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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1909
Page
7
Evansville reports a vivid tale of a green swamp bug invasion accompanied by relatives across generations. The phantasmagoric swarm covers streets and lights, halts streetcars, nets tires, and flavors menus with green bug accents, all described as a citywide pest blitz.
Leo Urbansky thirty eight years old, labeled the dirtiest prisoner at Harrison street station. He was scrubbed for over an hour with common floor brushes, after which he was carried to a patrol wagon and taken to a railroad depot for transport back to Chester prison for parole violation.
A second petition for an injunction was filed in Federal court in Indianapolis on Monday against striking employees at the American Sheet and Tinplate mill in Elwood Ind. The prior petition was denied by Judge Baker who ruled both sides can access the labor market and that the union may not force workers but may urge others not to work at the plant.
Indianapolis reports Colonel John R. Fesler assistant adjutant general of the Grand Army of Indiana left for Salt Lake to attend the encampment and was later described as prostrated by heat and boarding a train east. A Denver area message says he passed through a town near Denver. He is seventy four years old. Hammond Indiana reports his wife’s capacity for beer.
The Lake County Supreme Court aims to grant a divorce for Carl Linderman, a Pollcston resident noted as a prominent citizen, who cites alleged humiliation by his wife through washing duties after drinking beer. August Sporer, an 18 year old from Niagara Falls, perished in the Whirlpool rapids near the Maid of the Mist landing while attempting a swim with companions. The local Somerville mystery of a woman in black remains unsolved after meetings with three prominent citizens, while Indianapolis statistician J L Peetz suffers a crushed foot after a western tour wreck, requiring surgery in Woodburn, Oregon.
In Pittsburg, residents report three large black snakes at large after escaping from John A. Hiller’s private zoo. Hiller, 47 Frankstown Avenue and North Morton Street, asked police for help locating the pets, reportedly released yesterday. An urgent search is underway under threat of punishment.
A worker at the New York Central shops in Depew New York collapsed and died after laughing at a joke told by a fellow laborer on a Monday afternoon. A physician declared death due to heart disease. A year earlier a brother of the deceased Kramer reportedly died after sneezing following a car incident.
John S. FitzGibbons a well known real estate and insurance agent and former newspaper man was arrested by U S Marshal Alonzo Boyd in Richmond on a charge of sending an obscene letter. The letter was said to be addressed to Clarence Hoen Noblesville. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment and was bound over to the federal grand jury in November on $200 bond. FitzGibbons is active in Republican politics and church circles and is married.
James Byrne aged sixty five a civil war veteran died in the county jail Sunday morning of heart failure brought on by heavy drinking after a Saturday arrest for intoxication. Byrne had recently received pension money and reportedly drank heavily since, dying in his lower berth cell with a fellow prisoner nearby. The Vincennes Commercial notes the death occurred during a spree and after the cell was searched on Sunday. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Frank E. Gilkinson and Mrs. Gilkinson traveled from Shoals to Texas for health reasons.
A warning reading Be careful explosives here was found on a laundry check and pasted on the door of the safe at Banner Steam Laundry in Fort Wayne. Cracksmen attempted to blow the safe, fired one charge, and left a second unexploded nitroglycerin charge inside. An ensuing fire was extinguished before they departed.
Boone county commissioners sold the old court house at public sale ahead of a new building project worth 250000 dollars. George Miller and Adolphul Wysong bought the courthouse for fifteen dollars with the condition to clear the ground within forty five days while furniture and cornerstone stones were reserved by the county.
A long, oddly phrased note describes a letter mailed May 6 thirteen years ago in Chicago. It failed to enter the proper hole, landed behind the box, and was found later during a box replacement. The note travels to Lafayette if Masten cannot be reached, with a five day delivery alert and apology from Chicago.
Ward Vale lance, four, son of Edward Vale lance of Goshen, choked to death last night after a slight illness and a cold at Long Lake where the family summered in New York.
The birth of Mary Elizavoth changes farm ownership by giving the mother the estate title and ending Clark Masonic lodge claims in Jeffersonville. Indiana county auditors plan a meeting at Denison Hotel to discuss the uniform accounts system and school fund loan renewals. Attorney General Bingham announced five year old school loans must be paid or renewed, with State Auditor Heimer and Deputy Reed to speak along with Auditor Thomas Nugent and association heads. Next week’s sessions run Wednesday and Thursday.
Rev. D. D. Hoagland of Attica risked his life to save sermons and books as flames ripped through the Methodist parsonage between 2 and 3 am. Firemen pulled him from a window after he refused to leave. About half the books were saved, some damaged by water. The cause is unknown with theories of incendiary origin or faulty wiring. The loss is around 4000 dollars with 1000 insurance. A separate note reports a Loransport infant in critical condition and a carrier husband rushing back from Kalispell to be by the child’s side.
James Evans a stock dealer aged sixty six and Otto Spaeth thirteen die when a train strikes their buggy at an unprotected crossing in Broolville. The crash sends them sixty feet. the horse is uninjured. Louis Wengert the Big Four engineer involved suffers a second fatal accident.
The city tax duplicate faces action if unpaid while a repeal act targets the treasurer’s office with a $200 limit. Easterling argues post election cuts require his approval, and he resists any compensation below $500. County Treasurer Orem has not stated his position.
Reverend N C Shirley of the Anti saloon league warns that persistent law violation by local saloon keepers may trigger an option election in Allen county. He stresses the statement is serious and vows to win if an election is forced, citing last Sunday's open saloon policy.
In Bloomington the court granted C. B. Bennett divorce and custody of Benjamin Franklin Bennett. Mrs Bennett tried to take the four year old from Bloomington to Terre Haute at the Indianapolis Southern station, but police recovered the child and returned him to his father. Bennett alleges lack of consent and wife’s absence during divorce proceedings.
Henry Horn, accused of killing Louis Geiser at Princeton, was found probably guilty of second degree murder by Justice William Duncan and bound over to the Gibson circuit court under $2,000 bond. The defense rested without witnesses. prosecutors call the action irregular but will not appeal. Fortino shoots Tino amid a hazy quarrel. Fortino dies, Tino at large.
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