Moros battle in Mindanao fort captured after heavy shelling
Manila May 3 General Davis reports ultimatum unanswered and outposts fired on this morning. American troops advanced to shell a Moro fort defended by about 300 men and reached the ditch before capture. Fort Panda Padto surrounded and heavily shelled as heavy firing continued. Lieutenant Henry S. Wagner seriously wounded along with two other officers and twenty enlisted men wounded.
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Manila
Davis
Mindanao
Moro Fort
Fourteenth Infantry
Smith Trial Ends in Manila Court Martial
The Gen. Jacob H. Smith court martial concluded in Manila with a finding to be sent to Washington. Observers expect acquittal while Col. Charles A. Wosdruff closed with a moving defense praising Smith's career and humane conduct.
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Manila
Jacob H. Smith
Washington
Charles A. Wosdruff
General Smith
Evans Named Consul General to London
The president sent to the Senate the nomination of H. Clay Evans to be consul general to London. Evans recently resigned as commissioner of pensions. William McKinley Os bore, the London general consulate appointee, died recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Clay Evans
London
Washington
Senate
Evans
William McKinley Osborne
Awful Tale of Atrocities in Nan-King Rebellion
Victoria B C May 3 News from the orient reports Kwang Si rebels besieging Nan King on the West river with authorities saying over 1000 people slain at Ching Shang Fui after its fall. Bodies lay unburied as rebels burned stores and houses with further massacres in other towns. Imperial troops reportedly deserting in large numbers.
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Victoria
B. C
Olympia
Orient
Kwang-Si
Nan-King
West River
Canton
Ching Shang Fui
Naval Academy Changes Reported at Annapolis
The board of visitors to the naval academy in Annapolis Md completed its report. It recommends commissioning cadets as ensigns upon graduation, renaming cadets to midshipmen, and equalizing navy officer pay with army pay.
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Annapolis
Board of Visitors To
The
Naval Academy
Navy
Army
Schlatter Gets Glass Contract for New High School
Contractor Hilgeman has let the glass contract for the new high school and manual training school building to C. C. Schlatter & Co. of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilgeman
C. C. Schlatter & Co
Republican county committee adjourns without action
The Republican county central committee met at Chairman Harris' office on a Saturday to select a date for the county convention but adjourned without transacting any business. Only a small portion of the committee was present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican County Central Committee
Harris
Papal Blessing Reaches Archbishop Corrigan in New York
A cablegram from Rome sent via Bishop McDonnell confirms the papal blessing for Archbishop Corrigan. It also inquires about his health while noting the prelate continues to improve.
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New York
Corrigan
Rome
McDonnell
Brooklyn
Ellen M Stone to headline Winona summer assembly tour
Dr. C Dickey announces Ellen M Stone and other noted speakers for western Chautauqua circuit. Stone opens Waterloo Iowa June 27 and visits Carthage Missouri July 1, with a three day stand before the Minneapolis Teachers' convention. The Winona Lake program begins June 30, featuring Bible conferences, Chautauqua attractions, and a slate of political and literary guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
5. C. Dickey
Chautauqua Alliance
Ellen M. Stone
Waterloo
Carthage
Minneapolis
Winona Assembly
Winona Lake
Ottawa
Kan
Galesburg
Des Moines
Franklin, O
Delavan
Wis
Monona
Marinette
Dixon, Ill
Benton Harbor
Bay View
Miss Stone
Marcus Hanna
John L. Vincent
Switzerland
Fitzhugh Lee
Richmond Pearson Hobson
James B. Pond
Frank T. Bullen
London
George Jackson
Edinburgh
Scotland
J. Wilbur Chapman
New York
Europe
Alexander Murray
South Africa
Bible Institute
Railways uniting Chicago and South Louisville to lengthen Monon
A new Chicago and New Orleans Railway system linking the Monon and Louisville and Nashville aims to run from Chicago to New Orleans. John W. Gates and partners gain control of the Monon with 9 million of 15 million capital, Morgan financing the deal. Chief routes include Chicago Indianapolis Louisville Nashville Memphis Birmingham Atlanta Pensacola and New Orleans.
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Chicago
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
Monon
Louisville and Nashville Railway
New Orleans
Daily News
John W. Gates
Sam Thomas
Gates Syndicate
Louisville and Nashville
Chicago and New Orleans
J. P. Morgan & Co
Louisville
Nashville
Ohio River
Indianapolis
Memphis
Birmingham
Atlanta
Pensacola
Lepper-Rose Marriage Message in Summit Street Home
Miss Amelia Rose and Charles Lepper were married Sunday afternoon at the bride’s Summit Street home. Rev. Jacob Miller of St. Paul’s Lutheran church performed the ceremony in the presence of relatives and friends. A wedding supper followed the ceremony.
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Amelia Rose
Charles Lepper
Summit Street
Jacob Miller
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Jasper Edsall Celebrates 58th Birthday in Fort Wayne
Jasper Edsall of Fort Wayne Electric Works marked his 58th birthday with a large gathering at his home at Buchannan and Oliver streets. Comrade T A Pattee presented him a Grand Army of the Republic ring, and about sixty guests including shopmates, old army comrades, and family attended a luncheon hosted by Mrs. Edsall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper Edsall
Fort Wayne
Health officer orders vaccination of Marion township families
Dr. Carl Progeler, the county health officer, has ordered an examination of all Marion township families visited by Assessor Witte where malignant smallpox cases were found. No new cases are reported, but all visited families must be vaccinated, along with sixteen unvaccinated Hoagland school pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Progeler
Marion Township
Witte
Hoagland School
Farewell Reception for Miss Clara Baumgardt
The Emmaus McLutheran church choir hosted a farewell for Miss Clara Baumgardt a schoolteacher who has resigned and will leave next Friday for Kansas City to marry Rev. Haise of Birmingham, Ala. He leads a Lutheran congregation there and they will reside after the wedding.
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Emmaus McLutheran Church
Clara Baumgardt
Miss Baumgardt
Kansas City
Rev
Haise
Birmingham
Ala
William P. Cannon Dies After Fall Injuries
William P. Cannon of Danville Illinois, brother of Congressman J G Cannon, died from injuries after a fall. He served as president of the Second National Bank and head of the street car and electric lighting plant and was a leading Republican. Congressman Cannon arrived from Washington today.
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Danvile
Ill
Wiliam P. Cannon
J. G. Cannon
Second National Bank
Congressman Cannon
Washington
Sultana Disaster Reunion Notice Reaches Lt Governor
A South Dakota woman named Gregory writes Lieutenant Governor Gilbert claiming a St Paul newspaper noted the Sultana survivors reunion and mentions Gilbert. Her father in the Sixty fifth Ohio Volunteer Regiment died in the disaster. she 4 years old at the time and seeks full particulars.
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Gilbert
Gregory
South Dakota
St. Paul
Ohio Volunteer Regiment
Schirmeyer
Sentinel
John J Burns Lying At Death From Pneumonia
John J Burns of 2426 Thompson Avenue lies at the point of death from pneumonia under the care of Dr English.
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John J. Burns
Thompson Avenue
English
Jail Time For Public Intoxication Plea
At police court on Monday John Hunt and Jack Devany pleaded guilty to public intoxication and were sentenced to eleven days each. William Gray admitted drunkenness and sought lodging with Sheriff Stout during an eleven day period of deliberation. John Bair, arrested in a Nickel Plate caboose for vagrancy, pleaded not guilty claiming he has worked through winter and spring.
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Bair
August Dammeyer
Philip Yates
Officer Greer
Walton Avenue Bridge
John Hunt
Jack Devany
William Gray
Fort Wayne
Grand Rapids
Gray
Stout
John Bair
Violent Sunday Storm Knocks Out Power In City
A Sunday electrical storm with high winds caused over 1000 lights to fail after a bolt struck the Jenney Electric plant damaging an incandescent generator. Traction cars were disabled and telegraph lines damaged while many hotels churches and homes lost service. No serious injuries reported.
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Jenney Electric Company
Althoug
Pennsylvania Dispatchers
Traction Company
Aveline
Lakeside
A. C. Eichengreen
Patchwork of Indiana Incidents Grips Northern Towns
A roundup of mishaps and legal actions across Auburn Bluffton Goshen Rochester Decatur and surrounding areas includes a house fire killing a child a man’s accidental rifle discharge injuries from a sewer collapse a wooden building suit for damages mill fire missing farmer concerns strikes at a library project and a cyclone blast damaging farms. A Mississippi crossing case ends with a $400 judgment for Maze Provines of Auburn against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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Aaron C. Black
Logansport
Samuel Probst
D. A. Walmer
Bluffton
Goshen
Bert Homsher
Auburn
Rochester
John Walters
Orangeville Flouring Mills
St. Joe
Concord Township
DeKalb County
Terman & Hinman
J. D. Leighty
Frank Phillips
Porter County
Carnegie Public Library
Peru
Opera House
William Watson
Sarah Walser
Watson
Cynthia Godfrey
Poneto
James Godfrey
George
Lewis
Charles Ahr
Decatur
Steuben
Old Mail Route Annulled Between Fort Wayne and Maysville
After May 14 the old mail route carried by hack for sixty years will be discontinued. Washington orders replace it with the Wabash line to Grabill, then carried to Maysville by carrier. The route originated in 1840 from Fort Wayne to Hicksville and Defiance, Ohio.
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Fort Wayne
Maysville
Hack
Washington
Harlan
Grabill
Hicksville
Defiance
George Phillips
Israel May
Chester May
Springfield Township
Belt line car 120 altered with forward partition and extra seats
Car No 120 of the Belt line has been altered with a partition in the forward part and four seats from railroad carriages installed in that compartment. Other Belt line cars of this type, nearly ready for service, may be outfitted similarly as an experiment.
Epidemic Pneumonia Reports Fatal Toll in Ossian Area
An Ossian resident reports a pneumonia like epidemic in the northern part of Union township between Zanesville and Five Points near the Allen county line. Doctors differ on the illness name, calling it pneumonia or typhoid pneumonia, and nearly a dozen deaths are noted. A funeral each day last week at Prospect church is reported, with one day seeing two funerals.
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Union Township
Zanesville
Allen County
Prospect Church
Ossian
Epworth League elects officers at Trinity M. E. Church
The Epworth League of Trinity M. E. Church held its annual and monthly meeting at F. H. Starkle’s home. Officers elected include President F. H. Starkle, first vice president F. A. McMahon, second vice president Grace Patrick, third vice president Audia White, fourth vice president Josie Plank, secretary Cecil Link, and treasurer P. L. Amstutz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League of Trinity M. E. Church
F. H. Starkle
F. A. McMahen
Grace Patrick
Audia White
Josie Plank
Cecil Link
P. L. Amstutz
Knights of Columbus Postpones Initiation Date
The Knights of Columbus postponed their initiatory date from May 26 to June 8. The class is expected to reach at least sixty members, with several from Decatur in the list.
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Knights of Columbus
Quite &Dumber
Decatur
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Schlatter
Court House Assembly Room
Winona
M. Stone
J. W. Gates
Railway System
South
Morgan Financing Deal
Gates and Party
Lepper-Rose
Edsall
William P. Cannon
Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Indiana
James Beatty
Sammy” Gruell
Henry Bowen
Bluffton News
Wayne Dry Goods CO
Brays
Wayne Dry
Calhoun St
Century
Sohn Black
U.S. Mail
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