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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1900
Page
3
Boston reports Rev Tradwell Clancy describing famine. He cites 40,000,000 hungry in India, 30,000,000 in distress, and 8,010,060 receiving government aid. He notes rural hardship, selling of furniture and possessions, and children abandoned as poverty rises.
Preparations for the May exposition at the cathedral proceed with new committees. Henry Benes leads the Executive Committee as president, with J McDonald as vice president and J T Dalghan as secretary.
A fourth prize went to Timothy Reurdon and Owent Jones, along with a bright little colored baby who also received a prize.
Deputy Clerk Logan of the United States court sends notices for bankruptcy hearings involving Erastus Farnham in Angola Oswald Stalin and Louis Helmich of this city. The hearing is fixed for May in Indianapolis.
John H Walker, 45, who had recently moved with his family to Kokomo Indiana, was waylaid and murdered on the railroad west of Iowa by a woman and two men. A woman then died at home. Walker identified no suspects before dying. Police face a mystery as they pursue leads.
Harry Sprague and Dr. Van Roy are arranging to open a new brokers office in the Dorchester area. Sprague has long served Milson Long and now seeks to run his own business.
Democratic precinct subcommitteemen are named for each ward and townships including WeW Haven and Cedar Creek with appointments to fill vacancies. The notice lists dozens of names such as James Parnin Cedar Creek Franke Iowa and Calvin Crowe Madison, with further appointments and advisories for township primaries and proxy designations.
An explosion at the Chicago Pips Line mine near Logansport Indiana killed Michael Buison Jr and injured five other workers. The blast blew a pipe and sent debris over 150 feet, with one man thrown 30 feet. Several laborers were knocked down and treated for injuries.
A chaotic city event tied to a Pure Food exhibition drew attention as health officials from New York tackled alleged drug clerk improprieties. The gathering featured a baby show with over a hundred entrants and a long judging session led by Dr McOstar and Mr Wawona, later replaced by Miller and Hunter.
The fragment mentions Claytonville resident Gowis Geyer describing a rheumatic ailment and a claimed cure by Gloria Tonia. It also notes Rocet Danner purchasing the livery business of Jesse Hamilton and consolidating operations on Holman Street near Wayne Street in the town, with a subscription nudge for The Sentinel.
Tad Pera and William J. Green led farmers on a night hunt near Saint Satuidiy when a panther they trailed fled. Green, lying by a log, was shot by a companion who mistook him for the animal and fired. He died after being brought to nearby medical aid.
An April 16 incident reports Tom Ta Waters knocked down by foot pads in Gordon Indiana. He was badly beaten with a club as Rahbery is named as the suspect. He had recently drawn his pension and had no money when confronted. Auburn Tie. A fifty thousand dollar school case followed.
In Garett plans call for a simmer construction push with twenty five new dwellings under contract and over a hundred more to be built during the smash. Local talk centers on Garett becoming a rival to Auburn as the fate of increana nears. Citizens discuss sweeping the county seat amid growth and ambition.
Noblesville Indiana April 17 a suit by George Anthony against Toki Zolt seeks damages for alleged alienation of the plaintiff spouse. The file is noted as the court’s most important debt case with McCormick Harvesting Machine Co of McCormick Harvesting Co connection and Belt a local resident named in the matter. Other similar litigants including William Reapno versus Theodore P. Stanley and Watson Lewis versus Guther are listed as seeking heavy damages.
The article reports Tatporte Tad Apt 17 and Wiltinn Beadle of Tyron as the father of Min Beadle who died by self harm Friday by saturating with kerosene and setting fire. It notes an abusive attack at a school and expulsion for insubordination. The funeral of the father and others is planned today.
A dogged report describes Mrs. Delaney being injured when a vicious cow charged as she approached a newborn calf on her premises. Her husband restrained the animal, and Delaney sustained injuries described as serious but nonfatal.
An odd notice from Warsaw recalls Thomas Lewis known as the fivist at Lakeside and Winona parks. He became blind some years ago and now Jeannie Crow contemplates his blindness while annual visitors remember him.
A Great Apple Tree at Wauvhon is described as the largest in the region, with the Syracuse tree noted at Vauleveer plantation. The specimen is roughly sixty years old, planted by William Ouvi er in 1848, and valued for its production.
Daniel Gerber and his wife were shot by three masked men while preparing to smoke meat at the Garman settlement near Whi hse. Mrs Gerber was wounded in the leg as Gerber fled. both died from their injuries. The assailants fled with meat valued at about eighty five bushels of Vanderveer pippins.
In Huntington Indiana on Easter Sunday ministers urged women to remove hats deemed costly as churchgoers faced a tense display. The measure drew quiet agitation but was enforceable, signaling a rare clash over dress codes in worship. Meanwhile Chicago lines offer Nickel Plate rail passes to nearby points with round trips, effective May 1 to June 1, at one and a third fare, via agents Asterlin and Fort Wayne. A list of travel dates and trunk arrivals appears in local notices.
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