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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1905
Page
3
May 25 Chicago reports to Governor Deneen show a serious strike disrupting 98 percent of Springfield's lumber business as 1,100 teamsters join the walkout. Sheriff and troops may be deployed as non union deliveries begin. incitement charges loom against C. P. Shea.
May 25. A state conference of Congregational churches debated John D. Rockefeller’s gift to the American Board of Foreign Missions. A milder compromise resolution was offered but rejected, and the matter was referred back to the committee. The compromise urged careful consideration of charitable gifts’ effect on church work. Meanwhile farmers in Racine County eastern district attended meetings at Corliss and Racine to discuss good roads, but corn planting dominated interest. About twenty farmers attended the Corliss meeting and a similar crowd gathered later in the day.
Ripon college will host Chicago preacher Ripon-Alexander H. Revell as commencement speaker on June 14. In Sheboygan plans for a new central fire station were submitted with an estimated cost of 15000 dollars. Portage orders to close all saloons next Sunday were issued by District Attorney H A Gunderson after W C T U agitation. Beloit college replaced its Bell with an electric system ending John Pfeffer's 40 plus years of service. Riverside Paper and Fiber plans to rebuild its sulphite plant after a Monday fire, near 200000 dollars in costs. In Kenosha Henry Lutzenkirchen discussed a potential franchise for New Park City Electric Railway to serve lake regions west of the city.
Attorney Levy Mayer, counsel for employers, states further conferences are useless and rejects Clarence Darrow's blacklisting assertion. He argues express managers acted within rights, noting drivers who struck handled valuable freight and large sums of money, and that teamsters who boycott cannot claim blacklisting by the managers.
William Ziesler, Arctic exploration promoter and financier, dies at his country home near Norton Connecticut after a long illness from an October runaway accident. Born September 1 1843 in Beaver County Pennsylvania he built a fortune in baking powder and long Island real estate. He opposed Brooklyn city purchase of the Long Island Water Supply company. Funeral set for Saturday noon.
In McArthur Ohio Emma Flynn, former Columbus resident, shot J M Specht a prominent farmer and Democratic committee member after claiming a tramp looked into her window. Specht was found dead on the Flynn lawn with a fatal head wound. Flynn was arrested on murder charges. families had been on good terms.
Savanna Illinois May 25 after a two day coroner jury session the verdict says Daniel S Berry died from a gunshot wound fired by a person or persons unknown. The case remains a deep mystery with a tramp described man seen about an hour before the shooting and only one witness to the stranger.
In Marin county California Edwin Steppens murdered his wife and five children injuring two, then shot at a milkman before dying by two self inflicted wounds. Neighbors found the family all with revolver wounds in their beds. three children died at once and two later in hospital. No motive known.
The Lake Superior and Southeastern railroad filed a mortgage covering all property at the head of the lakes and southeast of here. The loan of six million dollars is to fund construction from Ladysmith to the present point and to finance terminal building, with the loan held by a New York trustee.
RACINE Wis May 25 Officers of the National Good Roads association report farmers refuse to fund roads for automobile traffic. The stance highlights rural resistance to expanding road networks beyond farm use and cues potential policy opposition.
Green Bay social workers plan to raise 1000 by subscriptions to sponsor a series of free band concerts this summer. Waukesha a postal card threat targets Judge D S Tullar. Richard Martin, jailed for vagrancy, will face U S authorities. Kenosha Northwestern Railway reportedly seeks eighty acres at Ranney for a transfer yard. Stoughton Amos Carter, 40, died after being trampled by horses.
FOND DU LAC Wis May 25 The board of managers of the Odd Fellows home at Green Bay met here and decided to build a 15000 addition to the institution It will comprise sleeping quarters for 50 inmates and a large general assembly room.
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