Roberts Criticism Sparks Debate Over South Africa War
London dispatches report Lord Roberts' criticisms of General Buller, General Vinller, and Colonel Thornycroft triggering wide comment. Newspapers condemn Buller's handling, with calls for resignation possible, while Warrenton and Wepener cables show little new progress amid ongoing tension over the war effort.
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London
Lod Roberts
Vinller
Warren
Thornycroft
South Africa
Levi Roberts
Buller
St. James Gazette
Fung
Lereey
Globe
Wepener
Lord Roberts
Siege of Wepener Details from Maseru Dispatch
Maseru reports Colonel Dalgetty’s forces at Wepener have 20 killed and 100 wounded since besieged. Boer losses said heavier. After April 12 night attack, dead unburied. Leaders split on renewed assault as desultory cannon fire and sniping continue. Caledon rising alarms Boers on both riverbanks. five Boer guns believed disabled.
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Maseru
Dalgetty
Wepener
Caledon
Finger Growth Case Seeks Recovery Below Joint
April 12 Otto Snyder of Kerr Murray works was struck by a heavy sheet iron piece causing near amputation of the left little finger. Dr. C F Neischang saved the finger by reattaching the severed end and stitching the wound. Circulation returned and the finger is reuniting with only a slight scar.
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C. F. Neischang
Otto Snyder
Kerr Murray Works
Neischang
Snyder
Tolbert Removed as Charleston Collector of Customs
The president, acting on Secretary Gage’s recommendation, will remove John R. Tolbert from his post as Charleston customs collector and appoint Robert M. Wallace of Sumpter to the vacancy. Government agents reported Tolbert and others at the Charleston customs house concealed liquor for illegal use. Wallace will dismiss the deputy collector and at least one janitor and possibly others implicated in the misconduct.
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Washington
Gage
John R. Tolbert
Charleston
South Carolina
Robert M. Wallace
Sumpter
S. C
Tolbert
Charleston Custom House
Wallace
Clerks Remain Untroubled as Liquor Case Unfolds
The clerks, presumed innocent of wrongdoing, will not be disturbed amid the liquor case proceeding.
Browne urges Dewey for populist ticket at Missouri meet
Carl Browne of Coxey army fame stuns Missouri populists by backing Admiral George Dewey for president with Wharton Barker or Ignatius Donnelly for vice president. He says Barker faces inevitable defeat and that the Dewey ticket could challenge both McKinley and Bryan led blocs. Delegates to Cincinnati to be chosen after afternoon recess.
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Kansas City
Carl Browne
Coxey Army Fame
Missouri
Wharton Barker
Pennsylvania
Admiral Dewey
Barker
Browne
George Dewey
Ignatius Donnelly
Money Power
McKinley
William J. Bryan
Cincinnati
Johnson Secures Caveat for Liquid Air Device
Alexander Johnson of Fort Wayne has received a caveat covering a method and apparatus for applying and controlling liquid air. Chapin and Denny announced the official caveat grant in New York after Johnson’s early discovery and prior caveat filing, giving him one year to perfect the invention before patenting by others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Patent Office
Fortune Goes To Schools In Topeka Will
The will of Mrs. Eliza Chrisman filed in Topeka probate court leaves the bulk of a fortune about 250000 to found the University of Topeka, contingent on Kansas Methodist churches raising an equal sum in ten years. She also bequeaths 35000 to Ohio Wesleyan university 5000 for a Topeka First Methodist parsonage and 3000 to the women's missionary society. Rev A S Embree her former pastor is named administrator at 5000 yearly.
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Topeka
Kas
Eliza Chrisman
University of Topeka
Methodist Churches of Kansas
First Methodist Church of
Women’s Missionary Society
A. S. Embree
Friend of Lincoln Sullivan Cutcheon Dead at 67
Detroit April 18 Hon Sullivan M Cutcheon ex speaker of Michigan house and noted in business circles died at his residence aged sixty seven Born in Penbroke NH he befriended President Lincoln while Pittsfield Illinois schools superintendent in 1858 He led Michigan delegation at 1866 Republican convention and chaired the 1873 constitutional revision committee He also served as U S district attorney for eastern Michigan under Presidents Bayer and Arthur
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Detroit
Mich
Sullivan M. Cutcheon
Michigan House of Representatives
Cutcheon
Penbroke
N. H
Pittsfield
Ill
Lincoln
Michigan
General Grant
United States
Eastern
Bayer
Arthur
After the Turk Settlement Delayed Indemnity Claims
The Turkish government faces pressure to fulfill time bound indemnity obligations as settlement terms lag. Warships may be ordered if delays persist, signaling growing international tension.
Indemnity Dispute Over 100000. Smyrna Port Seizure Considered
Washington reports United States aims to collect 100000 owed for outrages on American missionaries.Diplomatic pressure, not seizure, planned. potential impact on Smyrna customs and wider European balance discussed. Mrs. Bensmann of 76 Madison Street dies at Hope Hospital in Chicago. funeral notices follow.
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Smyrna
New York
Tribune
Washington
United States
Constantinople
Mediterranean
Turkey
Europe
Olney
Death of C Hamilton in Shelbyville Interred in Fort Wayne
C Hamilton once lived in Fort Wayne and worked as a spring maker at the Wabash shops. He married Mary Streton of this city about fifteen years ago, later moving to Chicago where he studied veterinary surgery. He died in Shelbyville while practicing there and his remains were brought to Fort Wayne for interment.
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C. Hamilton
Shelbyville
Fusion hopes crushed in Big Seventh as conventions nominate rivals
In Great Bend Kansas on April 18 the Democratic and Populist conventions in the Big Seventh district adjourned after rival candidates were named. Claude Duval of Hutchinson led the Democrats and I H Campbell of Wichita led the Populists. Fusion talks failed as conference committees could not agree on terms. Ex Congressmen Jerry Simpson did not seek nomination. Simpson's allies backed Duval with a plan for Sen. Simpson to gain Populist support and obtain Democratic votes for him in the next legislature. The Populists authorized later fusion with the candidate's consent, keeping some fusion hope alive.
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Great Bend
Kas
Big Seventh
Claude Duval
Hutchinson
I. H. Campbell
Wichita
Jerry Simpson
Duval
Simpson
United States
Thousands Seek Seats At National Welcome Meeting
About 20 000 people are expected to attend the national welcome for the conference of foreign missions in New York. President McKinley Governor Roosevelt and ex President Harrison are set to speak as the hospitality committee struggles to provide seats, with Carnegie Hall nearly filled. The McKinleys will arrive Saturday morning and stay at the Hotel Manhattan, while ex President Harrison is expected tomorrow.
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New York
Conference of Foreign Missions
McKinley
Roosevelt
Harrison
Carnegie Hall
Manhattan
Death of J C Hamilton Reported in Telegraph Notice
Mrs. James Fox of Brackenridge street received a telegraph update last week about the sudden death of John Hamilton. The notice provides few details beyond the unexpected passing and the family’s immediate concern.
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James Fox
Brackenridge Street
Telegraph
John
Death of Mrs. J. W. Miller St. Paul’s pastor’s wife
Telegram from Fort Wayne reports the death of Mrs. J. W. Miller wife of the St. Paul’s Lutheran church pastor on Barr street Chicago she was about 30 with six children Rev Miller left for her bedside in Fort Wayne where the couple had served for three years her father died in this city a year ago and Mrs Miller aided her ill mother in Chicago prior to her own illness and death
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J. W. Miller
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Barr Street
Chicago
Mrs Wilhelmina Grosh Dies at Fort Wayne Home
Mrs Wilhelmina Grosh widow of John Grosh died at 503 Hanna street Wednesday from cancer. She was 64 and had lived in Fort Wayne about 40 years. She leaves four children Henry August P and Jesse Grosh and Mrs Peter Follmer. Surviving brothers and sisters include August Justine Gregory Lauer Mrs Joe Sorg Mrs X Zern and Mrs J Klingenberg.
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Wilhelmina Grosh
John Grosh
Hanna Street
Mrs Bridget Mailey dies in Fort Wayne at 71
Mrs Bridget Mailey widow of Patrick Mailey died at 8 30 AM Thursday at her daughter Ellen Ryan’s home 36 Brandriff street death due to paralysis of the heart She was born in Lews burgh County Mayo Ireland seventy one years ago and lived in Fort Wayne thirty years Surviving are one sister and four daughters Honor Myton Mary Fremouth Ellen Ryan Agnes Krebs and Jennie Showling Funeral services were held Saturday at 9 o'clock from St Patrick's church
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Bridget Mailey
Patrick Mailey
Ellen Ryan
Brandriff Street
Mailey
Lewsburgh
County Mayo
Ireland
Fort Wayne
Honor Myton
Mary Fremouth
Mrs Howey Dies After Operation at Age 32
Enfeebled condition could not withstand the shock and she died some hours after the operation. Mrs. Howey, 32, leaves a son named Charles and many relatives. The remains were taken to the home of her father Franklin Baines at 36 West Williams Street.
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Howey
Charles
Franklin Baines
West
Williams Street
Fort Wayne Citizen Brutus Bourie Dies After Illness
Brutus A. Bourie prominent Fort Wayne resident dies at 62 at his home 18 West DeWald street after a brief illness. He served in the Ninth and Fifty fifth Indiana regiments, fought in the Civil War, and held various local business roles including Sum mit City Soap works and Olds Wagon works. He married Theresa Armel recently and left no children. survivors include siblings L. T. Bourie H. G. Olds and Desdemona Bourie. He was a devoted member of St. Patrick's Catholic church.
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Brutus A. Bourie
Fort Wayne
West DeWald Street
Bourie
Mr. Bourie
John B. Bourie
Dubuque
Muscatine
Iowa
Toledo
Ohio
Bourne
Indiana
A. C. Trentman
Summit City Soap Works
Olds Wagon Works
Legion
Theresa Armel
L. T. Bourie
H. G. Olds
Desdemona Bourie
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Married Men’s Sodality
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Memorial of a Theater Family Member Shipped to Chicago
The deceased, about 32, leaves a wife in the theatrical profession and a sister Mrs. Genevieve Evans of St. Marys. H. C. and G. B. Hartman of this city are uncles. The remains were shipped to Chicago for interment.
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Genevieve Evans
St. Mary’s
H. C
G. B. Hartman
Chicago
Death of Eight-Year-Old Pupil at Indianet School
Dale Kruse, an eight year old pupil at Indianet School for Feeble Minded Youth, died Friday afternoon of marasmus. Funeral services were held at the institution today. MISS GONNE CHARGES LIBEL against Colles editor of the Irish Figarro for calling her a government spy and pensioner. summons issued with hearing set for April 26.
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Dale Kruse
Indianet School
Marasmus
Miss Gonne
Dublin
Police Court
House Passes Naval Bill Without Division in Congress
Washington April 21. The house passes the naval appropriation bill without division and adopts all committee amendments. The session mostly features eulogies for late Representative Evan E. Settle of Kentucky.
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Evan E. Settle
Kentucky
President Must Approve Porto Rico Franchise Restrictions
The committee on insular affairs today voted to amend the Foraker resolution to make franchises and concessions inoperable until approved by the president and to impose strict limits on private corporation charters. A special meeting drew thirteen members including Cooper Cannon Hitt Payne Hepburn Loud Tawney Moody Crumpacker Jones Maddox Williams Carmack.
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Washington
House Committee On Insular Affairs
Foraker
Porto Rico
Cooper
Cannon
Hitt
Payne
Hepburn
Loud
Tawney
Moody Crumpacker Jones
Virginia
Maddox
Williams
Mississippi
Carmack
Infant Pohlman Died At St Josephs Hospital
The infant child of Mr and Mrs William Pohlman died Thursday afternoon of spinal trouble at St Josephs hospital. The parents reside in New York and are in Fort Wayne for the summer while Mr Pohlman directs music at Robison park.
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William Pohlman
St. Joseph’s Hospital
New York
Fort Wayne
Mr. Pohlman
Robison Park
Newspaper Office Burned in St Louis Fire
The St Louis Chronicle plant at 14 to 18 North Sixth Street was practically destroyed by a fire that started in the boiler room. The interior is a complete wreck with typesetting machines, stereotype machines, and all type fonts in the advertising department ruined.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Chronicle
North Sixth Street
Arthur Livingston Dies at County Asylum
Livingston, an actor, died last week at the county asylum from paresis after arriving in the city last fall in a mentally deranged condition and being admitted for treatment.
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Arthur Livingston
Paresis
McKinley declines Dewey celebration invitation
Chicago April 21. The Dewey celebration reception committee reports President McKinley will not attend Chicago festivities honoring Admiral Dewey. In his letter he expresses regrets at his absence and lauds Admiral Dewey for his service.
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Chicago
Dewey
McKinley
Admiral Dewey
Pinkham Record Promises Cures for Women’s Ills
A promotional note presents the Pinkham Record as a peerless cure for obstinate female ills. It claims to conquer disorders and displacements that devastate hope, portraying these ailments as a woman’s natural heritage and urging belief in its healing powers.
Ghastly Foetus Found In Maumee River Bank
Willie Stahlhut found an eight month old foetus along the Maumee river south bank near the Bush packing house. Police and Coroner Barnett investigated and the body was moved to an undertaker. The coroner says it had been placed in the river within twenty four hours and was crawfish eaten with no wrappings. No clue to the offender.
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Willie Stahlhut
Maumee River
Barnett
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Claims Wins For Women
A vintage health ad touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for women's ailments. It highlights three women whose conditions improved, urging readers to consider the medicine and associated advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Woman Survives Leap From Brooklyn Bridge Into East River
A well dressed young woman jumped from the Brooklyn bridge into the East River around 2 PM today after alighting from a cab near the center of the span. A boat rescued her. her injuries are not yet known.
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New York
Brooklyn
East River
Mrs Louisa Howey Dies After Illness at St Joseph
Mrs Louisa Howey of 7 McClellan Street died at St Joseph hospital after a days long illness from an intestinal obstruction. She was admitted Wednesday morning for an operation described as the only hope of saving her life.
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Louisa Howey
William Howey
McClellan Street
St. Joseph Hospital
Deputy Whitney Attends Brother-in-law Funeral in Chicago
Deputy Sheriff Frank H. Whitney travels to Chicago for his brother-in-law's funeral. Mrs. Whitney has remained there for several days attending the bedside.
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Frank H. Whitney
Chicago
Mrs. Whitney
Fort Wayne Exemplar John H Tibbles Dies at 69
John H Tibbles longtime Fort Wayne resident died of heart disease at 2 30 am Saturday at 177 Griffith street aged 69 born Cincinnati April 6 1831 his travels around the world and long civic service noted Survived by widow and three children Frank E Tibbles J W Donivan and Mrs A S Johnson four grandchildren and a Cincinnati brother Funeral plans pending to be conducted at his home with Rev Dr Parr presiding
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John H. Tibbies
Fort Wayne
Griffith Street
Mr. Tibbles
Cincinnati
Ohio
Plains
Colorado
Samoan Islands
Aukland
New Zealand
Australia
America
England
Philadelphia
Cambridge City
Ind
Penu
Harriett Gould
Solomon Gould
Fourth Ward
Kekionga
National Union
Wayne Street
M. E. Church
Tobey
Tibbles
Harry
Frank Donivan
John
Raymond Tibbles
C. P. Tibbles
Dr. Parr
Ex-Rough Rider Redmond Arrives in Kansas City in Irons
James Redmond once with the Rough Riders in Cuba and later the Sixth artillery in the Philippines reached Kansas City in irons charged with complicity in the 1897 murder of Emma Schumacher. Detectives had tracked him since the crime and he was arrested in Manila a month earlier.
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Kansas City
James Redmond
Hias
Michael Seville
Rough Riders
Cuba
Sixth Artillery
Philippines
Irons
Emma Schumacher
Redmond
Manila
Kennedy
Missouri Penitentiary
Wallpaper sale at L. O. Hulls 90 Calhoun St
An advertisement notes cheap wallpaper priced to please customers at L. O. Hulls located at 90 Calhoun Street. The line emphasizes affordability and hardware store services in a small-town setting.
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L. O. Hull’s
Calhoun St
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