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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
1
Washington reports show Senator La Follette forcing roll calls to keep a quorum during a filibuster over the Aldrich Vreeland currency bill. He maintained attendance through long sessions and clashed with Senator Aldrich, with absentees notified as the Senate stretched into early morning hours.
Baltimore on May 29 reports Emmanuel Cedrino a noted Italian automobile driver was instantly killed when his car skidded and overturned at Pimlico race track. His brother and mechanic was also in the car. Cedrino died apparently from a broken neck. Cedrino had been chauffeur to Queen Helena of Italy and set a fifty mile track record in 1905.
Theodore H. Price once known as the cotton king and former president of Hagle Fire Insurance was indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy and bribery connected to a leak of a government cotton crop report. He pleaded not guilty, posted 5000 bail, and a preliminary hearing set for June 19.
Manitowoc Wis May 29 General Manager Esplin announced the Northern Grain company would quit business. He cited unauthorized speculation and mismanagement as causes. The firm reportedly lost up to 200000 on the Chicago board of trade through an employee six months ago. It operated two large elevators in Manitowoc and owned additional elevators in Illinois Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States discussed home rule for German speaking congregations seeking independent presbyteries. Denver won a bid to host the 1909 assembly, aided by a $15,000 bonus and local celebrations. The German proposal envisions a German Synod of the West with three presbyteries named Galena George and Waukegan, awaiting next year’s final decision.
Lake Erie and Western passenger train No. 21 from Michigan City to Indianapolis derailed near Tyner due to a washout. The engine left the track and toppled. baggage car overturned. Fireman Perry Johnson of Peru was badly scalded, engineer Harvey Williams escaped.
In Chicago on May 29 a cemented vestibule floor at the Lithuanian Church of Our Lady of Vilna gave way as worshippers left. About thirty people fell into the basement but sustained only cuts and bruises.
The auction of Belle Gunness belongings in Laporte Indiana attracted four to five thousand people. Many items sold for five to ten times their initial price and total receipts were estimated to exceed three times what an ordinary sale would have brought.
Rosa Knepp's divorce case against James A Knepp was called yesterday and the husband did not appear. The court entered default.
The Tribune will publish a complete history of the Old Michigan Road on Sunday. It covers how the strip through the state was acquired and paid for, local involvement, D D Pratt’s views, funding, planked sections with oak lumber, and other facts about this historic highway.
Indianapolis May 29. Promoters of gambling at French Lick and West Baden are believed to maintain a nationwide espionage network to shield operations. Monte Carlo backers are said to employ Paoli agents to alert gamblers and hinder law seizures. Authorities seized forty three Keno tables nine roulette wheels one pony racing table one heironymous machine and one Klondike table along with other equipment from theFrench Lick and West Baden sites.
Terre Haute Ind May 29 President W D Van Horn of United Mine Workers District No 11 will sail to Paris to attend the International Mining Congress as one of two US delegates. He will reach Paris June 8 for the congress opening and will travel with Alexander Hewett of Kansas district on a mine inspection tour of Europe.
Indianapolis May 29. Robert Green, a Montgomery county farmer and reputed Waynetown bank vice-president, is accused by police of stealing nine horses. He was identified by Matthew Robinson at a livery stable and confessed to the thefts. A team was to be recovered near Attica with Chicago-bound horses.
New York on May 29 reports Cecil Pape, a Scots Yard detective, had $200 stolen when he joined two strangers for drinks. A man claiming to be a detective declared a gambling arrest, seized the money, and vanished before police could intervene. Louis Waxenberg was later arrested.
Night riders attacked four farms near Hathaway Boone County Kentucky opposite Rising Sun Indiana. About 30 men formed the riding party. A farmer sent for bloodhounds in Indianapolis hoping to trace the attackers.
Boston delegates closed their annual convention with a business session presided by President E. D. Mead after opening yesterday with officer elections. The May event in Boston Mass gathered leaders from the Free Religious Association of America for routine proceedings.
Indianapolis May 29 The Hoosier Candy Salesmen's association formed with thirty traveling confectionery salesmen. There are about 300 such salesmen in Indiana. Officers elected for the first year include President Charles H. Cox Indianapolis Vice President B F Wehrly Richmond Secretary Treasurer E A Brown Evansville and an executive committee featuring Henry Buck Fort Wayne Frank Bott Logansport William Neucom Terre Haute Frank Short Indianapolis and Charles E Barney Marion.
Two tornadoes from opposite directions struck Evansville Indiana at 4 pm causing major damage across the riverfront wholesale district. The mail wharfboat snapped its chains and nearly capsized. roofs tore off buildings on Water Street Fifth Street and near the courthouse. Several injured and property losses feared exceed 30000.
Kokomo Ind May 29 Workmen learn the Pittsburg Plate Glass plant shutdown is postponed to June 13 due to a $1,000,000 improvement program. The company adds steel structures to eliminate wood in construction for the hot season halt.
Corn Corner comes to an end as participants release holdings yesterday in a brief local event. Merchants and attendees reported a swift conclusion with scarce details and no injuries.
In Chicago on May 29 the Patten crowd is widely credited with making about 2 million dollars from the May corn corner begun last October 1907. The group amassed large corn and oats positions while market volatility and desperate deliveries tested the Chicago grain pits.
Franklin Ind May 29 remonstrance filed against granting more liquor licenses in Blue River township and Edinburg. Signed by a majority of 54 of the civic league voters. Edward Pritchard president and William Pruitt secretary. When the last license expires in Edinburg next April Johnson county will be dry.
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