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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1905
Page
7
Portsmouth report from August 19 notes black pessimism over the Washington conference ending failure. Officials suggest a final Tuesday session to sign a protocol while seeking a compromise, with Japan firm on terms and pressure from Tokyo to moderate.
Russia’s national representative assembly, a product of decades of reform effort, is proclaimed by Emperor Nicholas as a consultative body to advise the empire’s government. The manifesto ukase and project are published in Official Messenger editions, signaling a historic shift eclipsing 1861 serf liberation. The date honors the Transfiguration feast and harvest symbolism.
Page 1 continues with a combative remark as one party vows to fight an opponent to the knife, hilt, and beyond, signaling a heated dispute over authorship. The feisty confrontation hints at ongoing personal or legal tensions surrounding the work.
A brief note reports that Miss Milton issued a denial this afternoon regarding a matter not specified in the fragment. No further details are available in the readable text.
The speaker alleges police pressured a false statement at a station under threat of three years at Waupun. He says the oath was invalid while detained without a warrant, cites lack of access to a typewriter, and claims improper arrest procedures and sexual harassment by an officer. He denies knowledge of an anonymous letter.
Statement by MISS B FE MILTON denying involvement in the incident. She asserts no connection and says she asked for an attorney, which was refused by Byrne.
John Smith a Bur ford Construction employee was trampled by a runaway horse tied to a light delivery wagon owned by Kavanaugh and Smith. He suffered painful though not serious injuries and was taken to Dr Powell's while the horse was cared for. both man and animal were extricated and are expected to recover.
A nine-year-old girl aboard the steamer City of Hudson near Brownsville slipped into the water after wandering away from her group. Quick-acting crew launched a lifeboat and pulled her from the water, leaving her unharmed aside from fright and wetness.
New Orleans reports 62 new cases and 8 deaths yesterday, keeping overall fever outlook hopeful. Total cases reach 1,285 with 195 total deaths. 415 patients remain under treatment as of 6 p.m. A month ago the situation appeared far worse.
Fred Bashang of Newport Kentucky is in a Cincinnati hospital in critical condition after a serious operation for injuries from a toy cannon explosion on July 29 years ago. The wound, though healed, has troubled him for a year with powder and possibly cannon fragments remaining in the wound.
A Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg line passenger train in Philadelphia Jefferson County, N Y, struck and killed Mr. and Mrs. Charles I Cross and their daughter Mrs Chauncey Welch of Chicago while they rode in a carriage at a crossing. Their 2 year old son was fatally injured.
In Dublin on August 10, reports state Miss Florence Croker has returned from Aix-les-Bains without Count Louis San Martino, whose whereabouts remain unknown. She declines to speak to reporters per her father's orders.
Cincinnati Aug 19. Mrs Anne Woodall died yesterday in Newport at age 95. The obituary notes a life spanning nearly a century with reports of early life in the region and distant family ties.
A native of England who soon after marriage rode the first steam railroad with her husband and witnessed Queen Victoria's coronation.
Attorney Edwin H. Park petitions the district court for appointment of a receiver for the Denver Savings Bank. The complaint accuses fraud connivance law violations and illegal preferences by bank officers toward certain depositors.
Abraham Goodman, once a San Francisco jeweler who sold his business fourteen months ago and moved to New York, was found dead in the Hudson River opposite Fort Lee. He disappeared from his home last Monday and authorities deemed his death probably an accidental drowning.
George W. Black of Indianapolis attempted to take strychnine in White's drug store but was stopped by two clerks. He has heart disease and was temporarily deranged. Black, his wife and two friends are visiting Jackson, Michigan.
About four thousand people attended the fourth annual Rockford Chautauqua opening in Rockford Illinois. Maud Ballington Booth delivered her lecture titled A Heart Story as crowds of campers gathered on the grounds, marking an attendance high for the event.
A heavy August storm damages the main lines from Chicago to St Paul, with washouts north of LaCrosse disrupting traffic on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Chicago Burlington and Quincy routes between Chicago and St Paul.
A dispatch from the German East Africa governor reports that natives near Kilwa say a Roman Catholic bishop named Spies two missionary brothers and two sisters were murdered while traveling from Kilwa to Liwale.
In Toronto on August 19 the eight hour day committee report was adopted by the Typographical union, urging an eight hour work day from January 1 next year. The action is expected to trigger a large strike.
Webb Jay of Cleveland was fatally injured in a ten mile automobile race crash at Kenilworth park Buffalo. His machine broke through a fence at the 3 4 mile mark, tumbling down a 15 foot embankment into a pond. He suffered nine broken ribs a punctured lung and a fractured femur.
The schooner John M Hutchinson from Cleveland sprung a leak and foundered off Keweenaw Point in Lake Superior while towed by the Caledonia. The crew were rescued and brought to Sault Ste Marie by the Caledonia.
Pacific division telegraphers vote to persist in the strike after President Perham urged a vote. The Aug. 19 decision shows near unanimous support to continue industrial action.
Denver August 19 Henry D Davis of Cleveland Ohio elected by acclamation as cr and worthy president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles at the grand senate meeting Pelletier declined a second term confirmation by acclamation.
Joseph Uhalt a 30 year old former New Orleans druggist lies dying in a New York hospital from self inflicted stab wounds. He was found in a Central Park drive with a hunting knife beside him. He came to the city hoping to secure a publisher for a socialism book and then sought a magazine editor post without success.
Botzen Tyrol Australian Aug 19 An anarchist Jori arrested while planning an attack on Emperor Francis Joseph during his visit hanged himself in prison. Police found two revolvers and a bomb on arrest.
Kermit Roosevelt, son of President Roosevelt, left Oyster Bay for Deadwood South Dakota to visit Captain Seth Bullock and hunt. He will spend two to three weeks with Bullock on a hunting expedition in the Black Hills reserve.
Rail passenger notices announce excursion tickets from all stations to Portland Tacoma Seattle and California points on specific August September dates with favorable return limits due to meetings. Two fast trains to the Pacific Coast daily include The Overland Limited electric lighted and The California Express with drawing room and tourist sleeping cars. Apply to Chicago & North Western Ry agents for rates and tickets.
Advertises via the North Western Line and direct routes with optional trips through San Francisco and Los Angeles. Proposes sending a 2 cent stamp for illustrated folder and full information on extensive going and return options with low rate side trips to Yellowstone National Park and Alaska.
Ex cursion tickets will be sold Sept. 14 to 16, with favorable return limits, on account of Anniversary of Battle Chicamauga. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
The Burlington will operate cafe observation cars on No 49 northbound at 9:09 a.m. offering breakfast and luncheon and on No 50 southbound at 12:14 p.m. serving luncheon and dinner.
Vacation excursion tickets sold August 28 to 31 for National Firemen's Association convention. Favorable return limits. Apply to agents Chicago and North-Western Railway.
La Crosse Wisconsin August 8 1905 to S A D Puter Berkley California you are notified that under a contract dated September 6 1904 there is due 1710 for principal interest and expenses. If not paid by October 6 1905 your rights to fifteen school land certificates numbers 11974 to 11985 inclusive and 12489 12490 12504 pledged as security will be forfeited and certificates become the property of the undersigned.
Railway timetable note lists services marked as a daily except Sunday and daily pattern with lettered references a and b indicating service variations on the line.
Train timetable notes from June 21 show La Crosse to Merrillan departures at 8 15 am with Marshland and Winona connections, and Merrillan to Green Bay arrivals around 6 15 pm. Westbound service leaves Green Bay at 7 00 am via Amherst Junction Stevens Point Merrillan and Marshland, arriving La Crosse about 4 40 pm with a Merrillan to Winona run at 7 40 am and 5 00 pm departures.
Regional teams from Green Bay Winona La Crosse Stevens Point Grand Rapids St Paul Minneapolis gather for a midseason conference gathering. Officials expect regional rivals to compete for early lead and notable performances across multiple events.
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