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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1908
Page
9
Flood warnings grip southern Indiana as Wabash Patoka and White rivers rise above banks. Bridges washed out, roads impassable, wheat crops damaged, livestock losses reported, and many residents evacuated as trains run late and gas service fails. Humans safe thus far.
Matthews O'Brien and Rev. L. L. Abbott spoke to the senate judiciary committee urging bills to bar liquor shipments to states that ban intoxicants. Also present were national W C T U officers led by Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens and Miss Anna A. Gordon among others from Virginia and Washington.
A Senate report based on a request by Senator Tillman notes growing concentration of railroads under system control and large holdings of railway stocks and bonds by express companies including Adams Express American Express and United States Express.
Terre Haute ind feb 15 the wabash today is fourteen feet six inches and rising but not so fast as yesterday.
Evansville reports the highest water since January 1907 as the Ohio River climbs to 26.2 feet. A thirty-foot stage is forecast for Sunday with the river still rising over the next two days.
Senator Tillman presented a petition from Alfred O Crozier of Wilmington Delaware disputing the Aldrich currency measure The protest cites removing retirement limits and emergency currency as a threat to the gold standard It argues bank notes are not legal tender and warns of widespread deception by government endorsement Currency debate set for about two weeks with speeches planned by Clay Clarke Culberson Teller Daniel Tillman Bailey Hepburn among others
The house committee on labor reported favorably a Crumpacker resolution asking the attorney general to provide the house with copies of Justice Department reports by Mary Grace Quackenbos on labor conditions in the south. Quackenbos has been investigating alleged peonage cases.
Captain John W. Sale of this city a Twenty-fourth Indiana veteran and Vicksburg battlefield commission member was elected to the first class at the Indiana Commandery Loyal Legion gathering in Indianapolis on Wednesday evening February 12.
The Winona Interurban Railway company reports three miles of grading finished on the Warsaw and Peru extension between Warsaw and nearby sections. Workers toiled to advance the project as construction progresses toward expansion of service.
The American sixteen battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Evans passed Valparaiso en route to Callao, Peru. President Montt greeted the ships as Chilean officials and thousands witnessed the navy in salute and a public celebration. A banquet on the Gen Baquedano honored the diplomatic corps with toasts to President Roosevelt and Admiral Evans.
Floyd Libbing, aboard the battleship Kearsarge in Admiral Evans fleet, writes his parents about initiation at sea as the ship sails toward the Pacific coast. He describes his Neptune ceremony and begins electrical work aboard the ship.
South Hattiesburg Miss Feb 15 A P correspondent reports only three deaths from the cyclone that swept through Jones and Jasper counties. The heaviest damage occurred at Mossville where two elderly Black residents died.
Feb 15 dispatch reports four intact buildings and two partials in Mossville after a tornado. Two elderly Black residents Alec Windham and his wife died while Ed ward Campbell, a white man, is fatally injured. Dozens hurt but most recovering. further deaths feared with limited confirmations. Nearby towns report additional fatalities and a Lake Shore train collision in Elkhart claims Harry Powers.
Theodora Shonts daughter of Theodore P. Shonts marries Emanuel Theodoric Bernard D Albert Du Luynes Duc de Chaulnes in a modest noon ceremony at 123 East 35th Street New York. Notables from Paris and the French embassy attend, with Marguerite Shonts as attendant and Prince Andre Galitzine as best man.
James Warren Boals began epileptic seizures after a single smoking episode at age ten involving three cigars and cigarettes. His condition worsened, leading to commitment for treatment at Newcastle’s epileptic village, marking the first Allen county case under the new law. The boy, son of John Wesley Boals, is described as normal and healthy despite ongoing tobacco and alcohol use. A commission including Dr A P Buchman and W P Whery evaluated him as a commitment subject.
Gustave Klopstock, fifteen and Wall Street office boy, bids for $1,000 of city bonds at 102.02 with a $20 bill and two percent fee. He fails to win as average price hits 103.50 but vows to try again, saying he earns from Fed eral Steel stock and a Saturday newspaper hustle. A remonstrance efforts to close ten saloons in Marion First ward.
Missouri Representative Champ Clark dominated an hours long address in the House reacting to President Roosevelt's recent message on finance and tariffs. He praised the president's vigor while warning against Republican push for 'pie' and urging Democrats to unite under Jeffersonian principles.
Senator Albert J Beveridge arrived in Fort Wayne from Chicago shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday to attend the Lincoln league meeting in Wabash where he spoke that evening. Mrs Beveridge accompanied him as officials greeted him at the station.
In Richmond Indiana on February 14 Judge Henry C Fox granted a divorce to Ruth Ann Hunt Ratliff from Joseph C Ratliff aged 80 after testimony of cruel and inhuman treatment The proceedings show he spoke profanely and choked and beat her The Ratliffs had married recently after long prior marriages Both were prominent in the Hicksite Friends church Divorces are rare among Friends The article notes anti saloon workers' campaign in Waterloo
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