Plan to Raise Fund for New Fort Wayne Home
The Fort Wayne Woman's Christian Association aims to raise at least 60 000 dollars to build a permanent home. An executive committee of eleven was named plus officers to lead the campaign with Mrs W J Vesey presiding. The plan calls for canvassing details and broad support from business and professional leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
George Evans
S. Knight
Stella Mossman
John Evans
B. Paul Mossman
John Sheaff
F. J. Hayden
A. H. Perfect
G. W. Beers
H. L. Askew
G. W. McCaskey
W. J. Vesey
Idle artillery workers march to Westminster for public appeal
In London on April 23 a several thousand strong parade of Woolwich arsenal workers and other tradesmen marched eight miles from Woolwich to the house of commons. They presented grievances over mass dismissals tied to war economy cuts and sought assurances of continued work. The Premier and Haldane promised sympathetic consideration and continued employment where possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Woolwich Arsenal
Haldane
Woolwich
House of Commons
Arsenal
Army Clothing
Pimlico
St. George's Circle
Parlament
Campbell-Bannerman
Baron Tweedmouth
Admiralty
William Crooks
House of Parliament
Lord Tweedmouth
Navy Department
Dealock Remains Unbroken in Central American Talks
Washington April 23 dispatch from Phillip Brown the American charge at Guatemala says the central American controversy shows no progress toward settlement. He reports discussions continue but the deadlock remains and he holds out no hope for early agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Phillip Brown
Guatemala
la Union
Salvador
Brown
Sol A Wood Appointed Special Master in Bankruptcy Objections
Judge A B Anderson of the federal court names Sol A Wood of this city as special master in chancery to hear creditors objections to the discharge in bankruptcy of Pro Brog a former grocery firm at Rome City. The net proceeds of the charity ball at Kendallville were $30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Anderson
Fedial Court
Sol A. Wood
Pro. Brog
Rome City
Kendallville
Torture Suppression Debate Over Riga Prison Mutiny
In St Petersburg on April 15 the lower house debated the Riga prison mutiny of April 13. An interpellation committee report detailed about seventy torture cases amid accusations that prison authorities beat prisoners to force confessions. Victims suffered flogging, nail pulls, and hair removal over days. many sentenced by drumhead court martial or who overpowered guards likely endured torture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Riga
M. Pergament
Kherson
Interpellation Committee
Anti-Saloon Fighters Win Partial Victory in Cedar Creek
Cedar Creek township anti salooners won a partial victory in the commissioners court, after the remonstrance against a saloon license was deemed too late to withdraw. Frank Disler quit his application at Hurshtown, and Lloyd Hursh faced a remonstrance alleging signatures were misused to target Disler only. The remonstrance filed February 1 contained ten extra names, with signatures to be sworn to by those who collected them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Creek Township
Commissioners’ Court
Frank Disler
Hurshtown
Lloyd Hursh
Grabill
Disler
J. W. Keck
George W. Wilks
Roy Schuler
Elmer Keck
George W. Keck
Jacob Conrad
George Frederick
William G. Schuler
J. W. Fee
Joseph Lacroix
Express car delays after axle break and local notices
A heavily loaded express car on the Huntington interurban line halted two hours for repairs after a broken axle. Island Park assembly meets in Rome City and abandons the 1907 sessions due to a railroad fare dispute. Roanoke searches locate the grave of Coesse with Koontz, Kilsoquah and Revarre artifacts. Angola forms Retail Merchants Association and plans a new grandstand at the race track costing about $2,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Huntington
Board of Managers
Island Park Assembly
Rome City
Assembly
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Koontz
Roanoke
Old Coesse
John K. Smith
Kil-so-quah
Coesse
Anthony Revarre
Revarre
Angola Fair Association
Bryan Is Center of Brooklyn Democratic Dinner
In Brooklyn the Democratic Club celebrated Jefferson’s birthday with William Jennings Bryan as the main attraction. Notables including Edward M. Shepard and Ollie James attended as speakers while Moynihan presided. The event voiced hope Bryan would lead the party in 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Brooklyn
Thomas Jefferson
Brooklyn Democratic Club
Mr. Bryant
Daniel Moynihan
Mr. Bryan
Edward M. Shepard
George Fred Williams
Massachusetts
J. Hoge Tyler
Virginia
John W. Tomlinson
Alabama
Edwin Warfield
Maryland
Augustus Thomas
Ollie James
Kentucky
James H. Blount
Georgia
United States
Philippine Islands
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Organization
Lewis Nixon
Bryan
Williams
Tyler
Mr. Tyler
William J. Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Escaped Prisoner W C Anderson Seeks Presidential Pardon
In Missouri a house majority urged President Roosevelt to pardon W C Anderson who escaped Fort Leavenworth nine years ago after a post office burglary sentence of seven years. He rebuilt life in Kansas City, was arrested last Friday, and petitions with thousands of signatures circulated for clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri House of Representatives
Jefferson City
Roosevelt
W. C. Anderson
Federal
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Anderson
Sweetwater
Okla
Marriage Licenses and Community Notes From Bluffton
Marriage licenses list multiple couples with ages and occupations including Lemper Schremser and others. Memorial Day address by Judge Erwin of Decatur scheduled for Bluffton. Health improves for Attorney Clugston after Texas trip. Cantwell, a Lake Shore brake man, injured but expected to recover. Elkhart County Observer suspends publication. subscribers transferred to Milford Mall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.K. Erwin
Decatur
Bluffton
P. H. Clugston
Columbia City
Texas
Lewis Cantwell
Butler
Lake Shore
Elkhart County
New Paris
Milford “Mall
Four Men and 260 Horses Die in City Fire Chaos
A series of fires on New York’s upper and middle east sides killed four Italian men and 260 horses, injured twelve firefighters, and caused about 200000 dollars in losses. Fireboats aided two engines toppled by streetcar collisions while rescuers saved tenements and hotels as chaos spread across multiple blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Upper East Side
Broadway
Middle East Side
Christopher
Barrow Streets
Christopher, Barrow
West
Washington Streets
Palace
Knickerbocker
Wooster Street
R. R. Frome Manufacturing Company
Great Lumber Plant Burns at Port Blakely
A fire in the planer room of the Port Blakely Mill destroyed the entire lumber plant, the coast’s largest mill and among the world's biggest. Loss estimated between 200000 and 500000 with about 70 percent insured. Three hundred workers fled as flames raged. management plans immediate rebuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Blakely
Wash
Seattle
Port Blakely Mill Company
Watchman Fatally Burned in Fire at Ann Street Factory
A five story building at 71-85 Ann Street housing the Bunge Pickle and Yeast company burned in the early hours. Watchman John Evosta was fatally injured after jumping from the fourth floor to escape the blaze while signaling for help by the factory telephone. Loss estimated at $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ann Street
Bunge Pickle and Yeast Company
John Evosta
Birth Announcements From Local Families
A series of birth notices list newborns born to families across the city. Names include Mr and Mrs A Gage 417 Greenwood avenue a son. Mr and Mrs Charles Nolan 622 Taylor street a son. Mr and Mrs George Troutman Wilt street a son. Mr and Mrs A C Bates Arcola a daughter. Mr and Mrs William Decetting Lafayette street a son. Dr and Mrs R B McKeeman 2020 Broadway a daughter. Mr and Mrs Genth Zanesville a son. Mr and Mrs Smith Zanesville a daughter. Mr and Mrs R L Cork 113 East Pontiac street a son. Mr and Mrs Clem Brueckner 1315 Erie street a son. Mr and Mrs Frank Hugenard Pape avenue a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Gage
Greenwood Avenue
Charles Nolan
Taylor Street
George Troutman
Wilt Street
A. C. Bates
Arcola
William Decetting
Lafayette Street
R. B. McKeeman
Broadway
Genth
Zanesville
Smith
R. L. Cork
Pontiac Street
Clem Brueckner
Erie Street
Frank Hugenard
Pape Avenue
Ken dallville Names W P Rupp to Manage Team
W P Rupp will manage the Ken dallville baseball team for the coming season. Basil Smith, a young Whitley county farmer, was thrown from his buggy by a runaway near the Snyder schoolhouse in Washington township at 11 o'clock Saturday night and lay unconscious eight hours until found at 7 Sunday morning. He had a severe head wound and doctors deem his escape miraculous. Dr Hiram Van Deusen is critically ill at his father's home in Butler from tuberculosis with death believed imminent. Peter Inniger, a well known Amish farmer near Berne, is dead from pneumonia at age 30, recently married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Rupp
Kendallville
Basil Smith
Whitley County
Snyder
Washington Township
Hiram “van Deusen
Butler
Péter Inniger
Berne
Ecker Brayton and others wed in April ceremonies
Multiple wedding notices from a Fort Wayne era page list marriages on April 16 to 21. Ecker Brayton of Lagrange wed J Becker of Chicago. Sarah Whitney wed Chalmer Bowman in Aboit. Pauline Malich wed Andrew Mertz. Gladys Metcalf wed John Preble. Eva LaMar wed Richard Metheany. Hattie Fenton wed Paul Miller. Elizabeth Hatch wed Martin Kemp. Vera Johnson wed Eugene Williams. Augusta Brackmann wed William Hanefeldt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Lemper
Bernardine H. Schremser
William Gombert
Farmer
Minnie Peters
John Kline
Margaret van Dyke
Paul Miller
Hattie Fenton
Louis Stephan
Carrie C. Schmidt
Richard R. Metheany
Eve LaMar
John W. Preble
Gladys P. Metcalf
Charles P. Sutton
Mary A. Rupley
James Null
Nora Saston
Andreaserta
Pauline M. Malich
Eugene 3. Williams
Vera Johnson
Hattie Fenon
Melvin G. Anderson
Mary P. Brosseau
Lloyd M. Blakely
Ida E. Klingenberger
Ervin H. Flick
Clara
Boehm
Louis F. Dodane
Margaret EB. Merrillat
Martin W. Kemp
Elizabeth W. Hatch
William Sorg
Mary A. Noonan
Local Weddings and Anniversaries Highlight Community Life
Miss Ida Klingenberger and Lloyd M. Blakely wed at St. Peter's Catholic church parsonage with Rev Thiele officiating. The couple will reside at 917 East Creighton Avenue. Also noted are the Blakelys’ New Haven housekeeping, a surprise birthday party for Mrs Jack Perry of Eel River Township, and the 25th wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Bruick near New Haven. Music by Rev Beyer and Rev Koeist accompanied receptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preble
Kerr Murray Works
Brackmann
Beyer
Koeist
New Haven
Mrs. Hanefeldt
Blakely-Klingenberger
Ida Klingenberger
Lloyd M. Blakely
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Father Thiele
Joseph Klingenberger
South Side
Blakely
G. R. & I. Railroad
Jack Perry
Eel River Township
John Valentine
Peter Hull
BE. A. Sordelet
Hiram Frazier
Sam Hull
F. M. Sonday
Oral Geisking
George Hull
Levi Bear
John Geisking
Rozell Frazier
Floyde Geisking
Goldin Geisking
William Daffern
Fort Wayne
Adam Bruick
Meyers 15 Convicted In Criminal Assault Case
Charles Meyers son of a former New Haven marshal was convicted in the circuit court of criminal assault on Mrs. Bert Harden of Smith street. Sentence ranges two to twenty-one years at Jeffersonville with likely maximum as he has prior theft confinement. Evidence tied him to past assaults on a girl in New Haven and three married women on Fort Wayne streets. He is 36 and married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Meyers
New Haven
Bert Harden
Smith Street
Jeffersonville
Fort Wayne
Toledo and Fort Wayne Electric Railway picks officers
Stockholders of the Toledo and Fort Wayne Electric Railway company elected officers at a meeting in Ballou and Hoffman law offices. John H. Zimmerman was named president Ira Grubb as vice president G A Reeder as secretary and Thomas H Hood as treasurer. All are Springfield township farmers backing the interurban project. F B Morgan of Cleveland represented the eastern syndicate financing the plan and called the route highly promising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Toledo and
Fort Wayne
T. R. Marshall as Orator at Decoration Day Observance
Hon Thomas R Marshall of Columbia City will deliver the principal address at Lindenwood cemetery on Decoration Day with Mayor Hosey presiding. Memorial Sunday services start at Westminster Presbyterian Church with Rev William H Wilson. the Majestic Theater hosts the afternoon program led by Rev Charles A Rowand. School children join veterans in the Decoration Day parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Marshall
Columbia City
Lindenwood Cemetery
Hosey
Commercial Club Rooms
Westminster Presbyterian Church
William H. Wilson
Majestic Theater
Charles A. Rowand
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Electric road to connect Kimmell and Lagrange eyed at $700000
C F Knowlton of Wolf Lake notes the proposed electric line from Kimmell to Lagrange is in good shape and will soon begin construction after Fort Wayne and South Bend linkup. The line would mainly use local citizens and reuse a Ligonier water pumping station as a power plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Knowlton
Wolf Lake
Kimmel
Ligonier
Topeka
Lagrange
Kimmell
Fort Wayne & South Bend
Goshen
Schuyler Wiltfong
O. D. Tyner
Auburn
Toledo
Chicago
Tyner
Wild West
Milford
R. C. Chitcote
Oregon
Human Voice
New Paris
Indiana rail executive speaks to tax board on side of tech upgrades
J Levering Jones president of Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Railway and associate of Randall Morgan told the state tax board that no reduction was asked this year though he expected no increase. He outlined spending on property improvements and new lines from Logansport to Lafayette and Fort Wayne to Bluffton creating a continuous Fort Wayne Lafayette route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
J. Levering Jones
State Tax Board
Jones
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Railway Company
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Randall Morgan
Philadelphia
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Company
Emmons
J. M. Barrett
Fort Wayne
Logansport
Lafayette
Bluffton
Fort Wayne G A R encampment funds fall short of goal
The Fort Wayne G A R encampment organizers report only about 2700 in subscriptions, less than half the needed amount to host the event creditably. They warn may omit big features unless funds rise, noting costs may exceed 6000 and rival cities have raised more. Veteran F M Van Pelt assists with suggestions from Anderson encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Anderson
Warsaw
F. M. van Pelt
Figel Saws Off Door and Denies Lies in Court
Henry Figel faced a public intoxication charge in city court while asserting that his wife Patrolman Connell and Humane Officer Schlaudroff lied under oath. A five dollar fine plus costs was imposed as neighbors and officers testified. other cases, including Arthur Williams with railroad brass, were continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Figel
Connell
Schlaudroff
Figel
Barthold Street
Kientz
Arthur Williams
Joseph Burke
Mr. Schlaudroff
Christ Spold- Inger
Auburn Fields More Baseball Teams Than Any City
The Auburn Dispatch asserts the city hosts a large number of baseball teams organized with players from up to three years ago, highlighting local athletic growth and community teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
The
Dispatch
Mee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Young Women’s Christian Association
the Commons
Dealock
Democrats
Ted Once More
Leavenworth
Bowman-Whitney
Sarah E. Whitney
Chalmer Bowman
Aboit
Edward Pritchard
East Third Street
Frank Lenig
D. D
Wayne Street
M. H
Bowman
Mertz Malich
Pauline Marie Malich
Andrew Mertz
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Jacob Miller
Charles Grosvenor
Herman Malich
Marie Malich
Flora Homeyer
Rudolph Wolf
Adolph Effingberg
Gertrude
Malonie Malich
H. K. Malich
Griswold Avenue
Mrs. Mertz
St. Mary's Avenue
Mr. Mertz
Wabash Shops
Mnd
Kemp-Hatch
Christ’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Pennsylvania
Hugene LaPointe
Frank LaPointe
G. O. Russell
Velma
Albion
Glenn Ayers
Montpelier
East
Pennsylvania Company
Hanefeldt-Brackmann
Augusta Brackmann
Gar Creek
William Hanefeldt
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Rev. Beyer
Augusta Hanenfeldt
Clara, Brackmann
Leona Beyer
Hulda Brackmann
New Interurban Company
T. R. Marshall
Orator
India
Mr. Barrett
Mr. Emmons
Tax Board
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