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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1899
Page
7
Indiana will reopen all schools this week as enrollment numbers and funding show a broad system. About 755,898 school aged children require 16,476 teachers across rural, town, and city schools with salaries totaling 4.76 million dollars.
Jury disagrees in William Jackman murder case in Warsaw. Lionel Gilchrist of Wabash starts for Alaska with mining equipment for Big Four Klondike company. Mrs Lane convicted after ejectment dispute and assault charge. Peter Miller sentenced two to fourteen years for assault with intent to kill. Elkhart Dry Goods burglary nets $500 in silks, including a $300 invoice. Mrs Schetz dies after giving birth to twins. mother and babies perish. Three jail inmates escape by lifting a floor register. Frank Medlam helps explain the method. Ward linked to Flora bank robbery and multiple escapes. pursued by Carroll and Delphi sheriffs. Ward visited by a North Manchester girl.
Officials insist corrections must be made immediately in the books printed prior to distribution or circulation. The errant breaks are deemed ludicrous and require prompt adjustment to avoid misprints and confusion among readers.
La Grange today hosts the circuit court hearing on the estate of James G. Howe. Executor T E Ellison appears as the case challenges a 10 000 bequest to the Episcopal diocese for a chapel, while the decedent’s prior plan directed the funds to a gymnasium. Heirs argue the diocese should not receive 16 000 for the chapel since the money was used for the gymnasium.
An old advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a remedy for sick and nervous headaches. It claims they purify blood, strengthen nerves, and improve health, with easy dosing. Sold by Dreier & Bro druggists for 25 cents with a money back guarantee if not cured.
The Nickel Plate Road announces a special one cent per mile round trip rate for military companies and uniform bands of 50 or more to participate in Admiral Dewey's arrival celebration in New York City on September 28 and 30. Individual travelers pay one fare and a third for the round trip with tickets on sale September 26 to 28 and return validity through October 2.
A prominent Democrat, described as a leading figure, succumbed to dropsy after a illness. Reports indicate the death occurred after a period of declining health, with mentions of urban influence and party leadership in the region.
New York reports indicate public interest in the Stock Exchange waned after yesterday's price recovery as bears overplayed their hand. Prices opened higher but gains faded, with active buying in rail and local traction shares and money rates stubbornly high around 7 to 8 percent. Large loans to dealers reflected continued liquidity pressure amid cautious sentiment.
Wheat opened firm with December at 70 7/8 to 70 3/4 cents, lagging gains despite frost threats in the northwest. Cables and receipts showed mixed signals as private elevator wheat stocks rose, while corn and oats traded narrowly. Hog prices supported provisions as pork led the session with firming notes and cash receipts remained strong.
The excerpt lists commodity futures for lard ribs flax cash notes across months. Prices include Lard with Sept to Jan ranges from 5.27 to 5.45 dollars and Ribs from 5.17 to 4.97 dollars. Flax cash prices show North West 1.13 and South West 1.12 with monthly values 1.12 to 1.10.
Chicago today sees hog receipts around 20 000 with 30 000 forecast tomorrow and 3 500 left over Market steady to strong mixed and butchers hogs quoted 4.75 to 4.85 heavy 4.40 to 4.70 rough heavy 4.15 to 4.25 lights 4.35 to 4.75 Cattle receipts about 6 500 with market weak to 10 cents lower Beeves 4.50 to 6.80 cows and heifers 2.00 to 5.40 Texas steers 3.25 to 4.25 stockers and feeders 3.00 to 5.00 westerns 4.00 to 5.25.
The New York stock market opened strong with railroads rising and some specialties up sharply led by Tennessee Coal. By late morning gains broadened as demand stayed active, but a raid on Brooklyn Transit pushed the market down and reduced most earlier advances. Metropolitan dropped and many leading issues fell back, yielding a mixed, weak close after volatile trading.
Butter receipts total 9 943 packages with steady market. Western creamery 18 23 cents, June creamery 18 14 22 cents, factory 13 16 cents. Cheese receipts 7 091 packages easy market. Large white 10 34 cents, small white 11 4 11 4 cents, large colored 11 cents, small colored 11 1 2 cents. Eggs receipts 10 020 packs steady. Western ungraded at mark 13 cents. Sugar raw quiet and barely steady refined quiet. Coffee dull.
The Money Market notes steady call money at 6 percent and firm sterling exchange. Banks trade in bankers' bills near 4.85 to 4.86 dollars for demand and 60 day bills around 4.82. Commercial bills around 4.81, silver certificates near 59.59 cents, bar silver at 58.11 cents, Mexican dollars about 47 1/2 cents.
New York reports a softer bond market with U S government issues showing gains in price. Registered and coupon varieties across several maturities shift, including U S 28 registered at 100 and U S 8s around 108.14.
Fort Wayne market report lists flour values for spring wheat and winter blends, with price per barrel for white flour around 4.40 to 9.60, corn meal and oats figures shown. The snippet notes second class goods and sack prices, plus a graham item and miscellaneous grain terms, reflecting a 19th century Fort Wayne weekly market summary.
A historical listing of livestock and crop prices including rye, corn, flaxseed, timothy and clover seeds, wool, hides, tallow, butter, eggs, poultry, honey, potatoes, onions, cabbage, beeswax, feathers, bran, hay, shorts, middling, pork, and dressed beef with unit prices and ranges. Includes green and salted hides, calves, and beef quarters at varied cents per unit and dollars per ton.
John Price of Claypool Indiana leaped from the St Marys river bridge at about 11 PM after a day of drinking with his uncle 0 M Sellers. Price was rescued from the river bed and taken to Hope hospital where he showed partial consciousness and may recover if internal injuries are not severe.
The Indiana Gas Belt Manufacturers association filed suit in Anderson and Grant counties against the Indiana Natural Gas company supplying the Economic Fuel company of Chicago. They seek to stop piping gas to Chicago arguing three Indiana laws forbid gas piping from the state, prohibit pressures above 300 psi, and ban artificial pressure. The Chicago firm uses three pumping stations with pressures over 300 psi to deliver gas 168 miles away. The 1891 law is challenged as unconstitutional in Indiana lower courts but not yet ruled on by the supreme court.
Captain J B Conner reports on per acre yields across township areas indicating a generally large corn crop, especially in valley lands and the northwestern state, with Benton and Newton counties noted for immense crops. Oats and apples show improvements, wheat remains deficient in northern Indiana, while central and southern regions show larger outputs. Wayne County claims twenty bushels per acre for wheat though northern areas see failures. Buckwheat hay timothy clover yields are fair, clover seed crops strong, potatoes pending. some tobacco in counties promises good results.
General Henry W. Lawton writes from Manila praising the Terre Haute department resolution and the volunteers who fought in the Civil War. He expresses deep gratitude for the esteem shown by Indiana’s Grand Army of the Republic and pledges to uphold their confidence as a measure of duty.
Fort Wayne officials report progress on a October barbecue and Mardi Gras carnival with races entries rising daily. The Butchers’ Association will manage the barbecue funds for advertising prizes and attractions, including a cake walk on Washington boulevard or Wayne street. The event aims to draw thousands, with street attractions, music, red fires, and electric lights, showcasing the city’s vitality without a Grand circuit race or street fair.
Washington dispatch reports the comptroller of the currency received four New York bank applications for increases in circulation totaling about 1 million dollars, up from around 250 thousand the previous day. The move appears routine for city banks.
Treasury officials report no concerted effort by banks to lift circulating money supply significantly, despite rumors of a large increase. The absence of a unified push suggests stability in monetary liquidity for the season.
The bicycle parade to accompany the barbecue and race meet on Wednesday October 4 promises a grand turnout. The parade route will cover main city streets and all riders may join free of charge. Entry numbers distributed after the 23rd at Pickard Bros or Randall Wheel Co showrooms. Prizes include a Toledo bicycle valued at 35 dollars, a gold watch worth 18 dollars, an elegant rocker 12 dollars, a library stand lamp 7 dollars, and a solar gas lamp 3 dollars.
Special Agent Hathaway reviewed rural free delivery route petitions in Allen county and favors combining portions of two northern routes into a new path. He toured Mayesville road to Goeglein to Thurman and near Cedarville then back via Lee road, noting one dirt stretch. The 152 houses on the route would serve about 608 people. Lafayette Beacher is strongly recommended for the southern route if approved.
Ex Senator M C Butler of South Carolina proposes government emigration for Black Americans to Central or South America or other lands. He argues emancipation and equality cannot be achieved here due to pervasive race prejudice, saying Christianity does not erase it and the weaker race must leave or remain subordinate.
San Francisco dispatch reports in Yokohama dated September 2 that Korea now has a written constitution of nine articles focused solely on the emperor’s powers, with no rights for others. the typhoon sweeping southern Japan has caused massive destruction with hundreds dead and thousands of houses demolished, and the toll continues to rise.
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