Gardner Brothers Win Claim to Vast Canadian Estate
Reported heirs Richard W Gardner Ralph W Gardner and R W Gardner of Rochester and Elkheart with sister Mrs L Le Vene New York City will soon obtain a large Canadian estate once owned by Samuel Gardner who emigrated from Youghall Ireland in 1632 and died intestate The property passed to the government but recent inquiries by a government agent traced the lineal descendants to the American siblings and the heirs plan to finalize the transfer in Rochester and New York City.
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Richard
Ralph Gardner
R. W. Gardner
Rochester
N. Y
Samuel Gardner
Canada
Youghall
Ireland
America
United States
Old Country
Elkhart
Ralph W
Richard W
Elkhart Brothers
Richard W. Gardner
New York City
Sailor News Roundup From Sailor Michigan
Mrs. Frank Little of Elkhart visited Jasper Ross's family. she fell ill and returned home. S. A. Minnich toured Mishawaka on business. Mrs. George Yohn remains sick. Philip Pletcher attended the funeral of Mrs. Haws in South Bend. Luther Dunbaugh of Williamsville called on Sailor residents Friday. Hugh McNeil is under a physician's care again. Several youths attended memorial services in Elkhart Saturday. W. B. Wyant went to Elkhart Saturday. U P C U to be led by Mrs. John Collins next Sunday. Phoebe Ross visited K C Ross last week. Fremont Armstrong of Porter visited his grandparents J Cormamy Saturday. Miss Clamentha Grouse went to Union Sunday to visit her sister Mrs. Joseph Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Krause visited Uriah Luse and family Sunday.
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Sailor, Mich
Frank Little
Elkhart
Jasper Ross
W. B. Wyant
John Collins
Phoebe Ross
K. C. Ross
Fremont Armstrong
Porter
J Cormamy
Clamentha Grouse
Union
Joseph Brown
Charles Krause
Uriah Luse
Family
Race War in Arkansas Ends Not Yet
A race war is in progress in Lee township Pope county five miles south of AtkinsArkansas with two or three men killed or fatally wounded. The trouble began Sunday night when a gang of three or four negroes attacked two white men.
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Arkansas
Atkins
Ark
Lee Township
Pope County
Severe Sunday frosts ruin Illinois fruits and crops
Telegraphic reports from Naperville Rockford Galena and other Illinois towns say severe frosts Sunday night caused great damage to small fruits and garden produce. Corn was severed at ground level in many fields.
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Chicago
Naperville
Rockford
Galena
Illinois
Porcupine Fight and Berry Patch Fire Reported Nearby
Two men Nolan H. Breece and A. M. Perry encountered a rapid porcupine on Green's farm and Breece killed the animal after a heated struggle, a notorious pest for over a year. Nearby Al Murray protected his strawberry patch by lighting fires, but the flames spread and burned part of the vines along the Elkhart and Goshen road.
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Niles Daily Sun
Nolan H. Breece
A. M. Perry
Three Oaks
Green
Mr. Breece
al Murray
Cosmo Soso Company
Elkhart and
Goshen Road
Goshen News
Congregational Home Missionary Society Meets at Saratoga
The seventy first annual meeting of the Congregational Home Missionary Society opens in Saratoga on June 2 and runs through Thursday. It notes 6 446 churches organized by missionaries, about 1 600 Presbyterian, with $17 373 571 cash received in 71 years. Last year 2 026 home missionaries served 44 states and territories, 2 638 Sunday schools with 17 784 scholars, and total 71 year receipts reached $588 318.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Minor Revisions Adopted at Radical United Brethren Meet
Richmond Ind June 2 At the guaerennial conference of the Radical United Brethren Church in Dublin a telegram from Rock Island Ill carried greetings from the United Presbyterian Assembly. The revision committee approved sixteen minor changes none altering doctrine, widening care for the poor and fortifying church organizations.
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Richmond
Ind
United Brethren Church
Dublin
Rock Island
Ill
United Presbyterian Assembly
Money for Home Missions
Rock Island Illinois June 2 A large amount of routine business was disposed of at Tuesday s session of the general assembly of the United Presbyterian church A report of the committee on home missions provides for an appropriation of 102 000 In this connection a rule was adopted that congregations fifteen years old shall not receive aid unless under extraordinary circumstances It was decided by the assembly that colleges and seminaries to receive aid from the church must have property worth at least 15000 and have it secured to the church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island, Ill
General Assembly
The
United Presbyterian Church
Committee On Home Missions
Second Annual Session Opens at Fairmount Chautauqua
The second annual session opened at Fairmount Park in Kansas City with a good attendance. Sessions run in the park auditorium through June 12, featuring a roster of prominent speakers and lecturers.
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Kansas City
Mon
Fairmount Chautauqua
Fairmount Park
Park
Epworth League Conference Opens in LaPorte
Epworth League conference of the South Bend district opened in LaPorte Indiana with an address by Dr Edwin A Schell of Chicago on Phases of Epworth League Work. The event drew about 100 delegates and will run two days.
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LaPorte
Ind
South Bend
Edwin A. Schell
Chicago
Healthful blood and wellbeing claimed by Hood’s Sar saparilla
An advertisement asserts health and happiness stem from pure blood produced by Hood's Sar saparilla. It promotes the product as essential for perfect health and overall system balance.
Hood's Pills touted as favorite family cathartic medicine
Hood's Pills are presented as the preferred family remedy for cathartic and liver relief, with a price of 25 cents noted.
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Hood
Masons Open Three Day Session in Oskaloosa
The grand lodge Iowa Masons A F and A M opened a three days session in Oskaloosa Iowa on Tuesday with about 1000 delegates and attending Masons present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Masons
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Grand Lodge
A. F
A. M
Missing Son Sparks Fears of Foul Play
Rufus McDowell reports his 20 year old son Charles has been missing since Sunday night after attending church at Dunlaps. The quiet farmer fears possible accident or harm as the family searches the surrounding area and sends dispatches to South Bend and Chicago for leads. The parents doubt voluntary departure, noting Charles had little money and has never been away from home overnight.
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Rufus McDowell
Charles
Dunilaps
McDowell
Five Children Die In West Virginia Farmhouse Fire
Cincinnati dispatch reports five White children aged 12, 10, 6, 4, and 6 burned to death when their Keystone area farmhouse was set ablaze by unknown assailants. Parents were away. bloodhounds to aid pursuit if possible.
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Cincinnati
Welch
W. Va
J. H. White
Keystone
White
Train Crew Reports On Fatal Tally-Ho Crash
President Baldwin of the Long Island railroad released crew reports on the tally ho wreck that killed five and fatally injured others from Brooklyn. Officials say passengers were singing and shouting, blocking the locomotive whistle and crossing signal until it was too late.
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New York
President Baldwin
The
Long Island Railroad
Brooklyn
General Bernaral Sees War Minister On Cuban Rebellion
General Bernaral, back in Madrid from Cuba, briefed War Minister Azcarraga that the Cuban rebellion persists mainly due to aid from the United States, a point emphasized in their interview.
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United States
Madrid
Bernaral
Cuba
Azcarraga
Searles Acquitted After Senate Inquiry Questions Ruled Irrelevant
Washington reports that in the John E. Searles sugar trust case Judge Bradley ordered the jury to render a verdict of acquittal. The ruling held that the questions asked of the witness by the senate committee were not pertinent and beyond the committee's jurisdiction.
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Searles
Washington
John E. Searles
Sugar Trust
Bradley
Senate Committee
Springfield Passes Avery Bill on School Health Lessons
The house approved a measure requiring public schools to teach about alcoholic drinks narcotics and their effects on the human system within physiology and hygiene teaching. The plan aims to inform students as thoroughly as other subjects.
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Springfield
Ill
Luetgert Held for Wife Murder in Chicago
Adolph L Luet gert sausage maker faces grand jury action after being charged with murdering his wife and disposing of the body in a vat of chemicals. Case proceeding before Justice Kersten on Tuesday.
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Chicago
Adolph L. Luetgert
Kersten
Robbery at Providence mine yields $20000 loss
Nevada California June 2 two masked men bound Peter Leith the mine mill overseer at midnight then broke open the safe and stole a large quantity of amalgamate the loss is estimated at 20000 dollars
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Nevada
Cal
Peter Leith
Providence
Chicago Must Pay for 1894 Strike Damages
Judge Grosscup of the federal bench upheld Chicago's liability for damages to railroad property caused by the 1894 strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grosscup
Federal
City of
Portrait of Ex-Gov Altgeld painting funded by senate
Springfield June 2 The senate passed a house bill to appropriate 1000 dollars for painting a portrait of former Governor Altgeld.
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Altgeld
Springfield
Ill
House
Senate
Tramps Try to Steal Shoes in Railroad Yard Chase
Assistant Yardmaster Derby spotted three or four tramps in the rail yard with many new shoes under their arms. They fled south along Main street beyond Germania Hall after being ordered to halt, with railroad workers firing shots to deter them. A box car in the west end was found broken open and a double case of shoes was taken, with no other thefts reported.
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Derby
Main Street
Germania
West End
Middlebury Notes of Visits and Memorial Events
Special correspondence from Middlebury reports visits by Warren and Mrs Davis from Shipshewana and Goshen guests, a bicycle trip by Louie Hutchinson, and multiple parlor and church activities. Mrs Megary’s death followed five months of consumption with funeral in Forrest Grove and a memorial service at the north cemetery. Local citizens toured Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Massachusetts, while Epworth League plans for June 6 are noted.
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MippLes Bury
Warren Davis
Shipshewana
Grace O. Miller
Goshen
H. H. Beers
Elkhart
J. D. Beers
Ed Snyder
Scott, Ind
Lorinda Snyder
D. C. Hostetter
Lane Wood
A.S. Prescott
D. T. Kauffman
W. E. Cordrey
Mildred
Kendallville
Cordrey
Snyder
Peter Wiiebrenner
J. J. Naylor
Nellie Robinson
Pearl Lott
Fred Whitmore
Goshenites
J.B. Snyder
John Edward
Bryan
Ohio
Epworth League
Minnie Church
J. Miller
Mose Yoder
Hickory Corners
Louie Hutchinson
Topeka
Louis Shank
C. L. Swartz
J. F. Cooper
Forrest Grove
Middlebury
Gus Shettel
Prescott
John Gohn
Will Roth
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Massachusetts
North
Kuhn
Lutheran Church
America
H. W. Hixon
Rev. McKey
Mint director estimates US gold and silver output for 1896
Washington report shows gold production near 52 million dollars, up 6.25 million from 1895. Silver output listed at 57.7 million fine ounces, rising by 1.9 million ounces from the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Preston
Mint
United States
Sultan AbduI Hamid Withdraws Objections to Angell
Washington reports the sultan Abdul Hamid has withdrawn objections to President Angell serving as United States minister to Turkey. Minister Terrell is credited with persuading Turkish authorities to reassess their prejudice against Angell.
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Sultan
Washington
Sultan Abdul Hamid
James B. Angell
Turkey
United States
Angell
Terrell
Dr. Angell
Riverside Improvement Club Campaign Against Wall Construction
A Riverside Improvement Club member warns of a writ of injunction to stop work on the market place wall east of the city hall. Alderman Demarest estimates the wall may cost 400 to 500 dollars. The club plans an indignation meeting and vows to pursue legal action to halt the project.
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Riverside Improvement Club
Improvement Committee
Market Place
City Hall
Demarest
Riverside Club
Goity
Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge Meeting in Indianapolis
Indiana Knights of Pythias reports 36 217 members as fifteen hundred attend the grand lodge session in Indianapolis Union B Hunt of Winchester is elected grand chancellor and Frank Bowers of Indianapolis keeper of records and seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
American Medical Association Golden Jubilee Opens
The American Medical Association began its golden jubilee celebration in Philadelphia on June 2. Dr. Nicholas Senn of Illinois presided as president. More than 3,000 members and their wives registered for the four day convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Senn
Philadelphia
American Medical Association
Illinois
Missouri Valley Medical Convention Opens in Omaha
The first session of the Missouri Valley Medical Association convened in Omaha on June 2 with delegates from Iowa Illinois Missouri Kansas Colorado South Dakota North Dakota Wyoming and Nebraska attending to organize the new regional body.
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Missouri Valley Medical Association
Omaha
Neb
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
South Dakota
North Dakota
Wyoming
Nebraska
Reduction Triggers Strike at Reading Iron Works
Over 100 workers halted operations in Reading Pennsylvania the Reading iron works after wage cuts. Puddlers saw wages drop from 2.70 to 2.40 a ton and other workers faced about a ten percent cut. The prior reduction had already taken effect on March 1.
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Reading
Reading Iron Works
Chess Match Ends In Tie Between Two Houses
The international chess match between members of the house of representatives and the English house of commons on Friday finished in a draw. Each side won and lost two games with one game drawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
House of Commons
Public debt declines as cash in treasury rises
The May 29 1897 monthly statement shows total debt at 996,684,052 dollars a decrease of 1,660,080 dollars for the month due largely to over 2,000,000 dollars more cash in the treasury. The debt excluding cash increased by 463,?15 dollars due to redemption activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aldrich Named Consul General at Havana
Washington reports that ex Representative J Frank Aldrich of Chicago is slated for appointment as consul general at Havana to succeed Gen Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia. No date set. The move follows strong confirmation from high authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Frank Aldrich
Chicago
Havana
Reed Under Police Protection in Washington
Thomas B. Reed, speaker of the house, received a letter Friday warning he would be assassinated if certain legislation was not promptly expedited. Worried friends seized the note and sent it to Police Superintendent Moore. Officers Boyd and Weedon were assigned to keep the speaker under surveillance.
Steamship Valencia Wrecked Off Cuba Coast
The steamship Valencia of the Red D Line was wrecked on the southern coast of Cuba. Her crew numbered forty five and she carried three cabin passengers. No further details of the wreck are available.
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Valencia
New York
Red D Line
Cuba
Farmer Ellis Sones Arrested After Drunken Visit
Ellis Sones, a farmer from five miles south, was arrested last night by Sergeant Whiteman in a drunken condition. His horse was impounded by Patrolman Shaffer and held at Meader's livery barn. At arraignment Judge Arnold ordered the horse and buggy held until a $10 fine is paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Sones
Whiteman
Shaffer
Meader
Sones
Arnold
Despair Amid Thessaly War Struggles and Greek Crisis
Athens reports a near despair over crop losses in Thessaly and the likelihood that Greece must accept a war indemnity before Turkey is pressured to evacuate. Britain’s friendship is hoped to deter Turkey while Keila is ordered to provision forty British warships at Phalerum. Ottoman reinforcements flood Macedonia and Thessaly as Greek forces adjust.
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Athens
Thessaly
Turkey
Greece
Great Britain
Keila
Phalerum
Macedonia
Lamia
Commissariat
Othrys Mountains
McCoy Dominates Bonner in Philadelphia Bout
Kid McCoy outboxed Jack Bonner, middle-weight champion of Pennsylvania, across the fourth through sixth rounds. Bonner resorted to hugging to avoid a knockout as the bout neared its end, though he finally struck McCoy at the bell, only to be outmatched overall.
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Bonner
McCoy
Philadelphia
Kid" McCoy
Quaker City Athletic Club
Jack Bonner
Pennsylvania
European Wheat Outlook Across Continental Markets
London reports on continental wheat conditions. France faces poor weather with a forecast yield of 37 million quarters and 6 million quarters to import. Prussian and Polish wheat show promise, Austria suffers from cold rains, Russia generally optimistic, and American flour gains popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
Mark Lane Express
France
Minister of Agriculture
Austria
Howard Mann Wins Brooklynn Handicap at Gravesend
Howard Mann of George E. Smith’s stable, alias Pittsburg Phil, won the eleventh Brook lyn handicap by a clear margin over ten rivals. The race was run over a muddy mile and a quarter at Gravesend on Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Mann
New York
George E. Smith
Pittsburg
Phil
Gravesend
Young Lover Hangs Self After Quarrel Near Niles Center
Ambrose Hunter 22 hanged himself yesterday afternoon in woods on his father James Hunter's farm south of Niles Center after a serious lovers quarrel. Hunter was prominent local farmer's son in Chicago newspaper report dated June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ambrose Hunter
Niles Center
James Hunter
Frost Reaps Damage in Upper Sandusky Lowlands
A frost struck Upper Sandusky Ohio on Sunday night damaging crops, especially in low-lying areas. Water froze indicating unusually cold conditions for June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Upper
Sandusky
Rumor Denied Duke of Leeds as Canada Governor General
The Morning Post reports official denial of a rumor that the Duke of Leeds will succeed the Earl of Aberdeen as governor general of Canada. The statement confirms no such appointment is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
London
Morning Post
Duke of Leeds
Canada
Saw Mill Boiler Explodes Near Bakersville
Saw mill boiler exploded near Bakersville killing Robert Croy and seriously injuring Frank Vandusen. Disaster reported from Coshocton Ohio on June 2. Local responders attended the scene and investigation begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coshocton
James Wolfe
Bakersville
Robert Croy
Frank Vandusen
Murdered in a Barn near Dixon Illinois
The body of 18 year old Koffman was found in a burning grain barn near Penrose northwest of Dixon. Authorities believe a grain thief surprised him, leading to a struggle and the boy being slain before the attacker set fire to hide the crime. The victim is Tobias Koffman’s son and the family owns two farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon, Ill
Koffman
Penrose
Tobias Koffman
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Dame Fortune
Sailor Savings
Niles, Mich
Congregationalists
Missionary Society
Wight
West Virginia
Lake Shore
Middlebury Matters
Riverside
MR. Demarest
Judge Arnold
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