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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
6
Free steel and cheaper lumber are highlighted as cardinal possibilities. The outlook projects steel likely free, lumber possibly reduced, coal possibly free, and Philippine sugar relieved of duty. The piece frames tariff changes as a set of potential outcomes and signals policy shifts.
Washington reports the ways and means committee faces a sweeping tariff bill affecting sugar hides lumber coal steel wool pottery laces and silks. Automobiles and related metal manufacturers seek stable duties while debates split regional interests over Canadian coal and under valuation controls. Strong industries push for or against changes as hearings unfold.
With football done, La Crosse Viroqua and Sparta high schools prepare interscholastic debates likely in late February. The Des Moines plan reform question asks if commissions should replace mayoral government in American cities. Sparta selects Jones Esch and Tuteur. La Crosse defends with Freehoff Stevenson and Swennes.
Big brokers Marshall, Spader & Co., a leading New York stock firm, were suspended for three years by the New York stock exchange governors amid a major regulatory action reported December 25. The ruling impacts one of the city's largest brokerage houses and echoes broader market oversight efforts.
Seven councilmen and two former bankers faced bribery and conspiracy charges after an afternoon hearing. Bail was set at 30000 for Klein and Wasson and 15000 for Brand Soffel Atkinson Ferguson Melaney Vilsack Ramsey. Robert Wilson testified about bribe schemes and the so called big six leading council actions.
In Rawhide Nevada a committee of vigilantes captured Joseph Rock's father who is accused of jumping a mining claim. He was tied with a rope, led to the town outskirts, given a bottle of water, and told never to return. He wanders the desert thirty miles from civilization with only water as authorities fail to intervene.
A playful note suggests seas could share the Merry Christmas spirit to uplift egg production, pleasing many people and bringing seasonal cheer to farmers and markets alike.
Sparta Wis December 26 The wedding of Carroll C Ayers and Edith McCormick was held at St Johns Episcopal church at 230 pm with Rev Smith officiating A wedding dinner followed and the couple plan a holiday trip then return to Water Street residence Floyd Ayers served as best man and Josephine Biddison was brides maid Both honorees are prominent Spartans Mrs Ayers taught at Sparta High School and Ayers works for Bank of Sparta: other brief items note local residents visiting, employment changes and a new birth.
Constable J Wilkins, wounded in hospital, confesses to burglaries with Chief Matone, claiming twenty store and home robberies were carried out by the two. He says Matone lured him to a river bank on December 1 and shot him four times to cover exposure, with loot hidden as alleged. Malone, awaiting trial for attempted murder, denies the accusations.
In Paris on December 25 about two thousand medical faculty students clashed with the police reserve. A score of people were injured including Prefect of Police Lepine as students hurled vegetables eggs stones and ink stands. Police fired after orders to quell renewed fighting.
A man posing as injured, in Helena Montana, enters C B Jacquemin and Co jewelry store, selects a tray of diamond rings, claims he wants them all, and dashes to a waiting buggy. He escapes with diamonds valued around $5,000, with no clue to his identity. A boy who had been paid 50 cents later returns the buggy.
Creditors of the State bank of Corwith Iowa convened in Fort Dodge to organize a manhunt for former cashier John Standring. They offer a large reward after learning he was sighted recently in El Paso Texas, amid ongoing embezzlement charges and unresolved claims totaling about 200000 dollars since November 1907.
In Fargo North Dakota on December 25 a United States court verdict found Lewis and Akers guilty of conspiracy to rob a Soo Line mail car. Hart, a co conspirator who turned state's evidence, aided the conviction. Agents recovered a regular arsenal and explosives as the pair planned the crime.
Fergus Falls Minn December 25 Albert Simpson Henry V Layman alias Scanlon and Ed McKey were arrested for robbing two Detroit jewelry stores Becker county and were identified as the men who robbed Goblitsch Bros general store at Perham about two weeks earlier in the same county.
An observation car on the Winnipeg limited derailed three miles north of Barnesville Minnesota after leaving the track in the early hour. Windows and interior woodwork were damaged but no injuries occurred as travelers were asleep. The incident occurred as the train moved at a lively pace.
The first aerial exposition opened today in the Champs Elysees Grand Palace of Fine Arts, inaugurated by President Fallieres. Aircraft of all kinds were shown, including Wright brothers models and original craft as center attractions.
Peter Claudians, convicted of dynamiting the home of James L. Gallagher, chief witness in the San Francisco graft prosecution, began a life sentence at San Quentin prison.
San Francisco will appoint Capt. Jesse B. Cook as chief of police on Saturday, succeeding the late William J. Biggy. Cook is noted as the only man to have successfully led a crusade against Chinese gambling.
A critic notes that there are only two general methods of guessing and remarks that a man more often errs than succeeds with both. The piece outlines reasoning errors and urges reliance on evidence and disciplined inference.
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