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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1907
Page
15
Jackson Aug 8 Democratic state executive committee declared John Sharp Williams the party nominee for the United States Senate after canvassing returns showing Williams with a 648 vote majority. Totals were Williams 59596, Vardaman 58848. Governor Vardaman conceded.
Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana wed Miss Katherine Eddy of Chicago in Berlin civil and embassy ceremonies. The bride’s brother Spencer F. Eddy and witnesses included E. L. McClain and J. C. Schaffer. Best man was Senator William P. Dillingham. The reception followed at the Eddy home with messages from Roosevelt and many lawmakers.
Delegates to the German Alliance convention in Indianapolis and the state Saengerfest in Terre Haute report an excellent time. Fort Wayne singers praise Terre Haute for hospitality and say papers there gave them high praise and made the biggest hit. They note a misprint about the next state Saengerfest location and date. the next national fest is in 1909, not Fort Wayne.
An Omaha Nebraska market report notes cattle sales reaching a peak with shipments quoted at the highest point yet. The August figures indicate strong demand and record prices for cattle as buyers compete for stock.
Denver dispatch reports the skeleton of W. J. Barney, a Smuggler Union timberman who vanished in June 1901, was exhumed near the Alta mill in Gold King basin by General Bulkeley Wells and others. Steve Adams, jailed in Idaho, allegedly guided the search and confessed to past murders, including Arthur Collins.
Myron Tucker, known for window pictures used to promote the Great Fort Wayne fair last year, has started this season's work. He will display in Fort Wayne and several surrounding cities. Merchants welcome his advertising method and readily consent to his proposal. Crowds watched him all day yesterday, a common scene where he is engaged.
Miss Cailiff, longtime sewing teacher in the domestic science department at the high school, tendered her resignation, which has been accepted. She has been visiting at her home near Wisconsin during vacation and was offered a similar position there.
Washington August 8 Acting Attorney General Russell says rumors of prosecutions against trusts and railroads are unfounded. He notes the Justice Department cannot overstate its work and hopes the railroad rate cases will be quickly resolved by the Supreme Court to yield a sounder, less tainted prosperity.
The annual report of E W Cook retiring school board treasurer shows interest of 2017.12 dollars added to the library fund. Recapitulation lists Tuition, Special and Library funds with receipts and expenditures, total receipts 408,236.07 and expenditures 265,226.61, leaving a balance of 143,009.46.
Three masked men tried to rob Merchants Bank at Strongsville near Cleveland. A running gun battle with armed citizens wounded two robbers who fled into nearby woods. One wounded suspect, identified as F Fogarty, was found in a field and jailed. bloodhounds from Dayton were en route. The other two escaped. Fogarty gave limited details and named Fogarty as his home.
After the Lindenwood cemetery robbery of Benjam in Prill, a man matching the thief’s description paid 20 in a Bootjack saloon on the Illinois road with a gold piece for change. A message from Argos said two men matching the description were seen at the depot awaiting a westbound train. Prill left the hospital today. he is sore and humiliated but not seriously harmed. He had $580 from a divorce two years ago, which the robber knew about, along with names of local policemen. The suspect remains at large.
Milwaukee August 7 a bold late night attempt to hold up Mayor Sherburn M Becker and his chauffeur on the Whitefish Bay road failed when the mayor displayed his star. The assailant fled over a fence as police were alerted and dispatched to the scene.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a known composition remedy for women's weaknesses and ailments, claiming it prepares the system for childbirth and makes birth safer and easier. It asserts non-alcoholic formula with glycerine, lists ingredients, and notes endorsements by medical writers. Also mentions Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation and offers free testimonials by post.
Coventry today staged a modern reimagining of Lady Godiva with a vaudeville float style in which an actress, draped in gauze, rode a white palfrey. The crowd numbered eighty thousand plus, with clergy departures noted amid protests over the nudity theme and a long procession through six miles of streets.
Mrs Ellen Ivins mother of L A Ivins of this city died Wednesday evening at her Lebanon Ohio home after several weeks illness. She was 65. Ivins had stayed at her bedside since Sunday. Four sons survive: L A Ivins of this city Howard Ivins and Wilbur Ivins of Lebanon and Lewis Ivins of Fort Thomas Ky.
Gustav Motz and Charles C. Eisenhut were appointed patrolmen by the board of safety to fill vacancies. Motz has worked as a bookkeeper for his father and Eisenhut as a hod carrier. Coal weighers named include A. Swayzee for Independent Coal, W. H. Dunn for Dunn Coal, and Q. H. Trautman for Eccomy Fuel.
Mrs Mary C Ewing purchased the Ewing hall at Main and Harrison from the estate for 17500 dollars last Wednesday The sale was conducted by Micha and Alden at the commission of the office Le Matter The transaction awaits approval.
Pittsburg Aug 8 George Quagenti and Giovanni Graziano Italian citizens were hanged today in Allegheny county jail yard for the last year’s killing of Angelo Cappibianca a Braddock storekeeper lured to railroad tracks near Clariton and shot dead Graziano confessed that Quagenti was hired by a Braddock Italian for 100 The instigator vanished and is believed to be in Italy The motive involved Cappibianca’s wife
Milwaukee, Aug. 7 two Milwaukee men were killed in a car crash at Brookfield Corners. A fourth was slightly hurt and Horace Greeley Sloan son of a former Milwaukee judge sustained injuries. George Poss driver for Alderman Koerner died on arrival. The car went into a ditch after the steering gear jammed at a crossroad.
In Winchester Virginia on August 7 Miss May Bushnell 25 of Winchester died after a car returning from Berryville crashed near Berryville. Jacquelin Hardesty survived but witnesses saw logs and obstacles placed on the road by wreckers. Authorities are pursuing the culprits with vigour.
New York, Aug. 7. William Catchings, a broker and companion of Swift Tarbell, son of Gage E. Tarbell, died today from injuries after the collision of Mr. Tarbell’s automobile with a Third avenue surface car last Sunday afternoon. Young Tarbell, who was severely hurt, is recovering.
President E W Cook of the city school board says Fort Wayne has nothing to fear from a recount of the school age enumeration. He asserts the prior canvass was done with care, using experienced workers, supervisor oversight, and a second count to verify figures. A recount would show only trivial variations, he adds.
A testimonial ad proclaims Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills relieve pain repeatedly without losing effectiveness. A 62 year old patient from Chattanooga credits the remedy for long-term relief from nervous troubles, rheumatism, and heart-related pains. The pills are sold by druggists with a money-back guarantee, 25 doses for 25 cents.
McCord and Company of Chicago, a large maker of car parts, may locate a Fort Wayne factory in the Olds Wagon Works grounds. Wabash Traffic Manager Smith and a McCord representative visited, with Lennart and Ortlieb offering a long lease on the 312 by 400 foot tract plus main building and outbuildings. The plan envisions 400 to 500 workers.
Sixty three regular interurban trains carry passengers in and out of Fort Wayne daily on local and limited electric lines. The service runs from 5 45 a m to 12 30 a m with occasional specials. A Decatur excursion of six hundred riders via Fort Wayne line visited Robiser park under Methodist church auspices.
Victor Linde angry over estrangement fired four shots at his wife on the roof of her father's West 96th Street home. He fled to a nearby cellar and died by hanging. Mrs. Linde was taken to hospital in serious condition.
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