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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1900
Page
15
Ottawa and Hull suffered a massive fire disaster with 2,500 buildings likely ruined and losses estimated at 15 to 17 million dollars. 12,000 to 15,000 people were made homeless as four lives were reported lost. Fire under control at 5 a.m. after starting yesterday. northeast winds threaten rekindling if debris blows back toward the city.
A massive blaze in Hull and western Ottawa caused an estimated 15 to 17 million dollars in damage, left over 3,000 families homeless, and destroyed major mills and facilities. The fire crossed the Ottawa River to Ottawa, destroying churches, mills, and government buildings, with numerous fatalities and critical injuries reported.
Dis patches from Ottawa report Ottawa and Hull fires with 2,000 and 1,800 buildings destroyed respectively. Estimated total loss 20 million dollars and insured amount 12 million. Noted individual losses include Booth Lumber 3,000,000 Eddy company 3,000,000 McKay Milling 500,000 Hull Lumber 700,000 Electric Light 250,000 Dominion Carbide 150,000 and Export Lumber nearly 1,000,000 insured. About 250 million feet of lumber burned in Hull and Ottawa.
Chicago reports Mayor Harrison opened subscriptions for Ottawa fire sufferers with Mrs Cyrus McCormick leading. The Bank of Montreal wired 10000 to Ottawa relief. Ottawa government approves 100000 for Ottawa and Hull victims. city council adds 10000 for immediate use.
London newspapers urge prompt substantial aid to Canada for Ottawa fire losses. The St James Gazette says such a disaster would appeal to English sympathy, and though Britain faces the South African war and Indian famine, it will not be backward in doing all it can for Canada.
Edinburgh insurers focus on the Ottawa fire case as numerous firms participate. The incident draws broad interest from the insurance market with details yet to emerge on coverage and liability.
The Ottawa blaze of Thursday caused 7 deaths 15000 homeless and 3000 buildings burned. Up to 125000000 feet of lumber lost 3500000 dollars in lumber alone. Relief pours in from across the Dominion while Hull workmen begin shelters as boats carry all supplies across the river.
Ottawa residents voted to seek leave from the Ontario legislature to borrow 100000 by debentures to aid Ottawa and Hull fire sufferers. A relief subcommittee was formed, two Hull shelter buildings planned, and orders for blankets bread and essentials issued. Insurance losses run high with E B Edy at 650000 insured and about two million loss. Messages of sympathy from London and Montreal arrived.
London reports Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal advised relief for Ottawa homeless. Lord Mayor Newton announced an immediate Mansion House fund and a stock exchange fund opened today with several large subscriptions. The lord mayor's appeal will be issued Monday.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a remedy for sick and nervous headaches. It promises quick relief, claims to purify blood and improve health, and offers the product for 25 cents with a money back guarantee not cured. Sold by Dreier Bros. druggists.
Walter Wentworth a seventy five year old former professional contortionist in New York advertises offering his body for sale. He has previously sold his pliable frame to Dr. Cowes of Detroit and to Dr. Wilder of New York for $100 each. Both former buyers are now dead and Wentworth seeks a third buyer.
Fragmentary text references old bank notes and civil litigation, noting familiar terms and lingering history. The readable portion hints at a discussion of historical financial instruments and legal disputes surrounding them.
The Old Lady in Threadneedle Street is questioned as a specimen from the fourteenth century. China issued paper money by 807 A.D., resembling the French assignats in estate-based value. Stockholm’s Park claims early adoption, but the Bank of England issued £20 notes around 1696.
A Pacific mission story recalls 1823 Easter on Hawaii when Princess Kapiolani climbed Kilauea and hurled stones into the crater to prove Jehovah’s power, defying Pele and ending tabu beliefs as followers shared loberies.
The Philadelphia Record reports that in 1899 Americans spent 973,589,080 on alcoholic drinks and 173,308,742 on non alcoholic stimulants. Coffee accounted for 134,695,145, tea 33,613,588, and cocoa 5,000,000. Per capita expenditure was 15.09 with a population just over 78 million.
The Gibraltar postal department is led by Miss M Cresswell a woman who has held the top position for a decade and earns 2740 dollars annually ranking as the highest paid woman in the post office Miss Edith Shore M B is also a medical officer at the same office.
A Morganton Tennessee mother reports severe head sores on her young daughter that turned into scald head. Bucklen’s Arnica Balm reportedly cured the case, advertised as a guaranteed remedy for eczema tetter salt rheum pimples sores ulcers and piles. Only 25 cents at Drier Bros.
A brief note notes interest in a new kitchen utensil or household article to manufacture. Mentions Burns, patent attorney, and Calhoun Street with a Wayne reference, indicating a pursuit of a patent filing or invention proposal.
Mrs Johanna Ehle nearly eighty years old and mentally distressed jumped eighteen feet from a second floor window at 529 South Broadway Fort Wayne. She died instantly, coroner’s inquiry pending. She had lived in Fort Wayne about fifty years and was widow of Michael Ehle. Her son Ernest A Ehle and William Shle survive. Authorities note three years of mental illness and prior attempts.
The Royal Arcanum of Indiana held its first biennial session in Indianapolis at the Knights of Pythias hall with over 100 delegates. The body elected J. B. Brown of this city as Grand Sentry and voted to hold the next session in Indianapolis in April 1902.
Election of officers held this afternoon resulted in R M Millican of Evansville elected grand regent and John B Brown of Fort Wayne named grand sentry. W H Tigar, J B Brown and Levi Griffith attended from Howard Council. Brown works in Pittsburg shops store department and is a Scotch member of Caledonian society. Recognition of the grand lodge described as worthily bestowed.
Atlanta April 27. Endorsement by northern populist conventions for Thomas E. Watson of Georgia for first on the populist ticket has stirred southern politics. Watson, who had said he is out of politics, issued a statement today refusing any nomination or office. Please remember me among the politically dead. let me rest in peace.
Five men robbed the Nutten bank in Strasburg Virginia early today blowing safes and taking about 5000 dollars. Papers and securities totaling 75000 dollars were not touched. The gang fled on a handcar along the South Virginia railway.
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