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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1908
Page
17
A 1908 editorial argues for strong federal action to balance state power over commerce and public utilities. It condemns corporate abuses, warns against state overreach, and urges decisive national guidance to restore prosperity and preserve liberty. The piece cites Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln as ideals.
Mrs Jane Logan widow of the late Lcot A. Logan died suddenly Thursday evening at her daughter Mrs O A Cantwell's home in Warsaw from neuralgia of the heart. She lived in Fort Wayne for over six decades and is survived by two sons W H Logan and F J C Logan and two daughters Mrs O R Cantwell and Mrs J Hi Lones. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 p.m. at the home of her son 411 Poplar Street Fort Wayne after a brief Warsaw service.
A major fire at the Henry Coburn Storage and Ware building in Indianapolis trapped four firefighters when a wall toppled. Rescue teams pulled men from debris with several others sustaining non serious injuries amid a mile dollar loss and extensive uninsuranced stock.
A major blaze in downtown Chicago caused over 1 million dollars in damage destroying the Alfred Peats & Co. wallpaper building at 144 Wabash and neighboring firms on Michigan Avenue. The fire started in the Peats engine room and burned three hours as 15,000 spectators watched in the cold. Losses include Alfred Peats & Co. 250,000 John A Colby & Sons 200,000 Edson Keith & Co. 600,000 Gage Brothers 28,000 Theodore Ascher Co. 25,000 other firms and misc. losses also listed.
A fire of unknown origin swept the packing plant of Nelson Morris & Co in Kansas City, Kansas, damaging the canning department and other facilities. The blaze gutted the box factory, spread to cattle chutes, and caused an estimated loss of about half a million dollars before containment.
All workers in Sunday schools across denominations are invited to participate in the Sunday school institute to be held at Primonth Congregational Church in this city on Thursday February 13. Rev. E. W. Halpenny is among the principal speakers.
The day’s program lists 7:40 Teaching a Child to Pray and 8:15 The Adult Class Department led by E Halpenny with a 9:50 Conference. A 6:30 banquet featuring Mr Halpenny is announced for pastors and superintendents of Sunday school.
Four year old Carlton Kramer, abducted by his mother from his foster parents, was found in Boston and returned to New York with Dr. and Mrs. Kramer. Police forced entry to recover the boy as Mrs. Clarke faced possible charges. The Kramers declined prosecution if she pledges not to attempt another seizing of the child.
English suffragists adopt new protest methods after failing to meet King Edward and being shut out of access to ministers. Militant members form committees and visit cabinet homes. ringing door bells and delivering addresses lead to noisy scenes on London streets. Police arrest seven protesters and disperse the group.
Simpson Methodist Episcopal church has bought the southwest corner lot at Harrison and Suttenfield streets for its new house of worship and parsonage. The church will place the main building on the corner with an eight room parsonage on the east end facing Suttenfield. Rev Loren M Edwards, installed in September, led trustees to move from the Creighton Fairfield site. The first building plan calls for a spacious auditorium and lighted basement for Sunday school Epworth league and social events with later expansion. If finances allow, work could begin in spring.
Two masked men robbed the Adams Express office in Mansfield Ohio near Union Station stealing three thousand dollars and missing forty nine thousand in gold. They escaped with McGinty later tied to the job after tips from Stevens and McCue.
In Cadillac Michigan the circuit court acquitted Pearl Harper fifteen-year-old girl of manslaughter in the death of her step father Melvin Thompson. The girl had been held on bail since surrendering after Thompson’s death. The defense said Thompson came home intoxicated and threatened to kill the girl and her mother before she struck him with a stove poker. The verdict came after a brief trial.
Anna E Hahn an early American teacher in the Philippines was killed at Batangas Luzon on January 29 according to a dispatch at the bureau of insular affairs. The telegram asks Mrs Jackson of Crete Nebraska to contact the family and arrange burial for the embalmed body. Hahn a native of Indiana was appointed to her post on July 15 1901.
Telegrams from Pueblo report the conviction of Max Goldberger a prominent local merchant on arson charges. He was accused of setting his store on September 29 with a body found in the ruins though not positively identified. The case rested on circumstantial evidence.
The text notes that Mr and Mrs M Goldberger were visiting Pueblo when the explosion occurred that wrecked his store and confirms the Fort Wayne map was not implicated in the charges against his brother.
In city court Thursday Mrs Jennie Baals was acquitted of giving away liquor on Sunday because the state failed to prove the offense occurred in Allen county. Frank Kratz was fined five dollars and costs for loitering with sentence suspended after being arrested at the Pennsylvania depot Tuesday night.
Pittsburg drama note Miss Olga Nethersole acted Carmen from a wheelchair after a fall injured her right ankle and bruised her eye. Despite pain she appeared before an audience at Nixon theater with cheering applause and delivered a clever spirited performance amid the difficulty.
J D Mortimer of New York chosen general manager at the Toledo and Chicago Interurban Railway company meeting in this city. He succeeds F B Perkins who remains vice president after requesting relief from active management. Mortimer brings eastern financial backing and plans improvements, possibly street railway service for Kendallville. Directors departed by special car at 7 AM for an inspection trip.
William H. Meutsch shot and killed his three year old daughter Mentsch and his five year old daughter Gertrude at 419 Armitage avenue before surrendering to police. He wounded his two year old son William and said he acted to protect the family from nagging and vilification by their mother. He told Captain Harding he hoped his wife would see him hung. A Roanoke craftsman finished a mission style rocker from timber once part of an old canal bed.
Washington reports William J. Bryan testifying before the house committee on election of president and vice president. He calls for public disclosure of campaign contributions and argues reforms arise from recognizing abuses in political finance.
President E. B. Bryan of Franklin College told Fort Wayne teachers that the true aim of education is the abundant life Christ spoke of, not mere knowledge or thinking ability. He urged that education should embody physical, mental, and spiritual growth, addressing a graduating class of twelve from the Fort Wayne public schools. The ceremony at the high school auditorium included J. N. Study, Rev. J. F. Vichert, and music by Prof. William Miles.
Anselm Fuelber secretary of the board of school trustees presented diplomas to the twelve young ladies of the normal department class of 1908. Recipients listed include Mary Ehrmann Catherine Foley Anna Gallmeier Bertha Hart Anna Heymann Mabel Holland Helen Ingham Ina Maxwell Julia Monahan Carroll Sherman Millie Thompson and Vera Williamson.
Democrats of Noble county held a January 31 organization meeting in Albion with a banquet for over two hundred party members at the opera house. George D. Gaby was elected county chairman, Peter Dolan vice chairman,William Wilks treasurer, and a secretary to be appointed.
Louisville Kentucky January 31 announcement by the Louisville and Nashville railroad that it will stop receiving liquor shipments into Georgia and Alabama which have adopted prohibition acts. A high official cited a suit in the federal court of Indiana challenging the right to ship into prohibited territory even in interstate commerce as the reason for the halt.
Charles Watson a 65 year old carpenter living on Curtis Avenue faced trespassing charges after taking coal from Pennsylvania railroad property to supply his wife and six children. The rail patrolman said the act risked Watson’s safety. Watson testified he had little work since Thanksgiving and relied on one working son. He was warned to stay off company property. Other cases: William Drake fined $1 for drunkenness amid insinuations of window peeking. George Swain fined $1 for drunkenness after clashing with patrol on Calhoun street. Albert Kramer held for stealing scissors from Hamilton school and to be returned to Plainfield. likely to be sent back to industrial reformatory.
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