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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1908
Page
6
Manager Cassidoine says the Senators are in good condition and expect to be a strong factor in the pennant race this season. He cites restored injuries to Steele and Fleece and notes Madison teams are stronger this year, aiming to win four of six against La Crosse.
A man, unnamed by local police, was arrested this morning by Detectives Taylor and McGraw for alleged attempted sale of a diamond ring to Constable Louis Omerberg. He entered Judge C W Hunt's office and claimed he needed money. Deskrgeant Yolton said a suspect was in custody but refused to release the name, stating only that he lives nearby.
Neighborhood excitement at Highth and Main as Officers Dugan and McDonough investigated a possible robbery at L. W. Fosters residence beside the Masonic temple. By today no further details emerged, though one theory suggested dog tax collection.
W H Pengra special agent of the board of assessments based in Madison is in the city on an annual trip to examine county assessments and real estate deals from the past year. The state board sends agents each year for statistics on local assessments.
Mudden Joe Gyrion paid a $206 fine to Judge Brindley after a county jail stay. He had been confined following a charge of renting rooms for immoral purposes and nearly staggered at the amount yesterday afternoon.
The City Employes' picnic will be held June 21 at Shooting Park on French Island. A committee is arranging banner entertainment for what promises to be a gay event.
Congressman John J. Esch will not return to La Crosse until Thursday and will stay in Washington to finish personal and official business before traveling home.
Miss Frieda Harte and Joseph de George wed at 1 30 P M in Emmanuel Evangelical church with Rev Henry Etzelmueller officiating. The ceremony was a small private affair with only a few friends present. Both reside in La Crosse.
The La Crosse board of trade will hold its regular monthly meeting this evening with important business to be discussed. Members are urged to attend.
Final arguments were heard in the water damage case of Hiram Goddard versus the C B Q railway. The suit alleges damage from a La Crosse river rise and a Burlington pile bridge, making the trial the term’s longest at one week.
A party led by W J Spafford H J Roth Jr G Flad lein Ray Roth W J Roth Roy Roth and H J Roth Sr traveled to North Bend Wisconsin on Saturday by Black River. They reported a pleasant trip with no accidents and received a welcome reception on arrival. Local elders recall these were the first motor boats seen in North Bend. The group returned Sunday with Miss Martha Nelson of Melrose and Miss Lilah Pische of Ettrick.
George Baum returns from Bowman SC where he attended a Scranton sale of lots selling at 1100 dollars each. He reports land advance toward Dakota, crops look fine, business is good, and work is plentiful with many North Side residents already locating in the region.
The Jefferson, landlord Kohn's new Pearl Street hotel, opened yesterday with a crowded house at every meal. Guests passed through to congratulate the host, and the culinary offerings were a hit praised for exquisite neatness and good taste, reflecting the hotel’s leading characteristic.
Consternation grips Japan as the threatened Asama eruption intensifies after several days of underground rumblings. Officials watch for signs of disaster while residents brace for potential fallout and evacuations.
A tramp who gave the name George Morgan was brought to the office of Dr. Reese this morning after being found badly injured. Police looked into the matter as the man received treatment.
A man sustained a severe foot injury around 10 o clock last night and refused to specify location or cause. He was sent to County Physician Egan and admitted to St. Francis hospital for surgical repair of the injured foot.
A Swedish baron, unnamed, files breach of promise claim in Paris against Mrs. Chance wife of Dr. Chance an American dentist. He alleges prior engagement before her London marriage three weeks ago to Chance. Mrs. Chance denies the engagement.
Three men named Alexander Dwyer W H Bray and John Briarcour were arrested as alleged card sharps on the Cunarder Mauretania at quarantine. A fight in the first cabin saloon Sunday night involved brass cuspidors glasses and knuckles. They were released in the Tombs police court after denying the accusation.
New York June 2 A blaze gutted a fashionable three story boarding house at 313 West Thirtieth street. One woman died when she fell from a room to the pavement. Five residents were seriously burned and a dozen others were rescued by firemen as flames trapped occupants in the stairways.
The Majestic theater schedules Wandering Willie’s Luck Life in an African Gold Mine and A Doctor’s Concoctions. The house adds an extra film replacing illustrated songs, a plan successful for Lyman H Howe shows.
In Chadron Nebraska on June 2 W J Bryan opened the second week of a state tour denouncing the Aldrich Vreeland currency bill. About two scores of Indians and cowboys in the crowd greeted him with pistol shots and war whoops as he urged defeat of the emergency measure.
After spending about 200000 on preliminary improvements the Guggenheim interests abandoned the Caribou mining problem and the plan to purchase Caribou Consolidated Hydraulic Company. They were released from a water system contract estimated at half a million.
Former United States Senator James Kimbrough Jones of Arkansas died of heart failure at his Washington home on North Nineteenth Street yesterday afternoon. He was 77 and had served in the U S Senate from 1907 to 1913.
Water rises to 10.7 feet near La Crosse causing floods along Root River and inundation of dams and sloughs. Government work is hampered as launches navigate high water while fishermen grow despondent over the season prospects.
The balloon Chicago carrying C. A. Coey and companions landed safely at Clear Lake South Dakota after ascending last night from Quincy Illinois. Aeronauts reported a pleasant night with little cold exposure and no accidents. Coey Brumbaugh the pilot and a Chicago newspaper man will depart Clear Lake for Chicago tomorrow, the flight covering about 400 miles.
A Gordon setter owned by F A Wager was killed yesterday afternoon by a Main Street streetcar between Ninth and Tenth streets. Witnesses say the car did not stop until reaching Tenth, and no effort was made to halt the vehicle after striking the dog. Mr Wager may pursue damages from the motorman.
Richard McCarthy son of Timothy McCarthy who had visited in the city learned of a death message after arriving in La Crosse on Saturday noon. He then went to visit his cousin Peter Flanagan on the north side before leaving on the 3:30 train back to St Paul.
Benj Guggenheim arriving from the Mauretania denies rumors that the Guggenheim family plans to abandon Judaism for an Episcopal affiliation in New York. The family is historically Jewish and the rumors center on joining a prominent New York Episcopal congregation.
Over a hundred police officials from across the country attended the fifteenth annual convention of the International Association of Police Chiefs in Detroit. Anarchy is a principal topic, and a national bureau of identification will be endorsed at the meeting continuing through Saturday.
Sir Edward Henry Bullock, famed British general who led relief operations at Ladysmith in the Boer War, died aged 69 in London. His career spanned China 1860 and campaigns in the Red River expedition Ashanti Karir Seuleu Soudin and the Boer wars.
Otto Miller of Berlin street, brakeman on the La Crosse division between Raymore and Sparta, sprained his ankle while boarding an engine at Sparta. He was taken home and is expected to be laid up for some time.
Officers and members of the local Saengerfest attended a dinner after a Sunday business meeting at the home of President William Doerflinger, 142 South Fourteenth Street.
The infant child of Mrs. Edward Lawrence of Fourteenth and Johnson streets was buried yesterday afternoon at Chipmunk Ridge cemetery. Mrs. Theodore Mannstee conducted the arrangements.
The Ladies Aid society of the Evangelical church held their monthly business meeting this afternoon at the pastor Rev H Etzelmuller's home 923 Division Street.
President Roosevelt has signed the commissions. The Navy Department forwarded to Capt Richard Wainwright commanding the second division and Capt Seaton Schroeder commanding the fourth division of the Atlantic fleet, commissions as acting rear admirals.
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