Indiana Weather: Partly Cloudy Tonight and Wednesday
Indiana forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday with a slight warming trend on Wednesday.
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1896
Page
4
Indiana forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday with a slight warming trend on Wednesday.
The condensed locals report residents and visitors around Indiana and nearby states. Theodore Theime is in Boston while George W. Louttit stays in Wheeling. Treutman travels to Chicago and Metzgar was in Lafayette yesterday. Deputy Comptroller Evans is gravely ill with the grip. Vic Stone leaves for Ohio, and Ed Ross from Montpelier, Indiana, was in the city yesterday. Mr and Mrs 8. C. Lumbard return from New York City. Mrs Thomas Marshall of Columbia City registered at Wayne yesterday. Mrs Cary Andrews and son Rex travel to Dunkirk Ohio to visit her mother. Dr DeVilbiss of Cleveland visits the city. Peter Kling moved to the county infirmary insane ward. Mrs Ryan of Muncie, formerly Mrs M L Jones, will host the Wednesday club at New Avenue. George Montgomery and wife return from a visit to Blunt on Old home in Blunton Ohio. Doctors Porter and Von Sweringen depart for South Bend to attend St Joe County Medical Society meeting and present papers. Fred Beach resigns from Morgan Co and will join Macintosh Huntington Co traveling Northern Indiana. The Sons of the American Revolution plan a grand reception and banquet in Fort Wayne on Tue Feb 25 for the state meeting.
A new market opened today at 140 Calhoun Street offering fish, game, and poultry. Operated by WG Jackson at 273, with telephone access by calling 314. Edmunds & Law advertise telephones and the Fort Wayne Evening Post subscription.
Chicago contractors begin a 11 580 foot tunnel through Pike’s Peak to divert Beaver Creek water into Bear Creek to secure future supplies for Colorado Springs. The 5 by 7 foot Gothic roofed tunnel runs through a mile and a quarter of granite and will drop 500 feet to Bear Creek canyon before entering Beaver Creek.
George Harris a Dakota county Neb. farmer has applied to the overseer of the poor at Sioux City Iowa for a good healthy woman from among county charges to be his wife. Harris a widower with three children says he is tired of depending on a hired housekeeper and does not care to choose a wife himself.
If Miss Cramer a professional nurse is disengaged, please call as early as possible at No. 248 East Wayne street ht. G. Tompson.
Prices for curcaco and corn at the Chicago market show January closes and May openings with varying percentages. Oats soy and barley quotes appear with January closes and May openings, including Parx, Larp, and Stanz Riss figures. Market furnished by Gordon & Co. margin brokers, White Bank Block.
Chicago meetings of eastern committee of the western passenger association discuss abolishing party rates. Commander-in-Chief Walker of the Grand Army travels from Indianapolis to negotiate rate changes for the St Paul encampment amid possible location shifts. Other railroad items note personnel, earnings, and equipment updates across lines including Panhandle and Big Four reports.
Attention shopmen. Until March 1 you can buy a tailor made suit for $15 with first class viz and workmanship. Cheap for cash. Open every evening until 8. A. F. Scuoen, Tailor, 414 West Main Street. For Barn that Fresh Cows call.
Mrs. John Davis of Scranton Pennsylvania reported a remarkable incident after a severe bout of vomiting when a seven inch living fish was expelled from her stomach. The 86 year old widow had drank contaminated water years earlier, been sick for ten years, and improved after the event with a hopeful recovery. The fish, now cream colored, will be preserved in alcohol.
David Hammell of Hardwick township New Jersey after 30 years away returns home following the election of Republican John W Griggs as governor in 1885. He had sworn never to return while a Republican held office and lived in a woods hut surviving on acorns. His family sought reconciliation but he remained silent until Griggs victory.
Governor Rich pardoned M. J. Bronkhurst a Detroit assault and robbery convict on condition he depart the United States. The 18 year old Englishman must be escorted to New York by a British consul representative and shipped to England never to return.
The verse, attributed as Dumas final poem in a free render, addresses singer Sigrid Arnoldson. A sorrowful angel guards Eden and paradise gates while memories from happier days comfort the speaker. The narrator longs for joy and praise when the beloved’s voice arises.
A respected Washington society figure described as charming and charitable, yet compared to Mrs Malaprop for humor. The article recalls a recent visit from a young woman seeking alms, noting some suggestion about the young woman’s integrity.
Washington Jan. 28 the house adopted the senate resolution urging signatory powers to enforce reforms for Armenian Christians in Turkey and pledging congressional support to the president for protecting American citizens. Hepburn urged passports for the Turkish minister and severing relations, but was defeated. Hitt counseled restraint.
In a dramatic House session Hepburn and Hitt clash over reactions to Armenian massacres in Turkey. Hepburn urges strong action and warns that treaties protect Americans in danger while criticizing England's indifference. Hardy denounces inaction amid cries of outrage. The exchange underscores diplomatic tensions and calls for a decisive stand.
A Georgia speaker argued against enforcing the Berlin treaty and entering a joint naval action. He warned of Christian clamor against Turkey and defended U S restraint while praising the American minister's protection of property. The Senate passed foreign policy resolutions 143 to 26.
Dispatches from Vienna and Sebastopol claim Russia plans to partition Turkey with Armenia and Constantinople for Russia, Syria and Palestine for France, and Egypt and Persian Gulf shores for England, with a volunteer fleet being prepped at Sebastopol. Reports from Constantinople mention rumors of Russian occupation of Armenia. Two Armenian immigrants on Ellis Island recount Turkish atrocities and deportation threats. A separate item notes Redfield College, South Dakota, destroyed by fire with $80,000 loss and rebuild planned.
The Spanish minister reports to the state department that on Friday night the steamer J. W. Hawkins departed New York carrying 150 men arms and stores under Calixto Garcia with plans to acquire more at Palm Beach or elsewhere. Arms at Cedar Keys are ready to be shipped to join the voyage and the Commodore at Wilmington remains in port to assist. The treasury secretary has directed customs collectors along the South Atlantic to coordinate with federal prosecutors to prevent violations of international law.
Violent clash between residents in Reaulis town leaves two men dead and a girl among wounded after a prolonged dispute escalated into gunfire. Police report a chaotic scene as responders rushed victims to area hospitals. Investigators search for motive and additional witnesses.
Read ing coal train fireman Barney Long of Schuylkill Haven fought the engineer W H White aboard the moving locomotive after liquor intoxication. The clash on the footboard near Monocacy and Birdsboro left Long severely injured and the engine derailed but no fatalities reported.
Nine year old Bruny Hammond writes to President Cleveland urging the release of his uncle John Hayes Hammond, imprisoned in Pretoria. He appeals kindly yet urgently, noting his uncle’s good character and the danger if kept jailed. The boy signs as the son of Visalia county clerk W. H. Hammond.
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