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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1903
Page
8
The B’nai Brith executive council met at the State Department and the White House to urge action on Jewish conditions in Russia, Kishineff massacre, and treatment of Jews in Bessarabia. Roosevelt and Secretary Hay listened but gave no firm promises.
Sheriff Stout's force recovers a bicycle from Eppa Meeks's possession on the Piqua road. The bike was sold to Meeks by Charles Guiff, now jailed in Monroeville for stealing a razor and a knife. Guiff allegedly stole a bicycle at Churubusco, rode to the city, rented a wheel from Horace Mariotte, and sold it for $5. A new charge will be filed after Guiff completes his current sentence.
Patent medicine advertisement promising to cure a cold in one day. Claims a money refund if it fails. Mentions E. W. Grove signature and price of 25 cents per box. Distributed by druggists.
Rumors spread for days that Councilman Charles Crouse of the Fifth ward moved to Marion and would resign his seat. The verified fact is that he has secured a leave of absence and will not change his future residence.
The article notes the subject will stay in the city at least until the stated time and has taken up residence with his parents at the corner of Van Buren and Superior streets.
Soldier Co bankers and real estate dealers announce new banking and real estate offices to open around July 1 at 127 E Berry St Fort Wayne Ind They will handle general banking and farm land transactions from their current Drei belbiss abstract office 729 Court St Fort Wayne Look up before buying or selling farm lands.
Lieut A Bronson and a United States naval recruiting party arrived Monday from South Bend. They will spend the week in Fort Wayne accepting applicants for all naval branches except apprentices. The party has been active along the eastern coast and aims to boost interior enlistments. The Citizens Trust Company advertises deposits at 3 percent with $400,000 security behind it.
Cincinnati June 15 300 delegates attend the opening session of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants union fifteenth annual convention. Welcome addresses and credentials are heard with no business until tomorrow when the credentials report is adopted.
A Cologne dispatch states Kurds are taking up arms in Kurdistan. It notes that US minister, British ambassador, and German chargé d affaires have pressed the Porte over arrests of Armenian teachers and domiciliary visits at Armenian homes near Kharput, causing panic.
Yokohama report notes General Kuropatkin’s lavish reception in Tokio after his arrival Friday. Meanwhile Baron Yamamoto tours naval ports to inspect readiness and port efficiency in case of war.
Directors of the new organization plan a meeting to discuss startup goals and governance. Proceedings set to address formation, funding, and early project milestones with key officers expected to attend.
In Jackson Kentucky June 15 crowds fear arson and murder as Curtis Jett and Thomas White face trial for Marcum murder while Hargis Bros teamsters are held after torching Ewen hotel. Judge Redwine urges grand jury to indict incendiarism.
Mrs Charlotte Mock aged eighty one years died at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the home of her son Lemuel Mock in Monroeville Indiana. The obituary notes her long life and family ties in the area. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
Forty-eight years after the death of her husband Mr Mack, the funeral for the deceased will be held in Monroeville with interment at the I O O F cemetery in New Haven. The exact time is to be announced later.
The funeral for Gen. Alexander McDowell McCook was held in Dayton with only family, close friends, and Loyal Legion members present. Rev. Maurice E. Wilson officiated at the First Presbyterian church. interment to take place at Spring Grove cemetery in Cincinnati.
Councilman Arwid Polster of the Ninth ward disposed of his interest in Pellens & Polster at Wayne and Calhoun to J. D. Lewis of Crestline Ohio. The store becomes Pellens & Lewis with Lewis returning Fort Wayne to run the business while Polster remains in the city and planning a cottage at Lake George.
Viewers from Ditch Viewers Association for Little River ditch improvement met near Roanoke with attorney John Cline. They discussed Hight Mile stream behavior and decided against altering Eight Mile’s course, so the streams will continue to battle flood waters with the river.
The Muncie Hartford and Fort Wayne electric line advances rapidly toward the city with the Hayes Construction Company at work. Graders were reported two miles beyond Poneto and crews race to meet schedule, though the river bridge near Mont remains a longer lead time.
Yesterday a pile driver arrived and piles are now being sunk to support a new superstructure. The company hopes cars will run to the city before fall, with Bluffton residents sharing the same hope. Next summer the line may extend to Fort Wayne, improving passenger traffic.
A page of society notices details multiple June weddings. Marie Batchelder married Jacob W. Reiber at the Batchelder home with a reception and trip to Chicago Milwaukee and Benton Harbor. Jessie Poynter wed Dr James B. McEvoy in St Patrick’s rectory. Edith Pressler married Frank Clemens at the First M E church parsonage. Gertrude Beaber wed Stewart Wortman. Glo Delia Miller wed Edmund J. Rieke. Edna Yarian wed Walter Hoeniig. Lena McCoy married Henry J. Flaugh at Grace Reformed church parsonage.
Arthur Lyons, charged with murdering his stepmother Mrs. Joel Lyons, eluded a five day chase by a large posse in Loogootee Indiana. He shot himself in a woods near his uncle's home after a tense standoff with more than one hundred pursuers. Lyons died instantly from a single 38 caliber pistol shot.
In northern Indiana David Oliver and family, former Decatur residents, are believed lost in floods near St Louis. Prof Earl Walker, a Bluffton HS teacher, will become Ossian schools superintendent. Bluffton residents claim to have seen a ghost near Prospect cemetery after returning from Ossian. Lightning near the Huntington and Wells county line struck a tree on Sampson Thomas farm killing about twenty hogs.
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