Wisconsin Governor Eyes Stephenson Senate Bid
Madison reports announce that a Quarles caucus is shifted to tomorrow evening as Stephenson seeks Governor La Follette’s backing for United States senator. If approved, Stephenson would declare candidacy. if not, tensions rise between Stephenson and the governor amid capital relocation talks and other political maneuvers.
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Menasha Council Sessions and Local Meetings
The Menasha aldermen met at city hall with Chicago officials to discuss issues, but no major actions occurred due to the railway superintendent’s absence. The Y M C A basketball game vs Fond du Lac is scheduled for this evening at Germania opera house followed by dancing. Various clubs including Economics, O M T, Y T F, L a l, and St Patrick’s are holding meetings and programs this week with lectures by Rev Father William DeKelver and gatherings at homes on First Street and nearby venues.
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Aldermen
City Hall
Chicago
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Fragmen
Appleton
Germania Opera House
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Fond du Gace
Abbie Will
Willam DeKelver
Protest of Peabody Contested Governorship Claim
Associated Press reports in Denver that the general assembly will meet in joint session to act on the Peabody gubernatorial contest. Governor Adams asks for three more days to file his answer. Peabody’s lawyers seek a committee hearing from both houses.
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Associated Press
Denver
Col
General Assembly
James Hi. Peabody
Alva. Adama Willl
Hiis
NAMES SENT TO SENATE
The president today sent to the senate nominations for Commissioner of Immigration Robert Waterhorn of New York and William C Wheeler attorney for the western district of Wisconsin.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Senate
Robert Watehorn
New York
William C. Wheeler
Wiscon- Bint
Riviera Snowblanket Brings Damage to San Remo
Snow and severe wet weather hit the Riviera causing discomfort and damage. In San Remo, villas and property reportedly suffered losses valued at about $1,200,000 as per a Herald dispatch from Paris.
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New York
Riviera
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Faris
San Remo
Wood Thieves At Work In Neenah On Church Street
Special to The Northwestern Neenah Wis Jan 17 reports wood thieves on Church street taking splints from a business man’s lot. A planing mill worker suffered a severe cut to his right hand while tightening a knife nut. Lumber yard sale talks between E F Wieckert and George Danielson ended. deal now off unless other conditions arise. A mail wagon overturned on a slippery Commercial street bridge but no injuries. District Tax Commissioner Crandon agent J Britherick settled city tax debts. Funeral for Mrs Sarah Wiley set for Wednesday at two after paralysis. Neenah Auditorium stockholders meet tonight at 7:30 to elect officers.
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Ped Klenitz
E. F. Wieckert Planing
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North Bridge
Commercial Street
J. Britherick
Crandon
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Sarah Wiley
M. Russel
Doty Avenue
Goodwin
Devens
Mr. Russell
James Wiley
Izabeth Harrison
Oshkosh
Thomas and
John
Winnebago
Neenah Auditorium Company
Niedringhaus Named for United States Senate Nomination
In Jefferson City Missouri the Republican Thomas Niedringhaus of St. Louis won majorities in both Senate and House sessions for the United States Senate seat to succeed Cockrell. The joint session will ratify the election tomorrow. A House committee report on campaign contributions by Niedringhaus chairman Thomas K Niedringhaus called the committee action honest. Democrats filed a minority report.
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Tan, Jr
Thomas Niedringhaus
St. Louis
Toda
United States
Francis M Vorckrell
Senate
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Edringhaus
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Kerens
Bittinger
Jefferson City
Tubbs
Thomas K. Niedringhaus
Repubiican
Thomas BK. Niedringhaus
Mayor Gorman Acquitted In Barbering Case
Special to The Northwestern from Milwaukee Wisconsin January 1 in Kenosha justice court the state case against Mayor James Gorman for barbering without a license was dismissed the court ruling he had been acquitted already the state board tried to push the case but a plea in bar cleared the mayor Whitaker signaled possible civil action for ten thousand dollars for personal injuries.
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The German coal strike and markets News
Eseen reports 122612 men from 187 mines strike today. Coal market in New Castle reacts with price jumps from twelve to thirty one cents per ton. Freight to Rotterdam and Hamburg now quoted up to 1 1/8 dollars. Copper active in London with prices near 69 and 68.5 pence as 850 tons sold.
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New Castle
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Germany
Hotterdam
Hamburg
London
Cockrell's Successor Balloting Begins in Missouri Legislature
reporters from all parts of Missouri gather as both houses of the legislature vote for a United States senator to succeed Francis M Cockrell. It is the first time in thirty years Republicans hold a majority on the ballot to name a successor.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
United States
Francis M. Cockrell
Grand Duchess Caroline of Saxe-Weimar Dies in Weimar
Weimar January 7 reports the Grand Duchess Caroline of Saxe-Weimar died today from pneumonia complicating influenza. Born in 184? details incomplete. the death follows illness that afflicted her in the Weimar duchy.
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Assembly committees named by Lenroot in Wisconsin
Wisconsin assembly speaker Lenroot announced committees with Herman Ekern as Judiciary chair and O G Kinney as State Affairs chair. The list includes chairs and members across Finance, Public Works, Agriculture, Ways and Means, and other panels. Senate considered a tariff readjustment resolution, and a Senate plan to make The Milwaukee Free Press the state paper was presented.
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Winnebago
Committee On Agriculture
Associated Press
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Marconi Engaged to Marry Prince Ruspolli in Rome
Rome reports that wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi is engaged to wed Prince Ruspolli’s daughter, the twenty year old youngest child of Prince Francesco Ruspolli, noted as master of the hat trade and Vatican high society circles.
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Burkett for Senator in Nebraska Legislature
Without a party caucus, Republicans in the Nebraska legislature voted for Mer J. Burkett for United States senator. Nine fusionists remained, and Burkett won a majority in each house, per the dispatch from Lincoln dated January 17.
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Avalanche Rocks Kill Fifty Nine at Naesdall Norway
At Naesdall north of Bergen on Sunday a rock avalanche swept into Leeny and a lake, creating a twenty foot high wave that destroyed houses and swept away people and cattle. Fifty nine deaths are reported with only four bodies recovered so far.
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Naesdall
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Deadly mine and fire disasters strike multiple sites
The Decatur Coal Company mine collapses into tragedy with four miners dead, one missing, and another hospitalized as twenty are rescued from smoke. Separately at Rockaway Beach three hotels and six cottages burn, none occupied by guests. In Chicago a major fire at Schwarzschild Sulaberger continues after hours, threatening adjacent facilities including a lard refinery and salt cooler. New Orleans reports a blaze destroying the Atheneum and Young Judaea building with total losses around 106000 dollars.
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Roosevelt Complimented at Mine Workers Convention
Jan Wie President Mitchel of the Unite Mine Workers announced fees for the national convention. The Union supports strikers and relief efforts while discussing British law and European cooperative stores. President Mitchell delivered a convention report on the international mining congress and praised the cooperative store system in parts of Europe. The convention adjourned until tomorrow.
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Vote Ordered On Swayne Detachment Articles Tomorrow
Washington D C 17 The house today agreed to begin voting at 3 30 o clock tomorrow on the Articles of Detachment in the Swayne case. In the senate Hepburn resumed his statehood bill speech. Lodge filed the Philippine ban and railway conference report noting two key provisions one on railway earnings distribution and the other on appeals to the insular supreme court. The report was ordered printed.
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Swayne
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Hepburn
Lodge
Moral hazards feared over Japanese associations in mill policies
Seattle January reports say local tire insurance agents received instructions to avoid writing policies for saw mills or shingle mills connected to Japanese workers or owners. The moral hazard cited centers on growing white labor hostility that could trigger violence or property damage, including arson, at any time.
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Kenosha Gazette Suspends Publication
The Kenosha Daily Gazette, the only Democratic paper in the region, failed to publish last evening and has been discontinued. Writs of detachment were served against proprietor Jenkins, who also has interests in The Oshkosh Times. The paper had recently backed Governor La Follette and the state administration. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Running of Dale, Wisconsin, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Balcom in Unda Week.
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Mitchell to Senate Denounces Charges in Defiant Address
Oregon senator Mitchell testifies before the U S Senate denying charges tied to land fraud probes. He asserts innocence, condemns accusers as liars, explains dealings with land office officials, and recounts efforts to secure early consideration for twelve homestead cases amid mounting political pressure.
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Fox Valley Band Association Promised In Wisconsin Report
A Appleton report says Fox Valley Hand association will launch soon with nine top bands including Arions of Oshkosh and Appleton band. Manager Eugene Carr says no earlier notice, movement discussed at last summer’s Oshkosh tournament, and plans include annual events in various cities with fifty percent of proceeds to organizers and the rest to bands.
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Trial of Dr Koch Near Jury in Gebhardt Murder Case
Special to The Dispatch from New Ulm reports rebuttal testimony in the Koch murder trial has ended and both sides rested. Arguments began as the case moves toward a jury verdict, with jurors possibly to retire today or tomorrow.
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St. Paul
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New Ulm
G. R. Koch
L. A. Gebhardt
Duel with Firewood Ends in Injury and Fine
Milwaukee report outlines a feud between neighbors Mrs. Albertina Manski and Mrs. Emelia Slaickbarth on Twenty-ninth Street and St. Pal Avenue. A wood-throwing duel left Manski crippled for life and Slaickbarth fined $15 plus costs for the incident.
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Indians Visit Washington for Agency Investigation
A four member Indiana delegation from La Pointe Agency in Wisconsin led by Chief Moses travels to Washington to petition Indian Commissioner Leupp for an investigation of affairs at the agency. They expect to meet Leupp the next day, reported by H. Stevens.
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Shipping Bill Favorably Reported By House Committee
The House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries authorized a favorable report on the shipping bill, submitted to Congress by the Merchant Marine Commission. Washington, January 17.
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Freeze in Texas Shocks Central Texas Farmers
A severe cold spell has devastated crops in central Texas and the Brazos valley, leaving farmers in Waco and surrounding areas facing extensive damage to their fields and produce across the region.
Badgers in Court Highlight Wisconsin Railway Dispute
In Chicago on January 17 the federal court of appeals heard the Washburn Bayfield Iron River Railway case involving a mortgage default of 525000, a receivers sale plan, and clashes with state courts in Bayfield County. Contempt fines and injunctions against District Attorney McLeod and Sheriff Lien followed arrests tied to the court orders to dismantle the line. The dispute centers on debts, receivership actions, and delays in appellate resolution.
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Deaths of Oshkosh People Include Several Families
A local death notice lists Mrs. Mary Euler at Bowen Street age seventy two with survivors including her husband and several Euler children in Oshkosh. also reported are the death of Mitton G Kits at seven this morning from convulsions and Grace Hayford at Morgan Wisconsin meningitis with services and interment details. Funeral for John Petrof held at his residence and Lutheran church with large attendance and floral tributes.
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Insult dispute over Omro road encounter defended by Killien
Michael Killien of Omro disputes a reported incident on the Omro road saying he did not demand the road nor drink. He says he was insulted and exposed to vile language in front of his daughter and other witnesses, and that his response was a forceful rebuke after a joking remark about a four horse team.
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Japs Build Cruiser at Kure Naval Dock
A first class armored cruiser is under construction at the naval dock in Kure, Tokin. The project proceeds at pace as workers advance toward launch.
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