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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1894
Page
8
A damaged notice describes aggressive window bargain sales to clear large furniture stocks at half price. It urges rapid cash purchases, warns against credit delays, and promotes a stealthy approach to move inventory from several stores with little profit to the seller.
The Weekly Sentinel reports on July 4 1894 local arrivals and events. Tulip Metcalf visits relatives, John S Johnson to race bicycles July 6 7, parade committee to meet, Army recruiting staff cut, L D Benedict returns, Will Leidy becomes new father, postal notes replaced by money orders, government contracts take effect, Pocock quarrel leads to arrest, I C C F lodge installs officers, Eugene V Debs rises as Railway Union leader with Terre Haute roots and career.
In Cariaco June 29 markets Wheat steady with July and Sept bids. Corn steady with July Sept quotes. Rye and other grains noted. At Union Stock Yards Curiaco: cattle receipts 1,500 with price gains for natives. hogs 15,000 with buyers weak. Fort Wayne July 4 prices list spring wheat, red wheat, corn, rye, meal and seed prices, with assorted minor grains and livestock items.
Details describe arrests and injunctions against officials accused of interfering with the Cincinnati Southern railway operations. Hearings set for Thursday with bonds and restraining orders in place as federal authorities plan to use marshals and troops to restore order and compel compliance amid the nation’s wide scale railroad strike.
General Schofield said local commanders may act only if riots are under way and Washington must be notified. No orders have been sent, troops are held in readiness, and Chicago awaits legal injunction outcomes before further steps. Mayor Hopkins expects a four member committee to seek amicable settlement between strikers and railroad firms this afternoon.
A large cultured audience attended the International Business college commencement at the Masonic Temple last evening. Miss Gussie Hauck salutatorian led the program with remarks on judging graduates, followed by Dr. W. F. Schrader reciting The Polish Boy and Riley poems. Attorney E. V. Emrick delivered the principal address, Megers and Kell performed mandolin and guitar duets, Rev. J. S. Ainslie offered concise guidance, and Miss Rosa Long delivered the valedictory. Benediction closed the exercises, with a lengthy list of graduates named.
A Chicago style roundup describes the Pullman boycott crippling railroads and packing houses. Packingtown idle thousands. Wabash shop strike closes in Tatevo Ohio, Illinois Steel furnaces halt. Philadelphia warned of meat shortages with rising beef and veal prices as western freight blockade continues.
Curiaco July 3 The jury in the Prendergast case today found the prisoner not insane and he will hang July 1s. Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Schlatter are spending a week at Ronse City.
The supreme court upheld Judge Senty's ruling in the Brice and Brown contempt case. The decision reinforces the lower court's judgment and signals continued enforcement of contempt findings.
Henry Wilkinson, a Lake township farmer near Abit station, surprised two thieves at his empire house and fired, wounding one man with bird shot as they fled toward the chicken coop. The other burglar escaped into the night.
A Louisville report notes Rev. Grant S. Housh, a blind Indiana student, earned a Doctor of Theology from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Housh excels in Hebrew, Greek, and Arabic, and is praised as a remarkable, scholarly young man with potential for teaching at higher institutions. The piece quotes favorable views from officials and mentions his pulpit appearances at Baptist Tabernacle.
Warsaw Indiana July 3 William J Studon accused of murder and held in county jail died by his own hand as strong circumstantial evidence pinned him to the crime Blanchard a Mentone stock farm operator who vanished eight years ago returned claiming to have gone to New York to buy green goods He says conspirators released him on promise not to reveal their names and base of operations Mentone authorities seek confinement for Blanchard in the Loganaport insane asylum while officers deny interviewing him
New Orleans and nearby towns suffer under record heat with temperatures near 99 in the shade and 115 in the sun. Five people die and many collapse, while a baseball game was halted and players needed hospital care. Numerous animals are reported dead as misery lasts for days.
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