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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1906
Page
4
A blaze on the second floor trapped students in upper rooms until they leaped from windows as flames blocked stairways. Irvine and Dennis Long, football players, aided rescues by entering the burning building and helping victims escape.
In South Bend Indiana on January 31 John Kuespert thirty years old, despondent over a broken romance, bought laudanum and went to his parents house where he drank the poison. A younger brother teased him and he persisted saying you dont dare to, then swallowed the drug. Doctors say he cannot recover.
B TI Boicourt a bookkeeper and cashier for the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction company shot himself in the head as an auditor checked his accounts. He died almost immediately. Officials declined to confirm if he was short in his accounts. Boicourt lived in Indianapolis and had been with the firm about three months.
Miss Grace Badgley aged 16 eloped with Louis Lamore 20 and married in Windsor Canada. Miss Cora Thorp, a Cassopolis student, began a romance at Perry Wertz's studio and then left town with her partner. The pair traveled to South Bend where the ceremony was performed.
A warrant for James P. Williams 38, cashier of the Star Building and Loan at Lynnville, charges him with embezzling 4100 dollars. He vanished with only 28 dollars remaining after an investigation revealed the shortage and a hired rig to Boonville.
Judge Sparks rules under recent municipal acts that Mayor J. W. Varney City Clerk Newton and Treasurer George Robins and all old councilmen keep their terms. The quo warranto suit was deemed insufficient to oust them.
Taken to Jeffersonville for safekeeping await trial in Shoals Indiana on charges of robbing the Albough store of 12 000 in gold and bonds. Authorities feared an attempted rescue and transferred James Martin William Clark William Patterson James Cameron and John Bohn to the reformatory for protection.
A student at Tri-State Normal College in Angola Ind. John W. Webber, the Ansonia Ohio native, died by his own action in the college chapel after leaving a despondent letter indicating his state of mind.
Edward Morris testifies he was told to swear to information given to Commissioner Garfield and promised it would not be used against Fairbank and Nelson Morris. Dawes and McRoberts corroborate talk of Garfield’s approach and promises, with Garfield expected to testify to offer a competing account of conferences and assurances.
Twenty five armed guards were dispatched to a construction camp six miles west of Nashville Indiana on the Indianapolis Southern railroad to aid Sheriff Parks in protecting about 60 Italian laborers. Two days earlier twelve white men were discharged and placards posted threatening the camp would be dynamited if the Italians did not leave.
Albert Schrann, 38, died in Duluth after being shot in the right hip by his wife during a rabbit hunting trip near Alborn Sunday morning. She aided him, but he succumbed Tuesday to his wounds despite help.
Washington January 31 members of the house debated the railway rate bill with questions to speakers. Townsend Adamson Hinshaw and Richardson voiced contrasting views while Sherry and Littlefield pressed for details on interstate commerce commission authority over rate differentials. Senate action included passage of about 400 bills covering lighthouses fog signals revenue cutters and a cable service reorganization.
Norfolk reports four official deaths with two more later rumored in Seaboard Air Line wreck between Hamlet North Carolina and Columbia South Carolina. Officials list Engineer A A Smeck and Fireman Andy White of Hamlet among the dead. two U S railway mail clerks also dead. Robertson and Douglas reportedly killed by rumor though denied officially. Another collision near Columbia Falls Montana claims two firemen and an express messenger dead with no passenger injuries.
Peoria Illinois January 31 John S Stevens O J Bailey and Fritz Lueder announce the school board will decide at its next meeting to forego all prosecution of the Peoria National Bank for the Dougherty shortage and of the bondsmen of the school treasurer. The decision follows public sentiment urging relief for innocent stockholders and depositors including widows and orphans. Judge McCulloch previously held the bank and bondsmen liable for about 750000. The move shocks many and sparks a minority push to compel bondsmen to cover shortages beyond 150000 left of the Dougherty estate.
Copenhagen reports the death of King Christian IX and the accession of his son Frederick VIII. The funeral will be simple. Frederik’s proclamation is read from Amalienborg Palace as crowds cheer. Queen Louise aids the cortege while London notes royal arrangements and London officials.
On January 31 in New York Miss Alice Roosevelt and Mrs. Goelet spent a busy day amid crowds and camera flashes She rode a revenue cutter to view Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and climbed the ships ladder with Comtesse de Chambrun present The trip foreshadows preparations for her upcoming wedding in Washington and featured a near incident with a frightened horse in Fifth Avenue crowds crowded the Mills residence until recognition and annoyance arose.
A mob attacked the Riga jail on Tuesday morning, shooting sentries and breaking cells to free all political prisoners. A company of soldiers resisted but the assault succeeded as attackers included many women.
Plans allocate 325000 dollars to widen and obstruct Kaw River to prevent flood damage. The project aims to block flood risk in Kansas City Missouri using further river improvements.
A fragmented fire item from Chicago yields limited readable details about the incident. No clear events, times, or authorities are identifiable beyond the mention of a blaze and uncertain location.
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