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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1901
Page
11
Senator Hanna left Cleveland for Canton to confer with President McKinley on the Amalgamated strike dispute. He will stay through Saturday and is said to be pressing for a settlement, with a goal to end the strike as soon as possible.
In Carrollton Mississippi Aug 2 a mob of about five hundred white residents hanged Betsy McCrea her son Belford McCrea and Ida McCrea after accusing them of the July 39 murder of Mr and Mrs Talia ferro. Judges urged law and order but the crowd ignored them as Governor Longin arrived to address the scene.
Ed Dir kes and Eva Weiss face jail and bonds after a blackmail scheme charged in police court. Gebhart testified to a demand for money tied to alleged exposure, with Dierkes bound over for 1000 dollars and Weiss for 500 as accomplice. Detective Coling outlined ongoing investigations and prior arrests.
Dublin Indiana August 2 Carson Bond family split Orange County after forty years the mother planned sale of the old farm John Bond then forty three vowed to stay in bed until death if the place sold The farm was sold and he was carried to the polls to vote his sisters keeping vigil until his death yesterday
Plans for a central Chicago railroad station costing about 40 million dollars are to be submitted at a August 15 meeting of railway officials. Eighteen of twenty-two Chicago terminal railways have approved the plan drawn by Alderman Dixon. The Illinois Central Northwestern Pennsylvania and Great Western have not yet approved.
At the February term F M Thurber and wife of Ossian adopted eight year old Marjorie Rumrill Thurber from John M Rumrill after his wife died. The father later asked for the child back and a mutual understanding restored custody to Mr Rumrill.
A man from Dun Kirk took little Marjorie back with him after a visit. The law permits adoption but has no remedy to undo it. Rumrill and Thurber agree to end the relation and will file a circuit court petition in September to revert the girl’s name to Rumrill and bar her claim as heir. It is described as the first such case in Indiana and a test case.
Henry Heasley sixty a pioneer grocer of Elkhart Ind shot himself through the brain after closing his store and setting affairs in order his dead body found by a customer cause believed to be business reverses y
Edmund H. Coombs a wholesale hardware dealer was badly injured when his horse fell on Barr and Berry streets pinning his right leg between knee and ankle. Doctors Deming and Porter treated him at home where the fracture was set and he rests able though bruise scattered. Also Soest injured in runaway and Lauer wounded by a nail in wrist at Wolff Bros. store.
Harry Alderman of Fort Wayne secured a 160 acre claim in the El Reno district from the recent government land lottery in Oklahoma. He held No. 1617 and will relocate to develop his allotment after months of prospecting. He is the third Fort Wayne resident to win in the Indian lands allotment.
In Colorado Springs the quarto centennial of Colorado statehood closed with public appearances by Colonel Roosevelt. Rough riders Indians and the Foil and Sabre club entertained crowds with horsemanship and broadsword feats. The vice president met regiment members at his hotel and then hosted a large reception at Northside park.
Antipyrine is blamed for heart depression and kidney upset in headache cures. Krause's Headache Capsules contain no antipyrine, chloral, morphine or harmful ingredients. They claim quick relief and a clear head. Price 25c. Sold by Dreier & Bro. at Calhoun and Columbia streets.
County Auditor William Meyer Jr has returned from Mackinaw where he participated in county affairs. The visit involved oversight matters and review of departmental operations upon his return.
Special Judge Bittenger finds William Henze guilty of unlawful association and fines him 50 dollars plus costs, noting the Henze saloon’s notorious defense of prostitutes. An appeal bond is posted, while later the loitering case is dismissed. prosecutors plan to file an information in circuit court and seek a grand jury indictment.
Avilla Indiana August 2 turmoil over the Bank of Avilla failure deposits likely to lose $16 000 to $17 000 with reports of 250 depositors mainly local farmers. H W Leach builder of Avilla Carriage Works and Cromwell state Bank figure in closures as he seeks bankruptcy protection.
In Bluffton Indiana on August 2 Ethel Porter seventeen fired a bullet toward her heart after her mother scolded her for going out with undesirable companions. The shot lodged near the left shoulder blade causing a severe but not fatal wound. She previously attempted suicide last winter by arsenic overdose but survived.
Madrid dispatch quotes Enrique Capriles former governor of Santiago de Cuba who was aboard the Vizcaya during the battle of Santiago. He says he witnessed the fight from the bridge and that the Brooklyn did engage three Spanish ships, asserting there was no cowardice. Eyewitnesses are dying, he argues to settle the question now.
Senator T E Ellison argues a four year old bill would have blocked unjust commitment of sane people to state asylums. He cites Indianapolis disclosures and says the measure aimed to require thorough inquiry into alleged insanity before confinement.
Maryland Democrats declare the party will aim to suppress black voting in the 1902 elections. The platform, shaped under Arthur P. Gorman guidance, claims white voters must control state government for stability and progress. Joshua W. Hering and J. Frank Turrer were reappointed to offices, while Gorman and Rasin attended but did not speak from the platform.
Private investigators traced a $15,000 to $16,000 Akron bank theft to arrests in Goshen Indiana. A talkative robber in a gambling den provided a clue leading to the raid and recovery of money in Elkhart. One suspect had prior prison time in Jeffersonville and resided on Leavitt Street in Chicago.
William Thompson a peg legged tramp was arraigned in police court and sentenced to two to fourteen years in the penitentiary for tattooing young boys. He tattooed them when they stole and bought beer for him. The case is probably the first of its kind in the state.
A garbled ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease tight shoes and prevent swollen feet, blisters and sores. It claims instant relief and positions the product as the era’s greatest comfort discovery with shipments via mail order and local stores.
Notre Dame priests opened the annual portiuncula procession at 3 p m in the Church of the Sacred Heart. The event, observed on August 2 each year, runs through the night and ends at sundown, unusual for a non Franciscan church in America.
Crowds from South Bend and nearby towns attended the opening of services yesterday afternoon. Notre Dame and St Marys academy members stayed behind during vacation, keeping lines filled. In Monroeville, Indiana, August 2, William Barrone lost control of a traction engine on East Liberty road, tipping into a 16 foot ditch with water tank and wagon, no injuries.
English Indiana reports a wholesale ice cream poisoning at a Celina party leaving Martha Graham and Alta Karns dead and more than twenty five others seriously ill with hopes for recovery.
In Muncie Indiana on August 2 a union non union clash near the Ontario Silverware works led to serious injuries to Buck Frank Conly William Lanning and others. Police quelled the riot as guards were planned and five arrests reported amid fears of further trouble when non union workers return.
Muncie Ind Aug 2 Charles Patterson a young farmer north of Muncie is slowly dying from blood poisoning after a black spider bit him last Friday while he cut grass. He swatted the spider off but the bite swelled his arm and the poison spread by the next morning.
On Nate Butts farm near Winchester Indiana the Monarch Gas company struck oil and gas last night during a gas drilling operation. The well produced a strong flow of both oil and gas and company officials believe both can be saved.
Avilla Indiana awaits a National Telephone and Telegraph exchange with free service to Kendallville and connection to many rural lines. The Fort Wayne company plans to seek a town franchise at the next trustees meeting, with little anticipated opposition.
Avilla Indiana on August 2 reports a new banking institution planned after the Bank of Avilla failure. The bank will be a branch of the Noble County bank at Kendallville. Sol Baum will serve as cashier at Avilla.
Readers learn Hall's Catarrh Cure is claimed to cure catarrh a constitutional disease. The advertisement states the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. It invites testimonials and lists F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio as the manufacturers.
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