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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1907
Page
6
Health Officer Murphy reports measles prevalent for over a month with about two hundred families affected but not virulent and few deaths. Seven smallpox cases remain, having been stamped out after a brief breakout. Adults contracting measles as often as children is noted. no quarantines are in place.
New York June 11 Howard Gould weighs a counter suit for separation to blunt a proposed alimony decree of 250000 dollars a year. A friend says Gould might settle for about 100000 dollars yearly but could file if the wife presses for the higher figure claiming her temper and extravagance made life intolerable.
Rumor says owner of the Bat, known Vincible racer from Winona, fears La Crosse launches. Fast racer reportedly to appear near La Crosse last Sunday but failed to show. A local traveler said the race was postponed two weeks with no reason given. La Crosse boats will be ready and waiting.
Milwaukee business figure Henry Herman once built the Railway Exchange at Wisconsin street and Broadway and disappeared April 11, 1903. Bondsman Edwin Hyde says negotiations for Herman's return to settle $600,000 in debts have begun, though Hyde denies any action by Herman.
Frank Parsche the infant son of Mr and Mrs John Parsche of St Joseph Ridge died at home after a brief illness from lung trouble. The funeral will be held at ten o clock tomorrow morning from the Catholic church at St Joseph Ridge with interment in the St Joseph Ridge cemetery.
A reflective line notes that heaven will not answer prayers for strength unless there is a clear objective tied to service and action. It underscores purpose guiding resolve rather than mere desire.
Testimony in the Kaufmann murder trial includes neighbor accounts of suspected ill treatment of Agnes Poirels before her death. Witnesses describe the girl's frail condition, the exhumation findings, and expert notes on wounds likely causing death, with the court overruling defense objections to death-cause questions.
Madison June 11. A rush of work in the legislature aims to finish all business by June 22 with final adjournment by June 28 or 29. Committee chairmen and leaders met to press for speed as most committee work is done and many appropriation bills are set for passage Wednesday. Insurance bills have faced no major fights beyond committee rooms and indications favor finishing the session.
Start fires to loot Berlin reports forty three fires in Siebenlohn Saxony from 1896 to 1906 burning sixty three houses. Police tracing inciters include local chief traders and artisans with the burgomaster at the conspiracy head. Firemen allegedly rewarded for starting fires they extinguish.
In Milwaukee on June 11 Secretary Taft was warmly greeted during receptions at Hotel Pfister Downer College and the Press Club where Downer students endorsed his presidential bid. Rain curtailed an auto ride. Taft issued an interview praising Spooner.
The Eighth Circuit sustains the government’s petition to dissolve the Standard Oil trust and allows testimony starting July 1 to detail alleged conspiracies, rebates, underselling, and persistent control by nine trustees led by Rockefeller era figures. Kellogg praised the decision as a major trust-busting victory.
The War Department dispatched a letter to Col. Charles G. Ayres of the Fourteenth Cavalry, then at West Point or New York City, seeking to verify statements attributed to him in a press interview about the trouble between Mrs Ayres and West Point officers. Further department action hinges on Ayres's response.
Mrs Tillie Drombowski caused a disturbance at the Kenosha circuit court claiming she was robbed of property worth 20000 dollars in Chicago by a sham marriage at city hall a year earlier She sought help from the judge but grew so hysterical that sheriff officers removed her from the courtroom.
Arthur Vorys, Taft's Ohio campaign chief, heads to New York to survey the state and press for possible delegation shifts if Hughes becomes a strong favorite son. Roosevelt and Vorys met to discuss progress, with Knox's candidacy causing renewed concern for Taft boosters.
Taft plans two Wisconsin speeches to boost his presidential bid and tangle with La Follette for the state GOP delegation. He will address Madison students and tour western military reservations to court votes while outlining tariff revision as a campaign issue.
Calif McCoy aged 11 killed his mother at a farm nine miles north of Kilg. He shot once when he feared she was not dead and later admitted the crime saying punishment prompt his revenge after a prior spanking. He is in sheriff's custody.
A man warns that claiming someone is too smart to be fooled signals a forthcoming scheme to deceive. The paradox implies distrust and vigilance against manipulation.
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