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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1901
Page
13
In Bristol Indiana on November 12 burglars broke into the post office, stole 1200 cash and 500 in stamps after a clash with locals. A two person gunfight left a woman and another man wounded but not seriously. The robbers used tools from a jacksmith shop to blast the safe and fled with the loot.
In Trenton Kentucky vigilantes report robbers blew the bank vault and stole the post office deposit box containing 300 dollars. They escaped on a handcar. An unexploded nitro glycerine charge later exploded injuring six, two badly burned, as officers and citizens examined the wrecked vault.
In Plymouth Iowa last night unknown burglars dynamited the bank destroying the vault and building. They escaped with about 1500 dollars. Police started a search for the culprits.
John H. Joyce former president of the Stoughton Wisconsin national bank was arrested in Chicago for allegedly embezzling 40000 dollars. He claimed ongoing contact with bank directors during two years of absence and said he helped try to straighten out the affairs. He denied fleeing and weighed resisting extradition as Sheriff Burmeister planned to secure return to Wisconsin promptly.
Dispatches report wildfires near Redbud Alto Pass and Poplar Bluff in Missouri and Sedgwick Arkansas. Fires threaten farms and timber as strong winds howl. Culver Lumber plant at Sedgwick was burning with hundreds of thousands of feet of lumber at risk.
Roanoke Ind Nov 14 Mrs Sarah Zent widow of Col S M Zent Thirteenth Indiana volunteers is dead at her Roanoke home aged 60. She was widely known and esteemed having spent most of her life in Roanoke with brief stays in Fort Wayne Columbia City and Ligonier.
Officers of Fort Wayne Commandery No. 4 Knights Templar have been advised that the annual inspection of the organization will be held Wednesday evening in November.
The Knights Templar of Indiana prepare for annual inspections led by Hon. L. P. Newby of Knightstown. The process includes examinations of work, records, quarters, uniforms, officer proficiency and overall status, with local members arranging a fitting reception.
In Terre Haute Indiana Louis Lumley 17 drew a revolver during a football game. Charles Wilson 24 wrested the weapon then returned it and Lumley shot him in the mouth and neck. Wilson likely fatally wounded. Lumley arrested.
A Tequendama Falls sentinel refused to honor the United States Minister Burdett Hart and fired a shot at him on October 25. The minister was unharmed and the sentinel received severe punishment as the Colombian government pledges full protection for the envoy.
A Bogota dispatch reports Colombia has accepted Chilean mediation to resolve the ongoing conflict with Venezuela. The move signals diplomatic steps toward ending hostilities.
Reports from Bogota and Barranquilla state the exchange rate has vaulted to new highs with one U S dollar worth forty five national currency and forty eight department currency. Merchants convert paper money to coffee and other goods to guard against further depreciation.
Washington November 11 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor protested to the president today over the arrest of Santiago Iglesias who was sent to jail after stepping from a ship in San Juan Porto Rico and detained without known charges at once.
The American Federation reports Mr Iglesias was arrested on stepping ashore in San Juan Puerto Rico. He was jailed without known charges. President Roosevelt asked Governor Hunt for the cause of the arrest, signaling official concern.
Father Jeremiah J. Crowley, excommunicated priest of Oregon Illinois, attended Holy Name Cathedral as ushers barred his entrance at the central door and forced him to sit in a rear pew during high mass. The crowd filled the church amid expectations of a repeat confrontation.
Miss June Clark 18, of Russiaville, suffered severe injuries when an unknown assailant threw acid in her face Saturday night as she walked home after accompanying two children. She lives with the Grayson family near Kokomo. The attack occurred on the highway and the assailant fled.
The marriage will take place at 7 o clock at the home of Mr and Mrs D C Scott South Whitley. Claudine Scott a DePauw student and musician will wed Charles L Curtis a traveling representative for Moellering Bros and Millard and affiliated with Wayne Biscuit Co. They will reside at 487 South Harrison Street after a southern wedding trip.
A committee plans to buy several thousand acres to establish a Quaker industrial colony. The settlement will welcome Friends from all parts of the United States and form a distributed communal work center.
In a Kentucky church yesterday Henry Davie shot at Abe Allen during services. The bullet missed Allen but struck and killed Jerry Wilson on the opposite side of the pew. Davie was arrested.
John Puuz Jr of New York and Anna Roehrs of Fort Wayne secretly wed after a private departure to New York. The pair, aged 21 and 19, boarded a train Monday from Wayne hotel and planned to join Puuz’s family in Europe, shocking Roehrs family on West Jefferson street.
Enid Oklahoma date November 11 Joseph Carter age 22 killed E Campbell age 44 with a first blow over the heart. Both men were farmers. Campbell had threatened Carter with a knife and challenged him to a first fight. Carter's blow was almost immediately fatal.
The U S Supreme Court advanced the habeas corpus case of Capt Oberlin M Carter to be heard on December 2. Separately the court reversed a Missouri lower court ruling in Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway Co v Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners of Missouri on removal to federal courts and transport charges over a Booneville Missouri bridge.
Samuel Foltz, a Laketown resident, was injured Saturday near Nebraska when his log wagon wheels ran over him. He grabbed the wagon axle to avoid being trampled. Councilman Zurbach pulled him free, and Dr. G B Siemen stitched a deep head wound before Foltz returned home eight miles west of the city.
A fresh gypsy delegation, separate from the main group west of the city, arrives from the south and sets up tents on the Piqua road five miles south of town. The caravan comprises about eighteen to twenty wagons and reached the camping site Sunday evening.
Fort Wayne CC arranged purchase of a building and site for 5000 dollars for the Duncan Electric works. The club had sought 7500 dollars, raised about 6600, and bought at a receiver sale for a lower figure. The factory structure was once a plow works.
Representatives of about seventy five independent cracker baking firms from across the United States hold a secret session in Cincinnati. Hartwell Grubbs of St Louis presides. They deny plans to attack the biscuit trust and exclude National Biscuit company members from the meeting.
Mrs. George Justice reportedly locked her two young children inside a house in Marionville Missouri on November 12 and left for water. On returning she found the house ablaze and the children cremated.
John L. Thomas a leading Indiana Quaker travels from Richmond to Chicago to join Edward Cole Morris Wilson and Daniel Bryce. The four plan to scout lands in southern Colorado for potential sugar beet culture and settlement opportunities.
Several hundred visitors toured a gypsy camp along the Pittsburg tracks opposite Lindenwood cemetery. The band offered readings at two bits each, drawing many young women. The leader said the camp would likely be broken up this week to allow the band to reach other regions.
A letter reveals conflicting stories about an engagement with Anna and a plan to elope. The writer states consent was given for a delay of about a year and that no steps will be taken to trace the couple. If they return, they will be forgiven.
In Louisville on November 11 William Simpson of Zinsmeister Bros. wholesale groceries killed himself by swallowing carbolic acid after being confronted with an alleged $1000 shortage. He claimed two friends in New Albany would cover the loss as he died within fifteen minutes while a firm member called New Albany.
Fire swept the Logan Milling company plant and the First Presbyterian church in Logansport Indiana today total losses run into thousands. Milling company losses estimated at 40000 with 16000 insured and church losses around 20000 with 11000 insured. Origin unknown but flames began near the flouring mill south of the church. Earlier the church burned in 1893 and nearby Wat son Humphreys Co plant had faced a previous blaze. A freight train collision on the Wabash tracks occurred about 130 am adding to the day's confusion.
Noblesville Indiana November 11 William Mohler laborer at Atlanta acting as night watchman was jailed for murder after an argument at a medicine show ended with Innis wounded by a knife and Mohler firing a revolver. Innis died from a heart wound and was buried today.
A Luther birthday anniversary union service gathered crowds at St Pauls church on Barr street last Sunday. Rev Philip Wambsganss delivered the sermon from Ezekiel focusing on Daniel as a model for youth. Choirs from St Pauls and Zions offered a fine musical program under the Luther society of St Pauls church.
A telegram to Joseph Getz brought news of his father Charles Getz death at his Salem Ohio home just before noon. He was 77 and died of age related infirmities. Joseph Charles and Henry Getz left at 4 pm to attend the funeral.
Major William L. Pilcher reports the Abra de Ilog garrison repelled an insurgent attack led by Senocos. The fighting ended with five insurgents dead and one American wounded. An American deserter was captured wearing a rebel lieutenant’s uniform.
News from Catbalogan Samar reports insurgents fleeing northward and starving. Many bolomen have surrendered while fear of Lukban's proclamation deterring mass surrender hovers, with expected broader capitulation in a few days.
Attorneys Colerick and Morris seek an early date for the motion hearing for Charles W. Dunn. Judge O Rourke indicated an early day would be fixed. The defense stresses that Mrs Dunns mental condition should not be shown and notes other points for the new trial. A crowd visited the county jail Sunday to see Dunn and he talked freely but is reportedly losing some cheerfulness.
Claude Kramer of Garrett and a friend visited the city on Sunday. After spending the day there they drove home at a good speed and collided with an obstruction on the road. The crash caused serious machinery damage but they completed the journey by train to Garrett.
The Tea Duty Repeal association formed by leading New York wholesale grocers jobbers and tea importers aims to remove the 10 cent per pound tariff on all tea imported. G Waldo Smith of Smith Sills serves as president, heading the effort.
In Greensburg Pennsylvania on November 11 burglars dynamited the Smithton National Bank vault but could not access the safe. They recovered $40 from the scene and caused partial destruction to the bank building.
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