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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1896
Page
4
The forecast indicates rising temperatures in Indiana with warmer conditions this afternoon and tonight. Friday brings scattered showers, especially in the northern portion, with continued mild highs.
Albert C. Houser and Carrie Pettitt have been licensed to wed. Miss Jananita Bennett hosted the 5 S club at her home. The Q and O club held a dance for friends last evening. C P Biegler of the Wabash visits Chicago as his sister lies critically ill. Mrs Brown of 78 Ware street hosts the sewing society of St John’s Lutheran. Mrs William Pape entertained the Trinity German Lutheran ladies. A L Hadley of the Electric company left for Boston. C Schaff, Nickel Plate fireman, resumes duty after Florida visit. The Barnum livery stable on East Side was noted.
Large attendance hoped for as business of importance will be transacted at a community meeting. Emmett Social club hosted a reception at Standard hall with sixty couples attending. Mr. and Mrs. McKinnie host dinner for Morse couple bound for Montreal next Tuesday. Dr. Kesler honored for 84th birthday with a surprise gathering. Loyal Hall democrats call public meeting at circuit court room next Wednesday. committee named. W.S. Wella, machinist, becomes poultry aficionado after receiving New York flock of white leghorns. Zollinger battery members arrested for missing drill. others located at social events and compelled to drill. Western Telephone Construction of Chicago wins Home Telephone Co contract. new long distance phones to cost over $50,000 this year. exchange to be active by July 1 with poles up and wires soon.
Leotta event scheduled at the Masonic Temple on Friday evening April 24. Reserve seats now for the performance as announced in local notices.
An on street clash between union laborers and non union men escalated quickly with stabbings and a pulled revolver. Three officers were wounded and several dozen injured as Captain Madigan arrived with forty officers. Five leaders were arrested as police dispersed the crowd. Sweza received the gravest wound but was not considered life threatening.
The American Federation of Labor plans a May 1 general strike to enforce the eight hour day. Boston could mobilize 60,000 workers if action spreads with carpenters and horseshoers leading in New York and other cities. Leaders Gomper and Maguire tour major centers as unions prepare financially for widespread walkouts.
The Oscar quips about Nelson Dingley Jr noting his colleague’s lack of humor but vast capacity for business. Reed says Dingley’s mind is dedicated to general knowledge yet devoid of frivolous traits, reflecting on their recent discourse about the congressman’s peculiarities.
At the Maryland Republican gathering a push to instruct delegates for William McKinley failed by a large margin. The convention adopted a platform backing a protective tariff and gold standard, with no explicit St Louis instructions for McKinley.
A St. John Baptist parish dispatch reports violent clashes over returns with a crowd of negroes attempting to steal ballot boxes and five whites killed. Governor orders field artillery. Captain Pharr's campaign allegedly hired 250 Pinkerton men to root out fraud.
Reports from Iowa New Haven Connecticut Tennessee Illinois Michigan and Peoria detail reformist and Republican conventions. Delegates favored the Omaha platform and silver union with a gold standard, while pledging to support McKinley. Several districts elected delegates to St Louis, with speeches stressing currency and referendum issues. Local notices include clothing ads and ballpark scores.
A dealer advertises pianos including Chickering Baldwin Haines Bros and Hallet Davis with prices and two year in-store depreciation. He invites customers to compare values and promises to show every instrument while seeking cash or paper drawing interest.
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