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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1894
Page
4
A jumble of reports covers paving progress in Fort Wayne, crop yields, tariff notes, and hog disease in Indiana. It also notes Nebraska hogs, corn crop fears, and a lengthy Voorhees speech blaming the Republicans for wariness in the economy, with campaign energy in Terre Haute.
A critical editorial questions the necessity of the coroner in New York and Allen County, arguing magistrates could replace coroner duties. It contrasts coroner verdicts with practical justice and notes the office mainly serves sheriff checks, then shifts to a lengthy meditation on teachers, urging women to consider their fitness and moral example before entering teaching as a profession.
The piece argues against claims that Cleveland’s 1892 victory caused a panic. It notes distrust grew from silver purchases and bank troubles, with manufacturers not panicking after 1892 but later cutting hours and wages as banks tightened. It cites public reaction and Democratic calls to adjust tariffs.
Hon. W. D. Owen illness at Battle Creek sanitorium forces withdrawal of October joint debates with the Democratic candidate for secretary of state. Republican Chairman Gowdy informs Chairman Taggart, who accepts the situation and hopes debates resume upon Owen’s recovery.
The county inaugurated the campaign on Saturday with Democratic meetings in multiple townships. Speakers included Congressman W F McNagey Henry C Berghoff J D Sarhighausen and Judge Edward O Rourke among others. Statewide leaders ranged from Senator Voorhees to Governor Matthews as organizers urged energetic campaigning and orphan asylum efforts.
Lord Charles Beresford says the Yalu engagement proves the need for adequate cruisers to shield transports and warn of enemy fleets. He argues future wars hinge on reserve fleet strength as ships are lost when fleets are evenly matched. A Hiroshima dispatch confirms not a single Japanese warship sunk though ten officers and sixty nine men killed. Chinese transports reach Port Arthur, and reports touch on Count Cassini’s recall before hostilities. Kansas City Star marks fifteenth anniversary. Louisiana planters seek McKinley bounty via mandamus. country’s stance questioned.
A Montpelier reader shares a letter praising Dr Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. The note extols the product as a cure for nervous exhaustion and various ailments, urging others to use it and consult Dr Greene at his New York office. It frames the remedy as a public health boon and credits its author with high social standing.
During seven years in the city Dr Haley, a pastor, married over ten couples from Chicago and this summer tied between 200 and 300 nuptial knots. Names mentioned include Goolden Murrie, Mary Smisek, Thomas Joyce, Hattie Seeley, Sigourney Lefferts and Mae Reed.
A Pioneer resident Mrs Mary Elisabeth Federspiel died after a long illness in Milan township. She was born in Lebanon, Pa in 1827 and aged 67. The family funeral took place at 2 PM Sunday with burial in Bowers chapel cemetery. Other deaths include a Goeglein family child from diphtheria, John Moser at the asylum in Richmond, Ross Mommer at home in Fort Wayne, and Adolph Mann’s wife, with a weekly death tally noting twenty three fatalities for the week ending Sept 22 including Rosina Felger and Eliza Lane among others. A Fort Wayne real estate ad and a farmers excursion notice appear in the same column.
A brutal nighttime shooting in Coevelland Ohio kills James 3B. Caven general freight agent of the Valley railroad. Five bullets fatally strike him as residents hear a woman scream. Cavan, a widower about fifty, lived with his daughter on Kennard street. Police have no clues and no suspect. The case draws immediate attention to local safety and investigative efforts.
The article counsels young women entering society to seek strong health and good spirits. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as the best tonic and nervine to treat nervous disorders, catarrhal inflammation, and various female ailments, claiming visible improvements in appearance and well being. Mrs. W. R. Bates of Dilworth endorses the remedy’s benefits.
A, modest, nadaam dressed vagrant at the Standard theater last night is revealed as Frank James the famed train robber. He says he has forsaken crime to raise his seventeen year old son and aims for steady work in the theatrical business office or door. He plans to stay in St Louis after an acquittal and improve his home life. The piece promotes a Fort Wayne seminary catalog.
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