Assault on Dr. Younge by Emrick at Lewis and Calhoun
Dr. J W Younge was assaulted Friday evening in his office by former deputy prosecutor and Democratic City Central Committee chair Emrick. The attack left Younge with severe facial injuries described as non fatal though deeply painful. Emrick claimed to punish the doctor over a libel article and fled after the knuckle blows and a struggle on the lounge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ER. V. Emrich
J. W. ‘Younge
Lewis and
Calhoun Streets
Gach
P Sflit
Puarick
Ion
Emrick
Barick
Dre Younge
Earick
Dr. Younge
Khima
Syange
Younge
Calhoun Street
Crescent
Calvin Burnham
Indiana Furniture Company
Myers
Democratic City Central Committee
Indiana
Ohio
Atsault
Doctor plans three legal actions in Fort Wayne clash
Dr W H Myers testifies he will sue for assault with intent to kill and damages and seek arrests for conspiracy tied to an abortion case. Attorney E V Emrick recounts a street confrontation at East Main, stating he struck the doctor with his hand and denies using a weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Big Four
W. H. Myers
Younge
Witness Describes Doctor Battle and Weapon Claim
In a tense account, Mr. Emrick recalls a recent clash with a doctor who allegedly carried a pistol pocket. He notes the doctor may have one or two revolvers and dismisses any visible wounds after the confrontation as he greeted friends at his office later that night.
Ex Speaker Hewit Dies After Brief Illness in Blair County
Ex Speaker Benjamin L Hewit of Blair County dies at sixty one after a rheumatism relapse following treatment in Philadelphia. A War veteran and longtime legislator he served five terms as state representative and led debates as speaker in 1882 83. He also served as state fish commissioner for eleven years and was a Princeton graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houmayssvea
Benjamin L. Hewit
Philadelphia
Nlewit
Princeton College
Hewit
House of Representatives
Blair County
Telepathic advance notices from an Indiana woman
Mrs. Moses Miller of Ecnarr Indiana says dreams reveal future personal events. She correctly predicted her pension paper would be returned unsigned. The morning mail delivered the document for correction, confirming her alleged dream foretelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecnarr
Ind
Moses Miller
Ohio mother and daughter die after colocynth dose
In Pomseto Ohio on March 16 Mrs Thos M Holmes died after taking a large dose of colocynth to prove she did not poison her daughter. The daughter also died from poisoning. Holmes denied wrongdoing claiming the medicine helped liver trouble. She took two spoonsful to show good faith and died a week later. Authorities suspect an unknown person placed the poison in the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomseto
Ohio
Thos. M. Holmes
Boxing Bout Ends In Fatal Risk At Chicago Club
In a friendly match at the Chicago Athletic club house A W Crane fought railroad clerk Mike Sulli van. Sullivan was struck over the heart and likely to die. Crane has not been arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
A. W. Crane
Mike Sullivan
Chicago Athletic Club
Sullivan
Columbian Guards Strike Shrinks Roster at Fair
Curicaco March 10 The world’s fair grounds are guarded today by eight men as the remnant of the Columbian guard walks out. The strike reduces the security detail to a fraction of its former strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curicaco
Guards Rebel Over Rank Reductions In Army Contingent
Twenty two guards yield weapons in protest against cuts to a popular sergeant while an unpopular officer remains on duty. The incident highlights frictions within the unit and requests for reassessment of leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enty
Engagement Reported Between Miss Letty Scott and Senator Hill
Louisville society buzzes as reports claim Miss Letty Scott niece of Vice President Stevenson and social beauty engaged to Senator David B. Hill of New York. Neither side confirms amid Washington visits and family ties to Stevenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Lady
Vice
Stevenson
Belle of
Louisville
Kentucky Society
Letty Scott
David B. Hill
New York
Washingington
Miss Scott
Times
Washington
Bloomington
Ill
M. L. Scott
Lexington
Mills Reopen After Months of Shutdowns in Rhode Island
Providence reports A. L. Sayles & Co. woolen mill at Pascoe will resume full operations Monday after a months long halt with a ten percent wage cut. William Orrell woolen mill at Glendale also to return to full time Monday under a ten percent wage reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
A. L. Sayles & Co
Pascoe
William Orrell
Glendale
Democratic Nominations and a Boxing Victory Feature
Cincinnati nominates Isaac J. Miller for mayor and others at the Democratic convention. Kid Reed defeats Mancle Lad in eleven rounds on the Kentucky river steamer VanMetre. Also reports bombs found in Williamsburg and scheduling updates for presidential postmasters and Justice White's swearing-in at the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Isaac J. Miller
Joel Close
Superior Court
John St. Aulback
Wm. Hopkins
J. D. Ermstone
Wm. Fox
Citizens
Manson
Ind
Anderson
Madison
Kentucky
Samuel Merritt
Muncie
Kid Reed
Reed
Dynamiter Arrested in Harlem Bomb Parcel
New York report: John Kelly and an accomplice were caught with three iron pipe bombs and nine cartridges in a package near Floriant Amman gardens in Harlem. A policeman halted the suspect as the partner fled. Bombs described as eighteen inches long and primed with dynamite, capable of blowing down a house, await test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Kelly
Grand Street
Amman’s Gardens
Harlem
Amman’s
Conners
Conlin
Kelly
Insurance Fraud Confession Over Alive Montgomery Case
Thos Montgomery, believed dead after a New York railroad wreck last Sept, is alive. Industrial Life Insurance paid $500 on his life to his sister Mrs Ellen Inglesby of New Haven who identified another man as him. Montgomery says he left New Haven eighteen months ago and found in Baltimore. Bay View asylum records confirm his presence. sister had heard rumors but doubted truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batrimone
Thomas Montgomery
Industrial Life Insurance Company
New York
Montgomery
Ellen Inglesby
New Haven
Conn
Baltimore
Lewis
Bay View Asylum
Tom
Asylum
Ingelaby
Connecticut
Mulberry Detective Association Aims to Curb Thievery
In Franxfort Indiana a local farmers group called the Mulberry Detective association formed to combat horse theft and other thefts. John Rodgers was shot and killed during an attempted arrest after thieves stole provisions from Warren Thompson’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franxfort
Ind
John Rodgers
Mulberry Township
Mulberry Detective Association
Warren Thompson
Farmer Thompson
Rodgers
Northern Maine deer slaughter shocks officials
Chief Game Commissioner French reports a severe deer slaughter in northern Maine. He cites carcasses left to rot in Moosehead Lake region and greater losses in the Allagash area, where Canadians hunt large game for skins and leave meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcor
Maine
French Lisa
Allugash
Deer Hoard Faces Pressure From Hunters Amid Mild Snow
The deer population thrives when snow is scarce, but a heavy雪 season this year leaves wildlife officials worried as hunting pressure increases and habitat challenges mount.
Two Toughs Shoot In Saloon Fight
In Cleveran Ohio on March 12 two drunk men attacked Kennedy's saloon at Detroit street after being refused liquor. Proprietor Michael Kennedy shot into the crowd wounding John Cummings and James McNamara. Kennedy is jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveran
Ohio
Kennedy
Detroit Street
John Cummings
Taylor Street
James McNamara
Herman Street
St. John’s Hospital
Cummings
McNamara
Michael Kennedy
Foreign powers warned as Rio de Janeiro flotilla moves to safety
Officials notified foreign powers that operations against insurgents in the Rio bay would resume after forty four hours. The government fleet sits at the bay entrance with ships Nictherey Destroyer and Aurora anchoring between Fort St John and Sugar Loaf Fort, likely preparing to bombard Fort Villegaignon while other vessels remain outside the harbor entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio de Jaxrrto
Bay of
Rio de Janeiro
Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro Bay
Nictherey
Aurora
Fort St. John
Sugar Loaf
Fort Villegaignon
Germany
Death of Rev. Alanson T. Wood Pioneer Nebraska minister
Rev. Dr. Alanson T. Wood, 77, a pioneer Nebraska Presbyterian minister born in New York, died of heart failure yesterday after collapsing at Westminster Presbyterian church in Oana Neb. He had preached in Nebraska since 1869.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oana
Neb
Alanson T. Wood
Nebraska
Wood
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Dr. Wood
New York
Express wreck ruins engine crew man killed in Vermont
Last night the Boston to Montreal express on the Central Vermont line crashed into two large rocks in Rock Cut three miles south of Montpelier. The engine and baggage cars were wrecked and engineer McKenna killed. Fireman W R Simpson dislocated shoulder and two mail clerks bruised but not fatally. No passengers seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buruxeroy
Boston
Montreal
Concord
Central Vermont
Montpelier
McKenna
W. R Simpson
Captain Lyne Dead and Other Local Obituaries
Deaths in Fort Wayne and area include Captain William Lyne a former Fifty-ninth New York officer who settled in the city after 1871. Also Carrie Rice Nelson W Hellworth Peter Ramsey Edward Murphy John Mittelkamp Dora Dressler and other locals noted with brief funeral details and family notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weat
Jefferson Street
William Lyne
London
England
Detroit
Bellevue
Ohio
New York
Fredericksburg
Antietam
Fort Wayne
Lyce
Allen County Fair Association
Sol D. Bayless Lodge
Masonic Temple
J. M. Lyne
Lone Walnut
Kas
Messrs. E. and
W. J. Markey
Electric shaft of light attaches to St Peters copper spire
A nighttime wind storm in Lesnox is said to have produced a brilliant shaft of light extending from the western sky to the copper spire of the new St Peters Catholic church. Observers note the glow lasted several moments and appeared unlike lightning, thought to be an atmospheric electric disturbance. In London, ex-premier Gladstone left for Brighton amid cheers. In Ohio, the auditor reports footings on Dow liquor law collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peters’ Church
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Counnesve
Ohio
Auditor of State
Saloons in the State Fall to 9 818 for Six Months Ended
For the six months ending last year the number of saloons in the state declined to 9 818 from prior totals. Health reports or regulatory data show a downward trend in licensed premises across the state.
Supposed Murder on Spy Run Bridge Ends With Cat Discovery
Fort Wayne police investigated a reported infant drowning after a woman, a prominent local figure, allegedly threw what looked like a baby from the Spy Run bridge into the St Marys river. A cat found tied by a rope with a stone revealed the cruel deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
St. Mary's River
Spy Run
Columbia Street
Wilkinson
Bergman
Paul
Raid on Big Mary Dive Nets Two Inmates
Night raid at the Aufrecht building corner Main and Harrison led officers to stakeout the famous rendezvous. At about 4 am two young women, Grace Linton and Flora Bennett, were arrested and later bailed out by a local citizen as crowds gathered at the police court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Mary
Aufrecht
Main
Harrison Streets
Garret
Colerick
Bluecoats
Police Court
Grace Linton
Flora Bennett
Copper wire theft arrests shake Fort Wayne area
Charles Spencer Horatio Weist and James Cahill faced charges after 200 pounds of copper wire vanished from Fort Wayne Electric Light. Spencer admitted nothing but led to Weist and Cahill, all three jailed. Weist and Cahill bound at 500 dollars each, Spencer at 100, for circuit court trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Spencer
Horatio Weist
James Cahill
Fort Wayne Electric Light Company
United States
Tom Wilkinson
Charlie Spencer
Young Spencer
Weist
Squire Ryan
Squire
Cahill
Spencer
Fort Wayne Prepares for Strong Summer Horse Races
Fort Wayne officials announce a promising horse racing summer with July programs on the 3rd to 5th featuring multiple trots and pacers in several classes. The fall meeting runs August 27 to September 10, as the circuit expands across Grand Rapids Terre Haute Chicago Indianapolis Lexington and Nashville. An electric streetcar extension to the track is planned, while in New York officials discuss Louisville and Nashville withdrawal from a rail rate association amid potential rate cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapida
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Lexington
Nashville
Tenn
New York
Southern Railroads
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Association
KILLED HIS FRIEND AND SHOT IN STREET CAR MYSTERY
James Young died minutes after attacking Ed Mapes in Gavin and Austin gambling house in Denver Col. Mapes, involved in a separate late night street car shooting at J T Harvey near Pine Bluff Ark, fled as the pistol blazed with no suspect identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denvin
Col
James Young
Gavin & Austin
Ed. Mapes
Young
Mapes
Pine Brurr
Ark
Lake Side
J. T. Harvey
Pine Bluff
Multiple distressing incidents reported in Blairstown to Pittsburgh
A telegraph frontier bulletin notes A J Tangeman wealthy Blairstown citizen shot and killed by a black man at Sebastian Florida. A vicious cow injures Mrs Henry Fraser and assaults Mr Fraser. Mrs Hattie Miller Stocking severely burned by overturned lamp. she is widow of Colonel Stocking and daughter of former Supreme Court Justice Miller. Silk dyers riot in Patterson breaks doors burns material. crowd invades Berdan’s dye house under threat of shooting. Woman gives birth to a girl. father is a Pittsburg road fireman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crpar Rartos
A. J. Tangeman
Blairstown
Sebastian
Fla
Riversing
Cala
Henry Frazer
Fraser
Wasuisdon
Hattie Miller Stocking
Stocking
Colonel Stocking
Andersonville
Miller
United States Supreme Court
Interior Department
Patternos
N. J
Simon & Auger
Richard J. Berdan
Water Street
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Hi, Younge
Atwney Emrich
Hack
Ank
Laweniis
Eazox
Sare
J. W. Younge
MR Embick Tales
E V Emmrick
East Main Street
Styrmer
Alien County
Stoue
Rewit
Sie
the Industries OF Indiana
Wasuivctor
D. C
Evansville
Ewe Speomsfal
Senator Hill
Costello
Columbian Athletic Association
M. T. Towle
Maurice Champaign
Roby Athletic Club
A. W. Warren
Cincinnati Democrata
New Yerr
Williamsburg
Joseph Hoffman
Johann Most
Tera
Washixcton
Justice White
Supreme Court
White
Louisiana
Blanchard
Dynamiter
Thos. Montgomery
der. Alamson T. Wood
Omaha
Eapreas
M'Kane
Squire Sutherland Eaters
Brooklyn
Kenneth F. Sutherland
Gravesend
W. H. Stevenson
Beth
Ishem, Pa
Benmenryu
William H. Stevenson
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Ito New Jersey
Lehigh Valley Road
Jacksonville
Hopicipal
Gove
Parapenrnta
American Academy of Political and Social Science
E. L. Godkin
New York Nation
Spahre
The
Outlook
Charles J. Bonaparte
Leighton Williams
Assanlé
Troy
N. Y
Lewis Primo
Captain Lyne
Allen County
Carrie Rice
East
Pontiac Street
C. E. Rice
Pennsylvania
Hellwarth
Nelson W. Hellworth
McIntosh
Michael Hellworth
Captain Hettler
Odd Fellows Lodge
Zubbach
John Zurbach
Ramsey
Indiana Avenue
Peter Ramsey
Scotland
Murphy
Edward Murphy
New Mexico
St. Josep Hospital
Mittelkamy
John Henry Mittelkamp
Adama
Dora
Henry Dressler
Holman Street
South Side
Brighton
Lesnox
Mr. Gladstone
Mrs. Gladstone
St. Marys River
Iowa
Florida
William Kilgore
Pittsburg Road
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