News Epitoimed From Badgerdom In Wisconsin
A roundup from Postville to Marinette covers farm injuries, lightning losses, fair dates, a vagrancy arrest, a major verdict in a rail case, a Marinette killing tied to liquor, a Milwaukee swindler, insurance stats, and a Chippewa Falls saga ending in a rock-throwing arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badgerdom
Frank Harold
Menasha
Master Builders’ Association of
Kenosha
Mae Phillips
Ethel Mardens
Appleton
A. Mioen
Regular Army of
Norway
United States
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Peter Mueller
Richfield
Central
Stevens Point
Merrill
Wausau
Chippewa Falls
LaCrosse
David Lemere
Marinette
Reform School
Quinlan
Louis Clay
Minnesota Supreme Court
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Northwest
la Crosse
Carl Hayes
Chicago
William Kuchenberg
Outagamie County
Lawrence Isaacs
Milwaukee
G. F. Beedle
Wisconsin
Mathias Bittner
Bittner
Nationwide incidents and crimes reported in brief
Police in Tiffin Ohio Patrick Sweeney dies after shooting while attempting burglary arrests. A Los Angeles woman Beulah Hawkins sets long sleep record surpassing fifty two days. A tornado near Kempton Indiana kills a child. Northwestern University student Charles Wendell David, 23, wins Illinois Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford. Abraham Ruef seeks to disqualify Superior Judge Denne over Parkside trolley bribery case. A South Deerfield Massachusetts gas tank explosion kills three. one injured. A street car fight leads to a fatal shot and a white man wounded. a negro involved in drinking whisky. Philadelphia man John Robinson shot by police while escaping robbery. Captain John F Parker to command naval station at Tutuila Samoa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Sweeney
Tiffin
Ohio
Beulah Hawkins
Los Angeles
John Halpin
Kempton
Oxford University
Charles Wendell David
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
Abraham Ruef
San Francisco
Denne
Heflin
Alabama
Washington
John Robinson
Philadelphia
Memorial day oration invited for Grant's tomb
A Brooklyn chapter of the G A R invited Secretary Taft to deliver the Memorial Day oration on May 30 at Grant's Tomb on the Hudson river. Taft accepted. A dispatch reports the cruiser Tacoma ran aground entering Willemstad harbor Curaçao near Venezuela, but was refloated with only slight rudder damage.
Political shifts and violent deaths surface in scattered reports
The item catalogues political disputes with references to the Women's Democratic Club of New York and statements by Attorney General West of Oklahoma on liquor shipments. It notes a Bryan invitation to a Jefferson Day banquet in New York and Governor Johnson of Minnesota wavering on a presidential nomination. It lists several murder and suicide cases across multiple states, including Ben Habein's murder mystery in Minnesota and domestic tragedy in Somerset and Baltimore, with victims and suspects named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Democratic Club
New York City
West
Oklahoma
Republican Party
San Juan
P. R
Chicago
William J. Bryan
National Democratic Club
New York
Johnson
Minnesota
John Sharp Williams
Roosevelt
King George the Third
House
Herbert Parsons
Kings County Republican Committee of
Ben Habein
Fairbault
Minn
Frances Kabe
Fallisington
Salvatore Gueli
Cleveland
William Battell
Geddes
Franklinville
Iowa
Fred Nehls
Milwaukee
Henry Kock
St. Louis
Morris Finn
Somerset
Edward A. Watring
Dennis M. Welmer
Lfe
Watring
Joseph McFord
Baltimore
James McFord
Labor and Industry News Hit by Wage and Strike Actions
Troops sent to Alaska to quell 800 armed miners with dynamite. Parker mills in Warrens Rhode Island to cut wages 10 percent on April 6 affecting about 500 workers. Lumber camps near Hancock Michigan finish season. workers paid off. Prairie du Lac hardware dealer Andrew Kahn makes a voluntary assignment. H L Halstead of Baraboo named receiver. Pittsburg railway employer rejects 3 cent hourly cut for motormen and conductors. Chicago milk wagon drivers vote to strike seeking $50 weekly raise beyond March 31 scale. Pennsylvania Railroad to discharge all aliens, hire only Americans. John Mitchell, ex-president of United Mine Workers, offered new positions. Chippewa Valley Railway Light and Power proposes arc light cost cut from 72 to 60. Order for 500000 dollars in equipment planned ahead of expected prosperity and New England trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Parker Mills
Warrens
R. I
Hancock
Mich
Andrew Kahn
Prairie du Lac
H. L. Halstead
Baraboo
Pittsburg
Eau Claire
New England
Miners to Supply Men as Mills Implement Wage Cut
A joint Iowa miners and operators conference led to miners agreeing to furnish men to oversee mines during an impending suspension. A 10 percent wage reduction was posted at Exeter New Hampshire’s cotton mills affecting about 400 operatives. Illinois district No 18 mines with nearly 5,000 workers suspend only with a settlement on a wage schedule.
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Lehigh and New England Railroad Company
Iowa
Exeter
N.H
Mines of Illinois District No. 18
Notable deaths across states mark week in early reports
Gunder Halvorson of Pleasant Springs near Stoughton dies suddenly at 70 from heart disease while Frederick W. Mencke founder of the F W Mencke Stone and Lime Co of Quincy dies after a lingering illness at 76. Dr C H Frost of Plainfield Wis dies at 56 after twenty seven years as a physician. Mrs Eliza Trask Hill long active in the W C T U and King's Daughters dies at 68 in Somerville Mass. Leonard Clark longtime hotelier of Ontario hotel and Tremont House Chicago passes away. Colonel Maurice C Langhorne 85 commanded the 11th Virginia in the Civil War and dies in Lynchburg Va. his lineage traces to 1812 War veteran ancestry.
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Stoughton
Gunder Halvorson
Pleasant Springs
Frederick “ W. Mencke
F. W. Mencke Stone and Lime Company
Quincy
Illinois
Missouri
C. H. Frost
Plainfield
Wis
Oddfellows Lodge
Wisconsin
Eliza Trask Hill
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Society of King’s Daughters
Somerville
Mass
Beonard Clark
Ontario
Clark
Michigan
Tremont House
Chicago
Maurice C. Langhorne
Eleventh
Virginia
Lynchburg
Maurice Langhorne
Warwick County
The Judge Quotes A Circus Remark On Nervous Habit
A judge remarks that an aimless wonder has a single bad habit as the crowd overhears a quip about biting fingernails. The concise exchange highlights a playful aside about nervous behavior in a circus setting.
Postum Brings Cheer and Refreshed Health Says Washington Woman
A Washington woman credits Postum with lifting years of nervous spells and illness. She stopped coffee, found relief after the first cup, and now handles housework and caring for two babies with cheerfulness. The letter ends noting Postum’s maker in Battle Creek and the slogan There’s a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Dusty Roads Mean Disease in California’s Dustless Roads
Washington, April 7. Dr. Cushman argues that dirty roads poison health and that dust from 2,150,000 miles of American roads fuels disease. He cites California’s shift to dustless, oil-treated roads as proof that road cleanliness boosts public health and values, urging wider support for road improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Allerton S. Cushman
Office of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Cushman
Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Staffordshire
John Lubbock
Lubbock
Dr. Cushman
America
California
France
Senate Deliberates on Snake River Dam Bill and Anti Trust Proposals
Washington reports the senate spent nearly all of the session debating a bill to permit a Snake River dam, with Senator Heyburn blocking a vote. Teller attacked executive overreach while others denounced forestry mismanagement and timber monopolies. The House advanced the agricultural appropriation measure amid disputes over road funding and farmer bulletins. April 1-2 saw party clashes with Payne signaling Republican drive to push a party agenda despite Democratic resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Snake River
Heyburn
Idaho
Teller
United States
Bureau of Forestry
House
Mondell
Wyoming
Smith
California
Bureau
Bonynge
Colorado
Cushman
Congress
Hepburn
Iowa
Scott
Kansas
Warner
Missouri
Bonaparte
Clark
Florida
Caulfield
Republicans End Filibuster in House Debates Forge Ahead
In Washington on April 3 and 4 the House and Senate clash over Democratic obstruction. The agricultural appropriation bill passed, while a movement to curb over capitalization of railroads surfaced. The Senate ratified the Hague treaty and confirmed several ambassadors as party tensions widened between majority and minority.
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Washington
House
Payne
New York
Williams
Mississippi
Mibuster
Congress
Monnday
Senate
Carter
Committee On
Postoffices and Postroads
Postoffice Department
Mexico
Italy
Spencer F. Eddy
Argentine
Arthur M. Beaupre
Illinois
Tha
Netherlands
Wer
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Esch
Wisconsin
Pigskin bags make a conspicuous fashion statement
The article notes new pigskin bags designed to carry numerous small items women collect during shopping. Some bags imitate the animal’s shape with a head for coins and a back with handles that opens to hold visiting cards, memoranda, and samples. The trend is distinctive if unlikely to become popular.
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A. E
Burdick
Postville
South Deerfield
John H. Eckington
James Pentacosta
Nelson Beaman
Labor and Industry
Tokio
Japan
Great Britain
Shanghai-Nankin
Nankin
Shanghai
Wu Sieh
Corean
Durham W. Stevens
Growers
Congressional
Dodds
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