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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1900
Page
14
Statewide news reports a large batch of indictments issued by a grand jury in Indianapolis. A Hebrew headline frames the crackdown on lawbreakers as officials pursue sweeping prosecutions across Hoosierdom.
In Indianapolis on March 14 the grand jury filed nearly 200 indictments against gamblers galoonkeepers and druggists amid a police department investigation. Sixty three indictments target William Kissell a gambling house proprietor who allegedly paid for protection. Kissell is jailed with bonds totaling 32000. Wholesale arrests are expected within twenty four hours. The move alarms the sporting fraternity.
Rev C G Hudson longtime secretary of the North Indiana conference of the Methodist church has had a stroke in Wabash Indiana. He lost use of his right arm leg and speech for hours with doubtful recovery. He is a noted shorthand reporter and was poised for transfer to Fort Wayne district as presiding elder.
J. W. Brown a retired Rochester merchant spent four months lecturing on Birds and Bees and organized bird and bee clubs in each township. Hunters were excluded during quail season and Pullen County reports wintering flocks. Women join a crusade against wearing song birds on hats.
Hartwig Davidson a wealthy Laporte businessman has placed his son under Rev. George Link for preparation to his confirmation in the Lutheran church of St. John. No public reason is given for the shift away from Judaism, drawing wide attention.
Auburn Indiana March 14 A Aldrich a Butler manufacturer is defendant in a slander suit brought by John Robbins of this city. While fellow passengers on a trainer Aldrich missed ten dollars and charged Robbins with taking it which was denied. On reaching home he recalled paying ten dollars for a trift and apologized by telephone. Robbins endured annoyance and hired counsel to seek redress.
Henry Unger of Miami county, Indiana, sues his brother in law James T. Hood for 15000 dollars in Howard superior court alleging defamation of character. Unger claims Hood accused him of being the incendiary after two large stock barns burned last summer.
Fragmentary OCR notes from iWareaw Indiana dated March 14 mention a person named Elmer Rose and reference an artifice or artificer, though details are unreadable and inconsistent.
Private Johnson of Company K, enlisted at Fort Wayne, once listed as deserted then recorded dead. He reports capture by insurgents, held for months and fed only rice and fruit. He escaped in December, though frail and ill.
Warsaw Indiana March 14 in a Pierceton Kosciusko county saloon a fight left William Rafter beaten by six intoxicated men. He suffered five knife wounds and was left bleeding and unconscious.
The Grace M. E. church in Wabash Indiana urged women to remove hats during services. Pastor Rev Leroy Krider delivered the appeal, and the women complied promptly. Other city churches may follow the example set by Grace church.
John Lifert, longtime Laporte resident, died Monday night two hours after his seventy sixth birthday and golden wedding anniversary were celebrated in the city. He had prayed to live to observe the milestone, and his wish was granted only briefly.
A well dressed small man crept into the office and knocked a boy unconscious before binding and gagging him. He closed a safe and altered its combination, but could not reopen it and escaped with notes worth 800 dollars and gold fillings. Lowrie was later found and released.
George A. Morris, a traveling man, burned his overcoat in Kokomo Indiana saying it was full of vermin. He sought pay from the Lindell hotel claiming infestation. After hotel staff refused he was escorted out. Morris swore an affidavit at the county clerk's office but proprietor Beale confronted him at the station and gave him a thrashing.
Noble township debates a 20000 appropriation to aid an electric line between Wabash and Peru. A 14 mile road would include a midline park and the measure follows a defeated 35000 request last summer for the Kokomo Wabash and Northern.
New York March 15 grand jury protests DA Gardner presence during Dr Parkhurst examination. Recorder Goff upholds limits on DA access, allowing only information before withdrawal. Police moves against music venues amid reform drive draw mixed reactions as Parkhurst pledges strong action against gambling and vice.
W R B Oliver once of Logansport now living in Dexter Missouri has been blind in one eye since birth. A St Louis specialist found the eye ball hard as stone and petrified. The eye was removed preserved in alcohol and an artificial eye fitted.
Lagrange Indiana March 15. Valen tine Frey well known Milford township resident is found dead in his bed Monday morning. His wife died four years ago. A son Marshall Frey was found dead in the pantry a year ago. Eighteen years ago another son died in a hay mow.
In Logansport Indiana on March 15 William Snider of Young America applied for a saloon license just before the commissioners adjourned. A remonstrance had been filed but two signers swore they signed under duress. Their affidavits reduced the total signatures to less than half the voters, yet the license was granted with initiators unaware of the reversal.
The civil suit from Auburn Indiana between Andrew Boyd and Frank Albright ended before trial with Albright paying Boyd 100 dollars and costs. Earlier, in December, Albright and his son Milan were fined 300 dollars for cutting down thirty two young fruit trees on Boyd's property.
Willie Goldver aged nine admitted setting buildings on fire to watch flames. Judge J G Winfrey ordered a police court whipping. the boy endured a dozen lashes with a cut bicycle tire as father Thomas Goldner watched. A second boy, Johnnie Hunter, received a flogging for striking a playmate with a brick.
Warsaw Indiana March 15 Arthur Griffith of Melford Kosciusko county has received a call from the St Louis Globe Democrat to exhibit his talent in that city. He can glance at a passing freight train of twenty or twenty five cars and after the train passes name each car in rotation and its railroad.
Jesse Harnish of Jackson township died suddenly while cutting wood with his son near Duncan Lake. After a hearty meal he collapsed at about 2 30 pm, dropping the saw and passing away. He leaves a wife and a large family.
Mary F. Manning of Huntington County sues the administrator of her father’s estate for 7500 dollars for nursing care during a thirteen year illness. The circuit court trial concluded with a verdict for Manning for 300 dollars plus costs after a weeklong hearing.
Residents of Pawpaw township in Wabash County prepare to vote on a license for a saloon in Roann. The town has remained dry for three years as residents express determination to keep it that way.
North Manchester Indiana March 15. Dr C H Risser a dentist of this city faced a malpra ctice suit by Miss Lillian Ackerman over a tooth filling in which she claimed a instrument fragment broke in the canal and injured her eyesight. The trial was held at Warsaw and resulted in a verdict for the defendant.
Earl Knoll an eleven year old from near the state line placed an iron angle bar and two fence posts on a curve of the Dayton and Union railroad. Engineer Ed Smith halted the train with airbrakes preventing disaster. The boy confessed and his mother lies near death in Portland.
In Wabash Indiana Bell Telephone seeks to buy the Home company which holds control of the local system. A local businessman offered 500 dollars for a 30 day option with stock at 101 dollars a share, but the offer was refused. Home company directors fear Bell aims to end ongoing price competition after six years of rate cuts.
In Frankfort on March 15 a conference of county and district officers decided to return Secretary Powers Holland Whitacker W H Colton and Captain Davis to Frankfort for speedy examination trials. A transfer order from Louisville was issued by County Judge Moore and deputies will move the prisoners this morning. Each will be arraigned separately and bail may be granted to two by consent of the commonwealth.
The Nassau, a Philadelphia vessel under Captain Hewitt, earned $40 per ton on a Philadelphia to Canton voyage in 1827. Once a source of substantial profits, the ship and its ventures were later lost in a monsoon, leaving behind stories of fortune and risk in the era of American maritime dominance.
Laporte Indiana March 16 The sequel to the local safe robbery emerged with the confession of seventeen year old Page Lowrie son of a prominent citizen He stated he opened the safe Tuesday evening burned a bank book and some notes found a small sum and believed the safe held 400 He then bound and gagged himself to hide the crime and later confessed He is now in jail with the money motive linked to a society girl
James F Lahman of Auburn Indiana has been appointed major of the Fourth battalion Indiana National Guard. He previously served as captain of company K 157 Indiana during the Spanish American war and now also captains the newly organized company here.
The ad claims Ely's Cream Balm quickly heals nasal catarrh through the nostrils, soothing and drying remedies to avoid. It notes the balm’s aromatic formula, safe surface diffusion, and that a 50 cent price is available at druggists or by mail from Ely Brothers in New York.
In New York on March 15 Magistrate Cornell in Jefferson Market police court summarily dismissed the leaders of the orchestras arrested last night at Chief Devery's order in uptown hotels and restaurants and released the managers. One arrestee plans to sue for civil action against Devery for the arrest.
In sharp terms the writer condemns Mr Hammond and Chamberlain for using Britain’s war in South Africa to promote imperial gains. The piece contrasts English rhetoric with American restraint and urges Hammond to return to American citizenship, warning against treating foreign policy as a mere commercial asset.
Mrs I L Hippenhammer of Hunterstown attends her daughter Mrs I M Kyler on Force Street as Kyler slowly recovers from illness. Geyer Roggen announces a new photography firm soon to open in Fort Wayne with Westoston Ohio origins.
Mr. John Hays reports Hammond claims no British brief but travels the country to spread impartial and reliable information. The speaker praises the gesture yet voices concern that Hammond misreads the beneficiaries of the sale and the English effort to establish some form of control.
The piece surveys unusual fears of cats from Napoleon and Wellington to a Danish man terrified by a feline prank. It contrasts such fear with respect for cats shown by Dr. A C Stark, South Africa’s surgeon naturalist who died at Ladysmith and cherished his cat and birds, preferring puss on his knee during study and chess.
Canon Gore criticizes widespread poverty among clergy in Enuglend and attributes it to the lukewarmness within the unity. He urges stronger cohesion and reform to uplift church workers.
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