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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1890
Page
2
Rav. Carver of Simpson M. E. Church urges that if the city’s yearly gambling losses in cards billiards races margins and lotteries were donated the amount would fund a thousand dollar homes for every workingman in Indiana.
Obituary notices report the death of Francisco Amelia Wagner at age sixty four after a long illness, with funeral details in Fort Wayne. Additional notices honor Sarah B Freeman born 1808 in Worcester and Justina Schmalreid, and brief lines mark the deaths of Christ Stedtler, Nathan Werd, and a newborn interment, all in Fort Wayne.
A blaze swept through a San Francisco hotel after a manufacturing facility, the Ansey Mill, burned in Philadelphia. Firefighters battled the flames, with injuries reported and authorities investigating the cause.
At Akron Indiana a nineteen year old, Sarah McMullen, pushes two young girls from a Bridge killing Nellie May Connors instantly and injuring Delia Brown, then attempts suicide. In Ricamono the Indiana Young Men's Christian Association holds its twenty first annual state convention with officers elected and committees named.
Thomas O. Birdsall a 50 year old farmer near Fostertown six miles northwest of Newburg was shot by a masked robber in his dining room. Birdsall aided by a cane challenged the intruder but was wounded with a bullet under the left collarbone. Police suspect a member of Newburg’s bridge bandits with possible confederates guarding the scene.
In Caron Georgia on October 31 two Black suspects tied to Miss Baker’s murder were seized by a mob and killed. Her father found her body tree‑hung at daylight with a bloody crime scene showing a dragged track and a severed throat.
Secretary Noble received a telegram from Governor Steele of Oklahoma reporting that several counties lack polls books and election paraphernalia for the November 4 congressional delegate vote. The first comptroller ruled the items may be bought with contingent territory funds. Contingent land funds total $2390 for the fiscal year.
A crowded account of the steamer Vizcaya and schooner Cornelius Hargrove collision off the New Jersey coast leaves 68 dead and 41 saved from 109 aboard. Survivors describe clinging to wreckage until rescue, with numbers and rescue timing updated. Fire reports follow from Illinois and Michigan towns noting significant losses.
Lottie John, a 25 year old homeless resident of Moncm Indiana, was admitted to the Delaware county infirmary after years of epilepsy. She reports being whipped at the infirmary with her body black and blue and running sores, and recounts other outrageous treatment. She had briefly been at Richmond asylum where she was discharged as cured.
In Griffiths corner, five miles from Castiz, Chas Kershaw deranged man, attacked a woman with shears. Officer Morgan forced a barricade breach, Kershaw shot in the groin. critical condition. Kershaw, about 38, single, had eight thousand dollars on him and six thousand more in a western bank.
A 18-year-old Russian named Ketchesky arrived in London after escaping Siberia where he had been imprisoned for fourteen years. Arrested in Vilna on suspicion of revolutionary documents, he faced hardships during his flight. He fears revealing details that could endanger comrades.
Thomas Rhodes, a Lynn morocco manufacturer, discharged 167 workers today in line with a national morocco association resolution ordering Knights of Labor members removed by November 1. The men refused to renounce the order, were paid at 11 a.m., and told to leave. Rhodes plans to idle the shop while awaiting new work, then operate as a free shop.
Dr. Talmage preached his Palestine sermon at Brooklyn Tabernacle. He vividl y described Solomon’s gardens and aqueducts near Jerusalem and contrasted mortal glory with moral achievement while visiting Bethlehem and its ancient khan. He urged “Something for Christ” through humble acts and highlighted mothers’ influence. He ends with a plug for Electric Bitters.
In Cincinnati on November 1 Mayor Mosby forcibly took possession of the public improvement board. The new board, appointed by him, convened with a policeman opening barred doors. Only Mr. Kircher remained from the outgoing board and retired quietly as intruders were kept out by officers.
Delegates of district No. 11 United Mine Workers of America met in Terre Haute Indiana to consider demanding a ten cent per ton wage increase for coal and five cents for bituminous coal. They adjourned yesterday and decided not to pursue the demand.
Oil spurts sixty feet from the Fisher well on Island Creek, Martins Perry Ohio, prompting a lock and expected output near 300 barrels daily. Land rush follows as farmers refuse offers while a three mile pipeline to the Ohio River is planned. This marks the first oil discovery in the area.
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