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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1907
Page
11
Seattle reports advices from Yokohama say the steamer Dakota will float tomorrow. Alfred Watson Great Northern term company purchasing agent received a cavlogram showing the ship about forty miles from Yokohama in Tokio bay unharmed. Cargo is said to be safe.
Reports wrong that the Dakota passengers were taken off by the Omi Maru. Dai Maru failed to reach due to heavy seas. All passengers and crew landed at Nojima lighthouse with lost baggage. ten mail bags saved. Omi Maru and Hakuai Maru dispatched to scene. three warships patrolling by the wreck.
The Dakota was struck and quickly sank off shore with its bow under water to the second mast. Passengers panicked but rescued by boats from the Tokai and land, while the Japanese steamer Omi was sent for relief and the Yaneyama and a torpedo boat departed Yokohama to assist.
Eight crewmen of the German steamer Helene, damaged after a collision with the Marsala, reached shore in a lifeboat near Dover. The Helene was beached then foundered, with eight sailors reported lost.
President Roosevelt arrives at the Capitol with cabinet members and assigns key posts James R. Garfield succeeds Hitchcock as Interior secretary and George L. Von Meyer becomes postmaster general. Forty bills are signed, including a railway hours measure delayed by engrossing problems.
Senator Tillman introduced a resolution demanding all papers on the Panama canal question. He said Mr. Oliver met requirements, his bid was rejected after a lengthy delay, and he accused canal management of blocking Oliver to favor competitors.
The Kendallville administrator sold the Kelly house to C. P. Bruck after Perry Mumaw withdrew his bid. Elkhart sees a major real estate sale as J. W. Fildhouse buys a large Pratt street block for about 50 000 dollars, including thirty one residences. A fire alarm saved Mr and Mrs Haab and child at Milford while a parrot alarm saved Marion home before a fatal blaze. Interurban plans include Sylvan lake routing to spur development and a Chau tauqua ready ground and hotel island lake frontage.
Peter Veith a veteran canal captain and one of Fort Wayne's oldest residents died at 92 at his home 743 East Wayne street. He began as a Rhine river boatman and fled to America nearly sixty years ago to start anew life in the United States.
The obituary honors Johann Veith born 1816 in Mannheim who helped run boats on the Wabash and Erie canals and the Ohio river. He fled Germany after 1848, settled in Fort Wayne in 1848, and built a respected canal business with hoop pole trade. He aided St. Mary’s church foundation, and his legacy includes a last Veith boat still in service. He died after a fall and long decline, survived by four children and five grandchildren.
A Worcester resident testifies to Dr Miles Nervine easing nervousness indigestion and heart palpitations after months of poor sleep and pain. The ad asserts nerve weakness causes organ dysfunction and promises relief with the first bottle, backed by a money back guarantee from Miles Medical Co.
Kendallville Ind March 4 A J Chappell antil recently freight agent for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad killed himself by drinking carbolic acid in a local saloon. He had been dismissed from the railroad job over accounting discrepancies.
Pittsburg Pa March 4 Frank Van Dusen chief assistant general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg died today of pneumonia at the Iroquois apartments. Two hours later his wife Sarah Van Dusen died in an adjoining room from the same disease. He was born in Cincinnati 62 years ago and came to Pittsburg in 1880. Funeral services will be held at St Peter's Episcopal church Wednesday afternoon. Interment in Cincinnati.
President Roosevelt issued a public letter to the Russian famine relief committee of New York calling for generous contributions to aid famine sufferers in Russia. He included his own $100 check and urged Americans to donate out of abundance as Russia faced widespread famine and potential loss of life. The release details the committee’s work and directs donations to Samuel J. Barrows at 135 East Fifteenth Street, New York.
New York March 4 Servians in New York and New Jersey declare a sworn Servian king resides near New York awaiting a favorable moment to claim the throne now held by King Peter Karageorgevitch. Stephen Dusanovicc, of the Dusan line, is named as the claimant with oaths said to be taken recently in America.
The composition of Dr Pierce's medicines is sworn on bottle wrappers. Golden Medical Discovery is a blood purifier and stomach tonic that helps catarrhal head and throat conditions and weak lungs when used as directed and with patience. The formula is alcohol free and triple refined with glycerine, sold by medicine dealers at fair prices.
A Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley line collision between a limited eastbound train No. 15 and a westbound local car at siding No. 6 ten miles west of Fort Wayne caused only minor damage. No injuries were reported though rumors persisted. service was briefly interrupted.
L. J. McCulloch of 2729 Indiana Avenue suffered severe burns when a coal gas explosion from a steam heating plant engulfed him after he opened the furnace door. His wife doused the flames with a rug. he will recover. A physician found burns on his hands face and chest but no eye injuries. McCulloch works as a machinist at Pennsylvania shops.
Fort Wayne Indiana National Guard Battery B will travel to Michigan City in May for several days of target practice at an undated schedule. Captain Harry Clark reports from national guard headquarters. A new three inch field gun will be issued and used in the practice. In Goshen Mrs. William Keaton confessed to stealing $200 in millinery goods and her husband was arrested. both charged with grand larceny.
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