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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1908
Page
1
Betty Blythe reports from the Democratic convention where Thomas Marshall wins the gubernatorial nomination. The scene blends triumph and sorrow as four defeated candidates endure grief while Marshall and supporters vow to carry on.
Wilson Searight leads a group of Jefferson and Noble township farmers to donate land for a 3700 acre state game preserve. Twenty Magnolia pheasants will be shipped to Cass county's preserve, with no hunting for three years and future stocking planned. Donors include Caleb Banta, William Banta, Benjamin Banta, John Eckert, Schuyler Gibson, Jonas Micheels, Limer Cromwell, Horace Pryor, Harry Gray, Moses Nethercutt, Frank Gibson, Daniel Burgett, William Fernal, Easton Cotner, Samuel Ross, Frank Hardy, Fred Houseman, Henry Seybold, Wilbur Gordon, Lewis Ross, and John Hall.
L L Truman and other local Masons returned home after attending a Scottish Rite Masons meeting in Indianapolis. About 1 300 attendees heard the Rose Croix degree conferred on a class of 75. Lew M Banta and William P Felver from the city were in the class and a 1907 banquet was held at the Commercial Club.
Abraham Lehman of Indianapolis, in town with lawyer Frank V. Guthrie, says Winamac has defaulted on interest for a $267.01 street improvement bond issued November 5, 1894. Interest paid to 1904. no further payments. Lehman seeks foreclosure of the Monticello street lien if town fails to redeem.
Mesdames Helvie Simons Burz man Dalrymple and Wall from this city reported at a Hand-in-Hand circle meeting held at Mrs. Nethercutt's East End home. The gathering was well attended and the next state convention will be held at Madison.
Judge John S. Larry set the April circuit court calendar for a busy term. Jurors to be drawn next week, hearings begin April 13, and Mandel versus Jennings over Foral razorless shave rights is on the docket with potential live demonstrations. The Albright road case returns as an appeal from county commissioners.
Deadwood March 28. Circuit Judge Magee sustained the legality of the South Dakota primary law requiring a $15 filing fee for candidates before their names can appear on the ballot. Socialists in the county contested the law as a barrier to poor men seeking office and will appeal.
John Miller and Ben Vermess returned from an English lake area after a two day hunt. They brought home two dozen ducks and say the area still has plenty of game.
A reporter battling blue smoke in the Ur dock hotel office shouted and cursed as a clerk directed him toward a corner where a trunk blocked the room. He hoisted the heavy load across the street to the interurban station amid chaos and claim highway robbery for the move.
Marion reporter notes Charles J. Spencer of Elwood who joined December 28 1905 and was discharged March 21 1907. He says he deserted in 1906 and was imprisoned at Alcatraz for 14 months and 11 days before being released for good behavior. He traveled home after missing trains and spent a night in the police station.
American customs officer George Foulkes was found not guilty on charges of kidnapping two Canadian farmers. The trial in Winnipeg before Judge Cameron centered on farmer Telton as the key prosecution witness. the jury returned a verdict after a brief deliberation.
Judge blocks sheriff sale of Logansport Ice and Cold Storage Plant. Receiver William H. Haas to sell at court-directed auction, offering a final deed. sheriff’s deed would delay one year. Plant under Charles A. Shaff management praises output. past losses blamed on bad management.
Edgar J. Miller, formerly a student of Derauw university and brother of T. B. Miller, was killed when a bulb shorted against a high tension traction wire at Henrietta Jordan's Greencastle home. Coroner ruled heavy electric shock as cause. electrician traced faulty wiring. Miller had studied at a local business college and DePauw University, and his funeral is set for Monday at 2:30 PM in Newton.
Charles Morris of the North Side found the bicycle stolen from in front of Wm. Obenchain's store on Sixth Street. The wheel lay along the Hel river bank and was uninjured.
Rosa Blake faced two weeks in county jail after failing to pay fines and costs from a disorderly house conviction. She appeared before Special Judge McGreevy, paid the remaining balance, and was released after vowing to change her conduct.
Dr M Crismond a telegraph operator in the C W offices reports twelve hens laying eleven eggs daily for twelve days. Sam Graham an extra rain dispatcher says it was not a good day for laying either. Each morning Chrismond brings a new tale about his chickens sparking arguments with Cliff Nethercutt over who has the better birds.
A paste pot at the belt factory on Sixth street boiled dry last evening. A passerby scented strong fumes and believed the place was on fire, prompting a call to the North street fire wagon. Fire under the pot was extinguished after the door was broken open.
Charles Jackson who had filed assault and battery charges against his brother in law asks to drop the case and says he will not pursue it further.
Senator Will Wood from Lafayette attended a city event Thursday evening meeting local residents and discussing regional concerns.
Oscar Warren recounts how he and a friend bought out both rival papers in McAllister Oklahoma to stage a bitter political feud. They ignited local campaigns, fought over columns, and doubled circulations before selling the papers to political leaders for a large profit and moving on to new jobs.
The Taft organization launches a sweeping drive in New York to gauge and boost Taft sentiment among Republican voters. Executives plan to mail blanks to every Republican to measure support for a second or third Taft vote at the Republican convention, seeking to swing the New York delegation to Secretary Taft.
Mrs John Coulson of 820 North Street learned by telegram that her sister Miss Anna Morgan formerly of this city died at Columbia hospital in Chicago ten days after an operation. She died at 430 this morning. Remains arrive tomorrow at 120 from Chicago and go to the Coulson home. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
The Panhandle company plans a special train through this city on April 13 bearing Governor Johnson and party from St Paul to the Shiloh battlefield. The train will follow No 18 due here from Chicago at 1 20.
James W. Oswalt has been appointed guardian of Ida Oswalt. Bond set at 375 dollars.
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