Woman Neared Burial Alive After Deathlike Trance
Mrs. W. R. Sherwood of Mabel Minnesota awakened during a deathlike trance while preparations for burial were underway. She sat up on a bier, alarmed neighbors and a nurse, and, after hot baths and rubbing, was revived. Doctors say she nearly died from pneumonia and possible embalming fluids, but she is now recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Sherwood
Sherwood
Mabel
Minn
Joseph Vollmar
Public Works
John Vollmar
E. A. Gerdle
Vol
Mrs. Sherwood
Tolla death sentence commuted to seven and a half years
The New Jersey court of pardons commuted the death sentence of Mrs. Tolla, the Italian murderer, to seven and a half years in prison this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolla
Insurance leaders oppose reform bills in Albany
In Albany today leaders from Equitable New York Life Mutual Provident and Home Life joined forces to oppose reforms from the Armstrong committee. They pledged concise testimony and urged full committee hearings while arguing for continued state supervision and existing practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-Mck
Albany
N. Y
Armstrong Committee
Paul Morton
Equitable
Charles A. Peabody
New York Life
Alexander E. Orr
the Mutual
Timothy Woodruff
the Provident
Woodruff
George D. Ide
The
Home Life
William B. Johnson
Bloody Battle on Jolo Between Americans and Moros
Gen Wood reports heavy losses in a March 6 to 8 engagement at Mount Bajo near Jolo. Eighteen Americans killed, fifty-two wounded. about six hundred Moros killed. Colonel Duncan led the attack with Army, Navy, and constabulary units. The fight continued with fears of a wider uprising involving Mindanao natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Duncan
Mount Bajo
Jolo
Wood
Bliss
Tyreer Rivers
Gordon Johnston
Ernest B. Agnew
Wylie Conway
H. D. Cooke
Constabulary
Mindanao
Firemen’s Relief Fund gets donation after La Crosse blaze
Funk donates 25 to the Firemen’s Relief association in thanks for the firemen who battled a blaze that partly destroyed his La Crosse Engraving company building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Funk
Firemen’s Relief Association
la Crosse Engraving Company
Directors Battle Over Rates At New Businessmen’s Association
Directors of the new Businessmen's association hashed wage scales with wage earners set at 1 dollar per year and businessmen at 5 dollars. Secretary R S Ried and Treasurer Woods to start dues collection and assess membership from the old Progressive group. A future meeting may rename the body Board of Trade and fix secretary salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Businessmen’s Association
R. S. Ried
Woods
Progressive Association
Board of Trade
Businessmen’s Association
City Rail Pushes Off Franchise Talks as Alterations Rejected
The street railway firm rejects the amended franchise and any time extension. City leaders indicate no further changes will be made and may drop the ordinance. Officials note ticket pricing would hurt revenue by about ten thousand dollars yearly. Aldermen show indifference and may abandon the issue tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Street Railway
Common Council
California
Livermore
Pink Hawley Rejoins La Crosse Club as Manager
La Crosse baseball fans cheer as Pink Hawley accepts a second season as manager of the Wisconsin state league club. Hawley will assume duties once snow clears and practice begins, with several veteran players signed and more talent being gathered from the Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pink” Hawley
la Crosse
Elliott
Hawley
Association
Northwest
Indian aroused by Carlisle graduate faces court show of restraint
John Pidgeon a Carlisle graduate confronts Frike Cloud at a Winnebago camp near Waterloo as the latter threatens violence after drinking. Pidgeon, well dressed and educated, explains the case in Judge Brindley's La Crosse county court, marking a notable arraignment of an Indian in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pidgeon
Carlisle College
Frike Cloud
Winnebagoes
Waterloo
West Salem
la Crosse
Pidgeon
Squaw
Papoose
St. Paul
Minnie Davis
Cloud
SILL NARROWLY ESCAPED JAIL
William Raymond Sill a nephew of Mrs W R Sill narrowly avoided arrest in Des Moines for bigamy after writing letters to two wives at separate addresses One letter to his aunt in La Crosse Wis and another to his wife in New York City The incident ended when a house detective exposed the misdirected mail and Sill denied any bigamy The tale recalls a joke message sent to him years earlier from a newspaper where he was known as William Raymond Sill Second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Raymond Sill
W. R. Sill
Lew Fields
Des Moines
Sill
la Crosse
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
William
New York
Wis
West Eighty-third Street
New York City
Wisconsin
Boyd Wins Ice Trust Fight Over West Channel Lease
Andrew Boyd of Langdon & Boyd defeats the local ice trust in a dispute over the Robinson ice house lease on West channel. His crews have harvested 800 tons of ice, 24 inches thick, stored near the island shore while court arguments continue.
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Robinson
West Channel
Andrew Boyd
Langdon & Boyd
Boyd
Channel
Trust
Robinson House
Mr. Boyd
F. A. Bigelow
Eugene Robinson
Paducah
Ernest Robinson
Minnesota
President nominates officers to brigadier general rank
President Washington nominates Colonel John W. Bubb of the Twelfth Infantry to brigadier general and four lieutenant colonels to brigadier generals and immediately retire.
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Washington
John W. Bubb
Twelfth Infantry
Weather Forecast Fair and Cooler Tonight and Saturday
Fair and cooler weather forecast with temperatures dropping to about 25 tonight. Southerly wind keeps the mild trend, coolest 34, warmest 40, wind at 8 am 4 mph.
Tax Commission Sets April 10 Hearing for La Crosse Tax Muddle
County Clerk Rawlinson received a notice from the state tax commission fixing the date for the La Crosse county tax dispute hearing on April 10 in Madison. The ruling addresses a local tax muddle and outlines proceedings to resolve the matter.
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TAX Commission
LA Crosse
Rawlinson
State Tax Commission
la Crosse County
Madison
Ice surplus sale to St. Louis arranged
I. H. Derr of the Peoples Ice Company and F. A. Bigelow last night negotiated at the Stoddard with Han nibal brothers of St. Louis for the sale of all their surplus ice here to be used during the coming summer in St. Louis. Ice in St. Louis is said to be selling for eight dollars per ton.
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I. H. Derr
The
Peoples Ice Company
FP. A. Bigelow
Stoddard
Hannibal Brothers
St. Louis
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Trenton, N. J
Court of Pardons
Swarm Capital
Armstrong
Morton
Moros
Old Grater
Kilied
Island of Jolo
Fireboys
Pink Hawley
Red
IO Trust
Joseph Fiebig
Winnebago Street
Fiebig
Salzer
Mr. Fiebig
Behr
E. M. Behr
U.S
Milwaukee
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