12 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1907
Page
1
The White House issued an authoritative state message late last night detailing policy directions and administrative priorities. Officials outlined a focus on economic stabilizers, national security posture, and domestic governance amid ongoing legislative debates.
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt will not seek a third term. The White House affirmed his renunciation from 1904, leaving Fairbanks Taft Cannon Knox Foraker and others as declared or receptive Republican nominees. The notice boosted Taft support while Democrats predict Bryan momentum. Prose includes quotes from the president and reactions from Cannon and Bryan.
The Newburg Wisconsin case centers on John J. Scannell a former New York fire commissioner accused of kissing Mrs Laura White. She seeks damages of 7500 dollars for each kiss and the trial questions whether repeated groping constitutes a crime and damages.
Col. William J. Cody claims Helen Mar was paid per word for her testimony in Howard Gould's divorce case and that Gould offered $50,000 to corroborate Miss Mar's statements. He denies ties to Katherine Clemmons and says he only knew her professionally in show business.
Mrs. Frances Cooper confesses to drowning her ten month old in a Bartholomew county stream claiming love for William Kollmeyer who allegedly promised to pay divorce fees. Kollmeyer and Clifford Grove are accused as accessories prior to the fact. Cooper is charged with murder and returned to Columbus. Deputy Sheriff Smith assisted.
Minnie Dauchey known as The Wild Rose of Wilton died in Norwalk hospital leaving three husbands and four children. Her tale includes a circus era at age 15 and three marriages in one week, with two unions declared void due to her age and guardianship.
Twelve Italian workers from the Kenneth quarries departed for New York with plans to sail home, hoping to secure a comfortable fortune. They expect money sent home will curb large local immigration trains, while some funds will buy land in Italy to sustain their later years.
The body of Mrs. Louisa Taft widow of the late Judge Alphonso Taft arrived in Cincinnati this afternoon in charge of two sons Henry W Taft and Horace B Taft. Secretary of War William H Taft was on the Atlantic returning from the far east. Relatives and friends met the cortege.
City controller and treasurer Porter aim to collect all city accounts and settle old claims before the new depository law takes effect. Middleton notes slow returns from claimants while the school board turned 3000 to the city to pay school bonds. The electric light department filed its monthly statement.
Elkhart Indiana December 11 police find a woman’s glove in W E Root home and link it to a suspect nicknamed raffles. The daylight robbery occurred between four and five o’clock while residents were away and netted about 75 dollars in cash.
In Monongah West Virginia Dec 11 steady mining casualties from the Fairmount Coal Companys Nos 6 and 8 reach 225 bodies recovered with many funerals held today. Many victims not on company rolls. death toll may near 500 as an opening between mines allows access to more remains. Miss Elizabeth Watson sends American Beauty roses for each casket.
Bloomfield Indiana high school football players cut and sell firewood to raise funds for a $110 athletic debt after a Thanksgiving game cancellation left them short. Under principal and manager Brady the team works with two cents per cord, selling wood at $2 a cord, reporting steady progress.
Mrs Longworth wife of Representative Longworth of Ohio and daughter of President Roosevelt is ill at the White House with appendicitis. Dr Finney of Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore will perform an operation probably tomorrow.
An Associated Press dispatch from London reports that William departed today by a special train to Port Victoria, where he will embark. The move signals the next stage of royal travel.
Auditor-elect Ora Garrett reports a loss of about 30 dollars from the drowning of four hogs weighing 700 to 800 pounds total. The pigs escaped the main yard by stepping onto a weak ice point over a spring-fed pit and fell through, unable to escape under the ice.
Purdue University will test various hickory timber to compare strength and stiffness across regions. The study, funded by the forest service, seeks accurate data on species growth locality and performance to guide industry reliance as northern and southern hickory differ. The work aims to protect future timber supply and support multiple wood-using industries.
Indianapolis dispatch reports Republican state committee plans hold a love feast on December 26 while precinct committeemen are chosen on December 10 and 11 and county committeemen on December 13. State chairman Goodrich has not finalized date for the congressional districts’ delegate selection to the national convention.
Four people died and were cremated after a house fire on a farm west of Bristol, Tennessee. The blaze occurred while occupants slept, with reports mentioning a farm family and a child named Willis among the deceased.
Associated Press report from Madison Indiana records a 59 year old man’s death by self inflicted gunshot. The item mentions a Miss Mabel Delzell from Chicago who is described as a student, with the context indicating a Chicago college connection.
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