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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1911
Page
2
The board will reserve announcing all decisions until after adjournment of the quarterly meeting. Deputy Sheriff Smith was killed in an incident noted in 1906 records.
South Bend Indiana March 28 three hundred dollars covers the saloon license fee as council votes to a tie over raising the fee under Proctor flaw. Four saloon keepers with one other member blocked the proposal to raise to five hundred dollars.
In Hammond Indiana on March 28 Miss Virginia Brooks a West Hammond reformer and ten women and six men appeared to answer charges of resisting an officer. The case was continued until next Monday with work on the pavement leading to Saturday’s trouble amid arrests of Brooks and followers.
A Warrick circuit court last night fined Williams fifty dollars after he shouted at his father in law Manna Whams former state representative. Moore testified Williams attempted to strike him and his wife.
In Hammond Indiana a blizzard led to two deaths as a boy and another person were crushed by cars. Alderman Anton Moeller of Whiting was killed instantly by a Pennsylvania train. Fred Warck, 14, died after being crushed by a street car while en route to hospital.
The Indiana state board of pardons continued its quarterly meeting in Indianapolis on March 28. The principal hearing today involves Oliver Hancock and John Roby, who were sentenced jointly in a notable case.
Richmond Indiana March 28 for a first time in seventy five years changes in the grades of the National road will be made west of this city. The Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction company will relay its tracks and put in several bridges as a part of the improvement. The new road it is said will be the most expensive ever built in Indiana outside of a city.
Noah Ioffe, 26, of East Lynn, shot in a Lafayette fight Sunday night, is reported dying in a local hospital. Squire Jones, 70, jailed on the shooting charge, denies it but says he handed the revolver to another man. In Danville, Richard Seagraves, jailed for the same shooting, faces a preliminary examination next Monday and says he has no memory of the event.
A list shows appointments for various Indiana state boards and institutions. Names include George W. Miles, Nellie M. Bellingham, Edna Humphrey, Milton T. Jay, Charles M. Jenkins, Michael Ek Foley, Louis Tutwiler, and James M. Dannen. Appointments span April 4, May 6, May 12, and February 25 from diverse counties.
The trial of A A Truskett, wealthy Caney merchant, for the murder of J D Neeley of Lima proceeds with rebuttal testimony. The defense will present a few witnesses after the state rests, then arguments. The case may go to the jury late tomorrow.
Washington March 27. President Taft will deny pardons for two convicted bankers Charles W Morse of New York and John R Walsh of Chicago. The attorney general's recommendation is adverse and commutation is unlikely. Morse, serving fifteen years in Atlanta, reportedly in poor health, and Walsh in Leavenworth for five years, had petitions before the president for several weeks.
Mrs Mary Bleke widow of Chris Blecke died Monday evening in Monroe Michigan after a brief illness. She was born in Monroe seventy one years ago and spent her early life in Fort Wayne. Surviving children include Mrs Fred Weigmann Mrs Paul Grautner Fred Bleeke and Mrs Henry Sechwen with a sister Mrs Meyers also living in Monroe aged ninety one. Her husband was a former Union township resident.
New England Coal and Coke of Boston files with the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking more than 51000 in reparation from five railroads Norfolk and Western Baltimore and Ohio Chesapeake and Ohio Virginian Railway and Western Maryland for a 24 percent ton trimming levy on coal discharged into vessel holds. The suit alleges the trimming charge is excessive and unjust.
Henry Stehr of Norfolk and his wife were indicted by the Madison county grand jury for first degree murder and second degree murder respectively in the death of their 3-year-old son who died after his feet froze last January.
Kokomo Indiana March 28 subscriptions to Haynes preferred seven percent stock totaling 152000 were secured confirming the rebuilding of the Haynes Automobile factory in Kokomo. Remodeled plant work will be pushed to earliest completion. Remaining funds to be raised by investors in Portland Indiana where a large block of common stock is held.
A special train with 250 civic and business representatives left Pittsburg for Harrisburg to press the legislature for the Pittsburg plan. The proposal would create city government by a commission with referendum initiative and recall features.
In Warsaw Indiana on March 28 the drys won the Ixos county local option election. Only Milford and Pierceton townships went wet. Mentone Burkett Silver Lake and other units voted dry. The city tally reached 371 to 332, with a strong turnout and a renewed temperance campaign.
In Noble county Indiana Albion day results show Ligonier with a wet majority of 111 and Noble township wet by 18, while Albion votes dry by 2 percent. Sparta township Cromwell and Kimmell stay dry with an 88 vote margin. Albion’s result mirrors forecasts with turnout near general election levels.
Wichita Kansas March 28 The full count shows socialist candidates stronger than expected in the city manager primary Eight nominees for commissioners four will be elected Blaze socialist had the high vote 3688 Graham 4052 as the next rival Only Blaze and Graham will appear on the ballot despite a socialist labor surge echoing Milwaukee in Wichita and calling for reform
A massive New York City shirtwaist factory fire left hundreds dead or injured as flames trapped workers. The building's seven exits failed, fire escapes were inadequate, and workers fled through elevators, stairways, and rooftops amid chaos. Firemen, police, and funeral services struggled to manage a mortuary scene near Bellevue and the Charity Pier.
The will of the late Mrs. Sarah A. Ransom, who died at 86 in Jeffersonville, lists an estate valued at 476,906.30 mostly in stocks and bonds. Nineteen heirs share the estate, including Mrs. Mary J. Randall of Fort Wayne and her children Mrs. Clark Fairbank and George Irwin among others.
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