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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1907
Page
3
C K Lehman an engineer at Bass works foundry power plant was injured Wednesday morning when a testing barrel exploded after pressurized air was forced into it. A head fragment struck his left cheek exposing bone. He will be off duty a few days with no permanent harm expected.
C A Degitz foreman of the Bass works wheel foundry lost a watch and pocketbook during a Philadelphia bound trip to Chicago. The robbery occurred on a Sixty third street street car in Englewood with a clipped watch chain and purse containing money. He estimates total loss around seventy dollars.
Two Wabash freight locomotives Nos. 390 and 71 left the rails at Hugo Monday morning blocking tracks for about three to four hours. Wreck crews cleared the line by 11 o'clock and the passenger train No. 8 arrived at 11:15. Hugo, a junction renamed from Muncie Junction, ties two routes with mixed naming.
Pennsylvania transfers Ferguson and Lechleitner from the city power plant to Allegheny to take positions in the new plant. Philip Sweeney is reassigned here from Allegheny to an important role, reflecting a series of promotions in the electrical and power departments.
Richard T. Cassidy drank two ounces of carbolic acid at his Indianapolis home after believing he had been blacklisted from locomotive work for life. In a note he blamed Supt. N. A. Neville and Trainmaster W. A. Shaff of the Big Four. Cassidy had worked as a Big Four locomotive engineer, was dismissed for drunkenness, then briefly held a canning factory job before quitting. Fort Wayne ties noted as former residence and railway friends react with sadness.
Emil Deister, president of the Deister Concentrator Company, left today for Arizona to erect and install a newly shipped concentrator for a mining company. The express shipment cost over 150 dollars, reflecting urgent need for the equipment.
A. Lisska, employed three to four years at the Pennsylvania round house, resigned Saturday and plans to return to Poland with his wife and daughter. Illness kept him from work for a month, and a farewell was held last night by fellow countrymen after he left for Poland to reside permanently.
In Toledo federal court Judge John E. Slater directed a verdict for the Pennsylvania company. The case arose from a Mail train collision in Van Wert on March 5, 1902, where Louis Gilland was injured crossing tracks. Gilland alleged duty by crossing watchman Tim Mahoney and fault by engineer Tim McCarthy. verdict upholds defendant.
Due to rising business on the Pennsylvania line local officials promoted several trainmen and enginemen. A. J. Filler F Blue B A Brown H P Dinger and C A Ames moved from flagman to freight conductor. Engineers H L Foster F C Welsh B Lower H Hamilton and J M Roush advanced from extra to regular freight engineers. Firemen M C Wolford F Wilmore W Wyman H L Ludwig J F Majors and O Rost passed exams and were promoted to engineers.
Wabash railroad officials praise Harry Eviston, a Lebanon operator, for signaling to stop a mainline train once flat cars moved to the track. Although too late to save the crew, the boy aided the injured after the wreck, showing quick action and bravery.
An engine room accident at Wayne Knitting Mills Monday morning forced a temporary shutdown. Workers evacuated when machinery failed, with assurances of a 1 2 hour restart. Most operators resumed duties at noon.
M. W. Swinehart an employee in the Pennsylvania erecting shop sustained a severe wound to the palm of his right hand on Friday morning. His hand was caught between a bar and the engine running board while removing a rocker box, leaving him disabled for a week or two.
Thursday while at work in a Pennsylvania boiler shop N O Parrott had a nail puncture his foot. The wound is painful but no serious results are expected.
William Koenig a machinist from the Wabash shops sustained facial injuries when a piece of brass flew from a lathe Wednesday striking him and breaking an eye tooth. His lips and cheek were bruised by the blow.
F. H. Dreyer suffered a crushed left thumb when a hammer struck at the Pennsylvania machine shop. He was at work when the accident occurred, leaving the thumb in a shapeless mass.
A. W. Roembke, apprentice in the Wabash blacksmith shop, cannot work for a time after an on the job incident Monday. He grabbed hot irons and burned the inside of his fingers and palms. Dr Kaadt treated him.
Advices from the bedside of J A Sullivan indicate a favorable course as he recovers from typhoid fever. He is confined to his home in Detroit where he recently served as the Wa bash freight agent before his transfer to the larger Detroit agency last winter.
The Fort Wayne Rolling Mills company, a growing wage distributing medium in Fort Wayne, paid out nearly $20,000 in wages during this semi monthly distribution. The mills are busy with a large workforce and rising activity at the establishment.
Nickel Plate Fireman Benjamin Karbaugh slipped from the water tank while engine was at Oakwood Sunday and fractured two ribs along with minor injuries. He was taken to St. Joseph hospital where Dr. J. M. Dinnen treats him.
Gladys Summers a thirteen year old girl from Fort Wayne arrived in Muncie at the behest of a woman named Belle Favors. Judge Joseph Leffler sentenced her to the Girls Industrial School but she remains in custody to testify against the woman charged with aiding delinquency. The case was heard in private due to its revolting nature and the arrest followed a neighborhood complaint.
The Summers girl of 229 Grand Street disappeared about a week ago after leaving with Mary Mohler from Biss Street and two unknown men. Police and humane officer appeals are issued to locate the missing girl, whose mother is an invalid and greatly worried.
The Diocese of Fort Wayne marks fifty years on Sept 22 with a cathedral mass led by Bishop H J Alerding. Evening Library Hall program features choruses and five speakers including Dr H CO Bruggeman and Ex Mayor Henry C Berghoff. The bishop urges parishes to celebrate and honor the diocese record and future religious work.
Telegram reports Frank Kennedy was killed in a Texas wreck on Wednesday. Bert Galloway, of this city, received the notice with no further details. Kennedy had visited Fort Wayne a few days ago and had just returned to Tokas.
Miss Etta E Florence and Clarence W Pattee wed Sept 4 at Trinity Episcopal church with Rev E W Averill officiating. Attendants Anna Florence and Charles G Lee. Music by Eliza Hanna. About fifty guests. Dinner at bride’s home. Pattee to live at 1039 Franklin avenue after marriage.
Neighbors hosted Ed and Edna McComb for a farewell party as they move near Big Rapids Michigan. Dozens attended including the Hosler Henderson Hornaday Klopfenstein and Kryder families. William Gebhart marked his 22nd birthday with a surprise gathering on Sept. 5. The Beeching family held its fifth annual reunion at Swinney park with plans for a Whitley county meeting next June. The Koons family also celebrated with a Sept 1 reunion in Fort Wayne with John Koons elected president and Edward Koons treasurer, with another gathering planned for September.
Tommy French eleven was bitten about the face by a pup at Wayne Grocery Company on Calhoun street at 2 a m. The dog owned by Daniel Current bit the lad after he leaned over the counter. Nine stitches were needed for injuries to the right cheek lip and near the eye. Doctor Sledd reported recovery unlikely serious outcomes, though uncertain.
Indianapolis opens its state fair with a new livestock pavilion funded by a 16000 appropriation. Officials forecast about 600000 visitors by Friday as exhibits come together, despite early livestock crowding and barn scarcities. Governor Hanly leads ceremonies at the pavilion with Sid Conger introducing him.
The Caledonian society of Fort Wayne hosts its annual outing at Robison park with a large Scotch attendance. Notable guest Kitties' hand of Canada attends. Events include queues, sprints, long throws, caber toss, sack race, high jump, pole vault, and bagpipe music. Officials include W. G. Burns starter, A. Bond timekeeper, John Christie announcer, with judges William Lawson James Gillie and Dr A H Macbeth. John W. White president. William Johnson secretary.
The Chicago university extension lecture course under the Woman's Club League offers six illustrated talks by Jerome Hall Raymond on European Capitals and Their Social Significance. First lecture on Thursday October 10 at the Jewish Church Wayne and Harrison streets. Tickets for the season are $1.50, available from committee members or Lehman and Woodsworth stores.
Clayton G. Miller a popular motor man for the Fort Wayne VanWert and Lima Traction company died at his Lima home after a short typhoid fever illness. His body rests in Wapakoneta for funeral services at his mother’s home Tuesday at 2 yvelock. Kentucky? No, K. of P. members will officiate. He was 35, survived by wife and mother. formerly resided in the city and served as substitute dispatcher for the traction company.
The Northwest Indiana conference of the Methodist church closed its Greencastle sessions as Bishop McDowell read appointments. Rev W E McKenzie was chosen to succeed Rev E A Schell as Crawfordsville district presiding elder. Schell to Laporte as pastor.
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