Local Notes and Centennial Happenings in Fort Wayne
Miss Euretta Banister visits Logansport guests Miss Pyke and Miss Eva Smith from Knightstown stay with Miss Laura Bradley Mrs. Henry Campbell of Kendalville to attend centennial. J H Schlagel Findlay visits for centennial. Bicycle entries close this evening amid diphtheria report at 81 Smith St. Frank Belchin shows unique engine in Mast Main St saloon. Six drunks and two vags before Squire Huser. vags released, two drunks jailed. George A Craw of Portland, Oregon visiting Fort Wayne for 25th time, with brother N L Craw. Gen A Wayne would be surprised at centennial sights and A Y Schoch’s suits at 414 W Main. Dr W M Enslen returns from Frida, Ohio. sister recovering from typhoid. James H Sullivan to organize local Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators. City Superintendents’ Club wraps two-day session. next meet planned in March. Wabash VP G M Hays resigns to join Grand Trunk at $40,000 salary. likely replacement Joseph Ramsey.
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Euretta Banister
Logansport
Robert Lowry
St. Louis
Ed C. Ross
Chicago
S. Mannheimer
Pyke
Eva Smith
Knightstown
Ind
Laura Bradley
Henry Campbell
Kendalville
J. H. Schlagel
Findlay, C
Fort Wayne
Smith Street
Huff
Frank Belchin
Mast Main Street
Squire Huser
George A Craw
Portland
Ore
N. L. Craw
Mr. Craw
Gen. A. Wayne
A. Y. Schoch
Main Street
W. M. Enslen
Frida
Ohio
James H. Sullivan
Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America
Brotherhood
American Federation of Labor
Baltimore
Sullivan
Charles M. Hays
Hays
Grand Trunk System
Montreal
Joseph Ramsey
St. Louis Terminal Railroad Association
Attempt to blow up Anderson block checked by night officer
In Anderson Indiana at 1 a m an attempt to blow up the new Hurst block was thwarted when Night Officer Stratton found the shut down hoist engine spilling gas and steam. The shed door had been nailed and barred but was broken and the gauge read dry. A $1000 reward is posted for the conviction of the responsible party. A prior attempt to blow up the Masonic Temple two months earlier is noted as part of labor tensions described as anarchic.
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Masonic Temple
Diphtheria Deaths Reported in Local Families
Dora Toensing aged 7 years 3 months died overnight at the home of William Luhman. Katie Manthe age 7 years 9 months died this morning at her parents home corner Spring and Sherman streets. Edward M Shepler aged 5 years died this morning at 324 Buchanan street. Funeral arrangements for all are set or indicated for today or tomorrow.
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Dora
Henry Toensing
William Luhman
Katie Manthe
Corner Spring
Sherman
Edward M. Shepler
I. M. Shepler
Buchanan Street
Loyal West Virginia recounts a Civil War train defense
Major Theodore F Lang retells the 1861 raid on Union trains led by Rosser and Brien. Colonel McDonald with 90 guards, aided by Lt. Shuttleworth, held off four to one Confederate forces. No trains were captured except later at Pope HQ. Greensburg tickets offered for a Y PLS C E meeting.
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Columbia City Post
McDonald
West Virginia
Theodore F. Lang
Lang
Rosser
Brien
Sigel and
Milroy
Isaiah B. McDonald
17Th Indiana Infantry
Summerville
Third
West Virginia Infantry
John H. Shuttleworth
Third West Virginia Infantry
Confederats
Survivor of Balaklava seeks pension in Indiana
Michael Cunningham of Michigan City claims to be a Balaklava charge survivor. He cannot read or write but can vividly recount the assault. Attorney Ss. Taylor seeks a British pension, with a letter from Sir Herbert Maxwell promising generous support. Cunningham is indigent and said to be the sole U S survivor.
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Laporte
Ind
Michael Cunningham
Michigan City
Balaklava
Taylor
Cunningham
Herbert HE
Maxwell
United States
Reduced Rail Fares to West Northwest Southwest
The Nickel Plate road offers reduced rates to the West Northwest and Southwest regions on October 2 and October 22. Tickets marketed through travel agents and selling points in early October.
Notorious George Hazzard Pushes G A R Memorial Plan
Tacoma Washington October 14 George Hazzard a well known politician and G A R member proposed at Custer post that a five member committee be named to memorialize Congress for a law ending the distinction between federal and Confederate veterans for admission to national soldiers homes. The move stirred strong feelings at the post.
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Tacoma
Wash
George Hazzard
Custer Post
Congress
Fatal Accident at American Iron Works in Pitrspure
At 4 o clock this morning two converters overturned dumping 16 tons of molten metal into a pit where about twenty workers toiled. One man died, three were badly burned and four others seriously injured while twelve escaped unharmed. The injured were taken to hospital and the cause was deemed unavoidable. Names of the injured and deceased are Squier Watson John B. Burr William Edwards Charles Freeborn William C. Faulkner Thomas W. Faulkner Frank Kerling Samuel Lowe.
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Pitrspure
American Iron Works
Squier Watson
Will
John B. Burr
William Edwards
Charles Freeborn
William C. Faulkner
Thomas W. Faulkner
Frank Kerling
Samuel Lowe
Fire roars in Muir tunnel on Northern Pacific line
Fire has raged for a month in the Muir tunnel between Livingston and Bozeman on the Northern Pacific. The tunnel was sealed to smother flames but failed. Trains are moved to a new track over the mountain, and damage is expected to be heavy.
Public Schools Plan Fort Wayne Centennial Celebration
The board of school trustees met this morning and decided to mark the centennial by closing schools for four days starting today. Students will tour sights and engage in patriotic activities while libraries and reading rooms will close in the evenings.
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Fort Wayne
New Trial Sought in Hinshaw Murder Case
Danville reporters reveal defense motion for a new trial in the Hinshaw murder case citing forty-eight reasons. Allegations target two jurors for prejudice, with affidavits claiming pretrial bias and unfair rulings cited as errors. Argument set for Friday as witnesses to be summoned for cross examination.
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Danville
Hinshaw
Hadley
Alex Turber
Lee Dillon
William N. Crabbe
Turber
Lennie Rushton
Eva Worrell
Spaan
Mrs Vera Mitchell and Anna Curran highlighted in local notes
In Muncie and Redkey items Vera Mitchell of Muncie and Anna Curran of Redkey are listed. Other notes include Mrs Rebecca Lennard Dill of Muncie dying at 87, mother of nineteen with fourteen surviving children, and Goshen securing a soap factory plant move. Ball Bros. resume work in Muncie factories with 1,200 workers. Searight acquitted in Greensburg after murder charge.
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Vera Mitchell
Muncie
Anna Curran
Redkey
Rebecca Lennard Dill
John Dill
Gas well blast injures four drillers near Granville
A gas well near Granville, Granville village eleven miles northeast of Muncie, caused a tunnel of fire after a pocket of gas was struck. The Dickerson Gas Company leases farms in northern Delaware County to drill for gas. Arthur Bradley James Osland Thomas Thomas and another man were badly burned with one fatality reported as a driller fatally injured. The explosion knocked the derrick down and the torch used in work ignited escaping gas. The concussion was heard ten miles away.
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Muncie
Granville
Arthur Bradley
James Osland
Thomas Thomas
Dickerson Gas Company
Ohio
Wilber Peterson
Trenton Rock
Notable Telegram Items and Local News Highlights
Brief dispatches note Van Bekkelen’s capture by Pinkertons in Mexico after robbing Chicago Merchants' Loan and Trust. Chicago bride N G Woodman and Isabel D King wed in Jacksonville. Springfield bank closure prompts depositor concerns.
Desperadoes Rob Store at Castle Indiana
Two masked men robbed John Crouse's post office and store at Castle on the Indiana-Ohio line as farmers watched. They fled on horseback after taking three watches and cash, with authorities unable to trace them.
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Portland
John Crouse
Castle
Indiana-Ohio Line
Storm Claims Ships and All Hands in Pacific Hurricane
Private dispatches from Guaymas report the steamers Diego Mazatlan and another small gulf coaster lost with all hands as they rode Thursday's hurricane. Miners aboard may push death toll past 100. communication with cyclone-visited districts is difficult.
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San Francisco
Guaymas
Diego
Mazatlan
Victory for Stanford's Estate Wins Appeal
United States Court of Appeals affirms Judge Ross ruling in suit seeking 15,337,000 from Leland Stanford's estate over Central Pacific bonds. The Oct. 14 decision, signed by Circuit Judge Gilbert and District Judges Morrow and Hawley, sustains the demurrer won by Mrs. Stanford. The ruling upholds the estate's position in the government suit.
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San Francisco
Leland Stanford
United States
United States Court of Appeals
United States Circuit
Gilbert
United States District
Morrow and Hawley
Ross
Stanford
Central Pacific
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