Wind storms knock roof from Hegge building and damage rink
A strong morning wind damaged the north side of the city. The tin roof flew from the Hegge building at Rose and St Cloud streets. Shingles tore from the old skating rink on Rose street. A large Wisconsin Telephone Company cable across the causeway snapped, breaking tree limbs. Horses were frightened but halted before causing harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hegge
Rose
St Cloud Streets
Rose Street
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Staats Regalia trustee named in bankruptcy hearing
In a hearing before Referee in Bankruptcy G C Prentiss C S Van Arken was appointed trustee in the Staats Regalia assignment. The hearing revealed a thorough examination of the company's finances, with J F Stras as president and manager of the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Prentiss
C. S. van Arken
Staats Regalia Company
J. F. Stras
Tile Works Expands Into New Milwaukee Facility
Tile Works plans a new facility north of Goddard and Johnson Tile Works to accommodate a business that has outgrown its present limits. The site, formerly owned by John Foley, Milwaukee switchman, will be cleared and the ground used to pile tile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goddard and Johnosn Tile Works
John Foley
Milwaukee
North Side Briefs and Local Notices
North Side briefs report W R C meeting at Wannebo hall tomorrow afternoon and early arrival for work. Ladies of the Maccabees initiate a new class at their next meeting on Friday March 36th. Verne Triplet moved to 1800 block Kane street from 1712 Charles street. Mrs Mary Jones convalescing on Mill street and Anton Peterson ill with la grippe for about two weeks. St Peters Episcopal Guild plans a dollar social at the church basement on Avon and Logan. Miss Mayme Nesler home from Bangor for Easter vacation. phone 9124 and subscribe for the Tribune. Engineer C C King of the Burlington road off work for illness. James Squires convalescing. P Roggensack returned from illness recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Flynn Post
Wannebo Hall
Ladies of the Maccabees
Verne Triplet
Charles Street
Kane Street
Mary Jones
Mill Street
Anton Peterson
Rose Street
la Grippe
Ladies’ Guild
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Avon and
Logan Streets
Mayme Nesler
Ear Bangor
Anthony family heads to Redland for health and home moves
A fragment reports the Anthony family of George street moving to Redland California to join their father and brother who are there for health. Frank Smith of Minneapolis visits Lansing for several days with relatives and friends. The Trow saw mill may run another season.
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Lansing
Frank Smith
Minneapolis
Trow
Anthony
George Street
Redland
Cal
Horse Foe to Rail Tracks Stops Freight Near Trestle
A wandering horse on the Pennsylvania right of way sixteen miles east of Richmond Indiana straddled a high trestle and fell. The engineer applied air brakes and the locomotive stopped within yards. A Cincinnati Chicago passenger train followed ten minutes behind and a flagman warned it. Crews tried to remove the horse but it required four hours with ropes to free it. the animal was not seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
No 2-Cent Fare Bill Hit by Iowa Committee
The house committee on railroads and commerce voted to kill the Sankey 2-cent fare bill after prominent railroad men including I S Eustis and J F B Merry urged defeat. Sankey argued for a 2-cent maximum fare, noting Ohio’s action, but opponents warned reductions would hurt travelers and raise excursion costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Moines
House Committee On Railroads and Commerce
Sankey
I. S. Eustis
Burlington System
Chicago
J. F B. Merry
Ilinois Central
Ohio
Iowa
Clerk Robbed Our Jackies
Louis B. Metcalft, a Tompkinsville Staten Island post office clerk, was arrested on mail theft charges after a decoy letter surfaced in his possession. Sailors and other Navy personnel stationed offshore reported missing funds sent to destinations like San Francisco and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louis B. Metcalf
Tompkinsville
Staten Island
Post Office
United States
Herbert J. Weisman
Brooklyn
San Francisco
J. T. Ford
Illinois
Philadelphia
Metcalft
Senate and House In Brief in Washington
Senate passed the pension appropriation bill providing 140 million dollars. The railroad rate bill was set aside. Fortifications appropriation bill considered with Philippine fortifications removed. An executive session was held. The House worked through the legislative appropriation bill, reading it for amendment for five and a half hours and finishing fewer than 25 pages.{}
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Washington
Philippine Islands
Inter-collegiate Peace Conference Planned at Nadham College
Richmond Ind March 21 Arrangements are complete for an inter collegiate conference on international peace and arbitration to be held at Nadham college on April 1 and 14 The movement has the endorsement of the Lake Mohawk conference and the American Peace Society About thirty educational institutions have accepted invitations to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Milwaukee primary leads: Rose ahead in mayoral race
Returns from Milwaukee's March 21 primary show Mayor David S. Rose, Democrat, leading rival William George Bruce by about 700 votes across thirty precincts of 113. Republican Sherburn H. Becker leads William J. Fibrant for the nomination.
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Milwaukee
David S. Rose
William George Bruce
Sherburn H. Becker
William J. Fibrant
Gill Believed Among Florence Wreck Victims From Des Moines
Des Moines resident James Gill of Packwood Iowa is now thought to be among the unidentified victims of the Florence Colorado wreck. Gill was listed as a passenger on the wrecked train, and his son Mitchell Gill has traveled to Colorado to seek identification after receiving no word since the crash.
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Des Moines
James Gill
Packwood
Florence
Colo
Gill
Mitchell Gil
Colorado
Word to Manufacturers from La Crosse Business Directory
The La Crosse publishers urge manufacturers to mail a concise statement of facts about their plant and products to inform the public and encourage local patronage. They invite ongoing updates on any new information about establishments and operations.
An drew Carnegie Gifts $50,000 to College Endowment
The college for women announced a major gift by An drew Carnegie of fifty thousand dollars toward a quarter million endowment goal, aiding the fundraising effort and enhancing the institution's financial foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ern College For Women
Andrew Carnegie
Ohio counties switch to straight salaries for officials
Columbus March 21 The system of paying county officers in Ohio by fees is wiped out and all county auditors recorders sheriffs prosecuting attorneys clerks of courts and treasurers will be placed on straight salaries beginning Jan 1 1907 through a bill which has been practically made a law. The governor's signature to the bill is assured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Sixth District GOP Convention Nominates Judge Smith
Xenia Ohio March 21 The Sixth district Republican congressional convention opposed to the Hildebrandt-In swi ee nomination nominated Judge Horace N Smith by acclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenia, O
Republicaan
Hildebrandt Inst Wee
Horace N. Smith
Wisconsin Supreme Court Tests Civil Service Jurisdiction
Madison March 21 The Wisconsin supreme court has granted leave to bring a suit to test whether the state bank examiner's department falls under the Wisconsin civil service law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
State Bank Examiner's Department
Wisconsin Civil Service Law
Storms End As Severe Snow Probe Grips Regions
A week of heavy southwestern Colorado snow ends while eastern Pennsylvania faces the storm. Other items note the US Supreme Court recess, yellow fever misdiagnosed in New Orleans, ship subsidy debates in Britain, and disasters from a Florence fire to California floods.
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Colorado
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of the United States
New Orleans
United States
Tomsk
Iberia
Christian Hauge
Waffaires
Norway
Washington
Fletcher
Ala
Armstrong
Association of American Medical Colleges
Pittsburg
Tokio
Nagasaki
Belgrade
Servia
Europe
Roosevelt
New York City
Groton
Mass
John Alexander Dowie
Jamaica
Mexico
Kings
Joaquin
California
Brazil
Spain Faces New Cabinet Crisis After Resignations
Premier Moret plans to resign after the judicial reform bill. All cabinet ministers hand in their resignations. King Alfonso postpones departure to the Canary Islands until the crisis is resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Madrid
Moret
Alfonso
Canary Islands
La Crosse Businesses and Manufacturers Listing
A detailed directory of La Crosse firms with street addresses across Front, South Front, Main, Second, Third, Fourth, King, and Pearl Streets. Includes names such as La Crosse Paper Box Co, CroSBY Granite Co, Summit Stove Foundry, Northern Wisconsin Leaf Co, La Crosse Carriage & Wagon Works, and La Crosse Threshing Machine Mfg Co. Catalog lists grinders, mill works, clothing, cigars, furniture, monuments, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Crosse
Satin Air to death by own action
Edward Wood, 43, of Eugene Perrine farm near Rives Junction Michigan, was found dead in a barn with a rope around his neck attached to a rafter. He died by suicide while preparing to hitch his family to church, apparently due to sudden derangement. He leaves a widow and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rives Junction
Mich
Edward Wood
Eugene Perrine
Here
Wood
Robbery at Moscow Bank Nets $425000
Twenty armed men surrounded the Mutual Credit society bank near the bourse and held up its employees with pistols, fleeing with $425,000 despite guards efforts. Separately, Rev. J. W. Irish and Rev. Charles Wentworth traveled to Minneapolis for a Methodist missionary convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoscow
Mutual Credit Society
J. W. Irish
Charles Wentworth
Minneapolis
Wisconsin- Minnesota
Missionary Convention
The
Methodist Church
Man plants potatoes on St Patrick’s Day in Indiana
Columus Indiana March 21 John Warner of this city follows the old custom of planting potatoes on St Patrick’s day. He dug holes in the frozen ground and built a fire to thaw the soil for planting. He says his potatoes will be several weeks earlier than neighbors' crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick's Day
Columus
Ind
John Warner
St. Patrick’s Day
Bird Lectures With Slides At Local High School
Two illustrated lectures on birds are scheduled at the high school Thursday and Friday afternoons. Speakers will show slides and discuss bird behavior, habitats, and identification.
Senate passes anti hazing bill in Columbus
Ohio lawmakers approve hazing prohibition sent from the house. The measure imposes a fine up to 200 dollars or six months in jail or both for any student at public or private schools or universities found guilty of hazing, and it goes to the governor for signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Columbus
Senate
House
Low Fares to Dakota and Minnesota on Milwaukee Road
Greatly reduced rates to North and South Dakota and many points in Northern Minnesota via the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul railway every Tuesday in March and April. For rates routes and train services contact the nearest ticket agent or write F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
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North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chica
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
Chicago
All Rights for Insurance Cos to Give Cash
New York March 21 The giving of political contributions from life insurance company funds by the makers of such companies does not constitute larceny or any crime in the opinion of District Attorney Jerome. The opinion was submitted to Justice O Sullivan in the court of General Sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jerome
Justice O'Sullivan
Court of
Seneral Sessions
Grand Jury
Wedded Bliss Ends as Man Is Arrested for Perjury
Kalamazoo Mich March 21 A man named George Bh Tatersall was arrested on perjury charges for securing a marriage license to wed Miss Julia T Eison. The brother who swore out the warrant says the bride is 15 not 18 as claimed. All parties reside in Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Bliss George Bh
Tatersall
Julia T. Eison
Cooper
Senator Vommedien Bill To Limit Niagara River Water Takings Fails
In Albany on March 21 Senator Vommedien saw his bill to restrict Niagara River water withdrawals above the falls killed by striking out the enacting clause. The measure would limit usage to existing chartered companies while Senator fHommedieu lamented the lack of support for Niagara Falls protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Vommedien
Senate
Niagara River
Niagara Falls
fHommedieu
Fire completes destruction at Camp Bird mill ruin
Ouray Colorado March 21 Fire broke out in the ruins of the Camp Bird mill wrecked on Sunday by a snowslide, completing the destruction of the plant. The mill was erected in 1289 at a cost of 500000 dollars by Thomas I Walsh who then owned the Camp Bird mine and later sold it to an English company.
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David B. Hill
New York
E. J. Hedman
Switchman
Sinois Central
Tara
Decatur
St. Petersburg
de Witte
Doreas
Florence
Colo
Ouray
Camp Bird
Thomas I. Walsh
Fire destroys business district in North Loup Nebraska
Lincoln Nebraska March 21 report states the North Loup business district was destroyed by fire. The town lacks fire-fighting facilities and had no means to check the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
North Loup
Tribune presents straightforward civic and local news
A plain report recounts community events and public affairs with emphasis on clear facts. It notes local developments, upcoming meetings, budget items, and service changes impacting residents.
Remains of Anarchist Johann Most Cremated in Cincinnati
The body of Johann Most, noted anarchist, was cremated in Cincinnati with no religious ceremony. Several comrades offered brief addresses before the cremation. Mrs. Most will transport the ashes to New York, and a memorial meeting is planned in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Most
Cincinnati
Johann Most
Sone
Carnegie's Offer to a Woman's College
Hamilton March 21. President Lillian Wyckoff Johnson of the West- campus announces a Carnegie offer to a women's college. The statement signals a major philanthropic initiative with potential impact on female higher education.
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Carnegie
Woman's College
Hamilton, O
Lillian Wyckoff Johnson
The
West
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Staats CO
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C. C. King
Burlington Road
James Squires
P. Roggensack
Nebuer Ginger
North Side Bottling
Rose St
J. F. Schrank
Civil Service
F. W. Collier CO
LA Crosse Knitting CO
North Second Street
J. S. Medary Saddlery Co
Pearl Street
la Crosse Street
MR. Geo. Herkin
Main Street
Crosby Granite CO
Jay Street
Summit Stove Foundry
Cor
Clinton and Wood
2Amperin Leaf Tobacco CO
West Avenue
Green Bay Street
R. C. McCaleb
North Third Street
Northern Wisconsin Leaf CO
South Front Street
Vought-Berger CO
Sumner Street
Star Knitting CO
LA Crosse Engraving CO
South Second Street
Henry Waters
Cigar Factory
South Fourth Street
Pamperin & Wiggenhorn Cigar CO
Thos. E. Benton& Son
Chas, J. Weigel
Mfg
Cigars
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Martin Bros. CO
Cor. Main and
Second Street
Lion Brand Workingmen’s Clothing
Egid Hackner
Cor. Ferry and
Thirteenth Street
Albert Major
Winnebago Street
Western Banana’ Crate Mfg. CO
Hyme-Benaud Granite CO. Monuments
South Third Street
S. Main Street
ICE & Butter Co., Cor
Front and Vine
MO. Gund Brw. CO
Ninth and Mormon Coulee
C. J. Michel Brw. CO
ADV
Bedding CO
North Front Street
Cordell Glove Co
LA Crosse Cornice & Ceiling CO
Electric Roller Mills
Tisch Bros. CO
Western Hammock CO
Horton Street
Koblitz
North Fourth Street
Rehfuss Mfg. CO
Segelke & Kolhaus Mfg. Co., Cor
W. W. Johnson Lumber CO
Cameron Avenue
Second
August Miller
JAS. B. Funk, Candy CO
M. Funk
King and
Front Street
Kratchwil Candy Mfg. CO
Charles J. Weigel
South Sixth
Eureka Chemical CO
LA Crosse Rug CO
LA Crosse Clothing Coo
South Front
Clark Medicine CO
South Fifth Street
LA Crosse Woolen Mills
South Eighth Street
Lastman Mill CO
Mig
Jay and
King
LA Crosse Carriage Co., Cor. Third and Badger
LA Crosse Plow CO
Western Tobacco Works
Valya Garment CO
North Side Bottling Works
Erickson Brw. CO
Bartl Brw. CO
Smith Mfg. CO
Booth Mnfg. CO
Stock Foods and Remedies
South Second
ART Glass CO
Art Glass Makers
MR. MO. Dengler
Orin J. Sorenson
Front and
Mt. Vernon
G. Heileman
Langdon & Boyd
MFG CO
West Avenua Ca
Satin
Ieat
Moscow
Ri&h
Insurance Cos
Salt Fish
N. Nustad
J.p.cussiner
Oklahoma Jubilee Singers
the Empire
Langdone& Boyd
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