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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1906
Page
7
Moscow reports General Rheinbot prefect of police of Moscow faced a bomb on Tver street. The general allegedly drew a revolver and killed the bomber. An official account says a policeman shot the attacker, while reports claim the prefect killed him himself as a wave of terrorist threats lingered.
San Jose November 12 two men die and a foreman fatally injured when the engine boiler explodes near Sargent station. The blast hurls the depot apart and tears track, overturning the first four cars. Tramps on the platform are reported killed. The dead are engineer Gillespie and signal construction foreman Goodfellow.
Detroit, Nov 12 One man died and several were injured when a Michigan Central freight engine ran away and crashed into the Third Street depot tearing a 25 foot wide section from the west wall. George R Booth parcel agent died. passengers and workers were trapped as floors collapsed.
Rev. Ray O. Miller, newly called to the West Jefferson Street Church of Christ, spoke at his first sermon on the threefold subject of Christianity for today including Jesus idea of life and salvation, church work, and the pastor’s place. He urged aligning church action with Jesus life and challenged addressing modern urban needs.
The Poe precinct Democrats held a November 10 reception at Mr and Mrs John Wyss home honoring Wyss elected Third district commissioner. A large gathering featured music by Robert Mercer and May, humor by Cyrus Miller, and a fine supper. Local social notes and a baseball score against Hebrean follow.
In Tiflis on Pezhanski street three police officers died and four were wounded when a bomb exploded as they searched an unoccupied house. Officials say a snare was set after a tip, with revolutions proclamations found inside and the house drastically damaged. The blast occurred in the Tartar quarter, abandoned since last year’s massacres.
Barnum and Bailey in a radical change will move the Greatest Show on Earth by mammoth automobiles next year. The plan aims to cut costs, end the circus trust, and replace rail transport with gasolene and electric powered travel, reducing delays and accident risk.
The Indiana Corn Growers Association will hold the second annual corn show with the corn school at Purdue University January 14 to 19 1907. Five state sections will determine premiums for each class and regional contestants enter sweepstakes. Large donations fund premiums including corn planters walking plows and fertilizers. Interested exhibitors should contact G I Christian secretary Lafayette Indiana for circulars.
Edward G. Rohan, son of Captain John H. Rohan, arrived home at noon Sunday after an honorable discharge from the United States Navy completing a four year term. He served as chief machinist on the cruiser Dubuque most of his enlistment. He plans to enter the merchant marine rather than rejoin the Navy.
A. C. Alter reports from his brother Frank in Albuquerque that a sizable Fort Wayne community has formed there. He lists thirteen former Fort Wayne residents including Mr. and Mrs. Perrin and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Melsheimer, Mr. and Mrs. Ewing and children, Mrs. Zimmer, Miss Truesdale, and John Klug, illustrating a notable migration cluster.
William McLachlan sold to the city a Scharf smoke preventor to be tested at city hall. It marks the first of its kind in use in the city and aligns with an earlier ordinance aimed at eliminating the smoke nuisance.
Police in Louisville still seek a motive in the death of Mrs. Virginia Etty in her South Brook Street home. The victim was found with her skull crushed and throat cut as her children slept nearby. Neighbors and detectives question the husband John Etty and daughter Annabell amid claims they may withhold information.
Nearly 150 friends attended the St Joseph township birthday at Mrs Kopp’s home near Center school. Seventy five Fort Wayne guests joined a Robison park car trip. 140 were served supper and 75 enjoyed a noon dinner. Mrs Kopp, German born, has lived on the farm over forty years. relatives include Fred Kopp, a Bass foundry moulder, and granddaughter Mrs Gluessenkamp. She attends St John’s Lutheran church and received many gifts.
In Baton Rouge Louisiana Judge George K Favrot killed his life long associate Dr H H Aldrich in a dramatic shooting. Both men were married respected officials in the state capital. Favrot spent the night in jail and gave no further explanation beyond having sufficient cause.
El Reno Oklahoma November 9. Negro troops of the Twenty-fifth Infantry Companies B C and D feel disgraced by the Brownsville affair and the pending dismissal order. Veterans say it was outsiders and a faulty trial, while defenders insist none of the local soldiers were guilty. The barracks discuss a harsh penalty and demand a fair inquiry.
In Indianapolis on November 12 Miss Gertrude Thornberry marked her 19th birthday with a stag dance inviting girlfriends to wear men's clothing. A string of missing garments followed including Sunday suits dress suits and a tailor made outfit. Parents alerted police and checked the party site where the thefts were linked to the eve.
Principal Witheee failed to appear in city court this morning to prosecute James Welch for taking a horse. Welch claimed the horse did not match representations and later identified Fernwood Lemaster driving the animal. After a half hour wait for Koch, the case was struck from the docket.
The First Church of Chilat rents a reading room for winter use at a discounted rate of one dollar, located nearby on a Bass street block.
New York reports Mrs Russell Sage will distribute most of the roughly eighty million left by her late husband to individuals she deems worthy. She opposes church endowments and says she will keep enough to live comfortably. She aims to assist hardworking people in need, aided by churches and institutions for the sick and needy. She will buy a home for a railroad clerk who was kind to Mr Sage, and has arrangements to move her grandparents' graves to Troy and Sag Harbor burial sites.
Mrs. Charles F. Kalgebehn of Hoboken marked her 69th birthday by giving each of her four sons $10,000, totaling $40,000, with a $300,000 inheritance in view. She plans future celebrations, while her husband advises prudent investments. two sons present, one daughter in Chicago absent.
Fort Wayne Sentinel endorses Edward G. Hoffman chairman of the Allen county democratic committee for congress in 1908. He is praised as a strong young leader with unquestioned democracy and broad district appeal.
Jack Gardner a stone mason at Elk hart was killed Thursday while excavating for a furnace pit beneath Mrs Sarah Bingham home when a wall caved in. P H Clugston of Columbia City resigns as county attorney due to ill health. H Martin Schnetzler pioneer resident of the county died Thursday at his home south of Columbus.
Grand Rapids and Indiana company announces a 10 percent wage increase effective December 1 for all employees not already earning at least $200 monthly. About 600 Southern division workers, including dispatchers, telegraph operators, clerks, enginemen and train men, will benefit. No total payroll rise given, but expected to be substantial. Similar raises anticipated from Pennsylvania, Wabash, Nickel Plate, Lake Erie and Western, and C H and D.
Reported deaths include Mrs Hattie Snyder of Elk Hart found in bed Saturday and James Scott of Warsaw who died by self harm in Akron Ohio. Arm fractures and injuries occurred from accidents at a roller rink and a corn shredder. A Huntington resident removed a throat pin after hours of effort. Bets and marriages noted include Martha Martin denying a divorce and Luther Martin’s wife. Bluffton students voted in a local election mirroring Wells county results.
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