George I Haswell Called By Death Fort Wayne Pioneer
George I Haswell aged 72 a Fort Wayne pioneer died at 4 30 Sunday morning at the IU hospital after a year long illness. Born July 18 1840 in Portage County Ohio he came to Indiana with his parents as a child and settled in DeKalb County. He served in the Civil War with Company K 100th Indiana infantry and later worked at a cooperage furniture and the Fort Wayne Organ Company now Packard retiring in 1911. Surviving are his widow two sons Burton and George and four daughters Emma Simmons Reading Mich Frank Wilcox Indianapolis Effie Russell Culver Ind Florence Griffin Milwaukee and ten grandchildren. He was a member of Sion S Bass Post G A R and Wayne Tent K O T M.
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George I. Haswell
Fort Wayne
Iutheran Hospital
Mr. Haswell
Portage County
Ohio
Indiana
DeKalb County
Haswell
Old Canal
Ewing Street
Co. Kk
100Th Indiana Infantry
Mary E. McCumsey
Aboit Township
Reading Mieh
Superior Street
Fort Wayne Organ Company
The
Packard Company
Burton
George Haswell
Emma Simmons
Reading
Mich
Frank Wilcox
Indianapolis
Effie Russell
Culver
Ind
Florence Griffin
Milwaukee
Sion S. Basspost
Wayne Tent No. 54
Indictments awaited as Rosenthal case expands
The article notes expected indictments at this session, limited to four gunmen with no higher-ups named. Becker's deposit boxes were found after a bank manager reported Becker and his wife used a vault fourteen times since last November. The coroner's inquest into Rosenthal's death is set for August 15. Sam Schepps’ attorney Bernard Sandler hurriedly left for Hot Springs warning Schepps not to return.
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Rosenthal
Becker
Lieut
Bernard H. Sandler
Sam Schepps
Herman Rosenthal
Hot Springs
Schepps
New York
Rubin
Southwest
Sandler
Scheppe Nervous In Hot Springs Over New York Dispatches
Sam Scheppe remains nervous in Hot Springs Ark as District Attorney Whitman confirms he is a material witness in the Rosenthal murder investigation and not charged with actual involvement. Dispatches indicating Whitman’s plan to use Scheppe heighten his tension while he awaits further action.
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Hot Springs
Leonard
Schepps
Jack Rose
Fred
Johnson
Howell
Nix
Sam
Bill
Scepps
New York Police Department
R. C. Rubin
Stewart
Thomas
Whitman
Liberty
New York
Scheppe
Ark
Sam Scheppe
Herman’ Rosenthal
Clash Over Postal Unions Divides Senate In 31 20 Vote
The Senate clashed over a post office bill restricting postal workers from joining secret organizations. La Follette and Root sparred over a possible right to strike. Amendments were defeated then two Reed amendments passed, allowing removal of members in affiliated groups and protecting petitioning rights.
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la Follette
Senator Root
Mr. LaFolette
American Federation of Labor
Post Office
Senate
LaFollette
Postofice
Department
la ¥Ollette
Smith
South Carolina
Root
Sutherland
Senator Smith
France
Crawford
House
Reed
United States
Congress
William C Schneider Dies After Long Life in Fort Wayne
William C Schneider aged eighty eight a pioneer cigar manufacturer in Fort Wayne died at 1 30 o'clock Friday morning at his home 1200 South Webster street due to old age after a long illness He was born November 14 1823 in Halstein Prussia and came to America in 1850 settling in Fort Wayne He worked as a shoemaker ran a Calhoun Street book store and later established a cigar business with his son the late Frederick Nechneider The firm operated a wholesale and retail cigar business on Calhoun street and is now owned by his widow He served a term as city market master and was bailiff to the Allen county commissioners court He was a pioneer member of Emanuels Lutheran church He married April 4 1852 His wife died recently and he lived with daughters Mary and Lillian and sons William and Paul plus nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren
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South
Webster Street
Schneider
Mr. Schneider
Halstein
Prussia
America
Fort Wayne
Calhoun Street
Jefferson
Frederick Nechneider
Frederick Schneider
Commissioners’ Court
Allen County
Emanuel’s Lutheran Church
Ubber
Mary
Lillian Schneider
William Schneider
Paul Schneider
Chicago
Mulai Hafid Abdicates Moroccan Throne for France Journey
In Gibraltar Aug 13 Mulai Hafid arrived with a large harem and suite, after yesterday definitively abdicating the Moroccan sultanate in favor of his brother Mulai Youssef and setting course for France.
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Gibraltar
Mulai Hafid
Sultanate of Morocco
Mulai Youssef
France
Accused Men In Ugly Mood Over Graft Ring Scandal
Nine aldermen face bribery charges in a Wabash railroad graft scheme with marked bills found on arrests. Warnings issued for additional aldermen with hearings set for August 20. Schreiter, former council secretary, implicates many in a decade long graft history and may trigger more arrests.
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Wabash Railroad
Shepperd
David Rosenthal
A. A. Deimel
Louis Tossy
Martin J. Ostrowski
Joseph L. Theisen
Louis Brozo
Andrew J. Walsh
Frank J Mason
Thomas E. Glinnen
William Koenig
Wm. H. C. Hindle
Stephen S. Skrzyski
Patrick O’brien
Richard M. Watson
Thomas Lynch
George H. Fllis
Jos. F. Merritt
Wm. F. Zoeller
Schreiter
Ensley sisters endure harsh confinement amid trial delays
Judge Powers orders witness examinations to proceed over two or three days as Prosecutor Hartman and Sheriff Thomas prepare evidence. Mrs. Ensley, ill from a nervous breakdown, begs companionship. May Switzer, held as a witness, is isolated in a separate cell while both women study the crime details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Powers
Hubert Hartman
Ralph Thomas
May Switzer
Thought His Wife Burglar Death On a Moving Train
A man aboard a speeding excursion train leaped through a coach window in his sleep. The train stopped, a search failed to locate a body, and section men later recovered the victim who was taken to his parents' home. Lulu Stultz, present, said he cried out and vanished, apparently from a nightmare.
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Lulu Stultz
Pritchet
Marion woman dies of rare elephantiasis at hospital
In Marion Indiana on August 13 Miss Mina Thomas 49 of Fairmount died at Marion hospital from a rare skin disease elephantiasis her weight nearing 400 pounds. Doctors had diagnosed dropsy before specialists confirmed elephantiasis after her admission last week.
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Marion
Ind
Mina Thomas
Fairmount
Marion Hospital
Lightning Fire Destroys Balke and Krauss Lumber Yard
In Indianapolis on August 13 a bolt of lightning struck during a heavy rainstorm setting ablaze the storage house of Balke and Krauss Lumber Company. The structure was completely destroyed with losses estimated at 20000 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Balke and Krauss Lumber Company
Marriages Registered For Local Couples In Licenses
James V. Powell 26 farmer wed Anna E. Feighner 23. Joseph M. Crabill 22 barber married Catherine M. Jackson 21. Hale J. Bradley 26 pharmacist tied with Flora Virginia Bush 24. Wilbur E. Romick 21 boilermaker wed Ethel P. Arnold 19. Henry Burnside 49 driver married Eliza Dishong 49. Stuart J. Lorenz 19 barber wed Edna M. Crawford 22. Claude Grats 29 farmer with Salome Wilks 28. Chancy H. Bell 26 clerk wed Blanche Rayl 21.
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James V. Powell
Farmer
Anna E. Feighner
Joseph M. Crabill
Barber
Catherine M. Jackson
Hale J. Bradley
Flora Virginia Bush
Wilbur E. Romick
Ethel P. Arnold
Henry Burnside
Eliza Dishong
Stuart J. Lorenz
Edna M. Crawford
Claude Grats
Births in Brown Nuttle Reinking Gehring Stelhorn Doty Families
A sequence of birth notices lists new daughters and a son born to couples in several addresses including 1616 Hayden Street 2325 Smith Street 2123 New Haven Avenue 612 West Creighton Avenue 1201 High Street and 2490 Oliver. One line notes an arrest and references Mr Datrah Pennsylvania locomotive engineer.
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Robert E. Brown
Hayden Strete
Wesley H. Nuttle
Smith Street
Frederick Reinking
New Haven Avenue
Jacob” Gehring
West Creighton Avenue
Frad W. Stelhorn
Niezer Named Vice President for Marshall Nomination
Maurice C Niezer of the city is appointed as a vice president of the committee to notify Governor Thomas R Marshall of his nomination for vice president on the democratic ticket. The notification is set for noon Tuesday August 20 in Indiana. District Chairman Edward G Hoffman will arrange a special car on the Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana lines to transport local democrats to Indianapolis for the event.
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Maurice C. Niezer
Thomas R. Marshall
United States
Indiana
Niezer
Edward G. Hoffman
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Third Party Factionalism Reshapes Lagrange County Meeting
The Kendallville credentials committee empowered rump delegates at the Lagrange convention stirring a rift in the Twelfth district progressives. Taft backers celebrate nominating Charles R Lane for congress while Watson touts his Chicago nomination claim. Local progressives vow to back Roosevelt and form a new party.
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Lagrange
Lagrange County
Kendallville
Roosevelt
Taft
Congress
Charles R. Lane
James E. Watson
Watson
Mr. Watson
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Chicago
Lane
William Leedy
Walter Olds
W. A. Willenar
Auburn
Beveridge
Papers ablaze thwart attempt to destroy documents
Washington police suspect an effort to burn official papers tied to the house district committee's municipal affairs probe. Rep Ben Johnson, committee chair, found his private documents in a closet on Aug 12. After a stolen key, he pried the door with a sledge hammer and saved the papers before damage. Officials warn a potential scandal may emerge in the committee's forthcoming report.
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Washington
House District Committee
Ben Johnson
Representative Johnson
Johnson
Catlin Loses House Seat In Missouri Contest
Washington August 13 Representative Theron E Catlin Republican Missouri was unseated after a seven hour debate amid charges he and his family spent 10200 on his campaign in violation of Missouri law. Patrick F Gill Democrat was seated by 104 to 79 with 23 present as the House vote concluded.
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Washington
Theron E. Catlin
Missouri
House of Representatives
Patrick F. Gill
Catlin
Gill
Anderson
Minnesota
Switzer
Ohio
Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Cooper
Wisconsin
McCall
Massachusetts
Bartholdt
Hamill
Elections Committee No. 2
Korbly
Indiana
Linthicum
Maryland
Hamlin
Mr. Catlin
Congress
Taft praised yet accused as good man going wrong
Washington August 13 Senator Stone of Missouri described President Taft as a shining example of a good man going wrong. He blamed environment and political pressures for tainting his motives and vetoing the wool tariff bill. Stone also questioned the tariff board and referenced Wilson and Roosevelt as contrasts. An American Rhodes scholar, William C. Greene of Massachusetts, won Oxford's Newdigate prize for English poetry.
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Washington
Taft
Senator Stone
Missouri
Senate
Stone
Tariff Board
Wilson
Oxford University
Newdigate
William C. Greene
Massachusetts
Landis Loses Postmaster Role in San Juan
President Taft ousts W K Landis from his San Juan Puerto Rico postmaster post, replacing him with Robert H Todd. Landis, Indiana-born brother of Frederick Landis, faces criticism from senate progressives amid talk of politically charged firing and delayed nomination posting. Todd, Porto Rico GOP National Committee member, may face Senate resistance, with White House citing neglect of duties as grounds.
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Washington
Taft
W. K. Landis
San Juan
Porto Rico
R. H. Todd
White House
Landis
Indiana
Frederick K. Landis
Todd
Republican National Committee
Senate
Congressional
Congressional Record
Robert H. Todd
Walter K. Landis
Indianapolis
William McKinley
McKinley
Roosevelt
Frederick Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Federal Court
Chicago
Progressive Party
Col. Roosevelt
C. P. Grandfield
Archers Gather for National Championship at Harvard Stadium
Archers from across the country converge on Cambridge Massachusetts for the four day National Archery Association championship tournament at Harvard stadium. Star shooters include H S Tyler and Mrs Witmer Tyler of Chicago Dr R P Elmer of Wayne Pennsylvania and W B Gray of Cheyenne who took part in the 1879 inaugural event.
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Cambridge
Mass
National Archery Association of the
United States
Harvard Stadium
H. S. Tyler
Witmer Tyler
Chicago
R. P. Elmer
Wayne, Ps
W. B. Gray
Cheyenne
Col William V Judson to be Panama governor likely
Col William V Judson of Indianapolis is slated for appointment as governor of the Panama Canal Zone after canal legislation is signed by President Taft. He serves as engineer commissioner of the District of Columbia and previously led Great Lakes engineering efforts in Milwaukee. He assisted Russian forces during the Russo Japanese War and was captured near Mukden with the army of Kourapatkin.
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Washington
William V. Judson
Indianapolis
Panama Canal Zone
Taft
Judson
Indiana
District of
Kourapatkin
Mukden
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Geo. J. Haswell
Pioneer Cooper
George S. Haswell
WM. C. Schneider
Pioneer
William CC. Schneider
Mon Council
Hugo Shepherd
Council
Schrefter
Shepherd
American League of Municipalities
William J. Burns
Detroit
William C. Schneider
Ensley
M. C. Neizer
Marshall
Anuntere
Harvard
Hoosier
Panama
Lowe Bros
Son ‘Company
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