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Newspaper

Fort Wayne Evening Post

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1896

Page

4

Indiana Weather Forecast Calls for Cold Tonight

The forecast warns of a fair but much colder night with improving but colder conditions expected on Thursday, especially in the southeast portion.

Indiana

Railroad and Shops News from Fort Wayne Area

S. A. Crawford resigns from Electric works as machinists and foremen resume Wabash shop operations. Wabash and Nickel Plate staff updates include Zeigler and Uran reports, Ed Tate to Fostoria, Schaff freight run, and Hettler's Philadelphia trip. Niagara of earnings noted for the Milwaukee St Paul line, while Grand Rapids and Indiana orders six vestibuled coaches. Delphi residents protest fast train bypass.

S. A. Crawford Electric A. P. Nechter Wabash Peru Hospital William D. Yergens Andrews Fort Wayne Charles Zeigler van Wert John Uran Fred Legerman Pittsburg Defiance Ed Tate Fostoria Schaff Anthony Stier Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul United States Lake Shore Road Grand Rapids Indiana Pullman Car Company Cincinnati Lakes Delphi Ind

Protest Brews Over Arrangement Cited by Will Co Tailor

Will Co. Cleary merchant tailor at 118 Harrison Street near Washington advertises stylish spring suitings and neat repairs as laborers prepare a protest against an arrangement.

Will Co. “Cleary, Merchant Tailor Harrison Street Washington

Eight Hour Move at Chicago a Complete Success

Fourteen walking delegates from the carpenters' executive council direct strikes on city jobs employing non-union men or paying under union wages or over eight hours. About thirty jobs have been struck since Monday. contractors sign the union agreement and resume work after strike. Non-union carpenters are forced to join the union with a $10 initiation fee. The bosses' union and labor men appear to conspire to curb competition and curb underbidding.

Chicago Curiaco Carpenters’ Executive Council Carpenters’ and Builders’ Association Union of Bosses

Body in box sod case identified as Oliver Pike

In Curiaco on April 1 the body found in the box sod at auction last week is identified as Oliver Pike of Ohio. The coroner's jury confirms Pike as the deceased, while friends of Prosper Chezal of France dispute the ruling and vow to pursue possession of the body.

Curiaco Oliver Pike Ohio Prosper Chezal France Chral Republic of France

Interstate Commerce Act Amendment Rumor and Goats Case

Wasninetos reports Senator Cutlom plans to introduce an amendment to curb cheaper foreign goat transport against domestic manufacture after a Supreme Court import rate decision. No form decided until the court opinion is published. In Pavana on March 31 rumors persist that General Gomez is dead, though not believed.

Wasninetos Cutlom Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce Supreme Court Pavana Tae Ral Gomez

City Party Platform Endorses Nonpartisan Reforms and Economy

The platform pledges nonpartisan police and fire management, nonpartisan boards for water works and schools, and tax relief while extending water works. It calls for fair taxation, cautious franchise grants, and improved water supply with technocrat leadership. Oakley is nominated for mayor. Jefferies named city clerk, several council-at-large nominees chosen. Water works trustees backed, convention adjourned.

Common Council Board of Public Works Board of Water Works Oakley C. K. Stemen Jefferies Frank Thompson William T. Jefferies W. J. Vesey Paul FE Wolf Eighth Ward R. B. Hanna A. J. You Fifth Ward C. M. Jones S. F. Bowser Col D. N. Foster E. W. Cook Frank Smalz Td Davis A. P. Buchman Ninth Ward Andrew R. McCurdy Messrs. Bowser McCurdy Theodore Haberkorn William Beck KE. G. Cox Seventh Ward Capt. C. Hertler W. D. Page William Meyer Bass

Local Grocery Ad Promotes Dried Goods and Produce

Advertises butter at 3c per pound then 1b offers, 15c fresh eyes, and dozen at 10c. Cured hams drop to 9c, sugar cured bacon 8c. Home grown potatoes listed at 20c per bushel. Michigan Hebron potatoes shown at 30c per bushel.

Michigan - Hebron

Bungled Cuban Garrote Execution Shocks Havana

In Havana on April 1 five Cuban prisoners from Cigajabo faced garrote execution. The chief executioner faltered, nerves shaking as the lever was turned, yielding a brutal, prolonged death that left witnesses pale and horrified. One man confessed guilt. others claimed innocence.

Havana Cigajabo Valentine Ruiz

Execution scenes and a dangerous resuscitation on the scaffold

The report details a nervous chief executioner and a failing assistant during a series of Cuban executions, with Ruiz eventually completing the task but the fourth man slower and more error prone. A San Francisco jeweler’s wife murders her children, then a note in German. In Puayix government records dispute and a Kansas forgery arrest tied to a confession, with drink blamed for downfall.

Valentine Ruiz Ruiz San Francisco Olga Deuss Deuss

Memories of College Days in 12 Weeks

A man recalls college life compressed into 12 weeks and explains why he left early. His wife teases him about the rapid, crowded experience, while a senator’s wife comments on a brainless man in a jokey exchange.

Chicago Post

No title available for fragment on utilities in outskirts

The fragment notes that residents in the outskirts should not expect access to natural gas, waterworks, or sewerage for years to come, signaling long delays or gaps in essential services.

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