Patrick Wants Liberty Or Nothing Declared Commutation
Albany December 20 Governor Higgins commuted lawyer Patrick to life imprisonment saying three appeals judges voiced grave doubt over the extreme penalty. He noted Patrick was charged with procuring murder while the confessed killer Jones turned state's evidence. Ossining December 20 Patrick rejected the commutation and vowed to press on for liberty or nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae
Albany
N. Y
Higgins
Patrick
Court of Appeals
Rice
Valet Jones
Ossining
Falls on ice injure Vought-Berger foreman
M. J. Fredrickson foreman of the telephone department fell on the Black River ice near the plant this morning dislocating his left shoulder. He was taken to the hospital where Dr. G. J. Egan treated the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Fredrickson
Vought- Berger Company
Black River
G. J. Egan
Reopening Planned for La Crosse High School
La Crosse students bid farewell to the old high school as Christmas vacation begins. When classes resume they will move into the new $250000 building if the heating plant is ready, with board plans to finalize readiness by January 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Board of Education
Wisconsin football shows net loss for season
Madison December 20 The University of Wisconsin football program ended the season with a net loss of 65.73 dollars. Total receipts were 4,386.20 while expenditures reached 4,451.93 reflecting a downturn from prior years, with the Illinois game at Urbana producing 1,773.30 and Purdue 664.85 among the major receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Gridiron Department of University Athletics
Illinois
Urbana
Purdue
Foraker Eyes Probe Of Brownsville Affair In Congress
President and Foraker clash over a resolution to investigate the Brownsville affair as Lodge notes discharges without court martial. Foraker denounces the accused as innocent. A probe on labor and race issues is planned with a congressional report to be sent to Congress. The House adjourns to January 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae
Washington, D. C
Foraker
Brownsville
Lodge
Calan
Washington
D. C
Flint
Fulton
Newall
Knowland
McKinley
Needham
Smith
Congress
Great Northern Rushes 80 Car Coal Train to Grand Forks
A special doubleheader coal train of eighty cars with a boarding car leaves Superior for Grand Forks North Dakota on a passenger schedule and will not stop for meals. A Chicago and St. Paul blockade blocks freight west of Grand Forks, affecting perishable and carload freight. Cattlemen and coal mine operators testify before Commissioner Prouty on shipping losses and rebating fears. Trainmen seek a 10 percent wage increase amid continuing Western railroad negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae
Superior
Wis
Great Northern
Grand Forks
N. C
Wll
Milwaukee
Chicago and
St. Paul
Prouty
Kansas City
Sesson
Chicago
Western Railroads
Dogs to Shed Muzzles After Christmas Eve Ban Ends
Chief of Police Byrne plans a Christmas gift of liberty for dogs after a muzzle order expires on Christmas morning. Offensive muzzles may be removed, allowing dogs to roam, eat turkey, and gambol without fear of law enforcers, ending a sixty day restraining order issued Oct. 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrne
Musician Borchert Hangs Self After Opera Rejected
Mayville Wisconsin December 20 Frank E Borchert a longtime orchestra leader died by hanging himself from a freight car after his new opera was rejected. The Special Tribune Dispatch reports the tragedy at the National Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayville
Wis
Frank E. Borchert
Third Wisconsin Regiment to Attend National Maneuvers
The Third Regiment of the Wisconsin National Guard under Col. Orlando Holway will participate in national maneuvers at Fort Benjamin Harrison next summer. The First and Second regiments have previously attended, with the Second last September and the First two years ago. Local officers expect a timing announcement soon for the advance notice and deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin National Guard
Orlando Holway
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Foerster Sells Shop and Plans Winter Stay
Alderman Carl G Foerster of the Eighth ward sold his butcher shop at 1242 Redfield Street and will retire for the winter while remaining in La Crosse to serve his council term. If he leaves in spring, he will resign and a successor named Oscar Baum has bought Foerster’s shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl G. Foerster
Eighth Ward
Redfield Street
Foerster
la Crosse
Oscar Baum
WEDDED IN HARRY AND LOTTE SUMMERS MARRY IN DIGRESSION
George F. Case, Bi jou theater manager, wed Miss Lot tie Somers of Duluth with a special dispensation from Judge Brindley. Case lists Winnipeg as home. friends suspect elopement. Clara Wagner and Gustav Reinartz obtained a license to wed to fool friends with a quiet ceremony. Edward Schneider wed Miss Alice Hildebrandt after securing a wedding permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Case
Bijou
al Schuberg
Lottie Somers
Duluth
Minn
C. W. Hunt
Brindley
Case
Winnipeg
Can
Clara Wagner
Gustav Reinartz
Milwaukee
Wis
Edward Schneider
Alice Hildebrandt
West Salem
Pneumonia Threatens Life Of La Crosse Pioneer
John Wacher, a prominent German American resident of La Crosse, contracted pneumonia at the funeral of David E. Wallace last Sunday where he served as pallbearer. He is bedridden at 219 South Fifth Street and physicians say he may not survive the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Wallace
John Wacher
la Crosse
Wacher
Louis Jehlen
Fifth Street
Mr. Wacher
Northwest
Brother of County Coroner Struck by Illness
Edward Cronon, county coroner, has returned from Austin Minnesota where he was summoned by the serious illness of his brother James Cronon. James Cronon is afflicted with loco motor ataxia. While retiring a few nights ago he fell and was picked up for dead but revived shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Cronon
Austin
Minn
James Cronon
Cronon
Mayer moves to dissolve ice trust in New York
New York December 20 Attorney General Mayer filed proceedings to dissolve the ice trust. He asserts ice priced at 1.90 dollars is sold for 14 dollars, signaling a move against price manipulation in the ice trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae- Dispatch
New York
Mayer
Ice Trust
Wisconsin National Guard Third Infantry Tops State Militia Standings
The Third Infantry led by Col. Orlando Holway posts 27 262 points over rivals as Company M ranks fourth and Company B eighth in company scores. Adjutant C R Boardman reports top marks across the state with no fourth class marksmen in the Third regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Infantry
Wisconsin National Guard
Orlando Holway
C. R. Boardman
la Crosse
Holway
Rawlinson
Schultz
Brakeman Dell Barber Killed in Wisconsin Accident
Dell Barber age 21 a brake man for the Chicago and Northwestern died after an on scene incident near Lytles Wisconsin Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. The train crew are unsure how the accident occurred and the body was taken to Baraboo Wisconsin for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dell Barber
Chicago & Northwestern
Lytles
Wis
Baraboo
Murderer Taken Back to Europe
Prof. Karl Hall of George Washington University was extradited to Germany on a murder charge. The case centers on the 1906 death of his mother in law Frau Nolliter in Baden Baden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erees
London
Extraui
Karl Hall
George Washington University
Washington, D. C
Germany
Frau Nolliter
Badenbaden
Westby Brothers Trophy Award For High School Debates
The Westby Brothers store will award a banner to the winning club in Friday’s joint debate between Sparta high school Jefferson Debating Club and La Crosse high school Lincoln Douglas Debating Club. The red felt banner, bound in gold with tassels, will hang on brass rods as a valued memento of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westby Brothers’ Clothng Store
Jefferson Debating Club
Sparta High School
Lincoln- Douglas Debating Club
la Crosse
Lincoln- Douglas S. C. H. S
Jefferson Club
Sudden Mental Breakdown Tragic Child Tragedy
Mrs Maudice Celine became suddenly insane this morning and hurled her 2 year old niece from a second story window in Chicago. The sister escaped but the baby died from injuries. Police investigated the case as a violent mental health episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Chicago
Ill
Maudice Celine
Rescuers Close In On Entombed Miner Hicks
Bakersfield reports rescuers after hours of hard work near a caved mine may converse with miner Hicks through debris of rock as they near a rescue, with several hours needed to free him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae
Bakersfield
Cal
Hicks
Jett Confesses to Murder in Jackson Courthouse Window
Curtis Jett admitted firing six shots from a courthouse window killing James Cockrill in Jackson. He had testified fifteen minutes earlier and already serves a life term for the murder of J P Marcum in Cynthiana Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae
Cynthiana
Curtis Jett
James Cockrill
Jackson
Jett
J. P Marcum
Chamberlain Loses His Memory Reported
London reports Joseph Chamberlain has lost his memory according to The Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Scripps-McRae Dispatch
London
the Chronicle Today
Joseph Chamberlain
Miss Hilbert Hosts Dinner Party on Caledonia Street
Miss Lillian Hilbert entertained several friends at her Caledonia street home last evening with a 6 o'clock dinner.
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Lillian Hilbert
Caledonia Street
Weston leaves Allen house for Jacksonville incident
Mr. Weston departed from the Allen residence today en route to Jacksonville Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Weston
Allen House
Jacksonville, Fla
Wanted Porter at the Bodega in Chicago Livestock Market
Hog receipts reached 25 000 with leftovers 5 916. market slow and light. Prices ranged from 6.15 to 6.37 for mixed and butchers, 6.15 to 6.42 for others, and 5.90 to 6.42 for heavies. Cattle receipts 8 000 with steady market. Sheep receipts 8 000 with strong demand.
Unique Theater Reopens Under Twin City Amusement
Under Twin City Amusement ownership with manager A. H. Mitchinsky the old Unique theater has been reopened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin City Amusement Company
A. H. Mitchinsky
Unique Theater
Egg thieves nabbed after stash found in trousers
Four egg candlers were arrested in Chicago for stealing from employers. They refused chairs at the station and police found seventeen dozen eggs concealed in their trousers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Third District School Wins Revolutionary Essay Prizes
Pupils under Principal N S Donaldson from the Third district school swept the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution essay contest. Winners include Lois Hallik Mary Evans Ruth Vance Irving Tuteur Tayson Gates and Eugene Simon. Prizes were 5 3 and 2 dollars for first second and third in each class.
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N. S. Donaldson
Sons and Daughters of the Revolution
Lois Hallik
Mary Evans
Ruth Vance
Irving Tuteur
Tayson Gates
Eugene Simon
Revolutionary Societies
Bachelor Offers City Park In South District
Alderman N C Bacheller offers the city a free forty three acre park land west of the John Gund Brewing plant with river frontage. If accepted the property will be deeded by the alderman and wife to the city. The offer is under consideration by the parks committees and the city attorney.
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N. C. Bacheller
John Gund Brewing Company
Bachellor
Methodist elder Vance gets raise to 2000 a year
The Rev. W. H. Vance, presiding elder of the La Crosse district, Methodist Episcopal church, receives a salary increase to $2,000 annually. District stewards met at the YMCA on Tuesday with J. C. Carhart of Trempealeau elected president and Fred Paulson of Sparta chosen secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Vance
la Crosse
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. C. Carhart
Trempealeau
Fred Paulson
Sparta
Wns
Electrician Hermann Fijelstad to move to Portland for new job
St Paul street electrician Hermann Fijelstad, long based at 1220 Caledonia street, will depart in a few days for Portland Oregon where a new position awaits him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermann Fijelstad
St. Paul Street
Caledonia Street
Portland
Ore
Rumors and Shifts in Early Baseball Circles
Reports from California claim Frank Chance has signed coast league players for next season while Garry Herrmann is expected to be re elected Cincinnati national commission chair. The piece notes several upcoming Central league managers and mild NFL meeting tones. The New Orleans midwinter league opened with Saturday games and fans welcome the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Frank Chance
Chicago Cubs
Garry Herrmann
Cincinnati
National Commission
New Orleans
Hamilton Tigers
Canada
Lucius Horatio Bigelow
Yale
Dr. John Wenzel Visits Superior Family on George Street
Dr. John Wenzel of Superior Wisconsin is the guest of his parents residing on George Street. The visit highlights family time and local ties in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wenzel
Superior, Wis
George Street
Catherine Mashek Dies at 27 After Tuberculosis
Catherine Mashek wife of Frank J. Mashek died after a five month illness of tuberculosis aged 27. She was born July 6 1879 and will be buried in St Peter's Catholic Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Mashek
Frank J. Mashek
Mrs. Mashek
St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery
Farmer Kills Timber Wolf in York County Farm
John McKinley of between West Salem and Bangor shot a large timber wolf on his farm yesterday. The carcass was brought to the city today and he received the county treasurer's bounty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McKinley
West Salem
Bangor
Kenosha Man Rescued After Icy Harbor Plunge
John Rosengren a 40 year old Norwegian fell into Kenosha harbor last night and was saved by several men forming a human life line in a dramatic rescue that a local witness called remarkable for escaping death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha, Wis
John Rosengren
Kenosha Harbor
American Consul Nelson Fairchild Dies By Coping Self Shot
American consul at Mukden General Nelson Fairchild died by an accidental self inflicted gunshot. Funeral services were held today as authorities investigate the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae
Port Arthur
Nelson Fairchild
Mukden
Daughter Born to Zielke Family in New Address
The notice reports the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Zielke at 623 South Third Street yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zielke
South Third Street
Estate valued near fifty thousand for Nels Simonsen estate
Special administrator August Anderson was appointed for the La Crosse hardware dealer Nels Simonsen who died by asphyxiation. The estate is believed worth 40 000 to 45 000 to be split between the Charles Street Lutheran church La Crosse Lutheran hospital and relatives including a Minnesota nephew and a Norwegian sister with wills not yet found.
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August Anderson
Nels Simonsen
Mill Street
Anderson
Brindley
Simonsen
la Crosse
Carl Jorgenson
Wykoff
Minn
Laurig
Norway
Charles Street Lutheran Church
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
Jury list prep for January circuit term
Burt C. Smith Frank P Coblin and William Smith jury commissioners prepare a new jury list for the January term of circuit court. Court opens January 8. 420 to 450 names to be considered and 36 to be drawn if needed. Clerk Wright awaits complaints to file the calendar. all filings due December 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt C. Smith
Frank P. Cobflin
William Smith
Circuit Court
Clerk of Courts
Wright
ELAS MEET THIS EVENING
The B P O Elks hold a regular meeting this evening. It is the last in the old Linker building quarters. The club opening on Dec 29 will include initiation of a class of fifteen to twenty and a banquet in the new lodge hall with addresses and other features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. P. O. Elks
Linker
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