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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1906
Page
2
Former Utah Senator Arthur Brown lies in critical condition after being shot twice in his Raleigh hotel room. Anna M. Bradley, who claimed Brown ruined her life and refused marriage, was present and jailed. she later showed improved but unstable mental state.
Former Utah Senator Brown, shot last Saturday by Mrs. Anna M. Bradley, shows remarkable fortitude and improving condition at Emergency hospital. Doctors consider his recovery likely if no complications arise. Mrs. Bradley, increasingly cheerful, shares in the improved mood at his bedside as reports rise.
Senate hearing testimony accuses the Mormon hierarchy of dominating Utah state politics and endorsing polygamy. Burrows cites church influence in Smoot’s nomination, claims non Mormon officials are rare, and presents confessions of polygamy among church leaders.
The Paris conflict over 1905 1881 laws widens as archbishop Richard condemns clerical placards and bishops prepare to abandon churches. Receivers seize property. police guard churches. ministers push for stricter enforcement and possible escheat to state. Deputies seek compromise via lay declarations under 1881 law. Pope stance sparks public hostility.
Theodore Roosevelt urges granting full American citizenship to Porto Ricans, lauding self government and orderly elections under the current insular setup. He cites cooperation between the governor, council, and local bodies, notes autonomy in municipal affairs, and praises the 1906 law guiding administration.
Senator Burrows accuses Senator Smoot and the Church hierarchy of polygamy and disloyalty to state and nation. He argues the twelve apostles’ leadership and secret plural marriages show active aid to defiance of laws and decency. He urges Smoot’s disqualification from the Senate.
Washington on December 11 the senate finance committee refused to report the nominations of George B. Cartelyou and James R. Garfield until the president clarifies when Secretaries Shaw and Hitchcock plan to retire. The committee insisted on direct word from the president before moving forward.
Members of the Young Women's society at Ply mouth Congregational church started with five cents each, forming $1.60 for a month. They reported a total of $28 raised, with all funds coming from the initial five cents per member and no additional money used.
An overheated stove in the dining room of Edward Martin at 707 East Washington street started a fire last evening around 9 30 o clock. The blaze damaged furnishings about $25 before the family extinguished it. the fire department was not summoned.
Fred Driver 20, formerly of this city and son of Landen Driver, died in a Denver hospital from injuries suffered in a Rio Grande railroad accident. He moved to Salida nine years ago and was a brakeman for the Rio Grande. His uncle Charles Driver resides here.
Chicago dispatch details Bellamy Storer's letter to President Roosevelt amid his removal as ambassador to Austria-Hungary. Storer denies charges of wife Maria Storer meddling in Catholic affairs and French politics while Roosevelt's letters show tension over Archbishop Ireland and Vatican influence.
A recap of regional events includes Mrs. John Peter Smith’s death near Roanoke at 78, a Decatur packing plant fire, Logansport’s $100,000 factory fund, Roanoke curfew, and legal woes for Elkhart saloon men. Other items: eye injury from carbolic acid, a boy dies from popcorn coloring, engineer A C Cramer’s recovery, Roanoke pioneer Christopher Flickinger’s death, Rev M G Long’s resignation, and gas rate talks in Marion.
Do you use an atomizer in treating Nasal Catarrh The mildest quickest surest remedy is Ely s Liquid Cream Balm identical in property to the solid Cream Balm famed for Catarrh Hay Fever and Cold in the head Relief comes with the first spray on heated passages All druggists and Ely Bros 56 Warren St N Y include no spraying tube or mailed by Ely Bros
Mr and Mrs N H Horn hosted a dinner with friends at their home south of the city. A trolley party including Mr and Mrs W H Hoham and Mr and Mrs F E Stoneburner joined honor guest Pearl Rice of Hicksville Ohio. Homers Deventer celebrated a December 2 birthday at his parents home ten miles north with guests and a large dinner. The fiftieth wedding anniversary of Ferdinand Salge and spouse was observed at their St Joseph township country home with about fifty guests. Salge is 75 next January, his wife 69, both born in Germany. Their children live in Fort Wayne Austin Minnesota and nearby towns. The gathering included many relatives and members from St Peter's Lutheran church at Goegjeln.
A reader recommends Mia Winslow's soothing syrup as the best remedy to ease teething discomfort in children. The note praises its soothing effects and suitability for infant pain relief.
Fred Steir returned to work at the Bass foundry this morning after a period away. During his absence his wife presented him with a daughter, marking the family’s new arrival.
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