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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1899
Page
2
The Sentinel reports a devastating wheat disaster in Allen county with February frost and harsh March weather destroying the crop. Analysts estimate yields ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 bushels statewide, with potential losses near half a million dollars and most fields plowed for oats or timothy.
W G Deatsman reports a total failure of wheat in Scipio township with less than ten acres sown in total and most land in oats or clover. Milo R Gorrell confirms wheat failure with fewer than one hundred bushels in the entire township.
Statement from Benjamin McQuiston confirms there is no wheat left in Washington township. H F Ernest Kruse adds there are no conditions to discuss and no prospects for wheat recovery.
Madison township farmers report a very poor wheat outlook with estimates of only 10 percent to 15 percent of a crop. Observers say most fields are already sown to oats or other crops, signaling widespread failure and crop-switching.
H K Turner reports the wheat crop in Marion Township is practically a total failure. George Shookman adds the crop is very poor and doubts as many bushels will be raised as were sown.
W E Dalman answers questions on crop condition stating the wheat crop is a total failure across most of Pleasant Township, with oats predominating and yields per acre expected to be nothing.
Crop condition report from Pleasant township notes complete failure for the season. All the wheat could fit in a thirty acre field and ninety percent of wheat ground is sown to oats and corn with clover damaged fifty percent or more.
In Perry Township there is almost no wheat remaining as farmers plow up fields for oats and other crops. A witness reports that less than ten acres of good wheat survive, confined to timbered strips, with winter kill and lack of snow disastrous. Most fields are being tilled for alternate crops.
In Springfield township, farmers claim wheat is entirely killed and no crop remains. W B Daniels notes no wheat and oats sown on wheat ground, with outlook predicting zero bushels. H A Walter adds there is no wheat or clover and timothy is frozen.
Jeremiah Heffelfinger notes Eel River township has no wheat and doubts fifty acres will be reaped with average yields not exceeding ten bushels per acre.
Herman W. Felte-Wheat nearly fails in Wayne township as harvests falter. Severe cold ruins crops and farmers re sow fields to other crops. Charles W. Fairfield notes discussions with at least twenty Wayne township farmers.
The group notes a consensus that 500 bushels will be a large estimate for the wheat crop in Wayne township. They say this year the crop is limited to the east side of timber groves or high rolling ground.
H P Hays reports the winter has left Lafayette township wheat largely frozen with only one in ten acres surviving and remaining plants very weak.
J W Metcalf reports after surveying Cedar Creek Township that there is not enough growing wheat left to cover thirty acres and predicts a complete crop failure.
Martin Blime reports the wheat crop in St. Joe township is not promising. Half the wheat land has been converted to oats and the remaining area will yield little, with an expected total of no more than 500 bushels in the township.
In Milan township Joseph F. Werts says he visited nearly every farm while listing school children for enumeration and places a 4 percent crop outlook. John N. Lake notes traveling fourteen sections and finding insufficient wheat to make a good stand on two acres, declaring the entire township crop a complete failure.
C Schlaudroff states after two weeks of field inspections that in Adams Township the wheat crop will mostly fail this year. Many farmers are sowing in oats or leaving ground for timothy hay due to a poor to very poor stand and prospects across the township.
In Jefferson Township Fred Fry reports the fields are mostly sown to oats and the remaining wheat will not yield a peck to the acre.
A S Robinson says wheat this township is nearly a failure with fields likely to switch to other crops and seed rates yielding little. E D Bauserman adds the crop outlook is discouraging, not exceeding four percent of average, with hundreds of acres shifting to oats and barley.
J. H. Stouder reports severe wheat damage in Aboit Township with about 95 percent of last fall's sowing killed and concerns there will be fewer than a thousand bushels in the township.
William N Keller reports poor winter wheat prospects in Jackson Township with many fields plowed for oats and spring wheat increasing. He notes little harvestable wheat and predicts fewer bushels than last fall, while County Supt F J Young travels to Zanesville Friday to confer with state and local education officials.
County trustees Michael Gaskill of Union township Wells county and others will confer to arrange building a six room school house at Zanesville by Allen and Wells counties. The project aims to be one of the finest country district schools with an estimated cost of 10000 dollars.
Governor Mount announces the new State Board of Pharmacy with Charles B. Woodworth among its initial members. The board will assess qualifications for pharmacists, meets four times annually, and compensation includes a secretary at 1500 dollars yearly while other members earn five dollars daily plus expenses. Woodworth has not yet received official notice.
Washington April 25 The Coghlan affair is viewed as likely to end with a sharp navy department reprimand if Captain Coghlan admits the report accuracy The German ambassador has not pressed the State Department since yesterday and appears content awaiting Navy action to close the incident. officials believe the matter is nearly ended.
The piece argues that William Jennings Bryan could earn more than most lawyers if he chose law, lecturing, acting, writing, journalism, or speeches. It emphasizes his charm, audience appeal, and potential wealth, while asserting his commitment to party and principles over money.
On the stand Mr Antrup testified as a farmer and said he lived in Fort Wayne for eleven years. Antrup’s counsel refused another question. Judge O Rourke will rule on it tomorrow as Harding and other directors are examined this afternoon.
Creditors met today and voted for trustee among three candidates, led by C. H. Worden. Liabilities are about 1.2 million with assets under 200 thousand. Worden secured the largest representation of indebtedness and was elected at 3:30 p.m. with a 50 000 bond set by Referee Chapin.
Washington reports the cabinet discussed Captain Coghlan of the Raleigh and his remarks at a Union League banquet. Long and Hay reviewed a letter from Coghlan denying insults to the German emperor or Admiral Von Diedrichs and calling the statements informal and privileged. Officials expect Coghlan to retire with honors after Manila service. the Philadelphia visit aboard the Raleigh may be unchanged.
Governor Mount announced the addition of three nonstate members to the State Board of Education Joseph J Mills president of Earlham college W T Stott president of Franklin college and Enoch G Machan county superintendent of LaGrange county join the board alongside Mount state superintendent F L Jones Purdue president James H Smart State Normal School president W W Parsons Indiana university president Joseph Swain Fort Wayne superintendent J N Study Evansville superintendent and existing members.
In a New York statement Col. Robert G. Ingersoll condemns Georgia lynchings as outrages carried out in the name of justice. He decries the brutal acts against Black victims and questions U S protection of citizens amid such violence as an American futility. In a Baltimore law office, witnesses are being examined in the case of George.
The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on May 12 regarding whether the Wabash preserves its charter and keeps the Eel River line within its system. The Indianapolis Journal suggests a ruling against the Wabash could prompt a Butler to Toledo division link and a Lake Shore purchase of the Eel River road.
An ad fragment touts a cure for a cold in one day using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It mentions Miss Bertie Gartley planning to visit sister Mrs. O. V. Riley in Nevada Ohio, with unreliable medical claims and travel notes.
A fragmentary dialect piece centers on Little Jimmie Riley and his family. The text weaves in garbled lines about children, school, and guidance from relatives, with repeated phrases and nonstandard spellings that suggest a pasted, imperfect OCR of a regional poem or verse.
W P Cooper of New York Life settled with Mrs. Robert Penman for a $10,000 policy on her late husband. The policy is installment, with Mrs. Penman receiving $100 monthly until the total, with interest, is paid.
The board dismissed the Krause ditch report and appointed new viewers for several ditches in Pleasant Wayne and Maumee townships. Various civil suits proceed or are dismissed in superior, circuit, and Wabash county courts, including foreclosures and a 6000 case value. a new road petition was filed with a read petition to County Auditor Meyer.
The text notes farmers sow oats and barley and mentions a new union Sunday school organized to be a likely success with preaching next Sunday at 2 30 pm. It also reports a runaway incident injuring Lew Ort, plus local visits by William White and welcome plans for Mr Bunner in the coming year.
Louis Ort, a farmer, was riding along Barr street when his horse team faltered and bolted. The wagon overturned near Washington and Barr, tossing Ort to the ground. he was badly shaken and bruised but escaped broken bones after doctor care and walked home.
At 1 30 this afternoon John Oswald an aged farmer of Washington township four miles northwest of the city was suddenly prostrated by heart trouble at Main and Harrison streets He was helped to Robert Klaehn undertakers parlors where Dr J A Lomas attended him The doctor believes no serious results. Marriage Licenses Conrad Gackemeier and Minnie Lopper Gideon Archambeault and Cora Troxel
Secretary of State Charities Ryuard investi gating the accidental poisoning death of James Kehoe at a feeble minded school. A. W. Butler and Ellison interviewed farm staff physicians and the coroner Dr Barnett and will report to the state board next Friday. Butler then left for Portland to inspect plans for a new Jay county jail.
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