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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1906
Page
2
Iowa senator absent, amendments offered to the railroad rate bill by Cus tom under a printing order. Allison would lead later. amendments extend effect for up to two years and adjust venue for suits against the commission.
The text proposes adding provisions after the word causes that injunctions require a hearing with at least five days notice to the commission. Appeals from interlocutory orders go to the Supreme Court, within thirty days, with precedence in appellate court over similar noncriminal cases. It also seeks striking the last sentence of section 6 regarding orders under section 15. Rayner offered an amendment.
In New York the appellate division heard the Perkins case testing whether political contributions from insurance company funds amount to larceny. Perkins, ex VP of New York Life, argued there was no felonious intent. District Attorney Jerome and Samuel Untermyer urged criminality. decision reserved.
The amendment restricts circuit court review of a commission order to claims that the order violates the fifth amendment or exceeds statutory jurisdiction. Courts must base their hearing on the specific allegations in the bill or petition for a carrier, limiting the scope of review accordingly.
Representative Mann of Illinois told the house a story about a crippled father eight children and a 20 year old son in the navy. He cited the president issuing a pro nunciamento for large families yet a mandatory order blocking navy discharges. Mann read the navy secretary’s reply saying discharge could not be made despite the family’s hardship.
May 9 report from Pointe-a-Pitre Guadeloupe recounts a calm close to the election on May 6 after rioting. Candidates Gerault-Richard and Legitimus won seats in the French chamber as Governor Poulloche kept order. Rene Boisneuf shot and killed a protester, his home looted, and he was jailed with others. weapons found at his residence.
Adam I L Bowersock a wealthy farmer near Argenta is dead from a stab wound inflicted by neighbor Thad deus Querrey. Querrey, out on bond, is jailed on murder charges awaiting grand jury action after the April 21 stabbing as onlookers report no witnesses.
In Indianapolis on May 9 Judge J L McMasters held that a US Supreme Court ruling voiding out of state divorces for nonresidents is not binding in Indiana. He ruled Indiana law recognizes such decrees as legal and requires judges to grant divorces when facts justify, even if defendants are nonresidents.
In Milwaukee probate court the final settlement awards Ella B. Frank and Emil Schandein $50,000 each in cash and 300 shares of Milwaukee brewing company stock plus $312,500 in estate value. Johann Philip Heyl receives $300 in bonds. Major share of estate goes to Clara S. Heyl. The contested will ends after an abrupt agreement ending a lengthy probate suit.
An old advertisement touts Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea as the best baby medicine for a healthy appetite sleep and growth. The product is offered at 35 cents in tea or tablet form with a note to ask a druggist.
A terse trade pitch asks the dealer to choose between selling Red Feather products or forgo the blooming trade, noting goods are not UNION MADE. The line implies a push to align supply with market preferences and union status.
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