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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
3
Mrs. Daniel Gallagher and her daughter Helen Gallagher died within an hour of an alcohol explosion at 212 West Williams street. They suffered horrendous burns and received priestly rites as the family and neighbors mourn the tragedy in Bluffton.
A denatured alcohol explosion at Daniel Gallagher's 212 West Williams Street caused injuries to five family members. Mrs Bridget Gallagher and daughter Ella Gallagher suffered serious burns and were taken to St Joseph's hospital, while Dar Gallagher and two younger daughters received care at home or with neighbors. Medical staff called the patients' conditions critical with uncertain outcomes.
The New York delegation favors a likely first ballot placement for an Indiana man while Florida and Kentucky pledge support. Delaware would yield to Georgia to place Clark Howell's name, but on a second ballot it would go to Kern if needed.
Biographical sketch traces John W Kern born 1849 Alto Indiana to Dr Jacob Kern and Nancy Liggett. Educated in Kokomo and Michigan Law School, Kern practiced at Kokomo then rose in Indiana politics as city attorney Marion County legislator and senate leader. He served as reporter of the supreme court and led Democratic campaigns. noted for St Louis VP possibility and social prominence of Mrs Kern and daughter Julia.
A party committee pushes immediate action to disclose campaign contributions. They seek a resolution pledging no corporate gifts, no individual gifts above a set limit, and public disclosure of all contributions over $100 before election. Publication timelines are outlined for October.
A detailed report describes campaign finance rules, contribution limits, and publication timing. It notes plans to mobilize Democratic clubs nationwide, the selection of a national committee chairman, and attendance at events in Lincoln and Chicago with key figures like Bryan Kern Towne and Taggart.
Ohio temperance meeting erupts as temporary chairman H L Peeke attacks churches and the Anti-Saloon League. peers strip him of permanent chair and consider omitting him from the national committee. Candidates discuss Dr A B Leonard and Prof Charles Scanlon amid shifting booms and debate over woman suffrage.
At the Ohio prohibition convention in Columbus the ticket was named with Aaron S. Watkins for governor and J. B. Martin as lieutenant governor. Other posts: H J Haskell for secretary of state James R Stratton for auditor J H Ford for treasurer and Geo S Hawk for attorney general. A dispute over a speaker's remarks preceded the adjournment of the opening session.
A scrambled OCR excerpt describes a train with an engine and cars, mentioning a switch and possible derailment or damage at a yard. The fragment references No. 4 and a string of cars, but details are incomplete.
New York July 10. E P Ripley president of Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe argues wages for railroad workers cannot be cut. a strike could paralyze the country. He favors higher freight rates to cover new capital costs and says the public must pay, with railroads seen as largely imitations needing increased net income.
A preserved 1858 Williams Directory owned by Mrs. H. G. Granger details Fort Wayne's early economy and society. It lists 2268 names with two railways and various trades including foundries, wagonmakers, shoemakers, and bakeries. Notables include engineers from the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago line and the Wabash Railway, plus local firms Meyer Brothers and N. C. Miller.
Bert A Brown of Fort Wayne slipped while handling engine equipment at Dunkirk Ohio and fell under wheels crushing his right ankle. He was taken to Lima and the leg amputated below the knee. Brown, a conductor in the Con ductor H P Jones crew, lodges on Douglas avenue and is a member of Fort Wayne lodge No 136, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Frank Jamey engineer and Brown’s roommate went to Lima to visit. The injured man will be moved to St Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne when able. Dunkirk is twenty five miles east of Lima.
The General Managers' Association awarded Fort Wayne Electric a contract to furnish incandescent lamps meters and transformers for the next year or two to five leading railways and lighting firms including Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Norfolk and Portsmouth Newport News and Old Point Comfort Lexington Railway and Ohio River company. No sum is disclosed but the deal is described as immense benefiting Fort Wayne Electric, with C D Emmons of the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction company attending the meeting.
Northern Ohio and nearby Indiana Michigan residents will pay under one cent per mile for the G A R Encampment in Toledo while western travelers face about one and a half cents. Central and Western rail lines set the following fares to Toledo: Omaha to Toledo 28.25 dollars, Denver to Toledo 38.25, Milwaukee to Toledo 11.65, Sioux City to Toledo 28.75, Valentine Nebraska to Toledo 38.85, Watertown South Dakota to Toledo 32.65, Yanktown South Dakota to Toledo 31.25.
C F Hollman, a carpenter, was assisting with machinery assembly in Pennsylvania shops yesterday when his right little finger was pulled into the machine parts. The nail was torn off and the finger crushed, sidelining him from work for a few days.
Secretay Paul Strieder schedules a mid summer driving park race meeting for July 22 23 and 24 featuring a head to head duel between Frank Gruber driving Red Elgin and Herman Tapp driving Wayne Chief amid other events. An amateur race daily and running events will boost interest as Latonia horses join Lima entries with William Fleming as presiding judge and starter.
In Greenwich Connecticut on July 14 Mrs Frank Gould was saved from injury when her chauffeur violently braked to meet an oncoming racing car. He took the impact, was severely bruised, both automobiles wrecked, Mrs Gould unhurt and later left in another car.
Howard Richard, Harry Schlatter and Ralph Lenig of the Kenkionga Canoe Club left Monday in canoes for a Maumee River trip then to Lake Erie and Sandusky. Wilbur Bloom and Omar Kenyon left later via the Wabash to Defiance for a launch to the same destination.
Lieutenant Charles E. Reese of the U S A and Mrs. Reese arrived for a brief visit with local friends. He is stationed at Salt Lake City and has been taking part in target practice at Fort Sheridan Chicago, and will soon depart for Texas for another training mission.
Announcement from South Bend Indiana states that the Chicago, Lake & South Bend Railway will begin catering into Hammond some time in August. The line will operate between South Bend and Hammond with service planned by October 1.
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