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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1908
Page
13
In Teheran a bomb attack on the shah's procession killed three outriders and wounded others. The shah rode in a carriage and escaped unharmed after leaving his motor car ahead. Troops searched the area. no arrests were reported. Mohammed Ali Mirza has ruled since 1907 amid ongoing reform failures and unrest.
Huntington Indiana February 28 Democratic banquet drawing 800 from the county showcased revived party energy. Five gubernatorial candidates attended along with State Chairman Jackson who urged aggressive organization led by Milo Feightner. Bryan was unconditionally endorsed for president with free rein.
Laporte Ind Feb 28 The seven Starke county Democratic delegates show Thomas Marshall of Columbia City will receive their support after the first ballot The county line up on the first ballot likely backs C G Conn as Starke is in Indiana's Thirteenth district
A limited car on the Lima and Toledo interurban line leaving Fort Wayne at 8:30 a m Friday struck and killed a loose horse at the Sherman crossing about three miles east of Fort Wayne. The animal was unafflicted.
Fort Wayne churches expect numerous pastor transfers as the North Indiana conference meets in Anderson in April. Rev. Raymond L. Semans of Trinity M E Church may receive advancement to a larger appointment. Rev. C A Row of First M E Church draws strong outside interest and an Anderson church seeks him as Cissel’s successor, sending a committee to Fort Wayne.
Beyer Brothers & Co. obtains deeds for twelve Swinney Park lots totaling about two acres beside the Pennsylvania railroad. The Fort Wayne site will host a creamery and produce commission plant costing roughly $50,000 and serve as the central depot for the firm’s northern Indiana business. Construction to begin early spring on land east of Swinney Park along the Pennsylvania tracks.
J Ray Dickinson ends his bid for Huntington county treasurer after a specialist advised health issues would prevent him from running. Martin Coulson 55 a Pennville area farmer died Wednesday by slashing his throat with a sharpened corn cutter amid financial reverses. He was found by his 17 year old son. Coulson who was nearly blind faced eviction March 1 and left a widow and four children.
Hazel Reidt, 22, faced a city court affidavit for neglect of a minor child amid a frail infant afflicted by consumption. Judge B W Skelton granted a one week continuance urging her to fulfill motherly duties, with grandmother Belle Miller bearing the child’s care burden in a grim family situation.
Dakota Minnesota Feb 27 The body of John Jones the famed Jim Bludsoe of the upper Mississippi river was buried here yesterday. Jones who inspired John Hay's poem reportedly saved passengers when Warsaw ferry caught fire near La Crosse forty years ago. He survived severe injuries and later died of old age.
Dr. W. F. Myers secretary of the Fort Wayne Fair association visited Kendallville with his prize winning Great Dane Ford Hans Sato en route to Elkhart. The dog previously won first prizes at Newark New Jersey and two first prizes at Columbus Ohio last week. A sister dog sold for $600. Myers values the animal similarly. An unrelated street accident left a person with a fracture.
A petition from Metropolitan Street Railway stockholders asks Governor Hughes to remove New York County District Attorney William T. Jerome. It lists 22 charges including failure to prosecute jury fixing and false testimony, delayed prosecutions against life insurers, alleged schemes to control the railway, and improper comments about judges. It cites misconduct in not indicting Central Railroad officials after the 1902 tunnel disaster, plus substantial campaign contributions to Jerome's office. Jerome replies dismissively, saying officials file such charges weekly and the governor has not asked for explanations.
After drilling over 1200 wells in Indiana the Fort Wayne Gas Company now yields only about a hundred wells. A reorganization is expected and many pipelines and pumping stations are dismantled. Some wells in the western field still sell around 200000 cubic feet daily to Anderson distributors. Officials say the field may be abandoned as supplies dwindle.
Charles B. Fitch outlined to the Fort Wayne Commercial club directors a plan to form an under writ ing company with 106000 to 200000 dollars in capital to lure new factories to Fort Wayne. About 100 subscribers of 1000 dollars each would fund an initial 5 to 10 percent assessment. Proposals from three manufacturers were reviewed including a plow factory, a watchmaker, and a gasoline motor company. The club aligned with the National Rivers and Harbors congress via a 25 dollar waterways movement subscription.
New York reports the glamorous life of Glacia Calla, born Gladys Hodgdon in Portsmouth New Hampshire, who rose from a Portsmouth stage debut in 1889 to Paris society fame before marriage to Paul Roy. She recounts her travels, marriages, a Paris social milieu, and a dramatic account of the Newington New Hampshire shooting involving her brother George A. Carkins and husband Roy.
Former Kentucky governor William O Bradley was declared elected to the U S Senate after a six week bid in a joint assembly session at Frankfort with 126 members present needing 64 votes Bradley won with 64 votes including four democrats who defected from Beckham The democrats briefly left the hall amid the count and a recapitulation angered observers Bradley who is 61 years old and from Louisville has long served the party in leadership roles and was the sole Kentucky Republican gubernatorial victor in the state’s history
Portsmouth outline indicates George A. Carkins of Newington had three bullet wounds with one in the forehead causing death by self action. The report posits he was shot twice in the back after being stunned. Mrs. Paul E. Roy known as Gracia Calla arrived from New York with reporters and photographers.
Fort Wayne visitor Frank Kincaide recalls Goshen landmarks during a family return while Ed Prennett guides him. In Albion, thirty business leaders sign a statement praising the March ban on saloons and urging continued dry policy for business health, reflecting prominent local figures.
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