Local Briefs and Notices From Peru Chronicle
Mr and Mrs Edward Ely visit daughter in St Louis a new scarlet fever case reported at 169 Gay street today J W Peters South Bend Times city editor attends Indiana Federation convention in the city It keeps C F Baker busy at the Federation convention watching himself so as not to hum a lullaby A girl born weighing eight pounds at home yesterday Mrs Rosetta Waites dies at 87 at West High street Funeral Wednesday Grace Waldo and Stephen G Jessop marry at First Presbyterian Church Mamie Walton bridesmaid and William McCune groomsman Fred Grumman and Er Maude Pratt wed at United Brethren Church L Parke Dryer and Gertrude Grenier marry at Christ Church Madison Ind they will visit Cincinnati then Clay street home of Mr and Mrs A B Crowe Montpelier Comet well yields 200 barrels at no water flow well regarded as best in area George Darrow Ed Ross Dick Townsend W I Mordhurst Joseph L Gruber and others express elation over success
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Gay Street
J. W. Peters
South Bend
South Bend Times
A. F. Schoch
West Main St
C. F. Baker
Claude
Rosetta Waites
Thomas Pierce
George Latham
West High Street
Peru Chronicle
First Presbyterian Church
Grace Waldo
Stephen G. Jessop
Detroit
D. W. Moffat
Mamie Walton
William McCune
Petoskey
United Brethren Church
Lewis and Harmer Streets
Fred Grumman
Er. Maude Pratt
Christ's Church
Madison
Ind
George Darrow
Ed Ross
Dick Townsend
W. I. Mordhurst
Joseph L. Gruber
Humane Society Monthly Report Details September Abuses
Humane Officer Schlandrof presents September findings with 222 cases in office. Children abandoned or neglected and left unsupervised by parents who carouse. Animals deprived, whipped, or killed. four horses and three dogs killed. Ten children placed in temporary homes. two men fined for wife beating. Warning issued to parents of unattended outdoors child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keating
Miner riot statement surprises Governor Altgeld
A committee of miners delivers to Governor Altgeld a written statement from mine owner Little. It claims Gehr and local Tazewell County miners were not involved in the coal mine riot or in the destruction and loss of life. The governor called the note remarkable and said officials who prosecuted the suits must be heard before any pardon action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ilis
Altgeld
John Gehr
Tazewell County
Little
Gehr
Earthquake Alarm Hits Enona And Surrounding Mines
In Enona Illinois on October 8 residents awoke to a 1 20 am earthquake after a prequake rumble. The tremor disrupted coal mines nearby causing roof slate and rock fallout and estimated repairs of 200 to 300 per mine. A separate report from Harrisburg recalls a late night duel at Maxville between cousins John and Proctor Shewemaker after a church dispute.
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WeEnona
Ill
Harropspure
Harropspure, Oct. 8.—Newes
Maxville
Washington County
John
Proctor Shewemaker
T-Ont
Cleveland Minstrels Show At Temple Faces Backlash
A local newspaper critic argues William E Cleveland overdoes the bill in his Temple minstrel program. The lineup includes a white show a charcoal coon carnival a tribe of Arabs and a troupe of Japanese plus three brass bands. The piece urges a halt and calls for relief for other managers. Also listed are Plays and Players Bowery Girl and The Two Johns with Temple showings upcoming.
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William
Cleveland
Local Obituaries and Notices from Fort Wayne Area
Hood Lavina If died at St Josephs hospital at age 42 after fibroid treatment. Remains to Maysville for funeral at Methodist church. Googlein John died of diphtheria at home aged 18. private funeral. Louis Ramm died from injuries at Standard Wheel Works. Mrs Sophia Hontheim died of heart failure at 70. funeral from Cathedral. Mrs C B Davis of Cleveland visits Fort Wayne for aunt Elizabeth G Smith’s illness. guest of Mrs W D Conover.
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Lavina If. Hood
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Pettie Hood
Maysville
Geoglein
John Googlein
Jones Street
Louis Ramm
Sophia Hontheim
John Hontheim
McClellan Street
Germany
C. B. Davis
Cleveland
Fort Wayne
W. D. Conover
Elizabeth G. Smith
Fort Wayne Markets and Historical Notes Summary
Market prices for wheat oats corn rye butter eggs beeswax oil meal potatoes feathers geese rags are listed. The piece adds historical notes: Henry IV ordered mulberry trees in 1600 France, Broadcloth was first made in England in 1614, English prohibitions on Calico and Indian cotton goods, Beauvais carpet factory since 1664, Nantes edict 1598, Exeter dyers punished 1628, burial in columns 1678, bilkorms introduced to Louisiana 1718 and failures noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Bush & Co
Henry IV
France
England
Europe
Beauvais
Doom’d man to hang as court rooms hear motive
Milliken’s Excuse details a grim Decatur case as Charles N. Smith pleads guilty to murdering his daughter and sister-in-law. Judge Vail sentences him to be hanged on Friday November 29. Spectators fill the room while the condemned man remains unmoved and the wife’s family reacts with sorrow and relief. Feb. 16, the baby’s birthday, is noted.
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Decatur
Charles N. Smith
Louise Smith
Edna Mouchert
Louise
Smith
Vail
Fearful intercity shooting leaves multiple dead in Texas
News from Laredo, Texas reports a deadly affray near Twohig's station over a stolen yearling. J Shaw, a rancher, two Mexican men, and a Mexican child died. a Mexican woman was wounded. A Texas officer shot a girl who produced a pistol. the assailant died.
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Standers
Childress
Laredo
Tex
Twohig's
International and Great Northern
J. Shaw
Millions of Feet of Lumber Burned in Wisconsin Fire
In Green Bay the Murphy Lumber yards and dockfront suffered a massive blaze destroying nearly all stock. About 7,000,000 feet were consumed, leaving only 1,000,000 feet at the north end. Losses include lumber, docks, office, stables, tramways, with insured coverage around 100,000 and total value about 165,000. Other items mention Altgeld opposing an out-of-state contract for an eastern Illinois Normal school and G A R appointments in Indianapolis.
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Green Bay
Wis
Murphy Lumber Company
Altgeld
Springfield
Ills
Eastern Ilinois Normal School
Bowman & Patterson
Indianapolis
Citizens asked to house visitors during Centennial event
During the Centennial Celebration on October 15 to 17 visitors are expected and Fort Wayne seeks local residents who can accommodate one to four people. Citizens are asked to fill a circular with name residence and capacity to assist, ensuring Fort Wayne matches its Republican Convention hospitality.
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Fort Wayne
Indictments From Sangamon Grand Jury Report
The Sangamon county grand jury finished five weeks of session and issued 147 indictments an unusually large tally. Only one arose from the legislative inquiry against Chicago Representative Milroy H. Gibson, charged with taking 895 dollars as a bribe via Thomas J. Bunn to influence a sub committee report. Bail was set at 2500 dollars. Witnesses included Bunn and John L. White. In Morgantown, Kentucky, a shooting incident near London left three wounded, one likely to die, as reported from Butler county.
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Springfield
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Milroy H. Gibson
Chicago
Gibson
Thomas J. Bunn
Interstate Building and Loan Association
Bloomington
John L. White
Joseph M. Grout
Cook
Peoria
Reception committee name request for October 10
Please report the name to furnish to the reception committee by Thursday evening, October 10, if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. SS
Cleveland
Milliken Explains How He Came To Be in Miss Phillips' Room
Benjamin H Mil liken of Tennessee explains his appearance at Judge Phillips' home on the July 4 date. He entered the house, drank whisky, lost consciousness, and woke in a strange room after trying to escape without being identified. He describes his actions to avoid recognition and details his intoxication and confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milliken
Miss Phillips
Washington
Benjamin H. Milliken
Tennessee
Phillips
North Carolina
Episcopal Deputies Spar Over Check On Bishops In 1890s Debate
Minneapolis reports sharp house of deputies debate over a proposal to require bishops to act on deputies legislation within three days or auto-approve without bishop sanction. Most motions defeated. Deputies also rename an assistant bishop to bishop coadjutor and discuss head of bishops term, preferring primus. Committees formed to select convention site and Lambeth conference topics. Eastern sports and treasury plans noted in brief.
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Minneapolis
House of Deputies
Episcopal Convention
House of Bishops
Revision Commission
Littlejohn
Perry
Hall
Archbishop of Canterbury
Church of England
Labor congress opens anti union group in England
The third annual National Free Labor association congress convenes at Newcastle on Tyne with about 400 delegates. George Collison of London presides over a body formed by skilled workers opposing trades unions. Resolutions praise free labor and condemn union tactics while urging government action to curb intimidation and walking delegates. In Cleveland, glass manufacturers secretively meet to block jobbers' organization amid earlier trust formations. At Atlanta, the Cotton States and International Exposition hosts the National Council of Women opening session, crowded and promising triumph. Lake Erie & Western announces Atlanta ticket sales for the exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gress
England
Londown
National Free Labor Association
Newcastile-on-Tyne
George Collison
London
Great Britain
Lord Salisbury
Atlanta
Mary Lowe Dickinson
National Council of Women
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Mrs. Edward Ely
St. Louis
the Humane Society
Mr. Schlandrof
Humane Society
Schlandrof
Prairie State
Wenona
Cleveland’s Minstrels
New York City
Bowery
Metropolis
Harry Williams
the Temple
St Perkins
Johns
HOOD
Exeter
Allersons
Oolon
Louisiana
Dee
Cook County
Solon
Texas
Kalamazoo
Mich
Grand Rapids
Indiana
Hoveaton
William Smith
Copper Harbor
Denver
Christopher Ewald
John Stegeman
Timms-Post
Want
Walker
A. J. Burbank
William O. Olin
Boston
Alfred Carte
Wilkesbarre
Spring Valley
Princeton
Dis
Spring Valley Coal Company
James Robert Drummond
The
Black Rod
Sergeant Storms
P. Dickinson
C. R. Hraaiis
C. A. Winning
Teempple Theatre
GREAT
Pearkins
Pughtown Farmers’ Band
Crand Free Street Parade
TeEmMpPle Theatre
Daps
Times-Post
Negewear
Illinois
Bow Ine Green, Ky
Morgantown
Burts
Butler County
Fort Wayne, Syp
Frank Gibson
Tso
Miller
PH Mento
Calhoun ST
Joan
Romy & Bobilya
Spencer Cor
Calhoun
Wm. Meyer & Bro
South Calhoun Street
GO. Caswell
Catlhowan St
Hotel Rich
Calhoun Street
Birmingham
Ala
Irving Park
This County
Sam ‘Childress
Sallie Thomas
Episcopal House of Deputies
Constable Hook
N. J
Active Athletic Association
Young Griffo
Australia
Kid Lavigne
Saginaw
Treasury
Canada
United States
Unique Organization OF Labor
Hollenden
Lake Erie & Western
Miss J. Haverly
Fort Wayne Steam Laundry
West Main Street
W. B. Phillips
Gficago Bakery
Broadway
Washington Boulevard
Geller
Telephone
W. F. Geller
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