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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1895
Page
3
June 29 Omaha sees a cross party push for businesslike city government. The heat over alleged municipal corruption grows as the city treasurer Bolin resigns amid missing funds and council resistance to depose him. A 1000-signatory proclamation calls for a nonpartisan reform movement with broad civic backing.
The Illinois Central Railroad sues the city of Chicago for 100000 in damages over freight car injuries and delays blamed on last year’s American Railway union strike. The action is part of a broader line of lawsuits by railroads. In Pueblo Colorado a man was killed by lightning while workers were wiring a new electric light line.
Denver police guard eight aldermen as anger mounts over a 15 percent water rate reduction approved by the council. Libel suits for 5000 dollars are filed by Supervisors Phinter Buckton and Aldermen Young Fidel and Hingley against Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Republican over coverage of the rate dispute.
Yale defeated Harvard by nine lengths in the university boat race at New London Connecticut. Official time 21:33 with Yale leading from mile one. Harvard members exhausted late. Yale crew kept strong stroke for a quarter mile beyond finish.
An escaped rebel reveals details of the final engagement at Santa Ana Rio Grande do Sul Brazil where Admiral Da Gama led 406 rebels against 1200 government troops. After repelling five cavalry charges he ordered a retreat and killed himself as defeat became certain. His body was mutilated by government soldiers.
Both houses have approved an adjournment to July 9 and recessed until then. Bills introduced include arbitration of labor disputes, a revenue bill eliminating state aid of equalization, regulation of charges for keeping cattle, and a tax on all butter. Majority and minority reports were filed, and printing orders issued.
Marshal Nix of Oklahoma reports a major catch in Ohio. Dr W H Rister of Cleveland and E Reace of Troy were arrested under warrants from indictments for counterfeiting and sending counterfeit goods and moulds.
The Jeffersonville and Louisville bridges finished after a long build begun in 1888. Total cost 1,276,000 plus 125,000 city purchases and 700,000 in Louisville. A 1890 caisson disaster drowned sixteen workers. 35 of 125 employed escaped. Bridge length 10,260 feet with 5,700 foot Jeffersonville approach and 2,544 feet river spans.
A Bolton boy on the Cox murder trial testified that Frank Toler, chief of police, was at his mother’s house in Eilwood the night Witt Foust was killed and helped dispose of the body. He said Toler and Foust arrived together and carried the body to the railway. Prosecutor Scanlon said Toler would be arrested, though he remains on the Norwood force.
Labor leaders in Indianapolis issue a call for a grand rally at Mozart hall this Sunday under the Central Labor union and Federation of Labor to denounce the imprisonment of RE V Debs and his associates.
Fifteen workhouse prisoners strike for more grub claiming Sheriff Sherry withholds food. Ringleaders segregated in the dungeon as they face bread and water rations. In Jeffersonville a dying prisoner admits to a double murder blamed on spiritualist influences and divine commission planned two years ago.
In Greenfield on June 29 a conflict over a private Thayer sewer erupted as H Rottman and a contractor brought workers to begin excavation with city permission. Thayers objected and a melee followed with guns drawn. several men were injured and the matter goes to court.
A major blaze in Otterbein nearly destroyed the town center. It began in the Lake Erie and Western elevator, destroying the grain and spreading to the station and a line of freight cars, with nineteen cars burned. Losses run into thousands.
Indianapolis June 29 Thomas Taggart declares his mayoral platform for the Democracy as law and order. He pledges to enforce laws in letter and spirit, and says any objections from the people would require changing the laws.
The American tin plate factory, the first successfully operated plant of its kind in the United States, is being enlarged for the fourth time. It began as a four mile plant in 1832 and has grown steadily. It is now a ten mill plant with six more mills to be added.
In June in Jeffersonville three riding boys struck Irena James Julia Black and Mary Cravens as they returned from school. All four fell with three injured girls seriously hurt two of whom are expected to die as a result.
Mary Smith, 50, committed suicide by hanging in a corn crib at her Bethel area home. She owned a large farm with poor crop prospects and mounting debt since her husband’s death. Weather West expos.
Lizzie Holmes reports from La Veta Colorado on a quiet industrial world where strikes fade and towns dependent on silver mining face desolation. She outlines shifting public focus to silver remonetization and cooperative colonies as paths beyond wage dependence, with debates on money, finance, and social reform shaping the era.
The American Utterance Association formed in New York seeks to cultivate elocution and enrich vocabulary as part of education. It criticizes harsh, nasal speech, especially among women, blaming parental neglect and urging teachers and parents to promote correct speech and refined language nationwide.
The Akron Oil company drilled an oil well on the Banter farm near Montpelier Indiana and it flowed 80 barrels in the first 40 minutes making the largest gusher in Indiana. John Banter owns the land and ten years ago dreamed of oil on his farm a dream once doubted now becoming reality.
A veteran column from Edgar Nye skewers dog taxes as wasteful luxury while praising climate in the mountains. He vents about dogs harming farms and roads, recounts sheep losses, lampoons a guinea farming sanitarium, and ends with rural humor on crude sanitary plumbing and mackerel tubs.
The snippet shows a humorous captioning exchange about love and happiness. A cheerful idiot discusses a simple truth, while a shoe clerk asks about a guarantee for a hair wash. The gag hinges on a supposed showcase and a promise of a free sixth bottle if five fail.
A decorator argues that woodwork should serve decorative harmony, not stay natural. He urges painting mahogany in ivory white when walls or furnishings demand color, asserting color outweighs material and walls dictate contrast.
The piece notes smaller sleeves and flat shoulders, light kid gloves, and prevailing white maize and lavender tones with black stitching. Watches, enamels replacing stones, capes for travel outfits, and stylish black alpaca bathing suits with wide waists are highlighted, plus costly fancy buttons. A stray quotation from Harriet and a Detroit Tribune aside conclude the excerpt.
On Thursday August 8 1895 Lake Erie and Western Rail Road runs its annual excursion to Cleveland Chautauqua Lake Buffalo Niagara Falls with low rates to Muncie Connersville Rushville New Castle Cambridge City Fremont Sandusky and intermediates. Side trips to Lewiston on the Lake and Toronto by steamboat are 25 cents to Lewiston and return by lake 1.00 to Toronto and return by lake 5.00 to Thousand Islands slight reductions apply. Free return from Brockton Junction to Chautauqua Lake. Tickets including access to Niagara Falls attractions offered on train at reduced prices. Train arrives Niagara Falls 7 10 pm Friday August 9 1895 leaves Sunday morning August 11 for Cleveland, with Garfield monument visits. Tickets valid on regular trains to Aug 18 1895. Secure your tickets and early chair and sleeping accommodations.
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