Fitzsimmons Defeats Dempsey In New Orleans Bout
In New Orleans on January 15, Robert Fitzsimmons, the New Zealand wonder, defeated Jack Dempsey in the thirteenth round for the middleweight world title and a $13,000 purse before about 4,000 spectators. Fitzsimmons knocked Dempsey down in the tenth and eleventh rounds, and finished with a knockout after nearly fifty minutes of action, while Dempsey endured severe punishment and a broken nose. Chicago observers reported bets heavily on Dempsey before the upset, with many fans stunned by the Australian challenger's victory.
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New Oatesans
Robert Fitzsimmons
New Zealand
Jack Dempsey
New Orleans Olympic Club
Fitzsimmons
Fitz
Dempsey
Jake Kilrain
New Oxuzans
Oregon
Sullivan
Boston
Kilrain
Muldoon
Bullivan
New Orleans
Demsey
Emma Waiters
Denver
Budd Renaud
Parson Davies
Obicago
Fire destroys Dillie settlement home. neighbors save hamlet
Last week a fire at the Old Dillie post office settlement eight miles from the city consumed the home of farmer A. Harber and nearby buildings. The family fled half dressed but neighbors formed a voluntary brigade and saved part of the furniture and surrounding structures, preventing total destruction.
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Dillie
Bluffton Road
A. Harber
Composition of Kochs curative lymph disclosed
Besrain Jan 15. Authority makes public the glycerine extract of tuberculosis bacilli used as Kochs curative lymph. Professor Koch reports about 150 patients treated over six weeks with tuberculosis in varied forms, confirming earlier findings and noting no changes needed. He adds that understanding the remedy is essential before applying its principles to other diseases.
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Besrain
Koch
Black Death Reaches Tobolsk in West Siberia
A Tobolsk dispatch reports the Black Death spreading through Asiatic Russia from Samarkand to the Obi delta with Obdorsk suffering severe mortality due to physician shortages. In Hoboken Col. Alphonse Thotret aged seventy seven shot himself after years of despondency following his wife’s death.
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Sr. Peterspurc
Tobolsk
Siberia
Russia
Samarkand
Obi
Obdorsk
Staing
New York
Alphonse Thotret
Fifty-fifth Regiment of Infantry
New York Volunteers
Hoboken
N. J
Senate election bill drags through late night sessions
Senate debates the election bill into the early hours with Faulkner speaking past 6 a.m. and repeated quorum questions. Reports show absences and surmised votes as senators wander cloakrooms while Gorman and Vance clash over procedural rules.
Tragedy at Boone County Poor Farm Murder by Beecham
Boone County records a murder at the poor farm as Samuel Beecham, a negro, fatally beats 70 year old George Warburton after disputing a chair. Beecham, aged 45, confessed to Sheriff Miller and resisted arrest, while Warburton, once a prospering farmer, died from a fractured skull. Curtis, identified as a temporary resident due to drunkenness, is noted in the incident.
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Lesaxon
Ind
Boone County
George Warburton
Samuel Beecham
Sam Curtis
Beecham
Miller
Warburton
Zionsville
Curtis
BANCROFT FUNERAL HELD IN WASHINGTON
The funeral of Hon. Geo Bancroft historian author and diplomat was held at St John’s Episcopal Church Washington with notable figures from politics literature and diplomacy in attendance. Pallbearers included Chief Justice Fuller Justice Field and Senator Evarts. The service ended with burial preparations at Baltimore and Potomac station for Worcester Massachusetts.
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Washington
Geo. Bancroft
St. John’s Episcops Church
Episcopal Church
Douglass
Baltimore and Potomac
Worcester
Maia
Fuller
Justice Field
Elsatchford
Senator Evarts
Bayard
Admiral Rogers
Spofford
Geo
Wm. Curtis
John A. King
P. Langley
King
American Historical Society
Bancroft
Harrison
Halford
Blaine
Windom
Tracy
Proctor
Wannamaker
Miller
Soley
Ramsey
Folger
Farquhar
Wilson
Col
Remey
State Department
Masked Bandits Plunder Rio Grande Train near Brownsville
Fifteen masked men wrecked a Rio Grande train between Brownsville and Isabel, derailed it, robbed passengers of money and jewelry, seized about 20000 dollars en route to Brazos by the Morgan steamer for New Orleans, and injured a brakeman. authorities pursue suspects who fled toward Mexico. In a separate incident at Lave City, Florida, A A Ross of Southern Express was robbed of 600 dollars and beaten. thieves remain at large with no clue to their identities.
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Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande
Isabel
Brazos
New Orleans
Mexico
Lave City
Fla
A. A. Ross
Southern Express Company
Thelves
Ethel Towne Acquitted of Forgery in Terre Haute Trial
Terre Haute jury returns verdict of acquittal for Ethel Towne after a five hour deliberation with two holdouts. Judge Taylor had told jurors that if Bauer the hotel landlord believed the check forged there was no crime of uttering. Towne departs with unknown plans as county funds cover her attorneys.
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Terre Havre
Ethel Towne
Taylor
Bauer
Chicago
Personal crisis reports from Bt. Paca and Hartrorp Cr ry
Wallace Lethers nephew of Gen Lew Wallace and William Wallace, postmaster of Indianapolis, was found after falling or leaping from a third story Lyons block window. Dennis Keefe died after a landmurn last night in Hartrorp Cr ry. he had worked at a Delphi paper mill under Col Zollinger in Fort Wayne. No clear motive given.
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Paca
Minn
Delphi
Paper
Col. Zollinger
Fort Wayne
The Cruel War Over Indians Surrender at Pine Bridge
The Ogallalas and Brules move to the Pine Bridge area near Red Cloud's house in a large encampment along the White Clay. Scout Frank Grourard estimates 742 lodges and at least 3500 Indians. They surrender under a bayonet ring, with no escape possible.
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Pine Ringe Agency
Vis
Rushville
Neb
Lavo
White Clay Creek
White Clay
Brules
Red Cloud
Frank Grourard
Pet rattlesnake bite ends Miss Wilkins life
Freedom Pennsylvania January report details eighteen year old Miss Katie Wilkins killed by a pet rattlesnake kept in her father's office jar. An owl shattered a lamp causing darkness and the snake bit her ankles and knee before farmer Thomas strangled it. Despite antidotes, she died early Friday.
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Freedom
Katie Wilkins
Thomas
Too Much Married Selig Arrested for Bigamy in Indianapolis
Solomon Selig known as G Langsdown, held on bigamy charge in Indianapolis jail. He wed Miss Milan in Pittsburg in October 1888, vanished after five days, and was found with a wife and three children in Indianapolis by Frank Milan and detectives after he returned from a business trip.
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Indranarois
Solomon Selig
Philadelphia
Selig
G. Langsdown
Miss Milan
Pittsburg
Frank Milan
Milan
Flying Machine at Exposition Demonstration
The air ship was moved to Chicago and shown in the exposition building. The buoyancy chamber measures twenty four by six and a half feet, while the ship with propellers and rudders is thirty feet long. Inventors have a twelve week exhibition contract with James A. Fanning and others and will be paid one hundred thousand dollars. The craft will fly around the building carrying two passengers. It traveled by express after a car was swapped for the shipment.
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Carmen, Sr
Chicago
Exposition Building
James A. Fanning
Express
Farmer Smith Becomes Highway Robber in Pelle Texas
In Pelle Texas Geo Smith a farmer robs seven men at gunpoint in a silo. Town marshal Jim Siebel is shot in the head during Smith's escape attempt and later dies. Smith is captured and jailed despite mob efforts to lynch him claiming hard times and poor crops drove him to crime.
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Surrman
Texas
Pelle
Here
Geo. Smith
Jim Siebel
Smith
Siebel
Prohibition Efforts End in Sioux City As Officials Oppose
Sioux City officers and the law and order league announce a pause in enforcing the prohibition liquor law. They cite opposition from city and county authorities and exhausted funds after years of costly battles since the killing of Rev. Geo. Haddock three years ago.
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Sioux City
Law and Order League
Geo. O. Haddock
Left Alove to Their Pinay Fire at Home Claim
In Brazil Indiana on January 16 two Riggs children aged three years and fifteen months died in a house fire. Authorities believe an elder child may have spilled live coals from the stove starting the blaze. The house was left unattended at the time. In Evansport Indiana on January 17 Mrs Serah Cable, a well known local woman, died suddenly while en route to church.
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Australia
Monroe Street
Elgin
Lake
Englewood
Dempsey
Brazil
Ind
Frank Riggs
Minshall
Parke County
Chaureh
Evenanrt
Serah Cable
Fragmentary notice yields unclear details
The readable text offers no clear names places or dates. Content appears damaged with mixed phrases and no identifiable event or action to summarize.
Natural gas disaster devastates Hotel Marvin in Findlay
A gas leak at the Hotel Marvin in Findlay Ohio caused a catastrophic explosion just before 2 pm as workers cut a vent hole. Two dining room girls died and about a dozen others were injured while the building suffered near total destruction and insurance questions loom over a 235000 dollar loss. Another explosion later rekindled a fire but firefighters contained it.
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Finnuar
Findlay
Marvin
Katie Walters
Ila Johnson
Kate Rooney
Prank Poundstone
Angen Marvin
Frank Andrews
Bradford
Marvin House
Town wiped out by disastrous Alamosa fire
Denver dispatches report Alamosa Colorado nearly destroyed by a major fire driven by a strong wind. Most buildings were wooden, flames swept the main street, and overall losses were heavy. Separately a train wreck on the Cheyenne and Northern led to a brakeman Anderson sacrificing himself to save passengers but dying of burns.
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Denver
Alamosa
Col
Cheyenne and Northern Railroad
Anderson Volunteed
Stakeman
Anderson
Parnell Coming Visit May Reach America
The Press reports Charles Stewart Parnell will visit America in the early spring. A meeting at an influential Irishman’s home resolved that Parnell should be publicly endorsed by the Irish in the city in a meeting if the Boulogne conference is postponed beyond Tuesday night.
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New York
Parnell
America
Boulogne
Reetut Skirmishes Near Pine Ridge Agency Reported
A report from Pine Ridge Agency says several Car Male pupils including White Horse Little Bull and Nekutooths were killed in a skirmish. Crayton Brave was wounded. The letter does not specify sides. Also noted is Wallace Co. farm birth of two rare ion whelps and Mrs Steele injured by a fall on ice. Kahne arraigned for Campau murder and requests Geo W Loutitt as counsel. Judge Ridgeley cautions about overconfidence of local lawyers.
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Canter, Padan
Pratt
Fudiana
Tnd
Wallace & Co
Kahne
Tiffin
Campau
Geo. W. Loutitt
John H. Ridgeley
Ohio
Ridgeley
Exposition plans stir Fort Wayne stockholders
A proposed fair sparks debate as an eager speaker forecasts a grand exposition in Fort Wayne. Directors warn the venture faces critical hurdles with stockholders threatening further payments until a concrete site and plan are approved. The jail flats site is favored for a night illuminated exhibit, with races separated, and a dyke proposed for flood safety. The Pennington airship project in Chicago is shown as part of the broader expo interest. A 19 percent assessment on a $20 million capital stock is to be paid at the Grand Pacific meeting.
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Senate
Gormen
Sherman
Wilson
Maryland
Faulkner
Gorman
Vance
Edmunds
Yeas
Congress
Washington
Mills
Texas
McKinley
Senate Committee On Finance
Wm. A. Russell
Mississippi
John T. Ambertree
Ilinois
Nathaniel Phil
Colorado
International Monetary Union
Hill
Headlee
Leonard
Labor
SprineField, III
United States
Oglesby
Palmer
House
Streeter
Alliance
Fort Wayne
J. H. Bass
Ory
Evung Farm
Hayden Farm
Taber Iast
Mahler
The Prison Matter and Curtis Fight Over Prison Probe
The article discusses Representative Curtis pressing for a special committee to investigate Northern Indiana’s prison and its warden Murdock. It notes party dynamics with Niblack and Republican support for Curtis, claims about funds used for repairs with board approval, and mentions the prison prop contract from Porter era.
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Cincinnati
Curtis
Niblack
Murdock
Board of Trustees
Porter
Mount Carmel airship arrives in Chicago amid grand plans
The Mount Carmel airship arrives in Chicago with its machinery car and buoyancy chamber boxed at Polk street station. In October a group met at the Grand Pacific claiming a plan to fly 200 miles an hour and to mail transport rivaling telegraph and railroad, backed by a supposed English syndicate and $20,000,000.
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Chicago Times
Mount Carmel
Chicago
Polk Street Station
Grand Pacific
United States
Sudden Deaths Claim Two Local Residents
A dental student William Donaldson died after a severe headache and convulsions at Ossian while under Dr H O Sites. Henry Stellhorn near seventy died of pneumonia at his Madison Street home Fort Wayne. Funeral arrangements set for Ossian and Fort Wayne respectively with services at St Pauls Lutheran church.
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William Donaldson
Henry Stellhorn
A. W. Donaldson
Ossian
H. O. Sites
J. D. Chambers
Intense feud shadows tax collector Lindsay Baldwin case
A two year feud between Louis Schroeder and tax collector Lindsay Baldwin escalates as Schroeder assaults Baldwin's wife and fires a warning shot. Both sides file affidavits, Baldwin is charged with assault with intent to kill, and Schroeder faces related charges. The case is scheduled for Monday at 2 pm with a crowded courtroom.
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Louis Schroeder
Lindsay Baldwin
St. Mary’s Avenue
Baldwin
Schroeder
France
Lindsay
Mary Baldwin
Hood's Sarsaparilla Endorsed by Satisfied Users
Readers report positive views on Hood's Sarsaparilla. One person says it cured digestion issues and dyspepsia, another calls it indispensable for sick headache, and others claim cures for scrofula and salt rheum. The widespread favorable response stands as strong informal advertising.
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Hood
Army of Friends
Tragedy at Fort Wayne Transfer and Storage ends in suicide
J A Garity longtime manager of the Fort Wayne Transfer and Storage company died by self inflicted gunshot in the firm's office. He suffered neuralgia and mental distress and left a note citing pain and worry. He leaves a wife and four children. The inquest found temporary aberration of mind. His body was sent to Delphos for burial. A separate telegram mourned Mrs Carrie Fisher Stiefel formerly of this city whose death in New York was announced. She sang in the Hebrew choir and was cherished by friends and family.
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J. A. Garity
Fort Wayne
Mr. Garity
Benedict
Peltier
Garity
Dalphos
Wilding
Delphos
Stiefel
Carrie Fisher
Louis
New York City
Hebrew Congregation
Louisa Stiefel
Angola
Osrrie Fisher
Isaac Fisher
West Washington Street
Samuel
Max
Moses
Edwin Fisher
Quiet Wedding Connects Shepley and Nebiec at Brackenridge
Marriage of James A. Shepley and Miss Jennie Nebiec took place last Thursday at the bride’s home 33 Brackenridge street with Rev. Dr. Moffatt officiating. The bride, a noted society figure, and the groom formerly a hotel clerk and boarding house operator now plan residence at 83 Brackenridge street.
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James A. Shepley
Jennie Nebiec
Jennie
J. E. Noble
Bass Works
Brackenridge Street
Dr. Moffatt
First Presbyterian Church
Aldine
East Berry Street
Land and Improvement Pays Up its Stock in Fall
The Land and Improvement company last evening revealed liabilities excluding capital stock at 50000 and safeties at 250000, declaring a dividend of 86 percent. This pays stock in full and lakeside project investors are described as in clover. The Fort Wayne Land and Improvement company also elected a large board of directors and reported a prosperous condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Land and Improvement Company
Fort Wayne Land and Improvement Company
W. J. Vesey
J. W. Bell
A. D. Dressler
Otto Kunzenberg
W. E. Mossman
Aaron Rothschild
D. N. Foster
J. W. Wilding
S. M. Foster
C. A. Wilding
Chas. McCulloch
P. A. Randall
Rev. J.T. Lang
R. T. McDonald
G. W. Pixley
G. F. Felts
Mason Lang
O. A. Wilding
Lakeside
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Pacific
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M. O. Foellinger
Jeff Lee
Louis Niemeyer
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