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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
4
J. Shimmer, a U. S. express messenger, was found last evening in a car with a pool of blood after a sudden train stop near West Salem. He stumbled on a sharp box corner, piercing his side and breaking a rib, but hospital reports state injuries are not serious and another messenger completed the trip to Minneapolis.
Northside brief lists holiday visits and family travel including Miss Myrtle Landis from St Paul, Miss Cuba Canaan from Hurley, Miss Lars Hansen from Spring Grove, and Miss Inga Inglested from Houston visiting relatives. Local operations and sales include 16 inch edgings for kindling at Arctic Ice and Fuel Co at $5 per cord and pine slabs at $5 per cord. A 12 o'clock Syrian church service was held this morning. Mrs. William Kennedy was taken to St. Francis hospital for an operation. Floyd Sterling visits from Ferryville and Bobbie Whiting plans Milwaukee holiday travel.
President Roosevelt and family plan a quiet White House Christmas the seventh and likely last. The entire family including Mr and Mrs Longworth will exchange gifts on Christmas morning. President and Mrs Roosevelt may ride horseback in the suburbs and possibly stay a day or two at Pine Knot cottage before New Year’s.
Mr Francis J Kelley returns home for Christmas with his folk on Union Ridge after working in Everett Minnesota. John Sandon held a bee and hauled cord wood to Mound Prairie to ship west. Murry hauls bailed hay to Caledonia markets. Jergen Jergenson moved a load to Caledonia Thursday morning. Henry and Jergen Walverson visited Caledonia Thursday. Jules Lee visited Houston Thursday. Mitchell Cunningham called at Caledonia Thursday.
A pessimistic young man dining alone orders broiled live lobster. When the dish arrives one claw is missing after a kitchen fight between lobsters. He jokes to the waiter to bring him the winner, not the loser, in a quip credited to O. Henry though he refused payment.
A boy rushes in from school asking his mother to hang his jacket behind the stove. He reports the teacher sent him home to say to warm the jackets. The brief exchange hints at a domestic scene with a sense of urgency.
Walter O. Caldwell Jr. and his father recover his bride Pauline Porter from Mrs Campbell who spirited her to Mexico. Elopement in Fort Worth on Nov 20 led to a two country pursuit ending with the couple heading home to Fort Worth with his father financing the hunt.
The NYSE secretary said Marshall Spader & Co. was suspended after an investigation found links to Cover, Knapp & Co. and violations by its board members. The two suspended directors are held guilty. all trades must be routed through other brokers. Spader was founded in 1904 with branches in Baltimore Philadelphia Chicago and Hot Springs Virginia.
In a frenzy a saloonkeeper named Jacob Geir was shot twice as he counted cash in his saloon. He jumped through a plate glass window into a street and onto a moving street car. An assailant shot him in the arm and chest in the hallway near his living rooms. Mrs Geir was frightened and did not know the attacker.
Lisbon December 25 Disappointed by Senor Beirao and Azevedo who were commissioned by King Manuel. Telles seeks to assemble a new cabinet amid dissatisfaction with the prior appointees and ongoing political maneuvering.
The king asks ex War Minister Telles to form a cabinet but he declines again. Beirao’s cabinet, formed yesterday and then deserted, may remain in office yet all members wish to retreat from politics. Ominous rumors sweep the city as a crisis seems near.
Robbers cracked the private Beckemeyer bank vault in Carlyle area, escaping with 500 dollars in postage stamps and 100 dollars in cash. The blast went unheard, and the theft was not found until morning. The village postmaster’s safe was also targeted.
Bob Smith was sentenced to hang on Feb. 12, 1909, for the murder of A. W. Brown. The crime occurred Christmas day two years ago. Smith’s attorneys used numerous technical maneuvers to delay the sentence, and authorities believe all postponement methods have now been exhausted.
New York December 25 only twenty million dollars of the fifty million capital authorized for the newly formed smelter combine will be issued in the near term. The amount is underwritten and the remainder will be reserved for expansion needs. The note ends with a religious admonition about neglected duties.
A compact anecdote notes that a versatile or multi faceted man ought to embody the symmetry of a square, reflecting balance and practical logic in public life.
Social notes show Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Bangsberg hosting guests from La Crescent and the city for a Christmas party. Numerous families share dinners with visitors from Cass Street Columbus Wis St Croix Falls Boone and other locales as holiday hospitality fills the season. Bonds as security for deposits are listed with par and percentage terms for savings banks investments in various U S Philippine and territorial bonds.
In Pasadena California the 100 inch glass for the Mount Wilson solar observatory mirror, cast in France at a cost of 50 000 dollars, is found to have a flaw. The delicate telescope component will be discarded and a replacement ordered, delaying construction for months.
Washington December 35. The secretary of the treasury and a brief note indicates approval of bond deposits and related names. The fragmented text references official action on securities and the involved parties.
Victor Moore and Bert Leslie have agreed to a slang duel to decide who holds the slang crown. Moore challenges Leslie in Chicago the first week of January with George M. Cohan Hattie Williams and a Roosevelt panel suggested as judges. The two will duel January 4 in Chicago after wires confirm the terms.
In Union City Tennessee on Christmas Day 1924 Judge Jones presiding over the Rankin night riders murder trial heard on a witness stand that the group had plotted to thrash him along with Attorney General Caldwell and Sid Owers of Reelfoot Lake. Thomas H Claer 28 a confessed night rider testified the plan aimed to occur during a raid on Union City and Ciner was deputized to verify the men’s presence.
Nashville Tenn December 24 Judge Hart will Monday morning hand down his decision in the application for bail to Colonel and the Carmack case. The proceedings focus on whether to grant bail in the high profile matter.
Robin Cooper and ex-Sheriff John D. Sharpe face murder charges in the case of ex-Senator E. W. Carmack. The hearing closed as the defense said it would offer no testimony and the case was submitted. The murder trial is set to begin January 29. Read Tribune want ads.
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