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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1908
Page
9
President Roosevelt releases a letter responding to charges about William Howard Taft’s religion. He argues religion must be private and warns against using faith to influence elections, praising the national record of upright leaders regardless of creed.
County election board members William Fruechtenicht Wilbur Carpenter and County Clerk Joseph N Mason completed issuing certificates to winners and wrapped up duties after a long vote with many scratched ballots. Commissioners stayed on duty from morning until 3 am Thursday while auditors paid election expenses and approved bills.
The Fort Wayne Lodge of Hills selects speakers for the annual lodge of sorrow on the first Sunday in December. Samuel M. Foster will deliver the general eulogy and Attorney Carl Yaple will pronounce individuals honoring members who have passed away in the past year.
Berlin November 7 Count Johann Hein rich von Bernstorff selected by Emperor William to succeed the late Baron Speck von Sternburg as ambassador to America. He has lately represented Germany in Egypt and has held posts in Constantinople London and Cairo. His daughter Alexandra is 20 and his wife Miss Jennie Luckemeyer was born in New York.
A slight, blue eyed man with blonde mustache, fluent in English, famed as an after dinner speaker, spent recent annual leave in Germany. He attended Prince August William’s Berlin wedding October 22, then joined his family in Paris. He planned to depart for Cairo November 8, and friends doubt he will reach Washington by year end.
Paris reports Germany initially refused the French settlement formula on the Casablanca incident and sought modifications. France rejected those changes, and Germany declined to reexamine. German foreign secretary von Schoen said Paris’s formula was acceptable if France apologized for violence against the German consul and Germany for protecting deserters from the French foreign legion. Ambassador Cambon refused to transmit proposals involving censure. Von Schoen agreed to reexamine, with a final answer not expected before Tuesday.
Herman Koriow is presented as president of the teachers in Emmaus Lutheran in this city, with mention of professor and teaching staff in the local school community.
New York reports Lt Col Henry Ludlow at Fort Hamilton denied revelry claims linked to Mrs. Claudia Hains letters. He affirmed transfers of officers to distant posts followed the letters and said no War Department inquiry questioned him. Ludlow noted an order barring William E. Annis after a warning from Gen Hains Sr. about possible violence.
Samuel M. Foster and Harry B.E. Sprague of this city completed a real estate deal. The purchase involves ownership of a six acre Sheridan property with a complex consideration noted in the surrounding text.
Two Fort Wayne men, R B Hanna and P A Randall, are on the program for the first annual convention of the Federation of Indiana Commercial clubs in Richmond on November 18 and 19. The event includes a banquet with William Dudley Foulke as toastmaster and talks on interurban commerce and inland waterways.
John Schaeffer, a Huntertown resident and Civil War veteran, died Saturday at 8:40 PM in Dr. Greenwell's home after falling from a scaffold about twenty feet high while repairing a chimney. He remained unconscious for over five hours with a broken back. medical efforts failed to save him. No relatives are traced.
About 200 farmers met at Scarlett school on Goshen road Friday to oppose the Fort Wayne meat inspection ordinance. They planned retaliatory action against merchants and urged licensing and slaughter fees be repealed. A Thursday meeting in Wallen featured Councilman Louis Langard discussing amendments to a farmer related section.
County Attorney Edward G. Hoffman, after returning from New York, learns his name is being floated as a United States senator candidate. He says he would run if friends want him, noting Allen county backing could influence the legislature. Hoffman has long led Democratic party efforts and previously drew congressional consideration before withdrawing.
S. E. Mulholland arrives from South Bend to take charge of Fort Wayne gas interests succeeding Henry C. Paul. He will assist Samuel T. Murdock of Indiana Lighting Co. and inspect the Superior street works as the firm maintains its established operations.
A fast moving Bluffton interurban car struck a Bluffton Trucking Co wagon on West Main Street injuring cyclist William Nell as the wagon’s barrel laden tongue broke in two. The impact hurled two heavy horses onto the sidewalk and left the wagon turned, with wheels jammed against the curb. Authorities consider affidavits against the company due to repeated incidents.
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