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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1908
Page
1
Cline secures victory on the first ballot in Kendallville, with supporters celebrating as results confirm a decisive win. The race drew local turnout and attention from residents following a tight campaign.
In Kendallville Indiana on April 16 Cyrus Cline of Angola secured the 49 votes needed on the first ballot to win the Twelfth district convention nomination for representative in congress over Judge Joseph W. Adair and Fred L. Belch. The process drew about 200 Allen county democrats with large turnout and strong support for the Toledo Fort Wayne Chicago canal pledge.
Concord New Hampshire April 21 unfledged delegates to the republican national convention at Chicago were elected today at the New Hampshire republican state convention in Concord. Delegates at large include United States Senator Jacob H Gallinger former Governor Chester B Jordan Attorney General Edwin G Eastman and Edwin F Jones. A Taft for president resolution was tabled by a rising vote. Senator Gallinger chaired the session and former Governor John McLane served as permanent chairman.
Forty two bodies removed from wreckage after trains from Ballarat and Bendigo collided at Braybrook Junction near Melbourne on April 19. Eighty eight injured. several still buried. Fire and darkness hampered rescue as three cars burned and victims burned beyond recognition.
News from St. Petersburg reports Persian forces retreating with heavy losses after attacking Russian troops in Persian territory. A Russian detachment from Belosuvar has advanced, awaiting reinforcements, while Persian expeditionaries near Tabriz remain ill disciplined and largely confined to the city.
Tiflis reports 2000 troops dispatched from the city into the unsettled frontier region sixty miles from the nearest rail link. Commanders at Belesuvar and Shirin have not sent fresh details as Kurdish brigands threaten. An uprising disrupts a key Caspian to Persia trade route, stopping caravans from leaving Lenkoran.
An address adopted at the Associated Press annual meeting in New York calls on the president and Congress to grant immediate relief from paper price exactions. Representatives from 774 daily papers urge action citing prior attention to excessive prices by a paper combination in 1907.
Washington April 21 A meeting of the republican steering committee in the senate discussed the legislative program but reached no decision to add major measures to those for this session Currency legislation dominated talk with Aldrich pushing for a conference move on a currency bill and a recess study. Beveridge warned adjourning without enacting measures sought by the president.
The Randall Lumber Co shipped three carloads of oak timbers for Canadian locks. The massive planks twelve inches thick and thirty feet long required thirty-two trees from within four miles of Fort Wayne. All trees used grew within four miles of the city.
Los Angeles honors the Atlantic fleet with a city wide holiday declared by the mayor. Businesses close, beaches fill, and thousands visit battleships. Special trains bring crowds from distant regions as four anchor cities host divisions and a parade marks the day.
Speeches were delivered at a banquet for the admirals and commanding officers of the fleet and their sailors. General Adna R. Chaffee Robert J. Burdette Bishop Conaty Governor Gillett Admiral Thomas and others spoke before a near 1 am reply from Admiral Thomas praising Admiral Evans and the commander in chief.
Thomas O Connor and Frances O Connor known as Frances McLain were found guilty in the US circuit court on two counts of using the mails to defraud. Judge Holt imposed a fifteen month sentence on O Connor with a suspended sentence for Mrs. O Connor. The couple advertised insider stock tips via circulars and posed as possessing inside information. They touted brokerage firms as reliable but the firms were run by O Connor under various names.
Indiana physicians urged state wide medical inspection of schools at a Fort Wayne gathering. Dr. Hurty cited Indiana child death rates linked to poor school sanitation and urged medical supervision to improve health and education. Officers elected included Dr. A. P. Buchman as president and Dr. J. L. Gilbert as first vice president.
Paris reports Prince Helle de Sagan plans to travel to Italy to meet Mme Anna Gould, amid claims of engagement. He refused timing of the marriage, calling the future in God’s hands. He described life in America as torturous with relentless press attention.
The Friedrich der Grosse arrived at Gibraltar today from New York and was to depart for another port, with reports noting Anna Gould aboard and preparations underway for her onward voyage.
Forty Illinois cities and towns, mainly in the south, vote on the local option question as Anti Saloon League officials seek to add five counties to the dry list. Cairo faces a fierce contest with its 65 saloons while Thebes in Alexander county is also favored by anti-saloon forces. Other voting communities include Pinckneyville, Willisville, Nashville, Ashley, Wetang s, Hardin, Winchester, Meredosia, Greenview, Dwight, Momence, Peotone, Hampshire, Erie, Barrington, Melrose Park, Naperville, Reddick, Stockton, Sandwich and Cabery.
Bloomington Illinois April 21 The municipal election underway here decides saloon license scope with a wet dry issue set for two years Dry forces seek a $1200 license doubling the current levy Seven aldermen to be chosen and dry candidates push for the high license ticket
On April 21 in Chicago 154 men were stripped of citizenship by circuit and superior courts amid a war on anarchists. Judge Pinckney revoked 55 naturalization papers for suspected anarchist ties and Judge Ball last week revoked 99 for failing to swear they were not connected with anti government societies. Twenty five more cases are pending.
In Bellarie Ohio Jacob Ashoff a railroad engineer fatally shot his wife during a quarrel and then killed himself in Wheeling West Virginia on April 21. The couple had been married only a few months after an argument in which Mrs Ashoff slapped her husband.
Ervin J. Pine aged 71 dies in Mobile after thirty two years as a builder of mardi gras pageants in Mobile and other cities and as a noted scenic artist. He formerly lived in South Bend Indiana.
In Rochester Pennsylvania on April 21 a natural gas explosion at the Reed residence seriously injured John Reed his wife and two daughters and caused about 5000 in damages.
Henry Yates aged 63, once connected to English nobility and grandson of the late Lord Hammersley, died at his aluncie home after years as a building contractor and fortunes lost. He faced a $105,000 claim from his father’s estate before Parliament and grew increasingly insane as appeals for help went unanswered.
The Muncie Presbyterial and the Woman's Presbyterial society opened in Peru Indiana with Rev B M Nyce of Muncie elected moderator Licenses were granted to two ministry candidates Rev Hugh T Gary of Marion addressed the joint session Rev John Durfey of Hartford City chosen as delegate to the general assembly Mrs G A Little of Alexandria presiding over Presbyterial society meetings Mrs R E Egbert of Marion spoke to the society today
In Nashville Indiana on April 21 a young girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Robertson near Cooper, fell backward into a tub of boiling water while playing. The mother heard a faint cry and found the child almost submerged. she could not save the life.
In Maison Indiana on April 21 two robbers assaulted German farmer Layman and his daughter as they drove home late at night. Bloodhounds are on the trail and pursuers work through the woods today. Both victims were badly injured and are being treated.
In Michigan City Indiana on April 21 George Priebe a 24 year old cigar maker died from gunshot wounds fired by neighbor boy George Fenne who shot him in a shed at Priebe s home thinking a thief was attempting to steal his pigeons.
Washington reports on April 21 states Secretary Taft plans to take time before ruling the Tippecanoe monument dispute near Lafayette Indiana. If precedents hold, he would ratify the commission's decision.
Indianapolis on April 21 reports Hugh McGowan remains seriously ill with a weak heart and bronchitis. Bids for the new Larwill high school will be opened there on May 7.
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