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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1906
Page
13
The article reflects on Christmas as a universal festival bringing joy and charity, celebrating the birth of Jesus and inspiring a kinder spirit. It also discusses the Salton Sea problem, the Colorado River flood into a rising lake, potential site changes, and the broader impact on infrastructure, land value, and regional prospects.
A Chicago health official and a Chicago nerve specialist discuss a national trend toward less nervousness. Senator in Washington warned of fast pace and looming breakdown, while Dr John R Murphy and Dr Whalen note regional life differences and a gradual return to sanity.
By a strict party vote the Elastic Currency commission recommendations were nearly all adopted in a bill to be reported to the House by the Banking and Currency Committee Tuesday. Two changes occur: higher guaranteed credit note tax and a provision allowing redemption of excess notes on lawful money deposits. It is unclear if a minority report will be filed, but if so it will come from the Democrats.
Senator Kittredge cited that coal famine in the Northwest stems not from car shortages but from a flaw in the Fairlroad rate law, a point raised during debates in Washington amid severe winter weather. Railways in North Dakota and nearby states are affected by the rule, impacting fuel supply.
The plan envisions several contractor groups each with proven multi department expertise. The contractor provides men, tools, and light machinery while performing the work. Bids from single firms are discouraged and American ingenuity and grit are expected to supply ample bidders.
Advices from Berlin say American tariff commissioners show a spirit of inquiry that leads German officials to believe a broad understanding is possible excluding a tariff war. Conservative leaders in the Reichstag favor a mutually advantageous tariff arrangement with the United States to improve cross border commerce. The note recalls old England controls with Brewers’ Company records of 1422, showing penalties for price fixing and malt hoarding in London.
Kansas congressman Murdock has introduced a resolution asking the postmaster general for information about rumors that mail weighing occurs nationwide six days a week and is paid for as seven. He estimates a $40 million government loss over ten years with $257,000 yearly overcharge on the Buffalo to New York route and urges restitution if the charges are proven true.
Harper's Weekly notes the remaining pioneer spaces are extensive. In the Amazon basin three regions exceed New England states combined, northwest Alaska holds areas nearly as large, and the Sahara contains two black areas each twice New England and another thrice as large. Asia harbors more such spaces including New Guinea, the world’s largest island after Greenland, which would swallow New England with a surrounding black border.
Report describes a frenzied scene in Syracuse where women and girls push to touch and gawk at Gillette amid the Grace Brown murder case. The piece notes his impending execution in the electric chair and calls him heartless.
The ice and coal company operated ice houses on railroad property. If the indictments lead to conviction, defendants face fines up to 3,000,000 dollars. Toledo residents have fought the extortion by the ice companies with strong community effort and preliminary wins.
Missouri congressman David A. DeArmond, now the subject of broad newspaper commentary for proposing a national constitutional convention, has served in the House for sixteen years and is slated for a ninth term. He previously held varied public roles in Missouri including a stint on the state supreme court, where his decisions are highly regarded.
The Tennessee representative introduced a bill to deduct 13.70 dollars from a congressman's pay for each day absent. The article notes Section 40 of the revised statutes already requires the secretary of the senate and the house sergeant at arms to withhold per diem for every absence not due to personal or family illness. Enacted in 1856, the law has reportedly never been enforced or violated by any member in years.
Chicago civic groups seek a court writ to compel Mayor Dunne to enforce the Sunday closing law against saloons. Lawyers see broad potential for enforcement and compare to Fort Wayne tactics aimed at overcoming Mayor Hayes's defiance of the law and oath.
The Vermont line of living ex governors grows with the death of ex Governor George W. Hendee. He briefly served after Gov Washburn’s 1870 death, leaving fourteen surviving ex governors led by 93 year old Frederick Holbrook and the 52 year old Edward C. Smith.
The California delegation in Congress moves to frame opposition to Panama Canal plans with a caucus aimed at uniting coast delegations. It centers on coolie labor and Jap immigration, but the effort appears to have petered out as Washington gains the president's leverage in the Japanese imbroglio.
The text notes that Secretary Hitchcock's vigorous probe into land scandals faces only mixed praise from the Senate. It hints at whispers that the Senate might not be wholly grieving when he leaves office.
The Western state supreme court ruled a man was not justified in removing coal from a train not owned by him despite his family freezing. Now the court faces whether the railroad company was justified in wiping a million acres of coal lands from the government amid strong doubt about the decision.
The Mexican finance minister uses the existence of an annual surplus as a pretext to reduce taxes.
Louis Robinson Affleck aged twenty three died Monday at 2 PM at his father W A Affleck 431 West Pontiac Street of pneumonia. He was a popular young man born in Cleveland and will be interred there. Father works at the rolling mills.
José́ph Fremion aged 88 years died Saturday at his home 2622 Smith Street Fort Wayne after a long life as a marble cutter and brickyard owner. Born in France in 1824 he emigrated in 1843 and settled in Fort Wayne in 1853. He married Pherésine Perisot in 1854 and leaves nine children seven of whom reside in Fort Wayne with 32 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services are Wednesday at 9 at St Peter’s Catholic church.
Mrs. Mary Roussey, 74, died Saturday at 7 p.m. at her Jefferson township home after a week with pneumonia. A pioneer of Allen county she came to Jefferson at 22 and lived near the same spot since. Surviving: husband Xavier died 25 years ago. children Mrs Litot, Mrs Telley, Mrs Van Horn, Mrs Conrad of Fort Wayne, Rose and Frank A. Roussey. Funeral from St Louis Catholic church at Besancon at 10 o'clock.
The three year old son of Mr and Mrs Jacob Miller of Milan township died Sunday noon from membranous croup. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon.
Shenk arrived in the city to make a home with her daughter. Survived by husband, ten children including Mrs. O Hara Mrs J Greer J L Emerick and others, twenty one grandchildren and two great grandchildren, two brothers Preston and Frank M Chapman, two sisters Mrs Markey Thurbon and Mrs Hannah Wilson. Brief funeral services planned Sunday at Mrs O Hara residence before burial in Poe at the Christian church.
The wife of farmer William Parker and mother of Allen county representative-elect Albert Parker died at 7 p.m. Friday at the family home north of the city after long illness. Born July 23, 1842 in Tuscarawas County Ohio, she moved to Allen county sixty two years ago with her parents the Maddens. Surviving are her husband eight children fourteen grandchildren three sisters and one brother. Funeral services Monday at 1 30 p.m. from the residence and Parker chapel with Rev. E A Brunner officiating. Interment Parker cemetery.
Alvin Huldah Fulkerson died December 18 at her home in Milan township. The unmarried resident of Allen county was 76. Funeral services will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. from the M. E. church in Cedarville 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.
Mrs. Johanna Ostmann aged 70 years 10 months 27 days died 8 pm Wednesday at her daughter Mrs. William Reinewalds home 1506 North Harrison street She was widow of August Ostmann born in Germany came to America 42 years ago They lived in Fort Wayne until death Surviving children are Mrs. Reinewald and William Ostmann Funeral Sunday at 1 30 pm from the residence and 2 o clock from Trinity German Lutheran Church Rev Paul Stoeppelwerth officiating
Chicago December grain roundup shows Wheat May around 77 cents with firmer close as shorts cover. Corn May near 43 cents with light trade and steady finish. Oats May about 35 to 36 cents. Provisions mix with pork near 16.70 to 16.80 and lard around 9.25 to 9.30. Receipts reported for Minneapolis, Duluth, Chicago. flax timothy and clover inactive.
Edward Mahoney 49 a longtime engineer for P. W. Smith at Berne and other mills died Tuesday evening at home hospital in Fort Wayne. A Decatur resident and unmarried he was brought to Decatur for funeral services and interment after an earlier paralysis attack.
Mrs. Jacob Maurer longtime Fort Wayne resident died recently at her daughter Mrs Thomas Fowls home in Mankato Minnesota. She was eighty years old and had lived on East Washington Street with her husband who ran a shoe store in the Keystox block for about thirty five to forty years. The couple later moved to Minnesota about two years ago.
Chicago market shows cattle to hog price lifts with higher receipts. Beeves range around 4.10 to 5.75, hogs 5.50 to 6.85, sheep and lambs up to 7.65. Cincinnati hogs sell around 6.40 to 6.95, cattle steady, sheep and lambs mixed in demand.
The report covers commodity and livestock quotations across markets in New York and Fort Wayne. Butter cheese eggs and oil prices are listed with receipts, while grain and hay values are detailed from multiple firms, including Wes Bush & Co and Tresselt & Sons.
A series of property transfers records multiple buyers and sellers across Jackson, Perry, Madison, Lake, and surrounding townships. Transactions include parcels in Cedar Creek Bel River Monroe and Jackson townships with prices noted for some entries and several parcels conveyed between individuals and firms.
Born to Mr and Mrs D Wi Strause of this city a daughter. Born to Mr and Mrs Louis Mursray of 1824 Winter Street a daughter. Born to Mr and Mrs J E Doty of Milan township a son. Further names and details appear incomplete in the record.
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