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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1900
Page
3
Elmer Meyers an 18 year old farmer was found dead on a highway near Crawfordsville after promising to wed his fiancée Alice Hendricks next Sunday. He died by carbolic acid. She recalls no quarrel and the couple spoke late Thursday night.
Bedford Ind April 7 Mrs Elizabeth Owen 85 burned in the garden at her home after her skirts caught fire while burning trash She was found in the garden with most of her clothing burned off Her injuries are believed fatal though she survives and recognizes relatives She is mother to K D John W George K and Frank Owen Mrs V V Williams wife of the Bedford postmaster Mrs James Grover of Indianapolis and Miss Myra Gwe
Logansport Indiana April 7 mob wrecked two bridges and two toll houses on the Burlington Pike on Tuesday night and again Wednesday night. About two hundred masked assailants caused the toll road to be impassable. Ex Patrolman Will Bishop confronted the men and was told to leave under penalty of death. A directors’ committee assessed damages and vowed to enforce toll collection by any means necessary.
Henry E. Knaggs eighteen returned from Toledo Ohio in alarming condition after being struck on the head with an iron bar by companion Lehman at Toledo. Knaggs and Arden Lehman Charles Phillips Archie Haines and Fred Atkinson were together last week and alleged to have robbed cars at Millersburg and Bremen. Grand jury indicted Lehman and Maines. warrants issued for arrest. The youths are said to come from good families.
Mrs William Morton wife of a Howard county farmer near Sycamore attempted to end her life Thursday evening by cutting her throat and slashing her wrists with a Tager. Her husband William Morton is the Republican candidate for the Indiana legislature nominated by a large majority at the recent county primary.
In educational circles of the county a long trusted public school teacher and lecturer at farmers institutes is referenced. The family knows of no cause for the deed and Mrs. Morton cannot recover.
County Health Officer Newlin was notified of a genuine smallpox case in Elwood, a son of Michael Griffin. The illness showed confluent form after days of uncertainty. Nine in the Griffin family, including two daughters at Catholic school, with father and son working in a tin mill, have been exposed. Authorities fear an outbreak as hundreds may have been exposed and alarm is high.
Alexandria Indiana April 7 painter John Lone fell ill with a rash thought to be scarlet. Doctors Otto and Pugh diagnosed virulent smallpox. Precautions have been taken to prevent spread of the disease.
In Saline City, April 7, a child of RE G O Brien died yesterday morning from a malignant smallpox illness after about fourteen hours. Three physicians concurred the diagnosis. A man named Murphy and George Brothers, also of Saline, are now stricken with the disease.
A large fire in Peru Indiana destroyed the Ward Brothers and Co livery barn and all contents including forty two horses. Employee Reilly Gregory was killed and trotter Lazarus, a 2 09 horse, was among the victims. Loss exceeds 50 000 with partial insurance.
Auburn Indiana April 9 Yes Steele shot and killed by William Davis ten miles east of here Saturday night after Steele had paid attention to Davis wife. Davis confessed and said he would accompany the officer without fear. He was sent to jail on a freight train.
Fred and Steve Titus, Peru hotelmen at Union station, were assaulted at about 3 am by two unknown men after an intoxicated duo refused to pay for lunch and insulted Mrs Titus. Fred is fatally injured. Steve is wounded but recovering. Over fifty arrests were made without identifications. Saloon war fuels violence.
Months of anti-saloon activity at New Waverly led Justice Reynolds to obtain a writ of ejectment against Samuel McCoy. In a midnight assault, McCoy supporters pelted Reynolds' home with stones and clubs, smashing windows and doors, while Reynolds remained safe inside the fort. A red placard reading We Are McCoy's Friends was posted on the door.
Mishawaka Indiana April 9 two masked men forced entry to John Adrian’s farmhouse seven miles south west of town They gagged bound and threatened Adrian’s wife and two daughters The farmer fought back and was severely beaten with a steel chisel Likely fatal injuries The robbers looted silverware gold watches and money The women remain in shock with only vague descriptions of the assailants.
Ernst I. Lewis traveling representative for the Indianapolis Press was assaulted in New Albany on Sunday by Joseph C Ochiltree a busy ruffian. Ochiltree believed Lewis was reporting on a Louisville lottery scheme and mistook him for a fellow operator. A crowd was with Ochiltree.
In New Albany Indiana discussion swirls over whether a judge can preside in a felony case while serving as a prosecuting witness. The Watts versus Thomas dispute travels courts from Crawford to Orange to Floyd counties with affidavits for change of venue and perjury indictments. The impact may leave the bench vacant during Utz's testimony as legal maneuvers unfold.
A brief note from Logansport Indiana dated April 10 reports tollkeepers being threatened. No further details are provided.
Ham Meyers and wife, aging tollhouse keepers on the Burlington pike, have been told not to collect tolls. Directors post that tolls will be exacted until bridges are repaired. Threat letters appear at their door as farmers raise funds to challenge the road charter. Over 350 of 500 dollars pledged, reward for mob arrests fails to deter local opposition.
John S. Osborn, aged fifty to sixty, returned intoxicated and abused his wife. Later masked men tied him to a tree in his yard and whipped him with heavy beech rods, leaving large welts. Neighbors had warned him. this is the county's first confirmed white-capping incident, causing little regional excitement.
In Muncie Indiana on April 10 Bed Wright a popular resident of Whitely has become violently insane over a love affair with his rival winning the contest Six men were needed to restrain him as he imagines being hunted by the rival his condition described as a hallucination by locals
The Catholic congregation of Wabash Indiana voted to exchange its church edifice school building priest's residence and a western lot for the First M E church building valued at 10000 with furnishings. Catholics deed their property to the Methodists and pay 5500 in cash. The First church will be remodeled into a new building and Catholics gain a rear lot for a Sisters of Charity home and a parochial school.
A group of young men sailed on Robinson’s lake east of Warsaw Indiana. The boat capsized in a gust of wind and Charles Lieper of Warsaw drowned. His body was not recovered and the others were rescued after lengthy submersion.
Anderson Ind April 10 The first death from smallpox was reported yesterday. The three week old child of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Brown was the victim. The mother had the disease at birth and the infant developed a case in two weeks. Burial was by city health officers under strict sanitary rules last night. Three other cases remain under quarantine and are mild.
Bern sign painter Ernest Kramer plans to quit business and take up farming near New Plymouth Idaho. Mrs. John Sweetser, recently ill, shows improvement and may soon be able to go out. Mrs. Henry Oetting, after hospital operation, is home on South Calhoun Street. Indiana Furniture to begin new addition on East Main Street. Springfield township to build a new school this year, with $1400 already appropriated and more needed.
Chicago reports Capt. Louis Ostheim of the First United States Artillery was found dead in his hotel room at the Auditorium Annex. A bullet wound to the temple and a revolver nearby indicate suicide after plans to wed Mrs. Eva Bruce Wood in Chicago. Ostheim, 38, had returned from service in the Philippines and registered April 2 for the ceremony.
Chieapo April 6 coroner's jury concluded Captain Louis Ostheim of the First United States artillery died from an accidental wound in his apartments at the Auditorium Annex. Initial belief in self inflicted death was dismissed after testimony and no motive was found.
Chicago April 9 workers prepared for a possible resumption of a walkout by machinists who had just returned to work after a weeks long strike. They accuse employers of denying old positions to nonunion hires and refusing to honor an arbitration agreement with the National Metal Manufacturers' Association and International Machinists union.
Real estate transfers list multiple township deeds with small sums and parcels. Wm G McBride to Francis M Sonday in Eel River township. Gustave Roemer and Bert and Mary Ort exchange parcels in Maumee township. Woehbe king family transfers in Maumee township. Emerick to Waller in Springfield township. O'Brien to Swain in Washington township. Barrand to Francis Barrand in Washington township. City transfers include Sylvester Weikart to Robert Muchlfeith in Eckart's addition. Decatur National Bank to Emil Brockmeyer in Fletcher's addition. Krider to Carey in Hanna's addition. Keller to BA Young in Euhne Heaton's addition. Each deed cites parcel description and price where given.
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