Russia's Stoessel Convicted in Port Arthur Surrender Trial
The court finds Anatole Stoessel guilty and condemns him to death for the surrender of Port Arthur. Witnesses defend Stoessel as a heroic defender while Japanese observers note the siege cost heavy losses. The trial, held in St. Petersburg, drew broad army interest and public sympathy as the verdict shocks many.
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Stoessel
Eczarina
Port Arthur
Czarina
Gen. Stoessel
St. Petersburg
Byemperor William
Germany
Fock
Fourth East Siberian Division
Smyrnoff
Smernoff
Reiss
Mukden
Tsunoda
Nogi
Gen. Stoesse
Japan
Army and Navy Club
Eagles Nest
Anatole Mikhailovitch Stoessel
Russian girl takes own life over stoessel conviction
Amelia Karris a former Russian servant in St. Petersburg and later in Hartford killed herself by inhaling illuminating gas after learning of General Stoessel's conviction. She died in Joseph Silver's Hartford home when her room door was forced open.
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Hartford
Conn
General Stoessel
St. Petersburg
Amelia Karris
Joseph Silver
French car caravan crosses Hoosier snowdrifts today
A last car in the New York to Paris race reached a Hoosier town at noon and planned to dine before resuming the chase. The Moto- Blanc crew Charles Godard Hue Arthur Livier Maurice and A A Geauque joined in Edgerton Ohio with Geauque acting as interpreter to ease communication as rain and snow improve the roads. Charles Haynes of Waterloo aided the motor through the roughest sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Parris
Moto- Blanc
Charles Godard
Hue Arthur
Livier Maurice
A. A. Geaugue
Edgerton
Ohio
Geauque
Geauaue
Chicago
Charles Haynes
Waterloo
Army Car Hopes to Lead in Race to Chicago
A race of military and French cars moves from New York toward Chicago. The army car carrying General Grant’s message reaches Michigan City, then Chesterton and Rolling Prairie before setting for Chicago. The Italian and French cars trail, with farmers preferring the American car’s win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Grant
New York
Ft. Leavenworth
Michigan City
Chicago
New Carlisle
Chesterton
Rolling Prairie
Will Ride the Rails to Porter After Snow Drift Incident
Michigan City Ind Feb 25 The crew of the American car stranded in a deep snow drift nine miles west of town has secured a special permit to have the car drawn to Porter via the Lake Shore railway by a switch engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
Here
Lake Shore
Porter
Military car passes Furnessville without aid
A military car moved through Furnessville nine miles west at 9 20 am without receiving assistance from teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
Furnessville
American racer battles snow as he nears Kendallville
Mono tague Roberts driving the New York to Paris car reached Kendallville at 8 35 AM after a night of clearing seven miles of snow blocked between Corunna and town. De Chauffrey in French car No 1 was stuck five and a half miles east of here. Roberts rested at a local hotel awaiting 4 PM start pending French progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Kendallville
Ind
Monotague Roberts
New York
Paris
Corunna
Here
de Chaufrey
Roberts
Grant Roberts
Montague
Robers rests after frazzled drive into Kendallville
Montagu Roberts arrived in Kendallville after a 13 hour 7 mile trip from Corunna through heavy snow and ice. He planned to rest in a hotel until 4 pm unless De Chaffrey’s stalled car could advance. French Captain Hansen and M Antran were towed in 2 miles east of Kendallville with a broken shaft and repairs needed.
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de Chaffrey
Corunna
Roberts
Kendallville
F. H. Barton
Here
Indiana
Tijinois
Americans Reach Chicago in Muddy Auto Race
The first car arrived in Chicago at 4 25 p m coated in mud but in good condition. It carries a message from General Grant in New York to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The second car, an American entry, trails by five minutes and leads the New York to Paris race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grant
New York
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Paris
Will Aid Lake of Stumps At Rome City
A conference between Rome City Cottagers' association officials and Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad Superintendent Hudson led to immediate action to clear Sylvan lake of stumps and grass. With the lake six feet below normal, hundreds of protruding stumps will be sawed off or dynamited before summer. Engineers from the railroad will supervise a thirteen-man crew to begin work at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome City Cottagers’ Association of
Fort Wayne
Hudson
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Sylvan Lake
Rome City
Revival at Harlan Draws Crowd with Lectures and Song
The Harlan Christian church hosts a revival led by Evangelist Mitchell from Lima Ohio and Prof Ernest Bilby with wife from Frankfort Indiana. En route from Paw Paw Michigan to Lubec Maine, the team inspires the community with a lecture on Heavens and Hells of Married Life and a sacred concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Christian Church
Evangelist Mitchell
Lima
Ohio
Ernest Bilby
Frankfort
Ind
Paw Paw
Mich
Lubec
Maine
Mitchell
Bilby
Real Estate Transfers Listed Across Several Townships
A long list details transfers including Wetzel to H and A Wetzel for $1000 in St. Joseph township, Sprague to Feichter in Milan for 32700, Rupert to Laura Knapp in Scipio for 600, Ackerman to Stalter in Maumee for 4000, and multiple other parcels. Transfers cover Milan, Wayne, Pleasant, Monroe, Eel River, Madison, Marion, and more with prices ranging from about 300 to 48500. The record notes various trustees, guardians, and trusts handling transfers and lists numerous lots, halves, and sections across several townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wetzel
A. Wetzel
St. Joseph
Leroy Sprague
J. Feichter
R. R
Milan
Charles W. Rupert
Laura Knapp
Scipio
Abe Ackerman
C. Stalter
Maumee
Val. Herman
Gust. Herman
V. Herman
M. J. Herman
Oscar Gandy
Lolo Christ
Guardian
Lewis Bracht
See
Read
Perry
W. Johnson
Reasen Clayton
Madison
Arthur Mullen
David Mercer
Sargent
Williams’ Park
A. FE. Hoffman
John Shell
Wayne
John Guiff
EB. Guiff
Eel River
United States
J. W. Taylor
Sec
Monroe
H. C. Grabill
J. W .Taylor
L. Hart
M. Horst
M. Erwin
M. Wells
Washington
Martin Fry
Fred Fry
Dean Fllison
C. Carey
Marion
L. McBride
A. Fleck
Mary and
L. Hursh
Andrew Yaggy
Klopfenstine
Cedar Creek
Indiana Loan and Trust Company
Omo
Squires
Willeke
Esther A. Orff
Dan B. Fetters
McDonald's
H. Keegan
F. Gaunitt
Philip
F. ©. Dixon
Wayne Township
People's Trust and Savings .Co
Wiliam Coonrady
Jefferson
Death of Miss Virginia Harper at Hope hospital
Miss Virginia Harper daughter of Mr and Mrs James B Harper died at Hope hospital at 6 30 Tuesday after weeks of illness from a mastoid bone disease She was fifteen a Fort Wayne High School sophomore a leader in studies and a favorite to friends Surviving are her parents and sister Miss Helen Harper A Presbyterian church member her life was a beacon of promised high character and achievement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Harper
James B. Harper
Hope Hospital
Flealy
Miss Harper
Harper
Fort Wayne High School
First Presbyterian Church
Helen Harper
Death of Mrs Fannie Croy Mother of Woodburn Marshal
Mrs Fannie Croy 61 died Friday at home south of Gar Creek from bowel congestion. She was mother of Colum bus Croy Woodburn town marshal murdered in June last. She expressed gratitude on her death bed to officers who pursued his killer. Born Greenville Ohio 1846 she moved to Indiana ten years after, married A J Croy August 3 1862. Survived by husband and thirteen children five living Bert Croy Muncie Charles Croy Youngstown Alice Landing Dawkins Cora Nichols Gar Creek D Pickard. Thirty grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services held Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Croy
Gar Creek
Political banquet plans and county election chatter
Indiana Republican Henry Warrum accepts invitation to speak at the Jefferson club banquet in Saengerbund Hall on March 12 with governors and congressional candidates listed. Democratic events include a Huntington love feast Feb 27. Auburn coverage notes local politicking and intraparty maneuvering around DeKalb county delegation seating and local option debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Warrum
Indianapolis
Jefferson Club
Saengerbund Hall
Thomas R. Marshall
L. Ert Slack
T. F. Kuhn
J. A. M. Adair
Samuel Ralston
C. K. Meeculloch
Cyrus Cline
Angola
J. W. Adair
Columbia City
Fred I. Feick
Garrett
Gross & Ross
Barner
EB. G. Hoffman
Huntington
Monroeville Residents Target Whisky Dealers After Fight
Monroeville residents pursue wholesale liquor sources after a Saturday night brawl at Louis Girardot's poolroom. Girardot Fred Haas and David and Harry Taylor were fined for drunkenness. investigators could not establish dealer identities. Efforts continue to trace liquor shipments from Fort Wayne and pursue prosecutions if possible.
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Monroeville
Louis Girardot
Harry Hilgerman
Justice Jones
Hiquor
Fort Wayne
Girardot
Fred Haas
David
Harry Taylor
Marshal Taylor
Thomas
Local Banks and Citizens Back Inland Waterways Drive
During S. A. Thompsons visit Fort Wayne a wave of donations flows to the National Rivers and Harbors congress inland waterways campaign. Contributions from Hamilton National Bank Old National Bank First National Bank German American Nat Bank and several private firms and individuals total modest sums. Names include Bush & Co Berghoff Brewing Co Centlivre Brewing Co Bowser Bicknell Lane Dreibelbiss Remy Moynihan Barra Guidlin Bash Lehman Orr Pfeiffer Taylor Hackett and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Thompson
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Fort Wayne
Hamilton National Bank
Old National Bank
First National Bank
B. R. Barra
C. F. Pfeiffer
Frank B. Taylor
Vray
E. A. K. Hackett
Free Night School Proposed in Fort Wayne
The Home Culture circle proposes a free night school for ages fifteen to thirty in Fort Wayne. A petition by at least twenty residents can establish it, with aims to enroll about thirty applicants to ensure twenty attend. Local women circulate posters and seek inquiries to reach the required attendance.
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Fort Wayne
Society of Women
The
Home Culture Circle
O. N. Guldlin
Fairfield Ave
I. N. Taylor
White Apartment House
C. S. Ridenour
Lafayette Street
Christen brother recovering from illness at Decatur home
Jesse Christen brother of Burt and Harry Christen of this city is recovering from a recent critical illness at his Decatur home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Christen
Burt
Harry Christen
Decatur
Paris Tightens Car Crash Law With Escape Penalties
Paris adds to automobile rules a law requiring vehicles to stop after a collision. It imposes imprisonment and fines as penalties for attempting to flee the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Macedonian Laborer Held on Assault Bond in City Court
Grigor Tripho a Macedonian laborer in Bass Foundry's wheel shop was held on $1000 bond in city court for assault with intent to kill after striking Diab Bona with a hammer in the Bass establishment. Bona's skull was fractured but he is reported improving after hospital care. Tripho claims he did not deliver the blow and was arrested at a Macedonian boarding house. Clare Shaw was fined $1 and costs for drunkenness after being found peddling shoelaces and pencils and ordered to leave the city.
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Grigor Tripho
Bass Foundry and Machine Company
Diab Bona
Bass
Bona
St. Joseph’s Hospital
J. B. McEvoy
Tripho
Pappert
Elliott
Wallace Street
Clare Shaw
Woman fined for torturing boy to force confession
Miss Clara Sterling assistant matron at Tuscarawas County Children's Home was fined 10 dollars and costs after admitting to forcing Samp son Fowler ten with a tack through the tongue to obtain a theft confession. The incident occurred at the home and involved hammering a tack while the boy’s tongue rested on a chair. The injury left his tongue swollen and under medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canal Gover
Ohio
Clara Sterling
Tuscarawas County
Dedanbachers
Sampson Fowler
Miga Sterling
R. W. Chapman
Humane
Jackson
Stringer
Miss Sterling
Chief Stringer
Pythians at Banquet Mark 44th Anniversary
The Knights of Pythias 44th anniversary celebration at Pythian hall featured Phoenix lodge No 101 hosting an event with an address by Past Chancellor Commander M W Kemp. The program included music by the orchestra, vocal solos, a recitation, a monologue, and a one act play The Stowstorm. committee members led by Major John Miles, Captain J V Wilson, and Louis S Schroeder organized the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythies
Pythian Hall
Phoenix Lodge No. 101
M. W. Kemp
Fort Wayne
Ruby Stivic
Wthel Stryker
Many People Vaccinated in City Doctor Offices Busy
The city reports widespread vaccination with doctors handling large patient loads and drug firms supplying needles. Vernor Shaw returns from Birmingham in improved health and plans to resume duties in Louisville within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernor Shaw
Birmingham
Ala
Louisville
Edgerton to prosecute vandals who smashed stone fence
Clement W. Edgerton consulted Attorney Edward G. Hoffman and will press charges after vandals knocked down a four foot stone flagging fence on the West Warne street line with sledge hammers. Judge Heaton saw figures in the dark. police expect to identify suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement W. Edgerton
Edward G. Hoffman
H. C. Modernwell
Warne Street
Adgerton
O. N. Heaton
Board of Public Works
West Warne Street
Edgerton
Tom Goslee Clothing Co closes as voluntary bankruptcy filed
Thomas Goslee proprietor of a clothing shop on East Main Street filed for voluntary bankruptcy. The store is closed pending court orders with liabilities of 8454.91 and assets of 6897.12. Attorney Hugh G. Keegan represents the petitioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Goslee
East Main Street
Hugh G. Keegan
Gossee
Fort Warne
Goslee
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Loyal Legion Seeks Pension Change for Civil War Officers
Cont Swann leads signatures in Fort Wayne to a congress petition urging retirement of volunteer Civil War officers on the retired list with regulars, matching pensions for regular army officers. The effort aims to correct pension inequities and mirrors nationwide action by the Loyal Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal Legion
Congress
Scott Swann
Fort Wayne
Swann
Bar Against Visitors at State School for Feeble-Minded Youth
The board of trustees bans Fort Wayne visitors to the Indiana school for feeble-minded youth due to a contagious-disease outbreak. The school itself is free from contagion, with precautions to keep it that way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State School
Indiana School For
Fort Wayne
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Hoosier
Cottagers’ Association
Harlan
M. B. Larry
Logansport
Supreme Court
Watson
DeKalb County
Auburn Courier
Anderson
Will M. Leedy
Auburn
DeKalb
Court House
Sheriff's
Recorder's Office
C. S. Smith
Charlie Smith
Taylor
Leedy
Mr. Smith
Charlie
Borneo
Smith
Alen
Charles
ANG Big Waterways
Terprise
Weil
Daves
Pythians
Tom Goslee
Corcern
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