Open Fine Addition Improvements Under Way on River’s Bend Tract
Real estate firms Seebert & Schurtz and Fickensher and Huntsberger begin improvements on the old James Herrick tract along the St. Joseph river. The 14 acre area will be platted into lots with sidewalks and a boulevard extending from Leitch street to Weaver Court, linking with Hudson street. Plans include four houses early next spring and securing options on adjacent properties to extend the boulevard about one third of a mile.
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Seebert & S Schurtz
South Bend
U. S. Fickensher
Adam Huntsberger
James Herrick
St. Joseph River
Leitch
Hester Street
St. Joseph
Leitch Street
Weaver Court
Hudson Street
Fickensher
Huntsberger
Seebert & Schurtz
Mary Wilcox
Frank Randolph
Sudden Death Ends Mrs. John Joss’s Life at Home
Mrs. John Joss of 1000 Marion street was found dead in her kitchen at 10:30 a m after being alone minutes earlier. Doctor ruled death from angina pectoris. She was born in Berlin Germany December 3 1854 and survived by a daughter son two step-daughters a step-son six sisters three brothers and a church affiliation with the First Evangelical. Funeral plans pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Joss
No. 1000
Marion Street
Aspenwold Avenue
Berlin
Germany
Joss
A. L. Flicker
E. C. Mosier
Elkhart County
Sophia Daiman
Henry Aine
Bristol
Zion Church
Mr. Burkett
Zion Cemetery
Labor Day Celebration Planned at Island Park
Elkhart camp of the Modern Woodmen and the Royal Neighbors join Joseph Stamp, Island Park concessionaire, to stage a Labor Day program with various attractions and cooperative planning by local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Modern
Woodmen of America
Lodge
Joseph Stamp
Island Park
Whitney Sues to Foreclose Mortgage in Concord Township
In the Superior Court Salena Whitney filed suit against James HE and Jennia J Whitaker to foreclose a $700 mortgage on land in Concord township. Davis & Schaefer of Goshen represent the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salena Whitney
James HE
Jennia J. Whittaker
Concord Township
Davis & Schaefer
Goshen
Peculiar Phase of Law on C A Smith Liquor Case
The second trial of the state versus Charles A. Smith for liquor law violation is set for 9 a m next Tuesday before Justice Oberholtzer. Jurisdiction questions arise over justice court power to try liquor offenses with minimum fines of 50 dollars. Prosecutor Darling argues justice courts have jurisdiction if the case can be bound over for the criminal or superior court, and the matter may be resolved at the next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Smith
Charles A. Smith
Oberholtzer
Darling
J. H. State
Justices of the Peace
Justice Oberholtzer
Mr. Smith
Smith
Portrait sharks at work in Elkhart prey on victims
An Elkhart woman tells how con artists pose as photo sellers, securing a picture for enlargement then demanding 1.95 for a copy and 9 for a frame to obtain possession. She refused to identify herself, saying she would not publish the evidence of good faith. The piece condemns the scam and urges the sharks be routed from every community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Paving Plan On South Main St Advances
The board of public works met Friday to hear objections to paving South Main street with asphalt macadam. Thirteen property owners attended, few objected, and no formal remonstrance was filed. The board will advertise for bids as representatives from the asphalt company Saxon and Case spoke on asphalt macadam. Estimated cost under specs is about $33,000, with brick paving estimated over $44,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Main Street
Messrs. Saxon
Case
Asphalt Company
Death at Death's Crossing Claims Stevensville Official
Charles Zick of Stevensville Michigan deputy sheriff and county political figure was killed just after midnight Friday when his berry wagon was struck by a Pere Marquette train near Death's Crossing. He had been returning from St Joseph with fruit and was asleep in the wagon when the unbridled horse drove into the path of the train. Both horses died and the wagon was demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Zick
Stevensville
Mich
Death’s Crossing
St. Joseph
Zick
Wawasee Inn Sold to Chicago Syndicate
The Wawasee Inn and about thirty five surrounding acres sold for 85000 to a Chicago syndicate with 75000 capital stock. Stockholders include Pres. Fagan of the Hamilton Club Chicago A C Waters and L D Ballou of La Grange. The buyers plan a modern resort conversion.
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Chicago
Pres. Fagan
Hamilton Club
A. C. Waters
L. D. Ballou
la Grange
Panic Erupts Near Chief’s Home as Man Threatens Crowd
Wilbur Burk, about seventeen to twenty-two, created a mass panic Friday night near Supt. Silvers home at 410 North Main. After threatening to kill and shouting vile oaths, Burk fled toward the north, later being arrested as he prepared to enter rooms above the Crystal theatre. He carried stones and was fined one dollar plus costs for drunken disorderly conduct.
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Supt. Silvers
No. 410
North Main Street
Wilbur Burk
S. D. Straw
Straw
Burk
Main Street
Crystal Theatre
Marion
Main
Washington Streets
Mrs
Detective Brutality Reported on Lake Shore Train
Police were summoned to Lake Shore station at 1 am after William Connors claimed a detective struck him with a club while he was on eastbound train No. 20. Connors and a colored companion named William Johnson said they were knocked from the cars and jailed. Johnson corroborated the beating and denied wrongdoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seret
Rinehart
Roth
Lake Shore
William Connors
William J-J-Johnson
Johnson
Italian Peeping Tom Admonished and Released
Summary of today’s enews notes a Italian peeping Tom who was admonished and released after suspects were freed as detectives investigated. Other items include railroad policing claims, a Michigan fruit grower killed at a railway crossing, and local political speeches during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin McVeagh
Bryan
Taft
Michigan
Indiana
South Bend
LaPorte
Moorman
C. W. Miller
Wilbur Burk
Main Street Bridge
Winona
John Joss
Sophia Daiman
Bristol
Weather forecast for Sunday from Miles Medical Co
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with Sunday generally fair and cooler in the extreme south portion. Local condition is fair with a maximum of 83 and a minimum of 59. Wind around 12 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Medical Co
Bicyclists Collide on East Jackson Injuring Flennar
In a noon crash on East Jackson street Ralph Flennar of 111 Corunna street suffered severe bruises to his left side and damage to his front bicycle wheel while John Teed of Conn factory endured a bent frame after both riders failed to pass between two vehicles. Teed unhurt. Separately, Lake Shore Brakeman H C Rhodes, struck by a caboose, suffered bruises to the left hip shoulder and arm. Engineer O B Segner cut a finger on broken glass. Car Cleaner H W Kessler cut his left hand at the depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Jackson Street
Ralph Flennar
Corunna Street
John Teed
Conn
Flennar
Teed
Lake Shore
H. C. Rhodes
Toledo
Ayross
O. B. Segner
South Bend LaPorte Line Completed With Mayor Driving Last Spike
In front of thousands a last spike on the South Bend to LaPorte line was driven by LaPorte Mayor Lem Darrow near Maple City east of the Lake Erie crossing at 3 30 p m Friday. Officials expect two and a half hours for Goshen to Michigan City once track tuning is done and new cars are installed with service set by Tuesday at latest.
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South Bend
LaPorte
Lem Darrow
Maple City
Lake Erie
Goshen
Michigan City
Cars Derailed on a Bridge Injury Reported in Goshen
A special Pere Marquette train on the Paw Paw lake branch derailed shortly before midnight on Thursday after rails spread on a short bridge between big and little Paw Paw lakes. Six of a party from Twin City returning from a dance were injured and over fifty panicked. William Dooley of Benton Harbor, formerly Goshen, was injured. General inspector of boilers John German of Cleveland is in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dooley
Benton Harbor
Goshen
Paw Paw Lake
Pere Marquette
Twin City
Big
Little Paw Paw Lakes
Figures Tell the Tale Resources of National Banks Rise
Washington reports indicate prosperity as acting controller shows last call for bank reports. Individual deposits up 197.6 million and total resources up 306 million since December while government deposits liabilities fall 104 million and bills payable 47 million and clearing house certificates 74 million. Compared with last year deposits rise 1.28 percent and resources 33.85 percent. Chas Street, catcher for Washington, won 500 dollar bet by catching a baseball dropped from the Washington monument after thirteenth attempt amid wind and crowd noise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Monument
Washington, D. C
Chas. Street
Joan Biddle
Washington Monument
Street
Boston Wife Vows to Do Anything for Children in Insanity Case
Mrs. Peter Haines said she would do anything to gain custody of her children in the insanity plea of her husband. She described the case as potentially the most sensational in army history and indicated she would follow her attorney's instructions before speaking further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Peter Haines
Kentucky night riders repelled by owner’s rifle fire
Brookfield Kentucky August 22 night riders attacked Walter Galloway’s barn oil was thrown on buildings and they fled when Galloway ran and fired with a repeating rifle He wounded one attacker who was taken to Narmouth and arrests are expected after further developments
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Brookfield
Walter Galloway
Galloway
Narmouth
Wiles Appointed Head of Indiana Bank Department
Lawrence A. Wiles of Goodland was named head of the state auditor's bank department to fill the vacancy caused by the death of R B Oglesbee. With twenty years in banking he recently served as cashier at Goodland Bank, which was placed in receivership amid an investigation of owners Baldwin and Dague. The position pays $2,500 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Lawrence A. Wiles
Goodland
State Auditor
R. B. Oglesbee
Wiles
State
Goodland Bank
Baldwin & Dague
Billheimer
Son born to A J Beveridge in Manchester Mass
A son was born Friday to Senator and Mrs Albert J Beveridge of Indiana while they stay in Manchester for the summer. Mrs Beveridge, formerly Miss Catherine Eddy, is daughter of Mr and Mrs Augustus II Eddy of Chicago and niece of Mrs Marshall Field. Their marriage occurred in Berlin in August 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Beveridge
Manchester
Mass
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
National Republican Committee Appointments Announced
Chairman Hitchcock announced a nine member national Republican committee with himself as ex officio chairman. The central west is not represented aside from Charles Taft and Arthur Vorys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hitchcock Today
National Republican Committee
Central West
Charles Taft
Arthur Vorys
Punishment for Hazers at West Point
Washington Aug 22 Secretary Wright with the presidents approval ordered Cadet Rossell an honor man and Cadet Harry Weaver dismissed from West Point for hazing. Six other cadets are suspended with loss of pay until June 15 1900 joining the third class. Muskogee Okla Aug 22 Governor Haskell treasurer of Bryan campaign is sued as president of a contracting company over alleged mismanagement and misuse of funds. Officials call the suits part of a blackmail plot.
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West Point
Washington
Wright
West Point Academy
Rossell
Rossel
Army Engineer Corps
Harry Weaver
Irl
Muskogee
Okla
Haskell
Uryan
Button devotee commits suicide over failed nominations
In New York on August 22, Daniel Cleary, a ward heeler who backed Roosevelt and Johnson and sold buttons bearing their faces, killed himself after losing his money and realizing no future without the Roosevelt Johnson ticket.
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New York
Taft
Bryan
Daniel Cleary
Roosevelt
Johnson
Mary Moore Killed by Runaway Horse in Anderson
Mrs. Mary Moore aged sixty two was instantly killed when struck by a runaway horse attached to a sewing machine wagon in Anderson Indiana on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Mary Moore
Murder as a Strike Weapon in Pratt City
Anthony Davis a Black nonunion miner was ambushed near his Pratt City home after his house was dynamited on Wednesday night. He was fatally wounded by multiple gunshots, suggesting an ambush by a group of men. Davis, who had worked steadily since the strike began, claimed to have seen and identified his attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birminghom
Ala
Anthony Davis
Pratt City
Davis
Webb shoots at wife in Clay county judge tale
In San Francisco on August 22 William T. Webb a former district court judge in Clay county Kentucky allegedly fired at his wife while she fed their five children at home on San Jose avenue. She refused to swear to a complaint against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
William T. Webb
Jude
District Court
Clay County
Kentucky
San Jose Avenue
Vic President in Winds and Farm Visit Stop in St Louis
Vice President Fairlinks visited St Louis and toured the city during warm reception at a hotel. He spoke about farm life and the pleasures of his annual visits to his manorial acreage before departing for Mansfield.
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Vic
St. Louis
Fairlinks
Mansfield
Crown Prince Makes First Balloon Flight in Berlin
Crown Prince Frederick William piloted a semi rigid military dirigible in an ascension near Berlin. On landing he praised the trip and said he thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Frederick Wiliam
Goshen Faces Prohibition Push as Dives Are Targeted
Prosecuting Attorney L. L. Burris says Goshen moves toward a wide open town style and a campaign against local dives. Dairyman Jesse Ulery pleads guilty to borax in milk and failure to wash bottles, fined $5 and $34 costs. H. O. Eldridge buys Sturgis Democrat to back Bryan. Silas Wilden is moved to Longcliff by Deputy Sheriff Chatten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Burris
Goshen
Jesse Ulery
H. O. Eldridge
Middlebury Independent
Sturgis Democrat
Bryan
Silas Wilden
Longcliff
Chatten
Narrow Escape As Floor Collapses in Singer Warehouse
A section of floor at Singer warehouse in South Bend measuring twenty five by eighty feet collapsed on Thursday. A foreman and his crew narrowly avoided disaster as the pile of finished material avalanched, snapping supporting irons. The incident is blamed on defective railroad iron and damages run into thousands.
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Singer
South Bend
Civic Law in Charge Six More Riot Indictments Return
Springfield Aug 22 The first day of resumed civic rule in Springfield shows no major disorder. Seventh Infantry dispersed, but under sheriff orders. Six more riot leaders arrested. grand jury returns twenty indictments related to Lover’s case and murder charge in Doennigan lynching. Assistant prosecutor expects fifty more indictments. Indicted include Ernst Humphrey Dekster Rudolph Brede Meyer John Selenle William Sutton Herbert Carey and others. bail set at 2000 for one indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Seventh Infantey
Bix Roere
Tageisitertal
Lopper
Wate
Lover's
Rumiliant Raximer
William Doennigan
Wines
Ernst Humphrey
Dekster
Riudelph Bredemeyer
John Selenle
Willian Sutten
Herbert Carey
Dudge Creighton
Wunpherer
Sehiente
Bredemeyer
Eyeb
Curey
Sutton
Tudge Creighton
Danger in small towns sparks fear and flight
Buffalo residents posted a warning to leave by Monday midnight amid rising tensions between whites and negros. Refugees at the arsenal fear nightly prowlers. a white woman described her fear of returning home and plans to move. Arthur Troyman, wounded in rioting, is discharged. William Rowe, shot, is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Troiley Line
ATL Mievers
Buffalo Sharpshooters
Bhicks
Arthur Troyman
Troyman
Willian Rowe
Rowe
Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Wins Rifle Championship
Bay State Camp Perry August 22 The Sixth regiment of Massachusetts captures the annual national rifle shot championship for the third straight year under the National Rifle Association. By securing three consecutive titles the team earns permanent possession of the $500 trophy.
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Bay State
Camp Perry
United States
National Rifle Association
Massachusetts
Nothing Liberal About It
A Boston Transcript quote notes a parent insisting a college education is not free, stating he pays for every item his son receives and challenges the notion of a liberal education being offered freely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkins
Hobbs
Boston Transcript
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