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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1899
Page
6
Paris reports the French cabinet resignations accepted by President Loubet who asks ministers to stay till successors are named. Dupey and deputies clash over police actions while crowds cheer the president after the races. Disorder follows outside Intransigeant offices with several arrests.
Paris crowds greet President Loubet on the way to Longchamp with red flower badges and chants of Vive Loubet. Police and troops form a double hedge along the route as 15,000 soldiers and gendarmes secure the area while celebrants cheer for the Republic. Scuffles occur briefly with anti-Dreyfusards amid tight security.
A June report from Skagway via Seattle describes heavy wind and snow from the summit to Lake Bennett. Ice has broken up but water is three feet lower than last year, eight inches too low to launch steamers, and Cariboo crossing holds only inches of water. One large scow carrying potatoes and merchandise was crushed. the crew was saved. Navigation remains closed with no contact to Atlin until routes reopen.
Rev Dr Newell Dwight Hillis of Plymouth Church Brooklyn denounced Richard Croker in a Sunday sermon praising the Mazet committee. He warned that a loss of conscience and tolerance for petty sins threatens this age noting modern times differ from ancient eras of repentance.
County commissioners sold the vault bought from the Schell Loan and Investment company trustee to the Allen County Loan and Solvings association for the same price. The vault will be placed in the remodeled building at Clinton and Berry streets.
The jury in Nelson O. Bart versus Fremont Sprankle retired at 10 this morning and returned a verdict before noon finding for the plaintiff for 150 dollars. The suit claimed the plaintiff’s cows grazed on the defendant’s pasture.
County commissioners last Saturday appointed reviewers for the Scherer ditch project. The action designates officials to evaluate public works impacts and oversee future drainage improvements within the district.
Analysis not completed on Gottlieb Hettler death. Coroner Barnett will wait for Dr Drayer to finish chemical testing of the stomach after an inquest revealed only nonspecific findings. Post mortem showed diseased stomach kidneys lungs and spleen with whitened mucous membranes but no definite cause of death.
A westbound Chicago Rock Island express near Geneseo Illinois yesterday night derailed three passenger cars which crashed into a standing stock train. Fifteen people were injured including C A Keefer H R Huntington and W H Smith among the most seriously hurt. The ten car train and a stock train locomotive were damaged as the smoker and two chairs left the rails at a closed switch.
The United Labor league of Philadelphia appeals to President McKinley over 1 million dollars in new government contracts for soldiers clothing. About 3,000 seamstresses and family members accuse contractors of using filthy sweat shops and seek work at the local arsenal.
Mr and Mrs Chris Bullerman celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary at their home in St Joe township. A large gathering of relatives and friends joined in with congratulations and good wishes for many more years of happiness. Albert Black of Albion is visiting friends in the city.
In a lively tale of Sis Bowen and Jack Dawson, a railway crash sets a clock against a wedding. Jack must reach the asylum town by noon to wed as planned, sending a telegram and arranging a ride with the conductor to beat the delayed train.
A rural wedding tale ends in shock as the bride enters the chapel to find the groom missing after a mad companion presumed sane escorts him to the state asylum. A telegram arrives declaring the groom's absence, leaving the crowd stunned and the bride in distress.
A dramatic scene unfolds as a rushed secret wedding proceeds amid a deputy’s escape with warrants and tickets. A telegram reveals Tam forged belief as a deputy while papers were stolen. The deputy never quieted, and chaotic events surround Louis Plank’s injury in an onslaught of mishap.
Farmers and stock raisers often say the stock owns them. The piece praises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for digestive health and strength, citing a Townsend, Montana user who improved from 125 to 160 pounds and regained work ability. It notes the product contains no alcohol and advertises Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser with free pages.
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