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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1896
Page
3
Increasing clouds cover Indiana and a warmer night is expected. By Thursday a mix of rain or snow may occur with a rise in temperatures ahead of the unsettled pattern.
Grace Woodward returns from the east as Emma Ryan of Muncie visits the Spellman home. The Y M C A Ladies Auxiliary meets at association parlors. A K Hurst leaves for New York to shop spring stock. The Golden Fleece meets at Harmony lodge Thursday at 7:30. O N Heaton buys eight lots and a home for 1700 via Everett and Doud. Woman's Reading Club names officers F P Hayden E T Williams and Miss Tracy Guild. Current Topic Club discusses Foreign Affairs and Experimental Science. Soldiers memorial services assigned to the Sons of Veterans. Committee: T W Blair chair W F Geller treasurer Ed Close secretary Crouse. Tailor A F Seneca offers custom suits at 413 West Main Street. Chicago switching charges case: Illinois railroad and warehouse commission vs Chicago and Alton Rail Road Co. Judge Creighton rules for the railroad as 1873 rate laws not violated. case to supreme court.
The Chicago Chronicle notes verification of a Norse explorer reaching the North Pole aligning with centuries of Arctic attempts. It catalogs key latitudes and explorers from 1266 to Peary in 1898, then shifts to Des Moines Iowa politics with bills on prohibition, schools, and a Cuban resolutions commendation.
Four masked men forced entry to John P. Jones's house seventeen miles west. They bound and gagged the couple while ransacking the home and stealing 500 and valuables. The woman was found seriously injured the next morning.
Since 16 has been proved beyond doubt that the body found near the Chicago Beach hotel is not Gottlieb Able authorities face renewed difficulties. No new leads or crews have been added while many relatives visit the morgue along Lake avenue hoping for identification as attempts remain futile.
Pittssure March 4 a sensation in political circles over C L Magee a noted Republican leader here announcing his candidacy for the state senate from the Forty third district Magee has only held city treasurer a single prior office and that long ago in his political career
Washington reports outline administration stance against recognizing Cuban insurgent belligerency or independence. It argues statehood arises from control and governance, not symbolic declarations, and notes ongoing congressional discussions on substitute resolutions and policy options.
The letter from Dupuy de Lome questions the accuracy of Morgan's Cuban casualty figures cited from the American Encyclopedia. Antonio Bachiller Morales is named as the article’s author, with disputed attribution to a U S minister in Madrid. De Lome questions the existence of certain ministers and officials cited and seeks verification from Secretary Olney. Separately a Havana dispatch contests Senator Sherman's Weyler claim. Gorman moves to reconsider a navy enlistment bill, aiming to trim the authority timing.
The steamship Bermuda, seized in New York bay while preparing to sail for Cuba with men and arms for insurrection, has been ordered released by federal authorities in Washington. The decision cites law and court rulings preventing seizure and confiscation. The government did not intend to detain the vessel longer than necessary.
The Illinois state board of arbitration reports it cannot settle the clash between striking clothing cutters and manufacturers as both sides fail to agree to arbitrate. Cutters favor arbitration while manufacturers refuse, prompting warrants for fifteen union cutters over alleged boycott and blacklisting schemes against Daniel Roth.
In Riverside hospital ward a refined young woman lies unconscious with a severe head wound and a bloodstained buggy nearby. The initials KE A are on her clothing and a man seen with her earlier cannot be found as the mystery deepens. The story links her to Stevens Point with the man now sought as a possible slayer.
U S Attorney Fullen files three land grant suits against the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and the Burlington and Missouri River railroads plus about 1000 private parties in Illinois districts Montgomery Mills and Adams counties. About 35000 acres and town sites are implicated under 19th century land grant remedial acts. In Minnesota, US District Attorney Stringer seeds a dozen suits affecting 200000 acres and the town of Litchfield with 1,000 defendants. A San Francisco storm alarms fruit growers with rare snow. A Loynton arbitration demonstration advocates arbitration between the United States and Great Britain with memorials to Salisbury and President Cleveland.
Wanted a position in any honorable employment. Address W. B. at 10 Savannah street. For rent a dwelling at 154 Greely street near Hoffman's Mill with 8 rooms, hard and soft water, natural gas. Rent cheap. Apply at once to L. C. Hull, 90 Calhoun street.
Foster Furniture Co offers exclusive Fort Wayne sale of two leading carriage lines with the largest assortment and lowest prices. They guarantee at least 25 percent savings versus competitors and advertise the best patent springs parasols brakes and rubber tires on the carriages.
A local land company promotes a monthly payment plan to buy a lot in Lakeside. Five dollars down and five dollars a month will secure a lot. contact Mr. Howey, secretary, in Pixley Block Room 7 to discuss securing funds and building a home.
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