Local News Highlights From April 15 1894
John Mohr Jr and William Breen return from West Baden Springs. Louis Copinus back from Chicago for treatment. Charles Hana buys half interest in Winklemeyer Bros livery. Mrs D W Ocker visits from Garrett Ind buying spring millinery. Several marriages announced including Maud Cass and Aren Hoover and Mollie Reinmeyer wedding plans. A rash of local incidents from vaccinating tramps to a Calhoun street injury and a Marion township birthday surprise. Fort Wayne Lime Co incorporated to handle Huntington lime. Chicago smallpox counts rise.
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John Mohr, Jr
William Breen
West Baden Springs
Louis Copinus
Chicago
Charles A. Hana
Winklemeyer Bros
D. W. Ocker
Garrett
Ind
Tyler
South Wayne
Frank Shreve
Geneva, Inc
Gegge
Shreve
Schantz
William Hildebrand
Marion Township
Hattie Boger
Emma Frachte
Rev
Chas Miller
Grandma Hildebrand
Joseph Sack
Henry Wiehe
Frank Griese
Albert Ruth
Henry Sack
Henry Close
Mr. Hildebrand
Rascals Seining Pickerel In St Marys River Angers Fort Wayne Fishermen
Fort Wayne anglers report heavy pickerel hauls in the St Marys river below Bloomingdale bridge with as many as 150 to 200 caught on some days. Officials are alerted to suspected seiners as citizens urge fort Wayne clubs to offer rewards for violators and curb illegal fishing along local streams.
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Fort Wayne
St. Mary's River
Bloomingdale Bridge
West Superior Street
Tus Sentinst
St Joe
Maumee
Shock Death by Own Action in Lima Train Incident
John Brooks a 39 year old Lima boilermaker committed suicide by lying on the track as Pittsburg passenger train No 4 approached. The engine pilot struck him, leaving severe injuries and amputation, with Brooks dying at 11 20 after three hours fifty minutes. Brooks had domestic troubles and unemployment.
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Lima
Ohio
John Brooks
Tur Sxnrrnel
Pittsburg
David Rady
Andy Miller
Rady
Brooke
Miller
Brooks
Visit of Baptist Union Editor Highlights Fort Wayne Church
The Baptist Union editor Dr Frank L Wilkins of Chicago writes on his Fort Wayne visit praising First Baptist pastor Stephen A Northrop and the churchs growth. He notes Fort Waynes 40000 population with strong Catholic Lutheran influence and the 1000 member Baptist congregation. Mrs Northrop is a noted gospel singer supporting her husband.
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Frank L. Wilkins
The
Baptist Union
Chicago
Baptist Tabernacle
First Baptist Church
Fort Wayne
Ind
Stephen A. Northrop
Northrop
Fort Wayne Baptists Embrace Evangelical Ideal Motto Go Disciple
In Fort Wayne Pastor Northrop inspires his flock with relentless soul winning. The Baptist church, guided by the Go disciple motto, returns nightly to his home for discussions on daily deeds and broader evangelistic work. Dr. Wilkins praises Northrop's new book as an armed advance against Christ’s enemies.
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Northrop
Fort Wayne
Dr. Wilkins
Rev. Northrop
Bloody Corean plot ends with Kin clan chief slain in Shanghai
The Empress of Japan brings news of a Corean plot to overthrow the king and kill ministers. Kin clan leaders planned to burn the palace on February 6 and seize power. Ok Kin, a revolutionist, was killed in Shanghai by a Corean body servant named Kosawa. The assassin, linked to prior intrigues, fled to Japan after the 1884 upheavals and is now implicated in the broad conspiracy.
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B.C
En-Uing
Ok Kin
Progressive Party
Corea
Soul
Kin
Japan
Shanghai
Japan Hotel
Koshawa
Li Itzu Shoka
King
Boko Yoi Ko
Ko Sho Wue
Straits Papers
Boko Kin
Japan Daily Advertiser
Law Fails to Include County Officials in 1891 Fee Statute
Judge Wiley ruled the 1891 fee and salary act unconstitutional for omitting Shelby county treasurer, auditor, and recorder. He cited 1879 statutes granting their incomes and noted broader implications for county officers amid similar Supreme Court commentary. A separate item notes canal route studies from Toledo to Chicago and a Texas murder suicide near Collinburg.
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Namy
Shelby County
Fower
Ind
Wiley
Benton Circuit Court
Indiana Supreme Court
Henderson
Ieea
Benton County
Association of County Officers
Mutiny Brewing As Coxey Army Marches Toward Washington
The Coxey commonweal army led by Christopher Columbus Jones marches from Puivapencuia toward Rockville and eventually Washington. Desertions thin the group while hundreds follow, facing rain snow and difficult roads through Darby Somerfield and Frederick as internal clashes over leadership loom.
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Christopher Columbus Jones
Coxey
Rockville
Washington
Marshal Jones
Filbert Street
United States
C. T. McKee
William Phillips
Market Street
Darby
Jones
Captain Clark
George Marshall
Bread Riots Grip Meshed Amid Food Shortage
A serious condition of affairs prevails in Meshed capital of Khorasan. Bread riots occur daily in the 60 000 population city causing widespread distress. Bazaars are closed and authorities struggle to protect property amid rioting.
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Teaxay
Persis
Meshed
Khorasan
Widow Sarah York Found Dead at Farm Home
An aged widow living near Sycamore in Kokono county was found dead on the floor of her room after lying beside a hot gas stove for five days. Neighbors believed she was away visiting when the body was discovered. Investigators report past death of her husband on the same farm twenty years ago.
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Kokono
Ind
Sarah York
Sycamore
New Albany Presbytery Targets Immoral Men at General Assembly
The New Albany presbytery adjourned and drafted resolutions to be presented at the general assembly in Saratoga next May, urging exclusion of men with dissolute habits from national councils. Other items note New York’s charitable giving, a Dramatic glucose works ruins search, and local notices including obituaries and medical ads.
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New Alsany
Ind
New Albany
Murder at Poneto Leads Sheriff to Arrest
Sheriff Huffman rushed to Poneto Indiana after a telegram reporting a murder. Ruth Nuth, thirty five, and Lewis Grove fifty engaged in a quarrel over a wagon firewood dispute. Ruth struck Grove with a wagon tire killing him. Ruth claims self defense while witnesses say Grove had no weapon. Ruth is jailed.
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Ke Nuth
Lewis Grove
Ruth
Grove
Death at Funeral Sparks Panic in Harrodsburg
William Russell collapsed and died at Stewart county’s funeral of Squire P H Best prompting a panic near Harrodsburg Kentucky. The death occurred as the coffin was lowered into the grave after Best’s suicide earlier that morning.
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Harropshvre
Stewart
William Russell
Squire P. H. Best
Russell
A Bloomin' Buster and the Chester Rogues Tale
A long feature profiles Capt. Charles Chester of the Queen's Lancers with his career of larceny and romance. He recounts escapes from arrest, dummy names, cons involving widows, and a world tour with lovers like Fannie Bartlett. He hints at Sing Sing time and a life on the run.
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Charles Chester
Queen's Lancers
London
New York
Chester
Capt
Thad
Fannie Bartlett
Humae
Jove
Rail excursion fare to the South from Louisville and Nashville
Through excursion tickets sold March S and April 9 from St Louis Evansville Louisville and Cincinnati to principal southern cities in Tennessee Alabama Georgia West Florida and Mississippi at one round trip fare. Return within twenty days. Inquiries to ticket agents or General Passenger Agent C P Atmore Louisville Ky.
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Isse
Louisville
Nashville
Wall
South
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
West Florida
Mississippi
St Lis
Evansville
Cincinnat
Pointe Scuta Ash
Atation
Ty C. P Atmore
Not Much Choice in Bargain Tales
A snippet shows two girls debating bargains and high priced goods. The dialogue contrasts purses and pride with a remark about new dresses from bargain sales and a mother who buys the most expensive items. The scene closes with a note about Street and Sasith's Good News.
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Street
Sasith
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