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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1896
Page
2
The notice proclaims W. 5S. Ganey as a candidate for the Democratic nomination at the convention for the joint senate seat covering Allen and Whitley counties.
A Toledo sentinels special report from Muncie Indiana says a mail letter warns of a plot to lynch Scott Jackson Alonzo Walling William Wood and the Gasker brothers With 3000 men expected to join the mob The letter claims moonshine networks in Kentucky and West Virginia hold 8000 members and a sneak letter orders to gather at Kentucky for the lynching while Newport Kentucky shows 1500 signatures of men willing to join The Cincinnati incident cites a possible 4000 mob armed with Winchester rifles
The county auditor details settlements with the Fort Wayne treasurer for the 1895 tax year. It lists charges, old and spring taxes, collections, delinquencies, refunds, and penalties, certifying totals of receipts and discrepancies between shown and actual cash collections.
The document details receipts from July 11 loan and annual property assessments and sums from sabraamensa payments, totaling 29 906 23 with cash in treasury year end 1895 1 616 94. Disbursements cover redemption of improvement bonds and interest, loan interest, leaving total past due loans and interest 1 102 48. The improvement fund is a trust between property holders and bond holders, raising concerns of potential deficiencies if delinquencies occur. It notes total outstanding improvement bonds at year end 1895 122 883 45 bearing 6 percent interest payable semi annually, not part of the public debt. The report is sworn by James H. Simonson City Comptroller and notarized by John F. Rodabaugh on February 10, 1836.
Magnesia tea cakes remove grease from cloth by moistening, rubbing, then drying and brushing off the magnesia. Paris serves small dry cakes with tea and a napkin. coffee draws napkins. Violet decorations dominate decor, with a violet patterned linen teacloth, violet china, and real violets as ornaments. The Louis Quinze bodice predicts a shift in mode toward new ball gowns, balloon sleeves evolve, and a rose and white glace silk ball gown for a young girl features a decolletage, guipure border, puffed sleeves, and a large ribbon bow.
In Parliament, George N. Curzon says Britain occupied Trinidad in 1781 and left in 1782 at Portugal comfort. The government proposes arbitration as the best method to settle the island dispute with Brazil. Also reports sensational elopement and double divorce involving William Shannon and Mary Jane Cosgrove Colgrove in Pana Illinois.
Washington dispatch notes a divided government as the house rejects the senate silver amendment to the bond bill. It highlights Senator Warren of Wyoming, Mr. Towne of Duluth, and Governor Dingley while recounting farm livestock trends and calls for copies of Warren’s speech. Barrett visits Annapolis and proposes moving the naval academy to New York.
Eight thousand copies of sheet music to be given away with purchases of 81. worth of goods at the music store located on Karn Avenue East Columbia Street. Each buyer receives one copy.
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