
E. M. Ammons
W. Brake
Secretary Lane Improving After Berkeley Telegram
Washington September 20 Secretary Lane is improving quietly, according to a telegram from Herbert Meyer private secretary to the Interior Secretary. The message says reports of his relapse were exaggerated and he expects to return to Washington early in October.
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Lane
Washington
Berkeley
Interior Department
Herbert Meyer
Senator Kenyon Plans Mis State Tour with Bankers Farmers
United States Senator W.8. Kenyon announced a tour of Mis State Fort Dodge and Ta on September 20. He will visit his home there and discuss currency questions with bankers and farmers, highlighting issues of the currency question.
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Kenyon
Mis
Fort Dodge
United States
W. 8. Kenyon
Baker Law Tested in Supreme Court
The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard Frank Zodrow vs the state over the Baker saloon license law. The state argues the Zodrow license exceeds the allowed saloon count, while the defense says the rule confines saloons to 1907 locations for a temporary period, with municipalities free to adjust allocations. Attorneys Messerschmidt Rose Sloan and others argued for both sides.
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Zodrow
David S. Rose
Milwaukee
Harry Sloan
Amd
J. E. Messerseamdft
Madisau
Badger State Tobacco Crop Yields Lag in Wisconsin
Wisconsin tobacco growers near harvest report mixed yields with a statewide average below expectations due to favorable but uneven growing conditions. Root rot disease has damaged several fields, risking substantial losses for farmers. Approximately 40 000 acres are planted, with Dane County accounting for about 15 000 acres.
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Madison
Wisconsin ‘Obacco
James Johnson
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Dane County
Millions in Dairy Business in Sheboygan County
The county report shows 106 cheese factories, three creameries, and one condensed milk plant. Factories processed large dairy outputs with cheese sales totaling 2,390,835.40, butter sales 112,529.63, and milk sales of 25,357 gallons. Farms produced 24,882 pounds of butter and 21,705 pounds of cheese, with 66,648 milking cows and 31,559 other cattle valued near 1.25 million dollars.
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Sheboygan
Sheboygan County
W. Fisher
Wich
Road damage prompt leads to law enforcement action
Highway Commissioner D. H. Corway announces that drivers endangering county road surfaces by excessive speeding and reckless driving will be prosecuted. State officials report several roads in the county have suffered considerable damage due to automobile use.
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Will
Green Gay
D. H. Corway
Dedication of Forest German Lutheran Church Planned
Ta Dedicate Church in Forest to be dedicated with appropriate funds during the first week in October. Community members and Glenwood City residents anticipate ceremony at the new German Lutheran church in Forest.
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Glenwood City
Forest
Tomahawk Leader Purchased By Publisher Los
The Tomahawk weekly newspaper, founded twenty-five years ago, is sold by W. Lambert to Robert J. Los who will publish it as the Tomahawk Leader, with the cite asserting one paper remains.
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Tomahawk
W. & Lambert Fins
The
Robert J. Los
Tomahawk Leader
Lawton Foundry Chief Victim in Minneapolis Incident
Word from De pere states W. Lawton head of Lawton Foundry Works was the victim in Minneapolis. The report notes the incident involved a six rockin event as details emerge from the city edicts.
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Ioc
W. Lawton
Lawton Foundry
Minneapolis
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