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mpiiii pHVi'Mlin''W. 1'lm'i'f 4PMMMff( 12. ft WMSH COAL DOCKS BADLY DAMAGED BY F4RE Boot and Twenty Two Coal Bunkers Were in Part Destroyed. The Wabash coat dock, a short dls tance Vest of Fairfield (avenue, were damaged to the extent of fully (7,900 by a. Are.

which broke out at a o'clock this morning. The flames started In tbe upper part of the structure, near the southeast corner, and were apparently Insignificant in proportion when discovered by Dock JForeffian L. Moyer, who. appeared for work at that noujf. It Immediately turned In, an al vm and scarcely had hedoq so.

when (he flame reacted aome cana of lubricating oil that were in that vl clolty causing an explosion 'that aent a sheet ot flame throughout the entire upper oime structure. The fire department from engine bouse No, 6 and No. 8 responded to the. call, out before a stream coma bo ttfrned npon the building, the fire had such ft headway that seemea th 'whole structure waadopmed. Th Jlrcmen 6oa had the flames under ontrol, however, confining th Joss to tho destruction Df the roof and damage to twenty two xt the IwentyfoUr pockets or coal bunkers.

The floor and the timber supporting It and incline supporting the oai doc tracks, escaped damage At Xhtl time of the. flrj there "Were three gondola cars up in the dock to be uploaded and these were considerably scorched, but their contents were saved An en gin backed up to the cars when the ilrft was at Its worst and pulled ihem down, where stream of water could be turned upon them and the flames were speedily extinguished The loss is fully covered by insurance News of the fire was Mint to the of flclals early this morning and Inslruc tion were Immediately glten to re pilr tho damage 8 Danes, of Peru, the engineer of maintenance of way wttb a number of carpenters, ar rived in the city at noon and the men are now repairing It bunkers This work; wilt probably bo completed by the middle of next week, when the work of replacing tha roof will taken up AS stated, two of the bunk era escSpei Injury end Is believed that these can supply coal to engines, with the aid of a few mn Vltb ahoyrls, bo that traffic will not be la convenience Tho Wabash coal docks were erect ed about seven years ago, when Joseph Itamser'was president of the company and Col S. McKee master mechanic or this division, at a cost of about With the rxceptkin of portions of the bunkers, they were constructed entirely of wood, the plan being simply ait elevated structure on piling with a row of coai pockels or dumps on each aide, from which; roftl is transferred by gravitation to engmn tanks on tracks Which run beneath them. Thire are twenty four of thesa pocket, each capable of holding sis; ton of coal, and pie two not put out of commission by Are ere on the, south side of the docks When the fire broke out. about half ot the ppe'tets were filled with coal and In aome ofthese fire broke out, but the fuel was speedily dumped to the.

ground and the flames extinguished. Men are at work todav loading1 this coal on cars and It will be taken up I the incline and shoveled Into the two pockets for transmission to the engines ga (t la needed. This Is the second loss by fire sustained by the Wabash in this city within the past ten years. The other Are destroyed the old round house, a circular affair constructed of brick and wood, which was erected in 1885, before the road was completed west of this city. It was replaced by a Tjuliatng xt more modern patternr which I now the store house building and the tank shop.

WAGES INCREASED TWO 'CENTS. Wabash Machinists ancj Blacksmiths Hesr Opod News. Letters, from President James O'Connell. of, the International Asso ciation of Machinists, and President Kline, of the National Association of UlacKamutis, were received by tue heads of the local unions Ip Fort Wayne this morning; conveying the glad tidings that the Wabash had voluntarily increased the wages of (he men in "riose 'crafts employed in the shops In Fort Wtyne, Peru. Mont peller and elsewhere' on the Kastera division.

The Increase, becomes effec tlve May 1. After that date the" mint mum wage of a machinist or blacksmith 'will bo thirty two cents per hour And the maximum thirty five cents an hour 'Pi at once If yon need money. You can't do bother than to come here for substantial help, on a "rainy day." Investigate and convince yoursflt ANY AMOUNT From IS up can be borrowed on your furniture, piano, horses and wasona, buggies, stock, and we loave the property In your possession, whlcU gives yon the. nee of both money and property. Our Bates Low As Any Better Than Many Call any ilme.

Advice and Information free. You can pay off your loan In smalt weekly or monthly install menta as yon may find it most convenient. A liberal discount allowed if paid before due. All business strictly ELECTRICIAN BADLY HURT. Nelson Rlchey Receives Full FoV, of an Electric Flash, The right hand of Rfchey was sc badly burned yesterday that the skin rolled off It from the tips of the finger to a point above the wrist HI eyebrows were burned ofT, some blisters a minor character were) made on hfa forehead and Ijlsleft hand was burned In several places, Mr Rlcbey is a tester of Incandescent lamps at the Electric works and the flash which did tha dnmage came as he was handling the lever at one ot the large switchboards.

RE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE PORTS, Rimer St John, who wis vice chairman of the legislative board before the last legislature, submitted his re. nnrt to the local lodne. No. 1.1(5, II at the meeting of that body last evening The report was In printed form, contained thirty eight pages and a copy was given to each member of No US The report showed that the cost of maintaining the legislative board at Indianapolis was $1,805 48 There were fifteen delegates, but only tbiee were at the state capltol dw Ine thei entire session of the leglsla turi They were Felck, chairman, rimer St tohn, vice ehnlrmart, nd Willlsm Knowles, secretary Chairmen Felck. who resides In Garrett is in the city today In connection with the business.

HAD VERY' NARROW ESCAPE. Last Tuesday evening Mater Carpenter Zobk and Bridge Foreman Shlnneberger, of the Pennsylva nla, came very near being struck by the east bound Pennsylvania Special between At wood and Inwood. They were riding upon a handcar, which was. being propelled by three section men, and when the Special bove In sight, fhey barely had time to Jump for their lives when th.e engine struck the car and amaahed it Into a thousand pieces, One of the Coats Of the tn.rtv was bv the enaine and about half otthaltjrn ialo ribbons. Lnckllf.

none was injured, nut tiro party was compejieq to walk two or three miles. MACHINIST FALL8 FROM WHEEL, Machinist John Q. Bryant, who re sides out in the country, west oi Brbokslde farm, and employed In the Pennsylvania shops, struck a dog while en route home at 0:30 o'clock last night and was tumbled from his wheel with the result that his legs and arms were badly skinned and bruised, He was unable to, come In this morning and sent word that It might be several daya before be could resumo work, The wheel was slightly dam aged, but so far ts known the dog was not Injured. TABOR HAMILTON PROMOTED. A letter to Dr Allen Hamilton yes terday conveyed news of the appointment of his brother.

Tabor Hamilton, to the ofQce of master mechanic of the Columbia Valley railroad, a Penn sylvania Interest, with headquarters at Chambersburg, Pa Master Mechanics Hamilton Is a Fort Wayne man who wa transferred to Altoona sev eral years ago. For some time he has been general foreman of the liar rtsburg shops. PENNSV ENGINE OUTPUT. During the week ending today tho following engines received general repairs at the Pennsylvania shops and were turned over to service No. OS, 7002.

7030. 7013, 7147, 7218, 7349, '386, 7442, 7446, 746S and 7663. INDUSTRIAL W0TE8. ftt, Maloney and Charles Pelkey are new men st the Wabash shons. Frank Cull, formerly of the Erie'! snopa at Huntington, ha taken a po Raom 3, Arcade, Sscond Floor.

I Established I i FOR MAN OR ANIMAL? CUHtS CUTS, SPRAINS, BURNS, SRUISES, SCAIOS AMD MX CXTCRNSL HURTS, Us.Ms.u4ft BttUM. Oiitll Um tt Brmhts, olncv Mcoaio, Mrss. cunton, iomva. Sold MBVBR BROTHER Xy Big Drug Starti. salary Loans 5.00 SIO.OO $30.00 Any ressenaMe aaneeirt advanced If yen are regularly ampley by a ralk tr ahe Ne Rate, merteaae ee tjuMtlen askea your employs.

Its eenAdentiat, ptaassnt and Cheaper Se ktralnss with, us. Pay leats Mitt yaurMlf. Money loan en fumltor, plana, eta. Fort Wayne Employes Credit Co. HOMC 'PHONE 03.

RO0MN0, 4, SCHMITZ BLOCK. JtrJCtLHQUK9JLfJAraJLPHU. Joseph Lorens has secured employment at east tar shotfs and will com. mence work, nest Monday. P.

Martin, Shookman and O. Emrlck are new names on the sick list at the Pennsylvania shops. Fred Oerke, of the Pennsylvania erecting shop, la oft duty on account of the aertous condition of bis wife, TVji Rdat, of the Pennsylvania ahPB Injured yesterday and will be oftdffty forTxeatmenrY day or two i3 A Dledsoe, master of the Peru lodge of the 11. H. wa In the city last night' to attend the meeting of the lbcai lodge.

E. Sawyer and Henry Neuhaus ault their positions at the Pennsylvania blacksmith shop this morning to engage In other work. sitlon with General Foreman Paul, tat tne wabash ueorge a. uranaur, ipreman pi ins Pennsylvania paint shop, will leave this evening for Pittsburg and Altoona on business for the company. O.

E. Coutant, thief draughtsman of the Vabash. was In the city today to talk over buslnea matter with Master Mechanic" Smith. Machinist C. E.

SoOtt and F. High land of the Wabash have been temporarily transferred to Pelray to take the plaeea (if machinist who are loK Machinist Martin Nagle. has re covered" from an Illness which confined him a month and this morning resumed work in the Wabash shops Fred Rehllng. assistant bollermaker foreman at the Wabaith shops. Is severely III at bis home.

A. J. Jlrlllhsrt, of the shop. Is also on the' sick Harry Mennewlscb machinist Who recently tamo back from. Colorado to take a position at the Bass works, re signed last night tq tsXe a position elsewhere Andy Ryan, a machinist who until a few weeks ago was employed at the Pennsylvania shops, has taken a clerical position with Contractor John Derry This morning Contrsctor Fred Rump commenced work Upon the erection of a house, on Edgewater avenue for tYed Crocker, the architect.

The building will cost about .3,000 Sans, ot the Pennsylvania planing mills, bad one ot hla thumbs badly bruised yesterday and will ba off duty a few days as a result Foreman 1 C. Daaeler, of the Pennsylvania power house at the shops, who has been sick for a week, Is Improving and will resume work Monday If the Improvement continues Agent Harry Plnnlger, ot the Lake Shore, yesterday printed cards of the rales to the lake resorts reached by that railway The rates are prac tically the same as those in effect last year John Kennelly, a detective In the employ ot the D. O. at Baltimore, will arrive here this evening to see hla brother, Michael Kennelly, whose condition Is very critical. Mr, Kennelly, has been sick for seven months A trsnsfer at the shops next Monday will be the changing of Ed McLaugh Ian the machine shop, where be was dsy oiler, to the erecting shop.

Michael Conners, night oiler, will sue ceed Mr. McLaviKhlan. The change Is a promotion for both. Machinist and Mrs Wlhlam O'Con ners, who spent the winter months with her parents at 334 Brandrlff street, on account of the Illness ot Mrs O'Connors, have returned to their own home, 233 East pontine street Mrs. O'Conners Is greatly Improved.

James Leach, a gang foreman at the Pennsylvania holler shop, who has been In the Lutheran hospital for a surgical operation and who was getting along nicely, ts now suffering from sn attack of pleurisy, which may retard progress of recovery and keep him at the hospital longer than be ex poets, His condition Is not of a char acter to create alarm, however. THE tfOKT WAYNE EVENING SIHI S. SENTINEL. S.vfCRDAV, APRIL 1007 NEW "FLYEB1 ON THE PORT WAYNE BRANCH OP THE LAKS SHORE. i 3T 'THrflK v' rf.ifV i 1, SBsBaSijPjSSjfiCSji JSatfr jfxTST LiMiSmSSMt liSrliBniSBBB9BBBBBBB 'JLHaSBBBKaaSBBBBBBSaSBBBBiKSBBBBBBBBKfliSSBBK Bn diMsjlBSKBaSBBBraPIBaSBBBBBBBvBSBSSHIBBBB BaSM ta eLSTKtc flMilBBJBBBBBBBBBBFVse BBBBBBtHBAABflBBBBBSBBBBtaByVB.

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April 6. The tsrloua mlnl Urla lnUnd.iticu lak measures against the author or tne vioteni man Ifesto ot March yllllfylog the action of the government in refusing permission Ip the state employes to form trade unions, were placarded throughout tie city. They were exanw Inei today and their dismissal from the service of the government Is short, ly expected, iThe premier has sent a note to tha schoolmaster announcing that stats officials belong to tho Confederation of tabor, but that the bill now before parliament will permit the formation of. unions among themselves for tha protection of their" Interest. ENGINEER TO 00 ON TRIAL, Wreck Man Indicted for Woodvllle Goes to Court Monday.

The new, passenger engines running between this city and Jackson over tho Lake Shore road have been In I Service over month and during that time not a single train hauled by them has reached Its 'terminal behind Schedule time. Tho accompanying picture represents one of these excel lent locomotives standing at the north depot awaiting the hour of departure for Jackson. In the foreground, reading from the right to the left are Conductor L. L. Fitch, Engineer C.

Allen, Fireman Austin. Yardmaster Rose and Bg gagemaster George Ellenwood. The Lake Shore bas three of these engines In the service at present and they are much heavier and capeble of much greater speed than any locomotive previously on this branch of the system. Engineer1 an clgbt car train over, the line at the rate ot aeventy miles an hour At present, 'however, the engineers are not allowed to exceed fifty miles an hour, but wlien he contemplated Improvements to the road have been made, the maximum speed of trains will be Increased These engines were built at the American Locomotive works, Schenectady, have two pair of drivers sixty two Inches diameter and the small trailer common to Atlantic type engine. Th boilers have 26Mwo lnch fines and the safety valve Is set at 180 pounds steam pressure They are 'equipped with the E.

Ty brske, tho latest improvement In the line of nlr brake, and the loeomo motive proper Is so constructed and mounted that it puis a much greater proportion of the weight directly upon the drivers than doe engine of a different tjpe The gear Is also of a Allen Bay1 they are capable of pulling lnw t)pet being Improvement on Valparaiso. Ind April 6. Th trial of Frcnk Qalnouer, whd was engineer of the first section of passenger train No 47 on the Baltimore and Ohio road at the time ot the Woodvlll ttf twhtori. JnAe MeMahOn on in aiscner gear tntrojucca in. mis dalnouer I cnargea wun territory about a year ago and de scribed at the time by The Sentinel Tha position occupied by the headlight, is also .811 innovation In locomotive Construction On these engines tha tight placed on the (smoke box cap, about the center, and Its rays are so directed that Ihry afford a better view of the road ahead than could be obtained were the lights placed three feet higher, as on other locomotives Th crews for the three engines are as follows: No 47BS, Engineer Allen and Fireman Austin; No 4755., Engineer Patrick Donnelly and Fireman A Brotbcrson, No.

475L Engineer It S. Lamb and Fireman Thomas McLaln. Thev photograph from which the halftone picture of the) engine was made was taken by Frank. Shreve, a cUrk in the L. Beck jewelry store, fcll Calhoun street WILL BE CONFIRMED.

Large Class of Boys and Girls at St. Mary's Churefl. Rt Rev. Bishop Alerdlng will ad minister the sacrament of confirmation at St Marys Catholic church tomor row upon a class of fifty two boy and girls, as follows Bdys Wslter Burlage, Walter Ankenbruck, Bernard Baltes, John Berg hoff. Raymond Berghoff, Nicholas Bell leg, Lawrence Bastues, John Christen, Clement Eckrich, Rudolph Harpel.

John Handschlegel. August Kuhlbach, Leo Lauer, Louis Luley, Edward Mettier, Edward NU, Anthony Offerle, Paul Scbanz, Clement Scbafer, Frank Qebhart. Qeorge Schramm Girls Josephine Langhals. Henrietta Brake, Loretta Wlegand, Dorothea Frelstrofter, Esther Tbolan, Clara Ankenbruck, Oenevieve Schmltt, Mar cellpe Mohl. Julia Delnlnger, Agatha WIegSnd, Helen Klug.

Isabella Ehr man, Anna Neumeler. Frieda Schmldd, Bertha Schmldd. Mary Mueller, Anna Schneiders, Roaellt Reffelt. Edna Flre stlne, Anna Fenker. Mary Offerle, Edith 'Erkert.

Amalla Quttman, Barbara Wlttman, Magdalen Vorndran, Mary Woenker, Anna Cordes, Eva Lerch, Anna Lenk, Mary Krans, Bertha Koselke. WOULD CANONIZE PIUS IX. Pontiff Confers With Bishop of on the Subject Imola Rome, April 6 Monslgnor Baldas sarri, bishop of Imola. was received today by the pope and papal secretary of state. Merry Del Val, to whom he reported the result of the Inquiries he had made regarding the miracles attributed to the lata Pope Piua IX.

for use In bis beatification. The bishop pointed out the political and religious Influence which the canonization of the pope, who was deposed from temporal power, would have throughout the world. Pope Plus, before being elected pope, was bishop ot Imola. It was announced today that the sev enth cardinal to tie created at the cOnalstory to be held April IS will be Monslgnor Agulrre Y. Garcia, bishop of Burgos, Spain, Our wall paper are so different than you see In other stores.

Investi gate, KEIL KEIL, 926 Calhoun St. i i BUS3E 8 PLURALITY 1293, Chicago, April 8.Tho board ot election commissioners today an nuunctKj mai ioo omciai plurality of I Frederick A. Busse, the republlcacn candidate of the recent election, was lawn. IwSW Waif DofUC tall Iris,) s.ki srausis iitsHfj and retalL If all, $30 Ctlhoun, HELP IS SET TO CHINA. i Dr.

Louis Klopsch Has Forwarded an Immense Sum. Washington, April Commissary General Sharpe, of the army, who Is superintending the shipment to China of the food supplies contributed by Louis Klopsch, of the, Christian Her aid, 'today received $60,000 from Mr. Klopsch In addition to a previous con trl button of $60,000. The fund of (110,000 thus available will be used tor the purchase of S.dOO tons of flour, which will be shipped to China on the United states army transport Dnford, sailing from San Francisco on the 30th lnst Of the cargo one thousand tons of flour will purchased in Minneapolis and transported free by tha railroad companies to San Fran. Cisco and the remaining 2,000 tons will be purchased at San Francisco and other point son the Pacific coast Theae supplies will be conalgned to United States Consul Rogers at Shang bal.

wbo will have charge of the dta tiibutlon to the sufferers from the famine. In a letter to General Shsrpe. Mr Klopsch expressed his appreciation of the "business like. Intelligent and falling to give the proper signtU to eastbounu frelgnt train mo lying on tba side track, a hla train passed if ht froifht train i. few moments IjsW pulled out on the main track and crashed into tne aecona section mw passenger train, resulting la the death of Btxty one persons.

Samuel conductor, and Anthony Burke, engineer of the freight train, and J. Porter, conductor of the first section of the passenger train, and Oalnouer were Indicted by the grand Jury In December on the charge of Involuntary manslaughter. The state has subpoenaed twenty ons witnesses end the defense six. ii i i i ii i i i Our wall papers ate to different than you see in other stores Investigate. KEIL KEIL, 628 Calhoun St.

MAIL CARRIER BANKRUPT. Roland Holmes, ot this city, a rural mail carrier, has filed a petition In voluntary bankruptcy, scheduling liabilities of 903 10 and assets of f273. Arthur Parry Is his attorney. New Wall Paper, all kinds, wholesale and retail. Hull, 830 Calhoun.

The regular monthly meeting of tha Relief union will be heid Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock FOSTER'S STEIN SALE Sale atT 5 0 0 I Monday, April 8th See them in one of our new Court Street Windows. Come early and get first choice. Btyj fiBbWtWBBBBB' sR jKf I bbxssMbsbsssB i iWr 19. 9r iVKM3oBBrrT9(3laBalnBari' Jp jLsssssssssH IB Kill TWO ALIKE 4JI In view of the Stein Party to be given at the Wayne, Club Saturday evening, April 13th, we respectfully submit to the members of the club, that this sale is worthy of their attention. See finest collection ever brought to Fort Wayne.

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