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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1906
Page
12
The Weekly Sentinel reflects on Christmas as a universal festival and the Nazarene’s birthday, urging shared joy. It then analyzes railroading in 1907, noting 75 million dollars in wage growth due to more workers and the interstate commerce act, with passes and rebates changes boosting earnings.
The Salton Sea expansion threatens 1000 settlers and requires rerouting Southern Pacific tracks, while a rising inland lake may bring rains and renewed fertility. Meanwhile the Panama Canal Commission reports progress to the second construction stage and notes eradication of yellow fever from the canal zone.
A U S senator warned in Washington that the country moves at a pace so fast a nervous breakdown seems imminent. Doctors in Chicago note evolving attitudes, with Dr John R Murphy predicting eventual adaptation and a calmer era after two generations. Health Commissioner Whalen reports a decline in nervousness nationwide.
By party vote the Elastic Currency commission's recommendations were nearly adopted in a bill to be reported to the House by the Banking and Currency Committee. Two changes occur one raising the annual tax on guaranteed credit notes to three percent and another allowing banks to redeem excess notes upon money deposits beyond sixty two and one half percent of paid up capital. Uncertain if a minority report will be issued, but if so it will come from the Democrats.
Senator Kittredge argues the fuel shortage in the northwest stems from the railroad rate law rather than railcar supply. Railways in North Dakota and nearby states announced coal freight rate cuts, but the law requires a thirty day notice. Local dealers waited for the reduction, leading to shortages during the first blizzard.
Bids will open January 12 at the Panama Canal Commission office in Washington for a contract described as the most expensive construction project ever undertaken. The note calls it the greatest task of modern engineering.
The article notes expected bids around 100 million for a government project, with teams of contractors and shared responsibility. It also reports Berlin dispatches saying US tariff inquiry has spurred German officials to seek a broad understanding to avoid a tariff war and potential tariff cooperation with the United States. It cites old England trust actions and a 1422 London mayoral case against brewers over malt prices.
Representative Murdock of Kansas introduces a resolution asking the postmaster general for information on reports that the mails are weighed six days a week and paid for seven. He claims the system may have cost the government 40 million dollars in ten years and cites the Buffalo to New York route with an alleged 257 thousand dollar annual overcharge. He states the house should seek restitution if overcharges are confirmed.
Harper's Weekly notes extensive unexplored regions remain in the Amazon basin with three areas each larger than all New England states, a northwest Alaska region rivaling New England, Sahara zones twice to three times New England in size, and Asia plus New Guinea adding to the world’s large unmapped spaces.
A mob of women and girls jostled for a chance to grasp Gillette's hand and gush over the condemned murderer of Grace Brown who faces the electric chair. The scene is condemned as a troubling display of maudlin sympathy in a horrific crime.
Federal grand jury in Toledo returns indictments against Ann Arbor Railway and Toledo Ice and Coal for giving and receiving rebates. A former ice company president testified he conceived the idea behind the rebates scheme.
Indictments accuse a coal firm with forming an ice company and using ice houses on railroad property. If convicted, defendants face up to 3 million dollars in fines. The Toledo community has mounted a strong, ongoing fight against ice company extortion.
Missouri congressman David A. DeArmond has served sixteen years in the House and is elected to a ninth term. Previously he held varied state public posts including service on the Missouri Supreme Court, where his judicial opinions are highly regarded.
Representative Gaines notes a 1856 law allowing the secretary of the Senate and sergeant-at-arms to deduct per diem from a member’s pay for each day of absence not due to the member’s or a family member’s illness. The statute, though long in existence, appears unenforced and never applied to a member.
Various civic organizations in Chicago have petitioned the court for a writ of mandamus to compel Mayor Dunne to enforce the Sunday closing law against saloons. Lawyers see potential in the tactic and will watch its development with interest.
Vermont records another long living ex governor with the death of George W. Hendee. He never won election but became chief executive after Peter T. Washburn’s 1870 death. Fourteen ex governors survive, led by Frederick Holbrook at 93 and Edward C. Smith at 52.
The California delegation weighs forming a consolidated opposition based on coolie labor and Japanese immigration as core issues. Washington mood suggests the president holds the upper hand in the Japanese imbroglio and the dispute may have moved to its final stage.
The article notes opposition to Secretary Hitchcock's aggressive land scandal inquiry extending into the United States senate. It suggests some senators would not be saddened by his departure from office.
The state supreme court held a man was not justified in taking coal from a railroad train not his. Now the court faces whether the railroad company acted properly in seizing a million acres of coal lands from the government, with significant doubt about its ruling.
The Mexican minister of finance uses an annual surplus to justify tax reductions. He does not align with modern American thought advocating increased spending during a surplus, delaying tax hikes until expenditures rise.
An official ruling states the legislature cannot collect pay for services not actually performed during recesses. The decision reinforces the idea that the people govern in their own proper capacity and underscores the limits of legislative compensation.
Louis Robinson Affleck died Monday afternoon at 2 at his father W A Affleck's home 431 West Pontiac street of pneumonia. He was born in Cleveland and will be buried there. The father works at the Rolling mills.
Joseph Fremion aged 82, a Fort Wayne pioneer and marble cutter turned brickyard operator, died Saturday at 2622 Smith Street. Born in France in 1824, he emigrated in 1843 and settled in Fort Wayne in 1853. He married Phérisot in 1854. nine children, thirty-two grandchildren, five great grandchildren survive. Funeral is Wednesday at 9 am in St. Peter Catholic Church.
Mrs Mary Roussey aged 74 died Saturday evening at her Jefferson township home after a week long illness from pneumonia. A pioneer to Allen county she came to Jefferson at age 22 and lived there most of her life. Surviving children include Mrs Joseph Litot Mrs Thomas Telley Mrs Albert Van Horn Mrs George C Conrad of Fort Wayne Miss Rose Roussey and Frank A Roussey. Funeral services will be at St Louis Catholic church Besancon at 10 o'clock.
The three year old son of Mr and Mrs Jacob Miller of Milan township died Sunday at noon from membranous croup. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Johanna Ostmann aged 70 years nine months died suddenly Wednesday evening at her daughter’s home 1506 North Harrison Fort Wayne. She widow of August Ostmann born in Germany came to America 42 years ago and lived in Fort Wayne. Survived by two children Mrs Reinewald and William Ostmann a Wayne Knitting Mills fireman. Funeral Sunday at 1:30 from the residence and 2 o'clock from Trinity German Lutheran Church Rev Paul Stoeppelwerth officiating.
Edward Mahoney 49 a longtime engineer for P. W. Smiths sawmills at Berne and elsewhere died Tuesday at 1 ope hospital Fort Wayne after a paralysis attack. A Decatur resident, he was unmarried. The body was returned to Decatur Wednesday for funeral services and interment.
Mrs Jacob Maurer, longtime Fort Wayne resident, died recently at her daughter Mrs Thomas Fowls home in Mankato Minnesota at eighty. The couple lived on East Washington street for decades with Mr Maurer running a shoe store in the Keystone block. After moving to Minnesota two years ago, her husband died a year ago and she followed him to the tomb. Funeral and interment were in Canton Ohio near the grave of President McKinley. Two daughters survive.
Mrs. Elizabeth Emerick aged about 1? years and a longtime Alien County resident died Thursday at the home of her daughter Mrs. J O Hara 2010 Fox Street from ailments of age. Funeral arrangements pending with family.
Starke county native aged about sixty six years who lived in Pleasant township for fifty six years moved to the city to reside with her daughter. Surviving relatives include ten children and numerous grandchildren. Brief funeral services will be held Sunday from Mrs. OHaras residence with remains to be taken to Poe for Christian church services.
Mrs. William Parker wife of a noted St. Joseph township farmer and mother of Albert R. Parker representative elect from Allen county died at 7 o clock Friday evening at her home north of the city aged 64. She had been ill for years and bedbound for ten weeks. Born July 23 1842 in Tuscarawas county Ohio she came with her parents Allen and Eliza Madden to Allen county sixty two years ago. Surviving include husband eight children fourteen grandchildren three sisters and one brother. Funeral Monday at 1 30 from home and Parker Chapel with Rev E A Brunner officiating burial in Parker Cemetery.
Alvin Huldah Fulkerson, longtime Allen county resident, died December 15 at home in Milan township at age 76. She was unmarried. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m. from the M E church with interment at Viberg cemetery.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Keller of 2136 Oakley Street died Friday from exhaustion at nine days old. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon with interment at Prairie Grove.
The Chicago market opened easy with wheat May at 77 to 77 1/2 cents, later firming on short covering. May at 77 1/2 cents. corn declined to 41 1/2 to 43 1/2 cents with light trading. oats quiet at 35 to 35 1/2 cents. Pork, lard, and ribs showed gains with May prices up from prior sessions.
Chicago market report shows cattle receipts about 13 000 head with prices 10 to 20 cents higher. Cows and heifers 1.65 to 5.40, calves 5.75 to 7.50, Texans and westerners 3.73 to 5.75. Hogs receipts around 30 000, prices 5 to 1 cent higher, with mixed 6.05 to 6.35 and bulk 6.15 to 6.35. Sheep receipts about 12 009, lambs 4.60 to 7.65, ewes 3.50 to 5.76.
Cincinnati market notes show hog prices from 5.50 to 6.40 with common at 5.50 6.20 and cattle from 2.00 to 5.50. sheep and lambs steady with lambs 4.25 7.75. East Buffalo receipts include export steers up to 8.00 and hogs around 6.60 6.70. Pittsburg reports strong cattle and varied hog and lamb prices with several declines noted.
Chicago December report shows butter market activity with creameries and dairy figures cited. No clear sale price or totals due to fragmented OCR text.
Market reports show eggs and butter steady with creamery prices ranging up to 33c. Cheese and poultry steady with turkey and chicken quotes. Toledo and Fort Wayne markets list multiple commodities including meats, butter, eggs, produce, and coal with noted regional price ranges and dealer quotations.
A compilation of real estate transfers listing buyers and sellers by name across multiple townships including Cedar Creek, Eel River, Monroe, Jackson, Perry, Milan, and Madison. Several parcels sold for amounts disclosed such as 2600 and 3000 dollars, with transfers involving individuals and corporations including Indiana Investment Co and Abe Ackerman.
Born to Mr and Mrs D W Strause of this city a daughter. Born to Mr and Mrs Louis Murray of 1824 Winter street a daughter. Born to Mr and Mrs J E Doty of Milan township a son. Born to Mr and Mrs David Amstuts of Springfield township a son. Born to Mr and Mrs Copeland of Third and Casstreets a daughter. Born to Mr and Mrs George W Smithers of French avenue a daughter.
Minnesota railroad commission cuts hard coal rates from Duluth to Minneapolis from 1.25 to 1.10 and soft coal from 0.90 to 0.85 during hearings on alleged unreasonableness. Other cities also benefit from the reductions.
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