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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1896
Page
3
A Friday evening gathering for Mr and Mrs Charles Porter of Taylor Street greeted a celebratory surprise. Mrs M J Spurrier received word of the death of Mrs T J Banks of Antwerp and plans to attend the funeral with her daughter Miss Gertrude.
Washington dispatch notes a busy Senate week with the silver substitute bill center stage and the Monroe doctrine resolution awaiting debate. Jones of Arkansas aims for a Thursday vote, but a Friday or Saturday decision is likely. Utah senators’ entry and class assignments will also unfold. The House prepares a robust foreign affairs agenda led by the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill.
The British government accepts a Behring sea commission plan to judge Canadian sealers seized before the Paris award and awaits presidential submission to congress. A free shipping bill facing opposition in the Senate committee is reported against by all members. John Tyler dies at 76. he served in treasury redemption and temperance work. Hansbrough proposes a Flag desecration bill restricting use of the U S flag or coat of arms in private advertising.
A Times dispatch from Pretoria reports that American residents have decided to telegraph Secretary of State Olney about arrests of U S citizens. They urge that grievances be redressed and that their rights be safeguarded, stating their intent to seek protection from the U S government.
Miss Grace McClammock, 16, daughter of farmer L. B. McClammock, dies after a suspected criminal operation involving Philip Hauk, 27, a Coal Creek township teacher. Mob violence threats emerge as Hauk is jailed in Covington after a post mortem confirms the death. Hauk faces related accusations from Foster Fletcher over student interactions.
In Anderson Indiana on January 27 Dr H Milton Adams of Crawfords ville refused bond and remained jailed after arrest for criminal malice slander. The dispute with Elder W R Covert centers on decoy letters and exchange of insults amid a prominent spiritualist community.
Indianapolis reports claim slanderous gossip about ex president Harrison and Mrs. Dimmick. A friend denies Mrs McKee abandoned her home, noting her cautious reaction to a possible marriage and future home duties. In Greensburg, a burglary incident ends with a child firing at a thief after he enters. The Missinewa river near Wabash carries crude oil as Indiana's oil fields reveal riverine crude transport.
In Muncie Bud Goodman admitted forging three checks total twenty five dollars whose mother's name was forged. He claims two local youths committed the crime and will testify for the state. In New Orleans a white man Mitchell is convicted of murdering a Black laborer, Mullen, in a racially charged case with a labor group funding his defense.
In a Norfolk and Western wreck near Riverton Virginia Porter Phillips was killed while Engineer Long and Fireman Propper were injured but not seriously. Other items note a Kansas Populist ill in Windom Minnesota, a man in Illinois shoots himself near Princeton, and rail, political and cultural news across the nation.
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