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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1907
Page
2
Four rescuers entered the water filled mine to reach imprisoned workers after a flood. Crowds gathered, families sobbed, and fear and tension rose as pumps strained, voices echoed, and progress slowed while a perilous mile crawl lay ahead toward the trapped men.
Tinners in Fort Wayne shops walk out after union vote to demand 2.46 cents per hour raise and recognition. A. H. Staub and others accept the scale. about twenty five workers affected while some shops remain unaffected.
Mrs. Kate Kearner aged 60 died after setting her clothing alight while pouring oil into a kitchen stove to quicken the fire. A pocket containing seven hundred dollars in five years savings was destroyed. Her husband and daughter escaped to the second floor. John Goeglein, a 59 year old farmer from St Joe township, collapsed two weeks ago and remains in critical condition. Dr H A Duemling attended Monday but gave no encouragement.
The remains of Josephackson, longtime cobbler of Lagrange, were brought from Chicago on Monday for interment in Lagrange. He was 77 and had lived with his son, a Chicago physician. Paul Klinard, the engineer who died in a railway accident near Mo., was returned to his former home for interment.
Witness testimony centered on the Kennedy saloon blackjack and a posttrial crime scene. Police chief Ankenbruck showed a floor plan of the saloon while Theodore P. Crouse recounted seeing Kennedy near Augsburger with a blackjack and hearing a blow. Crouse left before the fight, returned to find Augsburger fallen, and stated Laughlin bled from a nose wound caused by Cox.
The Russian Duma passes the recruiting bill while a rift grows between Premier Stolypin and reactionary ministers. Ministers demand retracting harsh remarks by M Zuraboff and threaten severing ties if not complied. The crisis may trigger dissolution, though Stolypin hopes for a smooth settlement.
In Russian Poland on April 30 officials report workers from street railways printers bakers and factories will stop work on May Day. Authorities move to prevent unrest with wholesale socialist arrests and Cossack detachments patrolling streets around the clock to curb trouble.
Odessa reports that about one hundred thousand people have been forced from their houses by the floods of the Dnieper Dniester and Dvina. The inundations are more widespread than normal, causing severe distress over a vast area.
Snow sleet and rain swept the Southwest from the Nebraska line to Texas with freezing temps. Concordia saw snow after rain, Baker had sleet, Wichita had heavy rain, and northwestern Missouri ticked with snow flurries. Dodge City logged 30 degrees while the Panhandle reached 36 amid western Missouri rain. Rev Dr Sol C Dickey denied a Sunday railcar operation story, saying the Winona line board must vote to change policy.
A section of a new two story pier at Locust Point for the Baltimore and Ohio line collapsed, pulling down 20 to 25 workers. Six killed, sixteen missing, fifteen injured. Among the dead are Tony Wolf and Robert Swetman. W N Edson and Howard T Ellender identified among injured and dead.
Philadelphia April 29 Mrs Josephine Hess aged 46 collapsed and died when a policeman entered her home to arrest her husband Anthony Hess. The arrest is deferred. Also noted are unrelated items about a missing husband search in Indiana, a kidnapping case in Whitley County, a Decatur lineman burned by a live wire, a Toronto theater contract, and global plague notes.
Judge Sanborn affirms appellate ruling against Armour Packing Swift Morris and Cudahy for taking 12 cent rebates on through rates from Kansas City to Christiania and other foreign ports. The decision holds rebate acts a continuous crime under Elkins Act, with the essence of the offense the act of charging below the filed rate.
An Eastbound traveler, about 65, wearing marked clothing with the name Nolan, threw himself in front of a moving engine at the Michigan City depot, severing his head. The unidentified man died by his own action, and further details were not released.
An east bound New York Central accommodation train collided with a gang of section hands two miles east of Batavia New York. Three men were killed outright, a fourth died later, and assistant foreman Daniel O Leary was seriously injured with a leg amputation at Batavia hospital. Joseph Leason a pioneer resident of Keyser township DeKalb county died at 88, after aging in England and settling on a farm in America.
An unnamed man using the alias Ed Reed sold a horse at Maiden Lane Weber sale barns for 85 dollars by check from First National Bank and fled when deputies investigated theft questions. The buggy and oats box bore other names, suggesting a Piqua or Sidney theft. Sheriff Grice issued alerts as searches extended to nearby towns.
In St Louis on April 30 an inquest heard Edward Linne a 24 year old painter killed himself last night after striking his mother in the face when admonished for unemployment. He returned later weeping and begged forgiveness before shooting himself in the cellar.
Frank Jackson a Fort Wayne blacksmith and horseman died two hours after shooting himself in Ossian. He had left home in good spirits after dinner and was found unconscious in a upstairs room with a revolver at his temple. His death follows a history of mental strain and changing work, with the family and local market notes appended.
Early yesterday robbers forced entry to the Ashley bank in Ashley Indiana and blew the safe with nitro glycerine. They took about $8 in cash while leaving $80 in currency and a certificate of deposit. The bank, in liquidation, had about $18,000 moved earlier. The thieves escaped. bystanders in a nearby restaurant were kept at bay by a guard with a revolver.
The three receivers appointed by the Kansas supreme court accompanied by sheriff and attorney general staff conducted seizures in Kansas City Kansas taking possession of property of indicted brewing firms. Receivers posted notices and locked buildings while tracing ownership through transfers to employees and agents.
Mrs. Polly Barrone of Monroeville celebrated her seventy eighth birthday with dinner and a day of visiting relatives and friends. Numerous Barrone relatives attended from nearby towns and states including Ohio and Indiana, with many named participants listed. The report also notes island lease propositions to G R I R Co and a Nelson post court martial verdict favorable to Postmaster George P Alexander, against Commander J C Vought and Adjutant W P Myers.
Topeka Kansas April 30 Attorney General Jackson discussed the state’s inability to sell liquor. Courts will decide if seized beer and whisky from brewery receivers should be disposed of, with Jackson noting most property is fixtures and real estate and likely to be sold in a paying way.
A. R. Large of Mt. Etna Huntington county dies at 74. An early Civil War volunteer, he enlisted April 20, 1861, and served nearly three years. Also, Mrs. Martha J. Gill of Mishawaka dies at 80, formerly Nauvoo Illinois, linked to early Mormon history and its first apostle Joseph Smith.
Wet Kansas weather spurred renewed wheat selling in Chicago, with July futures slipping from 12 1/2 to 12 1/4 cents and closing about 12 3/4 cents. Receipts were 575 cars in Minneapolis Duluth and Chicago, down from last week and a year ago, while corn opened steady but weakened on selling.
East Buffalo N Y April 30 hogs receipts 2040 shipments 1710 to New York and yesterday 5510 firm prices 690 to 700 for medium heavy 695 general yorkers pigs roughs and stags listed. Chicago market: hogs receipts 10900 market up to 65 lower notes range 645 657 524 in cattle 420 to 650 bees cows 180 480. Cincinnati market hogs 6700 cages cattle 4750 5500 sheep 4000 5600. Pittsburg cattle receipts light market steady hogs 6900 6960 yorkers 6590 6900 sheep 6 00 down lambs 760 7160.
Butter and cheese markets show mixed to steady to firm trends in Chicago and New York on April 30. Chicago reports steady to firm cheese and butter with varied subtypes priced from 14 to 25 cents. eggs firm with high counts. New York lists weak butter, firm cheese, and firm eggs with numerous price ranges across state, Pennsylvania, and western markets.
Detailed market quotations from Toledo and Fort Wayne covering commodities, grains and produce. Listings include corn oats butter apples potatoes onions lard turkeys chickens ducks geese pork wool honey and numerous supplier quotes from S Bush Co Well Brothers Co Tresselt Sons and Eckart Packing Co with live stock and coal markets also noted.
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