Fort Wayne notes and upcoming events
James M. Kane returns from New York business trip while Ed Wilkening visits Columbia City as guest of G. B. Widdifield. Typhoid illnesses concern Dr. L. Park Drayer and Miss Gertrude Hillis Greiner. Union meetings, the Typographical parade role, and a public works session proceed with little agenda. Leo Heine from New York arrives. Jolly Sixty-five club buys Main Street furniture. Fort Wayne streetcars introduce new vestibule cars for winter.
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James M. Kane
New York City
Ed Wilkening
Columbia City
G. B. Widdifield
Vth
Leo Heine
Fort Wayne
Board of Public Works
Jolly Sixty-five
Main Street
Episcopal Church
Madison
Ind
L. Park Drayer
Gertrude Hillis Greiner
Sherif Clausmeijer
Michigan City
Gasper
Kain
Jobin L. Kennedy
Government Printing Office
Washington
Kennedy
A. F. Schoch
West Main
Chic
Stahl
John Welch
Portland, Ore
John Browns Handcuffs Found in Indiana Attic
Daniel Lizer of Wanasa near Lincolnville claims a relic of John Brown, the Harper's Ferry figure. In an old trunk he discovered the first pair of handcuffs Brown wore, heavy and screw-secured, gifted by Asa Lizer who ran the armory. Lizer once lived at Harpers Ferry during the uprising.
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Mr. Lizer
Asa
Brown
Harper’s Ferry
Resignation Accepted at Ohio Synod Meeting
At Grace church in the Ohio synod the resignation of Rev. Dr. Schwander professor of practical theology at Heidelburg University was discussed. The synod, split and heated, accepted the resignation and expressed gratitude for his services to the university.
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Ohio Synod
Grace Church
Schwander
Heidelburg University
Dr. Schwander
Durham hunts for wife linked to Medler case in Midwest
W H Durham returns from Milwaukee after seeking his wife who fled with Maud Medler. He met detectives and found a dozen women matching the description, all playing violins. Mrs Medler moved from Milwaukee to Chicago to pursue their daughter, believing the runaway train left Milwaukee for Chicago. The Milwaukee pursuit continues.
Strange Thing in Base Ball in Temple Cup Series
The Baltimore club, champions of the league twice, struggle in the Temple cup series. Cleveland has already won three straight games, including a 7 to 1 victory on Saturday, with Young outpitching McMahon. A win today in Baltimore would end the series if Cleveland prevails.
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Baltimore
New York
Hanlon
Cleveland
Young
McMahon
Priest who betrayed girl weds Maud Steidel in secrecy
In St Joseph Missouri on Oct 7 Justice William Pitton married Father Dominick Wagner to Maud Steidel at the girl's mother's home. Wagner, jailed pending grand jury action, faces likely indictment though the ceremony was held amid distressful scenes.
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St. Josefh
Dominick Wagner
Maud Steidel
Chicago
William Pitton
Andriano
Musicians' Union Elects Officers for Next Term
The Musicians' union held its annual election yesterday afternoon electing F. J. Reineke as President RE A Gillett as Vice President W J Kyle as Secretary Fred Goebel as Treasurer and F J Reineke Fred Goebel and Jacob Meyer as Examining Board. Delegates to Trades and Labor Council were Ali Melching John Dennison Harry Stopher Henry Wolfe and F Charles Meyer. Auditing Board members are Ben Rekers F C Meyer and Samuel Burdett.
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Musicians’ Union
F. J. Reineke
RE. A. Gillett
W. J. Kyle
Fred Goebel
Jacob Meyer
Trades and Labor Council
al Melching
John Dennison
Harry Stopher
Henry Wolfe
F. Charles Meyer
Ben Rekers
F.C. Meyer
Samuel Burdett
Rink Mergel Injured in buggy Collision
While driving this afternoon Rink Mergel's buggy collided with another vehicle. He was thrown to the ground and his right shoulder was dislocated. He was taken to his home for care.
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Rink Mergel
Rink
City Weighmaster on Trial in County Court
City weighmaster Hollenbacher faces trial before Squire Irance this afternoon charged with falsely weighing potatoes for a farmer last Friday afternoon. War in that suit noted as the case unfolds amid a string of unrelated items from Caicasco to Berlin and Madison.
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Hollenbacher
Squire Irance
Miners of Polk County Call Mass Convention For Strike
Drs Moines Oct 7 delegates in Polk County held a meeting and scheduled a mass convention for next Wednesday. Delegates favor a general strike unless a 10 cent per ton wage increase is granted. Also report of three men killed by Indians at Jacksons Hole lower end on Oct 3 with Captain Smith among the dead.
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Drs Moines
Polk County
Spano Fats
Ida
Jackson’s Hole
Captain Smith
The Cowboy Peer and His American Countess
The Earl of Shannon, known in Ireland as the cowboy peer, chose Frances Beddy of Philadelphia as countess. After his father’s 1890 death, no trace of him was found, with past ownership of a Minnesota ranch noted. Despite lengthy ads across the U S and Canada, his whereabouts remained uncertain as he roved through a life of cattle punching and roaming duties.
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Earl of
Shannon
Frances Beddy
Philadelphia
Ireland
Minnesota
United States
Canada
Castle Martyr
County Cork
Tragedy at St Marys church cornerstone ceremony
In Lorain Ohio on October 7 a temporary floor collapsed during a large crowd gathering to lay the corner stone of St Marys church. One person died and eleven were fatally or seriously injured with 800 others falling into the resulting pit. Rescue operations followed as doctors treated many victims. The accident was blamed on defective timbers and the service continued after the platform was cleared.
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Lorain
St. Mary’s
Mary Weber
Sheffield
Rosa McGee
Katie Griffin
Mary McGracith
John Fustin
Cornelius Sullivan
Mary Guaiber
Michael Kelling
Kate Diedrick
John Fieldcamp
Margaret Mackett
Nellie Dollard
Nicholas Wagner
Leo Theobald
W. J. Brown
John Fox
William du Burgett
Mary Latimer
Jacob Keefer
John Martin
John Eustin
M. Bruce
William Ryan
Three Die in Well Gas Poisoning and Drowning Accidents
In Ohio, at Pemberville a 35 foot well was shot to raise water flow. Henry Fapel descended to check the result and did not surface. His brothers in turn, Louis Wegman and Charles Wegman, perished from poisonous gases. In Wisconsin, Gowon, Luther Hyatt and William Grote of Wheatland, Ills., drowned after a boat capsized while attempting to land a large fish at Powers Lake, eight miles northwest of Gowon.
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Toledo
Pemberville
Henry Fapel
Louis Wegman
Charles
Gowon
Wis
Luther L. Hyatt
William Grote
Wheaton
Ills
Powers’ Lake
Hyatt
Grote
Riot Threat at Beloit Northwestern Football Game
Chicago reports a Beloit Northwestern clash that nearly sparked a riot after a Northwestern guard Thorne struck Beloit halfback Baker, breaking his nose. The Beloit team and spectators surged over the ropes as police struggled to restore order. Thorne was ruled off the field.
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Beloit
Thorne
Massachusetts Republicans nominate state ticket in Boston
Opposition to Greenhalge does not develop. The Massachusetts Republicans held their state convention and nominated Frederick L. Greenhalge of Lowell for governor, Roger Wolcott of Boston for lieutenant governor, William M. Olin of Boston for secretary of state, Edward P. Shaw of Newburyport for treasurer and receiver general, John M. Kimball of Fitchburg for auditor, Hosea M. Knowlton of New Bedford for attorney general. There was opposition noted.
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Boston
Massachusetts Republicans
Frederick L. Greenhalge
Lowell
Roger Wolcott
William M. Olin
Edward P. Shaw
Newburyport
John M. Kimball
Fitchburg
Hosea M. Knowlton
New Bedford
Wera
Wibat
Policy Statement Opposes Free Silver and Supports Monroe Doctrine
A declaration opposes free coinage of silver at any ratio not fixed by international agreement and asserts gold as the proper standard. It proclaims the hemisphere is no longer a field for European colonization or aggressive occupation and endorses the Monroe Doctrine as a steady guide for American statesmanship toward small nations, Britain, and major powers with deliberate, temperate resolve.
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Great Britain
British envoy urges end to Armenian arrests in Constantinople
In Constantinople Sir Phillip Currie met Kiamel Pasha and pressed for amnesty for Armenians jailed after riots. Eighty victims were counted with severe wounds, some over twenty gashes. The convoy noted the gendarmes’ deaths of a few wounded, while a Daily News dispatch listed 400 missing Armenians and 92 bodies sent to hospital.
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Constantinople
Phillip Currie
Kiamel Pasha
Porte
Armenia
Liberty Bell incident chills Petersburg crowd
In Petersburg Virginia a Philadelphia escort member removed a baby from its mother and wrapped it in the American flag before placing the child on the Liberty bell beam, causing a chilling moment though no protests occurred. The bell later reached Knoxville amid crowds, with the Daughters of the Revolution adorning it with flowers as it continued toward Atlanta. An Eastern Normal School meeting in Springfield discussed five building plans. McPherson Bowman proposed a 310,000 Charleston Coles County site. In Madison Wisconsin a Mendota escaped lunatic hijacked a freight train near the hospital until hospital staff recaptured him after seven men joined from the hospital.
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Philadelphia
Kroxville
Tenn
Philadelphia Liberty Bell
Daughters of the Revolution
Atlanta
Springfield
New Eastern Normal School
Chicago
Indianapolis
Rockford
Joliet
McPherson & Bowman
Charleston
Coles County
Madison
Wis
Mendota
Ex Gov Beveridge ill with pneumonia near Sandwich
Ex Governor Beveridge arrived at his brother J H Beveridge six miles north of Sandwich and soon faced a serious pneumonia case. His daughter Mrs Samuel Raymond is with him as his wife and son Philo travel from California. doctors hold hope for recovery amid cautious improvement. In Albany the anti suffrage committee urges electors to back men opposed to women voting.
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Lils
Beveridge
J. H. Beveridge
Samuel Raymond
Philo
Albany
John V.L. Pruyn
New York
Yale Cambridge contest critique and plans for fight
The Graphic notes Yale and Cambridge competed in New York with Yale defeated, praising the English team for adapting to cold and damp. Henry IL reports a Henry Island stock company backing a Corbett-Fitzsimmons bout, with 60 acres under U.S. government control. Cincinnati announces General Samuel F. Carey as orator for the Harrison monument unveiling in Garfield Park next December, with ex president Harrison’s grandson attending.
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London
the Graphic
Yale
Henry, Ill
Henry Island
Ilinois River
United States
Wm. Henry Harrison
Cincinnati
Samuel F. Carey
Harrison
Garfield Park
William Henry Harrison
William H. Harrison
Durrant alibi shattered by classmate notes confession
The Examiner reports Theodore Durrant confessed to a classmate that he had no notes of Dr Cheney's lecture and asked for his notes to copy. The witness, Dr Gilbert F Grahard, reveals Durrant sought to bolster his alibi and aimed to shield a friend, tearing apart the defense’s case.
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San Francisco
Durrant
Theodore Durrant
Cheney
Gilbert F. Grahard
Graham
Charles A. Dukes
W. F. Cheney
E. F. Glazer
Kare
Glazer
Police Department
C. V. Cross
Cooper College
Dickinson
Duprey
Woman Tells of Kidnapping and West Coast Thief Ring
Ottumwa Iowa October 7 Mrs Bishop mother of Gracie Harper kidnapped last Friday morning describes a large thieves and counterfeiters ring operating in Omaha and Council Bluffs for years. She says her former husband Harper joined the band and that a Vidette society once ran fake money and bonds to gain influence. She mentions a senator in Nevada among members, and claims hundreds in the group ready to expose secrets that could shake western cities. The missing girl is well educated and has traveled in Europe.
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Ottumwa
Bishop
Gracie Harper
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Harper
West
Nevada
The Gold Situation More Hopeful
The treasury department views the current gold withdrawals as more hopeful than in weeks past. With reduced sterling exchange rates, halted exports, and banks more willing to exchange gold for non legal tender, signs point to a return to normal conditions and a shift in gold movements.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Hampshire and Rice Fight in Six Round Down Town Bout
Louis, Oct. 7. Georges Hampshire, son of Dr. Pitzer, and John Rice battled six rounds in a leading down town wholesale dry goods house. Hampshire scored a knockdown in the sixth round with a blow to the head and was awarded the victory on the hand of a referee.
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Louis
Georges Hampshire
Pitzer
John Rice
Hampshire
Ice
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