Memorial Day Service Honors Veterans in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne hosts a solemn Memorial Sunday at the Masonic Temple and Berry Street church. Capt. James B. Whitecamp leads Sons of Veterans with I. N. Medsker as day president as speakers praise valor and sacrifice. Reverend Watts delivers memorial sermon linking patriotism and Christian sacrifice. The program features the Emerson quartet and ample civic participation.
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Masonic Temple
John A. Scott
Lincoln
McKin Jey
James B. Whitecamp
Sons of Veterans
I. N. Medsker
Grand Army
America
A. K. Zartman
E. W. Allen
Emerson
J. A. P. McGaw
North
South
Yanks
Jeff Davis
United States
Abe Lincoln
L. J. Metschman
Soldiers’ Organizations
Berry Street
M. E. Church
J. K. Watts
Forty Merry Clowns Add Laughter To Ringling Bros Show
Ringling Bros World’s Greatest Shows to exhibit in Fort Wayne on May 31 features forty merry clowns as essential performers. The troupe includes acrobats, musicians, contortionists, and comedians with a top lineup of international acts and a living giraffe, 30 elephants, and a dazzling parade.
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Ringling Brothers
Big Circus
Fort Wayne
Ringling Bros
Arenic
Nelson
Dumitresecu
Russia
Dunbar
Australia
Holloway
Davenports
Hobsons
Schadels
John
Michael Rooney
Albert Crandall
Capt. Webb
Prof
Wood
Pearl Souder
John O’brien
Tornado Kills Six in Union South Carolina
A tornado swept through Union and surrounding areas at 4 pm on May 25 fatally injuring six people and injuring several more. The storm struck Knittting mill hill destroying a school and two houses, while others fled debris as rescuers recovered victims. Pacolet and Jonesville reported additional casualties and damage.
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Jonesville
Pacolet
Blue Lake summer resort opens to crowd of hundreds
The opening of the Blue Lake summer resort drew several hundred residents Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Closs, former local residents, run the resort having assumed charge in April. Closs organized a fine two day program and has made many improvements to the place.
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Blue Lake
F. P. Closs
Closs
News Held Back as Balfour Sees Peace Soon
London May 26 crowds expected a definite peace announcement in South Africa but A. J. Balfour declined to forecast when a statement would come. Government circles warned a proclamation of peace is only hours away possibly followed by lifting the grain tax after tomorrow’s cabinet meeting.
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London
South Africa
House of Commons
A. J. Balfour
Balfour
Fire Caused by Lantern Explosion Turned Over
A lantern was accidentally overturned causing an explosion that resulted in the blaze. No injuries are reported and authorities investigated the incident.
Ex Senator McBride Marries Laura Schwichtenberg
Former United States Senator George W. McBride of Oregon and Mrs Laura Walter Schwichtenberg were married at the Church of the Ascension rectory in New York on Saturday. Senator John H Mitchell and Mrs Harriett Potter Nourse attended. The couple will travel through New England states before returning to Oregon.
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New York
United States
George W. McBride
Oregon
Laura Walter Schwichtenberg
Church of the Ascension
John H. Mitchell
Harriett Potter Nourse
McBride
New England
New Haven Soldier to Testify This Week in Philippines Inquiry
New HavenPrivate Miller, a former Allen County soldier, is expected to testify in Washington before the Philippine commission. The senate committee investigating the water cure and war conduct lists him as a witness and Sergeant-at-Arms Daniel Ransdell will notify Miller by telegram. The government will cover his mileage.
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Allen County
Washington
Philippine Commission
Miller
New Haven
The
Sentinel
Senate
Philippines
J. L. Rawlins
Senate Committee
Daniel M
Murderer Captured After Church Killing in Benhill
Willard Lee, 25, who shot and killed Miss Lilla Suttles, 18, in a Benhill church, was captured near Austelle, Ga., and jailed in Atlanta. He claimed the killing stemmed from unrequited love and jealousy. Both families were prominent in the region. Suttles was noted as beautiful, accomplished, and highly popular.
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Atlanta
Willard Lee
Lilla Suttles
Benhill
Austelle
Missing Plumber Found After Daylong Search
William H. McIlvaine a plumber of 602 Ewing street was reported missing Sunday morning and found Monday by farmer Philip Federspiel nine miles east of New Haven. He wandered about claiming to attend a plumbers union meeting and, though ill with Bright's disease and dementia, returned home with police assistance.
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William H. McIlvaine
Ewing Street
Philip Federspiel
Garreck
New Haven
McIlvaine
Federspiel
Terry
Plumbers Union
Bright
Bride From Traverse City Weds Columbia City Man
Miss Myrtle Vamdervort of Traverse City Michigan married Walter Hanes of Columbia City on Saturday evening at the residence of Mrs. Joseph Ruth. Rev Father Nigsch performed the ceremony with Mr and Mrs Ruth as attendants. The couple are well regarded locally and receive many congratulations.
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Myrtle Vamdervort
Traverse City
Mich
Joseph Ruth
North Side
Walter Hanes
Columbia City
Father Nigsch
Ruth
Hanes
Jones returns to Indiana to work as bookkeeper
Charles Jones, formerly at the Electric works, who spent three years in poultry and fruit farming in Idaho, has sold the Idaho interests and moved with his family to Lafayette. He has taken a bookkeeping position with the Duncan Electrical company, after profiting from his Idaho property sale.
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Charles Jones
Electric Works
Idaho
Duncan Electrical Company
Lafayette
Ind
Pigeon Race Won by Dr Schilling Entries at Fort Wayne
Homing pigeon race from Bement Illinois to Fort Wayne Sunday was won by Dr Schilling's entries. First birds arrived at noon and by evening over two thirds of all entries had finished. Final order: Schilling's first, Gebfert's second, Fisher's third, Beach's fourth, Link's fifth, Griebel's sixth.
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Fort Wayne
Bement, Ill
Dr. Schilling
Schilling
Louis Gebfert
Fred Fisher
Henry Beach
W. Link
O. Griebel
Sunday School Convention in St. Joe Township
The St. Joe township Sunday school convention met at St. Joe chapel with a strong turnout. Music and addresses opened the program, and Levi Binkley of the Whitley county Sunday school association spoke. Officers elected at the close include President S. H. Davis and Vice President O. Elson.
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St. Joe Township
St. Joe Chapel
Levi Binkley
Whitley County Sunday School Association
S. H. Davis
O. Elson
T. H. Ashley
C. C. Smith
Bessie Blume
Alice Douglass
Bicycle Collision Wrecks Lad’s Bike in City Crash
A boy named Saylor of Broadway collided with a city garbage cart at Main and Calhoun on Monday. His bicycle was badly wrecked but he escaped with only a few bruises.
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Saylor
Broadway
Main
Calhoun Streets
Hawkins Expected to be Named U S District Judge for Indiana
Washington dispatch reports Indiana Republicans expect Roscoe C Hawkins of Indianapolis to be nominated to succeed Judge John H Baker on the United States district bench. The timing remains uncertain but Indiana circles anticipate Hawkins will receive the nomination and be a popular choice.
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Washington
Roscoe C. Hawkins
Indianapolis
United States
Indiana
John H. Baker
Hawkins
Hartman Bank Cashier Improves After Restless Night
Lem RB Hartman cashier of the First National bank shows no overall improvement since last week illness note. He passed a restless night but today rests easier according to The Sentinel report.
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Lem RB. Hartman
First National Bank
Sentinel
Hartman
Democratic auditor nominee buys Lakeside residence
Dr J L Smith of Hoagland political candidate for county auditor purchased J W Wiseheart's handsome Lakeside residence. The deal was arranged through Leedy and Bresnahan agency.
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J. L. Smith
Hoagland
J. W. Wiseheart
Lakeside
Leedy & Bresnahan
Depot Fire Destroys Tipton Indiana Station
The Lake Erie and Western depot at Tipton Indiana burned Saturday night. Loss to the building is about 2000 dollars and damage to baggage freight and express matter is placed at about 13000 dollars.
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Lake Erie and Western
Tipton
Ind
Doctor Guilty of Bigamy, Trial Notes
Rev. M. C. Cooper returned from Kentland where he testified for the state in the case against Dr. Frank B. Wilson formerly of Fort Wayne. Wilson was found guilty of bigamy. On November 17, 1898 at his Fort Wayne residence Rev. Cooper performed a ceremony.
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M. C. Cooper
Kentland
Newton County
Frank B. Wilson
Fort Wayne
Wilson
Cooper
Doctor jailed for bigamy case in Indiana
The marriage of Dr. Wilson to Miss McGowan of Columbia City was followed by separations and relocations. He allegedly left his first wife two years earlier and married again in Fair Newton County. Wife No 1 charged bigamy. the Kentland trial found him guilty with a $225 fine and three months imprisonment after he claimed belief that a divorce had been granted.
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Wilson
Huntington
Marines Court Censures Samar Executions Review
Manila reports Maj. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee reviewed the court martial of Major L. W. T. Waller and Lt. John A. Day for killing natives in Samar without trial. He disapproved of the findings overall, noting unjustified retaliation and questioning Day's acquittal while condemning Waller's lack of consultation and disobedience to orders.
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Manila
L. W. T. Waller
John A. Day
Marine Corps
Samar
Adna R. Chaffee
Philippines
Waller
Major Waller
General Smith
Day
Promoting Positive Disobedience in Military Duty
A quotation argues that officers must respect the legality of their agency when taking lives. It insists Lieutenant Day would have prevented a regrettable military incident if motivated by the country’s honor above personal concerns.
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Day
Military Service
United States
VIEW NIAGARA'S GRANDEUR
Niagara Falls N Y May 26 The French mission attending the Rochambeau statue unveiling at Washington arrived here and after a carriage drive to view the falls the party including Cambon and staff enjoyed a bright day and the cataract in full view.
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Niagara Falls
Count de Rochambeau
Washington
Lafayette
Rochambeau
Cambon
Mme. Cambon
Pension fraud arrest in New York
Samuel F. Holman, a 30 year old African American man, was arrested by a U S marshal in New York on a charge of falsely certifying pension affidavits as a notary public in Savannah Georgia. The superintendent of the bureau of pensions accuses him of certifying claims under false names. Holman plans to go to Georgia without extradition proceedings.
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New York
Samuel F. Holman
United States
Savannah
Bureau of Pensions
Holman
Georgia
Five Thousand Strike in Denver Halts Building Work
Five thousand union men in Denver building trades walked off the job, stopping most construction. The strike, ordered by the building trades council, supports woodworkers seeking an eight hour day. Woodworkers have been on strike two weeks. small mills won eight hours, large mills still demand nine.
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Denver
Col
Building Trades Council
Daughters of the American Revolution Get Room in Fort Wayne Court House
County commissioners grant the local DAR a room in the courthouse to house relics of Gen Anthony Wayne the revolutionary era and Fort Wayne history. An effort will seek to obtain the Anthony Wayne bedstead from Mrs Alice Binford of Washington DC.
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the Daughters of the American Revolution
Court House
Anthony Wayne
Fort Wayne
Alice Binford
Washington, D. C
Ringling Bros Aquarium Feature At World’s Greatest Shows
The display includes a complete collection of hippopotami sea lions seals polar bears and other water loving animals with pelicans storks flamingos and wild game, highlighting the zoological exhibit in the circus presentation.
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Ringling Bros.’ Aquarium
President nominates Robert S. McCormick as ambassador
The president nominated Robert S. McCormick of Illinois to be ambassador to Austria Hungary.
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Washington
Robert S. McCormick
Illinois
Austria-Hungary
Saunders Seeks Move After Notable Freistroffer Handle
Thomas Saunders, noted horse shoer, recently began an engagement at Freistroffer's shop and is arranging to relocate his family to the area due to the Hart Wayne workload and favorable prospects.
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Thomas Saunders
Freistroffer
Hart Wayne
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A. S. Preston
Fort Sumter
Preston
Sumter
Appomattox
Medsker
D. T. Williams
Watts
Rev. Watts
Christ
Gethsemane
Golgotha
Garfield
McKinley
Earth
Great Circus
MR. Balfour
Philip
Pine Commission
Hoosierdom
Think Hawkins
MR. Hartman
Royal Baking Powder CO
William ST. New York
Chaffee
Niagara
Twat
Apel
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