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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1907
Page
18
Reports from Bucharest March 30 describe field guns with grape-shot decimating peasant insurgents armed with hay forks and scythe blades. Rebels falter under artillery after fierce hand to hand fighting in Galatz and other towns. Women fight among rebels as authorities arrest leaders.
The General Committee on Arrangements for Fort Wayne's state encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic has formed a reception committee of more than 150 members to assist with visitors. Headquarters move to the Elektron building with quarters on the first floor. The list includes Judge Walter Olds as chairman and numerous local officials and business leaders.
Secretary of State Root has received appeals from Jewish groups urging intervention to protect Jews in Romania. He notes the peasant uprising appears political against the throne, which is taking steps to quell the disorders, limiting possible representations.
Advertises a nickel skirt supporter that also fits dress suits, sold worldwide for 25 cents. Boxed with usage directions, offered at a drastic discount to close out. Miss Emma Grage invites payment by stamps or coins to 517 Wallace St Fort Wayne Indiana, m-27-wk4t.
In St. Louis and East St. Louis the United Brewery Workers strike paralyzes output as 1,300 workers quit 21 local breweries and 40 more in East St. Louis. Firemen walked out last night yet boilers stay hot, aided by office staff. George K. Busch and August Busch remain visible as managers and workers. About 2,700 employees across maisters brewers firemen oilers bottlers and laborers are now on strike as talks continue at Concordia hall and brewery headquarters.
New York March 30 No official statement was issued by Western Union or Postal Telegraph on new schedules effective April 1. The changes will raise rates between some points. Western Union reports an equalization of counting tariffs including a New York Chicago rate increase from 40 to 50 cents for 10 words. The previous New York Chicago rate was cheaper than some shorter Pennsylvanian routes.
Western Union manager Q O L Perry explained the Fort Wayne rate revision fixes several unreasonably low tariffs. The Fort Wayne Detroit Cincinnati Columbus and Toledo routes rise five cents. Postal officials had not announced any official increase.
Miguel Nicolac, a Philippine student at Illinois State Normal in Normal, wins a gold medal and earns a place to represent Illinois in an interstate oratorical contest at Emporia Kansas with participants from Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Kansas Missouri. At Cornell University Philippine students organize a popular sex tet and DeKalb Normal School Filipinos form a champion football team that defeats the faculty.
C E Pfeiffer advertises money to loan on real estate or personal security in rooms 6 7 Bass Blosk with emphasis on quick, reliable borrowing options and private arrangements.
The article traces coffee’s spread from Cairo cafes established by 1563 to England’s first public cup in 1652 via Ted Edwards London shop. It notes French coffee under Louis XIV and Paris taverns selling coffee expanding to about 600 during the next reign.
A major blaze in Wolcottville Indiana caused losses estimated between 12000 and 15000 wiping out a bank building the Odd Fellows lodge and several stores. The fire started in an empty building on Main street mustered aid from nearby towns but was contained by morning.
David P. Murphy a 33 year old Fort Wayne engineer living with his mother ingested an ounce of carbolic acid in a room at the Aveline hotel about 9 Saturday morning and died soon after. He left hastily written notes addressed to Frank and John Murphy and told a porter don’t tell Mollie. He bought the acid at Koehn’s drug store earlier that morning and had been seen in the lobby in good spirits. Murphy, born in Dunirk New York, had worked on the Baltimore and Ohio and Grand Rapids and Indiana railways and was a member of the local Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He was popular and politically active in 1896, and his death caused a large hotel crowd and shock among friends and family.
The Southern Indiana Teachers association elected officers led by President R. J. Aley of Bloomington and Vice President J. W. Riddle of Lawrenceburg. Second Vice President R. V. Vonkleinschmidt of Greencastle and Treasurer M. H. Stuart of Indianapolis were named. Executive Committee members include F. Cooley Evansville J. H. Scholl Wrushville Franklin Hoyt Indianapolis B. D. Remy Franklin and J. A. Linebarger Rushville. The session adjourned at noon after officer elections and program papers.
In Lafayette Indiana on March 30 the body of Marshal Lyon was found under a shattered tree in woods near Buck Creek. He had taught in Washington township and had been missing since Tuesday last after taking shelter under a tree struck by lightning.
Leonard Leopold, a defendant in the Margaret Leslie murder trial, fainted on the witness stand in Chicago. The court postponed proceedings until his condition improved after a physician diagnosed sheer fright and terror. The judge recalled Civil War echoes as the trial adjourned to Monday.
The Interstate Commerce Commission asks information as Indiana expands rail oversight. Changes since 1902 include two cent fare, baggage limits, safety gear, train rules, and penalties for on duty misconduct. New laws cover dining car licensing, hours, disinfecting, crossovers, and a long list of penalties for crane and crossing violations.
Chicago March 30. The fishwife methods dominate the municipal campaign with invective and libel suits tied to the transit issue. Rival papers and politicians trade accusations while meetings run day and night. Dunne faces defection from Republicans and some Democrats bolt the ticket with Busse facing a large margin forecast.
Cincinnati March 30 Charles Taft editor of the Cincinnati Times Star issued a statement on behalf of Secretary of War Taft. He says Foraker aims for either the presidency or senatorship and that Taft’s friends will contest separately for the two offices. If Ohio voters prefer Foraker Taft is eliminated, and if they back Taft Foraker is sidelined. The dispute pits Roosevelt administration supporters against opponents in a direct Ohio primary test.
Joseph Gerig a 27 year old son of Mrs Josephine Gerig lived near Cedarville and died after a seizure while cutting wood His body was found by his mother in a barnyard near the house Cause of death given as suffocation due to epilepsy Coroner J E Stults conducted the Saturday morning inquiry The deceased was unmarried and had suffered epilepsy since birth
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