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.
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1896
Page
4
The forecast warns of a fair but much colder night with improving but colder conditions expected on Thursday, especially in the southeast portion.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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