Actor Attacks Brother at Ringling Circus in Madison
A Ringling Brothers act in Madison falls into chaos when Alexander Patty, the man who walks on his head, assaulted his brother with a heavy hardwood club during a performance. Ringling staff restrained him as the injured brother was led to the dressing tent. The show continued in an abbreviated act amid sensational crowd reaction. Patty, described as not normal and prone to outbursts, was separated from his brother and father, who accompanied them on tour.
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Madison
Wis
Alexander Patty
Patty
Employes
Chreus Emplweg
Disturbance Triggers Expulsion from Show After Outburst
The irome heat is named as the cause of his disturbance. Two years earlier he attacked his brother with a cane, injuring teeth. The Ping Nog brothers, shocked by the assault, investigate and deem the act a damages to the large property. Patty’s outburst will likely lead to his removal from the show as the audience reacted with unease.
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Ping- Nog
Mackinac Island Statue Plans Move Ahead in Park
Mackinac Island state park officials convened to approve the Father Marquette statue project. Adrian businessman CLOR Miller was elected president, with H L. Wanter as vice president and H O Jopling named to fill a vacancy caused by Peter White’s death. The bronze sculpture by Florence sculptor G Trentanove will stand about nineteen feet high, awaiting an Italy arrival, with a tablet detailing White’s life and the project’s origins. The chosen site fronts the fort park, already landscaped for the monument’s dedication when the statue arrives.
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Marquette
Mich
Mackinac Island State Park
Clor Miller
Adrian
Peter White
H. L. Wanter
H. O. Jopling
Father Marquette
Italy
G. Trentanove
Florence
Mackinac Island
Clayton Sets Date for Bryan Notification
Congressman Henry D. Clayton of Alabama announces the Democratic committee on notification will meet in Lincoln Nebraska on August 12 to formally notify William J. Bryan of his nomination. The event stems from Clayton's Denver convention leadership and signals the formal nomination ceremony.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Als
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
Denver
Committee On
Bryan
Lincoln
Nel
Hig
Railroads threaten export trade shift to China and Australia
Washington July 3 The interstate commerce commission weighs the move by James J Hill and other transcontinental railroads to surrender export sales to China Japan New Zealand and Australia on November 1 amid rules requiring publication and notice of export rate changes. Officials worry the rule could bar export bids and cost the nation foreign trade, with experts noting the Baltic pool dispute and the commission's limited power over inland to export rates.
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Washington, D.C
James J. Hil
Edward H. Harriman
Berwynd Syndicaite
China
Japan
New Zealand
Australia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
James J. Hill
Cosmopolitan Shipping Company
United States
Funeral for Mrs Rebecca M Greer Held at Omro
Omro Wis July 20 funeral held at three oclock at the house for Mrs Rebecca M Greer with Rev 8 Stone officiating. Interment was at Junction cemetery. She was born in Scotland and died at seventy nine years nine months after a fall accelerated by age. She came to America at sixteen, lived in New York state, then moved to Omro in 1856 where she resided ever since. Miss Ella Piger of Milwaukee visiting the Luscombe family. The W 627 UT ladies plan a picnic to North Park Oshkosh by special car. The Comet band street concert ended with a social party. Slip missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints announce four open air meetings here starting Friday evening. Mrs C A Marsh of Antigo visiting her mother Mrs Mary Barnett has returned home.
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Omro
Wis
Rebecca M. Greer Waar
Stone
Junction’ Cemetery
Scathied
America
New York State
Oumre
Nage
Ella Piger
Milwaukee
F. E. Luscombe
North Park
Oshkosh
Comet
Slip
Church of Jesus Christ
Litter Day Saints
C. A. Marsh
Antigo
Mary Barnett
Milwaukee Vagrancy Case Drags Into Week
Special to Tha Northwestern reports Tacat police have not received information from Rochest or Chicago about the appeal line. A Romanian woman linked to anarchists and Black Hand is under watch as detectives continue probing the vagrancy charge. Detective Nurmins testified, with police visiting details, as the case remains ongoing after a week.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Tacat
Rochrst
Chicago
Haan Whieh
Joseph Bytina
Nurmins Tom
Hitchcock's Lieutenants in Taft Campaign Team
Washington notes reveal Frank Hitchcock shaping the Republican executive committee to steer Taft's campaign. Key roosevelt allies Borah and Nagel join, with Brooker Ward and Penrose among reactionaries represented, while the Pacific coast lacks a voice and North Carolina's Duncan signals southern strategy.
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Northwestern
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Frank Hitchcock
Republican National
Taft
Roosevelt
Ita
Ittehcock
Borah
Falco
Nagel
Missouri
Rosewater
Nebraska
Duncan
North Carolin
Taft Favored By The Cotton Trade Journal In South
The Cotton Trade Journal argues Taft is less obnoxious to Black voters than other Republicans and nonsectional on national issues. It foresees a Republican white man’s party in the South becoming likely, with Taft starting the race with broad southern support and Democratic indifference at the threshold.
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South
The
Cotton Trade Journal
Duncan
Executive Committee
Roosevelt
H. C. Stevens
Indians Visit Their Wisconsin Home This Summer
A special dispatch from Black River Falls reports Winnebago Indians from Nebraska have arrived in Wisconsin for a coming home visit. The delegation will be joined by others from the west and stay for several weeks in a reunion with their Wisconsin kin. The article notes this as a historic homecoming after removals in the early 1870s.
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Wis
Nebraska
Lasnara
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