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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1907
Page
19
In Myersdale Pennsylvania on June 1, President Roosevelt passes a crowd at 11:10. He shakes hands with about a hundred people. A spectator shouts a bid for another term and he replies that someone else should go next.
The Roosevelt party’s Washington bound train passed Pittsburg at 8 am. A small crowd at Balti more and Ohio station cheered as the president walked the platform and chatted with the engineer. Police and detectives guarded the train under Inspector Bartley. At Keesport, about 150 waited as the train halted for three minutes and the president shook hands with many before moving on.
President Roosevelt and party reached Cumberland Maryland at 12 45 pm and continued to Washington after a brief stop. Rain fell steadily all day hindering travel and dampening the journey homeward as crowds greeted the President at the station with handshakes and brief remarks.
Martinsburg West Virginia June 1 the presidential train went through at 7 87 pm local time and is due to reach Washington at 4 42 pm today keeping to the timetable amid brief stops for water and signals en route.
Washington reports Secretary Morrison, filling in for President Gompers, announced the AFL revocation of the International Union of Brewery Workmen. The move severs AFL ties, bars about 40 000 brewery workers from AFL representation, and cuts their local unions from delegates and federation support across city central bodies and state branches.
A county grand jury indicted six constables and two justices of the peace on graft charges after a monthlong inquiry. Records showed arrests on trivial counts, inflated fees, and releases without fines, with foreigners paying fines on false affidavits. One wealthy witness described a $45 payment to hide from court records. Aged victim Hugh Maine died after asking his daughter in law for water.
Indiana's railroad commission ruled that no rate can be charged or collected beyond the published lawful rate. It denied a rebate by Lake Erie and Western to Greer Wilkinson Lumber of Muncie, saying freight must follow published tariffs. The body also ordered interlocking switches to be operated with towers and staff, forcing costly compliance for interurban lines.
Anthony Miller was indicted for first degree murder by a Muncie grand jury and arraigned before Judge Leffler, who appointed county attorney Arthur D. McKinley to defend him. Miller pleaded not guilty and faces trial July 15. The grand jury also indicted him for burglary connected to the same crime. The story notes his wounded leg and potential recovery time.
Austin June 1. A Texas jury awarded the state 1,623,900 in penalties in the ouster suit against Waters-Pierce Oil Company and cancelled the firm’s Texas business permit. The defense plans an immediate appeal.
Henry G. Felger was elected Monday to a four year term as county superintendent of schools. He was the sole candidate for weeks and faced no opposition. Trustees were absent or present only for formal ballots. Felger’s reappointment followed broad satisfaction with his four years in office.
Washington June 1 The president issued a proclamation announcing the conclusion of a commercial arrangement under the Dingley act between the United States and Germany The declaration lists articles granted reduced duties and German reciprocity commitments A Cortélyou letter dated April 9 supports that the talks would foster friendly relations and benefit the country About forty American production items will face minimum tariff rates upon German entry The note regrets Germany’s stance on full minimum rates and says achieving such concessions requires a reciprocal treaty subject to Congress approval.
In Chicago on June 1 Judge Windes set a 5000 dollar indemnity bond for Theodore Nemeyer and other stockholders in a suit against Chicago New York Air Line Railroad Co. Defendants offered the bond in place of a receiver and injunction to block a contract between Air Line officials and Cooperative Construction Co to build the road for stock.
In Richmond Col Robert E Lee Jr claims secession was not first preached in the South and cites northern proposals to gain Texas and admit Louisiana as earlier triggers. He notes Virginia and Georgia Acts against slave importation and asserts the South led efforts to prevent the slave trade. He argues war revealed a nation ready to defend liberty and home.
A new military company organized in the city by G C Hugen ard, formerly first sergeant in company D, plans to recruit mainly clerks and bookkeepers. Forty applicants have shown interest and the group will seek state recognition from Adjutant General McKee once the number is reached. Indiana authorities support the move and will assist locally to secure an armory, with several prominent business leaders offering help.
Elyria Ohio May 31 A Cleveland and Southwestern traction motorman Forney was arrested in Cleveland and brought to Elyria to answer charges of being responsible for seven deaths and eight injuries in a daylight rear end collision. He pleaded not guilty before the mayor and was bound over in 5000 bail. Grand jury to investigate.
Long Branch N J May 31 The two daughters of Walter A Schiffer secretary of United Cigar Manufacturers New York Marion 10 and Ruth 14 and two servants were burned to death when a fire destroyed the Rothschild residence leased by the Schiffer family Mrs Schiffer sustained severe burns and others including two guests and staff were hurt as they tried to rescue the children in the early hours of the blaze.
Ten of twenty four Roumanians involved in a large riot in the rolling mill district four weeks ago Saturday night were fined in city court Monday. fourteen others who were detained at police headquarters were released. Fines totaled 50 for Mike Diza, 30 each for two others, 25 for two, and 20 for five. Mosier, tied to a theft case, was held over to circuit court on $300 bond. John Cogan admitted vagrancy. Arthur Young, honeymooning, faced a local lumber yard fundraiser where he earned 5 plus costs while three companions were sentenced to leave the city.
Clyde Gandy and Harry Hilgeman of the law firm Gandy and Hilgeman were chosen by Prosecutor-elect Albert E. Thomas to serve as deputies when he takes office next January. The young attorneys are praised as capable and popular choices. Gandy, a Churubusco native, served in Cuba and taught in the Philippines before studying law and being admitted in 1903. Hilgeman, a Fort Wayne native, is a University of Michigan law graduate who partnered with Gandy after an early stint with Judge Allen Zollars.
A list of era kitchen ideas including Jack Straw Salad straws from carrots and peppers, Southern Corn and Sweet Potato dish with milk and cheese topping, Chocolate Pie using chicken fat shortening, Fried Mush with cornmeal, Calves Liver on Toast with rice, Macaroni and Tomatoes layering, and practical notes on fruit servings and Lamb Chops on Planks. Also mentions stuffed beets with asparagus and cream cheese cups as serving ideas from Boston Cooking School.
A collage of kitchen directions and recipe notes describing puff pastry biscuits with dates, hay stove cookery for a boiled beef dinner, a strawberry sponge mold with gelatin and lemon, salmon with cucumber pulp, Spanish steak with onions and cheese, a strawberry salad with Martha's cream dressing, and a gooseberry preserve method noting maple sugar as a pair for game.
C H Worden, part of the Fort Wayne fishing party at Wisconsin lakes, returned home Friday evening. Others will arrive soon. Worden says the weather was raw and chilly most of the stay and the trip was timed too early for successful fishing.
Jackson reports Matt Sloan a notorious Breathitt county figure was shot six times and killed by Peter Stricklin in Lexington after returning from a penitentiary term for a Breahitt county shooting. The rivals had a long history of feuds including a four time shooting in Wolfe county years earlier.
In Mishawaka Indiana on June 1 a frightened herd of cattle charged an automobile and galloped across a field fatally trampling Mrs Jacob Burger wife of a wealthy charcoal manufacturer. The incident left her dead at the scene.
C. E. Pfeiffer offers money secured by real estate or personal security in rooms 6 and 7 of the Bass Block.
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