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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1911
Page
6
Large oak case piano traded for an Autopiano and described as good as new. It was previously sold for 400 dollars and is now offered at 185 dollars with other bargains advertised.
Denver, June 24. Judge Greeley Whitford adjourned the Frank H. Henwood murder trial until Monday because defense witness Dr. T. J. Carlin was late arriving at court. Copeland was killed in the case.
At the Dutchess County jail in New York a retiring sheriff delivered a farewell talk to prisoners. He urged reform, urged them to avoid drinking, and asked them to stay decent. He told them to learn from mistakes and promised respect if they behaved well. Prisoners approached him and many shed tears.
Paris reports President Fallieres will receive credentials on arrival from Rouen and commission a new cabinet to replace the one that resigned yesterday. The move aims to stabilize government as details of the resignation are awaited.
A bachelor counsels compromise over a hall door color dispute between a married man and his wife. The husband follows the advice, asks the wife, and reports the result. The door ends green, confirming the plan. Read The Tribune Want Ads.
The United States Delaware headlined a 200-ship fleet review for King George at Portsmouth Coronation Week. Sailors’ strike reduced attendance but 16 nations, including the United States, Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Japan and Chile, sent observers. the royal yacht Albert and Victoria led the procession with a grand salute and an evening illumination planned.
Government later announces intention to appeal the Harriman merger case to the U S Supreme Court after ruling that the Union Pacific and other railroads formed a vast cooperative to restrain competition west of Kansas City. Officials expect immediate action despite Wickersham absence.
Chicago endured intense humidity with temperatures in the 90s and a warm rain that provided little relief. Police reported fifty heat prostrations. In Peoria five inches of rain fell from 2 a.m. to noon, setting a local record.
At a Senate hearing the McCormicks and the Harvester trust were tied to a $100,000 slush fund for Senator William Lorimer of Illinois amid claims of personal enmity and tax hikes. George Bancroft and Clarence Funk testified about fund origins and Lorimer’s opposition to a Harvester bridge plan.
The Trades and Labor Council urged all union men to assemble at Union Central on Sunday July 16 to proceed in a body to League Park for the La Crosse versus Wausau game. The resolution condemns lack of citizen support for baseball and organizer John Rae predicts a large turnout.
In Cleveland today a riot erupted between about 2,000 garment workers on strike and guards protecting strikebreakers. Roughly a score of shots fired wounded two men as strikebreakers were moved from factories in cars at noon.
Doctors link indoor fatigue to heavy dust exposure from the day before. The dust may carry germs and irritate mucous membranes, potentially causing colds and related illnesses. Mrs. L K Posey of Sacramento, formerly Ella Hentschel, and her sister visit the Hentschel family in the city.
A severe storm rained over Minneapolis causing street floods and a street cave in near the courthouse. A three foot by six foot hole opened on Third Avenue South and Filtre Street as an automobile truck with three men narrowly escaped injury. one man was hurt. Damaged buildings and thousands of dollars in losses reported while St Paul stayed dry and temperatures plunged from 92 to 67 before rising again.
Authorities hunt suspects after a switch lock was tampered with at the Milwaukee railroad yards in Marinetee. A fast passenger train derailed and stopped on a ravine edge. Fireman Fred E. Moss was seriously injured and may die. Passengers uninjured.
At St. Paul on June 24 the tenth convention of the International Boot and Shoe Workers union refused a proposal to adopt an eight hour day after May 1, 1912. President John F. Tobin ruled that the back pay owing under the Massachusetts arbitration decree should be paid by the general union, not individual members.
Judge Greeley Whitford ordered the arrest of eleven United Mine Workers miners for violating his injunction by picketing or interfering with strikebreakers during the northern Colorado coal field strike.
Frederick Birney, Seattle mine operator, travels aboard Cedric from New York to reach his dying father Edward Birney in Dublin. Birney hopes to arrive before his father’s death as he battles a grave illness. The voyage marks a race against time for the family in Ireland and the United States.
The Half Moon tows several coal barges upriver while Hudson comments from the bridge about seeing the river’s foot. Vanderdonckenheinerstein questions the remark as the mate, wary, opens a fresh jug of schnapps.
The article recounts Bacher a music enthusiast who spent years writing a history of Viennese music. He failed to get support from the Austrian imperial academy whose deciphering could not read his manuscript. After failed copying and dictation attempts he died by his own hand in a lunatic asylum.
Milwaukee suffragists launch a cookbook sale with a gimmick motto to finance the cause. Each recipe carries a suffragette axiom linking kitchen tasks to political rights, framing steam prunes as a path to awareness of taxation without representation.
President Taft returns to Washington to rally Republican and Democratic leaders and veto any tariff bills until the tariff board report is received. Attorney General Wickersham and Senators Brandegee Crane and Lippitt discuss Washington’s new order as Taft heads to New York. Senate allies push Underwood tariff revision despite Taft’s veto stance. Senator Gore says reciprocity will pass without amendments while wool tariff reform is still needed.
A farmer near Manhattan Kansas crossed Deep Creek with a new auto stalled in midstream. He yoked a team of mules to pull the machine free. The engine revived on level road and the vehicle struck the mules, splitting the chase into a wild dashing escape until the machine crashed into a bank and halted. A London hospital then treated a pet hen Polly with a broken leg after it was caught in a fence. The hen’s injuries were set by a house surgeon and Polly began recovering in an apron carrier.
A reader argues that a woman who does not pursue a man demonstrates a weaker emotional commitment, suggesting chasing is a sign of love. The claim frames pursuit as essential in romantic care.
Boston June 24. After unloading cargo to right a list a Nahant steamer sails with 2 000 New England Fat Men's club members for its annual session. The day features a tug of war between the club and revenue cutter Gresham with the club to pull the cutter onto the hotel lawn or buy dinners for all.
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