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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1904
Page
4
At Independence Colorado a shocking incident left half a hundred men exposed to a horrible fate while waiting for a train. Details scarce, authorities investigate possible mass exposure and men reported missing. Local residents shaken by the untidy scene and ongoing inquiry at the station platform.
June news from Cripple Creek Colorado reports 12 miners dead and many injured after a massive explosion at the Independence station of the Florence and Cripple Creek railroad. The blast destroyed the depot and left a wide crater. Police found a dynamite trigger device under the platform linked to a chair log. Survivors describe bodies strewn and a chaotic rescue as the crowd waited for trains. Investigations continue into a possible plot against nonunion workers.
William Gillen, 24, attacked by about twenty men at his East Sixteenth Street home. After refusing to open his door, shots were fired. Gillen fired five shots, mortally wounding William Wynn, 18. Glen and Wynn taken as accessories. others to be arrested. Gillen provided no complaint. Wynn refused to speak. The disturbance stems from a quarrel over a fishing line three weeks earlier.
Gillen was stabbed above the right eye during an assault by a mob that shouted for him to come out. Broad daylight gunfire followed as five bullets pierced the door panel, prompting a panic and armed police to protect arrestees from the crowd. Gillen sought a hospital treatment for his injuries.
Al Pugh, named among men charged in a fifty year old Broadway Methodist church spire prank in Logarfeport, comes forward to deny any truth to the sensational tale claiming a deck of cards and a whisky bottle were placed as a joke.
The YWCA Fort Wayne marks a decade of service with an anniversary meeting at West Berry street headquarters on Tuesday evening. A 6 30 p.m. supper precedes reports and officer elections, with Miss Emma Hays as guest speaker. The group now has about 400 members and ends the year debt free, crediting officers and committees for their effort.
A sprawling list notes Kokomo graft suspects claiming Fort Wayne ties and a dying Burling ton boy from a toy pistol wound. Bluffton plans to hire Josdon Jeffersips for a new opera house, Rising Sun awaits Gillespie trial witness Awosomo, Union township mourns Samuel Kline, Bluffton man Bua Miller seized by insanity, Ariel Drapier’s shorthand advance, a Montpelier farmer’s flying machine, and a Decatur Typographical union branch led by E. E. Snow with broad printing-house union coverage.
John Wagner of Bryceton Ohio underwent a rare operation at Hope hospital this morning removing his entire lower jaw due to cancer. He was under anesthesia over two hours, will lose speech and rely on liquids, but recovery is hoped. Surgeons were Dr. G H English Dr H A Daemling and Dr R B McKeeman with anesthetist Dr A J Van Buskirk.
A Washington special reports last week's Democratic conventions show 656 of 84 delegates chosen for St. Louis with 338 remaining. Among selected 202 instructed for Parker and 181 for Hearst, 84 for Gorman, 26 for Olney, 4 for Wall, 4 for Kilbourne. 228 uninstructed. Delegates to elect in Colorado Delaware Idaho Kentucky Utah Virginia this week. Gorman allies may organize against Parker to block nomination. Beveridge will speak for the central west as Roosevelt gets seconding support.
A persistent report states Czar’s squadron departed Port Arthur in the early hours and engaged hostile ships, inflicting heavy losses. The claim centers on fleet movements and battle outcomes affecting control of the sea lanes.
Liu Yang reports Port Arthur squadron made a dawn sortie with torpedo boat destroyers landing and sank four Japanese ships. Tim Tsin notes heavy fighting near New Chwang, Russians evacuating Sin Min Tung, and troops joining toward Mukden. Rumors of battles fill the city.
St Petersburg dispatch reports General Kuropatkin’s headquarters staff moved forty miles south of Zhao Yang to a point between Hai Chen and Dashilszaco. Russian main army remains at Liao Yang. A small force of up to 10,000 men is reportedly advancing toward Port Arthur, while Kuropatkin travels aboard a special headquarters train to assess the situation as fighting looms on the Liao Tung peninsula.
Michael Ryan aged sixty three became dizzy while peering over a second story railing at the St Nicholas hotel Saturday evening and fell ten feet to the hallway. He was removed to St Josephs hospital where Dr W W Barnett attended him. It is believed Mr Ryan will recover.
John Graim’s bicycle was stolen from Fairfield avenue Saloon and later found at Harrington block. The suspects claimed a joke went wrong and Graim declined prosecution. In a separate case, Wabash River Traction was awarded $1,500 in damages in circuit court after a runaway caused by a fast trolley car injured Dr. M. Modricker, who sought $5,000.
Tokyo reports from a destroyer flotilla watching Port Arthur that at 7 15 p m on June 4 a Russian Gilin k type gunboat exploded near Chentno Bhan while being escorted by another gunboat a destroyer and other steamers clearing mines. The blast likely caused by a Japanese torpedo. the gunboat’s name remains unknown.
Seoul reports from a Gen San consul wire that in a skirmish on the third last, thirty Japanese soldiers and one lieutenant were killed while three were severely wounded. Russian forces in retreat burned several Korean villages. Locals armed with improvised weapons attacked the cossack detachments, killing two and wounding others. About two thousand Japanese troops remain at Gen San. merchants have not evacuated.
Reports from Rua sian indicate a Japanese vessel was sunk near Walienwon. Early details are uncertain with confusion over vessel type and casualty figures.
New York June 6 dispatch from the London Times correspondent reports Thibetans tense as Colonel Younghusband leads the British mission to Tibet. A letter from the expedition demands that Avenue Ambdon come to RA RAR RINE ASARARAR RA, with details continued on page seven.
County Health Officer Proegler fears a smallpox outbreak in Grabill after a poker game two weeks ago. Player Stuckey now ill, with White and Hursh also sick. Quarantine for others. vaccination underway, but more cases may develop.
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