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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1905
Page
1
Reports from St Petersburg on June 23 describe a rumor that General Kuropatkin was killed on the Manchurian battlefield. No confirmation has arrived from the general staff or press dispatches. General Linevitch notes continued Japanese advance with Russian outposts retiring under pressure.
Stockholm June 27. Both houses of the Riksdag elected special committees to handle the government aimed at a settlement with Norway. The senate panel had nine anti government, three pro government members. the house committee had five progovernment, five anti government and two independents. Fiery speeches condemned the Norwegian storting and criticized the cabinet, but most speakers signaled that a peaceful solution was highly likely.
Evidence of consolidation grows as Charles Simont, secretary and treasurer of the R. S. S. & FE, is named general manager of the Indianapolis & Eastern and likely of both firms. The move follows ties between the Indianapolis & Eastern and the Richmond Street and Interurban Traction enterprises.
The foreign office confirms Russia accepts the first ten days in August for the plenipotentiaries meeting. exact date to depend on when Japanese representatives arrive in Washington.
The National Editorial Association delegates, over 300 strong including the Oklahoma Press Association, visited Portland after adjourning in Guthrie Oklahoma. They were hosted by the exposition press bureau manager and heard speakers such as Governor Ferguson and Col Dosch.
A secret meeting of 200 socialists in a forest near Sequerz, Lodz, was raided by Cossacks at noon. Eighteen socialists were wounded and 180 arrested as troops fired into the crowd. Wounded were moved to Lodz hospitals. detainees sent to Lenzyca prison twenty miles away. Also at Widzeno depot a drunken officer ordered Cossacks to fire on a train, wounding one woman.
Reports from St Petersburg to Odessa describe widespread unrest in Russia with strikes and clashes between workers and Cossacks. Casualty tallies vary with initial reports of two killed and later estimates up to five hundred in Lodz. Officials fear the revolt could spread to Moscow and St Petersburg as insurgent activity and arming of workers increase.
The evening limited No. 2 on the Pennsylvania railroad wrecked at Lima Ohio near midnight. Yard conductor E M Hastling of Fort Wayne and electrician Fr Beltz of the wrecked train were the sole injured. Beltz slightly hurt while Hastling, who had his right leg crushed, faced possible amputation. Engineers Eldred and Whittern survived uninjured. The crash occurred near an oil refinery on a sharp curve, sending fifteen freight cars off and derailing both tracks. Crews from Fort Wayne Crestline and local shops worked through the night to clear the line.
A Lima Ohio report from June 27 states an east bound Pennsylvania limited passenger train at not more than twenty five miles per hour crashed into a switch engine and six freight cars loaded with timber. The passenger train remained on track. few passengers were shaken but not seriously hurt. Yardmaster Andrick lost a leg in the collision. Tracks are blocked and the limited cannot proceed for hours. The incident involved the regular Pennsylvania limited not the New York to Chicago special.
John F. Wallace chief engineer of the Panama Canal and commission member resigns to take a $60,000 position with a New York corporation. He cites a delicate position as reason and points to Secretary Taft. Conflicting versions emerge about the resignation amid disagreements among canal officials and Taft and Roosevelt.
London reports Lloyds sets five percent steamship war risk rate for six months between Germany and France. Paris notes Germany tells Rouvier no prearranged conference, insists Morocco to be settled by powers’ conference. ministers to decide next Friday. tone remains amicable, no concedes.
Boston June 27 Henry W Comstock mine operator who reported being robbed of 120900 in securities from a Fall River boat was held for the grand jury on larceny of two $1000 bonds. Bail fixed at 45000 he declined bondsmen and was committed to jail. Comstocks complainant is Mrs Cora Frothingham of Atlantic Massachusetts.
Columbus June 27 The Ohio supreme court dismisses the quo warranto pension case brought by ex rel William T. Gunn against Peter Witt of Cleveland. The decision means Witt, a trusted aide of Tom Johnson, will continue to hold his Cleveland office until January 1, affecting tenure for every city clerk in the state.
The report shows John M. Pattison of Clermont county still leading the Democratic governor nomination race as delegates gather in Columbus. Campaign managers push to limit Pattison on the first ballot while district votes and committee assignments shape strategy ahead of the state convention.
The Indiana Railroad Commission in Indianapolis announces a dispute with railroads over whether carriers may levy charges for passenger transportation. A test suit will be filed soon against one railroad, aiming to settle the matter. the commission expects victories against other carriers in the state.
George Lorenz, from Toledo, was found guilty in a decade-old conspiracy to detain letters and sold boxes. He faced a two year term plus a $14,000 fine. August W. Ma Chen and the Groff brothers received similar sentences, starting months earlier.
Detroit June 27 delegates at the triennial convention of the Evangelical German Lutheran synod of Missouri Ohio and other states rejected a proposed amendment allowing English to be spoken in the synodical convention where German is required. Debate followed on admitting English speaking congregations and pastors. action deferred pending committee report on relations with the English Evangelical Lutheran synod.
Sheriff Herpel led a deputy force at Delmar racetrack announcing arrests for any betting. The races ran with no bets and the betting ring deserted. Charles Cella Max Gumperts Minton Parker and Frank L Williams were arraigned on anti betting charges and bound over to the grand jury in 12000 dollars each. George Ehrlich’s case was continued to July 1.
Berlin dated June 27. Official dispatches from German South Africa say Major Von Kemptz and his Morenga led insurgent band were defeated after a fourteen hour fight near the Cane Colony along the Karib river. German Erckerti divisions with cannon moved in and captured the native position. German losses were fifteen killed, twenty wounded, and three missing. Major Von Kemptz was wounded.
Six carrier pigeons forming a relay between St Louis and Boston arrived in Louisville at 6 this morning for Cincinnati carrying a message from Major Wells of St Louis to Mayor Collins of Boston. The birds lost about twelve hours between St Louis and Louisville due to bad weather, the last arriving this morning. From Cincinnati the route continues via Columbus and Cleveland.
Elkhart June 27 report. Congressman Brick will likely back Dr. Charles Eisenbeiss for postmaster. He is brother of Dr. Eisenbeiss of Indianapolis.
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