Longfellow Testimony Opens Rebuttal in Thaw Case
Frederick W. Longfellow, former counsel for Thaw, was the first rebuttal witness as Jerome aims to overturn the insanity defense. New alienists observed in court while questions focus on the 1902 Ethel Thomas suit and prior tales Evely n spoke of. Police testimony notes Thaw appeared insane at arrest while a sergeant said he looked rational after examination.
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New York
Frederick W. Longfellow
Thaw
Jerome
Longfellow
Ethel Thomas
Hummel
Delmas
Evelyn
White
Wright
McCarthy
Ernest Birnbaum Dies at 19 of Pneumonia
Ernest Birnbaum of 1006 Mississippi Street died Saturday night at home from pneumonia. A clerk for John Gund Brewing, he will be buried after a 9 am funeral from the cathedral at Sixth and Main, with Rev. G Sluyter officiating. Burial in Catholic Cemetery. Also reported death of Fred Greiner, cement curb contractor for Wooley & Hanson, in Indian Territory per son’s information to Arthur Roberge.
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Ernest Birnbaum
B. Birnbaum
Mississippi Street
Birnbaum
John Gund Brewing Company
Rev. G. Sluyter
F. Griener
Fred Greiner
Wooley & Hanson
Indian Territory
Arthur Roberge
Board of Public Works
Greiner
Chicago Livestock Market and Grain Prices Report
Chicago hogs receipts 50 000 with prices 5 cents lower from 6.70 to 7.05. cattle receipts 33 000 steady to 10 cents higher. sheep 18 000 strong. Wheat and corn prices listed for various grades. In Sofia Bulgaria on March 11 Premier Pet kof f assassinated in Paris garden by unknown assailant.
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Wis. Grain & Stock Co
Sofia
Bulgaria
Paris Garden
M. Petkoff
Campaign rises from pulpits over civic reform in La Crosse
Last evening Protestant churches except Christ Episcopal denounced alleged social evils and law violations in a sweeping civic league campaign. The movement, linked in rumor to politics, claims it aims to enforce laws without party influence and rejects any political motive as ungrounded.
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la Crosse
Christ Episcopal Church
Embryo Civic Federation
Devil Dodger
Bunge
Steadwell
The
Light
Rev
J. K. Fowler
First Presbyterian Church
J. S. Lowe
Biederwolf
J. J. Clemens
Rev. J. W. Hoag
Civic Federation Formed in La Crosse to Promote Moral Reform
The Civic Federation of La Crosse plans to hire an outside agent to investigate law violations and push civic betterment. Ministers formed the group, aiming to fund 100000 stock with 1000 shares and annual assessments, to support enforcement and social reform in La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Civic Federation
la Crosse
Civic Society
Humane
C. H .Berry
Humane Society
Civic Federation of
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Executive Committee
Esch Announces Candidacy for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin
Representative John J. Esch launches bid to succeed Senator Spooner with Madison headquarters to open at Avenue Hotel. Backers believe La Follette will stay out, boosting Esch’s chances. election set for May 1.
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John J. Esch
John C. Spooner
United States Senate
Thomas Morris
Esch
Avenue Hotel
Wisconsin
Madison
Morris
Washington
la Crosse
United States
Electrolysis Likely Damaged La Crosse Water Mains
An investigation at Third and Main streets led by E. D. Burford of Electric Supply & Construction Co found electrolysis caused a water main break. The La Crosse City Railway Company’s current probably supplied the electricity eroding the pipe, a repeated issue in past breaks.
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la Crosse
Third
Main
E. D. Burford
Electric Supply & Construction Campe Today
la Crosse City
Board Sets Meetings to Grow Trade Board
The board of trade plans steps to increase its membership with tomorrow’s membership committee meeting in the afternoon and another gathering in the evening. An advertising committee session is set for 5 pm to review rosters, add new names, collect delinquent dues, and issue envelopes and postal cards to promote La Crosse advertising.
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Board of Trade
Advertising Committee
Shige
la Crosse
Man who thinks he is great may reveal lack of children
A witty remark notes that belief in self-importance signals no offspring to prove otherwise, implying folly stems from absence of progeny as a measure of character.
Nerve of Others Provokes Our Irritation
A pithy comment on how others' behavior often triggers frustration in people, highlighting the social dynamic of perceived nerve and personal reaction.
Riot intensifies trolley strike in Louisville street service
Louisville reports show only three streetcar lines operating as strikers press workers to quit. Company warns of mob violence and lacks police protection, suspending all service to avoid risk to staff and passengers amid threats of dynamite. Pinkerton detectives rumored for tomorrow. A separate note from Cleveland details 1500 shipyard workers striking across several plants over wages and hours.
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Scripps-McRae
Louisville
Street Railway
Pinkerton
Weather Outlook Warm Night Then Showers and Snow
Generally fair and warmer tonight with Tuesday showers likely turning to snow and colder by night. Coldest around 32 and warmest near 44 with winds around 10 miles per hour.
Reform Efforts Rally Against Vice Dens in Downtown
A speaker urges strict enforcement to close illegal dens of vice and protect youth from nightly danger. The address notes prior progress and counters opponents who predict reforms will fade away.
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Chicago Livestock Market
GIG Society
10 Fight Vic
Eamel Lehaal
Thomas J. Larkin
W. W. Cargill Company
George Erickson
Spooner
Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Fond DU Lac
Wis
Weisse
Fairbanks
Taft
Foraker
la Follette
Boy “Scouts
Henry Faville
J. W. Hoag
J. W. Irish
Papatens
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Federation
Pastors’ Union
Fowler
Faville
Moses
Holy Trinity
English Evangelical Lutheran Church
First Universalist Church
Lowe
Kingdom of Heaven
Heaven
Christ
God
Open
Special Tribune Dispatch
Gilbert
Burford
Ship Builders Strike
Cleveland ,O
Detroit
Ecorse
Sticlair
Loraine
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