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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1895
Page
2
The Times-Post owner pledges to keep the Fort Wayne publication in first class condition with up-to-date news, broad advertising reach, and no favoritism. The paper targets Port Wayne business patronage and stresses readiness for diverse job work while aiming for a high standard among Indiana papers.
Evansville Courier notes readers ask whether government notes are payable in gold or coin. The piece states most payments are not in gold, with only a few millions in gold mentioned.
The article argues that U S obligations are payable in gold or silver at treasury secretary discretion except where gold or silver certificates specify payments. It cites a $580 million treasury balance for debt service while criticizing premium gold payments under Carlisle as sound money. It labels critics as cranks and silver lunatics.
At the Wabash ticket office a full line of single and round trip tickets to Great Lakes ports via Toledo to Detroit is on sale. The boats are fast steel steamers. a book titled Mid-Summer Voynees details tours, costs, and times. State room reservations and tickets available. contact RK G Thompson, Passenger & Ticket Agent, by telephone.
Emma Abbott received her first ever check for singing, a $110 payment to perform at a New York festival with Sidio as accompanist. Mr. Lake helped launch her career by funding a company, housing on Sixth Avenue, and arranging special train trips to support her appearance in nearby cities.
The postmaster general recalls various schemes for sending royal mails besides locomotives. A royal engineer proposed enclosing mail in shells and firing them from stage to stage. A food bombarder might drop a shell near the mortar to reach the next stage.
An unusual claim states spider silk thread, by size, is tougher than steel. An ordinary thread supposedly bears three grains, about Sv per cent stronger than a steel thread of the same thickness.
The Free Press dispatch from Ishpeming Michigan reports the miners accepted the companies proposal to meet at the mines with representatives from the various shafts. Committees received the new wage scale and it is hoped mines will resume work by tomorrow with talks ongoing.
Ex State Senator Walter S Maxwell of Kenosha Wisconsin was found dead in his bed in Amalcon on the Northern Pacific line at age 69. Post mortem cites bursting blood vessel from a coughing spell as the cause. Mrs Baird of Monroes Missouri jailed for killing Samuel Elston a druggist over whisky supplies.
A convention of nearly 200 supposed heirs to the Irish Lord Antrim estate gathers at Haglish's hotel in Indianapolis to pursue the $75 million claim. Ex-Consul John C. New states no such estate exists in England, noting he exposed the scam and distributed cautions across America to stop being duped by con artists.
Intense surprise followed the theft of about twenty indictments and thirty three pages from the Knox courthouse record within the last three days. The box used has only two known access points obscured by a combination lock and two trusted officials knew its location. One key case involved Niza Coffin, wife of a local farmer, though most cases held no special significance. Authorities in Winaminc with Judge Birson plan a vigorous response and potential retrial if the thief is not found.
Three inmates escaped from the county jail in Jeffersonville after night access to the second floor cage. Harry Chapman of Cincinnati conspired the break aided by George Jones and William Johnson. A jail trust aid Willie Willis allegedly helped saw a hole in the cage loop, enabling the trio to reach a loft, descend via blanket rope, and flee by skylight.
In Brazil on August 19, a public statement signed by the deceased’s family declares the incident accidental and clears George A. Knight of blame after a confrontation with County Clerk Jack M. Wehrle who mistook him for a burglar.
Major C T Doxey and partners buy the Depauw Plate-Glass works at Alexandria and New Albany with 1000 workers to restart operations. In Lake: Hoy R V Hunter preaches at Ila m and a Junior Endeavor rally plus large audience in the evening. In Indianapolis: Governor Matthews referees the Broad Ripple regatta with Vesper boat from University of Pennsylvania, and local sailors win titles. Bynum shocks Democrats by taking a Republican retainer in a constitutional case. Grand Haven reports a mother and her young son drown in Spring Lake accident.
In Berlin on the twenty fifth anniversary of Gravelutse's battle a national monument foundation stone to Emperor William I was laid by his grandson Emperor William II. Dignitaries including Crown Prince Frederick William and the grand duke of Baden attended as 101 guns fired and trumpets sounded. The Kaiser praised unity and army obedience to the supreme commander while banquet speeches stressed strength and peace through force.
In Hannibal Missouri the grand jury reports an indictment for murder against Dr. Hearne and wife relating to A. J. Stillwell’s death on December 28 1833. They are jailed separately in Palmyra with no bail. The case recalls a strained history including a 1882 ax murder and a later divorce filed in 1884.
Privispre Aug 19 Allegheny City lays a large water conduit from Nige Alie island in the Allegheny River toward the city. A steam digger operates as James Lyttle of Aspinwall borough resists entry, blocks by his family on the lawn, and is buried waist deep before freeing himself. He files forty informations for trespass against the workers.
Henry M. Stanley newly elected Unionist MP for North Lambeth London received a warm sitting reception in parliament. Members cheered and shook his hand as he took his seat and showed evident pleasure at the welcome. Oklahoma leaders push ahead with a project to raise a regiment to join Cuban insurgents, seen as more serious than first thought.
Chicago August 19. Three hundred seventy eight thousand dollars have been distributed among the creditors of John Cadahy the noted speculator on the Board of Trade. It is the first payment amounting to 25 percent toward his liabilities scheduled against him.
The Shanghai correspondent reports the consular expedition to Ku Cheng may prove futile. China’s stance in triage of this serious question is likely to bring further trouble.
From August 1 to 27 the Baltimore and Ohio railroad offers one fare round trips to Mountain Lake Park Maryland in aid of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society and Mountain Chau tauqua meetings. Return tickets valid through August 29 1895. Inquiries available from any B and O ticket agent or L S Allen Assistant General Passenger Agent Chicago Illinois.
Cleveland remains at the top of the league standings with Baltimore in second, Pittsburgh slipping, and Chicago rising to fourth. The report lists games played won lost and percentages for each club and notes key results from recent matches across cities including Cincinnati Philadelphia New York and St Louis. In other notes a shooting incident in Omaha injures two players and a separate arrest in Pittsburgh involves a threats case.
Five men were killed by gas from an abandoned mine after a blast in a railway cutting near Mihaffey. Six others nearly suffocated. Reports corrected from eight dead.
Announcement for an August 19 excursion to Niagara Falls organized through the Nickel Plate road. Includes repeated notices by Timms-Post job printing office urging business for first class printing services.
A group urges restoring silver to pre 1873 coinage levels. They claim free coinage kept value stable and blame coinage limits for price declines and industry hardship. The measure aims to educate and organize political action and uses the Times-Post to convene a meeting.
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