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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1890
Page
2
Ohio redistricting looms as Democrats eye gerrymander. Indiana politics spotlight Harrison Gresham Blaine Alger aims. Tariff reform debates spark editorials as professional politicians weigh future nominees. Portable houses and a famous war horse are noted amid legislative notes and state fairs.
The Allen county Democratic central committee met in the superior courtroom Sat. Hon. Montgomery Hamilton chaired and urged vigorous unity for the state campaign and 1892 presidential race. Delegates were named, vacancies filled, ward and township seats adjusted, and June 14 chosen for the next county convention.
The Indiana Tariff Reform League gathered in Indianapolis with 35 to 40 activists including Wm. D. Hunter and W. O. Ball. Edgar A. Brown led the group as president and Thomas J. Hudson as secretary. Organizers say about seventy counties are organized and plan branch leagues in each township as the state moves toward a March 4 convention in Indianapolis.
A Washington telegram reports Secretary James G Blaine ill and distressed after a visitor discussed a matter once linked with Walker Blaine. Blaine urged seeing Walker, then moved to the next room and shut the door. The incident follows Walker Blaine’s death and its impact on the secretary and his wife.
The Gazette and another voice clash over tariff figures claiming an average 47 percent tax burden. The writer asserts mathematical proof of the higher cost to consumers, noting indirect payments via higher prices and wage earners, and condemns the Gazette for stubborn denial and questions. The piece argues for tariff reform and ultimate public support.
The House committee discussed the Smith Jackson election case from West Virginia with party lines. reports favor Smith by Republicans and Jackson by Democrats. It also reported no conclusion on the World’s Fair site and reviewed bills on courts, Missouri river obstructions, and Oklahoma town sites. A state dinner for diplomats was held for President Harrison. The article notes a deadly gas explosion in a double house of Michael Bowers and John Marriott, killing three people.
Floodwaters rise again after a brief stand as corn losses mount for farmers in the Evansville area. Influenza and pneumonia spread among bottom land farmers, with typhoid malaria epidemics reported in Walnut Bottoms thirty miles below the city. River levels, including Green and Ohio rivers, threaten ongoing damage amid steamer City of Clarkville efforts to move corn.
Woopsrock Va Jan 24 Harrison Holt Riddleberger ex senator died at 2 30 am after a long illness His death was expected his family attended He was born October 4 1844 at Holinburg Shenandoah county He served in the Confederate army as lieutenant and after the war practiced law in Woodstock He held several offices including commonwealth attorney four years in the house of delegates and four in the state senate He was editor of the Tenth Legion Shenandoah Democrat and the Virginian and served as a Democrat state committee member and as a presidential elector in 1876 and 1880 He entered the US Senate as a readjuster in 1883 and left office in 1889.
At Gatueyston Texas a deadly courthouse shooting left Kyle Terry nephew of the late Judge Terry dead and two men wounded during a Fort Bend related dispute. Val Gibson allegedly fired the fatal shot as others including Dan Ragsdal and a young Mitchell participated. Six arrests followed the chaotic scene.
A conspiracy among Marion county jail prisoners to murder the turnkey and escape was discovered in time. Ben Pedro received a knife from a friend as plans formed with John Burns to use it when he left his cell for transfer to the penitentiary. The knife was found on Pedro after a search and he confessed.
Chicago January 24. Reports from the board of trade say settling boys of B H Hutchison used cross trades on a broker to swindle him of a large sum. Hutchison was not present but officials fear he is the victim. The loss is placed as high as one hundred thousand dollars.
Huntingtonon Ind Jan 24 employees of the Chicago and Atlantic railroad met with general officers to discuss grievances. Engineers firemen brakemen and conductors raised issues on time adjustments and pay with a possible nationwide strike if demands are not met.
Emmet J. Mahoney, engineer of the Northwestern train that struck and killed four people at a crossing near Rose Hill cemetery, was arrested at his home in Curiaco and jailed pending the coroner’s inquest findings.
Lima Ohio January 24. Dark Adams a wealthy farmer was swindled out of six thousand dollars by two strangers and a couple of gold plated bricks. Adams delivered the money for a half interest in an alleged mine.
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