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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1895
Page
3
The seventh Interstate Commerce Commission report covers 1894 rail traffic and capitalization. It notes four months of Columbian Exposition excess, widespread business decline, and many railroads in receivership. mileage rose modestly while consolidations surged and employes fell amid cost-cutting.
The annual railway report shows 619,688,199 passengers carried an increase of 26,127,087 from last year due to world fair travel while freight traffic fell by 106,992,929 tons. Net earnings reached 51,947,475 with dividends of 95,675,076 and a year deficit of 746,914,044. passenger revenue 285,344,058 and freight revenue 699,490,913. Railway casualties declined with 1,843 workers killed and 24,422 injured, reflecting lower employment and business volume as well as greater use of automatic equipment. Recommends annual reports from related carriers and freight-by-commodity reporting.
The dispute between Tureman Espey and government printing office book binders ended amicably and a strike was avoided. Also updates note Representative Hitt's recovery, Gail Hamilton a.k.a. Mary A. Dodge to Massachusetts, and health improvements at press time amid Treasury revenue reports showing little June growth.
Washington officials move to block filibustering against Cuba by sending two revenue cutters to cruise the Carolina and Florida coasts. They also request two navy steam launches for use in southern harbors.
Special Agent Ethelbert Stewart of the U S Labor Department says Wisconsin mills use child labor in bottling works and cotton mills and describe Oshkosh and Milwaukee factories as filthy and immoral He calls out eleven hour days and unsafe ventilation but Milwaukee brewers deny the charges and defend practices as lawful.
General Coxey of the Commonweal, returning to Massillon, learns his daughter Mamie 19 has wed Carl Browne 45 in a quiet civil ceremony. Browne, once Coxey’s aide, plans to reveal the union on July Fourth but the news leaks. Coxey says he sees no trouble, invites her home if she reconsiders, and urges Browne to provide a home and support.
The standings show Boston moving ahead of Pittsburg to lead, Baltimore in second, Chicago slipping to fifth with Cleveland above, and Cincinnati just below. Latest scores include St Louis 0 Baltimore 5 and Chicago 9 Washington 8, among others. In Nebraska, indignant taxpayers threaten to seize the attorney general after a costly Barrett Beott murder case trial.
Near St Francis Kansas a farmer, after marrying a new wife, opened fire on bystanders and harmed his wife and Swanson family before fatally shooting his two children with a hatchet and killing himself. William Smith was wounded, while Miss Smith survived. The sheriff found the scene with the parents dead and the boy dying.
In En, Kansas, farmer Peterson found dead in his barn manger buried under hay and blankets after a week of absence. Neighbors report a struggle, money missing, and no murderer identified. In Hannibal Missouri, Mrs. Todd killed her daughter Hester Bethel in jealousy, firing three shots with a revolver. Todd, divorced thrice, is described as mani этой. In Louisville Arthur Gourdin fatally wounded Thomas Murphy and killed Murphy’s wife over alleged infidelity.
Captain Woodson, acting Indian agent for the Cheyennes and Arapahoes at Darlington, D T, issues an order urging adoption of civil marriage rites while Indians from distant areas arrive for marriages, creating a spectacle of young and old participants.
W W Taylor ex-treasurer of South Dakota and his wife and daughter spent Friday night at the Palmer House Chicago. he will surrender in Pierre to repay stolen state funds. He told a reporter he expects to pay every dollar in time.
Samuel M. Alton alias Adler, about 69, was arrested in Milwaukee on suspicion of counterfeiting. Police found a copy of the Alabama state seal and numerous legal documents and blank certificates in his room suggesting illicit activity. A separate dispatch from New York notes a Irish American Military Union convention calling for armed struggle for independence. In Springfield Massachusetts, Assistant Attorney General Newell voiced that naturalized aliens may be taxed similarly to other residents.
A reader disputes San Diego area lion reports after Silas Gaskill describes a guard, his dogs, and a fat male mountain lion killed at night. The animal allegedly killed 15 Angora goats valued up to 250 dollars each and measured about eight feet eleven and a half inches.
Six uniformed officers burst into a Market Street hat store while newsboys and passersby press into the doorway. A growing crowd hollers mob rules as riders halt streetcars and a patrol wagon arrives to quell the chaotic scene. Riley is buying a helmet, prompting the officers to assist.
Walter Graves of Monte Vista Colorado describes a pumping station built on an Indian reservation in Arizona Territory. A sudden spring freshet shifted the river overnight, leaving the station high and dry on the sandy plain. The project cost several thousand dollars and aimed to irrigate lands and benefit the local Indians.
Mrs. Frank St. Clair Grimwood, famed for earlier heroism, married Metler in Carshalton England. Her Manipur defense followed the murder of her husband during a truce negotiation as 450 colonists faced 8,000 attackers. She commanded, steadied troops, and inspired courage through ten days of siege, earning the Victorian Wreath.
In Atlanta the paper notes watermelons arriving and a need for a sharp knife as summer intensifies. It recalls a past hot wave and mentions subscriptions for Georgia cucumbers, doctors on time, and a lack of lynching in six days. Relatives plan to attend the exposition, while guests are ready to sleep on the floor.
The opening of the Kickapoo reservation drew 15 000 claim seekers for 550 parcels of 160 acres each. Women led the rush in many cases with Miss Jessie Small of Valley View Texas winning a prime position, while Mrs. Beall and Lizzie Anderson also claimed prominent roles and land. A newspaper woman Miss Mary Abarr reported ahead for the Topeka Capital as others filed.
The Lake Erie & Western R R announces an August 8 1895 excursion to Cleveland Chautauqua Lake Buffalo and Niagara Falls with low rates from many cities. Optional side trips include Lewiston on the Lake and a Toronto return, plus free Brockton Junction to Chautauqua Lake travel. Tickets valid through August 18 1895 with lodging and special car accommodations offered.
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