19 Apr 1893
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1893
Page
1
Reports from Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, and Kansas describe tornadoes and fierce storms causing extensive damage. Several towns including Roy, Dax, and Mich cities report collapsed buildings, fires, and injuries. dozens feared dead or missing as trains and telegraph lines fail.
In Washington April 13 secretary Hoke Smith favors appointing younger men to pension examining boards. He aims to fill about 1200 posts with under thirty five year olds, prioritizing college graduates with good reputations. Disappointed office seekers from Indiana and Illinois, mostly ex inspectors, were told changes would come after key appointments. Col Richard Dalton seeks St Louis port collectorship with Missouri support. Wa J Little named Hot Springs reservations superintendent under home rule.
Three of Milois’ leading statesmen received jeweled gifts a gavel and cane made from wood of the US brig Lawrence honoring Commodore Perry’s 1813 Lake Erie battle. Nominations to the Senate included Andrew Fyfe and Isaac Holton while naval plans eyed a salute at Grant’s tomb.
Henry C. Paul and John C. Peters of Fort Wayne met Representative McNagny in Washington over the Fort Wayne postmastership. Several claimants press for the appointment with strong claims, and editors and supporters weigh bets on who will win the posting soon.
Nomesville Indiana will dedicate a new 20,000 church on April 30 with Dr. Payne of New York delivering the introductory sermon and Rev. G I Fill of Muncie preaching in the evening.
The will of Elliot F. Shepard filed for probate states an estate of about 850000 in realty and 400 in personal property. He leaves funds to the trustees of the Presbytery of New York for religious work, to the Seventh Presbyterian church, and to St Paul’s Church of Tarsus in Asia Minor, with specific real estate bequests noted.
Indiana report details attorneys seeking a new trial for Bartholomew J. Murphy in conspiracy cases. Judge Langdon sets filing deadline post Clark case. defense cites missing court reporter evidence. Also notes thefts in Washington township, hod carriers strike impact, elopement in Rieusonp, Kokomo saloon enforcement, a parish fending off thieves, and a suicide linked to missing funds.
At the Fort Wayne area meeting officers were elected for the Allen County Medical Association. A public cholera-focused gathering is planned for May 2 at the Masonic Temple with leading papers by Myers Stemen Porter and Whery.
Huntington Herald reports Robert Blair from Galion and two Fort Wayne men Henry Blake of Ewings street and Fred Burke connected to a disturbance on a 9:01 Wabash train. Blair fled, others were restrained with revolvers drawn. They faced fines of $9.80 and authorities were notified.
A mob of twenty to thirty masked men dragged a fireman from his bed in Morton to a secluded spot where he was tarred and feathered then rode him on a rail and hanged him from a tree. The fireman is in critical condition and the Redwood county grand jury may hear the case.
An incident last evening near Ind City ended with Warren Blackwell, a well known but troubled farmer, shot and killed by Deputy Sheriff Revette ap at about 6 o clock. Blackwell was described as wealthy and quarrelsome when drinking. Details remain unclear.
Charles Tritschler, son of John P. Tritschler of 7 Fulton Street, narrowly survived a fatal scaffold collapse at the world’s fair grounds. Five workers were injured or killed when a heavy material track toppled a scaffold, sending men crashing to the ground. Tritschler, a 24-year-old plumber, was sent home from Cook County Hospital in a pitiable condition but later began to recover with hopeful prospects.
The list covers deaths reported by city undertakers for the week ending April 15 with names ages and causes such as Brights disease paralysis lung fever consumption and exhaustion. Also notes Henry Doehrmen a tailor wed Louise Rippe Friday afternoon in this city.
A lively nonpoisonous snake from Honduras, four feet long and green highlighted by its delicate shade, was brought into a store by William Wage and placed in a covered box. The creature drew hundreds to see it. An obituary notes the Easter 1893 death of Orre Howenstein, age 14, from typhoid pneumonia. Chandeliers for the new city hall building have arrived.
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