Sprott Visits City During Wabash Freight Roundup
Wabash Division Freight Agent W A Sprott was in the city that evening as part of a routine visit.
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1894
Page
8
Wabash Division Freight Agent W A Sprott was in the city that evening as part of a routine visit.
Miss Cora Hannah Ash became the wife of Seymour D. Boyd at the H. J. Ash residence on East Main Street. The ceremony in the south parlor featured chrysanthemums and white decorations, with Dr. D. Moffat officiating. The couple will reside at 361 South Hanna after December 1, and were joined by relatives and out of town guests from Chicago, Pittsburg, Toledo, and other places.
Bondsmen and election supporters declare Cass Hunter did not participate in fraudulent road receipt alterations during Isaac Mowrer’s tenure. They attest Hunter acted only as deputy treasurer and urge voters to trust his honesty. Public notices cite Grand Jurors and county officials involved in the investigation from 1892. Senator Hill later appeared at a New York hotel.
Conferees with Democratic leaders today plan to smooth rough spots in the party's situation and align on congressional nominations. Senator Faulkner, head of the congressional committee, met over breakfast with a fellow senator, and both are said to favor a conciliatory policy.
Paris dispatch notes a severe illness crisis for the czar with a brief improvement. Bulletin confirms no heart or strength gains, edema worsened. Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt arrives with Grand Duchess Elizabeth, participating in a state progress and religious service at Livadia. Grand Duke Sergei and others travel to Russia as doctors monitor the case.
Chicago Market report shows Wheat at Oct 51½c Dec 52½c May 57¾c Corn Oct 50c Nov bid 50½c Dec 49c May 50½c Oats Oct 28c Nov 28c Dec 28½c May 32½c Pork Oct 12.50 Jan 12.20 Lard Oct 7.22 Nov 7.12 Jan 7.05 bid Ribs Oct 6.45 Jan 6.173 bid Fort Wayne Markets lists Spring wheat 4.00 No 1 red 3.25 Graham 60c per pantie etc Then advertising sale by Jas M Kaye at 24 Cathon Street with low prices on underwear gloves and other goods and bamboo book case offer
Reilly a marble cutter living with his sister in Newark was seized by police amid Newark cloakmaker clashes. He carried letters to Vanderbilt and Gould threatening capitalists and claiming intent to kill relatives of prominent figures. He planned further travel to Warren Pa and said he wrote to President Cleveland.
At Democratic headquarters General Sickels and J J Walsh Tamany candidates will withdraw from the congressional race Amos J Cummings and Jacob A Canter remain on the ticket In other news Lem Elsey a switch man in the east yards was crushed between dead woods his right hand mangled and partially amputated at St Joseph hospital by Dr Stemen Elsey is survived by a wife and family in Huntington
Assistant Secretary Reynalds holds that under section 15h revised statutes the legal termination of service is tied to specific dates only and not to other events. The War Department’s determination of when service began after the Civil War may be accepted by the Interior Department as final, negating the rule that pay determines service period.
The natural gas company notifies water works that gas for fuel will be turned off November 1 and reserves the right to cut off supply to sli factories in the city. The Scenic Line of the World promotes rail service across Colorado Utah and New Mexico with double daily through Pullman sleepers and tourist cars between Denver and San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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