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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1909
Page
6
Charles T Bauer of Volant Pennsylvania describes a twelve year battle with eczema on hands arms and feet. After trying salves doctors and arsenic with no lasting relief he used Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and regained clear skin within a year and remains well.
Advertisements tout Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as a priceless treatment for skin and blood in babies and children. Claims say harsh humors ease quickly when other remedies fail, with mention of Cuticura pills and purifying the blood, marketed globally.
Principal Benezet released the 101 students recommended or promoted to enter the high school this semester. An unused room will be opened to accommodate the unusually large class, with eleven entrants and ninety promotions named, including Alma Scharpf Helma Bue Martha Bues and many others.
Report from Nantucket area describes the Republic listing and sinking risk with 461 aboard including Samuel Cupples and James B. Connolly. Rescue ship Acushnet stands by as Nantucket also wrecks on rocks. new wireless says Republic is sinking off Nantucket with unknown rammer.
The Republic, a large liner, rams an unknown steamer in heavy fog 26 miles east of Nantucket. Passengers in steerage are at grave risk as lifeboats are improvised and rescue efforts begin from Baltic La Lorraine Florida and U S coast guard vessels.
A maritime alert reports the Republic still afloat at 12 50 PM but likely to sink within two hours. Florida crowds ferry toward port, aided by La Lorraine amid dense fog. White Star officials coordinate with Newport docks for passenger evacuation while a Lloyd Italian liner statement claims all aboard Republic transferred to Florida, though no captain’s confirmation exists.
A Seattle millionaire C D Hillman wired James J Jeffries offering 100000 dollars for a finish fight with Jack Johnson. The bout could be on Hillmans Yosemite steamer in Boston harbor or Hillman City near Seattle during the Yukon exposition this year with banking references in Seattle.
Andrew Lamb, interlocking switch operator near Springfield, saved a southbound Chicago to St. Louis night train when the tower lever failed. He found rocks blocking the signal, faced ambush with gunfire, and removed the stones ensuring the train proceeded. The line had suffered two prior wrecks in the area.
In Mobile Alabama on January 23 a mob hanged Douglas Roberson in the heart of the residential district. Roberson, a mulatto, had shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Philip Falsch and wounded another officer on Thursday before the mob carried out the execution.
At 2 p m 47 black plumed hearses with four policemen pallbearers led from South Chicago police station to Mount Greenwood cemetery for the funeral of unidentified victims from Wednesday's crib fire. Hundreds of mourners followed, some in hired carriages funded by the breadwinners' last dollars, others sprinting through the streets in distress.
A Murray Colorado dispatch reports four people killed in a snowslide near Murray. In Santa Barbara California at Punta Gordo a landslide killed at least four men, burying an engine and car after workers cleared railroad tracks nearby.
Frank Shercliffe was acquitted in Minneapolis after a long trial over an alleged hold up of a Northern Pacific train in the city. The acquittal ends the case against the defendant.
The Trades and Labor Council met last evening to organize the annual officer election and conduct regular business.
Chicago January report says Gov. Deneen commuted Herman Billik’s death sentence for murdering Mary Vizal to life imprisonment. Billik, a Bohemian fortune teller, had faced the gallows six times, each reprieve tied to belief in his innocence and his mother’s spirit. His attorney plans a new trial appeal to reverse the latest commutation.
Mrs Marie Julia Wahl will describe in her divorce hearing against Robt Wahl chemist and Berlin prize winner how a bouquet of roses caused her dog to die after sniffing the flowers and how her husband allegedly threatened her life with a scentless poison. She says she fears death from his threats and claims he said he could kill without leaving traces.
In Nashville a sudden indigestion attack ends the argument to remove Juror Leigh from the six jurors chosen to try the Coopers father and son and former sheriff Sharp for the Carmack murder. Judge Hart's illness led to a pause as affidavits on Leigh were reviewed before proceedings halted.
Friends of the Coopers defend the arrest as unjust and intended to intimidate jurors. The accused was released on $1500 bail for examination Monday amid mounting tension in the case and state action.
Justice Beedle contends the law only allows reasonable compensation and expenses for insurance examinations. He argues the legislature intended no extra sums beyond expenses and a fair fee, noting self sufficiency goals of the Insurance Department. He cites Wright v Forrestal and State ex rel Hudd v Timme as supporting precedents.
Bandits in a high speed auto flee pursued by police and crowds. They fire on pursuers, hijack a trolley car, shoot the motorman and conductor, collide with a wagon, then flee in a van while reloading. A policeman and a boy die. many injured, including children. Police reportedly unarmed in the London chase.
The text notes pre 1907 annual life insurance policy valuations in Wisconsin exceeded $8,000. It states no payments were made to the state treasurer for these collections or related expenses, implying ongoing dispute over taxes or compensation. The passage reflects concerns about how life insurers contribute to state revenue and oversight.
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