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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1894
Page
4
Reports from Toluca show miners and strike leaders engaging in talks after a brief stand. A special train brought leaders like J A Crawford and James Murray to broker a settlement. Debates continue over arbitration terms as troops and officials observe the situation.
Members of the Great Northern have walked out, bringing operations to a standstill and disrupting services across routes. No clear resolution or bargaining details are provided in the report.
Anversox Ind April 27 The Populists of the county led by Leroy Templeton a 1892 governor candidate say delegates will travel overland in buggies and wagons to the Indianapolis state convention around May 22 They will start three to four days early stop for speeches and form platoons near Indianapolis Many counties back the plan and Templeton is expected to be renominated for governor.
In Cotrmunus Ohio on April 27 the house defeated the Haskell local option bill 36 to 51 as Democrats opposed it helping Republicans. The measure would have local option on liquor every two years across counties townships wards and precincts. Defeat shifts Hamilton county and the state toward Republicans amid a trade tied to a women’s suffrage bill deemed the lesser evil.
The victim Mary Gilman tin a clerk for Pulver marcher Belt on Sycamore street was shot on her way to work. The killer gave the name George Reed but letters show he is Father Dominick O Grady who came from Ireland three months ago. O Grady drank arsenic but survived and confessed the murder. A letter from Miss Gilmartin to the archbishop exculpating him was found among his papers. Also in the issue Miss Alice Schmauss of Rockford becomes the first woman on a Winnebago county petit jury.
Royal Kenton, Virginia private and Confederate scout, travels near Federal lines to gather intelligence. He narrowly escapes a Federal vidette after a tense exchange, disarms the copse guide, and heads toward a Confederate outpost with critical information for Jackson and the Army of Virginia.
In a Civil War scene Kenton deceives a Union guard to save himself and returns weapons to a captured Confederate, earning a handshake and a promise to rejoin his unit while a general commends his successful covert work before sending him back to Manassas.
Government officials report lawless Coxeyite concentration along the Union Pacific in Oregon and North Dakota. Train seizures near Portland prompt appeals for federal troops to maintain peace and block interference with U S mail trains. Officials warn mobs will be stopped, and the movement risks bringing disgrace to labor protest. The notice also mentions a May 4 Concordia college concert and Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething.
Curcaco April 28 report that Lieutenant Maney United States Army, acquitted of Captain Hedberg murder, is ordered to rejoin his regiment at Fort Sheridan by Secretary Lamont. Also advertisement touts Chamberlain's Pain Balm for muscular rheumatism. 50 cent bottles sold by druggists.
A compact rail and road travel listing highlights major stops across Tennessee Alabama Georgia South Carolina Florida and nearby regions with notes on routes and key ports of call. The ledger emphasizes city names and regional connections for travelers seeking routes through southern states and into Texas areas.
The advertisement promotes solid trains from Cincinnati and Louisville to Southern cities with two routes to the Southwest via Memphis and New Orleans. It notes double daily sleeping car service to Jacksonville and through sleepers to Thomasville, plus four daily Cincinnati Louisville trains and three daily Cincinnati Lexington trains. Information available from Jackson Smith and ATMORE in Cincinnati and Louisville offices.
On March 8 and April 9 1894 the Louisville and Nashville Railroad will sell tickets for regular trains to principal points in the south at a single round trip fare. Tickets are valid for return within twenty days and will be on sale in St Louis Evansville Louisville and Cincinnati. Through care from these cities to southern points is offered, write to C P Atmore General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky for tickets if unavailable at local stations.
A flood of candidate notices appears from Allen County for state and local offices. Names include John Frodabaugh seeking state senate and various county roles such as judge, auditor, recorder, surveyor, coroner, and commissioner, all subject to the Democratic county convention decisions. Patrick Ryan and others petition for inclusion as nominees pending party approval.
Editor Sentinel announces candidacy for township forms trustee at the earnest solicitation of friends, subject to Democratic county convention decision. Schmetzer submits name for the race seeking trustee seat.
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