Inquiry Ordered Cruelties in Philippines to Be Probed
Secretary Root ordered General Chaffee in Manila to probe reports of the Waller trial and, if confirmed, court-martial General Smith. He also urged action on alleged cruelties by US troops in Igbaras, Iloilo, with possible trials for Major Glenn, Lieutenant Conger, and Assistant Surgeon Lyon. The note cites witness testimony and directs investigations and potential court-martials to establish facts and punish abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Root
Chaffee
Manila
Waller
Smith
Senate Philippine Committee
Presidente of
Igbaras
Glenn
Conger
Lyon
United States
Senator Lodge
Washington, D. C
Charles S. Riley
William L. Smith
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Philippines
Judge Advocate General
Army
War Department
Army of
Elihu Root
H. C. Lodge
United States Senate
Gardner
Tayabas
Edwin F. Glenn
James A. Ryan
Jacob H. Smith
Marine Corps
General Smith
Senate Committee On Philippine Affairs
Charles Riley
Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
Presidente
Igbarras
Iloilo
Panay
Eighteenth
United States Infantry
Arthur L. Conger
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Palmer Lyon
Eighteenth Infantry
Secretary of War
E. F. Glenn
San Francisco
Department of California
Philippine Islands
Funeral of Dr Talmage Draws Honorary Pallbearers
Washington April 16 Funeral services for Rev T De Witt Talmage were held at the Church of the Covenant. The church was crowded as honorary pallbearers including Supreme Court Justices Harlan and Brewer and Senators from Illinois Michigan Iowa attended. The casket rested under a violet bed and a wreath from the White House marked the honors. The remains were later moved to a Pennsylvania RR car for transport to New York and will be interred at Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn after services by Rev Dr Howard Sudem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Church of the Covenant
T. de Witt Talmage
Tiunnis S. Hamlin
Thomas Chalmers
Easton
S. J. Nicolls
James Demarest
Brooklyn
White House
Roosevelt
Harlan and Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Cullom
Ilinois
Burrows
Michigan
Dolliver
Iowa
William Alden Smith
John W. Foster
Louis Klopsch
New York
Hamlin
Nicolls
Demarest
Pennsylvania Railroad
Greenwood Cemetery
Howard Sudem
Rhinebeck
N. Y
Foley's Kidney Cure Offers Security From Kidney and Bladder
A fragment notes Foley's Kidney Cure as a timely remedy for kidney and bladder issues. The line references Dreier and mentions Peleus & Polster in unclear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Dreier
Peleus & Polster
Northern Indiana News Briefs Highlight Local Events
Surveyors set grade stakes for Goshen Angola line. Mayors and merchants report regional changes. Died: Jonathan Weesner 87, A W Beecher 71, John J Ling, Emanuel Knauer. Masons raise 10000 for Auburn temple. Postmaster Bonar appointed Green Center. Gas danger and fires reported. Rural route from Wawaka. Dog tax focus in Whitley. Several notable accidents and deaths listed across counties. Marconi wireless telegraph sent to W Hale in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White’s Institute
Wabash
Decatur
Jonathan Weesner
A. W. Beecher
Lima
Lagrange County
John J. Ling
DeKalb County
Fairfield Township
Emanuel Knauer
Corunna
Masonic Fraternity
Auburn
Masonic
C. F Bonar
Green Center
Noble County
W. C. Shambaugh
Elmer Heiney
Hartford City
J. B. Alleman
M. E. Church
Warsaw
Wawaka
George C. Steinbarger
Whitley County
Grand Jury
Enoch Goshert
John van Tillburg
Samuel Hennemeyer
Luther
Pearl Shriner
Elkhart
Northern Indiana Baptist Association
Goshen
Benjamin Parkinson
Thorncreek Township
Parkinson
George Moon
Kosciusko County
Leesburg
Nappanee
Nappanee Detective Association
Lee Weaver
John C. Myevrs
James Corder
Elvie Burns
Wabash County
Burns
Tim McDonald
Lewisburg
Ohio
McDonald
Frederick Mackenzie
Warren
Huntington
William Lines
Brown
Angola
Waterloo
Olds Construction Company
Fort Wayne
Floyd A. Smithy
Vesta Moulton
Mailed a Monster Letter at Warren Street Store
Chas Myers an implement salesman displays a giant letter and envelope at W S Paul store on Warren street. The sheet measures about six by three feet with a 32 by 10 inch envelope. Postage was twenty eight cents plus a special delivery stamp. Letter from John A Coy of Fort Wayne, Northern Indiana general agent. Coy replied in a joking manner to McCormick advertising inquiry. The oversized correspondence is nailed up for inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Myers
W. S. Paul
Warren Street
John A. Coy
Fort Wayne
Mr. Coy
McCormick Machines
Indiana
Woman Sues Over Hair Loss From Streetcar Collision
Minda Proctor of near Muncie Indiana sues Union Traction for 10000 claiming a streetcar suction threw her down at a crossing injuring her and causing her to lose her hair. She values the hair loss at 200 and cites diminished beauty since the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Minda Proctor
Here
Union Traction Company
Union Traction
Boers Offer First Clear Peace Terms as War Talks Open
London April 16 British cabinet meets to review Boer representatives message from Pretoria and Milner report. Salisbury sees early progress. King Edward hosts a luncheon after a brief audience. St James Gazette foresees public peace updates and talks on major points, with minor issues to a joint board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pretoria
Lord Milner
South Africa
Lord Salisbury
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Sandringham
St. James Gazette
Morgan Secures Half of New British Loan
London April 16 reports that J Pierpont Morgan Barings and the Rothschilds together privately subscribed for 16 million pounds, half of the 32 million pound British loan. The other half will be offered publicly at 93 44 with 2 34 percent interest. Subscriptions closed by April 21. Bank of England notes heavy oversubscription, with the loan seen as ten times subscribed by evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
J. Pierpont Morgan
The
Barings
Rothschilds
Bank of England
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Former nurse at the Children's Home in New York offers Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children now sold in drug stores. Claimed to relieve favorishness constipation headache teething stomach issues and remove worms. 25 cents at druggists. Sample free. Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York address provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
Mother Grey
New York
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Fort Wayne Recruiting Station Closed for Army Drawdown
The Fort Wayne recruiting station closed due to orders from Adjutant General Johnson via Indianapolis to shut all branch stations. Soldiers are plentiful and only high-class recruits over 21 are now accepted, whereas previously boys over 18 were hired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Johnson
Indianapolis
Pottlitzer manager suffers finger dislocation after fall
Adolph Diamond, manager of the Pottlitzer wholesale fruit house, dislocated the middle finger of his left hand after a fall near the Perfect grocery on Columbia street Tuesday afternoon. Initial fears of a break caused him great pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Diamond
Pottlitzer Wholesale Fruit House
Columbia Street
Diamond
Defense Change in Title Clarifies Company Liability
The article explains that the word guarantee in the title misleads about insurance obligations. The firm does not insure against lawsuits but defends them when brought. To prevent future confusion the term defense replaces guarantee in the title.
Sauer West Wedding At Home Of Bride Parents
This afternoon at 4 at the home of Mr and Mrs G M Sauer Edna May Sauer wed Joseph West. Rev J Bucman Fleming performed the ceremony in a small gathering of relatives and friends. The couple will reside at 233 West Berry Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Sauer
Edna May Sauer
Joseph West
J. Bucman Fleming
Wyrick Named by Twelfth District Prohibitionists
William W. Wyrick of Ashley was nominated as a congressional candidate by the Twelfth district prohibitionists at their meeting in Indianapolis on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Wyrick
Ashley
Indianapolis
Ainslie Praises Waller Acquittal On Philippines Shootings
Rev J Stuart Ainslie former Plymouth pastor and now president of the Congregational Ministers association in Chicago rejoices at Major Waller's acquittal for shooting Filipinos without trial. He says soldiers act under superior officers and amid starvation deserve understanding though condemning the war. Other Chicago ministers condemn his remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Stuart Ainslie
Plymouth Congregational Church
Congregational Ministers’ Association
Chicago
Major Waller
Ainslie
Waller
Philippines
Physicians Guarantee Becomes Physicians Defense Company
Fort Wayne insurer changes name after rulings by state insurance commissioners. Articles filed in Indianapolis list directors Alpheus P. Buchman Samuel M. Foster John W. White Ernest W. Cook Miles F. Porter Edward J. McOscar George J. Cook Robert S. Taylor Charles H. Worden Owen Heaton Edward H. Merritt. The firm protects physicians in malpractice litigation and operates nationwide despite the naming change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Physicians’ Guarantee Company
Physicians’ Defense Company
Indianapolis
Alpheus P. Buchman
Samuel M. Foster
John W. White
Ernest W. Cook
Miles F
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad Touts Teething Remedy
An early advertisement urges mothers to use Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup as the best remedy for teething children, promoting its soothing properties.
Indiana partition action in Allen County court
In the April 1902 term the superior court handles William Kenark against Timothy Kenark and others. An affidavit shows defendants Maria Heehler Celia Kenark Louis Kenark John Kenark William Kenark Margaret Kenark Blanche Kenark Mary Frances Kenark George Kenark and Nellie Kenark are non residents of Indiana with a real estate partition claim in favor of the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Indiana
Allen County
Maria Heehler
Celia Kenark
Louis Kenark
John Kenark
William Kenark
Margaret Kenark
Blanche Kenark
Mary Frances Kenark
George Kenark
Nellie Kenark
Indiana
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DR. Talmage
Preacher
Goshen-Angola
James Graves
Kendallville
Henry H. Wagner
Steuben County
W. B. Hale
Geneva
Marconi
C. K. McFadden
Byrd Oil Syndicate
McFadden
Mr. Hale
Huntington Herald
Premier Salisbury Dines
King
Morgan
Turee
Sauer-West
W. W. Wyrick
DR. Joseph Ene
Mali Ene Medicine CO
Uniod City
Sterling Remedy Company
Timothy Kenark
Frank J. Belot
Geo. F. Felts
Plaintiff
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