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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1907
Page
33
Fort Wayne celebrated Christmas with widespread church services and family gatherings. The day saw closed businesses, heavy travel on interurban lines and steam railways, and post office workers handling a glut of Christmas mail and packages throughout the morning.
Londoners flocked to the provinces for a Christmas holiday stretching Tuesday through Friday with nearly a million travelers passing through railway terminals in thirty six hours. King Edward and Queen Alexandra sent gifts to Sandringham tenants while the royal family spent Christmas at Sandringham, and traders report brisk Christmas trade though some merchants complain about the new anti bribery act limiting gifts to influence agents.
New York on Christmas reports show 3,840,000 parcels handled by city carriers and express firms with an estimated value around 7.4 million dollars. Outgoing packages exceed last year by eight percent while value drops about fifteen percent due to cheaper goods and cautious spending. Fewer than one million parcels were received in the city. Customs warehouse activity peaks as nine thousand packages are examined, leaving about four thousand unopened on deadline night. Steamship lines in port, including Mauretania and Baltic, celebrate with wreaths and holiday dinners for crews and employees.
New York on Christmas Day reports a peculiar Santa Claus burglar visit to John Distler. Distler was awakened by a noise in the dining room and concluded a thief was at work, discovering a bundle of silverware left behind.
A man returning downstairs found no family allyet missing and discovered a large sum of silverware on the dining room table. He suspects the intruder took items from another house, fled when alarm arose, and left the silverware behind.
A blaze at the Burton building 71-81 Van Buren Street in Chicago damaged the structure housing several small manufacturing plants. Estimated loss set at 75 thousand dollars. Fire crews were swift to contain the flames.
Noblesville Indiana reports the death of a prominent citizen Dale Dale yesterday afternoon after a lengthy illness. The passing marks a notable loss to the local community and city affairs.
Two men were found unconscious with numerous knife wounds near Grand Avenue and Desplaines Street in Chicago. They had apparently slashed each other until exhausted from blood loss. Both were placed in an ambulance and taken to a hospital where they regained consciousness.
The Atlas returned to San Francisco after 275 days at sea following a Horn collision with the Norwegian bark Viking. Crew mutiny, drownings, and the captain and his wife among the losses marked a tragic voyage. Atlas stood by the Viking as it disappeared, later reaching Rio Janeiro for repairs and quarantined on arrival. The Atlas carried coal for the US government and had 120 days out from Rio. News confirms mutiny, drownings, and deaths at sea aboard the Viking and Atlas.
Philadelphia reports a man George A. Green aged 39 fatally wounds Miss Edith Wonderly 23 then shoots himself after leaving a love letter blaming his wife. Both victims are in critical condition. authorities cannot interview Green due to his injuries. the mother opposed the couple’s union.
A Colorado & Southern line tornado near Marshall Colorado killed baggageman Chiles of Denver and injured 102 trainmen and passengers. Wires in the area are down and details are scarce as of noon yesterday.
W Anger, a machinist on the armored cruiser Pennsylvania, says he was turned away in uniform with saber from a San Francisco dancing academy. He was refused admission while in uniform and nearby companions were barred as well. The incident may be reviewed in a forthcoming report to Washington.
Chicago forecast notes generally fair weather for Thursday. A northeast wind will bring cooler temperatures with some variability tonight. The report mentions a northward push of a front and partial clearing in parts of the region as conditions evolve.
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