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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1908
Page
5
County commissioners review requisitions totaling about $115 932 for 1909 with a possible levy reduction from over 50 to about 48 cents per $100. anticipated receipts and delinquent taxes set aside $128 000 to $137 000 in resources leaving a $21 000 emergency balance. City finances show July receipts and expenditures with a yearlong balance of about $3 129.
Word reached Elkhart of John Landon sudden illness in a Chicago hospital after heat exhaustion while viewing the city’s big fire. A member of the Elkhart Garage Co. Landon was taken to a hospital not for serious injury but due to heat and is expected to return to Elkhart tonight or tomorrow morning as his condition improves.
Public Works Commissioners HE. L. Arnold and Fred Poole visited Chicago today as guests of E. A. Carr, the representative of a pavement company, to demonstrate the pavement’s advantages to Elkhart residents. J. T. Keene accompanies the party, along with a committee of South Main street property owners.
Reports suggested safety concerns about Aaron Kolb formerly of Elkhart now with Mennonite Publishing House. Records show he was in Herbert Saskatchewan about 350 miles east of the devastated Montana border area, countering rumors of danger.
Otto E. Deal is named guardian for Harold Stone aged fourteen and Ormond T. Stone aged nine, minor children of the late Roscoe C. Stone. The heirs hold a life insurance policy valued at $2,000, with a guardian bond set at $3,000.
Goshen council passes a measure requiring muzzles for all dogs and authorizes police and citizens to shoot dogs seen without muzzles. The order sparks fear and debate over safety and animal welfare in the community.
A meeting of all automobile owners is called for 7 30 tonight at the Elkhart Automobile Club rooms above the Elkhart Garage Co to arrange classes for the Oldfield races on August 15.
A grass fire on the north side this forenoon reached the rear of the Lavender coal sheds but was quickly extinguished. No injuries or major damage reported. Fire department responded and contained the blaze.
Elkhart county township trustees met in regular session to set a one week Christmas vacation starting December 24 and plan school term start dates. They discussed reading circle books, institute expenses, hiring practices, wage limits, and uniform term feasibility amid finances. The county board of education will hold its semi annual meeting September 7 in Superintendent Weaver's office.
The old school board of E. G. Machan B. C. Godfrey and A. L. Gotwalt met to finish business then adjourned. The new board Gotwalt Godfrey and EK V Anderson organized with Gotwalt as chair Godfrey as treasurer and Anderson as secretary. They plan carpenters for new Central building seats and kept most janitors except Frank Yoder of Weston. William Treash replaces Yoder. They then met as finance board to fill Machan's vacancy with Anderson elected.
A Big Four locomotive caused a track blockade south of the city when a grass fire along the right of way toppled a pole with eighteen leads. Trains halted until temporary relief allowed a freight, then a passenger to pass. Similar pole destruction at Dunlaps disrupted long distance lines. a lineman was sent from Millersburg to repair.
A big four yard engine narrowly missed a deaf mute man at the Elkhart avenue crossing on Monday. The man stepped onto the track without looking as the locomotive bore down, ignoring the engineman’s warnings and the flagman’s attempts to stop him.
Aeronaut Edward Moosman whose balloon wrecked the chimney at 618 James Street repaired the damage today. He previously worked as a mason and was on site this morning with material to complete the repair.
Monday saw a heat surge with the shade reading 108 degrees and a sun-exposed thermometer hitting 110 in the eastern part of the city as the season’s top mark.
A flare of gasoline in a burner fed by William Gollmer and Co and A Carlson caused superficial burns to Gollmer on his left leg and hand and to Carlson on both hands and his right leg. Carlson was taken home by Stephens ambulance. Gollmer resides at 1017 Maple Row and Carlson at 1006 Wolf avenue. Lake Shore switchman R W Swartz suffered injuries after falling from a gondola car at the hump with rib damage a right elbow sprain and facial bruises. H Chapman was treated for a piece of steel in his right eye sustained at the shop on Monday.
The article reports Miles Blake failing to bury two bull dogs after a Humane Officer’s promise. B F Russell killed the dogs during a chicken-killing expedition, chickens in Osolo township. Trustees discuss Indiana statutes on dog liability for livestock, with fines for harboring dangerous dogs. Losses will be sought from the township or dog owners.
County officials consider a 115930 budget for next year as July expenditures total 9225a. Proposed schemes to move launches around Hen Island dam. Law allows killing marauding dogs. Elkhart school board reorganized amid repairs and incidents.
Aug 4 Russellville Kentucky dispatch reports a mob of about 150 men seen toward Russellville. Sheriff Rhea summons 300 armed citizens to guard the jail while scouts seek the mob. A home of Mrs Cunningham is guarded after Browder's killing of James Cunningham. The mob disperses before daylight. Rufus Browder is indicted for that murder with trial set Aug 12. A second report from LaPorte Indiana notes a murdered man found east of Rolling Prairie, shot in the head and stripped of identifiers. autopsy confirms shotgun wounds. The identity remains unknown, possibly a Lake Shore passenger from Grand Rapids.
Indiana bureau of statistics reports 3,933 more sheep lost in the last year than 1907, with 57,905 deaths versus 53,792. Sheep numbers rise to 673,572 from 635,094, but total sales fall to 464,116 from 524,807. Wool clip drops to 2,829,015 pounds from 3,918,176.
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler air in the north. Local conditions described as fair with Miles Medical Co furnishing the daily forecast. Maximum 98, minimum 73.
Police freed a cat named Tommy in a North Main Street home after neighbors alerted a Cleveland family. Officers Miller and Pearce forced entry through a second story window using a ladder and a broken pane. Fifty three keys were tried before the rescue. Neighbors fed the cat after its ordeal.
Advertising automobiles styled like circus wagons depart to the Elkhart Driving Park August 15. Car 1 under Andrew Lamb tours Mishawaka South Bend LaPorte and neighboring towns, while Car 2 led by Thomas Wilkinson covers Goshen New Paris Milford Leesburg and Warsaw. About thirty area towns to be visited by the Oldfield advertising brigade. Cars provided by Elkhart Garage Co and St Joseph Motor Car Co.
Two thirsty men described as bos were seen wandering on Main Street west of Marion and Lexington in the Third Ward Monday afternoon. They asked a citizen if the town was a prohibition town, receiving directions to the city’s other area.
Officer Pursues man tied to disruptive行为 as he discards clothing and an old pair of shoes. The man was seen changing shoes and removing garments before vanishing near Ninth Street.
The Modern Woodmen of America, the largest fraternal insurance society, quits the National Fraternal Congress over its push for state laws mandating rates for fraternal companies. Mead Consul A. R. Talbot says the organization opposes fixing mandatory rates to resemble old line insurers.
In LaPorte on August 4 authorities may exhume Mrs Belle Gunness as the mixed condition of her and her children's stomachs hinders identification. Prof Haines who detected poison in stomachs will be asked to examine her liver and kidneys.
A Cranbrook dispatch at noon reports the Fernie forest blaze near Fernie British Columbia is out and the safety committee is restoring order. The note says not more than fifty killed and several hundred missing.
M H Rice of Indianapolis longtime editor of the Masonic Advocate died in an interurban car wreck near Tipton on Monday afternoon. He was 79 and traveling with his wife to Lake Maxinkuckee. death caused by heart trouble.
Local Justice Courts report Olin Morningstar was arrested on a warrant from Justice J. M. Brumpaugh charged by Oscar Berg quist with attempting to beat a board bill. Morningstar posted bond for an August 31 appearance. A rehearing in Carrie Smeltzer v William Currier is set for 2 p m next Monday in Justice Oberholtzer's court. Smeltzer won the first trial over a $30 dispute tied to Currier's boarding house transfer to Mrs. Smeltzer.
William Wilson was instantly killed in Coshoeton August 4 when attempting a new loop the loop stunt on a bicycle called the whirl of death. He was thrown high and struck a beam, nearly decapitated, causing a panic and minor injuries among spectators.
Three men from Hazelton were instantly killed when a premature blast at the Stone crushing plant of Charles Kehoe exploded on the outskirts of the city. Thomas Kehoe was injured in the head. The deceased are William Burton, John Siogera, and Charles Gatay.
A Quincy NL delegation of brewery workers called at Mr. Bryan's home in Lincoln on August 4 reporting that International Brotherhood of Brewery Workers members are nearly all in favor of democracy and that war labor generally supports Bryan.
In Clinton Massachusetts on August 4 five Italian workers were shot and two policemen injured by rocks during clashes with police. The riot followed the Bishop company’s refusal to meet with striking employees.
New York reported on August 4 that Thomas A. Ed ison will quit his laboratory duties to devote himself to science research inspired by Faraday and Lord Kelvin, saying he has enough money to no longer toil in the lab.
The river wall of elevator F collapsed into the Chicago River early today after a fire yesterday. The fireboat Illinois was in the path and sank, injuring three men seriously.
Chicago August 4 markets were easier with fears of a repeat of yesterday’s grain pit excitement not realized as trading cooled and prices softened.
Dubuque Iowa August 4 United States Senator Allison died of heart trouble at 2 PM He was born in Ohio in 1829 and entered Iowa politics in 1857 Serving as representative 1863 to 1871 and as senator since 1873 William Boyd Allison was a prominent Iowa figure dying suddenly from heart disease around mid afternoon in Dubuque.
A Chicago blaze destroyed Burlington elevators E and BP and damaged 100 box cars at the dock transfer warehouse. Armour & Co. estimates grain loss at 700000 with total loss around 1000000. The fire began in the Burlington warehouse around midnight from chemicals and cigarettes, prompting a massive firefighting effort by eighty companies and three fire tugs. Fire Marshal Hogan said the spread was contained by 3 pm, though engines remained at work overnight.
Hugo Sherman was killed by Detective Kelly on the third floor of an Atlantic avenue house after a confrontation during an attempted robbery. The house had been robbed twice in one week and Kelly had lain in wait for the thief.
President Roosevelt through Randolph Troster issued a stiff official statement on the eight cadets found guilty. The president says he has not yet received final recommendations from the secretary of war and has reached no final decision on their future, whether through permanent dismissal, congressional action, or clemency.
A complaint filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission argues thirty cents is excessive for transporting a passenger from Dubuque Iowa to East Dubuque Illinois a distance of about one mile. The filing targets the rate set by the railroad company operating the route.
Major Tr. D. Kellogg who urged in the Iowa legislature the famous resolution pledging Iowa’s faith and resources to the national war effort died at his home after a prolonged illness. He hosted a notable position on Civil War support and was a prominent figure in Des Moines.
Taimes TV Williams aged sixty two, a familiar figure in Wisconsin journalism, died at a hospital in Rat Claire after a brief illness. He edited papers at Augusta and Tayward and was renowned across the state for his editorial work.
Beaver City Nebraska reports a week of extreme heat followed by hot winds. No rain has fallen in the Beaver valley for weeks, and the drought is becoming serious, with the corn crop nearly ruined.
The engagement of Miss Ethel Huff to Lieutenant Adna B. Chaffee Sr Fifteenth Cavalry and son of Lt General Chaffee is announced in Atlanta. The marriage is planned for later this fall.
Refugees stranded with only their clothes as Fernie wildfire roars through the Elk River valley destroying the town. Losses exceed 10 million dollars with death toll possibly 400. hundreds perish and loggers and settlers' families vanish or are displaced. Ottawa pledges militia tents and blankets for relief.
The town of Michel and surrounding areas in Manitoba face a critical blaze with high winds feared to worsen destruction. Fires threaten the coal company buildings and unmatched safety risks loom for residents, with ferrifying reports of deaths and mass displacement near Fernie and Crow's Nest regions.
Bishop Charles Henry Brent of the Philippine Islands declines again to become Episcopal bishop of Washington. In a letter from Boston received in Washington he says his reasons mirror his first decision that God wills him to remain in the Philippines.
John Casale, a Newark real estate operator, is held in $1000 bail on a charge by a twelve year old girl and another $1000 bail on a charge by fifteen year old Lillian L Hebner for an alleged offense on July 18.
Barney Banchew a nine year old of Anderson Indiana attempted a treetop wire flight to the ground. The apparatus jammed on the wire leaving him twenty feet aloft he fell breaking an arm and sustaining internal injuries.
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