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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1900
Page
10
Washington officials refute reports that General Otis see 1000 deaths monthly in the Philippines campaign. Official figures through Feb 17 1900 show 1525 total deaths 65 officers 1 460 men with 74 monthly average.
Dr G B M Bower was unanimously chosen president of the Allen County Medical Society on Tuesday evening. He succeeds Dr H A Buemling who will resign as he moves to Milwaukee. Dr G W McCaskey was endorsed for president of the state medical society and the county group will support his candidacy. Dr John H Carstens of Detroit presented a paper on Appendicitis with a wide discussion.
Admiral George Dewey, taken ill yesterday, shows little improvement in Savannah. He feels somewhat stronger but cannot leave his room. The morning celebration is canceled though he hopes to review the parade and attend tonight's banquet briefly as Gen. Nelson A. Miles and party arrive at Port Royal about 6 p.m.
April 9 marks the surrender of Lee to Grant at Appomattox to be celebrated in Fort Wayne under the Union Veteran region. A committee of old soldiers is preparing a program with musical and literary entertainment and brief patriotic addresses. The venue for the event is not yet decided.
Postmaster Page reports that about May 1 a change related to book deliveries will occur in Fort Wayne area. No additional details provided in readable text.
The post office will supply two cent denomination stamps interleaved with parafine paper in pocket books. Six stamps per page, three quality options: twelve, twenty four, or forty eight stamps per book. Total values are 24, 48, and 96 cents, each book priced one cent above stamp value for binding costs.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Bursley departed Tuesday on an extended southern tour. They will be away several weeks visiting points of interest including the Bahama islands. They planned to go first to Jacksonville, Florida, then sail to Nassau within a few days.
Reports say Sergt. F Wharton Colden may testify in Goebel murder case. Papers found in Frankfort show a mulatto suspect was there with eighteen men including Bettina Pittman and John Perkins. The confession details remain undisclosed as Colden and attorneys withhold comment.
County Prosecutor Polsgrove travels from Frankfort to Lexington to meet Sergeant F W Golden regarded as the state’s most important witness in the Goebel assassination trials. Ex Congressman David G Colson, said to have urged confessions, refuses to speak per his lawyers.
Four couples listed for marriage licenses include Lester L. Lothamer with Daisy L. Ruble, William D. Beverley with Edith Golden, and Leonard Stolte with Gertrude Lude wick, indicating intents filed for nuptial ceremonies.
Lew Wallace argues in a letter to the Indianapolis Press that the United States should require a constitutional amendment approving any expansion abroad. He warns against imperial overreach, urging a public vote on annexations and a defined path for new territories with citizen consent and explicit protection of rights.
Osman Pasha, renowned Turkish hero of the Plevna defense against Russia, dies at 68 in Constantinople. The famed general resisted 1876 Russian assaults, inflicted heavy losses, and earned the title defender of Plevna, with the sultan lamenting the loss of a loyal friend.
Toledo March 21 Col Henry S S Bunker a noted attorney and former military officer was found dead in his office with a bullet wound to the neck. A revolver lay nearby leaving open whether the death was murder or self-inflicted. investigators continued to examine the scene.
The Nickel Plate Road will run a Homeseekers Excursion to western, northwestern and southwestern points on April 3 1900. Tickets go on sale that date and are good for return within twenty one days at one fare plus two dollars for round trip. Inquiries to agents or C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Ind. May Seod&w. Mothers urged to use Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children as best remedy.
Bech-Olsen of Copenhagen defeated American Ernest Roeber to become Graeco Roman wrestling world champion after two falls. Olsen used a new pivot and body hold, slamming Roeber to the mat as blood streamed from Olsen’s nose. Roeber was carried from the ring after doctors barred him from continuing.
Indianapolis March 22 The commission in charge of General Henry W Lawton’s monument held a meeting and heard canvassers report funds reached a level to proceed. Letters will be sent to sculptors nationwide inviting equestrian bronze statue plans with costs, for a marble base.
The executive committee of the Winona Assembly and Summer school met in the Stevenson building Tuesday evening. Members Kane E F Yarnelle Fremont Goodwine and C Dickey attended. They accepted a gift from a New York Presbyterian donor, unnamed, of a building valued at $4 000 to $5 000. The facility will serve ministers earning under $1 000 annually and be free to use.
E J Dukes, Peru Indiana business leader and Chautauquan, was named assistant manager of the organization and will serve as treasurer for the summer. Plans for a three story frame dormitory with sixty to seventy rooms were approved and construction to start soon near the Home Missionary Building.
Volney D. Ashford once a prominent Hawaiian political agitator and revolutionist dies at his Oakland residence after a period of illness.
John Kaeser, 63, a sweeper at Pittsburg roundhouse, was struck while walking near Hanna street en route home on Force Street. Dr. G. C. Siemen and surgeons amputated his left leg at the knee and treated severe shoulder and side wounds. he is at Hope hospital with the operation ongoing and expected to recover.
The fourth quarterly conference of Trinity M. E. church met with Presiding Elder Rev. F. T. Simpson presiding. Officers elected for the coming year include Trustees Charles Hoeniig F A McMahen F W Disbrow John W Perrin Leonard J Mier Josiah Drewett Augustus C Brown W A Maddux and George W Winning. Stewards F W Disbrow F H Starkle A C Brown George Warner W J Rehorst Joseph Drewett and Leonard J Mier. Stewardesses Sarah Frase Lucinda Frase Josie Plank Ollie Archer BR Votrie Trish and Douse Recording Secretary F H Starkie District Steward F W Disbrow Alternate Ollie Archer
The Pennsylvania line linking New Albany and Jeffersonville with Louisville may become electric as an experimental project. A dynamometer tests the power used by steam versus electricity on ordinary trains. Since the Kentucky and Indiana bridge electric service began, traffic has shifted, reducing the New Albany to Louisville fare from 10 to 5 cents.
Public notices tout J. Cheney and Co. Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy from Toledo Ohio. The ad claims internal doses reach blood and surfaces, offers $1000 for a cured case, and urges readers to subscribe to The Sentinel.
William Blaney formerly of Hartford City and England died at St Joseph Hospital at 9 o clock last Wednesday from consumption at age twenty three He came to Fort Wayne from Hartford City and his only known relative is a brother in the United States army Funeral services will be held at the hospital chapel Friday at 8 am with interment in the Catholic cemetery
J Carl Morrow son of Mr and Mrs Charles Morrow of 13 Wall Street died last Wednesday from consumption at age seventeen.
Mrs Maggie Haley Ehle, wife of Henry Ehle, died at 10 o clock Wednesday evening at the family home 73 Staphlet street after a two week illness from typhoid pneumonia. She was thirty eight and survived by husband and six children aged from four to seventeen. The husband’s father died a month ago.
Hiram Bertram Hawkins aged 17 died at 10 o'clock Friday at the Indiana School for Feeble Minded Youth from congestion of the heart and lungs. He was sent to the school from Daviess county for care.
Mrs Elizabeth McLaughlin wife of William E McLaughlin a Pennsylvania railroad fireman died at 5 30 pm Friday at 230 Fairfield avenue after a brief illness She leaves a two week old infant.
Andrew Feldheiser secured as administrator of Sophia Schneider estate after Judge O Rourke approved bond and discharged former bondsmen Elizabeth Brunner named guardian of Raymond C Brunner et al minor heirs of Joseph A Brunner Breen Morris file suit on account against Charles Koun demand 150 dollars Anna Kelsey named administratrix of Monroe Walters estate seeking court permission to accept 250 dollar donation from railway company Judge O Rourke endorses the offer Additional notices include promotional medicine ads and legal notices for Burdock Blood Bitters and Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup cancer cures
Constantinople reports Osman Pasha, hero of Plevna, is not dead. He has been ill for a week, but his condition is improving.
A vintage advertisement claims liver trouble causes jaundiced skin and patches. It promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills for clear skin and rosy cheeks at the price of 25 cents from Dreier and Bros drug store.
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