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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1908
Page
3
The Frankfort Indiana electric light plant suffered a major wreck when a main fly-wheel burst and a cylinder head blew out. Damage is estimated at 15 000 to 20 000 dollars. Debris damaged nearby houses and a portion of the fly-wheel pierced a roof. No injuries reported. city left in darkness.
The Marion Leader reports a Logansport Elks band dispute over parade inclusion. Fidelity Lodge 109 thanks Captain J. P. Stack and the Soldiers' Home band for September 23 services, praising their music and courtesy while condemning the Elk incident.
Thomas R. Marshall returned to his home district in the Twelfth in Angola and Auburn amid record crowds. In Angola a 1000-man parade and 35 uniformed high school girls welcomed him as about 5000 attended two talks at the Croxton opera house and public square. In Auburn another large audience packed the opera house with 500 turned away. he spoke on constitutional government and non interference among departments.
Union County voters backed prohibition by about 300 votes in a turnout of roughly 1,500. The Associated Press reports the result from Union, South Carolina, on October 27.
Budapest reports confirm the Countess Szechenyi formerly Miss Gladys Vanderbilt has a daughter. Earlier dispatches said she was ill after a stillborn birth but later denial and travel to Vienna with her mother Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt to consult a noted gynecologist. The accouchement was anticipated for late October.
Tiptonville reports Ted O Burton, self confessed night rider, details depredations near Reel foot lake culminating in Captain Rankin's death. He implicates about forty locals, with many in custody at Camp Nemo near Hamburg, and says leaders included Tam and Garrett Johnson and lawyer J F Carpenter. An adjournment followed.
The second annual Indiana State Federation of Clubs convened in Indianapolis with welcome by Mrs. Luella F. McWharter. Mrs. O. P. Kinsey outlined aims of the federation and proposed constitutional changes including dropping state from the name and renaming district vice presidents. Over four hundred federation members attended the opening session at Claypool.
Eugene W. Chafin and Aaron S. Watkins spoke to a sizable Philadelphia crowd at the Academy of Music promising a prohibition victory in 1912. They predicted the party would surpass two million votes and Illinois would exceed the party’s 1894 national tally.
Rev. E. Jay Cooke rector of St. Stephens Episcopal church in Schuylerville collapsed of heart disease in the Schenectady railway waiting room. He had come to hear Judge Taft and was returning home when stricken.
John Baker and Joe Keough were arrested early today by Patrolman Frohm for drunken disturbance at the Kulp barber shop on North Street. They were taken to jail.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad released its year end report ending June 16 showing a nearly ten percent decline in net revenue. The Associated Press bureau in St Louis notes the figures reflect the company’s results for the year and outline the financial performance.
A veteran witness describes a clerkship at the Bank of the State of New York later purchased by Morse. Morse rose to cashier and later became vice president and director before being deposed by President Edwards during an abroad trip. After returning, Morse gained control by buying a majority of stock and installed Curtis as president.
Voting directions describe operating the machine by moving handles A and B and pushing Straight Ticket knobs. The text instructs casting straight, mixed, and split tickets with specific sequences, including gong sounds and key adjustments, on approach and departure paths.
The annual report for the Evansville and Terre Haute railway shows press earnings of 2,204,069 for the year ending June 30. Net income fell to 991,160 a drop of 70,145 or 6.6 percent while surplus declined to 399,112 a decrease of 66,108 or 14.2 percent.
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