05 Apr 1906
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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1906
Page
1
Fifteen operators in the district signed the scale today ending the strike. Rush orders for coal cars were issued, and the Anthracite Scale Meeting in New York adjourned after an hour to reconvene Monday. No formal statement was released.
The anthracite scale meeting adjourned after a one hour session this afternoon and will reconvene Monday. Mitchell will suggest arbitration if operators refuse to agree. A strike could follow a rejection, while the sub committee met again today and Mitchell remained noncommittal.
A Chicago physician receives an honorary recognition for medical study and service. Newspaper text notes Vienna and April references while naming medical colleagues and institutions involved in the tribute.
E C Swift the millionaire packer died this morning in Boston. The notable figure had built wealth through shipping and grain trade and was a prominent local donor and public figure.
Trenton reports Gov. Stokes signed a bill replacing hanging with electrocution as the method of execution in New Jersey. The measure takes effect immediately and marks a shift in state capital punishment practice.
April 5 at 7 o clock Puget Sound flyer on the Burlington route left the rails and ditched near St Michael Nebraska about 125 miles west of here. The engineer ran miles to report the wreck arriving at the station in a crazed condition. Early word said many were killed but later reports indicate no fatalities and a relief train is en route to the scene.
A large hall in Nagold, South Germany, collapsed during a celebration attended by local associations. All occupants were buried under the rubble. Early death toll estimates range from one hundred to three hundred, with many bodies recovered from the ruins.
The Northern Indiana Methodist Conference opens its second day in Alexandria with Rev William D Parr speaking on the Pastor in the Homes of His People. Reports show Wakara church under Rev B E Parker built at about 8000 with a $110 gift to the pastor. parsonages and a new church at Valen tine, Wolcottville parsonage costs and local aid societies noted.
An excited schoolteacher, noting her old-maid age, dashes into a restaurant to order rolls and coffee and hurries to Lake Shore depot. She seeks the 8 49 train to Lafayette for a teachers convention and phones the ticket office to confirm departure.
Dennis McCarthy and other incorporators of the General Manufacturing Co arrived from Hartford and then went to Chicago for a decision on locating the plant in Elkhart. He will return with other incorporators to finalize plans for the New National building site. Carpenter received several large bonus fund subscriptions totaling a little over $23,000.
Delegates from several congresses gathered in Dodge Hall for a pivotal conference to decide whether the Samaritan will reorganize on a firmer financial base, join another fraternal order, or disband. Local committee members notified the congresses in Peru Plymouth Terre Haute and Jeffersonville after meetings to choose delegates.
Rev. John Dempsey pastor of St Bernard’s Roman Catholic church collapsed during the funeral mass for Mrs Catherine Kelley. He appeared to hesitate before resuming, then died with his head on the altar steps as mourners watched in shock.
Forty-seven Elkhart teachers paid their Northern Indiana Teachers Association dues and left at 8:49 AM over the Big Four for Lafayette for the annual meeting. An extra coach accommodated travelers from multiple cities as Lafayette hotel accommodations were poor this year. James O. Smith, recently returned from New Mexico and Arizona, will direct music for the Colonial Club Minstrel show.
The council reviews the finance committee led by Mr Hazelton amid questions over reports and a proposed appropriation of 79500 to liquidate city notes. Officials discuss petition referrals, Ellis street renaming, Harrison street sewer extensions, and last month’s receipts expenditures with a final note on next two weeks’ meeting.
Owing pressure from duties Mayor CG T Green resigns as a trustee of the local Elks lodge. Dwight Eby is set to be installed as successor Wednesday night on South Main Street in Vallendate.
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