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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1890
Page
1
Excerpts detail Col Avery on Georgia politics and Farmers Alliance strength, plus Senate and House movements on silver bills, Wyoming statehood talk, and public building funding. Reports include tariff debates, treasury notes, and civil service committee findings, with multiple dates from June.
Vienna June 17 Arch Duchess Valeries abdicated all claims to the Austris throne in the Emperor's presence to allow marriage according to her wishes free from state policy. She renounces dynastic rights for personal happiness and independence, amid courtly proceedings.
In Indianapolis on June 13 Attorney General Michener and his family endured an electrical storm near a telephone. A goose-egg sized globe of fire descended from the line and exploded before him, grazing his ear. The blast drew neighbors from surrounding homes. sparks flew, connections were destroyed, yet no serious injuries occurred.
Proximson North Dakota June 11 One of the bandits who robbed the Northern Pacific train at New Salem last Sunday has been captured. Charles E Bailey fears lynching and is confessing and sharing details to aid in locating the remaining robbers. A strong jail guard is posted. Kentucky June 11 John Cook Turner, a Turner gang chief from the Cumberland mountains, was shot by his cousin Will Turner and died the next day.
In Youngstown Ohio on June 11 Mrs. John Valentine lost her bid to recover $11,000 life insurance from her husband who died about a year ago. Defense argued suicide. To rebut the claim, the wife had the body exhumed and the head removed to the courtroom where it lay on her lawyer’s desk as evidence.
San Antonio Texas June 17 The grand jury indicted Jos Wilkins and Jos Stevens colored policemen who on Sunday shot and killed young cowboy Collins Public opinion condemns the shooting Collins father a Methodist minister at Pearsall fainted in the pulpit during services after learning of his son s death
A freed inmate named Nicholas Hurst, forty four, wreaked havoc in the west end driving an open buggy with a bowie knife. He forced entry, threatened a family, trampled a doorbell, trimmed Mrs Weshide’s brow, and fled before being captured by Officer Harrington at Choutea avenue and Manchester road. He has a history in New England and Canada and is linked to a $125 jewelry theft.
In Renvine Pa a historic observance marks 155 years since Dr George DeBenneville planted the Universalist church. Delegates from state and regional churches gather at a stone mansion for services an oration by Rev James Spregley and a poem by Mrs Phoebe B Hanford followed by lunch before returning to Reading.
In Dayton Iowa citizens rose to suppress the original package trade after a five year old boy was found intoxicated on the streets. The local agent shut his establishment and left town following community action.
The South Dakota state convention nominated Morris Taylor for governor, Peter Coachman for lieutenant governor, C. H. Freeman for secretary of state, A. H. Wicks for auditor, and Judge C. M. Thomas and W. L. Quigley for congress. The platform backs the 1888 national platform, calls for tariff revision, a graduated income tax, opposes the McKinley bill, resists all sumptuary laws, supports prohibition resubmission, opposes woman suffrage, and endorses service pensions and remonetization of silver.
A Herald dispatch from Ensenada reports the Mexican Land and Colonization company plans to colonize Baja California with English settlers and establish a British protectorate. Americans form the American Colonists' Protective Association to oppose the policy, circulating a memorial to President Diaz demanding the grant be revoked and alleging collusion to create anti American sentiment and a strategic British foothold on the Pacific coast.
June 12 Milwaukee reports widespread obstruction by residents in Polish wards as census takers are met with locked doors and flight. Many fear names will be sent abroad to dodge military service. Germans refuse to provide child information, believing Bennett law enforcement is the aim. Over 130,000 names collected so far.
New Orleans reports June 13 that Senator Foster was summoned before East Baton Rouge parish grand jury on bribery charges. The inquiry, urged by anti lottery opponents, is expected to reveal little, as lottery interests claim no findings will emerge and allege antis influenced the inquiry to pressure their allies.
Kathaleen Bruce dies in Inpranarouts Indiana after fleeing her abusive husband Edward Austin of Aberdeen Scotland. She carried a child when she left, found work in the city, fell ill weeks ago, and now wishes her body placed in a vault until her husband can be notified.
J A Vincent son of Rev Dr Vincent and a Kansas City resident visiting Crromnano Jumped into the lake and died yesterday. He left a letter citing a love affair as the reason. Charles O Connor a Chicago traveler was named as a friend and brother of the girl involved.
Cincinnati report of Harry White a young telephone operator bitten by a dog last April. He feared hydrophobia after reading symptoms and requested restraint. He died in convulsions, doctors saying death was due to mania about the disease, with no rabies indications.
An official statement on the May 17 Havana blast reports thirty six dead: seventeen volunteer firemen eight municipal firemen seven citizens and one unidentified. Relief funds and mausoleum gifts exceed $100 000 to date.
Yesterday two Mexican cowboys Jose Carrasco and Manuel Basen fought a singular and fatal duel near Mooxr Starttos Texas over a cow dispute. Carrasco dragged Basen from a saddle by the neck, then rode away as Basen was dragged a mile. Basen died from a broken neck.
Franklin Indiana June 11 Democrats of the fifth district held their convention in Franklin and renominated George M. Cooper of Columbus for congress by acclamation. Daniel W Voorhees addressed the assembly endorsing the McKinley tariff while naming Cleveland and Gray as his favorites for 1892. Black diphtheria deaths prompt city closures in Pena Nebraska with mayoral orders against public meetings. United States Minister Lincoln and his daughter dined with British hosts in London as Prince and Princess Christian attended. Governor Fifer calls special session of Nebraska legislature for July 23 to consider actions for the world's fair.
Reports from Africa say Silva Porto captain major of Biehe killed himself by blowing up his house with gunpowder after Portuguese defeat at Beihe. His remains were found wrapped in a Portuguese flag. Burrato plans corner stone ceremony for July 2 with President Harrison cabinet and senators invited. A Boston Rev. Joseph Lagarce, alias multiple, known thief and confidence man, appears.
Louisiana report notes legislative committee backing a proposal to submit the lottery question to the people. Also in Valencia province fourteen Asiatic cholera deaths attributed to soldiers from a North African garrison. Paris hosts a banquet for Secretary Whitney and wife before return to the United States.
A westbound freight train hit a wash-out near Maxsymnuz Ky early today. The engine and twenty cars plunged into a creek bed. Engineer Roadcap fireman William Slanaker and a head breakman died. Bodies were recovered at the wreck.
The Hendricks Monument association reports missing parts arrived in New York and will ship immediately to allow completion by July 1. Work previously halted by delays resumed today. Organizers expect a large Indiana turnout and may host uniformed clubs from Chicago and Cincinnati with Governor Hill of New York aiming to attend.
Evurra New Jersey June 13 Frank Warren a commercial traveler was shot and killed at his Columbia street home by his fourteen year old son Herbert. The youth claimed he acted to protect his mother during a quarrel and seized a revolver fired at his father in the right breast. He was arrested and the coroner found letters from other women. The case follows a history of frequent quarrels between Warren and his wife.
Anna Aberlabcher, 19, is found dead in Milwaukee after visiting friends. Dr Andrew Hoenes claims she fainted and died within ten minutes following a visit to his office after leaving home at 8 30 Saturday evening. Parents say she had known the doctor and worked selling medicines until two months ago.
The Millers National Association of the United States convened in its fourteenth annual session in Harmonia Hall Minneapolis with about 250 delegates. Special trains from Boston St Louis and Chicago arrived for the event. Morning reports from the executive committee and officers were heard and there is a plan to amend the bill of lading to make railway and steamboat companies liable for shipment delays.
At Santa Fe Indiana the last saloon in the village was closed Saturday night with great rejoicing by temperance supporters from Santa Fe and Penn. A large delegation with the band attended a massive church meeting where leaders spoke long. John York, the saloon keeper, posted bond and pledged not to engage in the business within one mile of town for two years, nor rent his property for it. In exchange the temperance group dropped about forty indictments.
Pirrssene Pa June 16 Three months ago the Forest Grove Presbyterians church at Chartiers was small with a debt. Elders secured a permit to drill an oil well on church premises. Oil was found in abundance and Saturday the little church was sold to Standard Oil for 394 000 cash.
A pitched battle erupted yesterday morning at Brookside mining town between African American workers and white miners. The clash, described in local dispatches, involved sustained fighting with injuries reported but details remain incomplete.
In a night of violence Redmond, described as leader of the Negroes, was killed while Jim Dowell was badly wounded. Tom Ayres, a white man, received a slight flesh wound. Several Black men were captured by whites who threatened lynching. Both sides remain armed and further bloodshed is feared.
In Dunbar Hill Farm mine near Consar, damp gas exploded at 1 pm, trapping sixty five men. Fifteen rescued badly injured. thirty two entombed and others believed suffocated. Rescue efforts continue as coroner surveys site and plans for inquest after bodies recovered.
From Reporte Colorado June 17: one peak of Mount Shasta has vanished with the top cut short and fallen into the crater. The crater depths elude eye sight. experts fear further volcanic demonstrations. The missing landmark has long been known in the crater, and lava formations suggest convulsions. An exploration attempt will be made soon.
Fireman Joe Lynch, once a Fort Wayne lad, lost both legs in a Santa Fe wreck. He is hospitalized in Joliet, Illinois, under careful treatment. Lynch served five years as a fireman on the Nickel Plate line.
George Bapp of Clay Centre Kansas arrives in the city to locate his sister Sereh K Goings. He alleges she was lured from her husband and children by a man named Workman near Churubusco, who lived in Nebraska for a time and became intimate with her. Authorities will assist in the search.
The Hanover College board seated Rev. D. W. Moffat D D of this city as a trustee for four years at Madison Indiana. Dwight I. Baldwin of Cincinnati was elected to fill the late Slugh Young and Will H. Hoffman of Port Wayne was chosen to replace Charles Mount who resigned.
The text claims the female sex is more susceptible to illness from lack of harmony in the system and cites Hood's Sarsaparilla as specially adapted. It asserts benefits include relief from sick headache and indigestion, stronger vitality, purer blood, and healthier action of all organs, based on praise from many women.
The Allen County Democrats met at Princess rink electing a full ticket for November. Delegates from all wards and townships voted after a long balloting process for state senator, representatives, and county officers. Notable choices included J. D. Morgan for state senator and P. B. Colerick for prosecuting attorney, with vigorous support for numerous local posts.
Indianapolis sub contractor L J Highland and local plumber James Madden quarrelled at the Feeble Minded Youth Institute. The fight left Highland with a disfigured face and both men facing affidavits. Witnesses George Abden and Joseph Reynolds aided the assault.
Aboite station saw mill burned at 3 o'clock Friday morning. The mill was fully destroyed with damages around 23,000 and no insurance. Wabash shop fire department led by Captain 8S. Hausbach responded but could not save the building.
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