Harriman Testimony and Roosevelts Insurance Meeting
E J Harriman testified he learned of Ryan purchasing Equitable Stock the day Paul Morton was named chairman. He called the move selfish but advocated with directors for Morton. Drake invited governors AGs and insurance commissioners to Chicago February 1 to discuss necessary insurance legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman
New York
E. J. Harriman
Ryan
Equitable
Paul Morton
Equitable Board
Morton
Washington
Thomas Drake
District of Columbia
Chicago
Drake
Roosevelt
Railroad Crash Destroys Wall at Indiana Store Works
Evansville Indiana December 15 A passenger train on the Illinois Central left the track and plowed into a wall of the Indiana Store Works early in the morning Switchman Frank Davis legs crushed and Fireman Amil Beck was feared dead or fatally injured Both may die
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Illnois Central
Indiana
Frank Davis
Amil Beck
Miners Troubles Highlight Pa. December Picture
In Pennsylvania on December 15, reports indicate ongoing disputes among mine operators and workers. The situation centers on wage talks, safety concerns, and stalled negotiation progress affecting local mining towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Re- 3, Inc
Czar May Request Postponement of Hague Peace Conference
Foreign telegrams from St. Petersburg report that due to unrest in Russia the czar may seek a one year postponement of the Hague peace conference he proposed for next May. Also from St. Petersburg the Riga governor warns that conditions there are extremely critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
The
Hague
Riga
Interior
Young woman attends opera house then leaves after show
A first time operagoer visits The Jefferson with a seat check and sits in the southeast corner for the entire performance. Her parents protest to management, and manager Nobile refunds her thirty cent ticket despite the ribbing from ushers.
Army staffing figures show distribution across theaters
General notes report the regular army totals 3 750 officers and 66 064 enlisted men with 11 9038 in the Philippines 1 045 in Alaska and about 17 000 in 126 coast artillery companies on the Atlantic Gulf and Pacific coasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regular Army
United States
Philippines
Alaska
Coast Artillery
Atlantic
Gulf and Pacific
Clerical Salaries Push City Costs in 1906 Estimates
City officials led by Controller Bell and the Board of Public Works project total salaries around 14 thousand dollars for 1906, with the mayor at 500 after September and other posts ranging from 1 thousand to 3 thousand. Officials note joint tax levy limits and discuss reform options as the budget eyes about 107 thousand in expenditures versus roughly 85 thousand in income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Board of Public Works
Board of Health
Ekhart
Railroads centralize shops. trains derail. workers injured
Big Four announces centralization of shops at Indianapolis dashing hopes for Brightwood shops along the Indianapolis division. At the gravity yard two switch engines collided. seven cars derailed and five tracks blocked. Edward Sell, a Lake Shore laborer, stepped on a spike, injuring his left foot. C C McCormick injured in a coach accident. Engine 4360 overhauled. F A Bodge on sick leave. Charles Medworth resigns as Lake Shore fireman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Four
Indianapolis
Anderson
Muncie
Brightwood
Gravity Yard
Edward Sell
Lake Shore
Main Street
Sycamore Street
Logansport
Brotherhood of Railway
Toledo
F. A. Bodge
Charles Medworth
Elkhart Circuit Court Opens December Term Docket Details
The December term of the Elkhart circuit court convenes Monday with twenty criminal cases on the docket, most continued from prior term. Civil cases total 201, including 35 divorces, 12 foreclosures, and 10 damage suits. Three change of venue cases arrive, among them La Porte disbarment, and Goshen sues Indiana Railway Co over franchise and East Lincoln line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
la Porte County
Goshen
Indiana Railway .Co
A&-Line
East Lincoln
Fraternal Society Elects Andrews Division Officers
Andrews Division No. 4 L A O R C elected officers including President Mrs Alice Sackett Vice President Mrs A C Rossiter Secretary Treasurer Mrs J Hoffman Senior Sister Mrs Charley Beach Junior Sister Mrs Henry Witwer Guard Mrs James Wishart Musician Mrs Walter Witwer Executive Committee Mrs Harry Ziz ler Mrs Frank Northway Mrs Beatrice Prentice Correspondent Mrs A C Rossiter Sub Insurance Agent Mrs Hiram Brown Installation set for the second week in January The Patricians hosted an enjoyable entertainment with a debate on whether the negro has more cause to complain of treatment than the Indian The decision favored the African American side
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Rossiter
Hiram Brown
Jana
Baptist Women elect church officers and organizers
The Baptist Women's Union chose officers including President Mrs G S Boice and Vice President Mrs A F Hanson. Cruising through divisions and committee chairs, the group also named secretaries and a treasurer. First Christian church reports strong attendance and a baptism as evening services closed. Tonight at 7 30 the study topic The Dispensations as Revealed in the Bible will be featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Women’s Union
G. S. Boice
A. F. Hanson
Marvin Nichols
Charles Stinson
C. W. Haywood
Riverside
Alf.Whittle
Southwest
C.S. Keene
Northwest
Porter Millard
Wolf's
Wallace
South East
Johnson
Stinson
A. M. Hecht
H. A. Graham
Mortuary Notices and Obituaries Update
Funeral services announced for Mrs. Joseph Andres, nee Pearl Halstead, at Castle U B church with interment in Rowe cemetery. Also listed are services for Raymond Alder four months, Mrs. William Barney, Mrs. Anna McKibben, and Nathan Jones, plus deaths of a Wakeman infant and Mary Read. Interments set at local cemeteries. times and locations stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Andrews
Pearl Halstead
Ellen Shupert
Middlebury Street
Castle U. B. Church
R. J. Parrett
Rowe Cemetery
Raymond
Thomas Alder
W. W. Denham
Cleveland Township
Inheritors Named in Mishawaka Hoard of Nottingham Funds
Miss Maude Heinzman of Mishawaka inherits ten thousand dollars, one fifth of fifty thousand left by Mrs Sophia Cottell of Nottingham England, with Heinzman’s five children and Albert Heinzman listed as heirs. News notes also report the death of Leah Matthews Fairland postmistress which may end the office and push rural mail service expansion. D A Donelson Chicago traveling man committed suicide by carbolic acid at Valparaiso. he was fifty three and leaves a Chicago family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Heinzman
Mishawaka
Goshen
Sophia Cottell
Nottingham
England
Heinzman
Albert Heinzman
Elkhart
Iowa
Leah Matthews
Fairland
Niles
Berrien Center
Berrien Springs
D. A. Donelson
Chicago
Valparaiso
Despond
Various 1900s items on charges, conventions and deaths
The outline lists fixed carrying charges for Lake Superior shippers at 75 cents next year, the world Sunday school convention voting to meet in Rome next May, a fire at Economical Drug Store in Elgin costing about 50 000 dollars, and Lt Col James B Pettit decrying politics in the army. It notes Hearst’s counsel seeking recanvassing law for New York mayor, the death of General Herman Hyaupt, Korea seeking U S appeal, the Earl of Aberdeen sworn as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland again, Harrison Burnett’s death in Missouri, a proposed DC whipping post, and Kansas to cut grain freight rates by 4 percent.
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Lake Superior
Rome
Elgin
Thomas J. Ross
James 8. Pettit
Military Department
Washington
W. R. Hearst
New York
Herman Hyaupt
West Point
Newark
N. J
Korea
United States
Earl of Aberdeen
Lord Heutenant
Ireland
Harrison Burnett
St. Joseph
Missour River
District of Columbia
Congress
Adams
Pennsylvania
Kansas State Board of Railroad Commissioners
City of Mexico
Local residents and visitors noted in city social notices
Mrs J T Earle returned from an extender visit in Philadelphia. Mrs W H Mann and Miss Ruth Barr spent today in South Bend. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Howard Sneath of Kalamazoo last Tuesday. Rev Thomas E Barr from Milwaukee visits his mother Mrs Edward Bart. Mr and Mrs W B Hile host Orman and Harvey Tuttle of Seneca Mich. Charles Shamory of West Liberty Ohio visits Mrs Ellen Moyer. Mrs William Brunig to return from Marlette Mich after six weeks. Gabriel Pontious improving at daughter Mrs D A Moyer’s home. Mrs Duncan Sheets leaves for Rockford Ill to visit a brother. H A Davis with his mother back to Ypsilanti. Mrs J P Primley returns to Chicago from city visit. Warsaw Union notes Nellie Martin arrives from Elkhart guest of Mrs G Truex. Waterloo Press reports Charles Patterson family visiting Elk hart. Goshen lecture association committee members Dr Miller and E D Chipman attend. Father of N A Angel ill in Wauseon now recovering. K H Knickerbocker in city with Sidway Manufacturing Co traveling. will be away until Christmas. Harry Snyder going to Three Oaks Mich to join hardware business. Corporal Sibeck, with Sergt Sheppard, leaves for Sioux Falls SD after Marine enlistment ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T Earle
Philadelphia
W. H Mann
Ruth Barr
South Bend
Howard Sneath
Kalamazoo
Thomas E. Barr
Milwaukee
Edward Bart
W. B. Hile
Orman
Harvey Tuttle
Seneca, Mich
Charles Shamory
West Liberty
Ohio
Ellen Moyer
North Sixth Street
William Brunig
Marlette
Mich
Gabriel Pontious
D. A. Moyer
Duncan Sheets
F.S. Carlton
Rockford, Il
H.A
Elkhart
Robert Patterson
Miller
E. D. Chipman
Goshen Lecture Association
N. A. Angel
Wauseon
K. H. Knickerbocker
Sidway Manufacturing Co
Harry Snyder
Band Instrument
Three Oaks
Corporal Sibeck
Sergt. Sheppard
Sioux Falls
Jessen Petition Seeks Adoption of Mishawaka Orphan
Mr and Mrs Hans Jessen of Elkhart file for adoption of a child from the Mishawaka home and request a name change to Louisa Anna Jessen The girl's current name is Nannie Henry Her mother is deceased and her father lives in LaPorte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Jessen Iof Elkhart
Mishawaka
Louisa Anna Jessen
Nannie Henry
LaPorte
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Review
Michigan City
Knickerbocker Ice Co
George Gray
Hammond
Wolf Lake
Supreme Court
Liewellen Vinnedge
American Steel Wire Co
Vinnedge
Hoch
Springfield
Ill
Blue Beard
Boston
Tom Lawson
Bluffton
Oto Cook
Preston Sanderson
Hartford City
Jeffersonville
Pfister
Charles Pfister
Wisconsin Reading Co
Cleveland
William Guy
Insane Asylum
A. Bennett
United Mine Workers
Kansas City
Kan
Federal
Elkins
Swift's
Armour’s
Cudahy
Nelson Morris
Railroads
Bureau of Statistics
Negro
Montreal
Saskatchewan
Shaddin Kinistino
Trades League
Tom Johnson
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
County News
Opera House
Jefferson
Nobile
Dwight Sayles
Asa Taber
William Ritter
Ritter
Fort Leavenworth
John Conrad
Nnw
Paris
Fred
Earl Manahan
Goshen Novelty& Brush Co
George Willam Twiford
Bertie May’ Berry
Jesse M. Loucks
Bessie Lechlitner
Wakarusa
Elkhart County
Lewis H. VanFrank
Pas Accident Insurance Co
Grange
the Daily Review
Somerville Light
Rose Keene
Woodland
Holly
New York City
White Plains
Rev. Light
Barbour
Bristol
Louis J. Solt
Susie M. Werner
South Fellows Street
Water Park
Lake Wawasee
Mr. Solt
Bartenders’ Union No
Joe
P. T. Club
Reuben Shasberger
No. 702
Monroe Street
Twentieth Century Orchestra
Pearl Best
Edward Matthews
William Whitehead
Emma Shasberger
Delbert Sulzer
McDonald Street
W. B. Pratt
J. P. Primley
F. B. Pratt
Livy Chamberlain
J. H. State
F. L. Miles
Hinman
A. P. Kent Eee
John Parritt
Pratt Street
Pythian Club
Elks
Elks’ Hall
Whapham
Fontana Club
Apollo Orchestra
D. W. Boner
Elia M. Ritter
Carl C. Brown
Tillie Brown
Ebner &. Smith
Dessie Seiford
Harry Whryter
Eikhart A. O. U. W
H. A. Rowe
Harry Kreighaum
Milton Wagner
Charles Menges
William Whitmer
Clayton Helfrich
Ed Walley
Gus Strintz
Ase Kinster
Grand Council
Rose
Cora Smith
L. A
IL. E
Mesdames Shasberger
Cummins
Wall DeCamp
Stafford and Shugar
South Bend Tribune
News OF the Railroads
Court News
Mortuary Record
William Barney
W. J. Frazer
Presbyterian Church
North Main Street
Grace
Lawn Cemetery
Anna McKibben
Daniel McKibben
Middlebury
Nathan Jones
Penn Township
Cass County
Charles Wakeman
Millersburg
Mary Read
Neighborhood News
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