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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1909
Page
11
A St. Petersburg official links a reactionary plot to dethrone Emperor Nicholas and set Grand Duke Vladimir as regent. The plan, tied to Azef and Lopakine revelations, aimed for a strong-handed regime, but a sudden death of Grand Duke Vladimir halted the project.
Russell Coby a 21 year old painter remains in Hope hospital with severe facial injuries after being pinched between an elevator floor and a second floor rafter at the Masonic Temple. Doctor says he has a fighting chance for recovery with no expected permanent facial scars. Coby, son of Mr and Mrs G W Coby, was painting the elevator shaft with Warren Hull when the accident occurred as the elevator rose.
Dispatches from Portland report Mrs. W. B. Hale of Geneva died at St. Joseph's hospital Fort Wayne as an indirect result of a self inflicted gunshot wound. On January 21 1908 she shot herself in the mouth with a .22 rifle causing partial paralysis. Bullet extracted in July but she never fully recovered and a lingering complication led to death.
Canton Ohio February 18 W N Marin a civil engineer and farmer made a successful experimental flight reaching 250 feet altitude in an aeroplane showcasing local aviation progress.
Washington reports the House passed an amendment to the penal code to curb interstate liquor shipments to dry areas. Speaker Cannon supported temperance action joining the vote with temperance forces. The measure imposes a 5000 dollar fine or two years in prison or both for rail or express shipments of liquor without proper order and labeling. No record vote was recorded as the rules were suspended.
R T Bastress of Philadelphia promoting a Fort Wayne to Bryan interurban line with Harlan Indiana offices. He seeks $100000 in guarantees before construction and stock later issued to subscribers. Estimated total cost about one million dollars. contributors could fund nine tenths. Fort Wayne capitalists may provide about half the needed funds.
A 1044 member German Lutheran mutual benefit group in Fort Wayne marked its twentieth anniversary with a Sunday evening meeting. Reports note the organization offers benefits to families and aims to support members in times of need.
Sixteen suffragettes arrested during the disorderly protest to reach Premier Asquith appeared at Bow Street. Ten were sentenced to imprisonment from one month to six weeks after refusing to post security for good behavior for six months.
Four members of the Schoenherr family at 1219 Erie street were moved to Lutheran hospital after typhoid fever struck mother two sons and a daughter. The Schellmann and Ulmer ambulance made two trips to transfer two patients per trip. A daughter had already recovered, while Mrs Schoenherr and three other children who cared for her were also stricken and sent to the hospital. The couple, married twenty years, had not faced a serious illness before this outbreak.
The February 27 primary in Fort Wayne will choose precinct committeemen for both parties. The decision followed a conference Tuesday between A. E. Melching of the Democratic Central Committee and L. A. Rose, acting Republican city chairman.
Democrats and Republicans plan to appoint one inspector and one clerk in each of the citys forty nine precincts for the March 11 primaries to select new executive committee members. Positions will be unpaid under the law. The Democratic committee met at city hall and scheduled another meeting for March 6 with all members present.
Revenue agents visited Fort Wayne and pressed for stamp tax payments on near beer sold by druggists and stands. Centlivre Brewing asserts all Winona temperance beer tests below the .5 percent limit and suspects a single last summer batch may have nudged above the threshold during analysis.
Geronimo, famed Apache leader and long-time foe of U S forces, died today at Fort Sill after years as a prisoner of war. He was captured by Gen Henry W Lawton and confined in the south before being moved to Fort Sill. In later years he reportedly expressed penitence for his crimes.
Mondovi Wis Feb 22 Hans R Hanson a farmer near Strum killed his four children with a butcher knife. The victims included a five to fifteen year old boy and three girls. Police investigation underway as townspeople react to the deadly incident.
Charles S. Hawes special agent of the bureau of labor with the department of commerce and labor visits Fort Wayne to canvass industrial conditions over two to three weeks. A team of five or six aides will assist and offices are opened in the federal building. The inquiry will cover the city’s large manufacturing firms.
The People's Realty company, a new Fort Wayne concern, is incorporated with 25000 capital to buy and sell real estate in the city. Officers include President Dr W M Enslen Vice President H L Somers Secretary J M Henry Treasurer G W Lindemuth. Other incorporators are H L Somers H F Kennerk F L Barthold Robert Spice Joseph Sommers and Frank Drage.
The Illinois Supreme Court today set aside the lower court verdict in the Richard Snell will case involving more than $1,000,000. The decision holds that because a man has relations with a related party it might be deemed improper influence or an irregularity affecting the will.
A circuit court judge grants Mrs. William J. Lemp Jr. a divorce with alimony of 6000 dollars annually and custody of their son after a weeklong sensational trial ending Tuesday. The ruling was handed down in St. Louis Missouri on February 18.
Phoenix lodge Knights of Pythias held a Friday evening program at its hall to mark the fortieth anniversary of Indiana’s grand lodge. E. G. Hoffman gave the principal address along with an elaborate musical program and a one act playlet. Families of members attended and refreshments were served.
A false fire alarm rang Saturday afternoon at the Hoosier Manufacturing company's East Berry street establishment. The test, linked to the Postal Telegraph office patrol system via an electric sprinkler, triggered the alarm when a factory leak occurred.
The Ladies Missionary Society of Third Presbyterian church elected officers for the year. President Mrs Frey Thieme was re elected, with vice president Mrs Alfred Street, secretary Mrs Stephen A Guenther, treasurer Mrs Alice Lewis, literature secretary Mrs Floyd Rehling, and Baby Brigade secretary Mrs Clara Boshler. A union meeting of city Presbyterian missionary groups followed. Miss Henrietta Montgomery of Hainan China gave a well received address.
A man heavily intoxicated sought a marriage license from County Clerk Joe Mason on a Saturday. He made three or four trips to the office but was refused each time due to his state. He was not accompanied by a bride and said she was out on the street.
A San Francisco telegraph dispatch relayed to Tokyo claims rising anti Japanese sentiment in the United States. The report says war feeling is widespread and especially acute in some areas, fueling unease across Japan.
Fort Wayne city court heard that several saloons kept open Sunday morning against municipal rules. William Barnes, a telephone line man with three children, was fined 5 and costs after attempting to clear out the Double restaurant on East Main street. He admitted buying drinks at different places and showed drunken behavior at lunch. Others fined included Lillian Bush for drunkenness, Frank Wilson for taking a bottle of whisky, and William Meyers William Smith and Thomas Byne for drunkenness. Jim Woodworth faced a larger fine after a street scuffle with police.
About 175 guests attended the St Joe Athletic Club's tenth annual banquet at the club house. E G Hoffman presided with speeches from W J Lennon Chris Meyerfeld H P Scherer J H Fry Al Hazzard H C Hoeltje and Joseph Noll. songs by W H Moeller Al Wolff and Peter Deitchel. The club, founded August 1 1899, has held a banquet near Washington's Birthday each year, thanks to the arrangements committee of William H Moeller H C Hoeltje and Paul Schaefer.
Virgil Waters of Washington township obtained a marriage license in the city on Saturday but misplaced the document while stopping at the Dunton feed yard on Barr street. The license was recovered and later returned to Mr. Waters.
F Company finished its ice harvest later in the season than ever before for Robison Park's next summer. Ice was sourced from the bayou near the St. Joe River and measured five inches thick.
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