Col Cyrus E Briant Dies After Long Illness at 77
Huntington Indiana August 22 Col Cyrus E Briant commander of the Eighty eighth Indiana regiment and longtime Allen County resident died at his home after a two year decline in health. He was 77. He married Oct 8 1862 to Miss Julian Bell of New Haven and they had five children. A Republican, Briant was active in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Loyal Legion Grand Army of the Republic and Church of Christ at Huntington. He was regarded as a respected citizen and veteran.
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Eighty-Eighth
Indiana Regiment
Allen County
Sentinel
Huntington
Ind
Cyrus BE. Briant
Old Eighty-eighth Regiment of Volunteers
Indiana
Col
Briant
Col.Briant
Julian Bell
Martin Bell
New Haven
Col. Briant
Independent Order of Odd. Fellows
The
Loyal Legion
Grand Army of the Republic
Church of Christ
Huitington
Memorial for Col Briant Held in Huntington
Funeral services for Col. Briant of the Eighty eighth Indiana volunteers were set for Friday afternoon at his Huntington residence. He was born March 2 1829 in Birmingham Erie County Ohio and rose from lumberman in New Haven to colonel after leading company D in the Civil War. He died Tuesday evening with fellow veterans and comrade Scott Swann present.
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Huntington
Eighty-eighth Indiana Regiment
Col
Briant
Allen County
Birmingham
Erie County
Ohio
Michigan
New Haven
Eighty-eighth
Indiana Volunteers
Perryville
Scott Swann
Fort Wayne
Swann
Chattanooga
Fourteenth Army Orps
Indianapolis
Col. Briant
Sullivan Convention Chooses Boggs As Chair
The Illinois state central committee selects Judge Carroll C. Boggs of Fairfield as convention chair. Congressman Rainey, aligned with anti Sullivan forces, supports Boggs but many Rainey supporters vote for him. Boggs promises equal opportunity for all delegates and open roll calls. The convention adjourned for a 3 PM session amid tumult as debate over resolutions unfolds.
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Hboschenstein
State Central Committee
Carroll C. Boggs
Fairfield
Cogressman
Rainey
anti-Sullivan
Boggs
Congressman Rainey
Judge Boggs
Illinois
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Committee On
County Option Dominates Early Democratic State ConventionTalk
Delegates arrive as county option emerges as the key issue before the Democratic state convention in Columbus Ohio. Supporters cite Governor Pattison era temperance aims while liberal wings push to oppose endorsements and a platform plank on option. Cleveland Mayor Tom Johnson’s influence remains a topic as committees form ahead of the first session.
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Columbus
Pattison
Anti-Saloon League
Buch
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Johnson
Democratic Party
W. L. Finley
Great Fort Wayne Fair Promises Big Days All Week
No single day stands out as the big day at the Great Fort Wayne Fair running September 18 through 22. Officials say each day features major events and attractions for attendees.
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Fort Wayne Fair
Pickle and Melon Plague Devastates Gardens
Crop prospects are poor as a pickle and melon plague devastates patches. J F McMahon notes vines look burnt and hopes fade for a good crop with ten days of rapid blight spread likely to force many to skip pickles this winter. Speed contests on a fast mile track captivate crowds in Fort Wayne ahead of Fall events September 18 to 22.
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J. ©. F. McMahon
Fort Wayne
Murder Shock Hits Pittsburg As Piromme Found Dead
Louis Piromme a well known Allegheny resident was found dead near his Melrose Avenue home with a stab wound to the head and visible face bruising. Police report suggests he was murdered and wealth may have drawn the attack. Further details awaited as investigation continues.
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Pittsburg
Louis Piromme
Allegheny
Melrose Avenue
Piromme
Ruin Spread Across Adjacent Cities
A sentence describes ruin spreading to nearby cities as it makes the building shake to its foundations. The fragment preserves dramatic impact and references a writer in a trembling structure.
Valparaiso Earthquake Reports Aid English Firms
London dispatches quote Valparaiso as recovering with little staff loss and no total destruction. Banks to reopen and food supplies expected. 60,000 homeless, with Barón to Liaillai destruction and 3,000+ killed. Chilean towns Vina del Mar Quiloque Limache ruined. troops quell looting and refugees flee to ships.
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London
Valparaiso
Duncan Fox & Co
Llaillai
Huth & Co
Victoria Square
Brazil Avenue
Santiago
Chile
Baron Station
Delardon Square
Liaillai
Vina Deél
Mar
Quiloque
Limache
Chile Mission Reports Safe After Destruction
Two dispatches to the Presbyterian board of foreign missions report from Chile. Valparaiso says buildings destroyed but missionaries are safe. Santiago dispatch confirms buildings and missions safe.
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New York
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Chile
Valparaiso
Santiago
Valparaiso Earthquake Toll and Chilean Relief Efforts
Late dispatches report 2 000 deaths in Valparaiso with 170 in Limache and other losses across Quillota Conchalí Petaroa La Placilla La Calera. President Riesco heads relief, railways repair, and provisional housing. Convicts’ outrages spark harsher measures. Chile seeks an 80 million dollar paper issue and national loan.
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Buenos Ayres
Naction Today
Lapaz
Bolivia
Valparaiso
Limache
Quillota
Conchali
Petaroa
la Placilla
la Calera
Santiago
Riesco
Interior
Roosevelt
Washington
Charles Johnson Gana
Chilean Ministry of the Interior
Tiltil
Baluco
Colina
Batuco
Polipica
Tiitil
Chile
Casa Blanca
Vila del Mar
In Ruins Nearby Towns Besieged and Affected
Fragmentary text notes Nal paraiso and adjacent towns in ruins with references to offers and heavy impacts. The readable lines suggest surrounding areas suffer damage and displacement amid a broader crisis.
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Nal Paraiso
Paris Reports Dead at 11900 from Valparaiso Disaster
A Buenos Aires dispatch confirms Valparaiso destruction with about eleven thousand dead after the quake and ensuing fire. The Hotel Ingles collapsed burying occupants. rescue efforts blocked by flames. A relief subscription begins in Iquique and will start in Guayaquil and Lima for Chile earthquake victims. Names listed include Rector Lucelo, Charles Hasselman, Deputy Ramon Leon Silva, Enrique Blanco, and the Courts family.
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Paris
Buenos Ayres
Valparaiso
Ingles
Herald
Lima
Iqique
Guayaquil
Chile
Lucelo
Charles Hasselman
Family
Ramon Leon Silva
Enrique Blanco
Robert Courts
Five Thousand Dead in Chile Earthquake Toll at Valparaiso
Aug 20 report from Santiago says five hundred dead at Valparaiso with millions in losses. Six to eight cities destroyed, rail, streetcar, telegraph and telephone systems paralysed. In Valparaiso known dead number twenty. Madame Mont survives seriously injured. Street services expected to return today. banks safe but commercial center damaged.
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Santiago
Chile
Valparaiso
Madame Mont
Admiral Mont
Earthquake Strikes Santiago and Valparaiso Causing Extensive Damage
Relief efforts mobilize in Chile after a powerful earthquake. A relief committee forms as streetcar service resumes. gas supplies are sufficient for a week. Valparaiso endures ruins in Almendral Quarter and main avenues, with bodies reported and refugees seeking hillsides and ships. Authorities plan to requisition cattle to avert famine and restore telegraphic links as trains resume.
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Santiago
Chile
Carlos Edwards
Mercurio of
Valparaiso
Almendral
Victoria Theater
Grand Avenue
Victoria Square
Edwards
Mr. Edwards
Bay
of the Interior
Army
Calera
Earthquake Devastation Across Chile’s Northern Regions
Reports describe widespread ruin from a major quake. Dozens killed in Tatca and Terremote, with many houses collapsed in Amagada, Valparaiso to Villa Del Mar, Liaillai, and Noglais Calera districts. Public buildings razed in Salvador and Santa Turnino. Villages destroyed, mine damage noted, and relief funds redirected to victims.
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Amagada
Valparaiso
Villa del Mar
Noglais
Calera
Tatca
Pedro Montt
Iqique
Senor Montt
Coquimbo
Adams county teachers institute in session at Decatur
J C Boyer Waterloo merchant dies at 77. Warren Thompson near Larwill loses home in fire. Hercules Torpedo plant near Hartford City to start gun powder made. A B H Davis ex Goshen Pharma president dies in Long Cliff hospital. Typhoid tests in Columbia City. Elkheart reunion officers named. Bank assault at Alexandria leaves man unconscious. Steuben oldtimers include 101 year old Elizabeth Mongerman. Rev J H Hueser to resign due to ill health. Mrs Briner neighbors plow and farm work with 53 horses used in one day.
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Adams County Teachers’ Institute
Decatur
J. C. Boyer
Waterloo
Warren Thompson
Larwill
Hercules Torpedo Company
Hartford City
A. B H. Davis
Goshen Pharmaceutical Company
Long Cliff
Columbia City
Pennsylvania Society of Elkhart
F. H. Hughes
Henry van Tilburg
I. H. Church
John W. Slear
T. H. Jones
Alexandria Bank
Steuben County
Elizabeth Mongerman
Pennsylvania
J. H. Hueser
St. Peter and Paul's
Huntington
Germany
Mary Briner
Roanoke man dies after fall from bridge
Edward Abbett thirty, a laborer, fell twelve to fifteen feet from a Cow creek bridge in Roanoke Indiana. He struck a beer bottle and severed his jugular vein. Frank Craig Elmer Wilson assisted and sought medical help but Abbett died shortly after. He was unmarried and son of Mrs Edna Allred.
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Roanoke
Ind
Edward Abbett
Abbett
Frank Craig
Elmer Wilson
Abbott
Craig
Wilson
S. K. Wilkind
Edna Allred
Manchuria Stranded Off Rabbit Island Yet No Tow Reached
Honolulu reports failed attempts to pull the mail steamer Manchuria from the reef off Rabbit Island on Oahu. A cable may seek San Francisco tugs, with Alameda possibly helping. High tide will bring another haul attempt as inter island steamers arrive with Manchuria passengers ashore.
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Honolulu
Manchuria
Rabbit I Aland
Oahu
San Francisco
Aalatic
Morphine Fiend Admits Crime Involving False Promises
Dan De Jandy was arrested by Patrolman Paul after two expressmen identified him as the man who posed as a helper at a Hoffman cider house. He allegedly claimed to have a box at a freight depot and took money from Mrs Haffner and H F Close. He was held for further victim identification and his morphine addiction complicated his responsibility.
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Dan de Jandy
Paul
Hoffman Cider House
South Calhoun Street
H. F. Close
Delaney
Brakeman Killed on G R and I Line at Fisher
Morton A Workman was killed when struck by a passenger train at Fisher on the G R and I road while attend to a switch during a return trip from a morning run. He resided at 1828 Webster Street with his wife and three year old son. The accident occurred Monday morning and his body was found by section men. He had only two weeks in service with G R and I and previously worked as a motor man on the street car line after moving from Columbia City. He leaves a wife, a young son, an aged mother near Columbia City and three sisters. Funeral held Tuesday afternoon at Pierceton cemetery officiated by Rev Brallier.
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the Sentinel
Poe
Ind
George Chapman
Walkerton
Tocsin
Dr. Mercer
Hebner
Poe M. BE
Echo
Mamie Wolfe
Garrett
Clark Essig
George Deel
James Deel
Marie Spiegel
Fort Wayne
Preston Snyder
Harry McCormick
Cambridge
Robert Mercer
Mercé¢r
George Shookman
James Essig
Theodosia
Ben McKeeman
Grandma Parker
Katie Spangler
Rolland
Huntington
Ida
Hisse Lahrman
Monta Essig
Frank Snider
Preston
Snider
John Trenary
Charles Clark
Maud Hiser
Homer Brown
Lakes
Eva Mullen
Lutheran Hospital of
Dougherty
Hoagland
Michigan
Simon Somers
Harley
Lucius Somers
Nathan Snider
Tiny Stuart
Edward Vachon
Jesse Aice, Jr
Monroeville
Jesse McFarland
Fred Shopman
Antioch Lutheran Church
Judson Emerick
Darce Robinson
Elis Shookman
Marion Shookman
Harvey Ruhi
Linden Krick
Joyce
Wabash
Edith Harrod
Susan Falls
Margaret Simon
John Linker
William Lohrman
Whiss
Ethel Snider
Edna Trenary
Marie
Hilda Spiegel
Messrs
Louis
Harley Somers
Clem Smith
John Essig
Falls
Hartsell
John Dennis
Ethel
Fred Somers
Knoll
Pleasant Milla
Dan Barkley
Ellis Hartzell
Peterson
Decatur
Otto Falls
Minnie Falls
William van Horn
Mack van Horn
Willie van Horn
Neal Crow
Thelma
Niagara Falls
Hassel. Davidson
Gladys
Hadley
May
Grace ‘Collins
Baybrook
Iil
Here Courtn
Berthat Suther
Morton A. Workman
Webster Street
Fisher
Grand Rapids
Workman
Columbia City
David Brown
Henry Baker
Roanoke
Hazen
Churubusco
Ira
A. Workman
Pennsylvania
Kosciusko County
Pierceton Cemetery
Brallier
Death of a Machinist Henry Kutscher
Henry Kutscher longtime Wabash machinist and later shop foreman at Springfield died at his home after weeks of illness. Survived by widow and three sons, funeral held in Springfield. He was well known to Fort Wayne Wabash shopmen and residents who followed his condition. Mr and Mrs C A Ayster went to Springfield last week for the funeral.
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Henry Kutscher
Wabash
Springfield
Kutscher
Fort Wayne
C. A. Ayster
Fort Wayne Fair Opens Circuit for Top Horses
Secretary W F Myers has arranged a circuit with other fair boards to bring the nation’s best harness horses and runners to Fort Wayne for the September fair. The track is being prepared daily and buildings renovated to prevent delays. Breeders report a 50 percent rise in stable room applications, signaling a record exhibition. The fair runs September 18 to 22.
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Indiana
Fort Wayne
W. F. Myers
Purcell and Beery Open Auction House in Sal
F E Purcell and Dan Beery form a partnership to open a permanent auction house at 420 East Columbia Street. Purcell will sell his livery stable interests but keep his hog line. the new firm plans to run sales similar to Daugherty at Wahbash and Lackey at Cambridge City, expected to be very successful.
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Col. C. EB. Briant
POE News
Cyrus E. Briant
Sullivan
Newscoast
Ieland
Expressman
Morton Workman
Sal
F. E. Purcell
Dan Beery
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