Rebels threaten Samoa as hostilities resume amid looted stores
Advices from Samoa report that cessation orders worsen the crisis. Rebels control the fuel supply and menace Apia. German and rebel factions claim victory while white residents fear attacks as Lt. Gaunt's brigade advances into Vailima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
New Zealand
Samoa
Apia
Reuter
Falifa
Vailima
R. A. Gaunt
Porpoise
Sturdee
Cave
Robert Louis Stevenson
Mataafa
Lulumoenga
Gaunt
Stevenson widow criticizes bombardment of Samoan villages
Mrs. Stevenson posts no letter to the Westminster Gazette from Funchal Madeira condemning Britain and America for bombarding Samoan villages. She contrasts McKinley's Cuban policy with wartime actions in Samoa and questions accountability for the carnage witnessed by civilians and noncombatants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Robert Louis Stevenson
Westminster Gazette
Funchal
Madeira
Mrs. Stevenson
McKinley
Commodore Watson
England
America
Waynestret Epworth league elects officers
At the annual meeting the Waynestret Epworth league elected officers for the coming year. Presiding officer was F. N. Palmer with C. H. Newton as first vice president and A. E. Martin as third vice president. Other officers include Mrs. G. L. Miller second vice president, Mrs. Carrie Gesanian fourth vice president, Miss S. Ellen Uran secretary, Miss Della Wingate treasurer, Miss Helen Jones pianist, and William Brizzolari musical director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynestret Epworth League
F. N. Palmer
C. H. Newton
G. L. Miller
A. E. Martin
Carrier Gesanian
Ellen Uran
Della Wingate
Helen Jones
William Brizzolari
Montreal Story Tells of Liquor Spread
A Montreal report details how liquor spread through a table setting and social scene. The piece analyzes cultural norms, public health concerns, and community responses to drinking practices in the city.
Woman Finds Husband Dining Out and Brings Dinner
A poor woman visits a saloon seeking her husband and places a covered dish on the table. She departs saying she has brought his dinner for him. The husband and friends laugh as they lift the cover to reveal only a slip of paper stating that he is to enjoy the meal as his family does at home.
Judgment in Knoder v Knoder divorce hearing
Judge Hench in the superior court heard part of the evidence in Ida M Knoder versus Charles Knoder, alleging cruel treatment after a 1897 Chicago marriage. The case paused to Wednesday morning. In circuit court Sarah J Kiser seeks divorce from Charles Kiser for desertion and lack of support, asking custody of their ten month old child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hench
Superior Court
Ida M. Knoder
Charles Knoder
Chicago
Windy City
Fort Wayne
Sarah J. Kiser
Charles Kiser
J. R. Bittenger
Court Actions and Judgments Reported in Local Court
Judge Hench awarded Barney Borkenstein $88.77 against William Haller after a settlement offer of that amount. Charles Pfeiffer resigns as receiver in N. D. Doughman versus Old Fort Manufacturing. John H. Bass orders $66.07 against William M. Funk and Jasper Jones. William Heine sues to foreclose mortgage on Frederick E. and Lisette Buhr demanding $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hench
Barney Borkenstein
William Haller
Charles Pfeiffer
N. D. Doughman
The
Old Fort Manufacturing Company
John H. Bass
William M. Funk
Jasper Jones
William Heine
Frederick E
Lisette Buhr
Marriage Licenses For Four Couples Listed
Martin J. Cleary and Agnes M. Connell. Fred Bickness and Alice Meyers. Herman H. W. Grote and Frederika L. S. Wietfield. The stations list these couples for forthcoming marriages in the county clerk's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin J. Cleary
Agnes M. Connell
Fred Bickness
Alice Meyers
Herman H. W. Grote
Frederika L. S. Wietfield
Modern Samaritans Form New Fraternal Order
A lodge named Modern Samaritans of the World was organized at Harmony hall with about thirty members. Headquarters are at Etxhart and the following grand officers from that city attended: Harry S. Chester, Herrick E. Stephan, P. J. Ford and Mathew Kenedy. The Fort Wayne lodge elected officers led by Past president N. Conover and President A. E. Thomas with P. C. Kantz as secretary and J. R. Jackson as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samaritans of the World
Harmony Hall
Etxhart
Harrys. Chester
Herrick E. Stephan
P. J. Ford
Mathew Kenedy
Fort Wayne
County Board Appointments Under New Law
Judge O Rourke must select seven county board members within twenty days of the new law taking effect. The law limits appointees to no more than four from any one party, requiring three Republicans to be appointed. Dozens of names are under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
O’rourke
Collision on Jefferson and Calhoun Streets Injures Cyclist
Sunday at 11:30 two wheelmen collided head on at Jefferson and Calhoun. Jack Boirel of G. E. Bursley & Co. rode north on the wrong side and escaped uninjured, though his wheel was smashed. The other rider was hurled to the ground and badly shaken. his name was not learned and his wheel remained uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson and
Calhoun Streets
Jack Boirel
G. E. Bursley & Co
Calhoun Street
Thas
Direstion
Boirel
Germany Presses for End to Philippine War Damages Claims
German newspapers react to Philippine island news urging the United States to end hostilities. The Frankfurter Zeitung urges restraint and justice for Filipinos, while the Vossische Zeitung notes damage to German interests in Iloilo and reports the Otis reply denying damages. Diplomatic negotiations ahead.
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Berlin
Germany
Philippine Islands
United States
Far East
Frankfurter Zeitung
McKinney
Philippines
Vosschi Zeitung
Iloilo
E. 5. Otis
General Otis
Otis
Vossiche Zeitung
Washington
Lodge on Alger May Harper's History critiques Shafter and war policy
Senator Lodge's History of the Spanish American War, in Harper's May issue, assigns congress responsibility for a flawed administration and attacks Gen. Shafter's leadership. He cites black powder at El Caney, inadequate artillery, and discordant orders, arguing the war department bore ultimate fault for deaths and hardship.
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New York Times
Ind
Lodge
Harper’s Magazine
Congress
Santiago
el Caney
Capron
Tampa
Spain
War Department
Senator Lodge
San Juan
Shafter
Washington
Cervera
Wheeler
Sampson
Miles
Alger
Wife Beating Husband Report From April Harmsal
Humane Officer Schlaudroff outlines April cases with 15 abandoned or neglected children, 9 beaten or abused, 8 destitute families, 24 improper homes, 16 deprived of food or shelter, plus 19 cases reported at office and 1 conviction. Animal abuse includes 16 deprived of food, 14 fed decayed food, 3 overworked, and 1 case prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schlaudroff
Mr and Mrs Timlin Take New Home in Stendricks Street
Mr and Mrs D J Timlin are now comfortably domiciled at No 58 Stendricks Street with family and household goods arriving from Moberly last Saturday. Timlin serves as the general foreman of the Wabash at this point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Timlin
Stendricks Street
Moberly
Mr. Timlin
Wabash
City of Fort Wayne school age children total rises to 13 101
Enumeration reports show 13 101 persons aged 5 to 21 in Fort Wayne, up 295 from last year. Transfer from townships to city schools is excluded this year due to a legal change. last year total was 13 385 including 574 transfers. Ward by ward comparison notes 12 814 children within the year prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ward
Local residents report illnesses and travel notes
Mrs. Oscar Nestle of 276 West Jefferson is confined at home with a severe illness. Miss Mae Williams, long ill with pneumonia, has nearly recovered. Sid Throckmorton of 132 West DeWald is home with remittent fever. Hans Newell of 46 Park avenue is out after weeks of illness. Mrs. Burchard of 61 Madison street recovers from ten weeks of rheumatism. A W Thompson’s young son at 66 Leith had a corn grain stuck in his nose treated by Dr. E J Miller. Robert B Wheeler of Hoosier Mfg leaves for New York and then England aboard the St Louis for six weeks, visiting his old home after twenty nine years away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Nestle
West
Jefferson Street
Mae Williams
Sid Throckmorton
West DeWald Street
C. A. Burchard
Madison Street
W. W. Thompson
Leith Street
E. J. Miller
Robert B. Wheeler
Hoosier Manufacturing Company
New York
St. Louis
England
Mr. Wheeler
Europe
No Lady Would Be Duped By Medical Signs
A critique warns against trusting vague medical signs and urges seeking a physician. It endorses Dr. R. V. Pierce of Buffalo as chief consulting physician at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute with over thirty years of experience and more than half a million treated women. Letters are private and answered promptly at no charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Up-To-Date Girls Knit Fashion Feast
An article notes knitting as the summer fad among fashionable women. Knitting bags appear at afternoon teas and social events while athletic girls in golf and bicycle attire are seen knitting on club verandas, suggesting a revival of traditional industry in modern fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Mortality Among Brewery Proprietors Noted by Dr Rogers
Dr. Rogers of New York reports a study of people in the beer trade, including brewery workers and proprietors. He notes a curious fact that mortality rates among the proprietors are higher, based on cases observed in various breweries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
New York
Brewers’ health and a cycling club run to Maysville
The article notes low mortality for brewers up to age forty, rising after, with about three die per fifty-five at sixty versus one average. It describes eighteen Fort Wayne Cycling Club members’ ride to Maysville, starting 10 o’clock from Wayne club, two accidents but good roads. Castie Sheldon and Henry Niemann fell but continued. Return visit to Robison Park. Mrs. Joseph B. Walton of 43 Brackenridge Street improves from anemia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Maysville
Wayne Club
Castie Sheldon
Henry Niemann
Robison Park
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Dent McKinley
Montreal
Haller Va. Borkenstein
Court News of Interest
the County Board
Hans Newell
Park Avenue
S. H. Havice
Wayns St
Joseph BR. Walton
Brackenridge Street
DR. Wenger
Paris
Vienna
Bright
Tamora Pilea
N. R. Wenger
Chane
Newton
Hartford
Goodyear
Brosilus & Brosious
Clinton St
Boydell Bros
Servey
Home
Bell Phone
West Disinfecting Co
Harrison St
Fort Wayne, Ind
Chas. Vager Suman
Mgr
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