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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
1
A collision between a freight train and the second section of an excursion train near Gargantan Siding in Mexico City killed 28 people and injured 15. The pilgrims were traveling from the city to the shrine of Guadalupe. Authorities cite signal confusion as a probable cause.
Indianapolis commercial groups including the Board of Trade the Commercial club and Merchants association favor a Committee of One Hundred to lead civic growth and crusades for reform and expansion. Leaders say such a central body could coordinate investigations into courthouse graft and other county affairs while requiring funding and active participation from business members.
In the Solent the American liner St Paul crashed into the British survey cruiser Gladiator while outward bound for New York. The St Paul remained afloat and saved all 72 first class passengers, but the Gladiator sank with twenty crew dead.
The widow's pension bill raising widows of veterans from 8 to 12 dollars per month was signed by the president on Sunday April 19 drawing serious doubts about the legality of signing on a Sunday. The issue centers on whether a president can lawfully sign a bill on a Sunday.
Property owners along Capitol Avenue plan a formal protest at the Board of Trade on Wednesday night against neglect of the Westrumite driveway. They accuse the boulevard of rapid deterioration while park authorities report ordered material from Chiceren, with no bill received yet. Proactive owners urge the park board to accelerate repairs.
Fire damaged the laundry department at Kingan's packing house Saturday with losses totaling 3500. The packing house fire department quickly brought the blaze under control.
A sweeping tornado across Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and surrounding states leaves at least 315 dead and more than 600 injured. towns report heavy losses with Amite La and Purvis Miss among the hardest hit. Grief spreads as the storm damages cities from Natchez to Atlanta with widespread destruction noted in Concordia parish and across Alabama and Georgia.
Minnie Gruelle files suit against Wallace Gruelle a bookkeeper for support claiming his weekly earnings total 20 dollars she asks for eight dollars for her support stating she cannot work due to ill health and currently is a saleswoman.
New York reports Theodore P. Shonts and his family did not attend Duchess de Chaulnes funeral rites in Paris after the duke’s sudden heart death. The body rests in Paris crypt awaiting the Shonts arrival for formal rites per French custom. Separately in New York Eugene Munsell, 49, leapt from a seventh floor window at the Van Rensselaer hotel after his wife tried to stop him, ending a prominent career in hardware and metal trade.
New York report notes Dr. E A Spitzka calls hanging the most agonizing death and urges electrocution substitution across states. At Daisy Street scene Grant Staley in workhouse as wife and newborn baby die in squalor. four children aged 2 to 8 left hungry in a vacant home. Juvenile court moves to place the children with the Pentecost mission in Bridgeport.
Charles E. Dierking, who wed Loress three days after a minister joined them, filed for divorce after a three year separation. Court records show his bid for dissolution of the marriage amid ongoing dispute.
At a fashionable North Meridian Street wedding a pretty five year old girl distributed wedding favors to cabmen and onlookers from a basket, causing a stir among drivers and children. She was led back inside tearfully, and some bridesmaids went without favors.
The Atkins Saving and Loan association has been formed in Indianapolis to raise money to be loaned to members on approved securities and for other purposes. Directors include Fred C. Gardner Edward Springer Henry C. Atkins Charles S. Bronson and Herbert C. Waddy.
Terre Haute Ind April 25 One of Root Glass companys two factories employing 300 men making beer bottles has closed President Root says the temperance wave is reducing the trade in bottled beer until the demand does not call for operation of this factory.
The Atlantic battleship fleet departed Los Angeles after a week of festivities and headed north toward San Francisco. Stops include Santa Barbara Monterey and Santa Cruz with a daylight call at Port Hartford off San Luis Obispo before reaching San Francisco on May 8 for a grand review and ten days of celebration.
Edgerton Indiana residents press the Nickel Plate road to build a new railroad station petitioning the Indiana Railroad Commission. The commission reports that Edgerton will obtain a new depot and that construction will start in a few days.
The grand jury worked Saturday on the market house graft cases and will prepare a partial report next Monday. It is not expected to include indictments. Three witnesses from the market house testified, including stand owners Brottman Reed and Butenhar.
Police were alerted Saturday afternoon to a large Standard 68 oil wagon that overturned near Twenty-Std and Gale streets. Officers secured the scene as oil and gasoline spilled into the street, with residents collecting it in cans and pails and fears rising of dangerous explosions if people tried to burn or use it.
In a touching courtroom scene Judge Pritchard spared Jesse Lucas from a harsher sentence after a guilty verdict for petit larceny, suspending the one to eight year term and letting a tearful wife and baby depart with him, while Jesse Lucas and James Hurley had been found guilty of stealing all pounds of lesh.
Mounts elm Durbins oak and Hanlys maple are fine young trees in the state house yard showing steady growth and healthy development. The late Gov James A Mount dug the trench for his elm by hand eight years ago. Arbor Day passed Friday with no additions to estatehouse grounds trees.
Charles Elliott former city clerk was arrested at a flat on Massachusetts avenue early Sunday. Bicycle officers Wilson and Golicsn did not appear in court. Edward Gates paid Elliott’s fine of one dollar plus costs in his stead. Elliott used the name John Stucky and faced intoxication charges amid alleged furniture destruction in a Miss Shipp flat.
Los Angeles fleet week nears its end as 3,300 sailors will tour the city by automobile tomorrow morning, marking the final entertainment round of the event.
West Allis Wisconsin April 2 Fred Herbst enraged by his sweetheart s refusal to marry him shot her and is believed fatally wounded He then killed himself in a tragic domestic violence act involving love and despair leaving the community stunned and authorities investigating the shooting and suicide.
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