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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
3
Storm floodwaters inundated 24th Street area and nearby yards, flooding streets and wrecking property. Streets and culverts were washed out. repairs continued for days as street crews and utility crews cleared blockages. Cars, tracks, and phones suffered widespread damage amid historic rainfall.
Prominent New York lawyers forecast Harry Thaw will be free within a month. Eugene Philbin argues Thaw can be freed by habeas corpus once outside New York. Thaw was acquitted by insanity verdict and committed to Matteawan. federal bankruptcy proceedings in Pittsburgh could compel his delivery to a U.S. marshal.
Indianapolis August 13 The taxable property in Indiana rose by about 200 million dollars from 1904 to 1907, per figures by the Indiana bureau of statistics. In 1907 the total value reached 1 757 5 487, with increases shown across all classes of property assessed by the state board or county boards, seen as evidence of rising general values.
Levi Weaver a Washington township farmer was killed Sunday at the Panhandle grade crossing near Onward while crossing the track in his car. His funeral at Blue Ball church drew a large crowd. Rev. Charles McCoy led services. Mrs Weaver and daughter attended bandaged. son absent due to a fractured leg.
Thousands of a new insect species arrived last night, similar to a prior visit but smaller. They hovered around lights and blocked doors in the business district, drifting from the Wabash river via Panhandle yards by evening, suggesting they may be offspring of the previous swarm.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Todd will be held at St Vincent de Paul’s Church conducted by Father Crosson. She will be buried today in Mount St. Vincent Cemetery following the services.
Mrs Catherine Stucker, 38, was dragged from her bed by unidentified men after a dance Saturday night. She lies in a county hospital in grave condition with brain concussion and multiple injuries. Sheriff Hines and St Louis police sweep the area with armed citizens seeking the assailants, believed to be known to police.
New York August 13. A high stakes fare game in a luxury private West Side dwelling led to the arrest of Martin Philips on larceny charges. Neville R. Moxley testified he put up $600 to a scheme promising 60 percent of proceeds with Philips taking 40 percent. Moxley and Philips allegedly planned to extract $2,000 from a target employer. Philips, arraigned in West Side court, held $1,500 bail. The case ties to Melville R. Moxley and Miss Fredericka Bosch, with a Sea Breeze Florida backstory and a probable million-dollar Bosch estate.
New Haven August 13 The National Conventions of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union pass resolutions denouncing the liquor traffic urging sanctification of Sunday and membership exclusion for those in the trade They condemn advertising by Catholic publications and support the encyclical of Pope Pius X on modernism while calling Catholic groups to uphold strict abstinence.
Real estate transfers include Frank Jeffries to Matilda Southam in West Logan, 2250 dollars. William Obenchain to John Hedde, 3000 dollars. Grace Beckley to Mary Hamilton, 2109 dollars. Hedde to Obenchain, 2500 dollars. Petrie to Homburg trustee, 1 dollar. Homburg to Petrie, 1 dollar. McGriff to David Wolf, 3350 dollars for 40 acres. Wiley to Sayers, 1500 dollars. three mortgages totaling 4800 dollars.
Dean Russell of Wisconsin endorses Mrs Scott Durrand to lead pure milk legislation. George Ellery Hale of the Carnegie Solar Observatory elected corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences. J Rock of Washington claims to be the Civil War’s youngest veteran, enlisting in 1861 at fourteen. Louis A Wood and Mary Scheblen wed at Waterbury Conn in under thirty minutes. General Stephen D Lee dies, leaving two Confederate lieutenant generals. Rear Admiral Caspar F Goodrich to attend University of Saragossa celebration. Major General Leonard Wood to represent the Army. Ten former Cleveland cabinet members survive.
The Merry Widow club picnicked along Eel River above Adamsobro on Wednesday. Members include Inda Carter Iva Murden Ray Angle Madge Moore Florence Buskirk Flora Douglass Flora Scott Florence Bell Daisy Skinner Sadie Douglass Ruth Funk Mary Haugh and Gertrude Shepler.
Charles Walker entertained numerous friends last evening at 613 West Broadway for his twenty fifth birthday. A six o'clock luncheon was served before the party attended the Broadway theater. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. O M Zinn, Mr. and Mrs. Geo W Cann, Mr. and Mrs. Chas Neff, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walker.
The Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company advertises a fishing trip to Mackinac with claims of abundant lakes and game. Readers are urged to write for particulars and mail a two cent stamp for a booklet from Detroit Michigan.
The Home Telephone Company relief force was pleasantly surprised at Miss Lizzie Swartz's home on Wright Street yesterday afternoon. Misses Gaghyan and Cummins won honors as games were played and a two course luncheon was served.
The Double Six Pedro club was entertained at the home of Mrs. Lynne Imler yesterday afternoon. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Ollie Lawler and Miss Georgia Warker. The next meeting will be with Mrs. John Berry.
H. B. Butler his wife and son from Pittsburg are visiting D A Gillespie and family and George L Richardson and family in this city.
The South Side section of the Christian church ladies will meet with Mrs Bert Lyons at 317 Tanguy Street Friday afternoon at 2 30.
Indianapolis August 13. Fred A. Miller of Wabash College reports the Wabash River bed is rapidly filling with waste material due to rapid forest depletion along its banks. Miller and Davis explored the river from Bluffton to Vincennes by canoe starting July 1 for the state board of forestry.
Pensecale owned and driven by Warren Sturgeon from this city won the half mile pace for two year olds at Fairmount on Wednesday. Fiddler owned by Harry Eliott from this city finished third in the 2 25 pace.
The Sunday school class of Mrs Martin from Burrows picnicked at Spencer Park yesterday afternoon. About fifteen members attended along with twenty five friends and relatives who took dinner at the park.
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