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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1901
Page
3
Mrs. Sarah Knaub, 53, of York, was shot by her sister Mrs. Henry Reilly at Pleasureville. Knaub, awakened by chicken thieves, died ten minutes later from internal hemorrhage caused by the pistol wound. coroner rules death accidental despite initial heart disease attribution.
Wellsville dispatch says strikers guarding Pittsburg area mill entrances last night to stop new workers. A plucky wife named Mrs. Cuillups armed with a shotgun confronted the crowd, helped four boarding workers into the mill, and routs the mob. She vows arrests and says the plant runs five mills, with full capacity hoped by Monday.
In an interview quoted from Figaro on August 3 in Fairs, ex-president of the Transvaal Mr Kruger declares they already proposed peace to Great Britain and will not renew it. He adds they would offer money for peace only if Britain asks, arguing independence is priceless.
London reports Liberia hopeful for British rights to navigate the Manna river amid fears of German colonization. Delegation including Secretary Barclay Chief Justice Roberts and Senator King meets Colonial Secretary Chamberlain as Liberia eyes mining growth and American colonization ties.
Dr. W. O. Gross as administrator arranged the sale of three J. G. Thieme estate residences Saturday. 415 East Washington was bought by Paul E B Wolf for 1700 dollars, the Erie and Schick Street property by Mr Morehart for 1050 dollars, and the west adjoining lot by Mr Hilker for 950 dollars.
Alexander McCullough of Crawfis twelve miles west of Findlay shot and killed his wife in the presence of their five children and then died by suicide. He was described as temporarily insane.
Commandant Haer manus Steyn, cousin of President Steyn, fell on August 1 during combat at Ficksburg. Boers and rebels are re entering the Barkly West district in the Cape Colony.
Birmingham reports Charley Bentley a black man confessed to killing Jim Vann alias Williams a white man. A mob hanged Bentley in Leeds St Clair county after the coroner's verdict blamed him. Vann and his wife and child were asleep in a camp three miles from Leeds when the attack occurred. Vann's skull was crushed with a rock.
Indianapolis officials announce the state soldiers and sailors monument dedication for the third Tuesday in May 1902. President McKinley is expected to attend the ceremony.
Fort Wayne city schools prepare to open on September 9 with new teacher assignments. Mrs. Jennie Ray Ormsby is appointed as special instructor in reading and physical culture. Three June appointees resigning are Nellie You, Jennie You, and Daisy Beaber. New hires include Ella C. Loney, Lillian Hays, Catherine Slattery, and Minnie B. Frost. Buildings undergo renovations with a Woman's Club League committee painting and tinting updates.
About thirty to forty members of Anthony Wayne post No. 271 G A R are expected in Cleveland for the national encampment starting September 9. A committee of G W Aldrich John W Vordermark and Daniel Hickman was appointed to arrange travel details at the post meeting.
A blaze in Hammond Indiana destroyed the Simplex Railway Appliance Western Rawhide Tanning and Hammond Buggy plants. Losses exceed 75000 with insured amounts of 15000 35000 and 6000 respectively. Over five hundred workers lose jobs as fire teams from nearby towns aided Hammond.
The timeline notes she was committed to the asylum months ago for poisoning her husband and son. Her petition for release a few weeks ago was refused and the woman is said to be dying.
Miss Matilda Abbies of Roseburg vanished after quarrel with her father over her sweetheart Charles Anthony. Anthony, eighteen, and Abbies, twenty, were warned by her to leave home if objections continued. Father allegedly fired the youth.
Rev C G Miller in Bluffton Ind prints his burial sermon for ex congressman A N Martin with proceeds to fund a grave marker not supplied by the government. The widow and daughter refuse money and urge Bluffton residents not to buy for that purpose. The pamphlet also includes the sermon press comments and letters received.
Charles Demos a 55 year old Glenwood merchant was jailed in Rushville for intoxication and injured himself by striking his head against cell bars. Two doctors treated his wounds and he was released after threatening to kill himself unless set free.
Mishawaka Indiana reports George T Edmus located his daughter Sadie who vanished from Alpena Michigan nine years ago at age eighteen. After her disappearance her mother died of grief and her lover committed suicide. Sadie had eloped with Lawrence Brice now a plantation owner in Louisiana with a home in New Orleans. They have resumed their reunion.
The Fort Wayne Blues depart tomorrow morning for Defiance to play the famed Defiance ball club tomorrow afternoon. A number of friends of the club will accompany them.
In Frankfort Indiana Harry Berry a wealthy liquor dealer barely escaped injury when his wife fired a revolver at him after he accused her and Police Officer Nichols of misconduct Berry had roamed streets with a shotgun and vowed to kill Nichols. Friends restrained him and later the couple exchanged harsh words before the wife fired in self defense Nichols denied Berry's accusations and the city suspended the officer.
Danville Indiana reports Rev I N Yakley of Bloomfield preached at Cumberland Presbyterian church as the electric lights failed for seventeen minutes. He had no notes and continued the sermon in darkness after lights returned with no interruption to the discourse.
Record wheat trading scene at Fort Wayne with a two block line of wagons and farmers supplying the market. Grain houses and buyers handled at least 6000 bushels as the day opened with strong quality grain and prices near 64 cents per bushel.
Evansville Ind Aug 3 a state board of charities committee secretly inspected the southern Indiana insane asylum over alleged insanity trust. The group reported no one illegally detained and will file a report to the governor. Special inquiry centered on Mrs Louisa Rislein with a separate examination.
Benjamin Pugh, a Brooklyn waiter killer, was executed in Sing Sing prison. Three shocks were administered before death after he murdered John Tiegen following a dispute over payment at a restaurant.
Saturday Patrick H. Garvey completed negotiations and became owner of Grape Island the largest island on Sylvan Lake. The about three acre island sits among the picturesque spots of the area and marks a new private ownership on the lake.
The court news itemizes divorces granted to Mrs. Bennett Dora Bell Matthias and others, multiple suits including foreclosures and damages, temporary restraining orders, and a range of local criminal and civil actions. Stolen horse reports, jail transfers, and sheriff notes accompany the docket along with liquor license contention and ongoing legal proceedings.
Michael F. Orr wed Jennie Mason. Robert Leo Huldebert Brandenburg married Bertha Kluge. Thomas B. Crest weds Ione G. Evers. John C. Mulford and Daisy K. Barber. William Juergens and Clara Jackson. John RB Minerd and Alice M. Bell. Henry W Bradtmiller and Nettie Wefel.
A woman who endured nervous prostration for three years reports two bottles of Lichty's Celery Nerve Compound cured her. She says she hardly knows if she has nerves today and feels no nerves. The remedy is sold by Dreier and Bro at the corner of Calhoun and Columbia streets.
Laporte Ind Aug 6 The trustees of the Northern Indiana Baptist association have chosen officers President William A Banks Laporte Vice President G T Hodsen South Bend Secretary and Treasurer W D Spore Laporte.
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