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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1908
Page
12
Mrs Mary Stohr 60 a LaGrange resident used strychnine after dressing in her finest clothes at the Whetsel home. Physicians say death resulted from paralysis triggered by the poison rather than poisoning alone. A son in Columbus, Indiana survives.
New York reports a flood of western buyers with S C Men noting town representatives from Illinois Missouri Oklahoma Indian Territory and Texas are buying in New York this season. A wholesale firm spokesman said many firms have not sent buyers here in years, some not for twenty years.
Terreh Haute native George DeLong aged near one hundred traveled solo to Fort Wayne to arrange an estate in Ohio. He recounted Civil War service with one eye lost at Fisher's Hill and two gunshot wounds, earning a $20 monthly pension while supporting himself with other work. He plans to visit his sister in Marion and Bucyrus after this Fort Wayne stop.
Senator Clay of Georgia attacks the Aldrich currency bill in Washington, arguing it would enlarge national bank powers and strip Congress of the sovereign right to issue money. He criticizes treasury note schemes and contends Treasury expenses could be funded without harming finances.
In Washington on February 14 the reading of the executive and legislative and judicial appropriation bill for amendment started in the House. The measure runs 148 pages. Representative Crumpacker of Indiana offered a mileage cut from twenty to eight cents, but Englebright of California objected and the point of order blocked the amendment.
The house committee on military affairs reached a report recommending a substantial pay increase for enlisted personnel in the US Army and Marine Corps. The proposed average rise is about 27 percent, roughly 6 percent below General Bell’s request. The raise would apply to both services.
Judge Pinckney orders $8,000 against Armour and Company in favor of Valenty Bunida a former laborer who lost an arm after wrist contact with a pickling needle at Armour’s plant Blood poisoning followed prompting amputation Armour denied liability arguing Bunida’s own carelessness caused the infection.
A dynamite blast damaged a four room cottage on West Chestnut street in Noblesville Indiana tearing a large hole under the house and shattering every window pane. Two women in the building narrowly avoided injury as they had just moved rooms. Police have no clue to the attacker though enemies are suspected. Officials note the amount used could destroy several cottages if placed properly.
Deputy Chief Charles W. Kruger, 57, known as the grand old man of the fire department, died during a Canal Street fire while leading his men into a gas filled basement to reach burning excelsior. Twenty firefighters pulled Kruger from the water filled sub basement after he stepped through a trap door. The blaze damaged three buildings and caused about 50 000 dollars in losses.
A blaze on the fourth floor of the Courier Lithographing company at 197 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, caused estimated losses of 250000 with explosions from stored explosives in the art department. The adjoining Buffalo Evening Times press room suffered 30000 in damage, and a finished circus poster contract valued at 180000 was destroyed in an annex.
Former New York Governor Frank Black and Ohio congressman Henry Bannon spoke at the Home Market club dinner in Boston. Black implied criticism of the Roosevelt administration without naming the president, warning against corporate abuses and political bossism expanding government power.
Mrs. Lisetta Geiger of Logansport marked her ninety first birthday by entertaining about five hundred relatives and friends. The elderly hostess, despite advancing years, remained hale and hearty and prepared much of the feast herself, continuing her long residence in Logansport.
Wisconsin Democratic convention approves Evan A. Evans as permanent chair and endorses W. J. Bryan for president. Delegates at large named are Charles H. Weisse, Herbert H. Manson, John A. Aylward, and Melvin A. Hoyt. The platform attacks the Republican administration and praises Jeffersonian democracy. The gathering adjourns sine die.
Chairman Harry New secretary Elmer Dover and Sergeant at Arms Stone of the Republican National Committee led the subcommittee on arrangements for the national convention. They discussed contracts for engraving tickets and printing badges for delegates alternates and the national committee. No material changes will be made to existing convention plans.
Marion Indiana court heard Mrs. Lora Durham accuse Charles Durham of living a dual life after she learned in dreams he spoke lovingly of another wife named Mary. She testified he admitted the deception when confronted with evidence of a prior marriage. Also noted James Oliver, South Bend plow magnate, recovering strength after four near death episodes as he nears 80.
Wabash Ind Feb 14 The Lincoln League of Indiana closed its session with an address by Senator Beveridge who attacked the democratic party and pledged support for Vice President Fairbanks. Officers were elected, with W E Doud as vice president, and Beveridge praised for his remarks.
Senator Beveridge attacked the Sherman act as outdated and called for jail for wealthy anarchists while protecting honest business combines. He urged tariffs favoring friendly nations and labor assistance, decrying damages for worker deaths. He warned Indiana Republicans against money or intrigue influencing ticket nominations.
An attack at the Santa Rosa mine in Sonora aimed to kill all American workers by timed dynamite blasts at the boarding house store and residences. Fifteen Americans injured, no fatalities. Eighteen Mexicans were arrested as authorities and rurales responded with Governor Torres notified.
Clifton Harding is jailed at Angola charged with stealing a horse, buggy, and harness from J. A. Cain's livery stable in Kendallville. The outfit was sold to a Steuben county farmer and Harding was captured at Flint after a recent release from Lorain, Ohio jail.
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