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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1906
Page
2
A brief classified noting subscription pricing: one year in county and outside, with price per square foot and per square measure terms, indicating rates of .81.00 and 50c per square, and a total of 1.35.
Official returns from 88 counties show Indiana voters split 557,829 total with Democrats 263,692 and Republicans 294,227. Republican plurality for Secretary of State 30,625, president 1904 plurality 93,944, with missing counties accounted for in the subjoined table.
Congressman Chaney lauds coal miners and Sullivan county Democrats for key support in his second election. He praises district Democrats and warns Grampers, urging organized labor to back a more effective president. He calls for revising tariff schedules and addressing predatory wealth ahead of major policy debates.
Governor Hanly will make numerous appointments in the coming months as terms expire January 1 1907 across city police boards in fourteen cities and state boards. Vacancies exist in Elkhart Hammond Marion Richmond Vincennes and Jeffersonville city courts and on the State Board of Pharmacy Nursing Registration and Examination and Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane trustees. New terms begin January 1 1907 at institutes for the blind deaf and several state hospitals and the state prison and Purdue University.
Expiring terms set for February and March 1907 across multiple state boards including the State Soldiers Home Prison Boys School and Board of State Charities. Wingate and a Railroad Commission member also near term end. D. H. McAbee’s term as Chief expires April 28. A new girls’ school board will be appointed after construction completes.
The Men's Clubs from local churches plan a mass meeting at the Stone City Opera House next Sunday at 2 PM. Hon. Chas. F. Remy, longtime Supreme Court reporter and Indianapolis attorney, will speak. Music by city male voices. All men urged to attend.
After a three day conference the New Monroe County court house contract was awarded to Caldwell & Drake of Columbus for 118785 dollars. The firm must complete the work within eighteen months with a two year maximum. August Ohme of Terre Haute was preferred by some committees but failed to present a bond, so Caldwell & Drake received the award.
The Board of Children's Guardians intensifies focus on city and county truants. Policeman Lucien E Payne, now a board member, visits schools to identify irregular attendance and nonattendance. Parents may be summoned before Judge Wilson to justify truancy, with potential placement of habitual offenders in Plainfield. The board aims to aid guardians without court action where possible.
Mrs J Jocelyn leased the Oolitic News to C W Kelly of Kokomo who ran one issue, took $7 from liquor license ads, bought goods on credit, moved the office, then disappeared. The paper printed a black border with Watch Our Smoke and Kelly’s whereabouts remain unknown.
The second annual corn show by the Indiana Corn Growers Association runs January 14 to 19 in conjunction with Purdue University corn school. The event aims to gather representative corn samples from five state sections with sweepstakes for north central and southern exhibitors. Premiums include corn planters plows and fertilizers with substantial cash support. applicants should contact Secretary G. I. Christie in Lafayette for circulars.
A moonlit Monday night fire near Paoli killed Vincent Moore, 55, and his eleven year old son Raymond, with other relatives burning or injured. Elbert Alderson and family escaped, aided by brief bravery as flames collapsed the dwelling, starting from a defective flue. Alderson carried eighty dollars and fled with his child, while his wife and others suffered injuries. The tragedy concluded after dawn as rescuers recovered charred remains.
Uncle Jim Green, long resident near Tom Jackson's farm 10 miles east of town, was found dead in his bed Tuesday morning at age 177. Officials report heart failure and a history of mental illness with prior insanity hospital visits. Coroner Plummer conducted an inquest Tuesday afternoon.
Farmers in counties feeding New Albany unite to ban hunting on their lands. They warn trespassers with threats and aim to empower deputy game wardens to arrest violators, pledging no permits. The move seeks to protect crops and boost quail populations across Indiana within two years.
The 1906 Indiana apple crop reached 4,798,000 bushels, nearly three times the 1905 total. Greene County led all counties with 290,200 bushels as growers sprayed trees and pests were kept in check. Harrison County, last year’s leader, dropped to a lower showing as the statewide yield shifted.
The report lists county apple harvests with Greene at 290 200 bushels and Bartholomew 109 200 bushels among the ten highest counties. Lawrence shows 22 200 in 1905 and 36 400 in 1906. Last year fruit-bearing trees totaled 4 222 068 despite many trees dying. final totals for this year remain unfinished.
The Barnum & Bailey circus plans a radical shift to motor transport with large autos able to carry elephants and lions. The change ends costly railroad hauls and signals a renewed push for mobile tours after the dissolution of the circus trust. James A Bailey favored this move before his death and set trials last spring, Madison Square Garden.
William Auberry and Shirley Irwin charged with first degree murder by train wrecking nine miles south of Petersburg on the Southern railroad. Held for two months at Jeffersonville to avoid mob violence. Grand jury began probing Monday with fifty witnesses planned. Three men died and $178000 in railroad property destroyed.
Texas cities enforce a Jim Crow streetcar ordinance forcing white seating at the front and Black seating at the rear. Galveston faces the sharpest disruption with a growing boycott and a fund to test constitutionality. San Antonio and Austin see mixed compliance as Black workers depart in search of other lines. Car companies report limited impact while servant shortages worsen in affected cities. Also noted are local sawmill activities as Victor Neal and Ben McLauglin haul poplar from Sam Scoggan’s Crosslane farm for a new barn.
Myrtle Neal seven year old daughter of William Neal was shot near her home three miles southeast of Grammar Ohio while going to a free delivery box. Neighbors report gunfire from hunters as the area remains crowded with season activity and the child dies on the doorstep.
Luther Norris of Harrodsburg area was robbed of 65 dollars last Saturday night after intruders cut a door button and used chloroform. The family slept two extra hours and woke to find money hidden in a shoe, with a 15 dollar check left behind. Bloodhounds failed to track the thieves beyond a mile due to lost time. Norris had been saving to buy a home.
The earth will pass through the Leonids meteor belt in Leo Wednesday and Thursday, likely producing meteor showers as the planet meets dense debris. Meteors glow upon atmospheric entry, with small bodies burning up and leaving only ashes reaching the ground.
Local wholesale dealers stock turkeys for the Eastern Thanksgiving market with shipments finishing by the 21st. Prices range 12 cents for young toms and hens, 9 cents for old toms, 7 cents for hens and springs. Eggs are scarce at 28 cents a dozen with cold storage eggs in reserve for pies.
It is learned that John R. Walsh and associates have not yet arranged disposal of the 5.5 million dollars of 5 percent thirty year Chicago Southern bonds. They hope to refund the 4 million issue.
New York financiers weigh a deal on the Walsh properties as earnings rise and the system fills in gaps. Walsh interests maintain control via stock and hope to recover notes and bonds from clearing houses, having met all interest payments to date.
After Tuesday Justice Thomas J. Wood will be Manager of the Mitchell Opera House, having been chosen by the County Board as successor to Mun son Burton.
N. B Hawkins of Portland Indiana a banker with large Bedford property interests was elected as senator representing Jay and Randolph counties on the Republican ticket in the recent election.
A freight crew removed a car from the track near the Cement plant on the B. and C. S W. Tuesday and blocked the Branch for hours, causing the 10 20 passenger service to Rivervale to be abandoned.
The Seymour Republican notes a coal car incident on the S. S. Tuesday. Railway officials say it was the thirteenth car in a 22 car train, occurred on the thirteenth day of the month, with wrecked train numbered 23.
The writer expresses thanks to Lawrence County voters for support in last week’s election and credits friends led by James L. Dick Gyger for the strong showing despite defeat.
A car loaded with coal broke down on the U I between Cortland and Surprise Tuesday, blocking the road for about four hours. Bedford shops sent a jumbo wrecker at 9 o'clock to clear the route, and damage was slight.
Col Aden G Cavins a prominent Greene county figure and longtime lawyer is critically ill at his Bloomfield home at age seventy nine with no hope of recovery. He served as colonel of the Ninety seventh Indiana Volunteers in the Civil War and spent most of his life in the county.
Construction contract for the Linton Ice and Cold Storage plant was awarded Saturday and the plant is to be operational by April 1. Over 70 percent of $40,000 in capital stock has been paid, with a 35 ton daily ice capacity and 30 000 cubic feet cold storage. Terre Haute promoters include C F Stein Jacob R Einklestein Julius F Cassell and William H Griffin. Comments: Linton stockholders are William H Warner J E Wesin J D Maddox H Turvey A G Beasley and C G Harris. Advertised list for week ending Nov 3 1906 shows many ladies and gentlemen names.
The Bloomington project will rise two stories with a large basement and smooth exterior. Two committees marked trees to be felled within twenty feet of the site while Mr Caldwell and Mr Root prepare preliminaries and lumber for the project. Caldwell Drake, bidders, cite past works including West Baden hotel and Arkansas State capitol. they built several state and fair buildings and run an iron works with about 100 workers. Reath and Elmer Stephenson return from a fishing trip at Guthrie creek with 119 fish, mostly bass weighing up to 24 pounds.
John M. Gainey as Deputy Sheriff represented Lawrence county at the canvass in Paoli Wellnesday. The official tally shows Lawrence county 585 for Pearson, Orange 425 for Pearson, Martin 85 for Thompson, making Pearson’s district majority 832.
Bedford visitors played a game in Seymour with Joe Trainor breaking the small bone above his left ankle in a stairwell scuffle. An extra Bedford player kept action on schedule as Trainor will miss the season. McCain punted well and Thompson starred for Seymour. Trainor’s injury may affect next year’s plans.
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union held a Friday gathering at Mrs. Ethel Mann’s home. Twenty one members attended with devotions led by Mrs. Della Morgan. Reports from officers and department heads were presented and a new member joined. The group discussed press work contest plans and potential Flower Mission efforts. The meeting also noted railway embargo issues affecting Indiana coal supply and promised coordinated action by officials to improve coal transportation.
Commissioner authorized by Daviess Circuit Court will privately sell extensive real estate in Daviess Martin and Lawrence counties Indiana at 1 30 p m on Saturday Dec 1 706 at Edgar T Laughlin law office Odon Indiana. Properties include multiple quarters and splits totaling about 246 acres plus 80 acres in Martin County and a further 40 acres in the northwest southeast quarter of section L in town 4 north range 5 west. The Martin County sale will occur at the same time.
Notice is hereby given to said defendants to appear on the 4th Monday of November 1906 at the Bedford County Court House to answer or demur to the complaint. If they fail to appear the matter will be heard in their absence. Clerk S Boone Leonard signs this October 30 1906 with attorneys Martin and Martin.
The State of Indiana S Lawrence County notices that Edward E Parker is not a resident of Indiana. In Lawrence Circuit Court September Term 1906 Mattie Parker files for divorce with attorney S B Lowe. Defendant must appear at the Fourth Monday in November 1906 at Bedford Court House or hearings proceed in his absence.
In the November term 1906 of Lawrence Circuit Court Union National Savings and Loan Association v Thomas J Kridwell et al the defendants Wesley A Bridwell and William O Bridwell are warned to appear on the second day of the next term, at Bedford Court House, to answer the complaint or risk default. Clerk Boone Leonard signs the notice dated September 16, 1906. Brooks & Brooks, Attys.
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