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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1894
Page
1
May 19 reports from Michigan and Indiana detail a Lake Superior storm pounding vessels ashore, with several ships reported total losses and crews saved or missing. A tug and schooners suffer damage, while a pair of farm buyers steal $4,000 from farmer John Appin. Judge Winters begins Iron Hall claim adjustments in Indianapolis.
The life division and sick benefits case shows cash of 54138 dollars turned over by the New Jersey receiver, with 25202 dollars remaining in New York at the Binghamton Trust Company. A decree is expected in a few days in New York.
In Flatlands L I the twin Dandsworth daughters Bessie and Ruby elope with the men they chose and spark village uproar. Ruby runs off with Bessie's fiancé on the eve of a planned wedding, while Bessie secretly marries a former flame. News arrives of a divorce pursuit in Dakota and a Boston posted marriage, all ending with the farmer burning the daughters’ belongings and barring them from the home.
State health board reports ten deaths and thirty one smallpox cases in Fulton county. Local health officer deemed negligent and removed. a replacement appointed. A burial in a barnyard with only eighteen inches of dirt cited as example of poor treatment. Governor urged cholera fund reassessment to aid outbreak response.
Paris authorities say they have rounded up several anarchists forming part of an international society. Information led to arrests as investigators warned conspirators remained active and plotting a series of bomb explosions in various European cities.
At Saratoga May 1 the assembly discussed proposed full general assembly control over Presbyterian seminaries but deferred action. Toronto Philadelphia moderator Dr Samuel A Mutchmore led orders as debates on unity and reunification with the Southern church continued, with a committee of nine to study organic union and greetings to other churches.
Sypianarouis May 19. At a state board meeting health officers ordered closing all penal and benevolent institutions to visitors and new patients. The strict ban aims to prevent smallpox spread from other states into prisons, schools, and hospitals. No new patients can be admitted until the order is canceled, with especially harsh impact on the insane care.
Ex General Master Workman Powderly denies expulsion threats and urges unity. He cites a Philadelphia conference report showing broad labor support and calls for dual unions to merge into a confederation while promoting crafts joining trade unions. He plans to tour widely to spread this plan. Separately, Denver moves to reinstate Father Malone at St Josephs church amid a parish petition signed by thousands.
Report of widespread labor unrest with Mexican workers replacing strikers in coal camps. Flux at Monongahela river sites near Fayette City and Stickle Hollow, plus Denver and Sopris mines, as deputies and inspectors seek to avert bloodshed. News notes widespread clashes, evictions threats, and mobilization of miners and officials.
Washington may 22 a campaign at the house door by the National League for the protection of American industries opposes parochial school aid in the Indian appropriation bill. It notes 2416,000 given to Catholic schools in eight years of 3,767,951 allotted, seeks near 400,000 for forty five Catholic schools including St Boniface Cala 12500 Holy Family Blackfeet 12500 St Johns Collegeville 10000 St Benedict Sterns 10000 St Ignatus Jocko 45000 St Josephs Reneselaer 330 Kate Drexel Umatilla 6000.
Saratoga N Y May 22 devotional opening of the Presbyterian general assembly focused on home missions. Dr Brown urged raising 2358 34140 for debt and yearlong work, noting 006 000 received and nearly 238 000 debt due to legacies shortfall. Women’s societies contributed 266 000. Elder McDougal of Cincinnati opposed the proposed 150000 building in New York for home and foreign missions boards. The subject was examined by the assembly at 10 o’clock Saturday.
A special Tippecanoe club meeting in Morton club rooms Sunday afternoon reorganized the group. Officers were elected and committees formed to guide future activities.
R Ashford Taylor, grandson of President Zachariah Taylor, arrived in Denver in March using the name Patrick McGowan after shooting a man in Louisville over a woman. He fled after an accident and confidences between two of six women he allegedly promised to marry. Each woman says he took money and jewelry from her in exchange for marriage promises.
A rash act by Silas Gilfilan ends his life after learning of his fiancée Miss Lewis’s typhoid illness. On May 22 in Pryeante, Peter Cruzer shot Annie Branse then killed himself at a lodging house. The victims’ fates remain uncertain.
The Republican Gazette and Lima Times-Democrat commend Professor Miles for his conducting of The Creation at Lima. The chorus impressed with careful, first class work and baton control though minor suggestions on clarity in rising and seating. The oratorio will be repeated to accommodate additional audiences.
The first American Congress of Liberal Religious societies opened at Sinai Temple in Cuarcnco on May 22 and will run through May 25. It follows the parliament of religions held last year and aims to foster closer cooperation among liberal denominations.
Reports from Hawtorp California and Artixetes Georgia dated May 22 describe a battle during a Republican primary at a Dallas schoolhouse near Hawtorp where James McCaffrey was killed and James Ryan mortally wounded by William Ryan. In Miller county Georgia a mob hanged a black man for assaulting a girl and shooting her father.
Carcase of Cincinnati Building and Loan Association in Ashland block arrested in Monticello Iowa on embezzlement charge after fleeing last Saturday. Also reports on May 22 a train seized by commonwealers at Thistle Junction Utah still in possession with flags. Chris Truesdell of Toledo dies in Spencer house from hemorrhages of the lubya. Judge Edward Rourke and others.
Mourning fills Fort Wayne as M P Longacre, longtime Hoffman Bros secretary and resident of this city for 22 years, dies in Aiken South Carolina after a grippe illness. He moved to Deepolis Alabama last summer to run timber business and leaves widow Rachel Lilly and children from two marriages. Funeral arrangements await arrival of his body.
Mrs Anna Wesel wife of James Weissel gardener of Adams township died Friday night from hemorrhages aged 35 leaving four children. Funeral held Sunday at 2 from residence. Thomas Eggner aged 72 died this morning at No 92 La Salle Street. he lived here briefly and was interred in Columbia City. James Labr aged nine or ten died at the asylum Sunday of spinal trouble. shipped to Huntington. Suzan wife of O R Richey of 170 Francis Street aged 55 died Sunday evening of cancer after about a year illness, surrounded by husband and children William and Lo Kelker.
A collage of short items notes visits and movements involving Fort Wayne Columbia City and nearby towns. Names include Ert man Mack McFeeley Scheffer Durfee Jackson Long and others with multiple trips and social appearances in Fort Wayne and surrounding communities.
A romance unfolds as L. M. Fitch of Rome New York a wealthy manufacturer and head of Fitch Gear plans to marry Tena Stark a Fort Wayne social figure. The couple secured a license at the county clerk’s office and will wed tomorrow at the bride’s mother’s home in New Haven before a tour and residence inRome.
The body of Miss Crowley, who died after a criminal operation, was shipped to St. Thomas Canada. An inquest found she caused her own death and a verdict will be rendered. Dexter Brimmer Andrews, died near Huttertown after a long life as a millwright and prominent county figure, born Gorham New York 1825, married Celestia Sowers, lived an active life with liberal religion and Masonry, survived by wife and two daughters.
The 8th Cavalry recruiting office fills the third floor of the Old National Bank building. Enlisted men are sent to Fort Meade South Dakota for service. Applicants must be in good physical and moral condition. Pay starts at 13 dollars monthly. The army allows transfer to officer examination after two years in ranks. Faliter Sestinep denies secret society affiliations while seeking county commissioner nomination. William Treace, Celar Creek Township, responds to rumors.
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