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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
8
Frank Hall of Minneapolis, blind since birth and deserted by his father, graduated from the high school department of the Minnesota School for the Blind in Faribault. He is one of three pupils to complete this year and will move east to live with wealthy relatives who found him through the school.
Alderman E. G. Anderson was acquitted by a circuit court jury in Aberdeen after being charged with complicity in theft of a car load of coal from the Milwaukee railroad. The principal witness was a coal yard employee. Anderson had been arrested in Minneapolis and pleaded not guilty before being bound over to the circuit court.
A special Minnesota & Interurban line train derailed after wreckers tampered with a switch near Niawa in Brainerd Minn. The engine and three cars left the track. Baggage man Charles Yorn suffered a head injury and bruises to an arm and side. No other injuries reported and wreckers’ identities unknown. The same switch had earlier been tampered with.
Fort Dodge Iowa June 3 Mrs May King a nurse was wounded by a rifle bullet fired by Sam Betterick The shooter aimed at a bottle on a board fence and the bullet passed through the fence striking the nurse It perforated her intestines four times and lodged in her right side Doctors fear she cannot survive.
A 10 year old girl walking home from school was attacked by five dogs, including her father and uncles’ terriers. The pack ripped her dress and left serious bites on both arms and a large wound on her back. Neighbors intervened and the three brothers killed the dogs. doctors expect the child to recover.
Gregory S D June 3 The new town will come into existence June 3 on the Northwestern extension eleven miles west of Dallas and will bear the name Winona after the Minnesota river city. The town for sale will be held on the date named with many structures on wheels awaiting lot purchases and business to start in earnest. Inside five months Winona is expected to reach a population of 1000.
In Sioux Falls on June 3 Judge Jones of the state circuit court upheld Beresford’s saloon licenses for the coming year. Prohibitionists failed to block licenses as Beresford voters chose 48 for license and 44 for no license at the April municipal election.
Witnesses from Oklahoma Missouri and other states testify against G F Ness of Wheeler accused of mail fraud. Ness advertised three yards of secco silk for 25 cents and sent three yards of baby ribbon after receiving payment. Victims reported across many parts of the United States.
Milwaukee on June 3 reports promoter Jack McGuigan of Philadelphia would serve as the third man in the ring for Ketchel versus Papke on June 4. Ketchel is near weight for the matchup, with all other preliminaries settled.
The article notes Ketchel feeding on fattening foods while aiming for a normal weight if he defeats Parke, then plans to condition for a future fight with Tommy Burns. Managers consider McGuigan as referee, with eastern consent awaited. Malachy Hogan and Al Bright denied spots, and Ketchel observed training with four boxers as local fans watch.
James Harris aged 16 from Milwaukee was picked up in the Milwaukee railroad yards on the North side this morning and is held at the central station awaiting word from relatives. The case is described as another example of youths going west in search of a fortune. The police expect instructions from relatives.
Lawrence Kraus, nine, son of Nicholas Kraus, drowned while fishing with three companions in Kenosha harbor. He leaned over a dock, lost balance, fell in, and the body was recovered by life saving crews. The text also mentions Manchester theater and a king’s aging scene with a quip about crowns.
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