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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1910
Page
6
The county board investigations panel will meet at the county clerk’s office at 2 PM Monday December 12. Chairman Peter Lehnen reports all supervisors replied to stock ownership inquiries and the session will be open to the public for information.
In Freeport Illinois on December 8, W E Buck a local painter announced he has not received the $150 000 inheritance from his grandmother Mrs Katherine Hildebrand of Boston. He said he will continue to work as before.
The United States Attorney General received the resignation of United States Marshal Jack Abernathy and quickly accepted it. Abernathy also requested a 15 day leave of absence which was granted. The resignation becomes effective December 31, 1910.
Mrs Eddy was laid to rest after a brief home service led by Judge Smith. Active pallbearers included Bliss Napp and William Farlow. The body wore white lace and satin. a brief reading of the Psalms and a quiet burial followed with guard maintained until mausoleum completion.
Tonight at the Y M C A basketball court Maroons meet Nationals and Cardinals face Athletics in league play. Public attendance is encouraged as teams urge fans to support with a team focus and shared effort. Standings show Maroons leading with 10 1.000 record and Cardinals at 0 1 .000.
Washington December. An executive committee of the National Conservation Association led by Gifford Pinchot weighs a plan to regulate water power by combining private capital with state or national help through corporate franchises land condemnation and licenses to use public waters in order to develop water resources without waste or delay.
Madison Wis Dec 8 Special The government indicted 180 saloon men for selling liquor to Indians aiming to punish those responsible for Indians possession of fire water. The crusade led by W E Pussyfoot Johnson and his deputies targets saloon operators rather than the Indians.
A. F. Dawson will resign from the Second Iowa district seat on March 4 and assume the presidency of the First National Bank of Davenport, succeeding Anthony Burdick. The bank is noted as the first national bank organized in America.
The interstate commerce commission issued an order suspending an increase in express shipper rates about 30 percent, easing concerns over shipping liquor into dry territory.
A household cough remedy combines sugar syrup and Pinex to craft a inexpensive tonic. Uses one pint sugar and percent pint warm water, plus 2 percent ounces Pinex, in a pint bottle. Claims rapid soothing effects within 24 hours and suitability for bronchial irritation asthma and whooping cough.
The case for Hattie Leblanc a French Canadian girl accused of murdering Clarence Glover continued with junior counsel A Farley Brewer arguing the charge is circumstantial and that motive is absent. Testimony included Canadian townspeople and Mrs Kate Thompson Auburndale stating Glover’s wife implicated herself in a March incident.
Detroit quote from William Livingstone president of the Lake Carriers' Association argues the government cannot prove restraint of trade in the Great Lakes Towing Company case. He says water routes have free entry and no franchises, denying any monopoly in towing.
A city shooting park, Inter-City Shooting Park, is described as a lead mine after a decade of use. Owner T. D. Frazer has literally mined lead from clay targets, reporting 36 tons of pure lead worth about $70 per ton already extracted from the top sod.
A fire broke out this afternoon in the machine house on the middle span of the Alton railroad bridge over the Mississippi River, threatening to destroy the structure and close the bridge and river traffic.
Dispatch from Madison reports Frank Gautsch may join the state game warden force, with no verification but strong belief of appointment. The La Crosse district may be split, with Holmes sharing oversight and Gautsch taking part of the duties. Roadside incidents include Ivan Warren mortally wounded while deer hunting and an arson of snares case. Warren reportedly died after calmly smoking a pipe on a hospital cot.
The continental United States population is estimated at 92,135,221, up 16,831,834 since 1900, with eight states pending final census returns. Excludes Alaska and island possessions. Georgia, Louisiana, Montana, New Jersey, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming have not yet announced totals.
Paris dispatch says the $509 rooster costume for Maude Adams in Rostand's Chanticleer and about seventy other outfits for the American production are completed and to be shipped soon. The costumes were crafted by the firm that supplied St Martin costumes.
Two bills aimed at the Payne Aldrich tariff drew attention in the House. One by Rep. Smith would place all sawn lumber on the free list, while Rep. Clark proposes removing duties on all articles used for food and adds food stuffs to the free list.
Probate filings show the estate of Sigwald Quale who died about a year ago is valued over 200000 with the largest inheritance tax in Eau Claire county history. Judge George L Blum fixed the tax at 3919.07 dollars. He left no will and the entire estate goes to his mother Mrs Anna Quale.
President Taft hosted Wm. C. Lee and D. L. Chase of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen from Cleveland. They discussed legislation to protect railway trainmen under an employers liability topic.
The House opened sessions in Washington today to begin consideration of the Indian appropriation bill, the first of the major appropriations totaling 8,160,985 dollars.
Sunny Monday soap is advertised as pure and white with no resin, suitable for all fabrics and waters. It claims to resist shrinking and fading, removes dirt quickly with a dirt starter, and doubles clothing life while halving wash-day labor.
Secret service disclosures discuss a wide smuggling plot involving Chinese slave girls and boys. About a dozen American men, including some U S customs workers, are named. A liner brought a larger group to land, with Hong Kong cited as storage and no action by China.
Washington December 8. Arguments at the Interstate Commerce Commission center on the Southern Pacific refrigerator rate for orange and lemon shipments and shipper rights to pre chill fruit. The case seeks a 15 cent per hundred weight increase contested by Arlington Fruit Exchange and other Pacific coast firms. The commission had ordered a rate reduction to the original schedule, but Southern Pacific continues to contest.
Erwin J. Wider former cashier of the Russo Chinese bank confessed before Judge Thomas C. O Sullivan to involvement with two other men in a $600000 theft. Wider has pleaded guilty and awaits sentence as an investigation proceeds. The identities of the two men were withheld pending their arrest. They are expected to be brought before District Attorney Whitman tomorrow for possible formal charges.
Representative Herbert Parsons of New York introduced a resolution and bill to repeal the law prohibiting withdrawal of lands for forest reserves in Oregon Washington Idaho Montana Colorado and Wyoming except by act of Congress.
A local jewelry store advertises a range of diamond rings with various settings and stone sizes. Prices span from 7.50 to 350.00, emphasizing quality over cheapness and offering multiple styles.
Police investigation began into a hotel double shooting in which James Whitley of Grand Junction Colorado shot Julia Barclay of Oakland five times and then slashed his throat. Both victims were badly wounded but Whitley survived.
A gulf to the lakes delegation led by President W. K. Kavanaugh visited the White House to present resolutions urging a 14 foot Chicago to New Orleans channel. Kavanaugh conducted a heated exchange as Taft warned a judge should listen to evidence despite abuse.
Hezekiah Rascoe, charged with killing Oday Hubbell and his family near Bernard Missouri, was brought to justice after a night journey from St Joseph. Rascoe waived hearing and was jailed in Buchanan County to prevent renewed unrest as officials guarded his return.
University of Minnesota officials aim to curb late night partying by holding weekly dances in the university armory. Track coach Dick Grant proposed the plan inspired by Milwaukee socialists to keep 5000 students from burning the midnight oil in downtown venues.
At Columbia Illinois December 8 aviators Ely and McCurdy were stopped from flying at the state fair grounds by a warrant in the Georgie Fair association of Augusta suit for 15000 damages. Augusta fair men claim they lost 15000 due to failed promised flights in November.
Inland Navigation Company's steamer Dunalem with 150000 bushels of wheat is ashore off Isle Royale and likely a total loss. A gale rages with little chance of saving the ship. Insured for $250000, insurance expired shortly before departure. Wrecking tugs work to rescue the crew.
Five masked bandits robbed the Centennial National Bank in Virginia near Springfield Illinois. They beat and bound the night watchman Patrick Kinney and escaped with the money in sight while jamming the bank door closed to prevent pursuit.
Representative Moon of Pennsylvania was appointed by Speaker Cannon to the committee on employers' liability to succeed Representative Denby of Michigan, who resigned from the committee after losing his bid for the next congress.
At its annual meeting in Germania hall last Tuesday evening the Deutsch-Amerikanischer Central Verein elected officers for the coming year. President John Dengler First vice president John Utermoehl Second vice president L Silber Schmidt Secretary Wm Buehs Financial secretary Henry Altere gg Treasurer Albert Gutzke The central body ties together most La Crosse German societies and is part of the German-American National Bund with about two and a half million members in the United States.
The city council will convene tomorrow evening for the monthly meeting. Committees approved plans to install new lights at the corners of Vine and Street, grant parking near Mill Street Crossing, and order minor repairs at the pump house.
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