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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
1
The Fourth Assistant Postmaster General P V DeGraw urges parcel delivery via rural carriers with a proposed 56.25 million dollar budget for next year to extend service to 139,277 routes and boost rural mail revenues. He cites 3.9 million homes served daily and ongoing road improvements across 945,087 miles.
The body of multi millionaire James Murdock was buried in St Marys cemetery near the Murdock monument in Lafayette Indiana. The funeral drew record crowds with doors closed early at St Marys Church for the requiem high mass. Flowers from Indiana Illinois and Ohio filled large wooden frames around the bronze coffin at the Murdock mansion the day prior.
Hon Geo Rauch of Marion arrives in Washington to prepare for the 61st Congress. He opens his House Office Building space and handles pension legislation for local veterans as Indiana sends its delegation. Also noted are Sen Hemenway and daughter Lena, marriages and arrangements at the New Willard, and Charles B Landis en route from Kansas after a lecture tour.
Four armed desperadoes hijacked a crowded Third Avenue street car at dusk, throttled and rifled the conductor, and looted purses and valuables from passengers before fleeing into the crowded slums as police closed in.
Dessie Enbody of Kokomo sues J. W. Barnes G. W. Duke and David L. Duke in Justice DeHaven's court for $100 damages claiming tobacco juice was spat on her new gown during a performance at the Alhambra theater.
In Pali Vienna the diamond jubilee of Emperor Francis Joseph prompts intense illumination and large crowds. About 1,500,000 people throng streets causing several accidents. Four killed and sixty or more wounded twenty five seriously. Tomorrow's Gazette will list 3400 recipients of titles decorations and promotions.
The statement shows daily average circulation for twelve months at 4 584 and grand total 1 430 314. It covers period December 1 1907 to November 30 1908 inclusive with free and paid editions totals and monthly breakdown.
Riots between Czechs and Germans in Prague grow more violent. Troops patrol streets after dragoons are deployed. British Consul Forbes is dragged from a tram and beaten. Gendarmes and police are injured, shops looted, and barricades set as authorities struggle to restore order.
Reports from Belgrade and other points say Austria is preparing to move large troop forces into Bosnia and Herzegovina. The best information indicates the emperor favors peace and pressures renewed reconciliation efforts at Constantinople.
Jimmy Britt of San Francisco a lightweight and English fighter Johnny Summers signed articles to fight February 22 for a purse of $5,000. The event was set to take place in London with both boxers agreeing to terms.
Mrs Margaret Smith died in New York after reportedly seeing an apparition at friends' home. Witnesses claim she cried out to an unseen Frank Kane before collapsing. Doctors cite heart failure, while onlookers note the eerie timing with her grandson Frank Kane's recent death.
Alfred Smith a 25 year old Pennsylvania freight brakeman from Defiance Ohio was killed near Hobart Indiana when a freight train nicknamed flyer struck him at 60 miles per hour. His severed head and leg were found on successive stops Tolleson Tolleston and Chicago Union Station.
The Associated Press reports the Washington notes between Secretary Root and Baron Takahira detailing the new American Japanese agreements on Pacific status quo and Chinese integrity. The exchange emphasizes shared aims in the region and praise for the cordial talks.
Washington reports November receipts total $15,565,592 more than in 1907 while expenditures rose by $2,500,900. For the first seven months of the fiscal year the deficit is likely to exceed $112,000,000.
Rebels under General Simon prepared to advance toward Port au Prince from the south while Jacmel may be seized first. The Des Moines and French cruiser Duguay Trouuan join foreign forces to protect loyalists and civilians as rifle fire and patrols signal a looming clash in the capital's outskirts.
Report from Chicago dated December 1 describes a shooting in which a young girl was killed while defending her sister Estelle Stout. Henry Hornberger, a picture agent, was involved. an enlarged picture shows the third sister who is dead. Hornberger allegedly threatened to kill both himself and his sister.
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