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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1906
Page
1
Postmaster General Cortelyou is in New York to assess the state of the political fight with Hearst and Hughes. A favorable report for Hearst would prompt the President to issue an open letter to Hughes, while a Hughes victory would lead the President to retire from active intervention.
Kansas City Kansas reports four dead in a morning fire at the Chamber of Commerce building a four story structure. Forty injured as ladders failed and occupants jumped. A laborer Jesse Ford saved his wife and babies before leaping to safety. thirteen more are missing presumed on the roof when it collapsed.
In Logansport Indiana an 80 year old man Fred Scheily fainted after 12 miles to hear W. J. Bryan speak to about 6000. He was taken to a hospital and Bryan ordered medical care at his expense.
Hundreds of mill workers faced disaster when two men stole blasting powder at a Chicago mill. A boarding house blew up and Lena Beahlers, a maid, died after stepping on the explosive while cleaning a room. Deputies prevented a lynching of the suspects.
Investigation into the charge against former Governor Frantz of Oklahoma is complete and the report sent to the President confirms full exoneration. Special agents from the Department of Justice and the Indian Bureau conducted the inquiry.
An Elkhart youth is charged with serious crimes following the trial of Harry Knapp of Golden, accused of murderously assaulting Police Officer Santschi. Grover East was intoxicated when he aided Knapp in the assault. Hearing on the charges will be held in Elkhart.
Three miners died in a mine accident as rescue crews worked at the scene. Officials identified the deceased as workers from Golumbus, and investigations into the cause continued amid safety concerns.
In Indiana, William Jennings Bryan says Republicans are divided between reformers and stand-patportionists, while Democrats unite. He notes Beveridge and Fairbanks as symbols of the split and predicts a tough 1908 path, with Democrats hopeful and Republicans discouraged.
Soliciting for a small $2,000 subscription to secure the Peirce Specialty Company factory in Elkhart advanced slowly yesterday. A committee member urged business men to donate, noting the project hinges on employing 150 workers and that progress must finish by Saturday.
Anna Co Wade a twice married widow and Walter WL Bowen an aeronaut who once courted Anna Louchs twenty years ago were wed in LaPorte by Judge J Richter after Bowen found Wade in Chicago. Bowen now a wealthy Adrian manufacturer, and Wade previously married and widowed.
Assurance given that Maxwell Briscoe representatives will visit Elkhart within ten days. Messrs Maxwell and Briscoe were summoned to New York on business and could not travel. Elkhart had planned trips to Indiana cities, and Warren Hill received a letter from R A Creek promising one or both officials would visit Elkhart soon to pursue an agreement.
A petition circulated among local ice users to form an artificial ice company powered by home capital. Prospects are said to be good and a plant with machinery may be installed for operation early in the spring, though no final decision has been announced.
Insufficient legible details show a bartender and a saloon patron in a street fight. Police were contacted. participants left with considerable bruising but no clear follow up available.
An unclear report notes Mr. Killeany associated with the city and a hotel. details are fragmented, but the item mentions his prior role and a morning report. The text references Ay and Gi ulated phrases, indicating a disrupted OCR capture of a city leadership update.
Preparations for tomorrow night’s Elks social session are under the arrangements committee. The event aims to promote fellowship and welcome new members with a 300-seat banquet and a program led by Mayor C. T Greene as toastmaster.
Chicago labor leaders plot to surround the steel town of Gary Indiana with a union wall as BE B H Gary and George W Perkins visit. An open town may become closed if union organizers gain access by water and coordinate with Hammond and South Chicago groups.
Reverend Dawson will open the lecture course in Washington D C on Wednesday evening February 20. The program is set to feature Browning dramatizations and late‑season topics. This opening marks the start of a series of educational talks drawing interest from local residents.
Fred Sahli a carpenter fell more than 20 feet from the roof of a house on East Jefferson street while working for contractor John Reed. He struck a scaffold softened the impact and was taken to Clark hospital in a Conn automobile in a dizzy but conscious condition. A fellow worker said Sahli abruptly raised his hands and fell backward possibly due to a fit.
Joseph Stamp, son of Police Officer W J Stamp, dislocated jaw and minor injuries after a fall on the More howse green. He was unconscious briefly, carried to C B Nelson home on Franklin and Ruth streets, then to Lexington avenue home. He is an Eigl school team member. George Mamitis, boiler washer at the round house, struck on the head by falling coal, deep gash. J L Whitmen sprained and bruised left knee at the round house.
Weather observer Swain notes frost damage far exceeds earlier estimates. The state horticultural society and government officials warn fruit trees suffer severe losses from October frost, with nursery stock and cultivation areas marked for impact.
Michigan investors secure option to purchase the West Beardsley Avenue Kimbark wood desk plant in Elkhart. A new factory will begin in about three weeks with 100 to 125 workers under E. W. Hurd. Output contracts with eastern distributors total at least 250000 dollars in the first year and require about 2 million feet of oak timber.
An anonymous letter demanded 5 600 to stop a plan to blow a Lake Shore Limited train. A dummy engine with armed guards ran Chicago to Indiana to trap the bandit as deputy marshals and railroad detectives hunted across Pine Miller and Aetna areas. Two Aetna Powder Works workers were arrested over nitroglycerin found in their boardinghouse room.
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