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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1889
Page
1
Washington April 15. President Harrison and Mrs. Harrison embark on a Potomac trip despite wary skies. Aboard the light house tender Holly with Miss Murphy and Secretaries Blaine and Windom, they plan to return tonight. Earlier, A. G. Spalding led Chicago and All America clubs to deliver regards and invite him to the game.
At 8 o'clock last night in Derby Ansonia, John Lyons a 50 year old Newton man was fatally injured attempting to cross a railroad track in front of an approaching electric car. Engineer Tully tried to slow the car but Lyons was caught between the wheel and rails and was killed instantly by the current.
In Trin, April 11, excitement rose over a Highland addition gas well whose capacity jumped from 0.5 million to 28 million cubic feet daily after 200 feet of casing blew out. The burst damaged Beatty glass factory but caused no injuries as crowds flocked to view the increased flow and leases surged. The well will be recased and used to illuminate the city for the celebration on the 15th.
The Chicago wheat scene shows rains across the west and Dakota and Minnesota offset by light local receipts of seventeen cars. Shorts attempt to corner, Hutchinson pushes a May bid from 86 1/2c to 88 3/4c, while July slips to 81 1/2c. May corn also climbs to 35c after the opening.
In Evansville Ind April 13 the White Caps began depredations in Warwick and Dubois counties. They warned road supervisor John Lansford that hogs impounded for fines belonged to the poor who could not pay. He was threatened with further violence if released. A morning assault wounded Lansford's son and five White Caps. The group then lashed W F Masterson at Newbury and later tied a Black James Crews with a white wife to a tree and gave forty lashes.
Robbers entered the Centraza Illinois post office at 4 am. Night police engaged in a pitched battle with the thieves, one wound, others fled. The wounded robber disappeared after abandoning revolver and shoes. only a little over $1 taken from the stamp drawer. A Negro man found dead at Central bridge at 5 am, mangled, believed to be the wounded robber killed by a train while escaping.
A sudden Manhattan rain storm turns into a cyclone in Astoria causing uprooted objects, torn shutters, overturned wagons, and unroofed houses with several residents injured. Separate reports from Beidler mining town describe six dwellings demolished and a fatal injury to a 12 year old. Waerrune Ohio river region also endures a severe storm with lightning strikes damaging multiple buildings.
Indianapolis April 12 Samuel W. Myers manager of the A Booth Packing company Chicago has been missing since last Sunday. Auditor Cochran has come to examine books amid reports of a $10,000 shortage which Cochran denies. Myers regarded as capable and trusted. Curicaco Illinois April 12 a telegraphed story of a $10,000 defalcation proved false. Myers has only overdrawn $17 and remains employed. The local manager here says Myers short $10,000 is false.
Clarence April 13. Mrs Edward Gallery accidentally shot her eleven year old son Ed die with a self acting revolver found in his father's room. The bullet entered the brain and caused death within an hour. The mother is nearly insane with grief. Also two men were removed from a street car for disorderly conduct and later attacked conductor McGinnis, risking his recovery.
Mrs John Trusty of Pulaski county stole 1500 dollars from her husband a few days earlier and ran off with neighbor Peterson taking her daughter. Tracked to Monmouth Springs Arkansas they were jailed Peterson. The wife and daughter surrendered 1300 dollars then were sent away. The husband returned home while the wife and daughter headed to Hoxie Arkansas to start a boarding house.
The celebrated King murder case at Omaha ends with a not guilty verdict. Prosecutor Mahoney completed his argument around 10:30, the jury retired at 10:55, and returned at 11 to read the verdict. Read aloud, the courtroom erupted in applause as tears and excitement filled the space.
Reports from Queenstown and New York detail the Danish steamer Danmark with 650 passengers and 40 crew, abandoned in a mid ocean collision. The City of Chester carried this news from New York, while later reports say all hands may have been saved. Details align with subsequent sightings and inquiries through April 13.
A digest of telegrams from April items: streetcar and cable line workers strike set for 3 pm New Years April 12. Western Union vs subway commission decision against Western Union. Milwaukee reports denial of wage cuts for engineers and firemen. lawsuits in Baltimore alleging fraud. Ontario House of Commons motion condemning government over last year’s loan. fire destroys Centerville Track association stables with fatality. Lever publishing company assigns with liabilities near assets. racing leads and beer seizure on Burlington track. George Calder Jr assigns cotton goods business. Wisconsin ex-governor L J Farwell dies. prairie fire victims claim more lives. Hurnit tailoring room burglary. horse team hire and resale. streetcar strike status updates. walking match results and standings. Miss Bechter murder verdict not guilty. natural gas incident near Harnardo. steamer Chattahoochee overdue and battered. Cunshier Pratt flees with funds.
New York reports the abandonment of the Thingvilla line steamship Danmark has two prevailing theories about its passengers. Some agents believe they were taken off by a sailing vessel bound for this country or a European port, others think a small slow steamship carried them to the United States or Europe. All nearby steamers have arrived, reducing chances of news, with no confirmation yet of the passengers.
A passenger eastbound train stopped at Lorenzo at 4 am and was struck from behind by a following freight, telescoping the rear car. Four killed outright, including Mrs Hart and her son, with several injured. The Santa Fe director I L Hurt and Mrs Hart among the injured, doctors report bleak prospects for Mrs Hart. later she dies at noon.
Paris reports a rumored assassination attempt on the czar with no confirmation. Senate to try Boulangists for charges, while other dispatches note Madrid gales, Castrop pit explosion kills twenty five, and emigrants sail to New York. British diplomat Pauncefote sails to New York. London judges rule women cannot serve on county council.
A Camden Indiana fire wiped out much of the town's business portion. Losses run around 40000, with minimal insurance, as the town lacks fire engines. Several other fires reported: Beaver Creek mill and coal yard losses 25000, Lustig clothing store and barber shop burned in Fort Edward, Cannonsburg evacuated, and a large jute mill fire in Brooklyn damaging hundreds of workers and homes.
An April 15 dispatch lists multiple violent incidents. Elias Rich and son Staunton Rich fled deputies in Torrxa Kansas. the son was killed. Bernard Schroeder, head salesman at Salamon’s factory, is jailed for $10,000 in goods stolen. John Williams convicted of murder in Arrtne Row Arkansas. sentenced to 21 years. John Clark shot his wife and committed suicide in Havernian Massachusetts. Saturday night avid Lindsay killed his son David after shooting him. both said to be intemperate. James Miller, a Louisville hack driver, died after a fire trapped him on the second floor. Sheriff’s arrest of GW. Jones led to Jones’s death. Charles F. Bateh, president of the Wisconsin Minnesota and Pacific railroad, died by self-inflicted act.
Forty pipemen in Laraverter Indiana walked off the job to demand twenty five cents more per day. They were discharged and new men hired, with efforts to intimidate the replacements and one striker, Patrick Cusick, arrested for assault. Authorities enlisted as the strike continues.
Fort Wayne Ind April 10 1889 Very Rev and Rev Dear Sirs On the 80th of this month it will be one hundred years since the inauguration of George Washington the first president of this republic In connection with the observance of this centennial the president of the United States has in a beautiful spirit requested that religious services be held that day in thankfulness to God for blessings in the past and supplication for their continuance in the future We Catholics especially have many and great reasons to thank Almighty God for His blessings bestowed upon us and we have every reason to pray God to bless and preserve our glorious country I therefore desire that all priests where it is possible should celebrate a high mass that day with the oratio in gratiarum actione as imperata in re gravi Yours in Xt t Joseph Dwenger Bishop of Fort Wayne
Walter Burnham, once a Harry Hammill bartender, arranged a pretend marriage to Blythe Williams. They lived as husband and wife after a 1887 license. An elderly man from New York, likely Williams’s father, arrived and questioned Burnham’s records finding no valid marriage blessing.
A bad wreck last night on the Wabash Western railroad about a mile east of Columbia City split a freight train in two. The rear train crashed into detached cars, loaded cars shattered, burned, and the locomotive badly wrecked. Engineer and fireman escaped by jumping. track blocked, passenger trains diverted via Grand Rapids to Columbia City.
The will of Inte Mrs. M A Merriweather has been read. The estate is estimated at 60 000 to 70 000 dollars, mostly cash. It leaves most to her two sons James R and Frank Merriweather of this city. A generous bequest goes to sister Mrs. F P Randall and other relatives are remembered.
A cablegram to Father Pulcher of St. James church asks if John Rock and Annie Crane may wed in Ireland. Crane, a former Eagle hotel waitress, and Rock, once Hastings night clerk with a wife, drew attention as rumors followed their sudden travel to Ireland and a missing trace.
A traveling salesman from Smith & Champion is robbed at gunpoint near Rich hotel around 7 30 pm. Thieves take a gold watch chain diamond shirt stud cash and a sweetheart locket. Police pursue but capture none. a tramp-like suspect matches a prior description. Separately burglars hit Loren Pegg’s Broadway barber shop and August Ehle’s cigar factory, stealing cash cigars and sets worth about 50 dollars.
A Friday night incident in a Nickel Plate freight car led to the arrest of two women and two men for relations deemed illegal. Among the jailed was Minnie Hartman, whose child, asleep at home, awaited her return as her old father kept the baby. The judge ordered jail due to neglect and the husband serving a prior sentence.
Four farmers from the northern county led by Hel lopeter and involving George Timbrock visited Farmer Greenawalt near Maysville. A lightning bolt struck the stable injuring all. Sam Hollopeter was badly burned while the others survived with varying shocks as the barn narrowly escaped fire.
John Jackson, 68, president and proprietor of a St Louis grain elevator company, hanged himself in his office during last night. Found by the janitor this morning with letters to family and friends on his desk. His suicide trembles business circles amid wheat deal suspicions and potential fallout. Cr nominal details indicate John Huening, 30, a harness-maker, cut his throat in Crnomwatt at Main and Twelfth streets over domestic trouble.
Engineer Phillip Dodd of Nickel Plate, residing at 10 Jackson Street, was surprised Friday by 34 relatives and friends. His 23 year old nephew James Dodd of Indianapolis spent the evening in his honor, then vanished with $100 and a new hat when Phil went to the grocery. Chief Diehl alerted as the theft is investigated.
This ad advises cutting medical costs by buying Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purative Pellets for twenty five cents. It promises relief from loss of appetite billiousness and constipation without visiting a doctor and claims overall happiness and lower bills.
During yesterday's storm the barn of Christian Fngleman two miles west of Henrixetos was struck by lightning and burned. A stock of agricultural implements some feed and one horse were consumed. Loss above twelve hundred dollars with no insurance.
City undertakers record deaths for the week ending April 13 1889 listing many cases including Mary E Kyle 45 pneumonia Frank W Weismantel 5 brain fever Margaret Collins 66 cancer child of J Bastus 1 day exhaustion Idith Seeley 48 Brights disease Ads L Bond 8 meningitis John H Slagle 50 heart John Hegen 67 heart disease Cora M Newell 23 pneumonia Paul Gillen 3 weeks spasms Perry Goff 4 days exhaustion Gottleib Byerle 36 consumption Ida Hilgeman 1 day exhaustion Twin children of John Thieme exhaustion
The notice touts Kemp's Balsam as a great guaranteed remedy to cure acute pain and chronic coughs. It claims druggists are authorized to give a free sample bottle and notes Serge bottles cost 50 cents and 1 dollar.
At a large Boston Central Labor union meeting on April 14, critics condemned Whitelaw Reid’s appointment as minister to France and adopted resolutions urging President Harrison to recall him. Separate reports note a Cairo Short Line wreck near Beeleville injuring Samuel Patton and Patrick Brown, with Brown fatally harmed, and two gas wells at Gushing Wells Oil Company reaching 30 million and 20 million feet per day.
Sunday last Mr August Remsnider reported corn stolen from his Adams township premises. Sheriff Viberg located Edward Rowe and his sons John and George near New Haven with corn oats and stable utensils as evidence. The Rowes were arraigned before Esquire Hays and the case continued until tomorrow.
A gunless and violent incident unfolds as John Barrett allegedly beats his wife, 74, with an iron poker and wood sticks during a morning dispute in Perry township near Huntertown Indiana. Mrs Barrett survives after help arrives. Barrett is jailed awaiting trial with $10,000 bail as doctors assess her serious injuries. A second portion cites New York World critique of doctors and arsenic cases, urging attention to kidney disease and Warner's Safe Cure.
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