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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1902
Page
10
An officer aboard the Solent reports Mont Pelee remains in eruption with lava streaming down the volcano. Panic grips Martinique as St Pierre endures apocalyptic scenes and mass deaths on a vast funeral pyre.
In Des Moines on May 16 the Iowa Supreme Court held that selling liquor to bootleggers and other resident violators cannot be prohibited when sales are conducted by agents of nonresident dealers. The ruling clarifies liability and enforcement under the state liquor law.
Physicians say deaths resulted from asphyxiation before fire struck St Pierre. Refugees starve as Martinique endures suffering. ships carry food to Fort de France. A warning NOXIOUS gas theory gains trust among survivors. Looting is suppressed. soldiers cordon the city.
Huntington Herald notes the interior of the Southwestern Traction power house shows a disturbed scene with a deep pit at the heart of the room as new machinery is installed.
David W. Brayer of Fort Wayne and Alta M. Kellogg wed at the bride’s River Park home on Wednesday evening. Rev. D M Wood officiated in Grace Methodist church. A wedding supper and reception followed. They will reside in Fort Wayne.
Geneva Masons announce a May 22 cornerstone ceremony for the new Geneva school building replacing the one burned last winter. Past Grand Master Geake of Fort Wayne will seal the stone and Masons from Bluffton Decatur Wiltshire Fort Wayne Portland Pennville and others will attend. David E. Smith of Decatur is to deliver the address.
In Hicksville under the Beal local option law the tally was 322 dry to 312 wet with 634 total votes. The measure failed by a ten vote margin and the law will go into effect.
Report notes a potential contest due to alleged illegalities but dismisses chances of changing the result. Both sides claim a full vote tally was cast and no new vote would alter outcome.
Fort Wayne reports the smallest pony yet seen a Shetland colt belonging to Dr J M Shutt of Lakeside. The newborn stands twenty two inches high weighs thirty pounds and measures twenty inches around the girth.
Albion Ind May 16 The Republican judicial convention of the thirty third circuit Noble and Whitley counties nominated L W Welker and F M Prickett for judge with Welker breaking on ballot 28 and B E Gates from Columbia City remaining runner up Adair already nominated to succeed himself Kissinger Columbia City named prosecutor in a slightly Republican circuit
Referee in bankruptcy Judge A A Chapin rules garnishments against Fort Wayne railroad employees are dissolved if bankruptcy occurs within four months before filing. Garnishee must pay wages into the bankruptcy court. companies bear the cost of foreign court challenges. The ruling, agreed by general counsel of one railroad, shifts funds to the bankruptcy court.
Henry Bicknese aged 66, long time Pennsylvania company blacksmith, was found dead in his Fort Wayne home at 225 Hough Street. Post mortem cites heart trouble. Born September 8 1836 in Germany, he lived in Fort Wayne since 1862 and worked at the Pittsburg shop until illness April 27. His death shocks shop workers who recalled his skill with the bull dozer.
Rome reports at the Vatican indicate Bishop Charles McDonnell of Brooklyn may be named to succeed Archbishop Corrigan of New York. No decision until the Brooklyn clergy submit three candidates from which the archbishop will be chosen. A Vatican source said McDonnell could receive the appointment upon request.
Mrs Mary Blanche Plybon wife of Charles Plybon died at 3 30 Friday morning at her home 2323 Smith street from tuberculosis aged 29 Surviving are husband a daughter Marguerite Elizabeth her mother Mrs Elizabeth Clay and one brother The husband is a brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad She was a member of the L C B A No 370.
Henry Engelking aged 21 died Thursday morning at his mother's home 174 Ewing Street after six weeks illness from rheumatism of the heart. He was son of the late Henry D. Engelking who died in 1890. Survived by mother two brothers Charles and Edward Engelking and two sisters Mrs. William Thiel Jr and Miss Pauline Engelking.
An analysis argues that the rise in child illnesses stems from poor nutrition rather than overtaxed minds. It cites indigestible foods in lunch pails and candy as causes, and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure, highlighted by testimonials from families in North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
Councilman George R. Hench received notice of his reappointment as organizer in the district for the American Federation of Labor. This marks the sixth straight year he serves and he helped form many unions in Fort Wayne and nearby towns.
Edward Gega of Archibald Ohio will relocate his ladder factory to Fort Wayne. He has purchased Fletcher avenue property for a factory building and bought a house and lot on the same street through the Davis agency.
The notice records marriage licenses issued for John C. Blake and Rosie Young. F W Otto Stock and Minna Kohlmeyer. John H Wolverton and Pearl Sunderland. Charles Voltz and Ida Fiedler. Sohn Ecker and Dora E Rapp.
A Rochester woman, now remarried, sues the local telephone company for 10,000 dollars claiming lightning struck its wires and poles and traveled to the barbed wire fence where farmer John Flinn stood, causing his death during a storm two years earlier at his hog lot. The filing notes damage to several poles but the suit continues.
The defense structured its attorney to plead lack of responsibility for Flinn's death, aiming to negate liability and shift blame away from the defendant.
An advertisement warns that burns cuts and wounds heal poorly if neglected and touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a curative. A testimonial from H. C. Hardy of Yankee Town Indiana credits a runnng leg sore healed after using the product. Counterfeits are warned against by Meyer Bros. & Co.
One hundred bricklayers and stone masons in Peru joined a strike Friday morning in sympathy with hod carriers, raising to 175 the number of workers out. Contractors refused to sign the hod carriers' new scale, and a general strike of workingmen is threatened.
Will Keil a tuner at the Packard piano warerooms on Calhoun street broke his nose in a fall at his Maumes avenue home yesterday. He tripped over a box in the cellar and struck his face against another box, suffering a mashin g injury.
A man sustained a deep facial cut after an altercation. The injury involved a serious blow to the nose, causing multiple pane-like lacerations and requiring immediate medical treatment. No further details on suspects or motive were provided.
Champ Clark recalls exhaustion after a long campaign and credits Electric Bitters with restoring his health. The ad touts the tonic as ideal for overworked men and frail women, priced at 50 cents and guaranteed by Dreier & Bro.
Auditor Hart instructs Chicago Home Syndicate Investment company to comply with Indiana law or depart the state. The Fort Wayne offices could not be located during the inquiry conducted in Indianapolis on May 16.
Mary Rish of Rockereel Center Huntington County died aged 60. Services and arrangements pending.
A woman assisting with house cleaning toppled from a table and fractured her hip. The injury is expected to prove fatal.
It is said to be made from a prescription by a leading Chicago physician and is among the nation's most eminent remedies. The ingredients are stated as pure and scientifically combined for maximum effect. Sold by Dreier & Bro. and Pellens & Polster.
Etna township Whitley county plans a consolidation within a year to have all scholars educated under a single roof. The move unites the township schools, centralizing instruction and administration for the community.
Advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the cure for eczema scaldhead and skin diseases. Claims quick relief for ulcers fever sores salt rheum cuts burns and bruises with pyramidal trust in its infallibility for piles. Sold at Dreier & Bro. drug store.
Albion Judge Adair announced at the nomination event that he will not seek further office, stating this campaign will be his final bid. He framed the decision as a personal commitment to public service and thanked supporters.
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