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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1910
Page
6
Milwaukee reports five attacks on women in five days as three more women are assaulted by a man emerging from shadows on State Street and alleys. Victims include Rose Plunket, Mrs. James Gregory, and Bertha Wendi, all attacked by a single unknown assailant.
Motorboat club invites recipients to return the postal card for next Sunday’s outing to help the committee finalize arrangements.
Lee O Neil Browne is ordered to stand trial on charges of bribing Illinois legislators to vote for William Lorimer for U S senator. Judge McLurely upholds the indictment, outlines bribery standards, and schedules the trial for June 6.
Nine year old Chester Knutson was struck by an automobile while playing near Hamilton school at Eighth and Johnson Streets. Professor Fowler aided the boy who went home claiming minor injuries.
Report arrives from the front outside Bluefields that General Lara’s troops are in full retreat as insurgents pursue them. The dispatch notes continued fighting and the precarious position of Lara’s forces in the early evening.
Officials announce a week of swimming instruction led by George H. Corsan. The timetable lists school boy sessions from Monday to Wednesday across multiple schools with times and counts, followed by adult classes and a weekend swim test and senior club session.
New York World and St. Louis Post-Dispatch offered 30000 dollars for a New York to Chicago or St Louis flight while the New York Times and Chicago Evening Post posted 25000 dollars for similar hops. Captain Baldwin notes American enthusiasm matches European prize activity and cites Curtiss and Wright patent cases affecting prize payments.
On June 1 New York traders saw top bull leaders shift to the bear side amid fears that government anti trust actions will hurt railroad earnings. Freight-rate gains were expected to persist, but the government suit unsettled buyers and left rail stocks, including St. Paul, under pressure as prices fell sharply after the open.
The funeral will be held at the State Road Coulee residence at 1 30 PM and at St. Joseph's Cathedral at 2 PM. Interment follows in the Catholic cemetery.
Theodore Roosevelt plans a nationwide speech tour visiting twenty four states including Wisconsin. He is booked in St Paul and a stop in La Crosse is hoped as part of mass meetings honoring him. The former president will cover pending questions in each state trip after New York monster demonstration.
At yesterday’s Park Commission meeting arrangements were made to order swings slides and other amusements for West Avenue and Hood Street playgrounds for children. President Joseph Hixon said the Grand Daddy bluff drive improvement is complete and open to autos and vehicles.
The fifty fourth annual La Crosse Valley Baptist Association meeting will be in Kendall Wisconsin June 7 8 and 9 Local members appear on the program for addresses G B Marvin reports the association board Wednesday morning Rev J E Ayscue leads devotional services Wednesday evening I M Brink conducts Thursday afternoon services N D Nielson speaks on the Mission of the B Y P U Thursday evening E G Boynton addresses Sunday school possibilities Kendall church dedication is set for Tuesday evening
William Hilton shows slow improvement and has regained movement in one leg after a hemorrhage of the spinal cord, with doctors monitoring his condition at the La Crosse hospital.
Judge Higbee ruled the city cannot collect a two percent tax on La Crosse Gas and Electric gross earnings for the year ending last November. The city argued the tax was in the company’s franchise. the company contended it operates under a state permit. The city plans appeal to the supreme court and may pass an ordinance if the decision is upheld.
Washington reports say affairs in Nicaragua force U S intervention. The Dubuque with 200 marines has reached Bluefields to back Commander Gilmer who will demand release of the Adelaide and repayment for cargo seized by Madriz forces. If refused a clash could follow and U S action to end the war seems likely.
London editorials mock Roosevelt and question his right to comment on Egypt while street opinion judges his remarks as beyond propriety. Roosevelt, unfazed, attends a Carlton House luncheon hosted by Irish Nationalist MP John Redmond.
John Molloy, a stranger, was picked up on Main Street and taken to the central station. He thought he was in New York and could not explain how he came to La Crosse, with police believing his mind is unbalanced.
Erlich, a fish dealer, was brought into court by Deputy Game Warden Arthur Holmes after being found with a basket of small sunfish and croppies. He pleaded not guilty and his hearing was set for next Monday. W. F. Wolfe represents him. Warden Holmes also noted three violators arrested last week, two paying $50 fines.
Government moves to expedite hearing on railway rate case as injunction to block 25 railroads from increasing fares is extended. Amendments allow fixing minimum rates for water-route competitors and protect water traffic from ruinous rate cuts. Newlands holding company amendment rejected. Shivey urged shipper damages. Burton amendment on information bans adopted.
Rudolph Spreckles, the Frisco millionaire linked to California graft trials, arrives in Chicago to meet reform advocates. He declares he will dedicate his life to reform and starts discussions locally, dismissing unnamed participants as part of a broader corruption trend in the nation.
The Cleveland scene notes an unusual earthquake lasting from 1 01 to 2 30 AM with earlier minor tremors. Father Odenbach of St. Ignatius College places the quake’s origin in the West Indies based on seismograph data.
President E. H. Jennings of the Columbia National Bank received two months in jail and a $500 fine after pleading nolle contendere to bribing City Councilmen to name his bank a city depository. Frank A. Griffin, former vice president of the same bank, drew four months in jail and a $500 fine on the identical charge in Pittsburg.
Harold Seiler four year old son of Mr and Mrs Adolph Seiler died yesterday from spinal meningitis after five weeks illness. Survived by his parents two sisters and one brother. Funeral is set for tomorrow at 1 30 from the residence and 2 at St Josephs cathedral.
Three men were killed when an engine on the Troy and Eastern railroad exploded at the Donk Bros Coal mine eight miles from Edwardsville Illinois early today. The dead are the engine driver fireman and a switchman.
June 1. Columbia University conferred the Master of Arts degree on William Allen White of Kansas and the Doctor of Science degree on William James Mayo of Rochester Minnesota.
An old advertisement touts an easy harmless method to darken hair using sage and sulphur. It claims hair color vitality relies on sulphur and lists Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur as a proven preparation from Wyeth & Co, 74 Cortlandt Street, New York, sold by druggists or mailed at prices 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Havana official action dated June 1912 authorizes the United States government to raise the battleship Maine from Havana harbor. President Mez’s order lists the vessel and specifies the site for recovery. The move marks a formal acknowledgment of the ship’s recovery plan and national interests.
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