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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
9
A driving incident caused a commotion as a man was accosted while returning valuables. Police investigated the scene with bystanders offering statements. No arrests were reported at the time of filing.
In Watertown South Dakota on May 22 a hold up involving Roy Geophart of Security National Bank and a high school teacher led to a lantern suggestion for drivers. The Kaufmann appeal hearing is set for June 11 before the South Dakota Supreme Court in Pierre with arguments by Judge Aikens and opposing counsel Clark Orr Null and Whiting.
May 22 Grand Forks North Dakota The state tuition fund apportionment announced by W L Stockwell totals $357238 with 134000 children enumerated The distribution draws $353209 from the interest and income fund and $4029 from fines taxes and other sources
Moorhead Minnesota grand jury returns no bill on John Lambrecht former president of the Northwestern Interurban railroad accused of securing money under false pretenses promoters stock deal. Lambrecht a Minneapolis man was arrested in Fargo and fought extradition. Accuser John Haas Moorhead saloon owner claimed stock was faulty and overvalued. Lambrecht had resigned as head of the road and seeks $116000 in damages for false imprisonment.
Reports from Crookston and other northern points describe ongoing showers in recent days. The stretch of rainfall continues to move across the region as wet weather persists beyond Minnesota.
A fragment reports many prairie chicken fledglings drowned as warm weather kept hens on nests near rivers. The text notes hazards from water flow around Thief River Falls and Middle River and predicts scarcity this coming season.
Paul Paulson of Burns in Anoka county a millwright was drowned at the Rum River dam yesterday He had gone to work for Pillsbury Would burn Flour Mills at the Lincoln mill and with two coworkers rafted to open sluice gates The raft capsized in the current and Paulson was caught in the eddy below while the other two clung to the dam Boobar a mill employee jumped into a skiff and attempted to go over the dam to rescue him.
Paulson notes a perilous river trip by Boobar, an expert river man. He completed the journey without overturning, though the endeavor proved useless.
Pure Food Inspector Heiberg has worked through the upper Red River valley and is active in Greenbush and Roseau City with several cases. He pressured six East Grand Forks saloonkeepers for selling goods from a local maker found below standard. He has not arrested anyone in Crookston, praising its merchants for clean stock.
In Little Falls Minnesota on May 22 Vincent Wocjciechowski, a young son of Martin Wocjciechowski, was handling a 44 caliber repeating rifle when he shot his brother Joe, who died a few hours later. Martin Wocjciechowski was involved in the incident.
A certificate authorized the First National Bank of Valhalla North Carolina to begin with 25000 capital, C W Andrews as president, W F Winter as VP, J G Webster as cashier. First National Bank of St Paul named reserve agent. Letha Rodrick appointed postmaster at Keystone South Dakota. Episcopal bishop William Hobart Hare touring diocese visiting churches in the Black Hills Spearfish June 19. Alberta Minnesota reports early crops with one fourth more acreage than last year. Granada Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Eberhart to speak at Martin County Modern Woodmen Picnic June 16. events include ball game foresters contest band tug of war.
Madison Wisconsin May 22 Governor Davidson heard arguments on Thelma Connors pardon request. The Milwaukee domestic servant stole jewels and property valued at 2600 dollars and was sentenced May 16 1907 to a year and a half in the house of correction. She may be favored by the governor amid support from witnesses, the trial judge, and the district attorney.
Grant Olson drowned after a fit while fishing at Gills Landing in Waupaca Wisconsin. He fell from the boat and the body has not been recovered.
The speaker who dominates the conversation faces little odds of prevailing in the argument as the clash unfolds. The scene centers on rhetoric and perceived persuasion, with emphasis on who commands the floor during the discourse.
Houghton Mich a Baltic resident Matt I Kun kastart aged thirty was struck by a passenger train on the Copper Range road east of South Range early yesterday and died instantly. He was unmarried.
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