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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1902
Page
8
Dr C D Driscoll barricaded with armed friends in his Paoli office for eight hours resisting a mob led by Eva Miller who threatened him with a horsewhip. He read his remorse letter, apologized, and a civic committee granted twenty days to leave town. Miss Miller claims public duty and says she acted with community support.
Ed Heyer aged thirty six years committed suicide in Wabash Indiana after heavy drinking and a threat to kill Guy Launder and wife. He previously had a cutting affray with Mrs Launder at Peru. He took morphine and died shortly after being found nearly unconscious at the railway station.
Mrs. Rob ert Oler of Bluffton Indiana was granted a divorce from Martin Oler. Before the decree became final Robert Wiley a 72 year old retired undertaker of Jonesboro asked for a license to marry Mrs. Oler. Costs were required to support the divorce and Wiley did not pay. The wedding was postponed awaiting payment.
Kokomo Indiana January 4 a farewell sermon at Grace Methodist drew a vast audience. The report notes the preacher Schley received high tributes and public praise as he concluded his ministry.
Rev. Dr. W. D. Parr new field secretary of the Church Extension society paid tribute to Admiral Schley calling him the illustrious hero of Santiago. He predicted Schley would be remembered with increased honor as his critics faded. The praise drew applause from the pulpit audience.
Mary Keplinger of Denver and druggist J W Darnell disappeared six weeks earlier. A letter said they were en route to Oklahoma and happy. The girl has returned to Peru and will not reveal where she was or why she left. Mrs Darnell reportedly received a letter from her husband denying an affair.
Leonard Kent, son of P. M. Kent, was killed when a gun discharged after he tripped while rabbit hunting with Arthur Siler near Brookston. Kent died instantly from a head wound as the two boys crossed a fence and the weapon went off.
Peter Welter a 53 year old farmer near Elkhart Indiana was struck by a tree he had chopped. He suffered two broken legs between the knees and ankles and crawled back to his farmhouse half a mile away while dragging himself along a fence. He reached the house utterly exhausted and alive.
Richmond Indiana January 4 Rev N Gilliam aged nearly ninety is seriously ill with little hope of recovery. He has been a well known Methodist preacher in eastern Indiana.
Thomas Walk of Anderson Indiana tested lemon extract after reading of farmers in Paris Indiana who drank it to intoxication. Walk, employed at an ice cream factory with access to lemon extract, became badly confused in the street and was taken to jail. The case hinges on whether lemon extract intoxication qualifies as a crime equivalent to liquor intoxication.
Richmond Indiana Jan 6 Rev Nelson Gillam a pioneer of Indiana Methodism died at 87 after a long career in the Northern Indiana Conference. He served as pastor in Carmel Pendleton Noblesville Winchester Goshen Marion Logansport Richmond and other towns before becoming a superannuated minister and moving to Richmond. Born December 11 1814 in Carroll County he remained a lifelong Hoosier. Dr Kemper noted his final words about aging and rest and Zion.
Henry Overmayer’s life was saved after an incident at his residence in Yorktown, near Muncie Indiana, on January 6. Local authorities and responders are investigating the events surrounding the rescue.
A blaze yesterday endangered the town and Overmyer, though aged and an invalid, was carried from the burning house by his sons. A year earlier he survived a self inflicted gunshot incident after a despondent fit.
In Kokomo Indiana on January 6 a divorce suit arises from a dispute over Sunday observance and food. Arthur Wilson and Gertrude Edwards wed a year ago and quarrel over pork meals and Sabbath keeping within a socially prominent family. Also noted are inquiries into Jesse Lowery’s sanity, a wife desertion affidavit by Mrs Gunkler, and a malicious trespass charge against William Hochstetter for cutting a fence.
Joshua Turner operating as Turner Manufacturing Company woolen goods employing eighty people makes an assignment naming H. H. Hammond of Cleveland as trustee. Assets total 3000 while liabilities run from 8000 to 12000. Mill opened last May with 5000 subscription money. machinery bought with those funds reverts to subscribers. Reopening the mill is planned.
Wilbert Sherwin was found dead Saturday night in a southern Mishawaka hovel. Coroner Rennoe cannot determine exact time of death, but rats had fed on flesh suggesting two days or more. Neighbors say he had no food or fuel, death possibly linked to deprivation. Sister Mary Coonan of Chicago is referenced. brother reportedly drinking heavily.
Col Alfred Dale Owen the late democratic congressional candidate remains gravely ill in North Vernon Indiana with erysipelas. Doctors say he may live for months but show little hope of recovery.
In Justices Courts a church row in Springfield township led to affidavits in Bullerman’s court. Edward Cothrell accuses George Griebel of unlawful violence. Frank Pulver sues Charles Pion over trespass on Pulver’s premises. A back court trial saw fines for assault between Wilber Powell and William Gruber. David Miller accuses Edward Wiseman of threatening with knuckles. A lunacy commission considers Jesse Lowrey’s mental state after his wife’s plea for restraint. Lowrey, a New Haven wagon maker, has shown erratic behavior.
Frederick Dawsey the carpenter who slashed Mrs. Cora Wilson’s throat in her Lafayette street home on December 13 pleads not guilty to assault with intent to kill and waives preliminary hearing. Judge Louttit sets bond at 2000. Dawsey remains hospitalized and back in jail awaiting grand jury action.
Residents and visitors mingle in social visits with families in Huntington Ossian Roanoke and Decatur Indiana. A theater show Tony the Con vict drew well while Ringwall survives a train mishap. A kennel pup named Ruhl delights neighbors as summer returns. A Hartzell home gathering hosted twenty six guests with a pepper scented smelling game and a post party luncheon.
George C. Hoppingarner, a carpenter at the Wabash shops, fell from a scaffold in the tank shop at 2:30 last Saturday. He sustained injures to his hips. The city ambulance transported him home where the company surgeon diagnosed bruises and sprains with no broken bones.
Sufferers praise Ely's Cream Balm noting a trial size at 10 cents and full size at 50 cents. Sold by druggists or mailed from Ely Bros. in New York. A testimonial from Albert Lee Minnesota dated March 21, 1901 claims a clear head and near sleep after use. Other testimonial from 8. K. Lansdale lauds its effectiveness.
Bull buyers faced disappointment as May wheat slipped to 83 1/4. corn and oats showed small losses while pork and lard traded narrowly. Receipts totaled 60 to 216 cars as bears and bulls fought for direction with weak outside markets weighing on grains.
Chicago live stock receipts total 7 000 with market steady. Hogs receipts 50 090 with prices 6.10 to 6.40 for mixed and butcher grades. prior day quotes 10 to 20 cents lower. Butter cheese and eggs show steady default local market with modest cheese and eggs prices and firm butter ranges.
New York spot and futures markets show wheat prices softer on lower cables while overall undertone remains firm. Corn oats and rye show quiet to easier trade as receipts rise. beef and lard hold steady with butter and cheese firm. sugar and coffee markets mixed as imports and quality influence values.
East Buffalo markets report cattle receipts 63 head with dull trade and slight declines across tiers. Hogs offerings 10 000 head showed active open then weaker trade with mixed and pork categories varying, while sheep and lambs 9 000 head remained steady with tops around 4.25 for sheep and 5.80 for top lambs.
The Toledo market report dated January 7 shows wheat active and lower for cash and futures, with corn around 66 to 68 cents for Jan and May, oats near 48 to 47 1/2 cents, and cloverseed firm with January at 6.00 dollars and March at 6.10 dollars. North Lima wheat 85 cents, South Lima and Indiana 80 cents.
Fort Wayne Indiana markets list January prices for flour types spring wheat winter wheat and other grains. It covers corn meal buckwheat oats timothy seed cloverseed barley and flaxseed with various prices per hundredweight bushel or ton and hides wool bran by the ton.
Winton Bennett comes home after four years away, much of it in the army in the Philippines. His unit was among the first in the islands, via Suez transit and visits to major seaports. He has traveled through China and Japan and toured the western United States, planning to reside in the city.
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