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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
3
A nervy switchman on the Sion line faces a tense moment as a wild engine chases its track. Train crew and signaling systems engage to avert a collision. Local stations report delays while authorities review the incident details.
A locomotive broke away from Clifton round house and sped on the south bound passenger track at fifty miles an hour. A Stapleton signal operator warned a crowded South Beach excursion train, allowing the local to ditch and avert disaster. The mogul was wrecked in a siding.
More than 10 000 people gathered at Winamac to celebrate quadrennial education day. A planned feature was speeches by candidates Watson and Marshall. Watson missed his train, but Marshall attended and addressed the crowd.
The fourth annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America ends with officer elections and the selection of Louisville Kentucky as next year’s meeting site. James Gibbs of Chicago is elected president G Samuels of St Joseph Missouri becomes vice president W E Emery of Indianapolis is secretary and Leo Landau of St Louis is treasurer.
Rear Admiral Sperry's flag ship the Connesticut entered Port Phillip heads at 11 20 this morning with fifteen battleships trailing, and began the 30 mile trip up Port Phillip Bay to Melbourne City. The last ship passed the headlands at 11 35. Villagers of Queenscliff lined the shores to greet the Americans.
Atlanta August 28 The Holder convict bill to terminate the convict lease system in Georgia passed the house of representatives this afternoon by a vote of 89 to 38.
Theodore P. Shonts delivered the principal address at Centerville IA's Chautauqua home coming despite a heavy downpour. He spoke on Transportation urging railroads to run their own business as long as they act honestly before a large audience.
Ferdinand P. Earle, noted artist, and his wife reunite in Monroe New York after his release on $1000 bail from Goshen jail. He faced a charge of beating and choking his wife who had just given birth to a three week old baby. Lawyers indicate the charge may be dropped.
In Duluth Minnesota on August 28 Mrs. Anna Rowe awaiting a Fondulac reservation homestead saw nearly five hundred marriage proposals pour in after papers misidentified her as unmarried Her husband enjoys the rising attention while she remains in line to file for the homestead opening September 15
The eighth annual reunion of the 160th Volunteer Infantry from the Spanish American War is set for Goldhbatte Park in Marion on Tuesday September 15. Company M recruited in this city by Captain Ben Bender belonged to this regiment and last year's event in Marion was canceled due to Captain Bender's illness and lack of interest from other veterans.
Local residents and visitors are listed with movements and visits. Mr and Mrs W C Crum attend the Crawfordsville fair. Mrs Malinda Simons plans a Marion visit. Mary B Andrews and John J Gla ser wed by Justice Reid. Frederick Powell and Thomas Quigsey plan a Chicago trip. Mrs Charles Worstell and son Robert visit Carroll county relatives. Dr R Gren attends democratic convention in Goodland. Mr and Mrs Lon Smyser and children visit Richmond hosts A C Smyser family in Broadway.
Hal S. wins a main event at the Anderson fair races yesterday taking first money in three straight heats. Attendance lags promoters' hopes, with blamed factor being lack of newspaper advertising.
Police sources relay a theory that the shooter was a stranger to both Mrs Williams and her escort Roberts, with a negro witness stating the assailant passed a chair before firing as a gust of wind affected the scene. The couple deny knowing the shooter and a private telegram is cited as supporting a stranger’s involvement.
Dr Leroy S Chadwick filed for bankruptcy citing $1 700 in his own debts and about $630 000 from endorsing notes for his wife Cassie Chadwick who died in prison for frauds A $500 000 note on J W Friend a $5 000 note for Judge J W Albaugh and a $410 000 note to Herbert W Newton appear among the obligations He lists $175 as available assets and asks for exemption of medical instruments and books with no knowledge of payment status on several items.
Pennsylvania police and local authorities received a warning from Fowlerton about an Italian suspect who killed a fellow countryman at 12:30. A later message reported the man was captured by Bixler, a Pennsylvania officer stationed in Marion.
Fred Rech came home from Finlay Texas where he sold several men land.
C. H. Stewart and his wife returned from a northern lakes trip to find a lake in the cellar. A water pipe burst, and the city water works were pumping water into the house while trying to fill the space. The basement was nearly flooded when the leak was found.
Mabel Gusti, 40, weighing 300 pounds, arrived in Kokomo Indiana from Benton county after walking 125 miles since Tuesday morning. She traveled on foot due to pride and earned meals by working for farmers and washing dishes. She pinned a card with her brother’s Benton county address on her dress. She planned to work in Kokomo to pay for meals and hoped to ride home by train if possible. Sheriff Lindley will ensure she does not have to walk back.
The Salvation Army film shows a city farmer attempting to retrieve two girls and steal money and supplies for ailing mother. A pursuit ends with the farmer capturing the father and the mother’s death, leaving the two waifs in the farmer’s country home.
Five men are dead and five others seriously injured after a runaway mine car struck a train of 20 workers at the Warrior mine six miles from Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. Six escaped unharmed as the head switchman lost control while moving the car. One victim is identified as William Nawaday, 44, who died from fatal injuries.
News from Moji reports the British steamer Dunearn with 53 crew sunk by a typhoon near Goto Island on August 26. Only two survivors, William Phillips and John Lanmon, were rescued by the Sakyo Maru. The vessel, 2220 tons, sailed from Nikolalesh to Singapore, then coal at Karatsu before vanishing.
Mt Vernon Construction brings in about thirty Negro laborers to finish a mile of street work in Poseyville Indiana. Local hostility runs high with a first night threat to dynamite the lodging house. Authorities guard the workers and pledge protection if orderly. The tension follows a house fire and threats against a Black farmer and his employer in Gibson County.
N. D. A. L. M. Chapman of Kokomo returns from North Dakota with a party of Johnson agency land investigators. He says the land seen there surpasses the Johnson representation and believes it will be the coming country for farmers. he plans to move there.
About 100 members of the Julian family gathered at Spencer park for a Thursday reunion. A brief program preceded a dinner, with Martha Shilling elected president and Mary O'Donnell named secretary.
Police traced a man and woman reported drunk at Panhandle station. They vanished on arrival of the wagon but were later found at the courthouse with Station Master Gallaghger. The pair admitted plans to take a train to Chicago and were released after promising to keep quiet.
In Winona Lake Indiana 800 delegates attended the opening session of the general conference of Friends. The article notes Toronto and Montreal as frequently mentioned for the next meeting place.
The pony contest ends Monday at 3 in the afternoon. Votes are counted immediately after, and the winner will possess the pony. Contestants may name a judge to canvass votes and all books must be returned to Tribune office before 3 o'clock Monday.
Mr and Mrs Charles Zook of Michigan Avenue feared victims of a Yellowstone Park robbery after a bandit halted seven park coaches at gunpoint Monday afternoon taking valuables amounting to about 10000. The Zooks planned to visit the park Monday morning and had not been heard from since the start of the week.
Police logged three calls to quiet disturbances at the Mullen Dore saloon flats after two women across the hall quarreled on Thursday night. The fight left both women minus hair and pieces of their dresses and led to a second confrontation the following night with officers responding again.
Mrs. Jesse Parvis of Clarkshill near Lafayette died from tetanus following a ladder fall that caused a compound fracture of the right leg. Surgeons amputated the limb in a bid to save her, but the germ prevailed. She was born in 1855 in Clinton county and survived by her husband. burial is in Yorktown cemetery.
Captain William J. McDonald ex-Texas ranger joins President Roosevelt on his African hunting expedition. McDonald, known for involvement in the Brownsville shooting investigation, accompanies the president as invited.
Atlantic City on Sunday liquor sit uation keeps public interest high and town expected to close tighter than many Sundays past.
Class No 10 of the Wheatland avenue M. E. Sunday school was entertained Thursday evening at the home of the teacher Mrs. C. W. Schwartz of Burlington avenue. About thirty were present.
The wedding of Miss Patricia Egan daughter of Maurice F Egan American minister to Denmark and Jerome Elmer J Murphy of Los Angeles California is fixed for September 16 at St Ansgars Church in Copenhagen.
The International Harvester Company announces a new sick benefit and insurance association for its 30,000 employees. C. S. Funk, the general manager, disclosed the plan today in Chicago.
Bedford Indiana August 28 A local physician removed a beetle from the ear of George Williams who suffered head pains for a year The beetle reportedly entered after his mother poured whisky in his ear to ease the pain and the insect was dead when extracted.
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