Fry Wins 1500 Verdict Against Fort Wayne Gas in Explosion Case
Henry W. Fry won a 1500 verdict in Auburn circuit court against Fort Wayne Gas Co over injuries from the Eckart Packing plant explosion on January 29. The trial lasted days with a Sunday work issue and a compromise on award, aided by extensive legal arguing and a key ruling on gas pipe ownership and responsibility.
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Auburn
Henry W. Fry
Fort Wayne Gas Company
Eckart Packing Company
Fry
J. E. Rose
Walpole G. Colerick
Wilmer Leonid
Henry Colerick
Allen County
Samuel D. Miller
Indianapolis
Gas Company
Allen Zollars
James M. Barrett
John Baxter
Court House
Zollars
Wedded at Zion's Church Miss Anna Keil Marries Rev Karl Gross Jr
Miss Anna Keil and Rev Karl Gross Jr were united in marriage at Zion's Lutheran church Sunday at 3 PM. Officiant was Rev C Grose, father of the groom, in a ceremony attended by many friends. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Nell, with Prof Bahn providing organ music.
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Anna Keil
Karl Gross, Jr
C. Grose
Zion’s Lutheran Church
William Xell
Bahn
Pannhauser
Wedding of Rev. Gross and bride with many guests
The ceremony featured white gowns and red roses with maid of honor and guests. Edwin Gross of St Louis attended the groom. ushers were Louis Heinrichs Meyer and Herman Horstmeyer. The reception filled the bride’s uncle August Freese home on West Creighton. Out of town guests included Eliza Fangmann St Louis Lewis Tirmenstein Logansport Eliza beth Ponhler Huntington. The couple will move to Minnesota Lake Minnesota. Both have wide Fort Wayne friends.
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Edwin Gross
St. Louis
Louis Heinrichsmeyer
Herman Horstmeyer
August Freese
West Creighton Avenue
Eliza Fangmann
Lewis Tirmenstein
Logansport
Henry Pohler
Elizabeth Ponhler
Huntington
Gross
Minnesota Lake
Minn
Concordia College
Theological Seminary
Fort Wayne
Runaway buggy wrecks carriage injuring woman
Miss Anna Glusenkamp of West Main street suffered a fracture of the left leg just below the knee when a carriage ran away near the Standard Oil plant after frightening by a switch engine. Occupants were thrown out. driver Ben Shaw had a bad hip gash. The team was captured three miles west of the city.
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Anna Glusenkamp
West Main Street
Ben Shaw
Standard Oil Company
Lewis Street
Lafayette Street
Jos. Hageman
Clara Sarazin
St. Mary’s Church
Hageman
Moellering Drug Store
Sarazin
Wabash Crossing
South Calhoun Street
Forty-hour Devotions at Fort Wayne and St Peter’s
Rev Father Dominick Shunk formerly of Fort Wayne to lead forty hour devotions at the Church of the Precious Blood starting Friday and at St Peter’s Catholic church in Detroit begun November 12 with a Jesuit missionary from Detroit.
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Father Dominick Shunk
Fort Wayne
Church of the Precious Blood
Father Shunk
St. Henry’s
Ohio
North Side
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Detroit
Timbers Of 1849 Wabash and Erie Aqueduct Found
Workmen along the towpath near New Haven uncover the old aqueduct timbers from 1849 used to carry a creek under the canal. The ancient structure shows little decay despite more than 50 years underwater and will be removed.
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New Haven
Wife Battled for Her Life in Washington Killings
In Washington a paroled patient from St Elizabeths killed his wife and then died by suicide at a boarding house. Mrs Mortfeld fought back before dying from a forehead wound and burns from the revolver. Landlady Margaret Worrell heard the pleas and neighbors attempted to help as police were summoned.
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Washington
Louis Mortfeld
Mortfeld
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Washington Asylum
Margaret Worrell
Release of Lynchehaun Sparks Political Debate
James L. Lynchehaun was released from custody by Federal Commissioner Moores in Indianapolis on grounds his crime was brutal but political. London papers criticize the decision as risking extradition politics between the United States and Great Britain. The Globe warns of future assassins benefiting from the ruling. The Pall Mall Gazette questions applying the same reasoning to anarchists guilty of severe crimes.
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London
James L. Lynchehaun
Moores
Indianapolis
Lynchehaun
The
Globe
United States
Great Britain
Pall Mall Gazette
Anarchists
Guailty
Unlawful Speed Blamed in Big Four Wreck
Coroner Tut Weiler opened an inquiry into the Big Four railroad wreck inside Indianapolis where sixteen people died. Witnesses said the special train was speeding toward the city at about forty miles per hour. The crash reportedly crushed worn out and rotten poaches. blame is placed on the dispatching department. Four hospitalized victims remain in critical condition, with T. A. Bailey of New Richmond among the dead.
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the Sentinel
Indianapolis
Tutweiler
Big Four
Big Four Road
T. A. Bailey
New Richmond
Ind
John C. Taylor
Lafayette
Hendricks Johnson
Evansville
H. C. Wright
Pendleton
L. G. Smith
W. R. Buller
Pittsburg
A. L. Holter
Oberlin
Ohio
Sim Miller
Ninevah
C. Tangeman
Cincinnati
Joseph Knapp
Evanaville
Centenarian Dies in South Bend Residence
Joseph Husch aged 110 died last night at his daughter’s home in South Bend Indiana. He was born September 15 1703 in New Jersey and moved to the county fifty years ago. He could still walk eighteen miles a day until recently.
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South Bend
Ind
Joseph Husch
New Jersey
Schoolhouse Social Raises Funds for Decoration
Pupils of district No. 1 Wayne township held a social and entertainment at the school house Saturday evening. The event was a qualified success and intended to raise funds for decorating the building, but receipts exceeded expenses by about $51.
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Wayne Township
Drunken Fire at Coney Island Leaves Island in Ruins
Fire destroyed fourteen blocks of Coney Island buildings with one dead, two score injured, and 500 left homeless. Frank Connolly and Peter Shelley, former hotel waiters, are jailed on arson charges after a hotel owner identified them as starting fires on Friday and again Sunday. Ailing island residents faced food shortages as investigators prepared for November 4 examination.
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New York
Coney Island
Frank Connolly
Peter Shelley
Albatross
Sheepshead Walk
The
Bowery
Barney Wolf
Raines Law
Wolf
Connolly
Shelley
Albert Rubin
Skelley
Man Forces Ride With Five Women In Mysterious Abduction Attempt
William Owens forced Misses Clara and Florence Gilmore Maude Wisely and Hilda Hilgeman to let him ride from Monroeville to Fort Wayne under threat of shooting. He fired at a horse near Tilman, fled in Fort Wayne, and vanished after leaving the group two miles from Monroeville. Two un named companions were present.
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William Owens
Clara
Florence Gilmore
Maude Wisely
Hilda Hilgeman
Monroeville
Fort Wayne
D. W. Gilmore
Owens
Tilman
Horstman
West Main Street
Leaves for Washington with J M Robinson and wife
Congressman J M Robinson and Mrs Robinson departed Tuesday evening for Washington to attend the special session. He expects notable features including Joseph G Cannon from Illinois becoming speaker. The proclamation limits congress to Cuba reciprocity but broader legislation may be addressed.
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J. M. Robinson
Robinson
Washington
Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
Congress
Boys relate the story of disaster
Fort Wayne students at Purdue aboard the ill fated football train wrecked near Indianapolis recount their narrow escapes. Alexander M. Wood narrowly saved, Woodworth helped rescue companions as cars piled atop coal cars, with many passengers killed or badly injured.
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Fort Wayne
Purdue University
Indianapolis
Alexander M. Wood
J. J. Wood
Wood
Carl Woodworth
Woodworth
Young Hamilton
Huntington
Victor Nussbaum
Senate
Thanksgiving Plate Roadoptics Pinete Place
Low rates noted for a Thanksgiving plate sale at a local roadside venue. Details limited but indicate a discount event centered on holiday dining items at Pinete Place.
Pius X Directs Vatican Firefighting Efforts
Rome reports a blaze in the Vatican near the hall of inscriptions and the Pinacoteca. Pope Pius X arrived to oversee firefighting as Roman firemen battled the flames with help from Italian authorities. by 11 30 p m the fire was under control with no loss of life and extensive yet not fully measured damage.
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Rome
Vatican
Pius X
Monsignor
Merry del Val
Bissett
St. Peter's
Signor
Ronchetti
Museum of Inscriptions
Father Ehrle
Borgia Apartm
Papal Secretary of State
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Zion’s Church
Precious Blood Church
Price Baking Powder GO
Chicago
J. L. Lynchehaun
Mr. Moores
von Spore
Pottsville, Pa
Bénja
GEO. Dewald & CO
Wayne Dry Goods Comp
Calhoun Street
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