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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1894
Page
1
Long, crowded session on Main Street culminates in Ellison for State Senate and Bobilya Kell Dalman for Representatives. O’Rourke Worden Shutt and Metzgar win key posts. Edsall Peltier Meyer compete. tense roll calls, crowd shouts, and unanimous acclaim mark the day.
In Indianapolis on June 4 Judge Baker overruled a new trial motion for wreckers of the Indianapolis National Bank and sentenced F A Coffin to ten years and Percival B Coffin to five years in the penitentiary. Alfred S Reed had sentence suspended and T P Haughey to be sentenced tomorrow. Reed released on own recognizance. Coffins likely to be taken to the penitentiary tonight.
The effects of Quida the novelist were seized and sold at auction in Florence after several lawsuits. Her furniture from the palazzo was moved to the Impressa del Mediatore and later at Villa del Corona, where her mother died last September. Quida mourned like a fictional heroine as tombstones for her dogs were sold. the sale reflects her dire troubles. In Indiana, Roadmaster Hogan fled on a handcar after tearing down a fence on disputed ground near Newton House, sparking indignation and fear of violence as citizens brace for further clashes with the railroad.
Wichita Kansas June 4 train robbers Sylvia Young Bigler and Brown after El Reno escape broke jail at Pond Creek officers across southwest pursue them they are armed and likely to fight to death before capture. Also Missouri brief Steele Walker wholesale grocer company trustee due to A N Schuster Co failure liabilities and assets large unknown.
Nine companies of militia mobilize amid coal field blockades and railway disruptions. Miners in Indiana and Ohio resist coal traffic, derailments reported, sheriffs seek aid, trains stopped, and talks of broader strikes convene as officials move to quell violence and restore shipments. Local deputies clash with strikers as towns gauge outcome.
In Pa June 4 a mob chased and pelted two black laborers while firing at them. A third man was beaten until bloodied as they fled toward Morewood. Mrs Washabaugh intervened at her home with her husband’s shotgun to halt the assault.
The riot spread and deputies from Morewood arrived. Six of the mob were arrested and a man was moved to safety as the incident unfolded.
Floods inundate ninety five miles of Northern Pacific track between Horse Plains Montana and Hope Idaho as waters rise in Washington and British Columbia. Settlers flee to high ground while cattle drown and bridges wash out, with rail traffic suspended and rescue efforts ongoing. Fraser River and other rivers swell, forcing rail and telegraph interruptions. Mountain snows block passes while a cloudburst in Sierra Madre washes away a charcoal camp with ten deaths.
A series of grim incidents report death by own action in Carl Seeger family and James Murray at prison, plus a husband fatally shooting his Hebrew wife Lizzie Lockner in St Louis. Seeger and Murray die after cyanide and lye soap consumption while Lockner is killed by his despondent husband who fled the scene.
Obituary notes Daniel Hourigan born in Ireland in 1840 who served in the 142d Indiana Volunteers. He married Susanna Gibson in 1868 and had six children, four living. Funeral held after retirement from farming. Also details Herman Arens death at 83, Hanna Flaig postpartem death, and other local obits including Peter Rothman and multiple line deaths in the week.
Congressman McGann announces he will not seek re election and will take charge of the Twenty second street electric line where he is president and the lease operator. In Maury county Nashville George and Newton Ladd uncle and nephew fought with pistols in a family quarrel and both were fatally wounded.
A lurid expose details how the policy gambling scheme persists despite public safety efforts. It describes a headquarters at 30 West Main Street with operators in Covington and a nationwide wiring system. Agents entice players in saloons, collect fifty cent tickets, and deliver winnings in dark corners. The piece warns the scheme is insidious and hard to eradicate.
Coroner Harrod resumed witness testimony in the Mrs. George Flaig death inquiry, interviewing the deceased’s husband and attendees as reporters note a possible sensational verdict. A Fort Wayne physician cautions against premature judgment, urging thorough investigation before blaming doctors.
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