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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1899
Page
9
A dispatch from Apia, Samoa, reports the armistice remained undisturbed on the Samoan commission’s arrival. Letters are being exchanged as rival forces consider disbanding.
Petersburg reports from Riga claim military forces quelled a riot between Lettish and Lithuanian workers over the weekend. Official word says twelve were killed and fifty wounded, as troops restored order in the Baltic provincial capital.
Two persons, a man and a woman, died in a blaze that gutted four lodging houses on West Forty fourth Street. Firefighters found the unfortunate pair after they leaped from the top floors in a chaotic blaze that tore through the building.
A blaze swept a tenement culled from Rivington and Pitt streets, gaining headway before discovery. Thompson suffocated in his room as Mrs. John Roathberg, 85, died attempting to flee the flames. The property loss is estimated at $20,000.
The Circle of German-American Free Mason lodges with 210000 Masons of German birth or parentage held its third annual convention in the Masonic Temple Detroit. The secret session focused on officer reports and fraternity interests. Delegates and hosts took a lake and river excursion aboard the steamer Sappho this afternoon.
Havana reports that exiled Cuban leaders and opposition papers urge soldiers not to surrender arms or accept money for them. Gomez also counsels return home with or without pay. American plans proceed, but many enrolled may not receive the $3,000,000 payment as inquirers doubt rolls and the dissidents claim undercount.
Ida M Peterson through attorney John H Aiken sues Charles E Peterson for divorce alleging failure to provide abandonment and cruel treatment. Married June 1 1890, lived together until June 1 1898 when defendant left with their child Ewart age eight. She seeks decree of divorce and custody of the child.
A Thursday Daily report states Squire France fined William Heed one dollar and costs for provoking Constable Ford. An employee named Young was fined for associating with prostitutes and went to the courthouse with Ford. Reed cursed the officers. the constable placed him under arrest. Anna Brown Lamont and Calva were arrested. Lamont posted bond, Brown and Calva jailed. Wee and Lats RS are visiting Fort Wayne relatives.
Manila dispatches report that General Lawton's rear guard engaged insurgents after returning from San Miguel to Balinag while escorting a wire party. One U.S. soldier died and fourteen were wounded. twenty insurgents killed and forty wounded. Lawton’s force marched 120 miles in twenty days, seized twenty-eight towns, and burned 300,000 bushels of rice, with six officers killed and thirty-one wounded.
Manila reports Generals MacArthur and Funston with Kansas and Montana regiments and the Utah battery dispersed 800 insurgents entrenched beyond San Fernando near Santa Anita. Scouts were fired on and withdrew. The Montana regiment flanked left, Kansas attacked right, Funston led brisk assault. insurgent losses were heavy and many prisoners were taken. Twenty Americans were reported as casualties.
Southampton May 24 The North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse carried forty nine saloon passengers from the wrecked American steamer Paris off Lowland Point near Coverack Cornwall. Survivors praised Paris discipline and the crew from Captain Watkins to the stokers for ensuring comfort.
Washington May 24 The president has ordered promotion of Colonel Summers of the Second Oregon to brevet brigadier general of volunteers and Captain Case of the engineer battalion to brevet major, following General Otis and General Lawton recommendations.
Publication will enter the field on July 1 as the American Journal of Railway and Casualty Surgery begins its first insider issue. The launch marks a new period for specialty medical coverage.
Editors and publishers C B Stemen M D L L D and George C Stemen A M M D, noted surgeons for the Pennsylvania railroad, announce a monthly magazine of at least thirty two pages devoted exclusively to accident dental surgery, to be published in the city.
The Sentinel reports bankruptcy petitions against J F Schell Loan and Investment directors. Schell offers no reply while others blame the former president. Most directors claim they are farmers except Gruber, and deny the petition’s sufficiency and liability. Schell’s health improves and he may be out soon.
Dr W D Parr of Wayne Street M E church will lead dedicatory services for Albion’s enlarged M E church on Sunday June 4 at 10 30 am. The edifice is now one of the county’s finest with an attractive program of music and literary talent planned for the occasion.
Indiana officials release an opinion that township trustees must report to the advisory board by September 5 1899 and provide August 1 debt postings while still funding school needs. The guidance outlines reporting, expenditures and permissible repairs, noting the reform law aims to bar new bonded debt and limits actions before the advisory board's September meeting.
When contracts are to be let, notices must be posted for three weeks in five public places in the township and at each post office door. If expenditures in any class exceed 500 dollars, notice must also run once in two leading county newspapers. The advisory board must attend all contract lettings.
Justice Huser certifies three cases for superior court review after appeals from justice court decisions. Plaintiffs include William H. Niblick versus May E. Rollins, Peter Anderson versus William A. Bohn, and Horton Manufacturing Company.
David Noonan a 55 year old laborer slashed his throat at 77 Superior street Fort Wayne in a bid to end his life after long unemployment. He was found by his wife and rushed to St Josephs hospital where doctors treated a three inch gash. Though serious the injury is not fatal and recovery is expected. Noonan and his family moved from Plymouth fifteen years ago. His brother Joseph Noonan died in a stone yard and his sister-in-law and niece perished in an elevator shaft accident.
A new delivery horse owned by Dittoe & Co. ran loose on West Berry street after being tied to a weight. Miss Campbell fell after the animal charged the sidewalk and injured her leg slightly as the wagon was wrecked near Armstrong's. A bicyclist narrowly avoided the creature.
Rosa Bonheur the renowned animal painter died in a fire at Fontainebleau last night around 11 o'clock. The blaze destroyed her studio where she worked on animal subjects and portraits, with authorities reporting the fire under investigation and no immediate details on casualties beyond Bonheur.
Had no warning he collapsed with apoplexy near his North Calhoun street office and died minutes later. Muhler twice served as mayor and was among Fort Wayne's most prominent citizens. The community mourns the loss of a respected leader who had been in good health prior to the sudden death.
The sudden death of Charles F Mahler shocks the city as he appeared in fine health moments before. After a routine walk and chat with friends near his Wayne and Fulton street home, he collapsed on the sidewalk in front of the Hatch saloon. Despite quick efforts and Dr. W. H. Myers, Mahler died en route to recovery. His family mourns while friends offer condolences.
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