Wreck on Lake Shore Line Injures Engineers and Damages Cars
Engineer Vallance suffers a compound fracture of the left leg after the Lake Shore limited train collides with a running freight near Burdick Indiana. Engineer Burkey is minorly hurt. two engines and several cars derail and track torn up, with 105 passengers uninjured. Heavily damaged locomotives No 4660 and No 5901. Passengers avoided serious harm as relief crews rush to help. The cause and blame will be determined by an official investigation.
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John R. Valance
Chicago - Mercy Hospital
William N. Burkey
Hickory Street
Lake Shore
Burdick
Ind
W. H. Burkey
Vallance
A. BE. Packer
Henry Daunton
State Street
G. M. Ward
Chicago
Shore Road
Iytte
LaPorte
Valance
Buffalo
New- York
Englewood
Marion Street
Hoppin
Elkhart
Lake
J. W. Daly
Cleveland
Vallance and
Burkey
John R. Vallance
Lake Shore’s Limited
Ashe
Wikhart
A.M. Bickel
Wreck Exonerates Vallance In Lake Shore Limited Crash
Officials conclude engineer John R. Vallance was not to blame for the Burdick Indiana wreck of the Lake Shore limited. Burkey is held accountable by the company. The accident damaged three locomotives and seven cars, leaving a striking scene with wreckage and embankment, no photos available by morning.
Taft Admits Delicacy in China Relations
Washington reports that the United States faces a potential overseas military campaign as two infantry regiments head to the Philippines with a third on the way and two artillery batteries sent, amid State Department caution over relations with China. House seeks Treasury sale info on old New York Custom House transfer. Indiana posts list Henry Geisler Hartford City and Hood Loveland Peru as appointees. White House denies any invitation bribe rumor about Alice Roosevelt's wedding.
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Washington
United States
Taft
Philippines
Department
China
House
Secretary of Treasury
Old Custom House
York
National City Hand Bank
New Indiana
Henry Geisler
Hartford City
Ind
Hood P. . Loveland
Peru
White House
Alice Roosevelt
Ex Bankers Delegation at Fort Leavenworth
Indiana bankers have been convicted of embezzlement in the Indiana District of the Federal Court since 1902. The note mentions an end to ex bankers being sent to Fort Leavenworth penitentiary.
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Fort -Sevenworth
Indiana
Indiana - District
Federal Court
Leavenworth - le Pensten
Tances ‘Ee Davis
Elkhart Inventor’s Patent Sought by Big Corporation
Representatives of a New Jersey corporation negotiate to secure rights to use an experimental light device for streetcar and railroad coaches. The patent, by George F. Weir of Elkhart, claims high tests and broad compatibility. Weir lives at Milwaukee and 48 a machinist in the Hake Shore locomotive shop. The talks involve Take Shore and Rock Island roads for usage rights.
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Public Service
Corporation ‘of
New Jersey
Jersey City
Elizabeth
Patterson
Passiac
Newark
George F. Weir
Elkhart
Weir
Milwaukee
Shore
Take Shore
Rock Island
Worcester Named General Superintendent of Lake Shore
From Wednesday's Daily Truth announces H A Worcester, formerly superintendent of the Lake Shore line between Elkhart and Chicago, promoted to general superintendent succeeding D C Moon. Ed Pre e named general manager. Handy moves to president of American Locomotive. Worcester, a noted railroad figure, is son of a former Lake Shore official.
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H. A. Worcester
Lake Shore
Elkhart
Chicago
Ziesél
Western Division
Ziésel
T Road
Worcester
Locomotive Company
Mrs. Walter Brown Reported to Seek Divorce
Wednesday's Truth notes Mrs. Walter Brown may sue for divorce on advice from a prominent Elkhart manufacturer connected to the Browns. Rumors link her to ex Governor Winfield Durbin in Indianapolis but no confirmation. Local intrigue surrounds her possible action as she resides with Indianapolis friends.
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Walter Brown
Elkhart
Browng
Ianapolis
Brown
Winfield. Durbin
Rural Mail Carriers Face Stricter Postal Rules
The Daily Truth reports a new postoffice order enforcing standard carrier conduct on rural routes. Carriers must stop accepting unstamped letters and money in lieu of stamps, a practice seen since free delivery began but now declared a direct violation of postal regulations.
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Postoffice Department
Col William Haynes May Run for Congress in District
Col William Haynes dean of the Notre Dame law school has consented to accept the Democratic nomination for congress in the district if offered. He was a failed Republican candidate in 1884 and is said to have joined the Democrats within the last decade, claiming Republican departures from party traditions.
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William Haynes
University of Notre Dame
Congress
Col. Haynes
Criger’s Condition Worsens Amid Weather Change
Criger is in worse health with back pain flaring up, likely from the sudden cold. He required morphine to sleep last night after a day of limited mobility and a brief morning walk. If this decline continues, leaving for Hot Springs next week may be impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Criger
Fight for Railway Depot Amid Goshen Warsaw Interurban Fight
Fragmentary report shows a dispute over a railway depot location tied to the Goshen Warsaw interurban project. Builders and contractors clash with public officials over the path of the line along a public highway.
Health official probes ham tied to Chicago packers
Dr. J J Becknell secretary of the county board of health will investigate reports that spoiled ham and meats treated with strong preservatives are being sold in Hillhart South Bend Middlebury and Goshen by agents for Chicago packing firms The meats are claimed pure and fresh and unbranded with agents posing as farmers One agent has been arrested in the central state during the inquiry by Dr Becknell and the State Board of Health.
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Khart’ County
Chicago
I. J. Becknell
Board of Health
State Board of Health
Hillhart
South Bend
Middlebury
Goshen
Becknell
Consolidation forms new Southern Michigan Railway line
The Northern Indiana Traction Company merges Niles & Buchanan Railway with South Bend Southern Michigan to create the Southern Michigan Railway Company capitalized at 2 000 000. Directors include Mortimer P. Reed and James B. McClines. The line will connect Niles to Buchanan and extend to New Buffalo, linking Lake Michigan resorts.
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Daily Truth
Northern
Indiana’ ‘Traction Company
la Porte-Michigan City
South Bend
Elkhart
Goshen
Niles & Buchanan Railway Company
South
Bend
Southern Michigan
St. Joseph
New Buffalo
Michigan City
Michigan
Mortimer. P.reed
William“W.babcock
Edward T. Gaffney
Fred W. Bueltzingsloewen
LaPorte
Grand Rapids
Detroit
Toledo
Cleveland
Columbia
Cincinnati
Ft. Wayne
Indianapolis
Chicago
Liquor Fight at Lake Wawasee and Syracuse Intensifies
The ongoing liquor remonstrance has prompted saloonists and allies to form a boycott against any business owner listed on the remonstrance. Clinton G. Wiggins at the Wawasee inn and Goshen investors John McMahon and M. Myllery face losses as their new Wawasee cafe and saloon cannot operate under the law. In Syracuse seven saloons closed by the remonstrance spark deep factional strife.
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Lake Wawasee
Syracuse
Clinton
Wiggins
Wawasee
John
McMahon
M.myllery
Goshen
Wawasee Cafe
Sa’oon
Elkhart Man Appointed Master Mechanic
An Elkhart resident named Brank Wheeler has been appointed master mechanic of the Fort Smight division. Wheeler will resign from prior duties to pursue independent business interests.
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Brank Wheeler
Elkhart
Fort
Smi 3Ight
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NTO ‘Freight
Kellerman’s Crossing
D. M. McIntyre
Ekhart
Limited
Dan
Patch
Big Corporation
George, F. ‘Weir
Eastern Electric _Line
D. C. Moon
Garriers
Congressional
Criger
Winona
Interurban
J. J. Becknell
County Board of Health
Will
Northern Indiana Traction Go
Niles-Buchanan
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