Firemen Die in Wighth Avenue Basement Blaze Heroic Rescue
In a New York basement fire at a market on Wighth Avenue two firemen ADAM DAMM and HARRY F. BAKER were killed while eleven others were overcome by ammonia fumes. Three rescuers pulled others from danger and died after reaching safety. Captain Bernard Carlock remained missing in the fumes. recovery efforts continued amid estimates of about $2000 in losses.
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New York
Wighth Avenue
Adam Damm
Harry F. Baker
Damm
Baker
Bernard Carlock
Ile
Knights of Columbus elect new officers at state convention
The fourteenth biennial state convention of the Catholic Knights of America adjourned with South Bend winning the bid for the next meeting. Officers chosen for two years include President William R. Wetling of South Bend and Vice President A A Reinhart of Fort Wayne. Delegates heard speeches after a high mass by Rev John Guendjing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Catholic Knights of America
South Bend
Indianapolis
William R. Wetling
A. A. Reinhart
Fort Wayne
William E. Daugherty
Cannelton
A. Beiter
Jasper
L. W. Leibert
John W. Wolpert
Death of McHenry deputy game warden found in woods
G Earle Eldredge deputy game warden for McHenry county was found dead in the woods six miles northeast of Woodstock Illinois. A revolver with one cartridge missing was found in his pocket and death is due to a heart wound investigators weigh murder versus accidental death. Eldredge son of G W Hidelrudge member of the state board of equalization had been active in enforcing game laws. He left home with his brother Charles a Chicago lawyer and was last seen while viewing traps. The body was discovered after Eldredge horse neighed.
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Woodstock
Ill
G. Earle Eldredge
McHenry County
G. W. Hidredge
State Board of Equalization
Charles
Chicago
Ravenswood
Earle
Eldredge
Fowler coroner blames Big Four officials for wreck deaths
Coroner Comiey finds gross negligence by railroad officials from top to train crew in the January 19 Big Four wreck near Fowler Indiana. He faults dispatchers and crews for rushing orders and endangering trains. notes engineer Tripp failed to verify track clearance amid a deadly collision. A separate report recalls Mrs Ar ur Quigley of Hartford City saved from suicide by a bottle of carbolic acid dropped from her hand.
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Kankakee
Fowler
Tripp
Arur Quigley
Hartford City
Bloomington farmer kills four and is jailed after lynch threat
Bloomington Illinois February 28 Thomas Baldwin a wealthy Colfax farmer and former merchant killed Charles Kennedy and his wife and Mrs Sim Eisman and daughter Cora. Baldwin aged 68 was arrested on a charge of criminal assault against Cora Eisman fourteen. He had settled with the girl’s father for money but blamed the Kennedys and Mrs Eisman. He narrowly escaped lynching as angry farmers pursued him. He surrendered to a deputy sheriff at Arrowsmith and was taken to Saybrook then Bloomington by train.
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Bloomington
Thomas Baldwin
Colfax
Charles Kennedy
Sim Eisman
Cora
Baldwin
Cora Eisman
Kennedys
Dead Men’ s Votes Shadow Mutual Life Election
New York reports the Peabody administration’s win tied to ballots cast by deceased policy holders. Records show deaths dating back to 1889 and 1906 with beneficiaries paid, and witnesses were Mutual Life agents. Observers expect court action if the policy-holders’ committee challenges the election amid suspected forgery. The Equitable Life annual meeting is held today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Peabody Administration
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Newfoundland
New Jersey
Mutual Life
Peabody
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Young Woman Named Interurban Agent at Andrews
The Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co. opened a new station near Andrews and named Miss Gussie Johnson of Huntington as agent. The station handles general freight now, previously prepaid freight only. Johnson travels daily from Huntington by trolley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Andrews
Gussie Johnson
Huntington
Miss Johnson
One-Hoss Shay Campaign Aims for Spooner Seat
Walter L. Houser former secretary of state to La Follette plans a year long house to house campaign for the U S Senate in Wisconsin. He will travel by buckboard with a Dobbin and wear a farmer’s cheap suit to blend with rural voters.
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Mondovi
Wis
Hoss Shay
United States
Walter. L. Houser
la Follette
Houser
Spooner
Carnegie chemist found dead with bullet wound
Professor T. M. Taylor of the Carnegie technical schools was found dead in his room at 229 Halket street Pittsburg. A revolver lay nearby and a bullet wound in his head indicated suicide after nervous breakdown from overwork. He was 33, formerly of Oberlin Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
T. M. Taylor
Carnegie Technical Schools
W. H. Hartsell
Halket Street
Oberlin
Ohio
Government checks rise in food products amid famine protests
Parliament-elect members in Nizhni Novgorod protest provincial interference with famine relief and persecution of free eating rooms. Similar protests spread to Kazan as Caucasus famine districts demand action amid rising meat prices and public sympathy for subscriptions in America. Disorders break out at Akatui silver mines as 150 high political offenders are chained and moved to prisons for common criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Nizhni- Novgorod
Kazan
Mingrelia
Guria
Imeretia
Yelizabethpol
Erivan
America
Akatul
Siberia
Mile
Maria Spiridonova
Luzhenoffsky
Tambov
Akatui
Sasoneff
von Plehves
Sikoritsky
Karpovich
Bogoliepoff
Logansport Conference Prep for April Methodist Week
Lander Johnson found dead in Decatur jail cell after three weeks of confinement. Johnson had been mentally unbalanced for a year. The North Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church schedules a busy week in Logansport April 8 to 15 with sermons, lectures, and anniversary events led by bishops and college leaders.
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Logansport
Ind
North Indiana
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Sherman Powell
F. G. Browne
D. D
C. C. Cissel
C. King
Bishop McDowell
M. Nelson
EB. H. Hughes
Board of Foreign Missions
F. H. Sheets
L. A. Beeks
Preachers’ Aid Society
Methodist Episcopal Hospital and
Deaconness Home of
Indiana
C. O. Meriea
E. H. Hughes
Board of Home Missions and Church Extension
J. H. Fitzwater
G. B. Work
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Mary A. Lavender
J. C. Murray
H. Hughes
F. A. Hardin
R. J. Cook
T. J. Johnson
W. F. McDowell
LL. D
Board of Education
Freedman’s Aid and
Sunday Schools
William F. Anderson
Haworth League
Broadway
M. E. Church
Stephen J. Herben
Con. Smith
Lander Johnson
Decatur
Johnson S
Fort Wayne Pioneer Contractor William Paul Dies at 91
William Paul longtime Fort Wayne contractor and canal boat operator dies at his home Jefferson and Harrison streets after a long illness. Born in Hanover Germany October 11 1824 he came to America in 1846 and built a prominent business in Fort Wayne. He leaves a wife eight children and several expansions of the Paul family with funeral services set for Saturday.
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Wiliam Paul
Fort Wayne
Jefferson and
Harrison Streets
Paul
Mr. Paul
Germany
Hanover
America
Delphi
Toledo
Henry C. Paul
Caroline Storm
J. J. Kern
Elizabeth Paul
Charles Paul
Paul Manufacturing Company
Fred Baade
Henry Lepper
William Diederick
Hoagland
John C. Peters
William Paul, Jr
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Wife seeks restraint on husband’s odd remarks at home
Kathleen Graf asked Judge Keeler to bar her husband from saying silly phrases like O fudge in their home after filing for divorce. She said they live under one roof since the petition and listen at meals. The judge refused, ruling a man cannot be restrained from such talk in his own house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Katherine O. Graf
Keeler
Shaw Accepts Carnegie Trust Presidency Amid Presidential Ambition
Washington reports Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary of the treasury, accepted the presidency of Carnegie Trust company of New York. He says he will not actively seek the presidential nomination but will not dodge it if offered, and notes the company plans a larger capital and surplus after his appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carnegie Trust Company of New York
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
United States
Trust Company
Shaw
New
Carnegie Trust Company
William H. Taft
Lincoln
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Blaine
McKinley
Roosevelt
Bryan
Cleveland
Harrison
Parker
Carnegie Trust Company of
New York
Charles C. Dickinson
Dickinson
Colleges Unite Under New Seminary Plan
Rev. A K Zartman reports Heidelberg seminary and Ursinus seminary will merge as Central Seminary of the Reformed church. Eastern students go to Tiffin now, with a new site chosen within six months in Ohio or Indiana, with Fort Wayne and Indianapolis discussed as options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Zartman
Tiffin
Ohio
Heidelberg Seminary
Synod of the Reformed Church
Tiffim
Ursinus Seminary
Philadelphia
Central Seminary of the Reformed Church
the - Ee
Indiana
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Pigtail Breaks Postal Law Sparks Arrests
Ohio man Claude Platt and woman Luella Underwood were arrested in Wellington by a U S marshal for sending the curly tail of a pie through the mails. The tail was wrapped in a satin box and placed in the district attorney's safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cleveland
Claude Platt
Luella Underwood
Wellington
United States
Suilivan
Tour of the Wabash College Glee Club Dates
The annual tour of the Wabash College Glee Club runs through Northern Indiana with stops in Peru on March 26 and in Wabash on March 27. Other dates include South Bend March 28, LaGrange March 29, Kendallville March 30, Auburn April 1, Fort Wayne April 4, Tipton April 5 and Noblesville April 6.
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Wabash College Glee
Indiana
Peru
Wabash
Southend
Lagrange
Kendallville
Auburn
Fort Wayre
Tipton
Noblésville
Notable deaths and affairs across Kosciusko county area
Henry Scoles 80 dies near Claypool. Jacob Dull 84 dies Charuibusco. Fernand Fetters of Garrett dies in Sacred Heart hospital. other notes include midshipman nomination for Frank Melendy of Angola. Samuel Winn commits suicide amid alcohol issues. ten Waterloo citizens plan new cemetery northwest of town. The report also covers bank lock failure at Indiana State Bank North Manchester, land purchases for a new cemetery, and various local legal and social items.
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Henry Scoles
Kosciusko County
Claypool
Jacob Dull
Charuibusco
Fernand Fetters
Garrett
Sacred Heart Hospital
Frank Melendy
Angola
Gilliams
Annapolis Naval Academy
Samuel Winn
Bourbon
Waterloo
Obe Leas
Ab Kelly
Josiah Runner
George Cline
Root Township
Adams County
A. R. Wolfe
Decatur
Hank” McCoy
Columbia City
Michigan City
Indiana State Bank
North Manchester
Percy Mumaw
Kendallville
Kelly
John D. Kelly
Martin Parmenter
Albion
John Frazee
Indiana
Kentucky
George M. Nicodemus
Churubusco
Blue Grass
Nicodemus
Wells County
Robert Simison
Bluffton
Ohio
Rebecca Davis
Fort Wayne
McMahon
Robison Park
DeKalb County
Spencerville
St. Joe
Butler
Une
Hamilton
Jasper Zion
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Zion
Huntington
Traction Company
Nelson Post
G. P. Alexander
J. C. Vought
W. P. Myers
Alexander
Grand’ Army
Memory of Longfellow Revered in New England
Boston Feb 27 The memory of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was commemorated across New England on the hundredth anniversary of his birth. Public schools held morning programs in Cambridge and other sites. Craigie House opened to visitors. Bowdoin College and the Maine historical society library dedication occurred in Portland. Evening programs featured Bliss Perry Harvard officials Higginson Norton and others in Cambridge. Portland Augusta and Missouri also planned gatherings.
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Boston
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
New England
Maine
Massachusetts
Cambridge
Craigie House
Longfellow
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Mitchell
Johnson
Portland
Maine Historical Society
Sander
Bliss Perry
The
Atlantic Monthly
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Charles Eliot Norton
Harvard
Augusta
Algo
One Man Dead in Saloon Shootout in New York
A fatal shooting at a Third Avenue saloon in New York leaves Michael Gallo dead and two others wounded. Three men, including the bartender Louis Indorf and contractor Louis Zimmerman, are under arrest as police investigate a possible Black Hand reprisal linked to a breach of confidence. The melee involved a back room shooting and a fusillade, with four bullets in Gallo and additional shots damaging walls. Zimmerman, wounded, spoke to officers after treatment.
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New York
Third Avenue
Michael Gallo
Black Hand Society
Louis Indorf
Louis Zimmerman
Lorenzo Condessa
Indorf
Zimmerman
Gallo
Indort
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Catholic Knights
Thos. Baldwin
Colfax, Ill
New York Life Insurance Concern
Wabash Valley Company
Wisconsin
Prof
Gins
William Paul
Dr. Zartman
Synodical
Pigtail
Earl S. Sloan
Mass
Ken
Dalivine
Isaac d’Isay
W. A. Kelsey
James Liggett
H. W. Dickman
J. E. Graham
F. C. Waterman
Philip Plum
J. N. McBride
Charles R. Reed
William M. Lang
Racine
Stella Reynolds
John S. Cramer
Lang
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