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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1900
Page
23
Rev Rockwell Clancy, visiting Medford from Allahabad, describes famine in India where 60 million are suffering and 30 million in dire distress. He notes widespread selling of homes, furniture, and even children, with girls fetching 30 cents and orphans crowding grain-shop doors for scraps.
Preparations for the Cathedral congregation fair in May advance with multiple committees named. Executive Committee includes Henry Beadell as president and J. T. Callahan as secretary along with a slate of officers and members.
The baby show held Saturday with the Pure Food exhibition drew large crowds. Over a hundred babies entered. judges faced a difficult selection. Hon B C Bell praised the judges while Dr McOscar and Mr Hanna were absent and replaced by George Miller and Lewis Hunter.
Timothy Reardon received the fourth prize and Oscar Jones, described as a bright little colored baby, also earned a prize in the same event.
Deputy Clerk Logan of the U S court issues official notices of final hearing in bankruptcy cases for Erastus Farnham of Angola and Oswald Stalin and Louis Heinrich of this city. Hearing fixed for May 4 in Indianapolis.
John H. Walker, who had moved from Kentucky, was waylaid near the railroad west of Kokomo by a woman and two men. He was kicked to death and died soon after at home. Walker named the assailants but refused to identify them, hinting they did not reside locally. The case remains a mystery to police.
Harry Sprague and Mr. Van Roy plan to launch a new brokers' office in the Arcade. Sprague leaves Mason Long after years with that firm to start his own business.
The Democratic County Committee reported selections for precinct committeemen in each township and ward, naming individuals for New Haven, Cedar Creek, Eel River, Madison, Wayne, and multiple city wards. Vacancies remain in two or three precincts as the paneled subcommitteemen advise while policy voices rest with regular committeemen.
Kalamazoo Beet Sugar company and Illinois Sugar Refining company finish contracting 3000 acres in the Kankakee valley. A fair crop could yield 15 tons per acre or 45000 tons, worth about 200000 dollars at four dollars per ton. Half covers labor rent and incidental costs. Four factories are planned for next season in Hamlet Walkerton and two in this area.
In Logansport Indiana yesterday an explosion in a Chicago Pipe Line main four miles southeast of town killed Michael Ellison Jr and injured five others. Workers were repairing a leak in a ten inch main when a T joint failed hurling Ellison 150 feet. Ground was torn up across 400 feet and witnesses reported the blast over miles.
Governor Roosevelt signed a New York bill limiting drug clerk hours and prohibiting sleeping in drug stores or adjacent living spaces. The law also mandates inspections of drug stores by the local board of health.
Mr Louis Geyer of Claytonville Tl says rheumatism crooked his limbs and disabled him until Gloria Tonic cured him completely removing deformities. Druggists sell it for one dollar a box.
William H. Green and a party of farmers went out to hunt a panther blamed for killing livestock across Peru Indiana. Green was fatally shot by a companion who mistook him for the animal as he rose from a log awaiting the panther and its cubs. He died after being brought to town for aid.
Robert Danner purchases Jesse Hamilton's livery business on East Wayne street and plans to consolidate the Holman street operation at the Wayne arrest location.
Goshen Indiana April 16 John L Waters was knocked down by foot pads and badly beaten with a club. Robbery is the suspected motive as he had recently drawn his pension and carried no money.
Auburn Indiana April 16 a contract for a fifty thousand dollar school house project is noted as advancing.
Garrett sees new development with twenty five dwellings under contract and over one hundred planned for the season. The rapid rise could put Garrett on par with Auburn, fueling talks of securing the county seat. In Kokomo Indiana Jonas Harris died after being shot by Joseph Fowler who mistook him for a horse thief. Fowler surrendered after the incident.
In Noblesville Indiana on April 17 George Anthony sues John Zeil for heavy damages over alleged alienation of his wife's affections. Anthony, a McCormick Harvesting Machine extant dealer, faces Zelt a wealthy farmer. Two similar suits follow, Reagan v Stanley and Lewis v Eller, each seeking large damages.
Laporte Ind April 17 William Beadle Tyron father of Mina Beadle died yesterday from the nervous shock of witnessing his daughter's awful death agony. Mina had been driven to suicide by kerosene and fire after an abusive attack by the father of a scholar she expelled for insubordination. Funeral for father and daughter was held today. They will be buried in one grave.
In Elkhart Indiana on April 17 Mrs. Joseph Delancy suffered a twelve inch gash when a cow attacked as she checked the newborn calf. The husband restrained the cow and saved her from further harm. Mrs. Delancy is seriously but not fatally injured.
Thomas Lewis of Wabash remembered by annual visitors as the Lakeside and Winona parks florist became blind a few weeks ago and has since gone insane from brooding over his condition near Warsaw.
A 108 inch diameter Vandeveer pippin apple tree near Syracuse, about sixty years old, is cited by country papers as the largest in the state. The tree in Bourbon area was planted by William Carter in 1848 and is still owned locally.
The article records a tree measuring eleven feet seven inches around at ground level and eight feet nine inches high at that point, with a top diameter of sixty four feet. It notes a height of forty five feet and a harvest of eighty five bushels of Vandeveer pippins in a single season.
Daniel Gerber and his wife were shot by three masked men during a meat robbery four miles east of Bluffton, Indiana. The assailants fled with about fifty pounds of meat after wounding Mrs Gerber in the leg and Mr Gerber in the left hand as they resisted. The couple could not identify the attackers.
In Huntington Indiana on April 17 ministers organized a plan to have women remove hats costing more than 50 cents during services. The Easter display was notably affected and stirred strong reactions among attendees.
At Chicago the Methodist General Conference will be held May 2 and 31. Tickets are available from stations on the Nickel Plate road on May 1 2 7 14 and 21 with a round trip fare of one and one third from points within 200 miles of Chicago. Returning by deposit until June 1. Inquiries to C A Asterlin T P Fort Wayne Ind.
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