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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1910
Page
6
Pontiac police report a possible arrest today in the Frank Bevier murder case, the young man shot on Franklin boulevard last summer while planning his wedding. Officers partially confirm the tip naming a likely female suspect whose identity has not been disclosed.
In Midvale Pennsylvania on December 27 James McDonald of Scranton and Benjamin Jones of Midvale were burned to death when an oil lamp exploded during a card game. Michael Mac Donald, brother of one victim, is dying in the city as the blast occurred amid a card session.
In Denver Colorado women plan retaliation if a forthcoming legislature attempts to revoke women’s suffrage. Woman lawmakers will counter with a companion bill to remove men’s voting rights, signaling a renewed legislative skirmish as suffragists unite against efforts to disfranchise.
Keefe Business College at Fourth and Pearl streets opens new day and evening classes on January 3, 1911. The ad invites immediate enrollment to gain office positions in a few months with special advantages for early entrants and options to study evenings while earning. Call, write or telephone for information.
This evening at the Masonic temple Frontier Lodge No 45 F and A M will install their newly elected officers W M J S Lennon S W B F Keeler J W Albert Burke Treasurer Ole Elbertsen Secretary F L Page Trustee Joseph Miller Remarks by Joseph S Lannon and B F Keeler will follow with refreshments and a program to conclude.
Washington D C January 8 is expected to see Judson C Clements of Georgia become the next chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission Commissioner Prouty may seek the post as successor to Clements the report indicates the selection is practically certain
St Wenceslaus church congregation will host an entertainment at its school hall corner of Tenth and Winnebago streets tomorrow evening. The program includes W S Meklejohn's sleight of hand exhibit and additional features for attendees.
New York December 27 Colonel Roosevelt made a strong statement from his Outlook office that he has not declared for the Republican nomination of President William Howard Taft in 1912. The remark underscored ongoing speculation about his political plans and party alignment.
In Washington on December 27 the sentence for W H Harlan of Georgia, convicted of peonage, was held up awaiting presidential review after the Supreme Court affirmed the sentence.
Elizabethtown New Jersey December 27 ex congressman A B Montgomery dies after a long illness He served as a member of the Dawes Indian commission under Cleveland in the 19th century
Chicago December 27 Lee O Neil Browne resumes his bid for the house leadership announcing his candidacy once more.
After the new year candidates for city office announce intentions to run. Democrats and Republicans expect wins while Socialists plan mayoral bids and ward contenders. Both major parties foresee a lively campaign with nomination papers circulating soon.
The Christmas exercises at West Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church drew the largest crowd in church history. Rev. Oscar Smith led the program with prayers readings songs recitations by a long list of choirs and classes and a gift distribution concluding the event.
In Los Angeles on December 27 officials said Llewellyn Iron Works damage would not exceed 5000 dollars. Merchants and Manufacturers Association met to plan further inquiry into the explosion. Police have no suspects and make no arrests. Pinkerton detectives hired by Earl Rogers decline to comment.
In St. Petersburg on December 27 the Retch newspaper predicts a war between China and Japan with the United States aiding China. It cites Viadivostock dispatches and notes rising Japanese suspicion of China's growing power and U S Japan rivalry in the Pacific as causes.
Officials of the Red Star line say new plates must be placed in the Finland’s bows after colliding with the Belgian steamer Baltique off the Scheldt. The Baltique sank with ten crewmen lost and the captain among those landed safely. captains blame each other for the crash.
A telegram from Roger Bresnahan, Cardinals manager in Toledo, announces Rankin Johnson's release sale to the Newark Eastern League club. Johnson came from Galveston Texas League, Browns' claim disallowed, and he was sent to Memphis Southern Association after spring training before being recalled by St. Louis.
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued a lengthy decision noting competition outpaces its own power in large freight rates. The Breeze-Trenton Mining Co and others protested coal shipment charges from East St Louis to Omaha, but the commission dismissed the complaint, saying competitive conditions made former rates unusually low and not to be permanent.
In Green Bay the coroner postponed the case into the next day after the death of 18 year old John Parmentier in a six round bout. Officials say the death was due to brain hemorrhage, not a single punch, and no criminal action is expected against opponent Andrew Lund. Lund was detained briefly and released to return to court at 9 30 a m.
William Kittle of Madison is reported as the likely secretary to the newly elected governor McGovern by local politicians. Some Milwaukee depots say Duncan McGregor is the choice, but denial comes from other sources while McGovern will announce his pick.
The twelfth annual triangular college chess championship begins at the Rice Chess Club with teams from Cornell Brown and Pennsylvania. The opening round featured F K Perkins of Cornell against N T Whitaker of Pennsylvania and other matchups including M Teitelbaum of Pennsylvania vs F M Guild of Brown. The event runs daily through Friday.
La Crosse county school board holds its seventh annual convention in West Salem on December 30. Attendance is encouraged for school clerks, with a full program including enrollment, compulsory attendance, ideal school topics, music, and teaching essentials led by officials from La Crosse Normal and state inspectors. The event invites teachers and others to attend and participate.
In Hot Springs Arkansas Circuit Judge Evans calls a special grand jury after an inquest into the lynching of white prisoner Oscar Chitwood who was handcuffed but shot near the county jail as deputies tried to move him. Governor Donaghey demands reform to empower removing negligent sheriffs.
In a June trial before Judge Higbee the 1903 will of Dr William M Young was upheld after evidence. The doctor once resident of Galesville and longtime local physician died after a 1903 fall that impaired him. The estate was awarded to George Gale and his sister Mrs Helen Arnold.
W. C. Walz formerly round house foreman at Grand Crossing Dayton Bluff and Savanna has been appointed master mechanic for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy at St. Jo Missouri. Officials report the promotion and friends in La Crosse welcome the news. He previously led shops at Grand Crossing and the round house at Dayton Bluff before moving to Savanna.
Reports that Jack Cudahy and his wife reconciled after a divorce were denied by Mrs. John R. Cudahy in Chicago. She called rumors they spent Christmas together in Pasadena absolutely untrue and said there is nothing to indicate a reunion.
S. H. Stroup, tower man at the Oakland station on the Burlington road in St. Paul, was found dead in a ditch yesterday after being missing since Saturday night. His body was badly mangled and buried in snow, with investigators suspecting a Milwaukee train as the cause, near the Pig's Eye bridge where both lines run close by.
George Clark, 20, was fined 20 dollars and costs totaling 46.48 or 40 days in county jail by Judge Brindley for choking his mother Mrs. May Krambs in a saloon after she allegedly refused to give him money.
Wireless report confirms two lifeboats and the St Denis cabin found near Clayoquot. Steamer St Denis Captain Davis believed to have sunk with 14 crew aboard after leaving Vancouver November 1, bound for Santa Cruz carrying coal.
An ad touts a home remedy using glycerine, concentrated pine compound, and whiskey for quick cough and cold relief. Instructions say to mix, shake, and take after meals and at night, with dosing guidance for children. Caution against uncertain mixtures and notes genuine Globe Concentrated Pine.
Washington exhibit notes the Roosevelt short clawed shrew as a small nocturnal insectivore with a long snout. Smithsonian publication details its diet of insects worms and molluscs and records eight newly discovered birds from the Roosevelt expedition.
Chicago December 27 1200 delegates attend the National Commercial Teachers federation convention opening with delegates from Massachusetts to Washington Spokane group aiming to secure the 1911 meeting Speakers include Mrs Ellen S Massey Col George Soule and Dr F W Gunsaulus in Chicago session continues to December 30.
Southern Educational Association representing sixteen southern states meets in Chattanooga with about 1500 in attendance. President D B Johnson of Rock Hill South Carolina presides as the three day convention opens today.
The body of Captain Stewart Bennett of New York, owner of the yacht Phra, was found today off Key West. The sinking occurred Saturday midnight with Mrs. Bennett and Herman Parker, also of New York, aboard.
A home cough remedy claims to beat store syrups at low cost. It blends granulated sugar with Pinex pine extract and honey or sugar syrup, taken as tea spoons every one to three hours. The advertisement promises quick relief and notes a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co.
Three trainmen were killed in a rear end collision near Farber Missouri when the Chicago and Alton passenger train the Red Hummer struck a freight train. The dead were H A Davis engineer W Crabtree fireman and C Flory brakeman, all of Slater Missouri. The Red Hummer was among the railroad’s fastest trains and had departed Chicago earlier.
A Hammond family of three died from suspected asphyxiation. Mrs John Rucker aged 60, her daughter Matilda 20, and son Joseph 17 were found dead in their home. The two youths who found Joseph noticed a window he had tried to open before dying.
Cascarrets toe box treatment marketed as the week’s remedy by druggists claiming the biggest seller in the world with a monthly production of a million boxes.
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