Quay In Charge Run State At Harrisburg Convention
The Republican state convention at Harrisburg nominated Col. James E. Barnett for state treasurer, J. Hay Brown for supreme court judge, and Josiah R. Adams for superior court judge. The platform endorsed President McKinley, Governor Stone, and Colonel Quay for the U.S. Senate, with a pledge to reduce state department expenditures. Anti-Quay delegates planned to vote for Brown and Beeber, while Barnett support and Quay endorsement faced opposition from some plank supporters. Senator Penrose was elected temporary chairman as the convention opened.
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Harrisburg
James E. Barnett
Tenth
Pennsylvania Regiment
J. Hay Brown
Lancaster
Supreme Court
Josiah R. Adams
Philadelphia
McKinley
Stone
Colonel Quay
United States Senate
Senator Quay
Flinn
Beaver County
C. L. Magee
Pittsburg
David Martin
Senator Perose
Congressman Bingham
Elkin
Brown
Dimmines Beeber
Superior Court
Beeber
Hastings
Colonel Barnett
Penrose
Two More Divorce Suits Filed in Local Court
Lena Crabill seeks a divorce from Levi Crabill with alimony. Judge Dawson issues an order restraining him from withdrawing funds. William Graham files for divorce from Alla Graham alleging cruelty and abandonment. he says Alla eloped in July 1898 after a quarrel and repeated name calling.
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P. B. Colerick
Lena Crabill
Levi Crabill
Dawson
William Graham
Alla Graham
Ghas. J. Eckart
Barbecue and Race Meet Planned by Fort Wayne Group
A Fort Wayne Amusement association meeting in the police court room last week debated canceling or continuing the barbecue and race meet planned for next month. After discussion a majority favored moving forward with the project despite earlier doubts.
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Police Court Room
Fort Wayne Amusement Association
Committees Set to Meet at City Hall Next Wednesday
Charles Shaw Charles Jacobs Henry Eckert and Willis Bush will gather at city hall Wednesday afternoon at 8 30 to report on the success of their efforts.
Child Dies of Grief Over Parrot in Indiana
Eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick Adkins of St Croix died after a spasmodic attack caused by grief over the death of her pet parrot killed by a cat. The father shot the cat and doctors gave nerve quieting medicines but they failed. The parrot was a valuable specimen and had been a gift from a brother in Peru.
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Ind
Frederick Adkins
St. Croix
Adkins
Peru
South America
Miles says War Secretary is businesslike boosting Philippines war
Gen. Nelson A. Miles tells a Tribune correspondent that the new secretary of war brings business discipline and that conditions already differ. He defends Gen. Otis and notes shortages of force, inactive troops, and the challenge of supplying the enemy via allies in Manila, Hong Kong, and the United States.
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New York
Nelson A. Miles
Philadelphia
the Tribune
Philippines
Otis
Manila
Hong Kong
United States
Brakeman Hurt In Rail Yard Accident
J A Racht a brakeman on the Grand Rapids and Indiana road suffered a severe leg bruise at 1 PM Thursday in Nottawa Michigan while switching. He was caught between a pole and a car while pushing a stake to the main track. He is under Dr J E McClear care and expects a quick recovery with no broken bones.
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J. A. Racht
Grand Rapids
Indiana
Nottawa
Mich
Racht
J. E. McClear
Country couple wed in youthful ceremony at Robison park
Last Friday Justice France united in marriage Edward Miller, eighteen, and Miss Lizzie E Springer, seventeen from J. Joe township. Fathers accompanied them to the city and they celebrated their honeymoon at Robison park.
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France
Edward Miller
Lizzie E. Springer
Campbell sues Fort Wayne for 5000 damages over Walton Avenue injury
Ellison T. Campbell filed a $5,000 damages suit against the city of Fort Wayne. Hartman and Stokes wrote the complaint alleging Campbell was injured on Walton avenue the evening of August 12 when the street was torn up and a light culvert or cabrivet caused him to twist his ankle, with possible permanent injury.
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Ellison T. Campbell
Fort Wayne
Hartman & Stokes
Campbell
Walton Avenue
Besk
Astonishing Speech Roasts Dewey at Peace Meeting
Mystic Conn August 25 eight thousand attend Universal Peace Union and Connecticut Peace Society session. William Lloyd Garrison keynoted with No Compromise with War asserting Dewey and McKinley misled nation while urging resignation and principled service in defense of liberty.
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Mystic
Conn
Universal Peace Union
Connecticut Peace Society
Peace Temple
Love
J. H. Earl
Boston
Comegys
Philadelphia
Hannah White
Lebanon
William Lloyd Garrison
Injuries From Workplace Accident Near Gocke Dry Store
Dohrmer sustained a large triangular scalp wound and insensibility for minutes while another worker lost skin on the forearm and suffered severe sprains. Both were treated by Dr. H. V. Sweeringen at the Gocke dry store. Neither man was a regular employee.
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Dohrmer
Gocke Dry Store
H. V. Sweeringen
Robber Identified in Indiana Farmhouse Theft
In Rochester Indiana a week ago widow Sallie Torrance was attacked in her home and robbed of 22 dollars after a struggle. A neighbor was cleared, then Lawrence Jones was arrested and confessed. He still had the money, saying conscience prevented further spending. His bank note led to the arrest and reveals his reputable farmer father.
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Rochester
Ind
Sallie Torrance
Royal Canter Bank
Lawrence Jones
Jones
Anarchy Reigns as Manila and Cebu See Uprisings
London reports from Manila via Reuter Telegraph that unrest grips the archipelago. Americans hold a fifteen mile radius around the city of Manila and nine miles around Iloilo, while Cebu remains under insurgent influence. Reports say Filipinos killed the crew of the Saturnus, a Cam pania Maritima steamer burned near San Fernando on August 2.
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London
Labunan
Reuter Telegram
Manila
Illio
Cebu
Saturnus
San Fernando
Young wife arrested in Peru murder case
Edith Quick aged 17% is charged with the murder of husband William Quick in Peru Indiana. Henry Quick his 19 year old brother is also under arrest for the same crime as coroner tests reveal arsenic in the stomach.
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Peru
Ind
Edith Quick
William Quick
Henry Quick
Joel Sharp
Edith Flora
Yarling
J. W. Hurty
State Board of Health
Indianapolis
Protest over Abbey seizure sparked by arm shipment claims
Washington notes a protest from W F Sylvester of London about the Abbey seized by Admiral Dewey for arming Filipinos. The State Department, via Consul General Goodnow, probes the arms shipment and prepares a letter to the Navy Department. Abbey owners’ counsel and papers fill state and navy offices as tensions rise. Consul Bedlow reports leave and return plans.
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Washington
Navy Department
W. F. Sylvester
London
Abbey
Admiral Dewey
United States
State Department
Goodnow
Shanghai
Department
State
Navy Departments
Navy
Canton
Sylvester
Bedlow
San Francisco
Workmen Injured by Falling Wall at Old College
Henry Dorhmer and a man named Btrasbauch were severely hurt last Friday when a wall collapsed at the old Mathédist college being razed. The pair had bought the foundation in the north wing and were in a basement room clearing forms when the accident occurred.
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Henry Dorhmer
Btrasbauch
Mathédist College
Ue Ei Mae Ininen
Itd
May Extend Goshen Road To Clinton Street
A filed petition signed by Thebold Voter and 64 others asks county commissioners to extend Goshen road east through properties of Pfeifer Sabba the Fort Wayne and Jackson railway and the Port Wayne Power company. The extension would provide farmers northwest of the city an inlet to Clinton street which currently has no street carriage.
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Auditor’s Office
Thebold
Goshen Road
Christian ‘Pfeifer
John Sabba
Fort Wayne
Catholic high school for young men opens in Fort Wayne Library hall
Fort Wayne will host a Catholic high school for young men in Library hall starting September 5. Rev Father John Durham leads a two grade program with three Holy Cross instructors and Brother Marcellus aiding. The facility will offer advanced business and post graduate courses with enhanced mathematics and literature.
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Fort Wayne
Library Hall
Guendling
J. M. Henry
John Durham
Order of the Holy Cross
Marcellus
New Young Men's High School Planned for City
A new institution designed to provide home-based higher education for local young men adopts a one-session plan. Classes run from morning until 2:30 with after-hours for business or recreation. The east hall seats 75 as study space. library, billiard, athletic rooms, and bathrooms are included. Significant attendance expected from day one and strong growth anticipated.
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Young Men’s High School
Fort Wayne Sends 81 Volunteers to Philippine War
Fort Wayne recruiting office reports eighty one volunteers enlisted for the Philippine conflict. A sixth detachment left at 10 am for Indianapolis to join regiments including the Forty-fifth and Thirty-eighth infantry and Philippine volunteer units under Lt. Rowell.
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Wabash
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Rowell
Forty-fifth Infantry
Jefferson Barracks
Odis Smith
George J. Hendricks
Joseph H. Alles
Philip Erlenbaugh
William J. McCauley
Thomas F. Ruby
John W. Hesting
William T. Hubartt
Thirty-eighth Infantry
Fort Snelling
Minn
Charles W. Schweikert
Otto B. Wolf
Joseph H. Lane
Bullard
Fort Cook
Neb
Godwin
Camp Meade
McClernand
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Dorst
Will Fight Beef Trust Wording of New Fund Plan
New York August 25 The Retail Butchers Protective association executive committee proposes a 5 million dollar fund to combat Chicago wholesalers Retailers would raise 3 million and popular subscription 2 million at one dollar per share with a 20 share limit per person Subscriptions already pledged reach 1 million President Wagner reports talks with stock raisers confirm sufficient beef stock for the city to meet demand
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New York
Retail Butchers Protective Association
Chicago
Wagner
Local man plans Fort Wayne debut of Oakman automobile
Marion Black returned from the east and says he will introduce the Oakman automobile in Fort Wayne within weeks. The Greenfield Mass built gasoline powered car resembles bicycle design, lighter than many rivals and priced around 750 dollars. Factory backorders may delay availability.
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Marion Black
the Sentinel
Fort Wayne
Miller Heads to Cincinnati for Southern Showdown
Brief unreadable clipping notes C Miller traveling to Cincinnati and mentions Southern state competition with sparse details about Bert Hess.
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Cincinnati
Bert Hess
Treaty with Sultan Gives US Control Over Jolo Archipelago
General Otis confirms Bates mission success with Moros. Pact grants US sovereignty over the Jolo archipelago, US flag to fly on land and sea, US occupation of key points, and firearms prohibition. Sultan to help suppress piracy and extradite criminals. relations with Moros described as very friendly. Additional occupancy planned once trade and commerce are controllable. Moros in western Mindanao described as friendly.
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Washington
General Otis
War Department
Bates
Associated Press
Otis
Sultan and
United States
Jali Archipelago
Sultan
Moros
State Dept Sees No International Fallout From Philippine Policy
Washington says no expected complications from General Otis excluding Chinese from the Philippines. The move is described as a temporary military expedient, with the broader issue to be decided by Congress.
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Washington
State Department
Otis
Philippines
Congress
Four Soldiers Ambushed and Killed Near Cebu Hills
Manila dispatch reports that four men of the Twenty third regiment stationed at Cebu were ambushed by natives in the hills. Three were slain and the fourth escaped. Details of the incident are not known.
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Manila
Twenty-third Regiment
Cebu
Acre Territory Declares Independence as New South American Commonwealth
Rio Janeiro dispatch reports Acre inhabitants proclaim independence and form a new South American commonwealth in the territory claimed by Brazil and Bolivia. The Acre question stirs comment over an alleged conference involving American minister Bryan.
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New York
The
Herald
Rio Janeiro
Para
Acre
Brazil
Bolivia
Bryan
McKinley Trip Continues With Troop Escort to Pittsburg
President and Mrs. McKinley departed Long Branch at 7 45 AM by Pennsylvania train for Pittsburg with Private Secretary Cortelyou and Dr. Rixey. Troop C of Brooklyn escorted carriages to the station and troops will meet the party in Pittsburg at 9 PM. General Merritt to join in Pittsburg. visits planned to East Liverpool and Canton Ohio.
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Long Branch
N. J
McKinley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Cortelyou
Rixey
Hobart
Brooklyn
New Brighton
Merritt
East Liverpool
Canton
Ohio
Mayor Revokes Candy Cart License From George Protopep
Mayor Scherer revoked the license of George Protopep for selling candy from a street cart amid complaints and threats of damage suits as horses were frightened by bright illumination and decorations near the cart location.
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Scherer
George Protopep
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Senator Indorsed
Miles
Bues City
Dewey
A Peace Society
Mr. Garrison
Spain
Hague
America
Theodore Roosvelt
William McKinley
John D. Long
Commonwealth
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts
Lfe
Philippine
Hoar
Boutwell
Edmunds
John Hay
Iloilo
Mrs. Quick
Ed Man
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