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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
1
President Taft left his box at the Belasco theatre after the first act of The Revellers, a first presentation this week. The play centers on New York's tenderloin and features Evelyn Thaw's former acquaintance performing a muscle dance as the banner attraction.
Paris reports Count Boni De Castellane loses his long fight for child custody as the court of appeals orders the children remain with their mother, formerly Anna Gould.
A cheerful fox terrier dies after greeting a westbound train at Monroe street crossing. A kind woman witnesses the event. no gore, but the little dog lies lifeless in soft grass. He had a home and loving owner who will miss him.
News ticker reports indicate financier E H Harriman is booked for passage aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm, expected to sail June 1 for Europe, despite earlier Wall Street speculation suggesting otherwise.
Jackson Mississippi May 27 The town of Quitman is submerged as a result of floods and rain over the past two days.
Negaunee Mich May 27 forest fires rage nearby with reports that Dalton is destroyed. A special train rescued town residents and many fishing parties in the woods face danger as weeks pass without rain.
Temporary repairs on the 18 ton steam roller after it tipped over on South Main Street. a couple of hours restored service and paving resumed. Rain slowed paving but a larger force of about forty five workers advanced concrete laying. rail work to Tridiana Avenue delayed by the incident will resume tomorrow. frogs to be installed at Main and Middlebury. brick paving between car tracks to begin next Monday.
Canonsburg Pennsylvania May 27 A Polish miner Martin Kicholiski allegedly plotted to blow up the Mariana mining town by placing sticks of dynamite in several locations after a man jailed for disorderly conduct and another killed in a mine accident.
Officials of the Winona Railway company filed in Goshen a conditional contract covering county property in favor of the Adlis-Chalmers company of Milwaukee. Similar papers were filed in Fulton, Miami, and Kosciusko counties.
Judge Jamies Dodge orders ten additional names to be drawn from the jury box this morning to fill vacancies in the regular circuit court panel under the new law. The change responds to objections against selecting professionals for vacancies.
Indiana Anti-Saloon league scores sweeping wins as Madison Owen and Crawford counties vote dry by large margins. Women and children led house-to-house drives, shutting 107 saloons. Alexandria and Ellwood also vote dry, with Pendleton and others voting remonstrance yields. LaPorte Floyd and Harrison counties vote today.
Lake Shore announces time card changes to take effect June 20 with summer trains in service. Train No 6 from Dilhart at 11 25 am will bypass Buffalo and follow the Twentieth Century Limited route. Train No 4 from Wickhart at 10 40 am will carry No 6 passengers. Buffalo riders from the old road and Norwalk division switch to Train No 10 at Toledo and Cleveland.
Island Park will be opened next Sunday afternoon for the summer season with a Sidway band concert. The opening will be followed by Memorial Day programs. Park superintendent has spent time arranging grounds and facilities for the event.
Change delayed as installation of fifteen minute service depends on South Main street track repairs. Middlebury siding to be installed this week to serve Memorial Day races at the driving park next Monday, with possible ten minute schedule. South Main line remains unreliable. Marion street car turns at center to maintain some service.
George W. Huntley, appointed collector of customs for the Toledo port, has posted an $80,000 bond signaling greater responsibility. The new government building project in Toledo adds to the office’s importance, with Huntley long familiar to Lake Shore lines dating back to 1876. He awaits formal confirmation amid greetings from rail friends along the line.
Market observers note a sharp drop in wheat prices as the delivery day approaches amid unprecedented weakness. Traders cited limited demand and oversupply pressures as May contracts move lower across trading pits in Chicago.
In a terse report from ASE ig, Crossman receives assistance from Ellesmere as part of a continuing aid effort. The note highlights coordinated support and local response plans.
Crocker and his son Js O Crocker jr of Montevideo Uruguay, representatives of Chicago Telephone Supply, arrived in Elkhart and stayed at the Hotel Bucklen amid a one month U S trip. The elder Crocker recalls Montevideo’s growth and praises Uruguay as rich and well governed, while his son, though American by birth, prefers South American life.
In a tin box within the St Vincents school cornerstone laid June 12 1868 old papers faded by age reveal notices from the Democratic Union July 12 lists Bishop of Ft Wayne and a pope Pius. Certain Latin words readable by Father Jansen and references to amnesty for rebellionists. Continued on page 3.
Public inquiry reveals the Elkhart Water Company can place a meter on any service pipe at its expense and bill meter rates. The contract sets 0 to 80k gallons at 12 cents per 1k, next 80k at 10 cents, and over 160k at 8 cents per 1k with a 75 cent minimum and a $10 annual prepay option for 0,000 gallons.
In Noxapater Mississippi on May 27 the state militia clashed with escaped convict Thomas Atkinson and his cohorts. Shots came from a thicket during heavy rain. governor Noel has received sixty warnings to stop the hunt or face death. Atkinson, a former prosperous farmer, has evaded capture for twenty years.
Washington May 27 The senate refused the insurgents attempt to strike sugar from the schedule. The great fight between Democrats and insurgent Republicans centered on the issue with Senator Beveridge aligning with the insurgents on the vote.
Edward Payson Weston, famed veteran pedestrian, was greeted by about 2,000 spectators in Denver as he began a journey westward. The crowd lined the streets amid cheers and anticipation for his long trek.
Washington proposes the Savings Act to set the hour between 2 and 3 am on the first four Sundays of May and four Sundays in April as forty minutes, with the same hour in October extended to eighty minutes each year. The measure targets standard time adjustments and daylight saving alignment.
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