Suicide Ends Life of La Crosse Plow Official
Bert C. Edgell assistant treasurer and cashier of the La Crosse Plow company was found dead in his YMCA room with a bullet wound through the heart and a pistol nearby. No note or motive was found and authorities held no inquest. Edgell had recently feared death after a dream of burial and was last seen alive Thursday night with associates at Cameron Park.
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Bert C. Edgell
la Crosse Plow Company
la Crosse
Mr. Edgell
Edgell
Frank Williams
Williams
St. Francis Hospital
H. J. Hirshheimer
J. B. Turnbull
Caledonia Street
William Wentzoff
Turnbull
Mr. Wentzoff
Mr. Turnbull
Oliver Ash
The
Edward Cronon
Bosshard
Hirshheimer
Harry Hirshheimer
Byrne
G. J. Egan
A. Sletten
Stafford
Ya O. A
Ash
Wentroft
Aldermen Clash Over Paving Costs In La Crosse Council
A stormy La Crosse council session centered on Cass Street paving with creosoted block. Aldermen Keller and Valentine sparred over cost estimates and a bill from Kettle River Quarries for 351 dollars, while City Engineer Woods’s figures were disputed. The report was re referred to the street committee and will return with Engineer Woods’s explanation.
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la Crosse
Paul W. Mahoney
G. A. Keller
Special Street Improvement Committee
B. A. Valentine
Keller
Valentine
Woods
Cass Street
West Avenue
Fourteenth
Kettle River Quarries Company
Evict Prelates by Force Today
Paris reports the cabinet moves to enforce the law against nonconforming clergy. Ministers strip annuities and seize property, while Cardinal Locot is ordered to vacate within eight days and the Bishop of Arras is expelled with seminary residents driven out. Police broke barricades as the scene escalated.
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Scripps-McRae
Paris
Council of Ministers
Cardinal Locot
Arras
Eclair
Richard
Pneumonia Claims Paul Lavallee at Son’s Home
Paul Lavallee, 69, father of Pierre Lavallee, died at his son’s residence at 7:30 this morning from acute pneumonia after a brief illness. Born November 25, 1837 in Soriel Quebec, he lived as a retired farmer in Manitoba and moved to La Crosse a year ago with his wife. The funeral is set for 8 o’clock Monday at St. Mary’s Church with Rev. Father White officiating. burial in the Catholic cemetery.
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Paul Lavallee
Pierre Lavallee
Mr. Lavalle
Mr. Lavallee
Soriel
Quebec
Canada
Manitoba
la Crosse
St. Mary’s Church
Father White
Hartje appeals divorce to April term in Pittsburg
Augustus Hartje today appealed his divorce case to the April term of the superior court in Pittsburg.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Pittsburg
Augustus Hartje
Superior Court
Six Day Riders Near End of Race in New York
On December 15 in New York the six day race entered its final day with riders given strychnine and wine as a stimulant. The race slated to finish at 10 10 pm saw all but leaders ordered off at 9 00 pm to compete for honors. Vanderstuyt withdrew due to injuries while Walthour threatened to quit if labeled a quitter.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
New York
Vanderstuyit
Walthour
Confessed murderer is set free in Dayton case
Magistrate Terry dismissed David Curtis, charged with the murder of Dana Gilman, in Dayton Ohio. A separate item advertises missing girls at Reliable Steam Laundry on North Sixth Street and a lost sable fox fur collar with a $ reward offered at South Fourteenth Street.
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Scripps-McRae
Dayton, O
Terry
David Curtis
Dana Gilman
Reliable Steam Laundry
North Sixth Street
South Fourteenth Street
War talk and revival headline from December reports
Berlin notes discuss possible Japan United States war as Philippines protection tops the agenda while elections approach. In the U S, a San Francisco rumor about Hawaiian regiments is denied.
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Berlin
Japan
America
Philippines
Haakon
Washington, D. C
War Department
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Otto Young Will Leaves 20 Million in Trust in Chicago
Otto Young's will filed in Chicago allocates 400000 dollars to charity and places the remaining estimated 20 million in trust for his widow, children, and grandchildren. The trust runs for fifty years.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Chicago
Ill
Otto Young
Steamers Likely Lost In Great Lakes Hunt Turns Up Safeties
Reports from Duluth Minnesota and Bayfield Wisconsin say the steamers Manistique and Ireland and the tug Crosby thought lost are safe. The wrecking steamer Manistique remains unfound with search by the tug Inman underway. Rumors claim nine women and thirty-one men are aboard, but claims of safety nearby are untrue.
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Scripps-McRae
Duluth, Minn
Manistique
Ireland
Crosby
Bayfield
Wis
Inman
Mrs Anna Kreutz Called Away
Mrs. Anna Kreutz 81 died at 3 AM from paralysis and old age at 1509 South Seventh. Survived by two daughters Mrs M Spika and Mrs Wit Spika and son George Kretuz. Funeral Monday 9 AM from St Wenceslaus church with Rev X Till. interment Catholic cemetery.
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Anna Kreutz
Frank Kretuz
South Seventh _ street
M. Spika
Wit Spika
George Kretuz
St. Wenceslaus Church
Car shortage sparks famine concerns in Washington action
President discusses northwest car shortage with congressmen and hopes relief is near. Townsend blames misallocation, J J Hill disputes, and business leaders warn shortages endanger life. House approves urgent deficiency bill totaling over 500000 dollars with part earmarked for pure food law enforcement.
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Scripps-McRae
Washington, D. C
Northwest
Townsend
J. J. Hill
Great Northern
House
Robbers Take $1800 From Lincoln Arkansas Bank
Robbers entered the Lincoln Bank in Fayetteville vicinity this morning and escaped with 1800 dollars. The safe and building were wrecked in the daytime robbery.
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Scripps-McRae
Fayetteville, Ark
Lincoln
Ark
Henry Allen Injured Onalaska Foot Amputation Expected
Henry Allen of Onalaska was crushed under a streetcar wheel while stepping off to switch a line, suffering a crushed foot that will require amputation at La Crosse hospital. He is employed by the company.
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Henry Allen
Onalaska
la Crosse Hospital
Allen
Bryan letter urges railway public ownership in constitution
Guthrie Oklahoma December 15. The constitutional convention received a letter from Bryan with suggestions that the constitution include provisions for public ownership of railways and other provisions he favors. It was printed as a guide for drafting the constitution.
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Scripps-McRae
Guthrie
Oklo
Constitutional Convention
Bryan
Crooked Banker Convicted in Pekin Embezzlement Case
Conrad Luppen, cashier of the defunct Tess Smith bank in Pekin, Illinois, was found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to an indeterminate term.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Peoria
Iil
Conrad Luppen
Tess Smith Bank
Pekin
Weather Forecast For Tonight And Sunday
Fair tonight and Sunday with a mild warming trend. Low around 10 and high near 36 with winds at 12 mph.
Easton So chosen to fill unexpired term on Easton Board of Education
L. F. Easton was selected by the common council to fill the remaining term of Henry Gund who resigned after moving to the Fourteenth ward. Re-elected were William Luening George H. Ray C. L. Levi and Otto Loeffler. Easton serves until January 1 1908. A plan to grant free daily transportation to high school pupils living two miles or more from the new school was approved for board action funded by the school fund.
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L. F. Easton
Henry Gund
William Luening
George H. Ray
C. L. Levi
Otto Loeffler
Mr. Easton
Gund
Mr. Gund
Alderman Houska
Board of Education
North Side
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Withee
Alderman Withee
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Pheumonia
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Germany
Uncle Sam
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Dr. Biederwolf
Biederwolf
McCrea
Rodeheaver
J. K. Fowler
First Presbyterian Church
Jim Hill
Easton
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