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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1904
Page
3
Allen County democracy holds its convention as Solorado militia departs. Nearly 100 deported miners are stranded on a desolate prairie without food or water and far from any refuge.
Miners from Colorado were herded from a special train by armed Colorado militia and then dumped on the prairie near the Kansas border. Kansas Sheriff John Brady and deputies ordered the men back to Colorado as militiamen fired a volley to deter them. Some miners walked east to Holley Colorado, others returned west toward Lamar, Colorado, under tense guard.
Ninety one union miners from Cripple Creek district are unloaded near the Kansas border after a long train ride from Teller county. Guards were tired and inhospitable, supplies forgotten, leaving exiles on the prairie without food or water. Most have families and money, and hope for transport back to Denver tonight.
Abner McKinley brother of the late president was found dead in a chair at his Somerset home. A physician said death likely occurred two to three hours earlier from Brights disease. Burial planned in Canton alongside his parents with funeral at 2 PM Monday.
Alfred Yoqulet, a Jefferson township farmer, was struck by an east bound Nickel Plate train at about 2 AM last Friday while driving home alone. He was hurled several feet. his horse died. The engineer stopped the train after the collision. Yoqulet was taken to Payne, regained consciousness, and identified himself to train crews. His wife, visiting in New Haven, rushed to his bedside. He is badly injured, with internal concerns despite no broken bones, and may be kept from home for weeks. Go shen residents again push for a new Elkhart county court house.
The jury found Charles W. Dunn guilty of the murder of Alice Cothrell and sentenced him to life imprisonment after about three hours of deliberation. The verdict came at 2 45 PM with Dunn calm and unshaken as the trial closed.
John H. Goeglein named for treasurer and Aaron M. M. Reichelderfer named for sheriff in the county primaries, with the closest contests on record.
The Allen County Democratic convention at Saengerbund Hall endorsed a full county slate headed by William F. Ranke for prosecutor and A. M. Reichelderfer for sheriff, using a new percentage voting system. Delegates gathered as returns lagged from Milan and Hel River townships, with 183 votes total needed for nomination and 92 to win. Judge Zollars presided, praising the system aimed at more voter expression while urging orderly conduct and fair tabulation.
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