Local notes feature a swirl of social and travel
Condensed locals report Mrs O Guildin returning from a trip east and Mrs J M Landenberger leaving for Chicago. Ada Heller guests in Chicago, Judge Robert Lowry back from St Louis, and many others visiting or hosting events. Widespread travel, weddings, and club meetings mark the social calendar, with notices of pensions, rail plans, and local business promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Guildin
J. M. Landenberger
Chicago
Ada Heller
Friends
Quinn
Mayor Quinn
Decatur
Arthur A. Brown
Carrie Walls
Hugh Dougherty
Bluffton
Ind
Amanda Nieman
M. Moellering
L. Webb Bannister
Rose Gibson
Huntington
Louise Carnahan
New York City
Robert Lowry
St. Louis
Fort Wayne
Richard Kelley
Louisa Miller
St. Patrick’s Church
William Young
Mary
Springfield
Ill
Cairnson
South Broadway
Peru’s Zouaves Receive $75 and Fort Wayne Hospitality
Solin W. Wolpert returned from Fort Wayne Monday evening and deposited $75 in the First National Bank, the payment to the zouaves by the centennial celebration president. He says the troops never received better treatment anywhere and will remember Fort Wayne kindness. Their two days in the city included expenses paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles N. Walker
Ohio
Fort Wayne
State Charities
Indianapolis Sentinel
Spencer
Lis
Wabash Railway
Chicago
Cincinnati
Union City
Portland
Bludlton
Huntington
Miami County Sentinel
Solin W. Wolpert
First National Bank
County officials hear gravel road talks from Mr Fred Wlayden
Mr Fred J Wlayden visited the county commissioners this morning to press gravel road issues and remains dissatisfied with the appraisal but plans to sell. He will meet the commissioners again next Tuesday for a likely deal completion. Maumee gravel road owners were in the city and are believed to have decided to sell as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Wlayden
Maumee
Sheriff brings Ed Shell on perjury warrant from Fort Wayne
Sheriff McKinstry, returning on the 3 20 train, will bring Ed Shell to this county on a perjury charge. The affidavit alleges Shell caused Horace Barnard’s arrest on grand larceny via a false affidavit and substituted his own name for Elmer E White. Chicago market notes follow with price quotes for grains and meats for December and January contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
McKinstry
Fort Wayne
Ed Shell
Horace S. Barnard
Elmer E. White
Edward I. Shell
Died at Prayer Meeting in Worcester Condition
Rev. William Gordon aged 87 a Michigan City Indiana resident visiting Worcester Massachusetts collapsed and died at a prayer meeting on October 24. He had traveled to the city for the visit and fell ill during the gathering. Police and medical staff responded but he could not be revived. The obituary notes his long residence in Michigan City and his religious service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
William Gordon
Michigan City
Ind
Mr Bass requests terminal terms talk with suburban rail
Fort Wayne Electric Street Railway asks Board of Public Works to fix a meeting time with directors of the road and suburban lines to discuss terminal arrangements. The request arrives as the board prepares for its regular meeting tomorrow night and a council session in three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne Electric Street Railway
Board of Public Works
Fon
John H. Bass
Mort Wayne Electric Street Railway
Board of Works
Noted Theatre Engagements At Temple This Week
A string of major acts visits the Temple this week. Lotta's engagement features Pawn Ticket 2107 with Edith Ellis delivering clever Mag, Clara Morris brings Raymonde to the stage, and Conterno's Band appears Monday. The reviews from New York praise these performers and promise high entertainment value.
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Lotta
David Belasco
Clay M. Green
Edith Ellis
Mag
Clara Morris
Temple Theatre
New York City
Metropolitan Theatre
Miss Morris
Raymonde
Monsieur Alphonse
Deaths and Funerals Briefs From Fort Wayne
The death notices announce Mrs. Conrad Nern's funeral set for tomorrow at 9 30 AM from St Marys Catholic church. John MacDougall, Fort Wayne's prominent financier, died at his West Wayne Street home leaving two children, with funeral likely Saturday morning. Mrs Mahalia Case's funeral is planned Friday at 2 PM from her Colerick Street residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Worden
Oakley
Grand Rapids
John Driesbach
Bellevue
I Driesbach
Superior Street
W. H. Jones
J. E. Grant
Buffalo
Hiram Moderwell
West Main Street
A. F. Seneca
Conrad Nern
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Macdougall
John MacDougaLl
Fort Wayne
West Wayne Street
Charles MacDougall
Katharine
Mahalia Case
Colerick Street
Syndicate Formed for Hawaiian Sugar Lands
William Blaisdell, a noted Honolulu promoter, has created a syndicate with 3,000,000 dollars to secure control of prime sugar cane land in the Sandwich Islands. About 15,000 acres near Honolulu are the target. In Boston, Captain Gaskill and family aboard the City of St. Augustine were rescued after the vessel caught fire at sea and burned to the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandwich Islands
Cleveland
William Blaisdell
Honolulu
Boston
Gaskill
City of St. Augustine
City of Macon
City of
St. Augustine
Rumor claims Levi Griffith fired from public works board
A circulating rumor today says Mayor Oakley removed Levi Griffith from the board of public works. Neither the mayor nor Griffith could be reached. a board office official said they had no official knowledge. The report also hints that others may be involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakley
Levi Griffith
Board of Public Works
Griffith
You
Board of Works
Peru Lad Pretends He Is After a Summit City Heiress
A Peru socialite plots to attend the Fort Wayne centennial by persuading his father to finance a courtship. The father balks at first but relents after recognizing the heiress’s wealth and blesses the scheme, urging the son to win the young woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Summit City
Fort Wayne
Papa
Robbed Motorman Loses Wages After Potato Load
James Evers a Street Railway motorman living at Harrison and Lewis streets was robbed of his month's wages yesterday while unloading a potato load. He left his vest on a fence, and upon returning to settle his purchases found the vest rifled and all wages missing. Police notified, no clue yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Evers
Street Railway Company
Harrison and
Lewis Streets
Liberal Turkish movement grows in Constantinople
Advices from Constantinople report spreading liberal sentiment among Turks with seditious placards found in multiple districts and disappearance of several sottas and other notables. The government readies military measures in anticipation of unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Constantinople
Court Martial Proceedings Against Lieutenant Pague
Fort Sheridan hears the court martial of Lieutenant Payne as Colonel Crofton testifies he witnessed a scuffle in Pague’s quarters when a revolver was drawn and fired thrice on the porch after Mrs Pague screamed. Crofton describes stopping the weapon and pursuing Pague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Lieutenant Payne
Fort Sheridan
Colonel Crofton
Payue
Pague
Crofton
Lieutenant Pague
Lynchings Probable and Other Oct 24 News Briefs
Reports from Ohio describe a farmer Lee Martin near Watson accused of assaulting a child. A marshal and officer were shot. Marshal Shultz died. Vigilante crowds gather at the jail. Nearby items note a Disciples convention move to St Louis and reforms urging public institution inspections. Other notes cover a communion siphon patent, a double hanging found in Illinois, coal men forming a wage pact in Peoria, and a 100 yard walk record in Minnesota.
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Tifpfin
Lee Martin
Watson
Frank Burkhart
Burkhart
Martin
Officer Sweeney
Marshal Shultz
Sweeney
Dallas
Home Missionary Convention of the Disciples
Board of Managers
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Springfield
Dis
Clause Prohibition on Warship Building at Lakes Questioned
Washington dispatch examines if the US can build vessels at lake ports amid a 1817 agreement with Great Britain. The text notes the Detroit company’s Seattle plan, Russia ice breakers, and questions about treaty termination and six month notice. It cites President Monroe’s proclamation and senate approval as key factors in the arrangement’s validity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
England
Detroit
Seattle
Pacific
Navy Department
Bancroft
Lakes
Bagot
Great Britain
Rush
Monroe
Senate of
Senate
Grave Jurist Has His Joke at Supreme Court
Attorney General Harmon made his first appearance before the United States Supreme Court, opening the Greer county case about the Texas Oklahoma boundary. He praised the domain as princely while a judge joked about map scale and eye level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harmon
United States Supreme Court
Greer County
Texas
Territory of
Oklahoma
Supreme Tribunal of the United States
Gray
Japanese Legation Disputes St Petersburg Evacuation Report
Reports from St Petersburg about Japan evacuating Corea and devoting force to Formosa are viewed with distrust by the Japanese legation in Washington. Officials note only about 2,000 Japanese troops in Corea, implying limited impact on subjugation efforts.
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Wasmington
St. Petersburg
Japan
Corea
Formosa
Hart Springs Ultimatum Stirs Arkansas Law Talk
Hart Springs Oct 24 The supreme court rebukes Leatherman for failing to locate an anti prize fight law in Arkansas. The ruling questions whether Govern Clarke or others discovered a nonexisting amendment or if a valid law was declared. The piece hints at political maneuvers and legal ambiguities surrounding prize fighting and state authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart Springs
Arkansas
Supreme Court
Leatherman
Clarke
Fitzsimmons Eyes Fight With Corbett After Court Ruling
Martin Julian says Fitzsimmons accepts Mr Brady’s Dallas offer to fight Corbett on November 1 after Arkansas barred them. They demand $10,000 side wager and will travel, even to London, to meet Corbett for the purse. they will hold Florida Athletic Club to contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Julian
Fitzsimmons
Supreme Court
Julian
Arkansas
Brady
Dallas
Corbett
Florida Athletic Club
London
Mirror of Life
Durrant Trial Enters Final Phase With Testimony
In San Francisco on October 24 the Dur rant murder trial nears closing as testimony ends and prosecutors prepare for the defense argument. Carrie Cunningham, a reporter, testified that Durrant claimed he saw Blanche Lamont in the belfry on the night of her murder. Cunningham’s alleged confession testimony was excluded. Two physicians testified Durrant did not show signs of gas inhalation after a failed attempt to fix the gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Theodore Durrant
Carrie Cunningham
Durrant
Blanche Lamont
Miss Cunningham
National Committee Called for 1895 meeting
National committee chairman Thomas H. Carter calls a December 10 1895 Arlington Hotel Washington meeting to designate time and place for the 1896 Republican national convention and to conduct other business. Also reports U S ambassador Bayard had a studied interview with Lord Salisbury over the Venezuela question and a libel suit against Rev George Gleason for remarks about bootleggers in Ida Grove.
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New York
Thomas H. Carter
Montana
Republican National Committee
Arlington Hotel
Washington
J. H. Manley
Sioux City
Justice of the Peace
F. F. Kiner
Ida Grove
George Gleason
Insurgent Threats and Atrocities Reported in Cuba
Reports from Santa Clara and Sagua la Grande describe insurgents poised to attack sugar cane fields after rains. General Lugucis is said to rival the butcher Garrido in the eastern province. A mountain hospital near Diego del Valle was stormed after a battle with 200 Cubans guarding the sick. Spanish troops bayoneted 31 insurgents hospitalised there. Havana reports Spanish sailors shoot prisoners from forts daily, selecting ten in line each morning.
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Santa Clara
Gomez
Lugucis
Garrido
Sagua la Grande
Cuba
Diego del Valle
Havana
Dickinson interview argues humane Cuba intervention stance
Detroit report quotes Don M Dickinson saying the United States should intervene in Cuba to restrain atrocities, asserting humanity supersedes neutrality and that action may be needed regardless of recognition of belligerency or independence. He frames intervention as defending civilization amid island abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Don M. Dickinson
Dickinson
United States
Cuba
President Cleveland's Atlanta visit ends with record reception
President Cleveland left Atlanta after a lengthy speech at the Auditorium. An impromptu 33 minute handshaking session followed, his fatigue prompting a close. A Capital City club reception for 1,500 guests capped the social events before the party departed for Washington. Local asylum site commission tours Peoria and Chillicothe. The Milwaukee finances committee balks at entertainment bills for visiting dignitaries.
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Atlanta
Cleveland
Capital City Club
South
Livingston Minls
Washington
Peoria
Tls
Chillicothe
Milwaukee
Prosecution Aims At Bank Officers In Superior
West Superior Wisconsin October 24 resolutions adopted to direct the city attorney and aldermen committee to investigate the Superior National Bank Douglas County Bank and Bank of South Superior with intent to begin criminal prosecutions against officers. City losses tied to bank failures alleged from reckless negligent management and misrule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Superior
Wis
Superior National
Douglas County
Bank of South Superior
Best Rates to State Capital via Rail Lines
A new time card effective October 20 lists Fort Wayne departures at 7:10 a.m. arriving Indianapolis at 12:28 p.m. The return leaves Indianapolis at 6:25 p.m. and arrives Fort Wayne at 1:20 p.m., enabling visitors to conduct half a day’s business at the State capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maneie
Big Four Ry
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Cubans Captured After British Interception At Iguagua
New York reports Cuban junta says twenty one men traveled from New York on Oct 5 aboard the Delaware to Cuba for passage. Fifteen had been acquitted at Wilmington, Del., for filibustering, and they were captured by a British man of war at Iguagua and taken to New Providence as prisoners. Reports confirm a battle in the San Juan valley where 3000 Cubans faced 1800 Spaniards, with 300 Spanish killed. General Maceo moves toward Santa Clara to aid insurgents. other columns mass near Cienfuegos Trinidad and Villa Clara as tensions rise.
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New York
Iguagua
Cabans
Cuba
Nassau
New Providence
Junta
San Juan
Holguin
Barajagua
Antonio Macco
Echague
Maceo
Santa Clara
Macco
Rego
Manicaragua
Cienfuegos
Trinidad
Villa Clara
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MR. Bass
Conterno
the Temple
Nina Bertini Trumphrys
Signor
Victor Claudia
Helen Trenville
Pittsburg Exposition
Gilmore
Inis
Canterna
Canterno
Ninth Regiment
NEW Syndicate
Turkey
Liberal Movement
Lieut
Col. Crofton
Farmer
Springfield, Ills
Philadelphia
Frank Bailey
Smyrna
Del
Catr
Ills
W. McClarney
Willard
Fhils
Illinois
Wabasha
Minn
Cowboy
Smith
John Bull
Flournoy Company
Nebraska
Indian Office
Omaha
Winnebago
Beck
Rev. Talmage
T. de Witt Talmage
First Presbyterian Church
Byron Sunderland
Olney
Herbert
Fitz
Earth
Jim Corbett
Carter
Thomas F. Bayard
Marquis of Salisbury
Bayard
Iowa
Don Dickinson
Ta. EF & W
Greensboro
Y. Pls
Bahama Islands
Wilmington
J. M. Colville
Jay M
Greene
Comedienne
Broadway
Washington Boulevard
Geller
W. F. Geller
Times-Post
Eyr
Wm. Meyer & Bro
Calhoun
Ig Arcade
Fort Wayne Steam Laundry
Phillips
Telephone
Miller
Pa, Heya
J. O. Caswell
Hotel Rich
Briigur Tlome
Danny Times - Post
Freese & Ranke
Calhoun Street
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