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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1901
Page
4
Oakland City, Ind Aug 6 In defense of his life James Harbison shot and killed Frank Osborn three miles west of Oakland City Osborn had sworn to kill Harbison both suitors for the same girl Osborn allegedly threatened Harbison Harbison surrendered to the sheriff after the fatal duel
Muncie August 6 Attorney J M Taollette assistant federal district attorney for Indiana was in Muncie and before United States Commissioner Ellis took depositions from local witnesses in the Neely Cuban postal robbery case. Depositions to Cuba. Katz testified about over 40000 dollars deposited at Union National Bank. Cowan testified post Neely sale and government printing amounting to about 10000 dollars. Other testimony deemed unimportant.
Greensburg Indiana August 6 Morgan L Miers filed suit for 30000 damages against S P Minear merchant for alleged alienation of his wife's affections. Minear prepares to leave for New York and papers served. Miers previously confronted Minear at his city home with Mrs Miers and Miers also seeks divorce.
Two barns and a sheep shed on Representative Gillett's farm two miles west of LaGrange burned after a spark from a stacker. Insurance totals 200 dollars. Four horses were rescued, while hogs, a thresher, 400 bushels of wheat and rye, and hay were lost. Neighbor Thomas Carter escaped a burning stack with a broken heel and a serious ankle sprain. James Boyd, the tenant, had 200 dollars on his stock.
Deputy Fish Commissioner James Liggett and Frank Miller conducted a raid in Twin lakes Huffman and Cedar lakes districts collecting twenty seven gill nets and eight spears. Fines and costs exceed thirty dollars per case. Rev. C R Jones of Cedar Lake found with a net.
A brief telegram from Brexit Tad notes Dollie An appears to have located her father, ending a period of separation. Additional details are sparse in the clipping.
John Richards, a wealthy Omaha merchant, learns his daughter is the child sheltered by the Child Bavings Institute. The father had been searching ten years, believing the girl under care of Mrs Andrews who later confessed her identity on her deathbed after a vaudeville career.
Abe Buchanan of Greensburg Ind was arrested in Williams town and jailed on an affidavit from his wife accusing him of criminal assault on their nine year old daughter Jennie Buchanan. A physician examined the girl after she stated she had been ravished. The affidavit followed his report and the case will be heard by Justice Thomas Powers. Buchanan, a 34 year old day laborer, was brought to jail by Sheriff Davis.
Mrs. William Bostos of Rosedale committed suicide by ingesting carbolic acid. After preparing dinner she told her husband farewell and was found writhing in the adjoining room. Despondency is blamed for the act, which followed two prior attempts.
Rutland Vermont August sixth saw the heaviest penalties in years for violators of state prohibitory laws. Chancellor R S Taft sentenced hotel and drugstore operators to six months imprisonment and fines up to 750 dollars. Several Rutland hotels closed as owners say profits rely on bar sales.
London dispatch cites the enemy squadron victory in naval drills with two torpedo boat destroyers lost and several crippled. The Viper wreck stands as the era’s serious accident while the Violet suffers heavy boiler damage. Crews were saved from scalding by quick stokers’ actions amid rumors of further incidents and a likely inquiry.
Miss Nettie Wefel daughter of Mr and Mrs A J Wefel of 21 East Washington street married Henry W Bradtmiller this afternoon at 2 oclock in a ceremony conducted by Rev Jacob Miller of St Pauls Lutheran church Attendants were Miss Ella Wefel and Herman Bradtmiller A wedding supper followed for close relatives Afterward the couple left for Anderson to establish their home
In Steubenville Ohio on August 6 at the National Steel furnace in Mingo Junction a clash occurred when Hungarians tried to reclaim old positions held by Italians. The fight resulted in Italians retaining jobs and Hungarians returning to work without the raised wages they sought.
Avilla Indiana residents remain unsettled as the Bank of Avilla fails amid mounting liabilities now estimated around twenty seven thousand dollars. The collapse follows a rapid ascent for H W Leach who built a mansion carriage works and purchased town bonds before the bank failure. Creditors seek expert accounting to determine recoveries while residents recall his boastful display of wealth and promise of cash payments.
Cleveland capitalists and the E P Roberts company announced the Muncie Fort Wayne interurban contract has been let with construction to begin this fall. The route will run from Muncie through Hartford City Montpelier Bluffton to Fort Wayne with grading starting soon and operation set for August 1 1902.
Charges filed before U S Commissioner Hoggins accuse George Moore and Ulysses Snyder of stealing a mail sack from the Monon depot on July 12. The pouch reportedly contained valuable mail and was found in Moore's hidden coat containing about $2,000.
A group of young offenders hid in a cave and drew revolvers on nearby farmers who confronted them. Moore tried to shoot at officers during his arrest.
In Indianapolis on August 6 Joli Ross faced city court for assaulting a fellow worker at the packing plant. The injured man, intoxicated, provoked the altercation at the dinner table, resulting in Ross knocking him down several times. The case drew interest due to ties to the insanity commission trust.
Belgrade dispatch says rumors of deaths in riots are false and no casualties were reported. London officials and other sources have not confirmed any fatalities or injuries.
A news agency states sixteen people were killed and nineteen wounded during disturbances at Prokuplie, Serbia, while the dispatch notes the elections themselves proceeded without disorder.
Two militia companies and the governor's horse guards moved from Atlanta to Canton to guard Raymond Ross a Black man charged with assaulting a white woman. Troops will guard the courthouse surroundings until the case concludes.
Mike Kaylor Jr was arrested late Saturday for drunkenness. He pleaded not guilty this morning, admitted drinking, and offered to prove he was not intoxicated. He showed an $80 bank book and testified his uncle Paul Kaylor and Captain Dickman saw him shortly before arrest.
The jury ruled the defendant not intoxicated and acquitted him. The court record notes the opinion favored innocence and cleared the defendant in the case.
The Lafayette township trustee proposes annual expenditures and taxes for 1901 for Township Local Tuition Special School Road and Additional Road Poor items. Totals include $6,727.69 in expenditures and 97 cents per hundred dollars in total tax. Signed William Crow trustee September 3, 1901.
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