03 Apr 1912
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1912
Page
1
Dawn reveals a Mississippi flood breach at West Hickman levee eight feet deep submerged business streets and residential blocks. Two thousand homeless, state tents due, commissary worries rise as railways and factories suffer millions in losses.
Floods along the Kankakee rise as workers dump slag to save railroad embankments near Shelby and Water Valley. The Shelby county bridge has washed away, threatening train disruption with potential detours if waters climb further. The article notes no single heavy rain preceded the rise.
Fort Wayne and Wabash receive church assignments after the North Indiana Methodist Episcopal Conference. Bishop David H. Moore announced transfers and new postings including Rev. A. M. Ceithi to Fort Wayne and Rev. Nohs to Wabash. many pastors listed for Fort Wayne district churches and surrounding towns.
A House committee favorably reported a bill expanding Interstate Commerce Commission power over express firms. Rates vary by distance, with caps from two to twelve cents per pound for shipments up to eleven pounds, and co operation with Rural Free Delivery to handle rural mail. Martins Morgan will not testify in steel trust probes, and Washington Times case proceedings were dismissed.
New York police say Robert H. Cooper a Brooklyn producer merchant found bound on a railroad track confessed the alleged robbery claim was a scam to gain creditor sympathy. Inspector Hughes released the statement describing Cooper as the assailant and admitting the deception.
A early morning blaze from the Mun sicker & Bender flouring mill destroyed the building and machinery with $10 000 in damage. Fire crews saved nearby homes as partner Samuel M Bender bravely entered the offices to save papers and moved four horses from a back barn. Insurance covered part of the loss and a local resident, Mrs A Z Tribolet, died of heart trouble watching the fire.
County commissioners in Columbia City Indiana have closed a contract for ornamental lighting around the courthouse. The county provides posts shades and globes while the city supplies current, installs lamps and maintains the lines. The county council meets Saturday to ratify the action and appropriate funds.
Clementine Barnabet, described as a mixed race woman, admits leading a cult linked to the killings of some twenty Black people across southwest Louisiana and Texas. She claims involvement in 35 assassinations, naming a "Church of the Sacrifice" and a hoodoo-protective ritual. Authorities say the grand jury will likely indict her on the confessed crimes.
The Fort Wayne Country Club board meets tonight at the Commercial Club for regular business. An executive Commercial Club meeting with Civic Improvement Association officers is set for Wednesday night, and the Commercial Club directors meet Thursday evening. This marks the first regular meeting of the newly appointed board.
Mrs. Mary Hite of the Markle road was found in a cistern at her residence Monday afternoon by her son Clarence Hite and Clarence Bartram. Authorities believe she may have committed suicide though no warning signs were observed.
William Bruce of Huntington and longtime motorman for Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction died Monday night at home from stomach trouble. He spent much of his career in Fort Wayne and was well known there. Survived by his wife.
In Columbia City Indiana on April 2 Verlin Morrot’s team of horses ran away while approaching town. Morrot was thrown and suffered a sprained arm as the wagon overturned or broke apart in the escape.
Police report an investigation opened after a vehicle at the West Main street bridge stopped two men who hurled a bundle into the river late last night. Authorities lack further details as the scene is examined and witnesses questioned.
Seven attorneys in Rochester, Indiana, pursue a damages suit after a dog owned by Tillet was killed by Hare’s automobile. The case moved from Miami County amid bitter disputes as the parties vow to press the litigation to the end. The article also describes flood effects along Fort Wayne area streets with water encroachment in the St. Marys and Maumee river regions and related disruption.
In Bedford Indiana on April 2 a forged telegram from J A Coleman led Citizen's National Bank to ship 600 dollars to Berdan. The money was sent by express and telegrams followed to the supposed Coleman, who collected the cash at Borden and then disappeared.
A gull measuring about six feet from wingtip to wingtip was shocked to death when it flew into a traction wire on Washington street in Columbus Tod April 2.
Louis Sehwenberger, Albert Sehwenberger and sister Amelia Vermann inherit half a million dollars from Cyrus Deshlar who died recently in Switzerland. The notification arrives in New Albany on April 2. The sum is reported as an unexpected bequest from a man unseen by the heirs.
Deputy Revenue Collector L P Sharp reports counterfeit silver dollars in Fort Wayne with local businesses accepting the bad coins. Captain Halls of Indianapolis and U S Secret Service plan to visit to gather evidence. Similar bogus coins were seen in South Bend and are rumored across northwest Indiana.
In Odin seven miles north of Centralia, Charles Brod was killed and Jess Bay and Henry Grose fatally wounded after deputy marshal George Wingeler opened fire during a pursuit. Village marshal George Fimm had deputized Wingeler before attempting to take two of the young men home. Wingeler reportedly fired, killing Brod and wounding Bay and Grose, who died or are dying. Bay is not expected to survive.
C E Palmer superintendent of transportation for Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction says regular cars will run to Robison Park as soon as the public shows any demand. Ice cream will be provided at the park on Sundays in April if weather allows.
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