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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Daily Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1875
Page
1
The state Senate stalemate continues as the question of a senator is to be addressed by the Superior Court. Lafayette Graff, the alleged smuggler, returns to New York and is released on bail of 85,000, with expectations he will turn state's evidence.
Raiders forced a shutdown at several collieries all have resumed today. Alarm and firing near Mahony city prompted troop call up. A mob burned Carmel Nilson Cheminck & Cos colliery after two days of reduced pay, while many miners gathered along the line from Glen Carbon to nearby towns. Adjutant General Lotta and Gen Siegfried met troops at the depot and planned actions at Shenandoah and Mahoney City.
President and Mrs. Grant with several companions left for Long Branch to spend the summer. L P Lucky remains at the executive mansion. A proclamation extended the Alabama claims commission report six months from July 22. Indians council discussed signing the Nebraska agreement but refused to decide on the spot. Red Cloud urged immediate appointment of six commissioners to accompany them.
Masonic guests from other states depart the city as many travelers head home on early trains. Detroit commandery No. 1 plans to depart tomorrow. Lafayette Geaff, indicted for silk smuggling with Deputy Collector Charles L. Lawrence, surrendered to U S Dist Atty Bliss after returning from Montreal. bail set at 5000 dollars and he to testify against co‑defendants.
In Cairo Illinois on June 4 a neatly dressed white man shed coat and hat and leaped from a wharf boat into the river saluting as he went. He vanished after rising once, leaving a pocketbook marked J A Morse Chicago and Wm Morse Cincinnati, and a sealed letter addressed to Henry C Morse. It is reported as a death by own action.
A group led by Nally and James McCarty attempted to rob a freight car here last night. Nally fought back and was shot by the watchman Dela way but not gravely hurt. The thieves were sent to Cor nell to await grand jury action.
The New Hampshire house unanimously adopted resolutions directing the speaker to trigger a superior court hearing on the senatorist question at the earliest possible date. Both sides would be represented by counsel with briefs and arguments.
A fragmentary weather note describes cloudy conditions and variable winds from southeast to northeast with rain across the Mississippi region and lower lakes. The text shifts to remarks attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson discussing Thomas Carlyle, his worldly views, sympathies with Americans, and a claim about letters and conversations documenting their exchange since the 1870s.
A freight conductor L Averill fell on rails at Wells river and a 13 300 pound car wheel passed obliquely over his body. The wheel missed breaking bones and did not injure the bones though flesh was torn. Averill sprang away and stood upright. five minutes later he endured severe pain and remains under opiate relief.
Harriet Beecher Stowe recalls her Cincinnati experiences shaping Uncle Tom’s character. She describes a free woman cook whose slave husband’s mistreatment under a broken promise of emancipation sparked the work. She notes further incidents from reading a Canadian abolitionist life story.
In a Rocky Mountain News item the story notes Sarah of North Denver delivering twins at age 60 as a biblical parallel. It also reports Jackson Mastin, an old settler, now convinced Colorado’s climate is changing.
A curious mix of old notes discusses purses for men and women, fashion trends toward extreme silhouettes, and reactions to a Beecher church speech. It cites Emily Faithfull on fashion, a suggestion of tight lacing, and a London complaint about cheap hymn book salesmen, with remarks from Wm Gordon and reporters in Dubuque.
The common council of Fort Wayne invites proposals for selling city park bonds worth 12000 or less, due by June 8 1876, with the council reserving the right to reject all. City treasurer C M Bastow announces the sale details. A 24 horsepower engine and boiler are offered at low price. Temperance union opens refreshment rooms Friday June 4 with music and parade hall for community event.
A promotional piece extols the value of temperate living and warns that fast living ages the body. It argues relentless overwork and dissipation hasten decay and praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a powerful restorative to slow wear and repair the system.
Fragmentary telegraph market notes report gold at 11734 and bonds steady with no loans. Stocks active led by Western Union and Pacific Cable with better prices in several eastern and midwestern issues. Mentions Pittsburgh Fort Wayne Hannibal and St. Joseph sinking funds.
New York market notes show cotton at 16 cents middling uplands, flour in buyers favor with steady demand and 18,000 receipts plus 11,000 barrels, and various grain figures including 117,000 receipts and 64,000 bushels sold. Prices listed for western amber and white sugar, corn with mixed demand and steamer and sail prices, beef muted, and crude petroleum quoted with refinements.
Telegraph reports from Teixpo Ohio on June 4 show flour dull and wheat prices mixed with modest activity. No 2 white Wabash at 1.23 per bushel, No 1 white Michigan 1.20, July 1.22 extra, amber Michigan 1.20. August 1.30. No 2 red 1.19, corn prices firm with gains noted and oats at 0.62.
Telegraph reports show flour and wheat dull while corn edges firmer at 71 78c. Cotton soft at 164c, pork market steady, lard and bacon trading weak. Milwaukee notes 2 no 2 grade prices and shipments. Chicago and New York whiskey prices around 118 to 116 per barrel and high wines bids at 115 to 116.
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