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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1896
Page
3
A Fort Wayne dispute over 32000 in the city treasury focuses on nonallocated funds for the year. Voters face two clear issues the 3 cent car fare and municipal electric lighting, with critics accusing the Journal of backing corporate interests while urging public ownership and savings from a funded surplus.
Washington moves焦 as Treasury fears subsequent bond payments will pull gold from government holdings. A New York subtreasury scene showed gold moved from one pocket to another to back bonds. Fashionable Washington society, Lent approaching, signals seasonal economic impact and cab calling nuisances amid political bustle.
A Philadelphia Press note recounts Alex Campbell and convict Maliie Maguirés confined in a jail cell. Maguirés allegedly claimed innocence before execution, leaving a visible handprint on the cell wall that persists after 19 years. The cell is famed for the haunting mark and the fear it inspires among inmates.
The Central Lumber company of California forms a coast wide trust with over 70 million in capital and includes all mills shipowners and dealers from the western United States and British Columbia. It regulates charters freight prices and lumber allocation and has ordered a $2 per thousand price increase for lumber. The coast product last year was about 600 million feet and the move is expected to boost mill owners’ profits by over 1 million next year. The trust claims prior production sold at cost while foreign and coastwise dealers took excess profits.
A collage of old items notes Parson Arney of Otsego Michigan using show bills and odd scripture puzzles to attract revival crowds. It cites the Parson’s kinship to a controversial preacher and hints at sensational revival tactics. Also mentioned are ship safety myths about captains wives and Edison era vacuum lighting advances. Deacon Richard Smith of Cincinnati faces possible blindness from cataracts.
The piece notes favored flowers in millinery such as red and crimson roses with foliage, violet and snowdrop tones, and black velvet hats with double bows of black and white satin. Fur toques, embroidered hairy cloth ensembles, and white lace accents appear, with styles suited to skating and bold color pairings like emerald greens with blues and black and white.
The Home Telephone Company with Fort Wayne shareholders has contracts for over 700 telephones and invites you to see a solicitor or officer before binding. Rates are 40 percent lower than the old company and each subscriber has an individual wire.
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