Notorious Hobbers Captured Near Frankfort Indiana
Sunday night a gang planned to rob Uncle Tommy Durbin, an aged farmer near Frankfort. Deputies hid about the house and at 10 pm the assailants knocked, but three of four robbers, the Hill brothers Jasper Bert and Charley, were captured.
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Fransgrort
Ind
Tommy Durbin
Baker
Hill Boys
Jasper
Bert
Charley
Rascal
Denver
Col
C. J. Wells
President Moffatt
First National Bank
Clayton
Moffatt
Guicace
Michael Connors
Ninety-first Street
Henry Martin
Opening the Garfield casket sparks late rumor relief
Crizvenano Ohio May 21 ex President Garfield remains opened before being moved to the memorial structure. The body was well preserved and recognizable though hair faded, beard grew two inches, eyes and mouth closed. His sons Harry and James R did not view the remains and the lid was resealed. The Fort Wayne Will Improve the Road Between Chicago and Pittsburg.
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Crizvenano
Ohio
Garfield
Harry
James R
Accidental Hilling of the Wife of a Legislator
Mrs. Stevens, wife of a leading legislator, was accidentally shot near Laston North Dakota after a mis-sized shot caused a fatal head wound during a river trip hunt. husbandق grieving, authorities say the death was unintentional and the couple had returned to correct shells earlier that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laston
N. D
Stevens
Railroad Wreck Leaves One Dead and Two Hurt
A gravel train struck the rear of a southbound through freight near Arlequippa station on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie line. Engineer Thomas Rogers was killed instantly. Conductor Manz and fireman Robinson were seriously injured. The engine and three merchandise cars wrecked in heavy fog.
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Prrissune
Arlequippa Station
Pittsburg
Floods Hit California Rivers Endangering Levees
May 21 Stockton reports Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers rising due to warm weather. Levees face danger after multiple breaks flooding 4000 acres of grain. Water stands four inches higher than prior records. In New York Genesee River nears last June flood levels with Brooklyn submerged forcing residents to upper floors. In Missouri triplet colts born from a mare near Marsa ncu. Cornell University notes a Supreme Court decision impact on Fiske case.
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Stockton
Cal
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Wenisville
N. Y
Genesee
Brooklyn
Cornell University
New York
United States Supreme Court
Senate Tariff Battle and Brice Credentials
The article covers the May 21 to May 27 sessions in Washington with passage of a tin plate duty increase by the House, Senate sergeant at arms resignation, McKinley leadership, tariff bill votes, and the presentation of Calvin S. Brice’s senatorial credentials. It notes committee moves, vote tallies, and shifts in support among Republicans and Democrats, plus Navy promotions and river and harbor actions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Canady
Stewart
Manufacturers’ Club
Philadelphia
Grosvenor
Ohio
McKinley
Mr. Frank
Missouri
McKinly
Reed
Bland
Coleman
Louisiana
Featherstone
Arkansas
Butterworth
Adams
Illinois
Ways and Means
Carlisle
Kerr
Iowa
Thomas
Wis
Lind
Minnesota
Yeas
Messrs
Flick
Henderson
Town
Kelly
Mason
McComas
Mudd
Taylor
Calvin S. Brice
Payne
Durrell
Committee On Census
Beck
Committee On Finance
Committee On Appropriations
Blackburn
Democratic Caucus
West
Voorhees
Harris
Vance
Wasagindton
Mexico
McPherson
Burrows
Michigan
Canton
Jacksonville
Fla
District of Columbia
Kentucky
Cook
Farmers Alliance
Sherman
Police Gazette
Rock Creek Park
John E. Page
Virginia
R. M. Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Flower
New York
General Grant
River Side Park
New York City
Secretary of the Treasury
Grant Monument Association
Monument Association
Congress
Riverside Park
Senate Committee On Finance
Territories
Allison
Burlington
Judiciary Committee
George
Mrs Greer’s Fall From Street Car Injures Elderly Woman
Mrs Greer of Laselle street fell from a street car at Calhoun and Berry streets Sunday, sustaining a serious hip injury. She is sixty years old, which will slow recovery. A Miller son at the Institute for Feeble Minded Youths was kicked in the jaw by a horse with a facial wound treated by Dr Boswell. Henry Coleman, a painter for S W Hull, fell from a scaffold causing an ankle dislocation. he is at City hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Coleman
Saloonkeepers Excluded From Missouri Odd Fellows
Missouri Grand Lodge votes to exclude saloonkeepers from the Odd Fellows order. The May meeting backed the grand master's recommendation amid protests from saloonkeeper members in St. Louis and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
Missouri
Kansas City
Legislature Test Vote Signals Lottery Opposition Strength
In New Orleans on May 22 anti lottery backers drew 38 votes while pro lottery camp had 53 in a preliminary house test. Chicago world’s fair committees plan to urge a special session for a constitutional amendment allowing a 5 million dollar Chicago vote. India trends toward procsession as 33,000 miles of telegraph wires are now up in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prressure
Pennsylvania Company
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Pittsburg
Chicago
Pennsylvania
New Orleans
Cnpicaco
Fifer
India
Presbyterians Move Toward Revision of Faith
The General Assembly opens with reports from the board of foreign missions noting 676 missionaries and $794000 in receipts, urging a June or October special collection. Debate centers on appointing a committee of revision to consider changes to the confession of faith with careful limits to preserve Calvinist doctrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanatoga
N. Y
Presbyterian Assembly
Board of Foreign Missions
David J. Burrill
Minneapolis
China
Corea
Assembly
Dr. Crosby
Crosby
Burrell
Ellenwood
Presbyterian Church
Alexander
Presbytery
New York
Jessup
Syria
Sanateca
Kneeland
San Francisco
Board of Publication
Roberts
Cincinnati
Dr. Roberts
Church of God
Patton
Princeton
Sie
van Dyke
Brooklyn
General Assembly
Tyes
Rowler
McCracken
G. H. Shorts Identified After Death in Ohio Soldier
A 60 year old man seen entering Ewing's grove near Pittsburg rail road was shot with a 38 caliber pistol. He died at St. Joe hospital at 7 pm. Coroner Kesler investigated. The dead man was identified as G. H. Shorts a Thirtieth Ohio regiment veteran. Memorial services planned by G A R and U V L units.
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Ewing's Grove
Pittsburg
Griffith Street
St. Joe Hospital
A. G. Barnett
Peltier
Kesler
U. S
G. H. Shorts
G. H. Short
Argus
Ind
Ohio
Pretended Rabbi Triggers Uproar at Hebrew Feast
May 26 Crevenant O parish synagogue on Woodland avenue drew a large crowd for the feast of weeks. A man calling himself Rev P Webber of Baltimore arrived to preach and ridiculed Jewish messianic beliefs. He was challenged by worshippers, spat upon, and escorted from the building after police arrived and learned he was not a rabbi.
Supreme Court Denies Kemmler Writ of Error
The Supreme Court of the United States denied William Kemmler's appeal and upheld the New York death by electricity. Chief Justice Fuller read a unanimous decision, ruling they could not reverse the New York Court of Appeals on the record before them. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as a blood purifier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washiseton
Supreme Court of the United States
William Kemmler
New York
New York State
Roger Alherman
Kemmler
Fuller
Counse
New York Court of Appeals
Odd Fellows Grand Lodge Honors Leaders in Indianapolis
Six hundred delegates filled the Odd Fellows hall in Indianapolis for the Grand Lodge meeting. Key nominations include Grand Master W. H. Leedy and Deputy Grand Master A. Z. Wiley with a slate of officers and trustees. some nominees are effectively elected. The lodge adjourned last night.
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Odd Fellows’ Hall
Indianapolis
Grand Lodge
Thoursday
Oliver H. Dyer
Lodge
Richard Owen
New Harmony
W. H. Leedy
A. Z. Wiley
Fowler
George Ford
South Bend
H. L. Williamson
Fort Wayne
L. A. Beeks
Russiaville
M. A. Chipman
Anderson
W. H. Talbott
Orleans
P. J. Slocum
Jeffersonville
J. ©. Livesly
New Castle
Robert J. Loveland
Penn
Wm. Whitson
Austin
J. F. Mann
Decatur
M. L. Paluss
Greenfield
James Byran
Fulton
Wm. Fowler
Laporte
R. H. Vancleave
Farmersburg
J. M. LaFollette
Portland
B. F. Foster
Theo
P. Haughey
G. L
C. C. Brinkley
Richmond
Grand Lodge Hall
Wm. Wallace
J. A. Ferguson
John W. McQuiddy
D. L. Harding
Ofort Wayne
Fort Wayne Woman Jennie Mackey Creates Marion Sensation
Jennie Mackey long linked to Fort Wayne fled to Marion after a marriage to Moses Bradford. She targeted his estate, failed to seize full property, and sought divorce through planned separations. Detectives may pursue her over alleged inheritance theft.
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Jennie Mackey
Fort Wayne
Marton
Ind
Union Veteran Legion Plans Special Memorial Day Observance
Encampment No. 51 of the Union Veteran Legion met last week and decided to observe Memorial Day loyally. On Sunday the comrades will attend services at Wayne Street M E Church at 10 30 a m.
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Presbyterian Church
Grace Reformed Church
Sion
Bass Post Hall
Ladies’ Auxiliary No. 8
Union Vetran Legion
Waeyne Street
M. E
Articles of Incorporation Filed for Taylor University M E College
The Taylor university M E college articles were filed with the County Recorder. Capital stock set at 100000 dollars in 25 dollar shares. Trustees total fifteen from National Association of Local Preachers Fort Wayne district North Indiana M E conference and Fort Wayne College of Medicine. A meeting Thursday afternoon will dispose of shares.
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Taylor University
M. E. College
Thompson
National Association of Local Preachers
M. E. Church
Fort Wayne
North
Indiana
M. E. Conference
Fort Wayne College of Medicine
Chancey Shaffer
New York
Wm. B. Chadwick
Columbus
Ohio
Ralph E. Hudson
Alliance
C. B. Siemen
John R. Wright
Washington, D. C
A. E. Mahin
John M. Miller
J. W. Hayden
H. C. Schrader
H. C. Hartman
College of Medicine
A. ©. Trentman
Montgomery Hamilton
R. C. Bell
Charles McCulloch
D. N. Foster
Census Enumerators Named for City and County
A complete and accurate list of census enumerators appointed by Census Supervisor Beshore and confirmed by the census department is provided. The roster includes Jesse Brosins Abolte Henry Zollinger Adams James M. Gorrell New Haven James S. Thompson Madison Joseph Rickhart Jr Milan Elijah W. Meekes Monroe Allen G. Dunton Perry Hattie M. Trick Pleasant Arthur M. Taylor St. Joseph John E. Greenawalt Scipio Wm. H. Bender Cedar Creek David W. Baird Eel River John McConnell Jackson Edward Harper Jefferson Sumner C. Bowman Lafayette Frank L. Welsheimer Lake Nathaniel P. Brown Marion Wm. Harter Springfield John H. Kincade Washington Charles W. Fairgeld Wayne Theodore Thorward South Wayne Fort Wayne officials Benj F. Ninde John A. Bookwalter Frank E. Stouder Nathaniel Smith Charles W. Pike Charles W. Edwards John Porter Frederick C. Lahmeyer Harry D. Miller Andrew Nonnamaker Adam Butler Albert M. Liversburger Thomas Kavanaugh Robert H. Ellis John H. Tibbles Robert A. Liggett Aaron B. Harvey Henry B. Mensch Joseph Lombard.
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Beshore
Jesse Brosins
Abolte
Henry ©. Zollinger
Adams
James M. Gorrell
New Haven
James S. Thompson
Madison
Joseph Rickhart, Jr
Milan
Elijah W. Meekes
Monroe
Allen G. Dunton
Perry
Hattie M. Trick
Pleasant
Arthur M. Taylor
St. Joseph
John E. Greenawalt
Scipio
Wm. H. Bender
Cedar Creek
David W. Baird
Eel River
John McConnell
Jackson
Edward Harper
Jefferson
Sumner C. Bowman
Lafayette
Frank L. Welsheimer
Lake
Nathaniel P. Brown
Marion
Wm. Harter
Springfield
John H. Kincade
Washington
Charles W. Fairgeld
Wayne
Theodore Thorward
South Wayne
Fort Wayne
Benj. F. Ninde
John A. Bookwalter
Frank E. Stouder
Nathaniel §. Smith
Charles W. Pike
Charles W. Edwards
John Porter
Frederick C. Lahmeyer
Harry D. Miller
Andrew Nonnamaker
Adam ©. Butler
Albert M. Liversburger
Thomas Kavanaugh
Robert H. Ellis
John H. Tibbles
Robert A. Liggett
Aaron B. Harvey
Henry 8. Mensch
Joseph Lombard
Death of Well Known Fort Wayne Train Dispatcher
Charles A. Long, 36, longtime Pittsburg road train dispatcher, died at 262 East Lewis Street Fort Wayne after heart trouble. He leaves a wife and two children, was active in Masonic and railroad YMCA committees, born October 11, 1854 in Sandusky Ohio, to be buried in Nevada Ohio with family receiving condolences from Fort Wayne.
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Charles A. Long
Pittsburg Road
East
Lewis Street
Albion
Indiana
Summit City
Fort Wayne
R. A.M
Sandusky
Ohio
Z. T. Esmond
Long
A. H. Polhamus
Nevada
Sunday School State Convention Opens in Richmond
The Sunday School State Convention will be held at the First Methodist Church in Richmond starting one week from today. Dr. A. W. Lamport will give the opening address, with Dr. Rondthaler of Indianapolis delivering the response. Prominent Sunday school workers from across the state will attend and report on church activities across denominations.
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Richmond
A. W. Lamport
Rondthaler
Indianapolis
J. H. Doddridge
Jeffersonville
Spinlat
O. P. Jacobs
D. R. Lucas
A. J. Rondthaler
D. D
Friends
T. Tewlin
Spiceland
C. H. Rockey
Columbia City
D. N. Howe
North Manchester
Sweet Cherubs Arrive in Fort Wayne Families
Newborns bring joy to Fort Wayne area families as Mr. and Mrs Lou Hilegeman welcome a baby boy on Baker street and Mr. and Mrs Geo Tyler greet a son on Wallen. Also Mr. and Mrs Gene Rondot announce a baby girl. Grandpa Jerry Ervin expresses pride.
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Lou
Hilegeman
Baker Street
Geo. Tyler
Wallen
Gene Rondot
Jerry Ervin
J. M. Pierre
Hindoo Converts to Christianity Tour Aims in U S and Canada
Hindoo converts to Christianity who lead Salvation Army work in India arrive in New York to tour the United States and Canada. They will hold meetings to drum up support for missions in India. Their dress blends Orthodox Buddhist garb with Salvation Army uniform.
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Hindoo
The
Salvation Army
New York
India
United States
Canada
Booth Tucker
William Booth
Henry Bt
George Tucker
East India Coast
Ready for the Eleventh Census Enumerators Start Next Week
The notice explains that next Monday census enumerators will begin the eleventh U.S. census. They will visit every house to collect data on individuals including name, sex, age, race, marital status, birthplaces, occupation, unemployment months, literacy, language, school attendance, and, for women, total children born and living. Foreign-born men 21+ will report years in the United States and naturalization status, while heads of households disclose family size, home ownership or rent, and mortgage status. The census also records deaths in the year, with name, age, sex, occupation, and cause of death.
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United States
Oor
Five Men Targeted by Man in Rockhill Addition
Albert Henscill, an elderly Rockhill resident, told Justice Hays he believed five men planned to murder him. He behaved erratically, crying and laughing, and was helped away by friends. Authorities planned a court commission to commit him for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Henscill
Rockhill Heirs' Addition
Justice Hays
E Squire
Henscill
Twelve Horses Escape Farm Fence Wounds Likely Fatal
Twelve fine horses escaped from John Poinsett's Goshen road pasture and ran into a barbed wire fence in the dark. The tangled wires caused injuries that may prove fatal for several animals and a young trotter belonging to J. P. Tinkham's son suffered severe lacerations likely ending its racing career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Poinsett
Goshen Road
J. P. Tinkham
Mrs Reed of Rome City Nearing End After Paralysis
Miss Della Ross learned by telegram of her aunt Mrs Reed’s critical illness in Rome City. Mrs Reed, formerly of this city, suffered a weeks long illness culminating in paralysis and was feared dying as she left by afternoon train to be at her aunt’s side. Her husband was once tied to Freiburger's East Main street business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Ross
Mrs. Reed
Rome City
Morphine Attempt Ends in Suspected Suicide and Deaths Found
A Wabash man George Rose tried to take morphine Thursday to end his life after writing a note to his wife. An emetic was given but recovery seemed doubtful. The body of 19 year old Zwick was found in St Marys River after a search. his funeral was held Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rose
Wabash
Charles Zwick
Adams County
St. Mary’s
Fatalities Among Horses Hit Winklemeyer and Eckart Stables
A Winklemeyer Bros livery horse and a horse owned by Fred Eckart died last week. Another livery horse is not expected to survive. A teamster’s horse on West Jefferson Street fell dead Friday morning. The area reports a high number of horse deaths due to influenza and colic.
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Winklemeyer Bros
Fred Eckart
West Jefferson St
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