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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1906
Page
9
Havana August 27 government announces unconditional pardon for all who took up arms against it except captured commanders who will be executed if they surrender with their forces. President Palma indicates advisers disagreed but majority supported the move. Authorities expect insurgents to return home while pursuers target the most defiant. No surrender deadline set.
In the Aug 27 dispatch from Havang, authorities report no battle yet near Pinar del Rio as government forces fail to press an offensive against insurgent Guerra. Amnesty orders allow insurgents to return home unless imprisoned or captured commanders face trial. President Palma denounces the uprising as lacking a program and vows to maintain order and protect lives and property.
The article argues that suppressing the insurgents now secures stability of Cuban institutions, while yielding to them would invite future disturbances. It notes Mal contents persist and that not all public positions can satisfy every dissenter, making compromise years risky.
In Boonville Indiana William Woods a coal miner killed resisting arrest and moving toward City Marshal Charles Schave armed with an ax. Deputy Sam Smith aided but Woods attacked his wife earlier prompting police protection. Schave fired wounding Woods who died three hours later.
Reports from Great Northern headquarters say an eastbound mixed train derailed near Swift Montana early last night. A passenger coach overturned, killing Frank H. Prewitt and Charles Schultz of Armington Montana and Brake man Brown. Eight or ten others were only bruised. Cause unknown as the train moved slowly about fifteen miles an hour.
The Board of Public Works will draft a resolution to pave Berry Street between Calhoun and Fairfield avenues after a thorough inspection. Mayor Hosey and the board concluded repairs would be wasteful and voted for a new surface to be installed.
The Standard Oil company aims to own major U S distilleries after a Chicago Peoria dispatch reports a Friday meeting between distillers and Standard Oil. Prices for Peoria plants were set, terms argued, with a potential deal or self-built distilleries, due to a new alcohol bill. Revenue in August uptick signals growing demand.
Terre Haute Indiana August 27 distillers returning from Chicago report that attorneys for the Standard Oil company have approached local distillers with a proposal to buy their plants. Practically all owners responded affirmatively indicating interest in selling.
Dr William H Myers of this city prepares a volume of reminiscences covering his medical and surgical practice over about fifty years. The book aims to interest the profession and northern Indiana readers, as Myers has been in local practice for decades and remains active with an office in the old Beaver homestead on South Broadway.
Princeton Indiana August 27 Thomas McCleary postmaster at Mackey arrested on bench warrant from Judge Welborn based on grand jury indictment connected to his brother in law Melville Stucky shot in the Mackey post office as he advanced on McCleary with a knife two earlier grand juries failed to indict and coroner had exonerated McCleary
William Schonell on a bicycle at 824 West De Wald street was struck by a live wire at the Fairfield avenue De Wald street corner. The wire wrapped around his neck and threw him from his bike across the street. He suffered severe burns to his neck and head. a physician treated his wounds and he faces a lengthy recovery.
The Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction company completed the purchase of the Pearl street site for a freight terminal station in Fort Wayne. Demolition of old structures will begin immediately and the depot will resemble the Indianapolis freight station. The Toledo and Chicago Interurban fixed a sinkhole fill near Garrett and will test the new track before allowing heavy freight cars. Track-laying proceeds toward the city from Decatur, with city access anticipated by October 1.
A Warsaw governor was shot to death in a taxi ambush as the assassin fled the scene. Police pursue a suspect described as a lone attacker, with investigators probing motive and security lapses.
In Warsaw a gunman killed General Von Liarlarski, acting military governor, while he rode in a cab. The slayings escalate a wave of attacks linked to a broader terrorist campaign that threatens a military dictatorship and unsettles officials.
Reports claim Colonel Rieman of the Seminarsky guard regiment was killed at Luga on his way to Warsaw to join General Skaller. Four officers reportedly left St. Petersburg to identify the body amid a broader anti government terror campaign and a spate of arrests.
General Min, commander of the Seminovsky guard, was shot by a young woman at Peterhof and captured by his wife. The incident follows an earlier attack on Premier Stolypin and reports of a failed assault on General Kaulbars in Odessa. A bomb near the Odessa governor’s palace injured the bomber. Arrests followed, with further notices of plots against other officials and a Social Revolutionary proclamation amid escalating turmoil.
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