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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1908
Page
3
Calvin Demarest of Chicago shattered the world amateur high run mark with 163 in the 17th inning and won the National Amateur 14.2 match 400 to 165 over Clarence Jackson. Demarest averaged 211.19 and Jackson 93.18 as Demarest surged after a slow start.
Firefighters were called around 12 30 to extinguish a small blaze at A B Maple's grocery shop 1830 Broadway. An awning fire is blamed on a gas jet per witnesses a long usedGas light under the awning was ignited reportedly by local boys. The shade provider burned but no hose was needed as chemical engines put out the fire.
G A Rouxel auxiliary bishop of the Roman diocese of New Orleans is very ill with pleurisy and diabetes. Once today it was thought he was dying but tonight he rallied slightly. He is 67 years old.
A gas tank explosion on a passenger car sparked a fire at St Louis Union Station. Eight passenger coaches from several lines were ruined and a train shed section burned, with damage estimated between 50 000 and 75 000 dollars. Passengers, including women, panicked and leaped from cars before police and staff restored order.
Police received word of a traveling man assaulting a married woman in Akron Fulton county. A posse searches the county while authorities warn the city he may head this way. Sheriff Miner relayed details by phone. description: 33, 5 ft 8 in, 150 pounds, smooth face glasses, light overcoat stiff hat dark suit. He likely boarded a Lake Erie train.
The Venezuelan superior court confirmed a lower court ruling against New York and Bermudez Asphalt company ordering a $5,000,000 payment to the government for assisting the Matos revolution against President Castro. The firm plans to appeal to the court of cassation.
The Guarantee Trust Company of Chicago has loaned 1,500,000 to the Chicago New York Air Line, taking over stock and subscriptions as surety. The funds will be used for road construction after a thorough investigation into the company’s methods.
Alec Frye died Friday night of heart trouble with funeral Monday at 2 at the Methodist church led by Rev. Amos. Forest H. E. Horn, two months old, died Saturday morning at 1813 Erie Avenue. funeral at home, remains taken to Kokomo for burial Monday.
The Red Cross Line steamer Silvia from New York to Halifax and St Johns ran aground on Sow and Pigs reef at Vineyard Sound entrance. Passengers were rescued by the revenue cutter Mohawk and taken to New Bedford, with relief efforts planned for tomorrow. The captain and crew stay aboard as tides ease and weather remains clear. Among passengers were crews from wrecked vessels Béla and Majorita Sumner en route home to the provinces.
Columbus March 14 John H Morgan state inspector of factories orders a thorough overhaul of all Ohio school buildings to provide easy escape routes and prevent disasters like Collinwood. inspectors will tour two story plus structures and require outward opening doors fire escapes updated basements attics and stairways with alarms and fireproofing.
The Jutland association of fishermen demands government help to resist North Sea encroachments on Denmark’s west coast. Winter tides have eroded land, endangering several fishing villages. Government breakwaters costing 10 million kroner have not halted the damage.
A morning police call reported a man in a comatose state on a grass bed near the Panhandle depot between Fifth and Sixth on Canal Street. Arriving officers found him able to walk and sent him on his way after assisting him.
Hon. Frank Kistler to introduce Joseph Keller of Indianapolis at a Kreuzberger hall meeting of the local German American Alliance branch. Keller, president of the state German societies, will speak on liberty and freedom. audience includes a 400 member local group and 80,000 statewide. A large reception committee will greet Keller before bilingual introductions.
Berlin reports strong protests over allowing Russia to fortify the Aaland islands. Critics say it would breach treaties, give Russia a year round naval base, and threaten German interests and Sweden by extension. Some press groups align Germany with Sweden and Denmark on the issue.
In Lansing on March 14 the Ingham county grand jury after 28 days of sessions reported to Judge Weist. It criticized state treasury fund safeguarding and the Chelsea Savings Bank collapse linked to former State Treasurer Frank P. Glazier. Seven indictments were issued, including three against Glazier, one against Probate Judge Dunn, and one against City Comptroller Barnett. Two indictments were not disclosed.
C. W. Hillyar resigns as assistant passenger agent of the Big Four and will become general passenger agent of the Lake Erie and Western with headquarters in Indianapolis. Both roads are part of the Vanderbilt system. He previously served as transportation manager for the World's Fair. The move takes effect April 1.
Edward Atwood of Toledo will play for Fort Wayne in the Central League after being released by Vicksburg in the Cotton States League. The infielder is known across Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
The American car in the New York to Paris race did not stop at Echo and continued west. Latest reports say it will reach Ogden around 3 a.m. Sunday.
Secretary E A Bigelow of the Marquette club extended the invitation to President Roosevelt with Representative Boutell present. The club hopes he can accept at a later date, not requiring an immediate reply.
Miss Anne M. Adams has returned to her Hillsdale Michigan home after visiting relatives and friends in this city and county.
Washington representatives of grain growing shipping and exporting interests met under the Grain Dealers National Association to study pending congressional measures for a government classification and grading system for grain established by the secretary of agriculture.
Edward L. Day prominent head of a Cleveland breakfast food company died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles from araemic poisoning. Day and his wife had been guests at a local hotel for some time.
St Louis March 14 Assistant Fire Chief Thomas W Rucker is dying and his driver Harry Dover is dead after a collision between Rucker s buggy and a street car at Broadway and Cass avenue. Rucker was en route to a minor fire and his death is momentarily expected.
The Tribune advertises clubbing rates for readers to subscribe to Daily Tribune with Indiana Farmer or Inter Ocean and Farmer for one year at 3.90 or 4.00 dollars, plus options with Weekly Toledo Blade Globe Democrat Farmers Guide and Ohio Farmer priced between 3.80 and 4.15 dollars.
A New York Press anecdote contrasts rich and poor views on childrearing. A businessman's remark frames babies as nuisances to the wealthy and luxuries to the poor, while a working man with seven children embodies the same neglect. The tale ends with a humorous, if sharp, quip about the baby walking.
A circuit court scene in Ohio features a lawyer objecting to a so called conversation between a witness and a horse. The unusual case centers on the claim of a horse having communicative abilities affecting the proceedings.
A notorious "horseman" testifies in a trial and is pressed by counsel. The witness recalls asking a horse his age and telling him he is still good, prompting a loud objection about witness and horse dialogue in the plaintiff’s absence.
William John Watson, an emigrant turned miser who died in Portadown after making a fortune in Australia, leaves his entire estate to Portadown for public recreation but bans football and rowing. The urban council must host a public dinner every five years funded from the interest, with the will read aloud at each dinner.
Percival Maxwell argues in the Bohemian that American beauty lacks facial strength and soul, needing the serenity and power of ancient Greece. He cites noses chins and foreheads as weak points, noting strong types are rare among modern American women.
A philosopher portrays a child as nature’s fresh picture, pure and happy, untouched by evil. The soul is a white paper unscribbled by the world, soon blurred by time and experience. If spared the rod, the child would know eternity with no burden, exchanging one heaven for another.
The piece cites Tennyson as a defender of property rights via Allingham’s five published Diary entries. An anecdote from a Westminster Road coffee shop at four in the morning recalls a man irate over wealth disparity and a missing shilling, challenging whether fraternal wealth would have altered his stance.
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