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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1905
Page
9
Portsmouth reports show Witte and Sato contemplating concessions as Russia and Japan prepare for a final session. Officials in St Petersburg and Berlin signal broad support for compromise and progress toward a concluded peace, with Tokyo awaiting Russia’s position. Meyer also met Lamsdorff in St Petersburg.
Poet and traveler Marion Mannville Pope sold her Mannville homestead on Eighth Street between King and Cass to P. M. Brink of La Crosse. The deal totalled 3000 dollars after Brink also bought adjoining half lot from Mrs. Louisa Withee for 850 dollars. Deeds were filed with the register of deeds this morning. Pope has lived in New Jersey for years when not abroad.
The board of public works visited the Ka Crosse & Electric plant on King street where a ditch for hot water and gas pipes was dug. A six inch pipe, claimed to carry steam, was questioned as a river water intake. officials said it is not a water pipe. The city will act only if the lighting company tries to extend the pipe toward the river. otherwise no action.
W L Klett, agent for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy in La Crosse, departs Sept 1 to head the freight division in St Paul. His promotion draws congratulations but leaves local business interests sad after a year and a half of service.
A pithy adage notes that the usual path to improvement lies in want ads. The line implies opportunities and fortune await those who seek employment or goods reflected in classified notices.
Washington Aug 26 General Bates acting secretary of war denied that the headquarters of the northern division of the army would be transferred from St Louis to Chicago. The piece ends with a quirky aside about large houses and ledgers as an advertising joke.
The post mortem on Julius Davis after the Eagle Point shooting on the Quincy reveals one 38 cal bullet, proving two guns were used. Debris suggests the head wound may not be from a bullet and deck hand Hawthorn remains seriously ill with paralysis in the left leg. Charles Hawthorn and Mate Brinker await discharge to testify as inquest is postponed.
Wooster Ohio August 26 The judge announced that testimony will be admitted to show how either parent cared for the children. He stated the principles could take care of themselves and that regardless of guilt the children are innocent and the court will decide to benefit them most. Billy Taggart testified most of the morning.
The president and Mrs Roosevelt with a party of friends observed the Plunger maneuvers from the Sylph at Oyster Bay this morning.
Cairo I Aug 26 new quarantine rules take effect sealing the city from the world. The port is closed and travel barred while trade and movement are restricted under the order. The outbreak impact appears severe with business and daily life disrupted.
Yokohama reports the American steamer Montara bound for Petropavlovsk was captured by Japanese forces in the Behring Sea on August 23. The incident adds to wartime exchanges in the region. The Montara's fate and cargo remain unreported.
The jury list drawn at noon for the September term of circuit court includes R. C. Kuhn, W. F. Goodrich, Wm. Brocade, Robt. Braulin, Jos. J. Toellar, E. C. Joesten, Fred Wojahn, Herman Roessler, J. M. LaVague, M. C. Munson, E. Singer, L. M. Meyer, H. F. Huder, W. Christie, Win. Nuttleman, Elias William, C. J. Burns, J. R. Hartley, Frank Salt, Carl Brandt, T. D. Budd, Eden Sidde, Jno. C. Roddle, Chas. Bitzer, Ole L. Nelson, A. Roth, Jef Gibbons, Ole Sorde, Wm. Kepple, J. W. Dalton, L. O. Kirmse, FP L. Goddard, Andrew Anderson, R. C. McCaleb and F. E. Gleason.
Three men in a buggy entered A. W. Johanson's jewelry store in Chicago and asked to see rings. They seized a tray worth about one thousand dollars in diamonds, fled in a vehicle, but firemen and police in a patrol wagon pursued and captured the suspects.
Under a county board resolution a small farm tract owned by Kelly Vaughan on the road to Salem was sold to Ole Carlson for 100 dollars. Vaughan, an elderly inmate of the poor farm, deeded the property to the county in exchange for a life home, with the proceeds to bolster the county poor fund.
CHICAGO Aug. 26. The city becomes the center of a national employer printers struggle against the International Typographical Union. Open shop notices were posted in four large printing houses and strikes are expected to follow.
Beloit residents Ben Pratt and Jarry Carroll pleaded guilty to running gambling establishments in Beloit and were fined 100 dollars each plus costs in Janesville Wisconsin on August 26.
Theodore Shont's yacht burned completely at Carrabelle Florida with the vessel destroyed. The incident occurred near Mobile on August 26 and left no salvageable parts of the yacht.
New York police arrested a man this afternoon believed to be Dr Geo Wisehoff sought on a charge of having fifty wives. The case centers on a dramatic downtown arrest as investigators pursue the alleged bigamist across the city.
Wallack's Theatre Co presents Lost in New York for a one night engagement at the La Crosse theatre on Sunday August 27. The play draws a large devoted following with its breezy American humor and lively vigor. Tickets cost 10 20 and 30 cents.
Waukesha The Green mineral spring has been sold to Richard F Le Brocq a New York man and its waters are to be put on the eastern market. Whitewater Mrs Sally Cottery of Walworth county recently celebrated her 100th birthday. Kaukauna Henry W Kircher of Antigo and Miss Pearl Towsley of Kaukauna were married. Janesville Dean McGinnity of St Patrick s church has been presented with a silver service in a commemoration of his silver jubilee as pastor.
STOCKHOLM August 26 A commission was appointed today to negotiate the dissolution of the union with Norway and Sweden. It will hold its first meeting at Karlstad on August 31.
A reader notes that ongoing overtime due to staff shortages should have taught lessons in efficiency. The article urges using the want columns to hire extra help.
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