Spain Bristles as Old Wolf Tries Bluff Armada
Maprio April 8 reports Admiral Sanchez Ocana commanding 14 ships and 6,000 men ready to sail to Ha vana if needed. Spain turns six trans Atlantic steamers into 20 gun cruisers by month end to confront American questions as cabinet agrees 23 million pesetas for naval expansion. Booth Tucker seeks U S naturalization as Salvation Army leader.
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Maprio
Sanchez Ocana
Querredadda
Arosa Bay
Spain
Havana
West Indies
Madrid
Cleveland
Marine Cabinet
Booth Tucker
New York
Frederick St
Jorge Delatour
Salvation Army
Jackson’s
Calhoun
Deaths and Funerals Yobst Fort Wayne
This morning at 3 o'clock Mrs Mary Yobst died at 57 West Williams street age 33 leaving a husband and one child formerly Miss Mary Druhot with many friends in Fort Wayne funeral to be announced later Fast Mail cigar for 5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yolbst
Mary Yobst
West Williams Street
Mary Druhot
Fort Wayne
Healer Francis Schlatter Travels Toward Arizona
Francis Schlatter the healer is in Pleasanton New Mexico traveling westward after a 40 day and night fast. He has performed cures among Mexicans in Socorro county and looks emaciated yet says he is in good health. He does not know his next stop and plans to enter Arizona near Duncan.
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Silver City
N. M
Francis Schlatter
Pleasanton
Socorro County
Schlatter
Arizona
Duncan
Mrs McKee Leaves as Ex President’s Marriage Stirs Family
Indianapolis April 7 Mrs Robert McKee daughter of ex president Harrison leaves for the east and will not be present to receive her father and his bride on their return tonight She takes heirloom furniture and bric a brac while Russell and another child boycotting the wedding show clear distaste toward the new wife The bridal party will reach the city late tonight Also noted are 213 garbage loads hauled by city teams in March deemed a satisfactory result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Robert McKee
Harrison
East
New York
Russell Harrison
McKee
Trial of Scott Jackson Opens Amid Weak Prosecution Evidence
Newport Ky April 7 The commonwealth prepares to try Scott Jackson a dental student accused of murdering Pearl Bryan of Greencastle Ind after a long police hunt in Cincinnati Covington and Newport Detectives traced a Christmas conversation and a letter suggesting an operation by Jackson and Walling while the missing head remains a mystery The defense seeks delay and plans to present surprises while insisting on further depositions and potential implicating testimony from a physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Cincinnati
Covington
Jule Plummer
Carter
Seymour
Ind
Louis & Hays
Greencastle
Crim and McDermott
Plummer
Indiana
de Pauw College
A. W. Early
Western Union Velegraph Company
Scott Jackson
Cincinnati Dental College
William Wood
Pearl Bryan
Jackson
Wood
Miss Bryan
Alonzo Walling
Hody
Fort Thomas
Pearl
Indianapolis
Deitsch
Walling
Will Wood
South Bend
Bulmer
Caldwell
John Hewlin
Kentucky
Campbell County
Helms
Commonwealth
Wailing
Dental College
Richmond
John Streets
Col Crawford
Col. Crawford
Man Hit by Engine in Bass Street Accident
J D Hohnhouse, Bass foundry employee, was struck by a switch engine while observing a threshing machine on a side track. He lies in critical condition at home on Bass street with a fractured right clavicle, multiple broken ribs, a severe scalp wound, and possible internal injuries. Nearby incidents include a child burned by boiling water, a teamster injuring his ankle, and a rider colliding with a carriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Hohnhouse
Bass Foundry
Bass Street
Hohnhouse
Enslen
Merchants Rampage at Window Vandal in South Calhoun
A mysterious nightly vandal spits tobacco juice on shop windows along South Calhoun as merchants threaten a thrashing if caught. Nearby the east town reports a barn sleeper jailed for 11 days after Mayor Oakley sent him to jail. Other notes include McDowell v Wheat over $10000 damages for alleged alienation of wife’s affections and Buck’s upcoming burglary trial with defender Robert Lowry.
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South Calhoun Street
Jacob Luly
Oakley
M'Claren
Jesse McClaren
Buck
Herbert Buck
Lehman Book and News Company
Robert Lowry
John B. McDowell
William R. Wheat
Banning Mfg announces Dr E P Banning visits Fort Wayne
Dr E P Banning, president and medical director of Banning Mfg Co, former Cleveland university spine diseases lecturer and U S armies rupture surgeon, is at the Aveline hotel Fort Wayne for demonstrations of his Banning System of Support. The system, acclaimed by professionals in the U S and Europe, won a 1893 Chicago World's Fair award for physiologic construction and effectiveness in spinal rupture deformities. Wolf Dessauer to open the finest dry goods and nation establishment at 70 and 72 Calhoun street. grand opening upcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banning Mfg. Co
E. P. Banning
Cleveland University
United States
Aveline
Fort Wayne
Europe
Chicago
Wolf & Dessauer
Arid
Calhoun Street
Empire Theatre Presents Brother Against Brother Comedy
Despite Easter Monday crowds the Empire drew a large audience last night for the Anderson Theater company in Brother Against Brother. The show featured several female performers and new specialties between acts, with praise for the production and the strong entertainment value.
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Empire
Anderson Theater’ Company
Nomination of J. M. Robinson for congress by acclamation
Kendallville April 7 Special The democratic district convention nominated Hon J M Robinson of Fort Wayne for congress by acclamation amid enthusiasm The Post predicted his nomination and noted delegates would return home at 4 10 p m Also Wolf Dessauer announce grand store opening in Fort Wayne at 70 72 Calhoun Street with a display of a full dry goods and notions line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
J. M. Robinson
Fort Wayne
Mr. Robinson
J A Graham Marks 24 Years with Pennsylvanias Employ
A railway page notes J A Graham celebrating his twenty four years with the Pennsylvania system. Others report resignations and returns in Bass and Isass shops, a Wabash round house fire, heavy eastbound freight, and locomotives logging miles in 1893 to 1895.
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H. A. Bonn
Chicago
Bonn
Goodrich Transportation Company
Wabash Round House
William Reiter
Bass Blacksmith Shop
Decatur
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
J. A. Graham
Fort Wayne
Excellent Entertainment by YMCA Gym Classes at Masonic Temple
The YMCA gymnasium classes held an annual show at the Masonic Temple last evening before a full house. Under Professor Loveless the youths displayed skilled fencing boxing and bag punching with high praise for club swinging parallel bars and overall performance. Will Sheppard Ross McCulloch and Willard Smith earned applause on the bars while Bush and Black delivered the standout posing. Prof Loveless can be proud of his students.
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Masonic Temple
Loveless
Will Sheppard
Ross McCulloch
Willard Smith
Messrs. Bush and Black
Navy Chaplain Converts to Roman Catholic Faith in DC
Navy Chaplain Frederick F. Sherman A S N resigned on Saturday and joined the Roman Catholic Church in Washington. He was received by Jesuit priests from Georgetown College and confirmed Sunday at St Aloysius Church by Cardinal Satelli. Sherman is the son of Judge Sherman of Massachusetts.
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Navy
Rome
Washington
Episcopal Church
Fathers of
Georgetown
St. . Aloysius Johurch
Satelli
Sherman
Judge Sherman
Massachusetts
Bloomingdale Opens Passage Over Tracks After Litigation
After years of court battles the city opens the Bloomingdale cross tracks crossing on the north side to Spy Run Avenue. Mayor Oakley Chief Hilbrecht and the boards led a midnight rush to clear and grade the way, shoving cars aside and nailing planks. The city pays $700 to the railroads, claiming possession and victory.
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Lake Erie
Bloomingdale
Spy Run
Oakley
Hilbrecht
Board of Public Works
Board of Public Safety
Kendallville
New York and Chicago markets update and local elections
New York reports money on call at 8 44 per cent and firm sterling. Chicago Board of Trade quotes show Wheat 66 to 66 1/2 cents for May, Corn around 29 1/4 to 30 1/4, Oats about 19 1/2 to 20 3/4, with Park and Lard figures listed. Live stock at Chicago Union Stock Yards includes hogs from 3.50 to 4.00 and cattle from 3.20 to 4.20, with other grain and produce prices noted. Election results across several cities report Republicans gaining seats. Dayton, Opelousas, and Detriot see mixed outcomes, while Destrord notes Democratic gains in townships.
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New York
Sterling Exchange
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Apri
Burbanks
Curcaco
Union
Gorda
Texas
Hsukuk
S. BR. Curtis
Dayton
Jacob Linweiller
Smith
Opelousas
Detxort
Michigan
Hel Ming
Elks Minstrels Tread Again At Temple Next Monday
The Elks announce their second annual minstrel show at the Temple next Monday with a long list of comic names including Hubbard Obdneck and OConnell. The program features a first part of songs and an afterpiece Henrietta or the Cannibal King not previously performed. Box office opens Monday.
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Elks Minstrels
Temple
Hubbard
Obdneck
O’connell
Brown
Mungen
Lightfoot
Hattersley
Mike Walsh
Henrietta
the Elks
Local notices and small town updates
Miss Ethel Doud is very ill at home and several residents are reported ill. Fred C. Schafer and Minnie Berdelman wed. Damien Fiegel ill at corner Sherman and Aboite. A. K. Hurst’s son ill. Jack Kensill improving from typhoid. E. M. Bilderback visiting son in Wayne Street. James H. Power returns from Cleveland. Louis Centlivre to Louisville as best man for Edmund Sarran and Miss Hattenberg. Boehn won $54 against Bay City Insurance. Tabor Hamilton returns to Yale after Easter with parents. Bond brothers head to Michigan Military Academy. Fort Wayne baseball team to wear old uniforms until new bluish gray ones arrive from Mike Berger via manager Billy Meyer.
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Fred C. Schafer
Minnie Berdelman
Catholic Benevolent Legion
Charles Fiegel
Sherman and
Aboite Streets
A. K. Hurst
Globe Clothing House
Jack Kensill
E. M. Bilderback
Hicksville, O
J. H. Bilderback
East Wayne Street
James H. Power
Cleveland
Louis Centlivre
Louisville
Edmund Sarran
Miss Hattenberg
Christian F. Boehn
Bay City Insurance Company
Justice Huser
W. C. Ryan
John Rodabaugh
Tabor Hamilton
Yale College
Ralph
Charles Bond
Michigan Military Academy
Orchard Lake
Fort Wayne
Billy Meyer
Mike Berger
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President Cleveland
Fast Mail
Pleasanton, N. M
United Markets
Barr
Washington Streets
Cleary
Merchant
Harrison Street
John McDowell
THE
Railroad News
George Wilson
Bass Works
Adolph Wichman
Bass
Charles Kierspe
Dick Reinking
Isass
Nickel Plate Company
Moses Moten
Kerr Murray Works
Fourth Street
Police and Fire Department
Lake Shore
New York Financial
Minstrels
Ethel Doud
Elk’s Minstrels
Great Lakes
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