Lightning Kills Man and Three Horses Near Nappanee
A 28-year-old man, W. Allen More, was struck dead by lightning while guiding a wagon toward a barn during a northern Indiana storm. Three horses also died, and More’s 10-year-old stepdaughter sustained a minor burn. The incident occurred as the family hurried to shelter, with the father 79 and rheumatism-crippled. The boy’s last words: we’ll have to hurry or we’ll get caught in the storm. Several other lightning-related fatalities and accidents followed in the LaPorte and Berrien Springs areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Allen More
Jacob More
Nappanee
Mr. More
Elkhart
Jed
Mr. More, Jr
Mr. More, Sr
Elder More
Ethel Richards
Nikola Drica
LaPorte
Drica
Carey Horton
Berrien Springs
St. Joseph
Isaac Horton
Harley
Frank Jones
Auburn
Jones
Michael Plowski
South Bend
Lake Shore
Lydick
Charles Gulmayer
H. J. Stuff
John Ryan
Mill Creek
LaPorte County
Ryan
Frank
Mr. Ryan
Storm Ravages Elkhart and Mishawaka Streets
A severe Saturday afternoon storm blew down a shade tree on Lexington Avenue in Elkhart and ripped limbs from trees citywide. In Mishawaka lightning struck a pole near the Lake Shore tower house and power from Twin Branch was cut briefly. streetcar service remained active. The tale of Gus Johnson details he paid $322 to settle a trespass charge after initially refusing a $5 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
C. E. Frye
Lexington Avenur
Mishawaka
Lake Shore Tower House
Mishawake
Twin Branch
Gus Johnson
Lake Shore Company
Beiter Arrests Curry For 41 Cent Debt Dispute
Clarence W. Beiter caused the arrest of Arthur Curry today on a charge of assault and battery connected to an attempt to collect 41 cents. Curry pleaded guilty and paid a fine of 11 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence W. Beiter
Arthur Curry
Curry
Change of venue sought in Losee theft case from St Joe Ice Co
In the Justice Courts Clyde Losee is charged with stealing a pair of ice tongs from St Joe Ice Co. An affidavit for a change of venue out of the township has been filed, and it is probable the case will be tried in Goshen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Losee
St. Joe Ice Co
Goshen
Warning signs prepare for motorists at city limits
The board of public works will erect eleven large signs along principal roads into the city bearing the warning Notice State Automobile law will be enforced. Chief C E Silvers will oversee. Also tonight First Christian church hosts an informal reception for new pastor Rev S Griffith Buckner and his wife in the church parlors from 7:30 to 9:30 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
C. E. Silvers
Corporation
First Christian Church
S. Griffith Buckner
Concrete Bridge Over St Joseph Opens Soon After Repairs
The north Main Street bridge on St Joseph Street is temporarily repaired after county and city officials found rotten roadway planking and dry rot on most stringers. Street railway crews fix the road area while the city plans road repairs pending permanent county work. An iron structure remains sound, but experts urge new stringers and a concrete floor. The county has a 1500 appropriation, with calls for 5000 for steel stringers declined. Traffic disruption may end in four to five days.
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City
Smith
North Main Street
Street Railway Company
Cannon
Arnold
Board of Works
Mrs Ira Zigler Visits Injured Mother After Runaway
Mrs Ira Zigler rushed to the bedside of her mother Mrs Edward Ellison near Urbana after a runaway Thursday evening left her with serious injuries. Ellison, about seventy five, has a broken collar bone, broken arm and fractured shoulder, a badly cut and bruised side, and possible internal injuries. The buggy overturned when the horse, startled by an automobile, stopped abruptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Zigler
Edward Ellison
Urbana
Work Suspended at Gossard Factory Amid Controversy
Work is temporarily suspended at the Gossard factory in the Hudgon Sterling addition due to a dispute with the contractor drawing controversy. The halt halts production and triggers review of contract terms and site safety protocols.
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Hudgon- Sterling Addition
Memorial Day Observances by Elkhart Lodges and Rail Workers
Sixty members of Elkhart Lodge Knights of Pythias led flag ceremonies at Grace Lawn cemetery with nine flags forming a triangle for buried members. Knights and Pythian Sisters then gathered at Castle Hall and at First Evangelical church where Rev J H Breish spoke on The Modern Knight. Railroad conductors and trainmen attended Trinity M I church for memorial services with rosters read and a sermon on Elements of Power in a Railroad Man's Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Grace Lawn Cemetery
Gross
Capte Groll
Guy Schrock
Edward Miller
Pythian Sisters
Castle Hall
First Evangelical Church
J. H. Breish
Olive Gemberling
Jeannette Krienke van Tilburg
Catherine Shafer
Breish
Mr. Breish
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of
Trinity M. I. Church
A. B. Kolb
Ethel Jacobson
L. E. Blickenstaff
A. G. Amsden Lodge
R. T
A. C. Brown
G. F. Winegardner
Charles Eslow
Charles France
O. H. Miliken
Frank Wyrick
Jas. Spurgeon
Geo. Barger
J. C. Davis
A. C. Rossiter
J. Heckelman
O. W. Wells
C. Ferrick
J. R. Stephens
H. C. Heckelman
West Bickel
C. Pence
C. D. Hull
O. T. Ulrich
W. H. Lovejoy
Chas
Beeks
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Elkhart News Roundup Dated June 15 With Local Tragedies
Summary of today in Elkhart area includes a fatal lightning incident near Nappanee with three horses, a wounded Elkhart boy from a blank cartridge, a drayman with a fractured leg, and a girl struck by a streetcar. Reports cover church services, Keene Brothers opening a gents’ furnishings store, a derailment at Allendale, a theft arrest, local obituaries, road and bridge notes, island excursions, and preparations for political events in Chicago and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nappanee
Elkhart
Drayman
Keene Bros
Interurabn
Allendale
Russell Huntington
Fort Wwayne
Indianapolis
Benton Harbor
Main Street
Weather Forecast Fair Tonight and Tuesday
Government forecast notes fair conditions tonight with likely warm temperatures on Tuesday. Miles Medical Co furnishes the daily data with a maximum around 64 and a minimum unspecified. wind velocity not provided. local condition remains fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Medical Co
Clothes Thief Caught in December Larceny Case
Herman Maltz a barber formerly at Arthur Wilson’s Jackson street shop was arrested on larceny charges after confessing to stealing a suit from Joseph Karasch’s shop on December 19 1907. The suit owned by John Gummer president of Noyes Carriage Co. was identified by coat but Maltz claimed he bought it secondhand for $1.50 from Herman Maltz at People’s Outfitting Co. This led to his arrest and a lengthy pursuit to locate the original store. The case continued to Fifth Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Maltz
Arthur Wilson
Jackson Street
Sergi. Whiteman
Joseph Karasch
Wall’s
Main
Marion Streets
John Gummer
Noyes Carriage Co
St. Joe Motor Car Co
Seret. Whiteman
Noyes Carriage Works
Gummer
People’s Outfitting Co
Sergt. Whiteman
Maltz
South Bend
Mr. Gummer
Taft Men Fear Roosevelt Nomination Rumors
Chicago reports the American Federation of Labor drafts a labor platform plank to back in the Republican platform, with Gompers threatening action if not included. Gompers warns labor may back the Democratic ticket, while Morton opposes labor sanctions on stock issues and corporate licenses. Alice Roosevelt Longworth arrives with questions. Ade hints Taft for second place. Stewart asserts Roosevelt will be nominated. Indiana delegates and Fairbanks support grow. White House signals a preference for Dolliver or Cummins on the ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Joe’ Cannon
Paul Morton
Morton
Samuel Gompers
Cannon
Gompers
Mephistopheles
Alice Roosevelt
Longworth
Taft
George Ade
Fairbanks
Bourne
John A. Stewart
Stewart
Roosevelt
Indiana
Bookwalter
Indianapolis
James A. Hemenway
Harry S. New
Ohio
Wade H. Ellis
Arthur Vorys
Geo. Ade
Washington
White House
Dolliver
Guv. Cummins
Iowa
Frenzied Spaniard Killer Captured After Fatal Attack Near Fort Wayne
Manuel Mandida, a Spaniard, stabbed to death Michiletti Stephano and another passenger on a Wabash train near Fort Wayne on June 15. He fatally wounded a third passenger and seriously injured a fourth before leaping from a car window and fleeing. Police launched a citywide manhunt. Mandida was later captured and disarmed. several passengers suffered minor injuries in the panic.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Manuel Mandida
Michiletti Stephano
Pasenger
Mandida
Fainting Bertha Escapes From Asylum Bed Swap Ruse
Bertha Lel beck known as Fainting Bertha escaped from the Bartonville asylum for the incurable insane by a bed swap ruse in a show tent. She had been confined in the tent colony for tuberculosis and persuaded a feeble woman from another place to take her bed, fooling nurses during inspection.
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Bainting
Bertha
Geta
Peoria
Bertha Lelbeck
Bartonville Asylum
Fisherman Killed by Lightning Near Peoria
In a severe electric storm near Peoria Illinois Roy Diamond a fisherman was struck and killed while companion Joe Mohn was knocked unconscious about two miles above the city Free Church Young People Rockford Illinois The Young People Society of Free Churches of Illinois elected officers President Almon Jacobson Chicagay Secretary J F Stromback Moline
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Peoria
Ill
Roy Diamond
Joe Mohn
Free Church Young People
Rockford
Young People’s ‘Society of Free Churches of Illinois
Almon Jacobson
Chicagay
J. F. Stromback
Moline
Fatal rifle duel ends with farmer’s swift kill in Oklahoma
In McAlester Oklahoma on June 15 R H Johnson a black man who had killed three people including Marshal Swan in 1907 was killed in a rifle fight with Ben Nowlan a local farmer. Nowlan shot four times and was uninjured while Johnson died.
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McAlester
Okla
R.H. Johnson
Ben Nowlan
Here
Johnson
Marshal Swan
Wilburton
Robert Walters
Jobe Lound
Nowlan
Jury Disagreed on the Case in Wisconsin Murder Trial
Viroqua Wisconsin June 15 The jury in the murder case of Dr. D F O'Brien LaCrosse physician charged over alleged criminal operation on Miss Annie Olson died in Miss Olson case reported a disagree ment after thirty hours deliberation The outcome leaves the trial unresolved in this late June report.
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Viroqua
Wis
D. F. O'Brien
Annie Olson
Flag Day ceremony honors Key house in West Washington
In Honor of Flag Day, Washington on June 15, impressive exercises duplicated the 1814 national flag that inspired Francis Scott Key. The flag was raised over Key's old house in West Washington with two descendants of Key participating.
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Washington
Francis Scott Key
Key
West
Blind Tom Dies in Hoboken and Navy Battle tale
Blind Tom, the noted planist once causing a stir forty years ago, died in Hoboken New Jersey. A Whitehead torpedo hit the monitor Florida creating a large opening but bulkheads kept her afloat and combat ready. Vanderbilt's bay colt Northeast won the Grand Prix de Paris, the blue ribbon race in France worth about $72,000.
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Blind Tom
Hoboken
N. J
Florida
Vanderbilt
Northeast
Bloomington City Clerk Charged With 60000 Shortage
Bloomington city clerk Harry Axtell faces accusation of misappropriating up to sixty thousand dollars. He allegedly diverted funds from a building association he treasurered and from smaller groups. Axtell, a thirty second degree Mason, has ties to Indiana University activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Harry Axtell
Axtell
Indiana University
New York Considers Test Cases Against Antirace Wager Law
Legal moves will seek habeas corpus to test three points on the Agnew Hart anti gambling act. Lawyers will argue equity of posting odds, what counts as a bet, and private diversions. Police enforcement at Gravesend left bookmakers arrested or released on bail as years-long practice faces a constitutional challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Agnew-Hart
Gravesend
Tighe
Werbert Barry
Davies, Stone & Auerbach
Mr. Watson
Nicoll, Annable, Lindsay & Tuller
Elder
Politicians Busy As Convention Tensions Rise
On the eve of the Republican national convention Chicago reports a flurry of activity as managers and delegates finalize committee personnel. General Stewart L. Woodford signals a push to unanimity for Taft if he is chosen, with New York awaiting a vice presidential decision centered on Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jime
Democratic National Committee
Denver
New York
Hughes
Woodford
Taft Platform Divides Convention Battle Over Injunction Plank
Labor plank in the Taft platform fuels a convention battle as pressure grows to modify the injunction clause in labor disputes. Wade H. Ellis and Senator Long confer with President Taft allies while Samuel Gompers backs the plank. The fight also centers on federal supervision of interstate corporate securities and opposition to any Philippines policy change. Continued on Eighth Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Resolutions Committee
Taft
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
Auditorium Annex
van Cleave
National Manufacturers’ Association
Elis
Ellis
Senator Long
Kansas
Samel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Philippines
Far Eastern
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Geraldine
Fred Kruger
South Third Street
Fred Replogle
Bert Whitehead
Reda Clark
Bolt of
Labor Federation
Buffalo
N. Y
Kenilworth
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