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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1894
Page
2
The item surveys shifting views on women’s suffrage in Ohio Iowa and Massachusetts while detailing local government actions. It notes new franchise deals in Valparaiso and municipal polls in New Haven, Ohio and Indiana and reports on Congress, street railway safety, and wartime veterans’ obituaries.
The Whitley Democrats nominate Jacob Schrader Walter Tyree R R Scott Jacob A Ruch W H Wagner Lew Mowery A N Miller Dr J K Geary Henry W Miller and William Robbins. The paper debates primary integrity and calls for honest contests while noting Coxey army plans and Sen Vance's death.
The governor vows to dismantle white cap groups and uses state funds to prosecute offenders, with several arrests and convictions in Dubois Washington and Orange counties. He pressure county officials to hire lawyers or he will deploy state counsel, while defending a Fort Wayne primary canvass dispute and proposing a full, funded voter tally canvass to prove honesty and bolster the party.
The 1894 elections loom large as state legislatures choose new senators and an entire House, with many terms expiring March 4 1895. Key names listed include Morgan, Berry, Shoup, Cullom, Hoar, and more as both parties gear up for close contests. Reports note additional vacancies in Wyoming Montana and Washington and recent senate moves in Iowa Virginia Kentucky Louisiana and other states. The Pollard Breckinridge case verdict concludes the report with the marriage-contract dispute.
The jury deliberated 15 ballots over damages for Colonel Breckinridge versus Miss Pollard. They averaged individual assessments to grant 15000 dollars after initially considering 50000 or nominal sums. Breckenridge vows to appeal if a new trial is denied, blaming public opinion for the outcome.
A city newspaper urges the Democratic committee to resign, arguing for candidates of morality, integrity, and lawful conduct. The piece advocates breaking party lines to support only those known for morality and public virtue.
The Staats Zeitung editorial urges the city executive committee to resign, accusing it of fraud similar to Tammany Hall. It distinguishes between honorable members and the active fraud by the committee, insisting on accountability and removal.
The Fort Wayne Presbytery Women’s Missionary societies held their eighteenth annual session in Bluffton and then welcomed delegates to the Presbyterian church in Fort Wayne. Mrs. D. W. Moffat presided, with addresses by Mrs. F. F. McCrea and notes on mountain whites, Chinese mission buildings, and missionary magazines. Delegates numbered sixty four from nine societies with officers announced for 1895 Goshen’s session planned and Merica Hoagland named synodical delegate.
Gen Henry W Slocum a war hero died at his Brooklyn home after about a week of illness from pneumonia He was born in New York in 1827 and served with distinction in the Army of the Potomac at Gaines Mill Glendale and in Shermans march to the sea
A massive clothing auction in Fort Wayne at 23 East Columbia Street offers 125000 dollars of tailor-made garments from two failed New York factories. One-third appraised value, starting Thursday April 26 at 9 30 am, ten day sale with excursion rail rates. New York Salvage and Wreckage Co. guarantees accuracy and invites wide attendance.
The evening market summaries show wheat prices around 60 to 62 cents for nearby futures with steady oats and lower pork and lard. Cattle receipts at Cariaco total 5500 with prices mostly 3.85 to 4.60 for natives. hogs at 4.50 to 5.40. lambs top at 5.25. Fort Wayne and Columbus notes list various grain and seed prices and farm commodities futures and spot quotes.
35 complete novels plus a year's subscription to Household Topics offered for 30 cents. Titles include A Brave Coward by Robert Louis Stevenson and Ninetta by M. T. Calder, with multiple popular authors and romantic stories. Reads promising high-grade fiction and illustrated features. order via Household Topics Pub. Co., New York City.
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