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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1896
Page
4
A brief dialogue shows Mr C and a woman discussing their ages. He recalls meeting at 25 and notes he is now 40 while she reportedly has not yet reached 30. The exchange hints at shifting timelines and personal states.
Washington reports the opening of the new Congress with discussions on large fiscal plans and a projected 506,000,000 total for the current session. Speaker Reed and Cannon emphasize restraint while Sayers of Texas criticizes the sundry civil bill as a false pretense. The inquiry into bond issues and railroad cases promises further financial debate amid routine legislative business.
In WasvingTon on March 4 Justice Brown delivered the opinion of the supreme court in two cases. Thomas Pearsall v. the Great Northern Railway Company. and Louisville and No Railway Company v. the Commonwealth. The decision sets significant precedent in railroad liability and state claims.
In Scottsburg Indiana the Scott County fair ground stockholders split the land into twelve lots after dissolving the association. One man drew the “fish pond” and will not sign his deed, preventing Frank H. Park from obtaining clear title as the trust’s deed requires all stockholders and wives signatures. The dispute arose while he was absent during the draw.
In Indianapolis March 41 the Sixth district Republican primary heads to Henry county where 36 votes decide the nominee Johnson has spoken 14 times in Henry while Watson has 12. Voter excitement has split families and neighbors yet each candidate claims likely victory before Congress duties resume.
Albany residents discuss the death of 82 year old Lewis Levelle who fell ill with malaria, improved briefly, then died amid delirium and undiagnosed symptoms. He had predicted his death in a dream and claimed never to feel pain except when delirious. Doctors could not determine a cause.
In Etna Green Samuel Griffith’s livery barn burned, destroying three fine horses, carriages, hay and grain. The blaze followed two prior attempts. crowd tensions rose as people urged punishment of a suspected arsonist amid the flames. The incident comes as local concerns mix with a wider report of wheat damage from freezing and thawing.
Summaries of brief reports from Martinsville Ford Frankfort Anderson Brownstown Goshen and surrounding areas. Includes Donald Bain death at 88 on a farm near Martinsville and marriage anniversary of L H Noble in Goshen. Reports also note high school student rivalries in Frankfort and a postmaster candidacy in Anderson with George Whiselock listed.
Advertisements in the Evening Post column offer personal and household help with rates. WANTED A housekeeper by a man and wife with no children. WANTED A Position as housekeeper by a widow with one child. WANTED A young man educated and able to seek employment with references. WANTED Situation as hotel cook. oyster and dinner cook, call 205 Calhoun Street. G C
Obituaries list George Foerster seventy seven? and August Schoen sixty four and Samuel Parkison sixty four in New Orleans Peoria and Muncie. An earthquake shakes Rawlins Wyoming. Cambridge invites Bishop Potter as May 1897 select preacher. Two Icelandic volcanoes advertised for sale in Copenhagen at about 250v. Afghan Amir sends Queen Victoria gifts valued at £120000. Lenbach paints Pope then orders portrait of Bismarck. Eyes of white and colored Washington school children show blacks less shortsighted. Louise Howell, a Dixon Illinois teacher, escapes Wauwatosa sanitarium and drowns in Menominee river.
New York shows money on call at 3 percent with varied rates for mercantile paper and sterling, while government bonds hold firm. Board of Trade quotes move through wheat corn oats and oats amid futures shifts. Chicago live stock prices at Union Stock Yards reflect sizable cattle hog and lamb receipts and assorted price ranges.
Omaha March 31 Charles E Clark longtime printer in Omaha has been appointed superintendent of the Childs-Drexel Printers home at Colorado Springs Cal. He will succeed Schuman who has faced charges of incompetency. Appointment made by the home management committees. Death of Miss Jennie Duty noted in Cleveland.
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