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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1909
Page
6
The Loogootee Tribune reflects on thunderstorm season, noting awe and danger, lightning’s immense power, and the limitations of rods. It discusses cloud-to-cloud discharges, ball lightning, and the storm’s effects on people, buildings, and future energy ideas.
Fragmentary report notes improving business conditions nationwide and stronger industry output. Mentions possible peak crop production and global output suggesting optimism for higher prosperity in the coming period.
In Waterloo Iowa on a June afternoon a wife lassoed her husband and rode with him to their home in a light wagon. He resisted and tried to return to town but the wife kept him aboard with a rope halter while onlookers heard a chorus of frogs and the night fell.
Ten persons killed and forty injured in a collision between electric cars on the Chicago Lake Shore and South Bend line in Porter County Saturday night. An official cites disobedience of orders by motorman George A Reed who is among the dead. The list of dead includes George Reed Ray F Merriman Charles Johnson A Barber F Tr Mcore Willan Leon F Lake H Hutson Charles Swantson with ties to Michigan and Dowagiac works.
In St. Louis a stray dog named Rags rescued five year old Milton Ridgeway who wandered onto a railroad trestle. The dog guided the boy to safety just as a fast train approached, after locals had funded Rags release from the dog pound.
Joseph Jeskowski twelve years old climbed into a Detroit and Mackinac locomotive cab, pulled the throttle, and leaped out as the engine sped toward a standing freight train. The crash wrecked the locomotive and several freight cars, causing about 37000 dollars in damage. the boy was slightly injured and arrested.
In Havana Illinois after a two week search James Stone aged fifty lived like a wild man in Crane Creek township for decades. Special deputy sheriffs captured him and brought him before Judge James A McComas who ordered commitment to the Bartoville Illinois institution for incurables. He endured cold winters sleeping with a herd of hogs and subsisted on berries and fruit during his isolation.
The report describes a 70-plus year old man named Stone who fled into Ernest Eaton s barn during a storm and offered no resistance when deputies confronted him. The text also notes past violence against his father and calls him cunning and fast, with historical references to injuries from a head strike at age 20.
Pittsburg Mass June 22 The probate court is asked to permit distribution of Samuel Shaw estate to forty seven heirs worldwide including England and Isle of Man. Filing notes a large chart of about seventy five names and heavy tracing costs reducing $5000 assets to $3729. Two local next of kin receive one eleventh each while the smallest share is a three hundred eighty fifth allotment to grand nephews and nieces.
In Philadelphia on June 29 William Sith allegedly threw his wife from a fourth story window after she hesitated to fetch a beer. She survived with serious injuries and is hospitalized at Polyclinic. Police arrested Sith who faced $1000 bail as Magistrate Macken considered the case.
Indianapolis June 23 J B Whitehead ends his long run as local manager of the American Press Association a post he has held since February 1 1893 He is highly regarded among Indiana newspapermen and out-of-town publishers Charles Schafer of the New York office will succeed him and Whitehead plans to open an advertising and publicity bureau after a brief vacation The final details are to be worked out before a more definite announcement
Nine crewmen of the barkentine Electra abandoned ship after it was crushed by ice floes 100 miles off St John s Newfoundland. They navigated more than 100 miles across unstable ice, dragging their lifeboat and jumping from cake to cake as they moved from one ice floe to another.
Henry Williams and Sam Robinson traveling with a moving picture show fought a large black bear between Wardensville and Moorfield Virginia. After a desperate struggle the men ropes and their bare hands. The bear fought back biting Robinson and tearing their clothes before being roped into a box.
The body of a about forty year old man with a crushed skull was found in a box car here. The car, received from Hammond Indiana last Thursday, had not been opened yesterday. A slip of paper in his pocket was the only apparent identification.
A fragmentary police note describes a tall man about six feet tall wearing a black suit seen near Ogden Avenue. The message mentions Fairfield elevated to Lagrange and a Bridge address, with a approximate weight of 170 pounds.
Charles T. Baker, 27, was found dead on the Wilmington City trolley line near Shellpot Park. He left a friend to walk home and was found mangled along the tracks. authorities suspect he was struck by a car but lack confirmation. The coroner investigates, the area is dark and lonely.
In Wa June 23 report about Charles Kubaleian and his spousekeeper Mrs encountered a gas incident when a liver left on the stove released fumes. A closed kitchen door kept them from worse harm. the dog died later while a cat revived from the peril.
James OD Hallen, a former New York lawyer, was acquitted by Judge Malone after the state failed to prove any criminal wrongdoing. The jury found he did not intend to steal or harm, though he admitted sending boxes labeled as ammunition to Nicaragua. The defense argued the act was a harmless ruse and not a crime.
On June 23 Jud N. Mosee and his body were cut when struck by a south freight train at Newmarket south of Taeshey. Noble was left at New WS flag trains. The engine went on for repairs. Fog blocked the engineer's view until a few seats away. The body was taken to Logsport.
Charles Scheers a chauffeur was sentenced in Norristown to one year in prison and a 39 dollar fine for a crash on the old York road last year that killed Patrick Mc Laughlin and injured another man.
A decree and order of sale issued by the Daviess circuit court will auction rent and profits for up to seven years from the described land in Washington, Indiana, including half sections in sections 20 and 21, to satisfy a judgment for Walter J. Hubbard. Remaining interests of multiple parties may be sold without appraisal. Sale at the court house in Washington on June 26, 1909.
Daviess county Indiana commissioners will receive sealed bids by 1 p m on Tuesday July 20 1909 for constructing a thirty foot Hochesang bridge in Teele township steel bids require double bond and bidders must file plans and specs in the auditor's office Washington Indiana.
Daviess County Indiana commissioners invite sealed bids by 1 p.m. on the Tuesday in July 1909 for the construction of the Marion Johnson bridge in Elmore township. Bridge details include eighteen feet reinforced concrete. Bidders must qualify with a bond equal to the bid. Plans and specifications are on file in the auditor's office. THOMAS NUGK Auditor Daviess county.
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