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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1908
Page
2
A flood of delegates arrives at party headquarters with candidates and managers greeting supporters. The Indiana Republican scene focuses on local option and tariff reform as Watson and others define positions. A poll of major candidates highlights shifts in strength and potential trades as the campaign accelerates.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a prisoner’s execution, with mentions of a death cell door opening and a minister present. The text references sections and names poorly, indicating a lethal sentence carried out in a prison setting.
In Auburn New York March 20 Chester E Gillette was executed for the murder of his sweetheart Grace Brown at Big Moose in 1906 The case hinged on letters and circumstantial evidence including a boat accident on Big Moose Lake and a tennis racket found weeks later The governor refused to commute the sentence and the appeal process concluded with the death penalty carried out.
In Pittsburgh the miners and operators agreed to suspend operations at midnight until a wage scale agreement is reached. About thirty thousand miners in western Pennsylvania are affected and the request to renew the interstate wage agreement was refused. The new miners president Lewis urged a conference to renew it, but the measure was rejected as inadvisable this year.
Kansas City, March 31, 1920. The Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas interstate convention of United Mine Workers plans to outline its policy toward disputes with operators. Committees appointed yesterday are to report today. Some 35000 miners are to quit work tonight with April 1 traditionally a holiday possibly delaying a return. The miners view it as a lockout and may seek permission to contract individually with operators.
Operators and miners from the Hocking Valley meet in Columbus to order a shutdown of mines tonight until a central field agreement is reached. Miners say mild winter left docks full of coal, prompting the stoppage.
The Senate confirmed Grant Victor to be United States marshal for the eastern district of Oklahoma amid controversy over his support of Secretary Art for the presidency. Senators on the foreign relations committee consider retaliatory steps tied to Venezuela arbitration and report to the full body.
Melvin A. Root, 69, arrived from Bay City Michigan and arranged cremation if he died. He shot himself at the Buffalo crematory steps and was taken to Sisters' Hospital where his death is not certain. His wife had died recently and her ashes lie in Lockport. Root, a former Lockport resident, planned to be buried beside her ashes.
Melvin A. Root a well known Bay City real estate dealer shot himself in Buffalo after arranging cremation. He owned an estate valued at about 509000 dollars and both he and his wife were noted as spiritualists.
Anderson Ind March 30 Fully 5 000 visitors are expected in the city this week to attend the North Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. Opening sermon by Rev Henry Wayland Bennett and conference examinations slated for Tuesday outline a full program through April 5 with lectures sermons and missionary society events led by bishops and pastors from Goshen Greenfield Mishawaka Fort Wayne and Logansport among others.
The appointment of ministers for the coming year will, as usual, be announced in the closing hour of the conference session.
W E Blakely, head of the Indiana department of inspection, and deputy D F Spees concluded a review of Terre Haute and Fort Wayne school buildings. They mandate immediate fire safety changes in about 15 to 20 buildings, including new exits and fire escapes, to prevent hallway congestion during evacuations. Sanitary conditions were generally good, with some unhealthful cases under state board of health review.
James Hislop a prominent Connecticut merchant died aged 62. He began at Bron Thompson in Hartford and formed a chain with John Portens and Archibald Mitchell spanning Norwich New London Grand Rapids and Fort Wayne. He served as a bank director and worked with ex Governor Thomas Waller on New London improvements.
Cyrus Cline of Angola announces his bid for the Republican nomination for representative in congress in the Twelfth district of Indiana. He states the decision rests with a majority of delegates at the forthcoming congressional convention. Col. Columbia City, Ind.
B F Fleming states intention to run for a Senate seat representing Alten and Adams counties subject to Democratic nomination. He cites party will as decisive and notes participation in the process.
A collection of 1908 election notices requests to announce candidates for Allen county offices. Names include W F Rosenwinkel, Nelson Whittern, William Watson, A C Gladieux, Aaron Reichelderfer, Joseph F Getz, Robert E Kelly, Robert B Lipes, Christian G Vonderau, Henry L Branning, Jacob Wagner, and Wayne Township Trustee and Assessor mentions. Primary subject to democratic voters’ decision. notices come from The Sentinel editor and local press.
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