Wisconsin Republicans Open State Convention in Madison
The Republican state convention met in the university gymnasium at noon with Judge Levi Bancroft of Richland Center as temporary chairman. He urged unity and discussed party duties, with committees named and resolutions to endorse Spooner, oppose La Follette primary legislation, and push protectionist measures. adjournment taken until 4 PM for further proceedings.
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Madison
Wis
Ucket
University Gymmesium
Lryant
State Central Committee
L. H. Bancroft
Richland Center
H. W. Chynoweth
S. C. Gillings
Racine
C. Wider
Evansville
J. M. Nelson
J. C. McKenzie
Columbia County
Dwight T. Parker
Fennimore
James A. Stone
Reedsburg
George A. Weat
Ed. Bullock
Milwaukee
August Buckholtz
Miwaukee
S. E. Gernon
Waukesha
John R. Bennett
Port Washington
F. M. Lawrence
Mayville
E. J. Foster
Fairchild
W. TF. Starks
Sparta
Eishth
Eber Simpson
Oshkosh
W. Corrigan
Plainfield
W. Davie
Marinette
J. P. Dousman
de Pere
M. Ws. Tosenberry
Marathon
M. E. Dillon
Ashland
Eleventh
Currie G. Bell
Bayfield
Sam J. Bradford
Hudson
State Central
Cancur
R. J. Wilson
Darlington
D. C. Mahoney
Viroqua
Gen. F.C
Winder
R. White
DL. A. Williams
Fond du Lac
E. M. Wing
la Crosse
J. C. Kerwin
Neenah
E. A. Edmund
Oconto Falls
M. J. Wallrich
Shawane
U. KR
Hall
Dunn County
la Follorce
George F. Bryant
Tle University
Gerecal Bryant
Dr. Butler
Aeeral Bryant
Levi Bancroft
Hichland Center
Bancropt
Hancroft
Republican Party
Wisconsin
Actien
Ufe
Washington
Lincoln
McKinley
Republic
Democratic
Hone
Philippines
Bancroft
McKinney
Anncroft
Arenes
Spooner
United States Senate
la Follette
Babcock
Republican convention in Wisconsin tight over Spooner endorsement
Delegates swarm into the Madison hall as La Follette supporters weigh conditional Spooner endorsement. Muted factions between leaguers and governor’s forces clash over a Spooner plank with talks of a convention if not endorsed. A late platform release and central committee shifts loom. TE Harvey’s bid for superintendent appears weakened.
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Northwestern
Madison
Wis
la Follette
Spooner
HNO
Associated Press
Leaguers
League
la Follette Factos
State Central Committee
Committee On Resolutons
TE. D. Harvey
Democratic state central committee meeting planned in Waukesha
Special dispatch from Waukesha reports Chairman Warden calling the Democratic state central committee to meet at Fountain Spring house to fix time and place for the state convention. Milwaukee is likely to be chosen with the convention probably set for early September.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Journal
Waukesha
Wic
Warden
Democratic State Central Committee
Fountain Spring House
Miwaukee
Austria Not Ignored Shipping Offer From Morgan Group
The Neue Freie Presse reports that the shipping combine led by J. P. Morgan has offered to build ships for Austria and operate them once completed, in a note to the Austrian Council of Industry dated July 116.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Neue Freie Prese E
Shipping Combine
J. P. Morgan
Austrian Council of Industry
Taylor at Baraboo inspection of government building sites
Horace A. Taylor, assistant secretary of the United States Treasury, visited Baraboo Wisconsin yesterday to inspect sites offered for a government building as a special report from Milwaukee. The trip came as Baraboo gauges potential federal construction in the area and local officials tout site options for the project.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Journal
Baraboo
Wwis
Vaya
Horace A. Taylor
United States Treasury
Detective Shot in Long Island City Arrest
Associated Press reports Detective John Sherian of the seventy-fifth precinct was shot and killed this morning while attempting to arrest three men now in custody on suspicion.
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Associated
New York
John Sherian
Seventy-Ffth Precinct
Long Island City
Sultan of Zanzibar Suffers Stroke in East Africa
Sultan Hamid bin Mahomed Bald of Zanzibar has a slight stroke of paralysis, reported from Zanzibar, East Africa, on July 16. The illness is described as minor with no immediate threat to his life.
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Zansibar
East Africa
Ham- 24 bin Mahomed Bald
Sultan
Zanesibar
Wisconsin La Follette delegates seated after contested conventions
State central committee seated La Follette delegates in Rock County and Fond du Lac while upholding league credentials in Milwaukee and Eau Claire. Oconto county contest deferred after sworn evidence, delaying final seating. Goveror La Follette supporters gain crucial votes as committee finds caucus procedures valid in multiple counties.
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Madison
Wis
State Central
Oconto
Toduy
la Follette
League
Milwaukee
Eau Claire
Stock
Fond du Lac
la Follett c
Quonte County
Rock County
L. E. Gettle
Evansville
W. G. Wheeler
Nolan
Janesville
Porter
Philipp
Phelps
Milwaukeee
Kronshage
Messs
Philipp and
Seuyms
Uml
Mesere
Bruss
Zwelfer
L. F. Williams
Chose i
Charles Ferris
Ford du Lace
State Central Committee
D. G. Clascon
Chase
E. A. Edmunds
Mr. Edmunds
Teague
Eau Claire County
Ira Bradford
Fred M. Miner
St Fore Iotte
Fond du Lac County Convention Feud Arouses Debate
Report details a factional dispute over seating at a district convention. A committee adjourned after examining who held a majority among delegates, with La Follette supporters and league members contending over eligibility and representation.
Striking freight handlers vote to return to work
The Chicago freight handlers ended a ten day strike with an almost unanimous vote to resume work. President Curran led a meeting that left wage scales and other issues to future talks, as unions issued no conference with committees.
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Chicago
Ratiwad
Raway
Curran
Whiskey Up On Peoria Board Of Trade Prices
The Peoria board of trade raised whiskey prices by one cent to 1.31 per gallon as a basis for finished product. The piece also cites Henry Harriman on railroads and a broad view of railroad legislation, noting the need for pro railroad policy and community of interest between shippers and carriers.
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Associated Press
Peoria
Peoria Board of Trade
John T Wilson Declines Bonus Offer After Railway Strike Victory
John T. Wilson, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen of America, rejected a $25,000 bonus and a $5,000 executive post from Canadian Pacific after leading striking trackmen to victory. Executives conclude Wilson would be valuable to be kept on their side.
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John T. Wilson
Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen of America
Canadian Pacific Railway
Wilson
Wolf bounty claims filed in Lincoln ledger
Wolf bounty claims for billing woltes have been fled in the auditors office at Lincoln Nebraska to the amount of 0.00 and more claims are comion every de. The annte legislitu re at its last session appropriated 915.00 for wolf unity but the appropriation was vetod by Governor Dietrich because no provision had been made for the payment of all claims. So the next teriintüre wil have four pears accumulation of claims to take care of.
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Lincoln
Neb
Annte Legislitu Re
Dietrich
Juati¢ of the Peace’s Parrot Furniture Wedding Gift
John W. Donegan a justice in Jersey City proclaims his long standing claim to marriage by giving a parlor suit as a wedding gift to a couple he joined in matrimony. He has officiated at twenty weddings and now christens his own union with the promised furniture.
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John W. Donegan
Jersey City
Virginia proposes three member corporation commission
The new Virginia constitution provides a three member corporation commission. Though appointments may not occur before November, 310 citizens have announced candidacy for the three seats. Among them are two or three ex-governors and several members of the state constitutional convention.
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Virginia
F& Corporation Commission
Menta
The First Doctor and Medieval Medical Honors
The excerpt notes the term doctor was created in the twelfth century and first given to Inertus at Bologna. Guilelmo Gordios then received the doctor of medicine honor from the college of Aosti in 1220. It ends with a reflection on the inevitability of despair for the weak.
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Inertus
Univeversity
Bologna
Guilelmo Gordios
College of
Aosti
Italy
Cabinet Delays and Reorganizing Amid Coronation News
London dispatch reports slow cabinet reshuffle as King’s health and Imperial Conference duties restrain action. Premier Balfour retains role and fashion. Chamberlain wields influence in coalition while awaits treasury post hints. Austen Chamberlain and George Wyndham speculated for future cabinet roles.
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Yusa
Apa Nostras
London
the Tribune
Lord Curzon
Jondon
Balfour
Hiowell
Tira
Chamberlain
Valfour
Mr. Chamberlain
Coalition
Mr. Balfour
Colonial Office
Treasury
Bouck Protests Park Bridge Removal in Oshkosh
Attorney Gabe Youck of Bouck & Hilton represents Frank Percey in opposing the Oshkosh Yacht Club backed move to remove the North Park bridge. Bouck argues the park board acts are void and that locals pay taxes and deserve access, calling the action an outrage and an unlawful usurpation of powers.
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Gabe Youck
Bouck & Hilton
Frank Percey
North Park Bridge
Oshkosh Yacht Club
Ing My. Percey
North Jark
Bouck
Percey
Park Board
Common
Perces
Supreme Court
Ter
Pointed Patagrabs and Punchline Fragments
A string of quips and aphorisms on honesty, social manners, and everyday folly. The piece riffs on boasters, hosts, insincere advice, and the ironies of reputation with puns and comic observations.
British transport service to reopen Fort Chalmette to ship animals
The British transport service plans to reopen its Fort Chalmette camp to ship horses, cattle, and cattle to South Africa. American animals are identified as the hardiest for veldt work and will be restocked under an agreement with the burghers affected by the recent war. Officers are en route and the camp will reopen upon arrival.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Britteh Transport Service
Fort Chalmette
South Africa
Pebronte New Orwans
Terrific wind and hail storm sweeps North Dakota area
A powerful wind hail storm struck an area north and south of Grand Forks causing extensive damage to telegraph and telephone lines, buildings, and crops. Thompson saw church destruction and railway damage while Elm Belmont area reports a destroyed Lutheran church and farm buildings. In New York City a severe storm hit Tammany Hall and nearby areas with shattered windows and falling debris.
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Fargo
N. D
Grand Forks
Hall
Conway
Larimore
Great Northern
Park River
Thompson
Weventy-Ie
Winnipes Junction
Belmont
Tlllsburg
Hroke Brothers
Tammany Hall
New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Hanover Bank
Pine and Nasway Streets
Fourteenth Street
STATE CASHIER'S MONEY BOX ROBBED IN BROADWAY OFFICE
A thief entered the Southern Pacific office at 9 Broadway New York during a crowd of hundreds and stole the cashier's money box containing the day's receipts. The box held about 340 in checks and notes and little cash. The cashier placed the box on his desk briefly and it vanished with no trace of the culprit.
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New York
Chy Southern Pacifc Railway
Broadway
Couty
Jonty
San Franesco
Cal
Conan
Ruléte of Nations
Whencenurta
M. de Lomnegne
France
Sublime Porte
Turkey
M. de Lesmagne
Aullan
Umpire Shoots Pitcher in Cannelton Ball Game
In Cannelton Indiana on July 4 umpire Arthur Derrett fatally shot pitcher William Whalen during a Owensboro vs Caranelton game after a dispute at bat. Whalen collapsed as Derrett fired twice in the back. a crowd urged lynching and the town marshal jailed Derrett in the Cannelton Jail as sheriff warns against mob violence.
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Freas
Cannelion
Ind
Arthur Derrett
William Whallen
Owensboro
Caranelion
Whalen
Derrett
Ceepsi
Whailen
Cannelton
Mrs Bragg Regrets Publicizing Wife Letter Remarks
Mrs Bragg from Fond du Lac Wisconsin says she realizes her error in making public contents of the letter. It is admitted in Washington that General Bragg made indiscreet remarks about the Cuban people. She regrets that the letter from her husband was mashed across the nation and suggests using Blazney instead of vitriol.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Fond du Lac
Bragg
Washington
Miners Die After Daly West Explosion in Utah
Two powder magazines at the 1200 foot level of the Daly West mine exploded early this morning near Park City Utah. Twenty seven men were dead by four o clock and many others were saved from the Ontario shaft as rescuers fought to reach the buried miners.
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Associated Press
Park City
Utah
Daly-West
Daly-Weast
Daly West
Jevael
Lewel
Ontario
Tarlo
Daly- West
Oshkosh Team Struggles With Recruiting and Attendance
Manager O Rourke reports costly experiments in adding two Chicago players Weber and Hawthorne to Oshkosh roster. Hawthorne struggled on the mound and was removed. Weber pitched poorly and may be released. Oshkosh hosts Appleton next Sunday at Combination Park as turnout lags, while attendance in Wisconsin games remains weak with 400 to 1,420 crowds noted.
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Maneger O'Rourke
Oshkosh
Chicago
A. Lantility
Weber
Ghortstop
Hawthorne
Green
Green Bay
Hig
Stadler
Bny
O'Rourke
Ike
Enys Hely
Appleton
Combinations Park
Wieland
Doll
McKenna
Appleton Battery
Jess
Oshkosh Battery
Dillion
Sumilay
Outfeld
Wilkes
Wauupun
Manitowoc
Tye
Carrie Nation
al Electric Park
Lergue
Wisconsin
Wausau
Waupun
Wisconsin Threaten Weather Update for Afternoon and Night
Indications for Wisconsin threaten storms and warmer conditions this afternoon and tonight. Expect winds from the south shifting to the north with possible gusts. temperatures may rise, with deteriorating conditions likely in the evening.
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Sun Son
Wisconsin
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