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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
10
J E Stuart of Chicago spoke at a Wisconsin postmasters meeting, praising the service as the strongest in government but noting small losses in registered mail. He urged quicker indemnity payments and improvements in the parcels post to boost national commerce and efficiency.
The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Ohio and Other States met in Appleton Wisconsin on August 21 and voted a two year mission appropriation of sixty thousand six hundred dollars to be raised by congregations by size. A missionary will begin work among the Slovaks and the Jewish mission board will be dissolved with three members overseeing the Jewish postal mission. F C Soller of Youngstown was named chairman of the new committee.
Kenosha Wisconsin August 21 The case surrounding the Biehn sisters from Paris town turns with new claims they left home willingly with a stranger and sought shelter at a brick yard shack. They rode an electric car toward Racine and were later seen on a Milwaukee car. District Attorney Baker leads the investigation as authorities search for their whereabouts.
Extreme cruelty by drunken gypsies to a horse was reported to police in Beloit Wisconsin on August 21. Residents said a man struck the horse with an axe and another slashed its head with a knife. The incident follows another recent cruelty case, prompting talk of forming a humane society.
S G Moon and J T Barber Eau Claire lumbermen indicted in Idaho for alleged conspiracy to defraud the U S government over timber lands are freed in the western district of Wisconsin. Judge J W Quarles ruled the indictment insufficient to state an offense. Bundy and Wilcox attorneys prepared the orders.
The Wisconsin state fish commission led by Secretary James Nevin released a car load of black bass into Lake Mendota. About 12,000 minnows, two inches long, were obtained from the Mississippi river bottoms and are of natural propagation rather than hatchery stock.
Marquette Wisconsin August 21 Judge J W Stone rules adverse possession of surface unwrought mineral lands cannot establish titles to the minerals beneath The Mitchell estate heirs and Capt Samuel Mitchell are defeated by a decree that favors the Breitung interests and Arctic Iron company This decision clarifies mineral ownership boundaries and strengthens the Breitung Arctic iron position
Richard Hintz aged 24 pleaded guilty to stealing a horse a buggy and harness from Bernard Thelen of Raymond township. He was sent to the Green Bay reformatory for three years. Hintz born Milwaukee his mother there worked on Thelen farm he admitted alcohol use and attempted sale of the horse for 12 dollars before arrest in Milwaukee.
Cassius M. Paine of Beloit petitions for bankruptcy in Madison noting liabilities of about 142000 dollars. He lists assets of about 5000 dollars and predicts only about two percent repayment after costs.
Chippewa Falls A narrow escape as La Vigne and Murphy nearly toppled from a boat in the Chippewa River. Thomas assisted to shore and Murphy fell near the dam, rescued by Rooney. Eau Claire Prof C E Potter of the Milwaukee normal school will teach at the teachers summer school opening here. Eau Claire Victor Olson, a Milwaukee Road fireman, badly crushed legs after falling from a running board near Altoona. Fond du Lac An elderly man named Durner struck by a freight train. left leg amputated below the knee. Grand Rapids Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers' association to meet next year at Mather. crop expected short but fruit full and large. university papers discussed. Janesville H B North to wed Harriet E Clark Sept 9 in Paris where he studies. post-marriage trip to the continent then reside in Paris. Marinette Missionary society to ship barrel of clothing to a South-area pastor earning no more than 100 dollars yearly with a family. Manitowoc William Springstube fined 25 dollars for selling milk in unsanitary containers. sixth such prosecution in two months. Monroe Over 500 attend Green County Old Settlers' picnic. Sudge Grimm gave principal address. Manitowoc While feeding chickens Mrs John Brown dropped dead at 76. Neenah About 1000 members of Equitable assemblies from Neenah and Fond du Lac picnic Fraternal Union at Riverside Park.
Three year old Eugene Haas fell from a second story window in Eau Claire Wisconsin landing on a soliciting salesman who was at the door below. The boy was badly injured but saved from death. The salesman escaped with a bad scar.
In Hudson Wisconsin on August 21 an attempt to change seats in a small rowboat on Lake Mallalow caused the craft to capsize. Passengers Henry Singelman and four others, Al Pickart Charles Mahoney Art Hennington and Fred Edson, were thrown into the water. Singelman who could not swim nearly drowned before Pickart rescued him.
A state convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians adopted a resolution to foster closer ties between Irish and German Catholic groups in Illinois. The measure urges state officers to strengthen Catholic influence through improved relations among societies.
Jurors for the September term were selected by the jury commissioners. The list includes William Moss Frank Geisenheimer LaFleur Jost Keyes Theodore Sidensol Adam Webber Arthur Drake H S Thill Rudolph Kreutz C B Gesell L C Jenks August Miller Frank Kohn W T Irvine Henry Schroeder John J Ott Otto Loeffler George E Ash Emil Heideman E E Seilstad M C Wall Fred Cook J C Moore E S Mead J L Garder William Evans George D Wright John Owen Alex Metcalf H H Long C M Marking George Wheeler J M Casberg and others. Jurors summoned to appear at 9:30 a m September 9.
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