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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1906
Page
10
Congress adjourned after a costly session exceeding 880 million dollars with steep political frictions cooled. President Roosevelt praised the work, listing major bills and noting a record of disinterested leadership and substantial legislation including railroad rates and pure food measures.
A historic rail disaster in Britain sees an express derail and crash into a milk train at a station. The impact injures and kills multiple people, with guards and passengers trapped as rescue teams, police, and doctors converge on the scene. Mayor George B. McClellan narrowly avoids danger, awaiting travel plans in London.
Eyewitness accounts describe a dramatic rail disaster with survivors like Walter Gerson of London and W. Bellati of Jacksonville, Ill. The wreck caused mangled remains and delayed救 relief as passengers faced flames and collapse. Survivors recount near misses and miraculous escapes in a broad gauge train catastrophe.
London July 2 David Lloyd George president of the board of trade spoke in the house of commons about the Salisbury railroad disaster. He said the accident aroused keen sympathy and an inspector had gone to the scene though the preliminary report had not yet been received.
An affidavit and arrest warrant are filed for Ora McGriff charged with stealing a $100 diamond stud from Robert R. Dickens, a Pennsylvania switch man. Dickens reported the loss after McGriff promised to return the jewel within days but could not be located after being discharged from Perfection Biscuit.
The missing 30 year old Feaser was found decomposed in a Bush farm clump west of the city. An empty carbolic acid bottle lay by the body, and investigators believe he swallowed the poison after alighting from an interurban car at Homestead Monday afternoon. Feaser, a Pennsylvania blacksmith shop worker, had been despondent over health and epilepsy, and relatives deny romantic failure as a cause. Funeral services were held at a Fort Wayne home.
Fourteen year old Robert Scheumann died after stepping in front of a moving Wabash train near the Fairfield avenue crossing. He was struck and both legs crushed beyond repair, dying at Lutheran hospital about 90 minutes later. Witnesses include Mayor Hosey and waterworks secretary Julian Franke as investigators and family prepared for funeral arrangements.
A July 2 report from Lincoln Nebraska describes a devastating cloudburst that flooded the city. Water reached over two feet in business streets and basements, striking department stores hardest and flooding pumping stations while threatening water supply. Residential damage and crop losses across southeastern Nebraska are noted, with Postal Substation No. 9 opening at a local drug store for money orders.
Kerr-Murray manufacturing company employees prepare an outing to Rome City on July 21 with an expected turnout of at least fifty participants. A Swinehart family reunion is set for Robison Park on July 8. Lake Township farmers have organized and will counter thefts.
S I Roberts, Danville Va superintendent of cotton works, recalls children of laborers left hungry after fathers drink away wages. He helped a family by securing meals and required the mother to draw wages, denying funds to the father. He cites barkeepers opposing his actions. He warns saloons cause hunger, cold, and destitution among workers' families.
A new sobriety test is being tried in continental towns. To reach the bar a drinker walks along a narrow platform two feet high with three steps, 12 inches wide and 50 yards long in a zig zag. Obstacles force careful footing and a second crossing if another drink is desired.
At the 1903 temperance congress in Neu Chatel French expert Dr Legrain described absinthe as a poison. Three years of drinking leads to weak mindedness and rising anxiety. The user becomes moody suspicious and quarrelsome. Continued use risks an automaton-like body and violent acts toward loved ones.
The University of Virginia president advocates excluding wine from alumni dinners citing culture and intelligence. The Rural New Yorker counters with a provocative stance, claiming gunpowder is safer than hard cider and praising a rural view on propriety.
A quip recalling Shakespeare that a man’s evil manners fade like ink in water while virtues are written in water, and rumor or rum may reveal true character. The saying pairs rum with moral commentary on reputation and conduct.
The Salvation Army has closed a lease for the Edgerton West Main building. Details specify a new industrial home, marking a strategic move for the organization in the local area.
Postmaster D A Shaw and Mrs D A Shaw Mrs John A Winn wife of Misha waka Episcopal rector Mr and Mrs S E Schuyler injured when steering gear broke and auto somersaulted near Osceola Indiana The Mishawaka built car cost fourteen thousand dollars Shaw promoter of the company severely injured others badly hurt but none fatally All victims are well known in Mishawaka South Bend Chicago Elkhart and Goshen with Schuyler a former president of the Country Club of St Joseph Valley
Eighteen applicants passed civil service exams for clerk or carrier positions in the Fort Wayne postal service. The list ranks them by score with names and amounts shown, and future vacancies will be filled from this roster in order of rank.
A display window at Lehman clothing house features photographs of Fort Wayne post office staff including Postmaster Hanna, clerks and carriers, along with former postmasters, the post office building, and rural route wagons. The Miner studio provided the portraits drawing favorable comment.
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