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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1895
Page
1
State Geologist Blatchley will investigate reports from several Indiana localities that since the earthquake gas pressure has risen and wells and streams dry for two months have filled with water. He doubts the streams are filling without rain and notes company reports show no extra gas since the quake.
Privapetrura Nov 4 Holmes the convicted murderer of Benjamin Pietzel spends a quiet day in his Moyamensing cell. He shows no outward signs of breakdown and remains confident in innocence. A double guard surrounds him until execution. Mrs Pietzel and Dessie visited Fairmount Park. Miss Yoke, Holmes third wife, plans to return to Denver to seek a divorce.
Indiana Governor Matthews, returning from Ohio, says he will not speak in Atlanta for Cuban independence. He plans to deliver the speech in Philadelphia late this month or early December after the Atlanta meeting was canceled. Cuban sympathizers in Philadelphia welcomed the change.
November 4 market update shows December wheat 58 1/4 cents, corn May 2016 cents, May oats 204 cents, January pork 9.15 dollars, lard 5.65 dollars, ribs 4.60 dollars. Hog receipts 55,000, market active but down up to 10 points. cattle receipts 21,000, best steady with 5 to 10 point declines. sheep receipts 17,000, market good steady with 5 to 10 point declines. Opening quotes listed for December wheat 58 1/2, corn May 294, May oats 204, January pork 9.12, lard 4.57, ribs 5.65.
In Wanasu Indiana on November 2 the underbrush on the Mount farm in Pawpaw township caught fire during a coon hunters night. The blaze consumed a 250 acre tract, destroying a great deal of valuable timber.
Nov 4 report states the American ship Granite State struck rocks near Lands End while departing and was beached to prevent sinking. Authorities expect total loss of the vessel with salvage unlikely.
Spaneuat reports Liu Yung Fu, a black flag leader on the island of Formosa, escaped on a German warship to Amoy after capture.
Marlboro postmaster since 1884 Col W K Worcester died today in Manrisono Massachusetts. A Civil War veteran, he led the local first class job printing office. A French journalist Philippe Athanasa Ducheval Clarigny also died in Paris aged 75.
Indiana scene shows Louis T. Michener courting the Republican national chairmanship while John C. New resists any candidate not acceptable to him. General Harrison seeks a quiet reorganization and avoids driving an open fight. Meanwhile Gowdy's reelection as state chairman faces opposition from Harrison allies led by E. H. Nebeker. In Michigan City, six boys from good families are jailed for a spree of robberies, revealing a secret cave of stolen goods.
Friends of General Harrison in New York and Pennsylvania rally to block Quay and Platt at the coming Republican National Convention. General Michener Elkins Kerens join the effort with a Pennsylvania strike plan following a private Philadelphia dinner, signaling renewed anti Quay activity.
Eliza Bashilier sues Louis Bashelier for divorce and $8,000 alimony claiming cruelty and inhuman treatment since their September marriage. She cites his wealth of about $18,000 in real estate and $18,000 personal property plus a four acre land stake and seeks division of property and legal support.
Nov 4 Laporte Indiana reports vigorous marsh fire fighting in the Kankakee area. Fire danger remains from underground embers. rainfall needed to curb losses. Towns Hanna Wanatah Davis Wilders LaCrosse deemed safe. Sparks from a Grand Trunk engine ignited a marsh near Vauraraliso and hay stores. further fires threaten southern county marshes requiring constant farmer watch.
Mrs. Helen Langdorf of 4 Patton street perished in a fire that also destroyed her residence and an adjacent house. Her husband and children escaped. The cause is unknown but suspected coal oil ignition. Oak Ridge sanitarium at Green Spring, a four story brick structure, burned at 5 am with 48 guests evacuated. Loss estimated near forty thousand dollars with ten thousand covered by insurance. Johnson & Cobb owned the building.
Eugene Field died at 5 o clock this morning at his Buena Park home near Chicago of heart disease. The famed journalist and humorist, born in 1850, rose with the Chicago Daily News and its successor the Record, earning worldwide renown for his poetry and prose. Field had been scheduled to lecture in Kansas City tonight, but the talk was postponed due to illness.
Crown Point Indiana reports Frank Amen aged 10 was jailed on a Hammond citizens complaint. Despite fires in the area authorities could not prove guilt for multiple blazes. After dinner he allegedly set a 400 ton hay barn ablaze claiming he enjoys watching fires burn. He will go to reform school.
The schooner Mary Boone from Unalaska reports a severe earthquake at sea on Oct 24. The captain was in the rigging as the sea, once smooth, shook violently for two minutes. The next day the crew encountered a large area of muddy water.
Anderson Indiana authorities announce citizens must part with their cats after findings that many felines carry and spread diphtheria. Earlier reports show Gale Vernon’s chickens also infected and dying, with risk to other coops and children.
The Zanesville city board of health orders the closing of all public private and Sunday schools through Nov 11 due to an ongoing scarlet fever epidemic with 43 cases reported. No deaths yet but cases are rising in severity, with additional cases in Taylorville and Adamsville where schools have been closed.
With the new time card in effect leaving Fort Wayne at 7 10 p m and arriving Indianapolis at 11 28 a m the return trip starts at 6 25 p m to Fort Wayne arriving 10 20 p m offering travelers opportunity for daytime business and transit to the state capital.
Papers found in James Brown’s possession include deeds to Chicago property in his name. Brown, self described Kessler train robber, is jailed and to be tried at the January term. Noble County officials suspect Brown holds clues to John Smalley’s location. In Michigan, Lake Entirely Dry Near Nizes as Little Indian lake dries up for first time in 25 years with bass hauled away.
Ida Gaskins a 17 year old girl was found murdered after being assaulted in Omaha Nebraska. Within an hour George Morgan Ed Sanford and Henry Booker were taken into custody charged with the crime. The suspect pair were found at a residence with blood on their clothing and reportedly choked the victim.
Joseph Kochs 24 died yesterday from diphtheria at 20 West Fourth street. Funeral set for 2 pm today. Henry Mueller four years eleven months died at home in Wayne township yesterday at 10:20 am from diphtheria. funeral planned for this afternoon. Eliza McLaren 65 died today in Wayne township of stomach trouble. leaves two sons. Jesse among the city’s known residents. funeral time to be announced later.
An inquest of lunacy held by Squires Bohen and France and Dr C B Stemen found Randolph DeTray insane. Three years earlier he was deemed cured but the old malady returned, and friends in Eel River township urge recommitment to an asylum.
The southbound Texas limited collided with a stock train at Argenta Arkansas this morning. A disastrous wreck occurred as express messengers and mail clerks were trapped in debris but not seriously hurt. The engineer sustained injuries while the fireman leaped free.
Dennis O'Connor, a Pennsylvania shops employee, suffered a crushed foot when a heavy lifting jack fell. He will be disabled for a period and was driven home to 79 Poplar Street by hack. Dr. George C. Stemen attends him. Also notes Nickel Plate agents reading about Hunter's Rates to Michigan and Wisconsin with tickets on sale through November 15.
President names James B. Angell of Michigan John E. Russell of Massachusetts and Lyman E. Cooley of Illinois as commissioners to report on the feasibility of a deep water canal linking the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
Memphis Tenn Nov 4 The steamer Joe Peters sank at midnight while heading to Vicksburg near Island Sixty three about 120 miles below Memphis. She carried 120 tons SC
Reverend Joseph A. Milburn of Second Presbyterian in Indianapolis stirred comment with a radical sermon on punishment. From a text on gentleness he argued current methods are barbarous and proposed loving reforms including isolating criminals on islands for instruction and classification of good and incurable cases.
Consul Stephan from Annaberg reports Berlin shoe trade tightens as foreign goods push in. A Boston manufacturer opens a Berlin house and local makers struggle to compete with American products. Italian shoes also flow into Germany while German manufacturers seek to cut retail dealers.
Terre Haute ind nov 4 the Wabash river is six inches deep the lowest on record. Water is hauled in oil-tank cars from the city water works to Sullivan county coal mines. Apple-brandy distilleries along the Ohio river towns slow or halted as water scarcity stops operations with the Ohio river too low for navigation and apples rotting in barrels
A rehearsal for the Vanderbilt Marlborough wedding will be held this afternoon at St Thomas Church New York. The ceremony is planned to take place there later.
Otis Skinner appeared in Villow the Vagabond at the Temple to a packed house praising his unshadowed brilliancy. The production was superb with strong support from a capable company and first class staging.
Two boys faced Squire Huser on a malicious trespass charge for Halloween stone throwing at the Staubach residence at Wilt and Jackson streets. Each was fined $1 plus costs with the sentence suspended pending good behavior.
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