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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1907
Page
2
Summary of results from Kentucky Delaware Illinois Massachusetts New Jersey New York and other areas. Republicans gain in several states while others maintain or lose influence with voters. Local option laws and Sunday closing measures shape outcomes alongside governor and mayoral contests across major cities.
Rev E W Halpenny state secretary urged renewed Sunday school effort at the Allen County convention in Fort Wayne. He warned less than a quarter of public school pupils attend Sunday school and argued only Bible teaching can shape future citizenship. Reports were incomplete with only partial township data, but total enrollment reached 6891 and average attendance 4627 as the county plans full reports from all schools.
Chicago, Nov. 5. Renewed interest surrounds Herman Billek the Bohemian fortune teller and magician sentenced to hang for murder by poison in the Vizal case. The sudden death of William Nieman husband of Emma Vizal Nieman, key state witness, strengthens Billek’s supporters seeking relief to Illinois Supreme Court.
Kilian Baker aged 78, longtime Fort Wayne business figure, is very ill at his East Main Street home causing concern among friends. He has been linked with local lumber interests from an early date.
New York reports the Kron Prinzessin Cecilie arrives with 7.1 million dollars in gold stored in its gold room. The US bankers’ 34 million abroad aims to ease money market strain. Lusitania expected Friday with 16 million. No guards posted for the gold room. a ton weighs about 500,000 dollars, necessitating multiple express wagons for transfer.
In New York on November 5 a period of anxiety over finances eased as Election Day closed, allowing residents to enjoy a calmer mood and the prospect of permits for a rest. The brief note hints at continued coverage on page 17.
Chicago dispatch reports James W. Allaway, a rich Los Angeles commission merchant, shot and killed at his brother Edward Allaway’s residence 418 South Walter avenue. Edward recalls finding James gravely wounded after a revolver shot as burglaries occurred nearby. police describe a suspect tied to several overnight robberies and seek him as the killer.
J W Allaway a well known Los Angeles commission merchant and secretary of Allaway & Layton at 607 East Third street was killed by a burglar in Chicago. He served as a director of the Los Angeles Produce Exchange and was a Mason and Mystic Shrine member. His wife and son reside in Los Angeles and he had traveled south and east two weeks earlier.
New Bokhara Turkestan reports that the Karatagh catastrophe killed about 200 people rather than 15,000. A landslide buried four hundred of six hundred houses as a mountain section collapsed during the quake. The town sits in a natural amphitheatre with a river nearby and valleys filled with debris as streets blocked escape.
Mrs. Alex Muirhead of Calhoun and Suttenfield streets seriously injured in an automobile accident on Creighton avenue near Fairfield. Passenger Col Alf T Lukens and C B Woodworth bruised. Mrs Muirhead served at Lutheran hospital with a facial bruise and scalp wound. Vehicle damaged, no bones broken. dog in the car unaccounted for.
An Italian youth known as Jim Davis was arrested after noon Tuesday by Patrolman Dickson on charges of stealing a purse containing 61 dollars cash and 87 in checks from Mrs. J. N. Christie of a truck farm north of Centlivre brewery. Police believe he was linked to several market thefts. Davis, a familiar figure around the court, was found counting the money behind a tree after being pursued by Anthony Myers who detained him until officers arrived. He also held a certificate of deposit for 150 dollars in the name of George W. Linden and letters from a South Calhoun street girl. He previously suffered a cruelty to animals conviction.
Terre Haute Indiana November 6 There will be a joint meeting of executive boards of Indiana miners and operators tonight to discuss the operators proposal to pay by check next Monday the semi monthly payday for 16000 coal field workers. The men oppose by a large majority. The amount involved is nearly half a million dollars. Vandalia Railroad plans cash payments for October payroll. The pay car starts on the 6th and runs to the 20th, with most of the money paid in Terre Haute.
Clinton Indiana on November 5 reports miners have voted not to accept wage checks. The action is attributed to saloon men who want cash for beer and whisky sales.
Anderson Indiana November 6 two local hunters John Rust and Steve Rhodes on the Bronnenberg farm shot a large bird described as a species of the American eagle after it swooped into a pigpen and seized a suckling pig. The bird measured over four feet from wingtip to wingtip.
Elkhart Ind Nov 5 Judge Dodge of the circuit court has instructed the second grand jury to convene soon as weeks pass. The first jury returned twenty five indictments including against the county superintendent of schools the auditor two commissioners and a township trustee. The court is determined to rid the county of rottenness.
Secretary Root, in conversation with prominent men yesterday, confirmed reports of retirement intention from the cabinet. The disclosure follows discussions last month and signals a major shift in the administration as officials weigh restructuring plans and future roles.
President Roosevelt arrived at Oyster Bay before 10 am and was driven to a polling place across from his former executive offices. After a brief greeting from neighbors he received ballot number 84 and spent four minutes completing it. He dismissed a remark about Willard Bartlett with a laugh and then took a village drive with Mrs. J West Roosevelt before plans to depart around 11.
New York November 5 President Roosevelt's train left Oyster Bay before 11 o'clock and reached Long Island City at 11 30. Secretary Cortelyou joined the train at Mineola. The party was taken to Jersey City by a tug and the president waited in his car before departing for Washington at 1 14 p m.
New York November 6 Vernon H Brown Cunard agent reports cable message on Mauretania. The new turbine steamer completed a trial run achieving a high speed against expected benchmarks. Details of performance and measurements were conveyed to the agency in the dispatch.
George J. Gould, back in New York from six months in Europe, argues European nerves about U S securities stem from the Standard Oil fine and currency woes. He says American industry is strong, calls Morgan a savior, and urges currency reform to restore confidence while dismissing the telegraphers strike as ill advised.
Currency of all denominations poured into Wall Street brokerage offices as a 2 percent premium drew savers from New York’s nooks. Men, women, and boys swapped cash for certified checks and deposited the premium in banks. At Mann Bill & Ware a steady stream of customers arrived from the East Side, carrying money in boxes, socks, or a derby hat, including a newspaper hawker who exchanged $200 of his savings for a certified check.
Kokomo residents led by Congressman C. B. Landis Mayor W. H. Arnett City Attorney W. E. Voorhis and other officials traveled by special train to Chicago to attend The Man From Home at Studebaker theater. Additional parties from Indianapolis Evansville Tipton and Peru joined. In the play the Kokomo lawyer David Voorhees Pike is the principal character.
New York reports President Hin announced a schedule for baseball meetings and events to be held in December. The message hints at organizational bases for clubs and potential national baseball actions to follow, reflecting ongoing administrative steps in sport.
Seventy five leaders from Muncie business circles will tour Fort Wayne on November 20 aboard a new Indiana Union Traction special car. The trolley trip travels via Hartford City and Bluffton to Peru Kokomo Logansport Lafayette Indianapolis and Anderson before returning to Muncie. The outing aims to foster business acquaintances across northern and central Indiana.
Manila reports Secretary of War Taft will abandon his European tour and head straight back to the Pacific coast. He departs Manila November 9 aboard the Rainbow for Yokohama then sails to San Francisco. Taft is out of town at a new waterworks, so officials cannot be interviewed on Vladivostok conditions driving the move.
James D. Reid, named by Omar Durbin six years ago, has been reappointed by the governor for a four year term as head of the Michigan City state prison. The appointment was made through the board in this city.
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