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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1889
Page
1
A Pittsburg tornado devastates Diamond Street area blowing down a new four story building near Wood and injuring and killing many. Destruction spreads through surrounding shops, mills, and homes as rescue workers search debris and hospitals fill with the injured.
The Indiana General Assembly assembled with Democrats controlling the House and Senate, while Colonel Robertson was barred from admission at the door. A tense session followed as officers were elected and debates over gubernatorial succession and the legitimacy of proceedings continued.
Ulterior schemes by Mwanga king of Uganda to kill his guards and abandon them on a Nyanza island trigger a palace attack, his brother Kiwewa is enthroned, Christians placed in power, Arabs retaliate by killing Christians and burning missions, while Mwanga is captured and appeals for aid as tensions rise across central Africa.
The Indiana legislature faces a funding crisis as tax revenue declines while expenditures rise. A temporary loan may be needed to cover immediate needs, with possible permanent borrowing if taxes cannot be raised. Democrats hold majorities and oppose tax increases, delaying any levy increase until Republicans gain power.
The state rested its case as Jerry Shoaff faced cross examination and described the night of October 8 at Golicke's saloon. The jury later convicted Shoaff of involuntary manslaughter with a two year penitentiary sentence after a long deliberation and mixed initial opinions.
An Indiana statewide report based on 41 counties shows 7,854 marriages and 741 divorces in 1885, down to 7,713 marriages and 621 divorces in 1888. The statewide divorce rate runs near 10 percent, with Tippecanoe County at 17.26 percent and Clay at 17.5 percent, Perry lowest at 6.8 percent, Hendricks at 5.9, and several counties above 14 or below 7 percent.
Telegrams report in Muskogee Indian Territory that rival governors of the Chickasaw nation agreed to submit their claims to Secretary Vilas for a decision, ending a three month dispute. Separate items note a Manhattan club fire damaging $10,000 in furniture and $30,000 building loss, a $5000–$1000 match proposed by A C Owen and John Bolton, a mail robbery confession by Thomas Wilson, and a Covington body found with a pistol, unclear if murder or suicide.
Alexander T. McGill D D L L D Emeritus professor of ecclesiastical homiletic and pastoral theology at Princeton Theological Seminary died in Princeton New Jersey yesterday in his eighty second year Hood's Sarsaparilla is a purely vegetable preparation free from injurious ingredients and peculiar in its curative power.
The German emperor opened the Landtag at Bunun on January 14 signaling friendly foreign relations and hope for peace after recent visits. He announced taxes cut due to finances and proposed bills to boost clergy pay, teacher status, stamp tax reform, and extraordinary railway funding including flood relief for 1888. Also planned were measures on Posen administration with closing applause and notable attendance, Bismarck absent. In Judge Boyd's court Reeves in contempt for not testifying from notes on Parnellite speeches. Reeves jailed. In Paris Rochefort dueled Lissagarey, La Bataille editor. both wounded.
Indiana's state board of agriculture met in Indrana Ponis on January 10. Directors were elected from districts and will choose officers tomorrow. President Smart of Purdue spoke on manure testing and soil preservation. He warned that five percent of soil fertility is lost yearly and that farmland worth about $500 million is slipping $25 million poorer annually unless farmers save what they have.
Two workers suffer injuries in industrial incidents at Bass works and Pittsburg shops. William M. Shondel mashes four toes when a fire box ring falls on his foot, needs weeks of recovery at 327 East Wayne. Fred W. Mennewisch is struck in the face by a flying wedge while scrapping an old locomotive, injuring teeth and scar across his cheek. Separately, First National Bank stockholders vote through Tuesday afternoon with directors reelected including John H. Bass and W. H. Hoffman. J. H. Bass serves as president, Wm Fleming as vice president, Lem R. Hartman cashier, W. L. Pettit assistant cashier.
Brandon Lewis died in Lafayette Indiana at 3 40 pm on January 9 after stomach congestion. Born May 2 1838 in Alcester England he moved to Portsmouth Ohio as a child and spent early years on river steamers before entering business in 1865. He was active in the National retail shoe dealers association and prominent in Masonic and other societies. A separate note from Valparaiso Indiana dated January 11 reports C A Paul once acquainted with Messenger editor fled toward Warsaw after being paid $2 by Zimmerman to forge two 25 checks and gamble away funds at local hotels. Paul headed for Warsaw.
A train wreck two and a half miles east of Tallmadge Ohio on the New York Pennsylvania and Ohio line results in eight dead and six wounded. Fatalities include engineer Richard Huntington and fireman Walters with several passengers. rescue work follows as fires blaze through the baggage car and smoker. Officials debate totals while dispatches spread the latest counts from Kent and Tallmadge.
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