Taft Speech Amid Crowd at Elkhart and South Bend
Judge Taft spoke in Elkhart introduced by Lake Shore engineer James Lennon who praised him and urged rail labor and capital to unite for a square deal. Taft cited railway orders seeking fair profits and urged support from labor and employers, with a large party aboard the train including Hemenway New Goodrich Miller and others.
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Lennon
South Bend
Taft
Elkhart
James Lennon
Lake Shore
Ann Arbor
Brotherhood
Toledo
J. H. Calkins
D. A. Fleming
William Shea
Mr. Taft
Mr. Lennon
Roundhouse Fire Destroys Big Four Structure and Engines
A midnight blaze consumed the Big Four roundhouse with two locomotives, including a nearly new engine, causing about $5,000 in damage. Firefighters laid 1,100 feet of hose, two alarms sounded, and two box cars nearby were spared. Investigators consider a mouse-ignited match in a cupboard as a possible origin. two new engines were ordered to replace the lost ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Four
South End
J. C. Webb
Edward Whitmyer
B. N. Taverner
Central Company
Jackson Street
No. 2 Company
Standard Oil Co
S. T. Blizard
J. A. Courtright
H. J. Hickey
Hoffman
Wabash
Motorman Trampled by Excited Horse at Main and Marion
Motorman C. C. Moore of the Hickory street car was run over by an excitable horse at 10 20 p m Saturday near Main and Marion. He suffered bruises to the stomach left arm and foot. The unknown driver did not stop after the incident. Moore was aided by spectators and resumed duty the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo VanDorn
Fred Malleaux
No. 107
Ward Street
Mr. VanDorn
Malleaux
VanDorn
Little
Lexington Avenue
Vine Streets
Molleaux
C. C. Moore
Hickory Street
Main
Marion Streets
Moore
Will Case Settlement After State Visit in New York
Attorney James H. State traveled to New York to settle the Boles case out of court. Opposing counsel Carter, governor Hughes’s brother in law, joined in a satisfactory adjustment of the dispute over the will of Mrs Roles, mother of Harry Wolf Roles.
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James H. State
New York
Boles
Carter
Hughes
Roles
Harry Wolf Roles
Apprentice Beard suffers finger injury at New York Central Lines
William Beard, the largest apprentice at New York Central Lines, mashed his first right finger and tore off the nail in a planet today. The eight year old son of David Steffin fell from a bicycle Sunday and broke one leg above the knee.
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William Beard
New York Central Lines
David Steffin
Anti Saloon Sunday Draws Large Crowds in Elkhart Churches
Gov Hanly spoke during the Anti-Saloon League day as four or five churches hosted drives for subscriptions. Totals reported included Trinity M E about 157.80 forenoon and 300 in the afternoon, Presbyterian 103, First Evangelical 125, First Baptist 75, with overall receipts near 1000. The league, begun 15 years ago by H H Russell, unites temperance groups to reduce saloons county by county.
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Anti- Saloon League
Elkhart
League
Trinity M. E
Presbyterian Church
First Evangelical
First Baptist
G. EB. Hicks
South Bend
National Temperance Association
The
Good Templars
Prohibitionists
Temperance Republicans
Temperance Democrats
H. H. Russell
Columbus
Ohio
Indiana
Hicks
Kentucky
Bourbon
Big robbery and speeches mark October 26 1908 Elkhart summary
Big robbery at the Sykes store and an Elkhart political and social busy day. Judge Taft’s Elkhart speech and Anti-Saloon League addresses appear alongside church services. News covers rail, fire danger, local incidents, and national events from Indiana to abroad.
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Sykes
Taft
Elkhart
Gov
Hanly
Noah Martin
Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy and Cool Tonight
Government forecast notes partly cloudy conditions with likely showers this evening and continued cool temperatures. Local conditions indicate cloudy skies with maximum around 38 and minimum near 20 degrees. Winds light with trace rainfall.
Sykes Co Robbed In Deliberate Second Floor Heist
Robbery at H. B. Sykes & Co. noted a deliberate, second floor theft. The burglar used a Merchants Hotel window, traversed a roof to reach third floor windows, and escaped with cloaks, suits, waists, and skirts. About $1,000 missing. first floor untouched. Suspicion falls on a room 6 hotel guest who left for South Bend after breakfast. Police traced hotel registers to identify the traveler.
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H. B. Sykes & Co
Merchants Hotel
Sykes
Jimmy
Harry Sykes
South Bend
Goshen
Seret
Whiteman
Goveror Hanly Moves Crowd With Temperance Plea at Trinity
Governor J Frank Hanly spoke at Trinity M E Church on Sunday afternoon appealing for temperance as a major public issue. He described brutal liquor impacts, urged church unity, and cited tragic cases to show societal harm while urging votes to sustain local option and oppose saloon interests.
Roosevelt Defends Indiana Campaign Narrative
Washington Oct 26 President Roosevelt denied indifference to Jim Watson and Hemenway in Indiana. He accused opponents of mendacity and recalled his 1908 letter supporting a Republican House. He warned he would publicly refute further misrepresentation about the Indians campaign.
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Washington
Jim’ Watson
Indiana
Senate
Roosevelt
Watson
Hemenway
Congressman Watson
Iyv
House of Representatives
Jim” Watson
Gompers Fumes Again Over Roosevelt Letter
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, issued a five thousand word statement criticizing President Roosevelt's letter to Senator Knox on the labor issue. He labels it a diatribe of abuse and misrepresentation and says the president is angry and desperate as labor voters near expressing their true sentiments.
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Gompers
Washington
Roosevelt
Knox
United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Hains Annis Case Faces Insanity Plea
New York October 26 Captain Peter Hains will plead insanity as did Harry Thaw. Attorney Melistre for Hains said defense rests on a letter from Mrs Hains to Amis warning of trouble and saying she will go to Boston and reveal all. The letter implies betrayal and a planned separation.
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Hains-Annis
New York
N. Y
Peter Hains
William E. Annis
Harry Thaw
Melitsre
Hains
Claudia
Rains Cause Ohio River Rise and Coal Barge Shipments
Heavy rains push the Ohio River up several feet as Kanawha mines prepare to ship a million bushels of coal by barge tonight. Local packets resume service. In Middletown, Columbia Trust Co. closes its doors in a small failure. depositors will be paid in full.
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Callipolis
Ohio
Ohio River
Kanawha
Middletown
Conn
TheColumbia Trust Co
Banker Convicted in Allegheny Bank Case
Pittsburg October 26 William Montgomery the accused cashier of Allegheny Nautical Bank was convicted today in a verdict that ends the bank’s fraud case and opens a path to sentencing for the official involved.
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Pittsburg
William Montgomery
Allegheny Nautical Bank
Noah Martin Returned After Sunday Escape Pursuit
Noah Martin, an insane man who escaped from Turnkey Coley Saturday morning, was recaptured Sunday after a chase. Mrs. Morningstar reported Martin at a brother’s home near Wakarusa. Coley pursued with horse and buggy, hiding in an overcoat and cap to avoid recognition. Martin was found later in the woods behind a log and returned to Longcliff.
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Noah Martin
Coley
Martin
Longcliff
Forest Fire Burns on Benton Township Farms
A weeklong blaze in Benton township damaged farms of Lewis Worker, George Dever, and John Clark for several hundred dollars. The fire started by coon hunters. Chief Clerk F. W. Perry has resumed work after a week’s illness.
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Benton Township
Lewis Worker
George Dever
John Clark
F. W. Perry
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Oregon
Gov. Hanly
Anti-Saloon League
Miami County
Indianapolis
Patterson
Gov. Harris
Republican Aid Society
North Carolina
Hitchcock
Miss Corwin
Mr. Brown
Chicago
Hearst
Tennesee
Law
Cotton Belt
Russia
America
Amoy
Miles Medica
H. B. Sykes & GO
Trinity M. E. Church
J. Frank Hanly
Indian Anti-Saloon League
North
R. M. Stewart
L. S. Hall
Ministerial Association
C. S. Parker
E. S. Shumaker
Christian Church
Lincoln
Gettsburg
Temperance
Blake
Anderson
Marshall
Commonwealth
G. E. Hicks
Hotel Bucklen
E. A. Baker
W. B. Hile
Baker
Plainfield
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