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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1893
Page
1
A festive Lyons crowd pressed toward Russian visitors as guards held back lines. Women surged to greet officers, faces flushed with enthusiasm, while police and soldiers kept order. Crowds cheered Vive la Russie and Vive la France as Russians rode to the hotel and town hall, with risky handshakes extended from carriages.
In Washington on October 25 the anti repeal Senate factions falter as Democrats and silver supporters abandon filibuster tactics. Senate leaders Harris and Pugh step back after pressure from conservative Democrats. President Cleveland, arriving from Woodley, welcomes the shift and backs repeal while eyeing a Chinese exclusion measure. Postmasters in Indiana and a jailbreak suspect in Tennessee are also reported.
A string of crime items from Indiana and nearby areas details Buck Harlan’s arrest in Brazil and transfer to Indianapolis for counterfeiting. Also noted are Jack and John Hurri’s horse stealing and counterfeiting links, a brutal whipping case in Columbus County with the Schrader family, court fights over prize fighting in Roby, and drummer J E Hablo’s hotel incident involving actor Lawrence Hanley.
In Indiana two separate incidents reported. Near Brooklyn, J W Beeler died instantly when a center section of a Can ton Ohio wrought iron bridge over White river at Henderson ford collapsed while workers were erecting it, four others injured. In Armory a deaf farmer James Jones was killed on the Wabash railroad track five miles west of town as dense fog reduced visibility.
Indiana governor orders action to halt prize fighting and delays new athletic club incorporation while court action molds policy. Reports of shootings, fatal accidents, a log‑rolling death, a suicide attempt, a banana peel train accident, and local legal cases color Oct observations across multiple towns in Indiana with brief notes on public sentiment and agricultural meetings.
Stone confesses to the prosecuting attorney revealing the weapon used in the murder. Officers found a 4x0 acorn knife and the weapon hidden under a log in a wood near the scene. Prosecutors hold the weapons and await grand jury action while questions linger on Stone’s truthfulness.
A freight train wreck in Harrisburg Pennsylvania killed four men who had boarded a coal car and were riding east. Two other crews were injured in a second collision near Beat Swamp New Jersey. four Pullman coaches overturned and several freight cars piled up with no serious passenger injuries. The dead include three unidentified men and Richard Doyle of Pittsburgh. Frank Ward of Burlington Iowa survived.
The will of Jane Adams, a wealthy city figure, was filed Tuesday. It includes $20,000 to the Presbyterian Church United States trustees and $5,000 for disabled ministers relief. About $200,000 goes to relatives, with the remainder divided among charitable institutions.
J M Baker, Pettit’s brother in law, reports to War den French that Pettit’s remains reached Oswego New York and were buried beside his father in the family plot The request to be buried beside his wife in West Monroe New York was refused by Mrs Pettit’s parents who believe he caused her death The mother of the ex convict is ill and uninformed of his death
Edward S Stokes and others defended McDonald as a victim while district attorney Nicoll pursued perjury and insolvency charges. The Madison Square bank, with 700000 in deposits, shut down after an asset search shows only about half recoverable. McDonald, Blaut, Soulard and Selover debts total around 280000.
Desperate battle erupts as a gang organized for plunder tries a wholesale burglary at Wilkina dry goods. Deputy Coburn Hannan and Fenmore fire on gunmen led by Tom Mayne. Goodman is wounded, captured. other members flee. The gang, linked to Dundee and straddling several towns, is under pursuit amid numerous depredations within twenty miles. At Summitville many fear more arrests as the ringleaders are hunted. Also noted is the death of Rev. Hadaway, chaplain of the house of representatives.
A comic diary aboard a German steamer recounts a voyage toward the Atlantic, with music from the ship’s band and humorous bits about German hospitality, a baron passenger, and a narrator who jokes about meals, gravy, and social constraints. The entry notes a storm, a wrecked American schooner, signals exchanged with the drifting vessel, and reflections on German culture and life at sea.
A garbled fragment mentions LSS, Johnny, a patent dispute, rings, a bell fiddle named Herr Embe, and a shore, with phrases about going to the land and an epitaph. The passage is cryptic, lacks clear events, and reads like an OCR scrape of a period piece.
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