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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1895
Page
4
Huntington brief items report administrators and executors named for estates, a court trial in progress, church and Y M C A events, social visits, railway and plane travel plans, and a stamp station opening. Various residents attend, depart, or host gatherings as community life continues.
June 15 Anderson reports that a gang terrorizing Scatterfield Madison county for four years is being targeted by law enforcement. Albert Stinson Morris Stevens on, William Stinson, and William Davis surrender as Sheriff Starr Chief Coburn Detective Moore and Patrol Pritchard surround homes. The force expects further arrests as investigations continue.
A dynamite infernal machine mailed from Cincinnati was sent to Visher's Switch north of Indianapolis. The device contained enough explosive to blow up a steamboat but the postmaster did not open the box at the marked end and the fuse remained unlit. Authorities identify a suspect in Cincinnati.
Mahlon Williamson, a resident twelve miles southeast of Monument City, is at the point of death from a severe head hemorrhage after a blood vessel ruptured last Saturday. Doctors tried to control the bleeding, but it resumed and they have given up hope.
June 15 report from Evansville states Patoka fire was less severe than first feared. Parrott Bros. sawmill destroyed with estimated loss of 4000 dollars. Evansville fire department arrived but was not needed as the blaze remained under control.
Indiana attorneys argue that neither the governor nor the secretary of state can bind the law’s validity and that the formality of attestation by the secretary of state offers no real effect. Courts will decide if the act is truly law as the dispute continues.
INDIANAPOLIS June 15 The supreme court adjourns for the summer without ruling on the second section of racing laws affecting Roby. A special session is expected within a month to decide the case.
A compact roundup highlights notable sports events and occasions across disciplines. It surveys upcoming matches, recent results, player standings, and venues, with emphasis on readers’ favorite teams and athletes.
Boston leads the circuit with Nichols, Stivetts and Dolan pitching winning ball. The pennant race tightens among Boston Washington Cleveland Baltimore and Pittsburgh as eastern trip results shift standings amid notes on players and upcoming races at Hawthorne and Harlem.
Denver notes report Hal Pointer winning in two straight in yesterdays crosstown races with a new 2:10 second heat and a 2:06 final quarter by Robert J. Judges credited Roberts J with the fastest pacing for the time of year. New York coverage highlights Mascott’s two exhibition miles at Fleetwood with a 2:07 mile and 2:74 mile, plus Salute and Allentown competing in the 2:27 and 2:20 lists amid a busy early season slate.
K G Dun & Co reports uniform nationwide improvement in business with higher bank clearings and rising wages. Iron and cotton sectors advance as pig iron output edges up. prices rise 3.7 percent this month. May furnace stoppages reduce stocks. failures rise slightly to 241 in the US. Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses government injunction on rail line expansion through Kickapoo reservation. Sports and social notes mention bike riders suspended for Sunday runs and local dining offerings at the World's Fair Sample Room.
A dense list of attendees and locations appears for Friday and Saturday events, naming numerous individuals and cities from Cleveland Philadelphia Detroit St Louis Syracuse and others. The fragment also notes a cleaning service advert and a cigar claim for The Panrrarium at 16 Arc nde.
Saturday afternoon and evening offering a free lunch and genuine turtle soup at the Clifton Temple Rooms corner Superior and Harrison streets. J. F. O'Donnell proprietor. Also advertising Ruby cigars for sale.
Corrected daily by S. Bush & Co. lists prices for wheat at 85 cents a bushel oats 35 cents corn 50 cents rye 60 cents barley 50 cents butter 12 cents eggs 12 cents beeswax 25 cents per pound oil meal 1.25 dollars per hundredweight potatoes 60 cents per bushel feathers live geese 4 cents, rags 50 cents per hundredweight hides green 1 etc.
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