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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1906
Page
1
Henry Waters a prominent La Crosse cigar manufacturer died at 3 PM at his home 205 South Seventh street from complications of disease after months of illness and a severe stroke. He was 56 and had lived in the city for many years as a pioneer in the local cigar trade and active in public affairs.
City council committee of the whole rewrote the street railway franchise to favor workers pupils and the public with cheap fares six tickets per quarter and a one year construction deadline for new lines. Extensions planned include routes from Sixteenth and Market to the city limits and north to Cass and Ninth with connections to existing lines. A Dayton street extension and expedited car standards are also outlined. In other news John R Walsh former Chicago National Bank president was arrested for misappropriating three million dollars.
Washington March 2 Major authority says Congress will call an extra session if the rate law fails. A president’s ally says if Hepburn bill is knocked out or struck down by the supreme court the administration will pursue other routes to secure rate regulation. La Follette defends a tribal land amendment preventing railroad ownership in Indian Territory coal and asphalt lands.
ELKHART Ind March 2 The Equitable Building Loan and Savings Association with capital of two millions was placed in liquidation this morning by the board of directors. It is believed the association will pay out nearly in full.
A Springfield Adams Express office was robbed this morning with $1900 in cash stolen. No suspects immediately announced. Police and office personnel reported the loss and are reviewing security footage and records.
Rain this afternoon turns to snow tonight with Saturday snowfall and a fall in temperatures. Coldest near 34 and warmest around 42 with light winds up to 6 to 8 mph.
The La Crosse barbers' examining board requires all shops to equip sterilizers before noon departure. Health Officer Major will enforce the sanitary rule as the board expands oversight, with violators to be reported to the state board and to Dr Harper. The rule mandates dipping razors, combs, and brushes in a germ-killing solution after each customer.
Morbid crowds gathered in New York as Patrolman Merton was recalled to the stand to continue detailing his relation with the girl at the Claidhe trial.
Spartanburg West Virginia March 2 William Thomas a negro was hanged this morning for a criminal assault on Mrs Frank James in December The woman is still suffering as a result This is the first hanging in this city for this offense.
Washington March 2 The senate committee on the Philippines defeated the tariff bill by an 8 to 7 vote. The measure would have admitted Philippine sugar tobacco and rice at 25 percent off the Dingley rates in a bid to favorable duties for the islands.
An independent combination led by Alderman Carl Foerster has leased the old Robinson ice house on West Channel to supply ice for the coming season. Several businessmen joining the venture expect to harvest from West Channel, with a large crew starting work tomorrow to speed the ice crop.
The body of G. W. Chapman, a prominent Emmetsburg hardware merchant, was found floating in the Des Moines river near Harvey. Authorities indicate murder and believe he vanished from his home in December, with the body subsequently disposed in the river.
The Onalaska city council weighs a new bridge over Black River to French Island. The council panel estimates 3000 for a replacement, while island residents argue repairs could cost under 1000. French island residents offer to donate labor if the city funds the repairs and the matter resumes at the next council meeting.
W. F. McEldowney and J. H. Gilhilan of West Salem were in the city today for undisclosed business and meetings.
A reflection on thrift as a virtue in education and commerce. It notes that as thrift grows into habit, the companion habit of advertisement reading also strengthens, suggesting parallel daily practices that support gradual personal and intellectual development.
Frank Kane aged 26, sentenced to a year in state prison for robbing a fellow worker of $30 on a Burlington train. While in La Crosse County jail he drifted, but a letter from his mother and thoughts of home altered him, prompting remorse and a claimed reform. He told Sheriff Haugen the lesson was bitter but learned.
Hatfield in Neillsville area to host a dam across the Black river for an electric railroad from La Crosse to Superior. A large glass factory is also mentioned. Reports say rock and sand sent to Pittsburgh outperform local material, boosting land values. one man sold land for 3,1000 dollars, far above its previous value of about 500.
Dodge Center resident E W Hubbel aged 46 drifted from Grand Crossing to the business district on foot in an hour. He has slept in barns near the crossing for days, begging meals. At the station he said little and the police concluded he was too tired to leave.
Five weeks into the campaign to raise 5000 for the Northwestern Scandinavian Singers association, nearly half the goal is secured. Season tickets for the concert series have sold phenomenally with local wholesalers and jobbers aiding distribution, totaling 2000 in tickets sold. Financial success of the saengerfest is assured and attendance is set to be the largest in the association’s history.
Rival factions report intensifying propaganda against foreigners with Boxer doctrine teaching protection for fighters. Insurgent arms appear in many locations and a new emperor is proclaimed. Martial law declared in Hupen after a plot is uncovered. Captain Kelley, American chief of police at Changsha, is killed by Greeks arrested for arms sales. pursuing soldiers kill one killer and one dies by suicide.
Weather observer Oberholzer warns of heavy snow likely across Wisconsin Iowa and Minnesota tonight and tomorrow with temperatures dipping to 10 above by tomorrow night.
In Chicago on March 2 the court ordered the attorney general to present in court all records obtained for the prosecution from the Department of Commerce and Labor. Morrison intends to use these documents to establish the existence of a combination.
Detective McPartland testified before the grand jury that Moyer Haywood and Pettibone conducted a regular dynamiting school on a prairie near Denver. Haywood was described as the engineer, Moyer as the dupe, and Pettibone as the money man.
The hearing on Albert Patrick’s motion for a new trial was adjourned to April 3. The governor will issue another reprieve as the execution date is set for the week of March 16.
A March blizzard sweeps northwest Nebraska causing downed wires and minor railroad wrecks delaying traffic. Weather disrupts travel as crews report slick roadways and drifting snow across the region.
John Medill Patterson, 28, son of R W Patterson and Tribune owner, resigns as commissioner of public works in Chicago. He attacks Illinois law and municipal ownership, calling the laws ridiculous and obsolete. He says he is a socialist.
Baby Harry Marshall an 18 month old from Milwaukee rode the Milwaukee fast mail from St. Paul to Winona alone when his mother stepped from the train. The conductor sent the lone infant to the Winona depot and Mrs. Marshall later recovered him after boarding the next Winona train.
Pittsburg March 2 Financial circles report John D Rockefeller passed through the city last night in his private car carried as a dead car on the regular train He stopped to complete the taking over by the Standard of the oil interests of N B Barnsdall
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