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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1905
Page
2
A local store promotes a September sale across departments including carpets, draperies, cloaks, suits, silk Petticoats, infants wear, crockery, dress goods, suitings, hosiery, underwear, and domestics. It touts low prices, large stock, and emphasis on quality over trash.
A rear end crash at Paoli station on the Pennsylvania railroad killed five men and injured more than twenty. The dead include Frank A. Brastow and four other Philadelphia rail workers in General Manager Atterbury's private car. The New York Limited from St. Louis struck the local train as switches were being set, plowing the limited’s engine into the private car. Atterbury was away in Maine.
State Attorney General Mayer reports only one director has answered the suits seeking an accounting of Equitable Life funds. The answering director claims ignorance of wrong actions by others. The filing deadline for directors to respond has been extended to October 16.
Albany Sept 26 A man believed to be Joseph Girard a New York teamster charged with the Augusta Pfeiffer murder in the Bronx ten days earlier was arrested at Central Bridge Schoharie County and is held in Schoharie jail awaiting identification.
Francis H Palmer former cashier of the Peconic bank of Sag Harbor pleaded guilty to embezzling 41000 dollars and was sentenced to not less than one year nor more than three years in the state prison.
Fire gutted the four story printing house of Waller & Co. at 525 Gravier Street starting in the fourth story where about thirty girls were employed. They escaped. Loss on stock and building placed at 90000 with 40000 covered by insurance.
New York Sept 26 Baron Komura the Japanese peace envoy has recovered enough from illness to begin his return to Japan tomorrow. He will be accompanied by his secretary and spokesman Mr Sato.
United States district attorney plans warrants for eleven heads of New York manufacturing and contracting concerns charged with conspiring through an employers association to violate the contract labor law by importing foreign workers. Evidence centers on four English file setters at Ellis Island and a prior lockout by the Tile Grate and Mantel association.
Roy Knabenshue ascended to 600 feet in his flying machine over Chicago on September 25. He maneuvered the craft with full control, proving aerial navigation is feasible to the assembled crowd.
A Sunday blaze in Butte Montana caused about one million dollars in damage, consuming the business section between the Shodair block and Renshaw alley on West Park street and partially destroying the public library.
Brooklyn loses to Cincinnati 8 3 in Cincinnati second game 8 4. St Louis defeats Boston 5 8. Chicago hosts New York 40 5 in Chicago.
At Pekin railway station a private car exploded killing four minor officials and wounding over twenty others as a train carrying a foreign mission left. Prince Tsai Tche and Wu Ting Fang were injured. the bomber was killed in the blast. The government tightens security at offices and railways.
A July 16 edict appointed missions to study foreign government systems. A Pekin dispatch from Aug. 29 said the dowager empress planned to issue a decree at the new year to establish a parliament twelve years later.
Washington September 25 Sir Chentung Liang Cheng Chinese minister reacts with horror to a private car accident involving a hazardous device. He says the act may be by reformists seeking modernization or by anarchists driven by envy and destruction, citing anger over missionaries abroad.
An Erie train wreck occurred about a quarter mile east of Susquehanna station at 7 PM when an engine from a coal pocket tried to cross the main line. Both engines overturned. no coaches derailed. Engineer Frank Robbins of Susquehanna was killed.
In Williamston West Virginia on September 25 an armed masked mob known as white ribboners freed Moses Lovern a black prisoner serving sixty days for assaulting James Butcher. They beat whipped and stoned him across the river before returning him to jail officials say he will die.
Rome reports a Sunday tornado in Calabria causing extensive destruction. The death toll climbs as more bodies are found each day, with officials revising initial estimates after earthquake ruin and debris clearance reveal higher casualties.
Indianapolis nes reports Governor Hanly was alerted to Sherrick’s shortages after the auditor’s office turned over the ex‑auditor’s securities and a tell tale checkbook. Stubs show many checks to Al Brown known as French Lick Brown, owner of the casino. Hanly demanded settlement and Sherrick resigned, with securities surrendered.
Governor Hanly and the locating commission visited Madison to review site options. North Madison will finance required improvements while a Pennsylvania firm will build switches and a power house. The commission has chosen 360 acres with revised conditions and a local committee has until Oct 15 to meet them before heading to Indianapolis.
A class for farm butter makers will immediately follow the Purdue university farmers institute conference on Oct. 11 and 12 in Lafayette. The ten days’ program targets experienced butter makers, especially women who run a butter business, with lectures and practical work portions each day.
George McKenna twenty eight attempted suicide several times during the night in Evansville Indiana. He lay on the tracks in front of an E. and T. H. passenger train and was cut in two after train men removed him from danger earlier.
Wm. Sampson, accused of stealing silverware, selling it, and then stealing it back from the purchaser, has been arrested and returned to Terre Haute. He says he aimed to raise money for marriage and was making progress until police intervened.
Ora B. Clark twenty one of North Baltimore Ohio ends his life in Hotel Hines Lafayette Indiana by asphyxiation. He was visiting brother Wilbur Clark a Purdues senior and the act is attributed to despondency from heavy drinking.
Corydon Indiana on September 25 reports Gad Briles fatally shot by Eli Wolf both farmers. Another fatal fight erupts in Hardin Thompson's saloon as Thomas Woodward strikes Thompson with a bar causing deadly injuries.
Indianapolis reports George A H Shideler campaigns from Columbia club pledging to push the chair bid despite opposition from Goodrich backers. Miller forces back Shideler while J Knox Taylor considers monument site near University Park to honor Benjamin Harrison amid university debates. Senator Beveridge stays neutral awaiting government agents to decide.
Senator Albert J. Beveridge returns from Lake Wauwasee Indiana after a social stay with Hugh J. McGowan and Indianapolis friends. He will remain in Indianapolis until just before the December congressional session and declines speaking engagements to rest for the upcoming fight over the statehood bill. His book The Young Man and the World is due for public release in early October.
Observers note reduced interest in the city campaign as opponents expect continued Holtzman reelection while Bookwalter supporters count the lower engagement as a favorable omen for their candidate.
Ter re Haute resident Peng Bow who crossed the U S Canada boundary may be barred from returning to the United States. Congressman Holliday was told by Immigration Commissioner Sargent that no provision in the Chinese exclusion act appears to allow Bow to reenter.
Miss Alice Roosevelt and party attended athletic sports of Japanese school boys in Seoul. They were received by the Japanese educational committee and will rest after weeks in Japan Manila and China. The visit, largely official, will continue with picnics and hill rides around Seoul.
Twelve thousand spectators in Nimes on September 25 disrupted chairs and boxes and set fire to barriers around the arena after matadors refused an encore following five bulls.
Plymouth Mass September 25 Eben Plympton the actor arrested Thursday on a charge of assault with intent to kill Captain George Martin was confined in Plymouth jail. He was released on five thousand dollar bail Sunday.
Moscow reports a zemstvo and municipal congress opening with minimal police opposition and limited public interest, noted for the absence of interference.
In Albany New York on September 25 two trolley cars on the Albany Hudson Electric railway collided head on near the city. One motorman was killed instantly and the other escaped death by jumping.
In St Louis on September 25 Mary Klugman aged forty six was burned to death when gasoline exploded while she attempted to light a kitchen fire. Local authorities report the accident occurred during routine home chores and the flames rapidly engulfed the stove area.
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