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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
1
In Flushing New York December 22 1922 John C Stevens Bay side yacht club member testifies Thornton Hains threatened to shoot and questioned if Mrs Annis could have seen the crime. Prosecutors seek to challenge Mrs Annis testimony and plan further witness subpoenas in the case of Thornton Hains.
Ottumwa Iowa records a citywide saloon closure as a religious revival takes hold. Saloons shut tonight while one dealer plans to reopen to stand prosecution as a test case, the first such closure since prohibition days.
A state health board bulletin reports 31 4423 deaths in Illinois in the first half of the year with 3 768 due to tuberculosis and 4 117 from pneumonia, showing pneumonia as the leading single cause after TB.
Bankers are in the toils at Pittsburg as nine individuals face arrest in a conspiracy investigation. Authorities say the group coordinated illicit activity affecting local financial institutions.
Nine men including seven councilmen and two bankers were arrested in Pittsburg on bribery charges affecting city ordinances and contracts. The group faces preliminary hearings with magistrate Brady as plans to arrest others surface amid ongoing scandal and charges from the Voters' league.
National Copper Bank of New York sues the St. Marys Academy of Benedictine Sisters Neuvoo Illinois in U.S. circuit court on two notes aggregating 26500. The notes were originally drawn to Fidelity Funding Co and then endorsed to the National Copper Bank.
The Associated Press reports the Panama Canal will open January 1, 1915, according to an official statement. The notice from San Francisco, dated December 22, confirms the opening date and outlines preparations for the historic event.
Claude D. Stitt deputy postmaster of Wabash Ind surrendered to U S Marshal Pettit in Indianapolis He was released on bond of 3500 charged with a 2600 shortage in the Wabash stamp fund Bondsmen paid the amount and Postmaster Parmeter covered the discrepancy Stitt's wife and children moved to North Manchester while investigators sought the missing funds.
Bridge City lodge No. 305 K of P held its annual roll call in Castle hall with about 150 guests. Senator Frank Kistler gave talks and led the toast after evening speeches by members. The banquet followed with performances by a colored quartet, solos, and a piano number, all praised as thoroughly enjoyed.
Indianapolis reports the Indiana Hotel Keepers' association plans to advocate repeal of the county option law at their annual Claypool hotel session next Monday. President F. E. Purcell, Kirby Hotel proprietor, is noted among members backing the move.
Edward Burkhart alias Charles Schulz known as Chinatown Charley was found guilty by a Laporte circuit court jury of grand larceny and given an indeterminate term of one to fourteen years by Judge Richter for robbing a Teegarden hotel room on July 25 1908 of six hundred dollars in jewelry, part recovered.
In Union City Tennessee Judge Jones set Christmas adjournment as riders terrorized the Reelfoot lake area. Witnesses describe masked assailants whipping residents and burning homes while threatening death. Court proceedings note large groups of riders and local fear amid a broader murder investigation.
Indianapolis Dec 22 Democratic state committee takes responsibility for contests of defeated Democratic candidates. They pledge to lay bare alleged Republican unfair methods to influence future elections. They acknowledge possible Democratic fraud but contend Republicans orchestrated the wider scheme.
Washington says a bill by Representative Alexander of Missouri would place Mexican War era teamsters on the pension rolls. It notes teamsters faced risks from Indians and the enemy, and that few survivors remain. If approved, similar moves for Civil War drivers may follow.
A Gottingen gunmaker named Schrader has invented and patented an expanding bullet to pierce and collapse divisible balloons. The bullet can be fired from a standard infantry rifle.
In view of tranquility in China, Russian troops were withdrawn from points of a Boxer uprising. The evacuation paused on the death of the Chinese Emperor and at the request of several powers fearing disorders.
An Associated Press summary notes the alien population in the United States grew by 6 298 in the year ending September 30, as reported by Secretary of Commerce and Labor Strauss. The brief cites official figures on immigration and demographic change.
Officials say vessels remain reticent about their final ports while awaiting clearance. No new coordinates or arrival dates have been released, prompting continued uncertainty for port authorities and nearby communities.
Washington reports tightened neutrality plans amid Maine voyage and possible patrols in West Indies to deter filibustering expeditions to Venezuela. Dubuque to Havana ordered. Montana and North Carolina under Admiral Arnold as Maine, Montana, North Carolina depart coast.
In Oakland on a sidewalk on Twelfth street Lawrence Potter a 16 year old Western Union messenger boy tripped over diamonds worth 1800 dollars. He returned them to the telegraph office then delivered the jewels to Mrs Alfred J Merle of Alameda receiving a reward.
Acting President Gomez quells a December plot and orders a mass government reorganization after Castro's fall. Jose de Jesus Paul sails to Europe December 24 to settle disputes with foreign powers while measures to protect foreigners are issued. Secret cables between Castro in Berlin and his agents fuel tension as a lawyer accuses Castro of complicity in an assassination plot.
Special to The Tribune reports plans by the congregation of the Saint La Mer church to erect a new church in Fort Wayne at an estimated cost of 350000 dollars. The project would include a pipe organ and bells as separate expenditures under consideration.
Wilhemstad reports Venezuelan revolutionists led by General Gregorio Riera have been invited by Acting President Gomez to travel to Caracas and align with the new government. News notes great rejoicing in Curaçao over the revocation of the transshipment decree affecting shipments from Curaçao to Venezuelan ports.
Fragmentary OCR from a Berlin despatch notes uncertain rhetoric about government progress and daily developments. The readable portions mention steady gains and requests for dispatches of any kind, but specifics are missing.
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