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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1908
Page
13
Chicago based Bryan Company announces the departure of Haskell from his post as chief executive officer. Details say he will pursue other opportunities and the board values his leadership during the transition.
Chicago Sept 26 C N Haskell leaves Democratic campaign fund post after brief talk with Bryan and plans to return to Guthrie. Doolin to handle routine office duties. question of Haskell’s resignation and successor discussed with Bryan and executive committee. Bryan departs for Madison after brief Chicago stop, amid questions about Roosevelt Hearst charges and party leadership.
In New York on September 26 the national committee delays naming a new treasurer after Governor Charles N. Haskell's resignation. Candidates include Col. Moses C. Wetmore, Mayor J. N. Adam, and E. H. Goltra. Mack expects the letter resigning Haskell soon and will depart for the West tonight.
Frank Wells was arrested Sundays in Kendallville on forgery charges and is held pending an affidavit by C. S. Bush of S. Bush & Co. Authorities say he signed Harry Payne’s name to a check and endorsed Frank Martin’s name on the back. He was questioned at the basement on Columbia Street and was taken by car to Kendallville where Deputy Sheriff Eisenhut apprehended him yesterday. Wells has prior trouble.
The Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley interurban line will abandon Boyd park between Wabash and Peru as a public amusement area. Officials deny rumors of other parks being sold while confirming Robison park, Spencer park, and Tecumseh Train will be kept. The company plans to move surplus plants to substations and depots to beautify the line.
Fort Wayne pioneer and Lutheran church supporter Mrs Caroline Paul died at 12 25 P M Saturday at her home 136 West Jefferson Street. Born in Bavaria December 14 1828 she came to Fort Wayne in 1846 and helped found Concordia college providing a home for early students. She was married first to Claus Peters then to William Paul in 1860 and was mother of ten children, nine living. She remained in the same Jefferson Street home for decades and was a central figure in local church work.
Fort Wayne mourns J. C. Guiss 68 who died at his Pioneer home after returning from the Toledo national G A R encampment. A former member of the First Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery, he is survived locally by Jeff Mains and Lewis Warren Johnson. Comrade Johnson recalls their war service and shared hardship, noting Fort Wayne ties and Guiss as a valued citizen and soldier. Funeral services are set for Tuesday afternoon at St Pauls Lutheran Church.
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