Powers Trial Sheds Light on Goebel Plot Details
Georgetown Ky July 23 Spectators scarce as Caleb Powers trial resumes with prosecution excusing several witnesses. Lieut John Ricketts testifies militia discipline, Youtsey described a plan to kill Goebel and fund the plot. He said Goebel could be removed from the executive building and escape via the basement. Witness placed men near the secretary of state office minutes before the shooting.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Ike Golden
F. Wharton Golden
John Ricketts
Barbourville
John Powers
Frankfort
W. H. Culton
Youtsey
Executive
Secretary of State
Goebel assassination case widens with new cipher telegraph writs
In Georgetown Ky on July 24 the Powers case gains a writ commanding Frankfort telegraph office managers to produce cipher telegrams from December 22 1899 to February 5 1900 and asks for the executive journal and reports from state officials. Testimony places figures near the scene before and after the fatal shooting and notes shouted calls to arms.
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Georgetown
Frankfort
Secretary of State
Adjutant General
Executive Journal
McDonald
W. H. Culton
Lester
Goebel
Legislative Hall
Berry
E. P. Thompson, Jr
Executive Building
Executive
Frank Heeny
State House Yard
Witnesses Describe Crime Scene After Death at Door
The witness saw Goebel's body on the pavement and noted no one nearby. He did not see Jack Chinn or Eph Lillard. R. H. Berryman of Frankfort testified in the morning session, but his direct testimony added nothing new.
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Goebel
Jack Chinn
Eph Lillard
R. H. Berryman
Frankfort
Church Debt Drive Set At Fort Wayne Driving Park
Next Saturday the African Methodist Episcopal church in Fort Wayne launches a ten day grave meeting at the Driving Park to raise funds for a mortgage debt. Eminent AME leaders from Jackson Michigan Indianapolis Ohio and others will attend along with local pastors and the church official board led by Rev W Madison Simpson to promote a successful grove meeting.
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Fort Wayne
M. E. Church
R. Lafayette King
D. D
Jackson, Mich
Newton
Indianapolis
J. Montgomery
Ohio
R. French Hurley
James Smith
W. H. Stearns
C. L. Lacklin
Wiliam Barnes
W. L. Jones
Frank Brown
Thomas Williams
Mrs Catherine Franke Dies in Jackson After Long Fort Wayne Residency
Mrs Catherine Franke 71 3 3 of Jackson Michigan died Monday morning from paralysis at her home in Jackson She was widow of Charles Franke and longtime Fort Wayne resident Also survived by son William Rahe and daughter Mrs Henry Bruch Five step children and one son Frank Rahe preceded in death Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 PM in Jackson with many friends mourning the loss
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Catherine Franke
Jackson
Mich
Charles Franke
Fort Wayne
Rahe
Henry Bruch
Carl Franke
Monroe
Martin Franke
Chicago
Fred Franke
Big Rapids
Minnie Seemeyer
Schumm
Ohio
Carrie
Tragic Philadelphia double death ends in murder suicide
Police concluded Mrs Charles March killed her 6 year old daughter with carbolic acid then took her own life in Philadelphia. Husband, once in custody, was released. Marchand once wealthy from Cleveland and Euclid Avenue Opera House had vanished fortunes. Mary Rogers of Minneapolis linked to the deceased woman.
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Philadelphia
Charles March
Marchand
Cleveland
Ohio
Euclid Avenue
Hanna
Frank Rockefeller
Brooklyn
Mary Rogers
Minneapolis
Pioneer farmer Joseph Ruth dies at 92 in Marion township
Joseph Ruth a longtime Allen county resident died at his Marion township home at age 92 years 10 months and 23 days. Born in Germany he came to America at 26 and farmed the same plot for 66 years. Survived by seven children the funeral will be Wednesday at 10 AM from the Hesse Cassel Catholic church. Burial Lindenwood.
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Joseph Auth
Allen County
Marion Township
Mr. Ruth
Ruth
Germany
America
Charles Muldoon
Regina Sack
Veronica Ruth
Joseph
Henry
Tony
Michael Ruth
Hesse Cassel
Death of Mrs Mary Anna Cour at 100 Montgomery Street
Mrs Mary Anna Cour aged 26 widow of Joseph Cour died at home on Saturday at 9 30 pm from typhoid and spinal trouble. She was a member of St Marys Catholic church. Survived by mother sister Mrs E Manet and one son. daughter of the late John Heffert who died about a week earlier.
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Mary Anna Cour
Joseph Cour
Montgomery Street
William Kemp longtime Fort Wayne resident dies at 72
William Kemp a Fort Wayne resident for over 70 years died Saturday at 17 High street after a four week illness from bowel obstruction. Born in Frankfort on Main Germany he came to Fort Wayne in 1850 and remained a parishioner of Trinity German Lutheran church. Surviving are his wife and seven children William J Kemp Mrs John Schreiber Mrs Anna Mertz Mrs Henry D Kaiser Charles F Kemp Victor H Kemp and Miss Emma Kemp.
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William Kemp
Fort Wayne
High Street
Mr. Kemp
Frankforton Main
Germany
Trinity German Lutheran Church
William J. Kemp
John Schreiber
Anna Mertz
Henry D. Kaiser
Charles F. Kemp
Victor H. Kemp
Emma Kemp
Kinley Child Dies in Early Morning Cholera Infantum
Emerson C. Kinley, three years nine months old, son of Mr and Mrs Christian Kinley of 138 Francis Street, died early Saturday morning from cholera infantum.
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Emerson C. Kinley
Christian Kinley
Francis Street
Obituary: Luella Manet Dead at One From Cholera Infantum
Luella Manet daughter of Edward and Mrs Manet of 55 Oliver street died Friday afternoon at age one from cholera infantum.
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Luella
Edward Manet
Oliver Street
Infant Allgeier Dies at One Day in Adams Township
Wilhelmina Allgeier infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Allgeier of Adams township died Friday afternoon at age one day from exhaustion.
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Wilhelmina
Edward Allgeier
Adams Township
Death of William Fisher 22 in Wellsville Ohio
Friends of the family report the death of William Fisher age 22, son of Mr and Mrs Abraham Fisher of Wellsville Ohio, who died Monday morning in Wellsville. The remains go to this city today for burial at Mrs Waddington’s residence on East Lewis street where the funeral will be held. The father is foreman at the Wellsville Pennsylvania company shops, a role he has held for years, and he previously led the lumber department there. William was born in this city and had lived there before moving.
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William Fisher
Abraham Fisher
Wellsville
Ohio
Mrs Davie May Noyer Dies in Monroeville at 22
Mrs Davie May Noyer wife of Clyde Noyer died Sunday evening at her Monroeville home. A daughter of John D Alliger editor of the Monroeville Breeze she was a highly regarded Christian woman active in the M E church. Her death will be mourned by a large circle of friends.
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Davie May Noyer
Clyde Noyer
Monroeville
Noyer
John D. Alliger
Larimore Boy Dies at Fifteen in Churubusco Area
Tony Larimore son of Mrs Alice Larimore of Runnion avenue died at noon Monday at his grandmother Mrs Shilling home near Churubusco He was fifteen Funeral services set for Wednesday at 1 pm from Eel River church at Churubusco
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Tony Larimore
Alice Larimore
Runnion Avenue
Shilling
Churubusco
Eel River
Death of Fred Snyder in Grand Rapids
Mr and Mrs A McCumsey of this city mourn the death of their nephew Fred Snyder born in Fort Wayne son of the late Clark Snyder long residing in Grand Rapids where he died He leaves a wife and one son and other relatives The funeral will be held in Grand Rapids Wednesday at 2 30 PM
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A. McCumsey
Fred Snyder
Fort Wayne
Clark Snyder
Grand Rapids
Haid
Tragic Klondike Party Lost Four in Stewart River Trip
Dawson reports a five member party to the Stewart river headwaters with four dead and one survivor. Antonio Perry Charles Sandstrom Oscar Van Buren Louis Bouchard perished in rapids or after craft capsized. George Sexholm survived nearly starved and drifted toward Dawson after four days without food.
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Tacoma
Wash
Dawson
Stewart River
Antonio Perry
Charles Sandstrom
Boston
Oscar van Buren
Klondike
Sandstrom
Louis Bouchard
Atlin
George Sexholm
Oakland
Cal
Stewart
Yukon
van Buren
Perry
Bouchard
Wonderful clean-up sale bargains for all week
Readable sale ad lists numerous discounts on ladies and children's apparel including vests, stockings, hose, shirts, skirts, corsets, hats, belts, mitts, parasols and more with price cuts from fractions to half price and bulk quantities. Includes items like Corsets at 50c, Gold filled chains at 2.50, and silk mitts at 25c.
Maple Grove Items Parade of Losses and Fragments
The district notes the superintendent missed Sunday church due to her aunt Maria Rudisill’s death with funeral at her daughter’s home. St John’s Lutheran held an outing at Jacob Rudisill’s grave with about forty attendees. Attendees included Rev Zartman and family, Mr Cour, Mr Mann, and Miss Josephine. Amelia Mann recovering from recent accident. E Pfeiffer filled in as Sunday school superintendent. Threshing begins with E Pfeiffer first to thresh.
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Maria Rudisill
John Waters
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Jacob Rudusill
Zartman
Josephine
Cour
Christ Young
Leo Road
Cleveland
Ohio
Herman Young
Bertha
Mealie Young
E. Pfeiffer
Threshing Progress and Local News in Lake Township
Threshing begins with good yields. William Felger ill with bowel inflammation, Dr. Schick attending. Miss Flo Higgins from Fort Wayne visiting the Mack Lee home. Death of Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter's adopted child. Fredrick Larimore found after three weeks away, working for Dick Irwin in Aboll township. Levi Binkley and Henry Felger at Sunday School in Wayne township. John McCormick buys a wild west pony. speed expected after taming. Ill child of Will Rockhill improving. Thomas Prill improving after earlier injury. Mr. and Mrs. George Ohneck visiting the Felger home. Ohnecks to stay a week. Ernest Gleich and Gottlieb Stahl of Huntington visiting. Friday storm caused grain damage. Mack Lee disappointed over muskmelon patch confusion as women pick cucumbers from melons.
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Flo. Higgins
Fort Wayne
Mack Lee
Charles Carpenter
Fredrick Larimore
Albert Larimore
Dick Irwin
Aboll Township
Levi Binkley
Henry Felger
Ohneck
Ernest Gleich
Gottlieb Stahl
Huntington
Jacob Felger
Perry and Vicinity Haying Delays and Picnic Plans
Farmers report most haying finished though wet weather keeps much of the wheat out. Union Chapel picnic scheduled for August 4 in the Gloyd woods. Miss Della Gloyd returns to Angola after tending school. Miss Alice Baker staying with sister Mrs Sterling. Dale Tonkle and brother-in-law attended Cedarville social last Saturday night with a good time. Alex Roy remains bachelor.
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Union Chapel
Gloyd Woods
Della Gloyd
Angola
Alice Baker
Sterling
Dale Tonkle
Cedarville
Alex Roy
Batchelor Hall
Children's fancy waists sale at half price
REUBEN 8. PATTERSON advertises a sale on children's fancy waists offering items at half price.
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Reuben
Patterson
Meeting at Beech Grove
Missionary 8 8 Hall will conduct a local meeting at Beech Grove with plans for a community gathering and religious observance.
Gospel Meeting Set For Tuesday Evening
A gospel meeting is scheduled for Tuesday evening the 31st at 8 o'clock in the Butts' school house at Beech Grove.
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Butts
Beech Grove
Organizing Sunday School at Jefferson Town No 8
A Sunday school organization meeting is set for Sunday afternoon at 2 30 at the school house No 8 in Jefferson township. County Superintendent A D Craig Township President Rev J A Swenk and Missionary 8 S Hall Jr will address the gathering. A Sunday school will be formed at the close.
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Jefferson Township
A. D. Craig
J. A. Swenk
8. S. Hall, Jr
Will Sail for Paris Exposition Visit Planned
L. Bonjour a prominent Jackson township citizen will sail for Paris France within a few days. He plans to visit the exposition and spend several weeks inspecting other points of interest in Europe.
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L. Bonjour
Jackson Township
Paris
France
Mr. Bonjour
Europe
Reverend Cocking Family Visits Huntington
Rev. George Cocking and his wife with their daughter visit the family of E. T. Lee in Huntington. Cocking traveled by bicycle while the ladies took the train.
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George Cocking
New Haven
E. T. Lee
Huntington
Cocking
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W. Madison Simpson
A. M. E. Church
J. W. Lake
Lindenwood
Kinley
Fisher
Larimore
Wetker & Nable
Calhous ST
Altanes
Angas
Maple Grove
Lake Township
William Felger
Dr. Schick
Perry and Vicinity
Hall
Seersucker Worth &c
WM. Hahn & CO
Rockers
Fort Wayne, Indiana
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