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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1906
Page
1
Paoli Indiana July 5 Attorney General Miller rejects claims owners will recover money seized from slot machines. He says the cash is state property and confiscated while play. 32 machines with dollars and halves moved under heavy guard. Cases against French Lick Springs and West Baden firms continued to July 31.
About twenty Elkhart Masons from Kane lodge No 183 will present the silver trowel to Mystic Star lodge No 758 at Englewood temple. The ceremony is led by H A Graham Walter Diehl and George Thomson with Illinois Wisconsin masons expected in Chicago. Indiana representative A C Schwantz will attend as a grand lodge member. The delegation left for Chicago after receiving the emblem from Kane lodge on May 29 as it journeys toward the Pacific coast.
Indianapolis July 5 The New York World editorial demands Tom Taggart resign as national Democratic chairman calling the French Lick raid the last straw and accusing Taggart of harming the party. The paper cites Indiana turning more Republican under his leadership and likens him to Croker and Cord Meyer.
French Lick Ind July 5 Tom Taggart issued his first public statement addressing the New York World demand for his resignation. He claims rival press attacks and asserts his company not in gambling while noting lawsuits over leased hotel space used for billiards and gambling. He rebukes Hearst linked libel claims and calls resignation talk preposterous.
Havre July 5 The French liner Provence which raced the Deutschland across the Atlantic was towed into the harbor this morning. The machinery was disabled by the breaking of a piston.
Goodrich, superintendent of the People's Loan and Trust Company, opened the safety vault to strike a match. Gas had escaped during the night and an explosion followed, fatally injuring him and sending him to a hospital.
In St. Louis on July 5, Maude Deas, 25, shot her husband Peter in the eye, driven by desperation and jealousy over his former wife. The incident underscores a tragic domestic dispute spelling potential legal action.
The article notes President Roosevelt plans a rest period around July 5 at Oyster Bays and states he will avoid public appearances unless unforeseen events occur.
C. D. Rowe was found guilty in city court this afternoon of assaulting his wife. He was fined five dollars and costs totaling sixteen dollars and fifty cents but could not pay the sum and was jailed. The incident occurred after Rowe returned home and allegedly struck his wife who was talking with two men on East Elkhart Street near Middlebury.
A horse hitched to a closed top buggy without a driver was seen moving east on Elfast Beardley avenue Tuesday evening by Fred Poole of Cassopolis Street. Poole stopped the rig and found the intoxicated driver asleep inside. The man named Murphy admitted residence near Garverlake and the buggy held many empty beer bottles.
The County Commissioners paid the Winona electric line company 8126.97 as the first subsidy installment. Elkhart township voted the subsidy. three more installments planned over eighteen months. Remonstrators have largely given up hope of preventing payment.
A report notes an individual named McNaughton in Arkansas facing questions about withholding a walling ID. No further details are provided in the fragment.
The Boys Brigade organizes a model military camp July 14 to 29 on the Chautauqua grounds. Eighty tents form a tented city with a hospital mess officers guard quarters and a sham battle on July 28. Cadets raise funds by selling fireworks and parents express support.
R A Creek of Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Co. visited Elkhart two weeks and then went to Anderson Indiana to meet the Commercial Club. He said Anderson businessmen offered a better plant location proposition than Elkhart but some towns were bidding against Elkhart. Creek plans to return to Elkhart later, timing unclear.
A Livengood family reunion was held bringing together relatives from area communities. Thirty two family members attended, sharing memories, photos, and a potluck meal at a local hall.
Capt William Barney president of the American Mutual Insurance Co was placed under receivership and fell ill about 8 am at the home of Mrs George Weith Jefferson street He suffered a vomiting spell and an apparent stroke became unconscious for nearly two hours before being taken home He was to celebrate his eightieth birthday tomorrow and friends link the attack to worry over insurance matters
Elkhart sent word of a remonstrance against renewing Clyde Weaver’s liquor license in Goshen. County Commissioners granted the renewal despite the alleged moral unfitness and a three day remonstrance rule. Other licenses were issued to John Co Schmidt John Killean and Emil Peterson.
Reports indicate several saloons were closed yesterday across the city while local officials and police superintendent Silvers inspected premises. A leading saloonist was observed at 8 o clock, with Rinehart accompanying Silvers during the visits.
Roy Clinton Browning aged thirteen died from tetanus following a self inflicted hand wound with a toy pistol during the Fourth of July holiday uproar in Elkhart. Survived by parents Wesley and unnamed mother, two sisters Mrs Ed Himes of Nappanee and Eva, and three brothers Jack Claude and Harry. Funeral at Progressive Brothers church Goshen avenue with Rev Garber. Burial Rowe cemetery.
Advertisers and Elkhart readers note the ballot contest results announced today. Antonio Tripp, son of Julius Tripp, led with 3818 votes, followed by Harry Andrews with 2505 and Margaret Knevels with 1444. Of 7059 ballots counted, 4350 were cut from the Truth and 2709 from the Review.
The city’s bond sale to E. D. Bush and Co. of Indianapolis was perfected Tuesday at Central Trust Company in Chicago. Controller Bell and Treasurer Campbell represented the city. The premium on thirty three $1,000 municipal bonds was $759.33 with $102.66 accrued interest. Notes were paid in the bonding company’s presence per the sale agreement.
Chicago July 5. Frank D. Callam well known in real estate died from suicide after a May injury left him bedbound. Mrs Callan smelt gas in his room and revived him once before a pistol shot ended his life.
Warsaw Union reports Judge Dodge of the Elkhart county circuit court relented Saturday and ordered the release of Howard Haines who had married Mrs. Jennie Davis of LaPorte after securing a divorce from another woman. He later disobeyed the court order prohibiting remarriage.
Mrs C W Baker of 714 Fremont Street took two pills believing them to be headache tabs. The tablets contained corrosive sublimate of danger, causing her to feel in danger and ill.
Bedlam on Main Street left Elkhart counting dozens of injuries and at least one death from toy pistols and fireworks. Physicians warn tetanus risks loom as minor wounds may deteriorate, with further cases possible days after Independence Day chaos.
Frank Beach near Bucklen Opera house may lose sight from a large cannon cracker explosion. Louis Schutt, 15, burned finger by a 92 caliber pistol while showing weapon. Oscar Chapin, 15, burned left hand by a 22 caliber pistol. A 38 bullet pierced Hayes residence on San Pedro street. Small awning blaze at J Goldberg & Son’s store caused fire department response.
A fire yesterday afternoon damaged the Templin music store area as buckets doused the flames. A large hole several feet across appeared in the south window area of Houseworth Bros. The blast cracked nearby store windows and a Truth officer, Alfred Scott, suffered a severe burn from a premature large firecracker explosion.
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