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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1909
Page
6
A Chicago man details two years of persistent skin eruption and intense itching. After trying many doctors and remedies he uses Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Resolvent Pills and reports itching stops in days and eruption clears in about three weeks.
Fragmentary testimony describes a room scene with a girl named Elsie, a man named Leon, and others. Witnesses recount seeing a trunk and many ropes, with Elsie lying on a bed as the trunk was moved and tied. The body’s location remains unknown.
Chung Sin, questioned in the Leon Ling homicide, confirms jealousy as the motive. He identifies the trunk with Leon and a canvas blanket as the victim’s remains and recalls seeing Leon tear the girl's waist while she lay in bed.
A chaotic dispatch details Leon Ling, the alleged Elsie Sigel killer, pursued from San Francisco to Texas and toward the Mexican border. Police press, border guards, and unions react to the strike in a separate Galveston region report.
The piece reports wage comparisons through 1909 and 1908, cites the streetcar system running with twelve cars and no trouble per Superintendent Shaw, notes a lockout by the company, and states Mayor Sorensen ordered service to 10 PM while union leaders praise progress but fear vandalism from outsiders. It mentions Harry E. West of the company and Louis Thrun, union president.
An admonition on temper and health promotes E-C Corn Flakes and Egg-O-See Wheat Flakes as wholesome breakfast options. The piece argues ill effects from bad air water or food and credits the Egg-O-See process for making the cereals tasty and nutritious.
In Cambridge Massachusetts last night Maud Adams headlined a one night staging of Schiller's Joan of Arc at Swi tiers Field Harvard. An estimated twenty two thousand people filled the stadium while 1600 performers enacted the story of the peasant girl of Orleans. The audience declared it the greatest spectacle the world has ever seen.
National at Brooklyn RHE Philadelphia 4 3 2 Brooklyn 2 5 0 Batteries Moore and Jacklitsch Rucker and Berger National at New York RHE Boston 4 7 2 New York 5 7 2 Batteries Mattern and Graham Marquard Mathewson Meyers Schlei
County officers and supervisors gathered at Dakota Park for a picnic aboard two launches with a singing society led by Wenzel Korn. The day featured magic demonstrations, a baseball game, and a kangaroo court with Bradish, Korn, Meiklejohn, and others facing light penalties as part of the humorous event.
A severe tremor lasting about fifteen seconds struck the Sacramento Valley around 11 25 last night. Marysville Grass Valley and Nevada City reported the strongest shocks with furniture scattered and windows broken though overall damage remained limited.
Sanford Robinson former director of United Copper and principal attorney for Arthur P Heinze was placed on trial before Federal Judge Ray on conspiracy to defeat justice in concealing or mutilating United Copper books. Heinze had been set for trial today but was granted a delay.
Report from Abyssinia says King Menelik has died and Empress Taitu has assumed governance, concealing the death to name a successor and secure the new ruler before opposition can arise.
Washington June 23. The senate rejected McCumbers amendment to set lumber duty at 1.00 per thousand feet, opposing the finance committee's 1.50 rate. The vote 24 to 44 reflected sharp party break, 14 Republicans for lower rate and 11 Democrats for higher tariff, creating 25 insurgents. Senate also backed a 15 percent tariff on raw hides and kept Dingley reductions for dressed lumber at fifty cents per thousand feet, with Tillman denouncing Aldrich over cost claims.
Republican leaders agreed on a corporation tax amendment to the tariff bill. The plan imposes 2 percent tax on net earnings over 5000 for profit corporations and on all preferred and common stock and bonds beyond capital. It allows deductions for bad debts and sets strict reporting to the Bureau of Internal Revenue with fines for false returns. The revenue target is 25 to 35 million dollars.
In Granite City laborer Laborinski lies near death as Stephen Mason, driven by a decade of pursuit from Macedonia for the girl he loved, confronts him at a steel mill. Mason, who had moved to America, snatches a heavy iron bar and crushes Laborinski's skull after discovering the woman had died seven years earlier.
In Fort Worth Texas a lone bandit robbed the Waggoner Bank and Trust company of 8100 after hours. Unmasked yet armed he entered the open door demanded cash from cashier Walter G King and escaped in a car. Authorities have no clue to the bandit's identity or whereabouts.
The ad promotes S S S as a long standing natural blood purifier and tonic. It asserts the medicine cleanses impurities and heals conditions from rheumatism to skin diseases, scrofula, and blood poison, urging spring use and free medical guidance. It notes safety for all ages and availability at drug stores from The Swift Specific Co.
In Chesterton Indiana on June 23 E T Moore of Hillsdale Michigan died in an interurban wreck. His body was nearly buried by Mrs Emil Lundgren who believed it was her husband. After Moore was identified, Mrs Lundgren learned her husband was alive in Michigan City.
Directors and stockholders of the Freeport club plan to sell its Wisconsin-Illinois league franchise to Beloit for 1500 dollars. Poor attendance and gate receipts have hurt support for league baseball in Freeport, signaling the potential end of the city’s organized baseball.
Four Springfield girls were arrested in St. Louis over a marriage scene with two Chinese men, Long Foo and Charley Wah. Minnie Schert pressured for a license while her sister Josephine objected, and all four girls cried at the station as the tale unfolded. the Scheer sisters say they are orphans.
Seattle Washington June 23 racers in the ocean to ocean bicycle race push clear across the continent with Ford No 2 and rival bikes within twelve miles of Seattle. The field is expected to finish at about 2 30 p m at the exposition grounds near Seattle.
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