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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1909
Page
6
Report outlines Crazy Snake and his envoy's involvement in the deadly clash with deputies led by Sheriff Odom's son killed in the encounter. Indians claimed self defense as militiamen fired through cabin walls while Crazy Snake evaded capture, burning camp in retreat and rumors of a crewed house fire persist.
An eccentric scene unfolds in La Crosse as J A C Jones tries to rail against politics while negotiating money and a beer. Frank Allen, a rival candidate, becomes part of a comic moment before Jones flees, crashing from a window and pursuing Bert Bleeckman with Doc Friend Suiter in tow.
The ad links nervous health to blood, claiming Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People treat nervous prostration by improving red blood cells. It quotes Mrs. F. Bell of Wisconsin who says the pills restored strength, appetite, color, sleep, and weight after severe illness. Available 50c per box, six for $2.50, from Dr Williams Medicine Co.
Des Moines reports detail a thwarted plot to kill Rev. Father M. Flavin of St. Ambrose Church and an alleged blackmail attempt against Rev. Father Romanelli of the Italian Catholic church. Andrew Ballentine was arrested amid a disturbance at St. Ambrose. By authorities say two men threatened Romanelli who defended himself with a revolver.
An advertisement promises to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days or offers a money back refund. The claim notes the product price as 50 cents.
In Denver on March 26 a jury found Jno Cradlebaugh not guilty of murder after he killed Jno Walton on a downtown street. Cradlebaugh and Walton, former grand masters of the Idaho Odd Fellows, had followed Cradlebaughs wife from Wallace Idaho where Walton killed Cradlebaugh.
Gen Booth, back in London from a continent tour, remains hopeful to establish a Salvation Army branch in St. Petersburg. He says authorities in Moscow failed to understand army methods and suspected it would promote disorder.
Residents and Sheriff serve notice on Campbell Chairman William Wolf and town board demanding the road between the abattoir and North Side be reopened. The petition argues the township had no right to close the road and cites attorney general guidance requiring a joint petition and commission. A twelve man commission may be appointed to settle the dispute if Wolf does not comply.
The mother of H. M. Adams of Henrietta Pa claims seven bottles of Electric Bitters cured her son’s five year eczema and threatened lung damage. The product is touted for eruptions eczema salt rheum sores blood disorders and rheumatism. 50 cents guaranteed by O. T. Erhart.
The Republican schedule lists nightly meetings through election week. Tonight features Kisselbach's hall on the North Side and Rabat's hall on the South Side. Subsequent nights include Bohemian hall, Centennial hall, Union hall, Concordia, Waneboro, Snowplow hall and Meinert's, with further speakers to be announced tomorrow.
Gov. Marshall granted a requisition to return Sylvanus Bernham from Texas to Indiana for the 1877 murder of Nancy Rosa Tritt near Terre Haute. Bernham, once a farmhand, allegedly threatened marriage and the farmhouse fire and stabbing followed. He disappeared, was indicted, later found in Texas, and now faces arrest with officers en route.
The funeral for Thomas Fitzgerald former general manager of the B and O died Sunday after a lingering illness was held this afternoon in Baltimore.
A Wichita man M T Firmin after thirty years of eczema reports a complete cure using the D D D remedy washed with wintergreen oil glycerine and molasses. He details long suffering and final relief with improved skin condition and sleep. Hoeschler Brothers advertise the treatment.
Elsie Fay a vaudeville and musical comedy figure and Ensign Leslie Barrett Anderson U S N faced a temporary setback when the marriage license bureau lacked the official signature. They plan another attempt today or tomorrow. Anderson from Philadelphia and Fay born in Ireland with a French mother. courtship began by correspondence while his ship Missouri visited Hampton Roads.
Eight men died and eleven were injured near Pride in Chillicothe County when 400 pounds of thawing dynamite exploded while workers warming around a track camp. Foreman J D MacNamara witnessed the blast as a stick ignited and was tossed toward a brush area, triggering the chain reaction.
The Democratic rally in Centennial hall features Ori J. Sorensen the mayoral candidate with W. F. Wolfe and O. R. Skaar as speakers. Also planned is the Third Ward Marching club march to the hall. Republicans hold two meetings at Kisselbachs and Kabats halls with Dr. F. C. Sutter and speakers James Thompson William McGaushren A. E. Bleekman Otto Bosshard and BE. C. Raymond.
The United States Steel corporation holds its regular monthly meeting this afternoon amid discussion of wage cuts for employees. A widely circulated schedule reportedly shows orders booked since the open market, overall market outlook, and the current cost of production under the existing wage scale.
Washington March 30 Representative Sulzer denounces the Payne tariff bill as a protection measure for monopoly and predicts a 25 percent rise in the cost of living if enacted. He argues the schedules are too high and aimed at revenue rather than public good.
In Chicago and before Special Examiner William G. Mahaffey the government halted its case in its bid to dissolve the E I Dupont de Nemours Powder Company charter. The examiner will file his report in the United States court at Wilmington Delaware within a few weeks.
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