Aged Junk Dealer Takes His Own Life in Fort Wayne
John J P Piehl a 74 year old Fort Wayne junk dealer living on the Piqua road near the Pennsylvania yards shot himself with a .32 caliber revolver at 730 AM Tuesday. He died about an hour later from hemorrhage. The act appeared deliberate amid his poverty and worn out horse and wagon. He left a wife a son at home and another son in Cincinnati and a daughter in Michigan. Coroner Barnett investigated and doctors were slow to respond. Piehl had lived in Fort Wayne for twenty nine years after emigrating from Germany.
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John J. P. Piehl
Fiqua Road
Pennsylvania Railroad
Piehl
Piqua Road
Fred
Barnett
Harrod
Germany
America
United States
Detroit
Fort Wayne
City
John Piehl, Jr
Cincinnati
Michigan
Aged couple burned to death in Grand Rapids fire
Grand Rapids, Mich. Mr and Mrs George Smith aged sixty were burned to death early today when their home outside the city burned. Neighbors found the ruins after the building collapsed and no help could be rendered.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
George Smith
Fae
Tragedy Aboard German Ship Octavia Near Los Angeles
The German ship Octavia, 143 days from Antwerp with cement and steel rails to Port Los Angeles, dropped anchor off the coast. The captain brought ashore a dying first officer as sailors from a fatal alcohol poisoning incident are reported, with three crew members believed buried at sea after a drunken fight and a carbolic acid accident.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Octavia
Antwerp
San Francisco
White House Becomes Magnet For Cranks Influx
Washington reports a steady stream of cranks aiming for the President at the White House. Secret Service detains, rooms at police stations, and ships to St Elizabeth asylum. No. 12 Elijah Richardson Dennis from Pas ca goula Mississippi captured before entering grounds.
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Washington
White House
Secret Service
St. Elizabeth
Carrie Nation
Secret Service Guard
Crank No. 13
Elijah Richardson Dennis
Pascagoula
Jackson County
Miss
Elijah
I. B. C. to Play at Warsaw on Thanksgiving
The International Business college team will face Warsaw City on Thanksgiving afternoon at the Winona golf links. It will be the final game of the season for I. B. C. and caps the best football season in the college’s history. Organizers started with a few players, yet the squad built quickly and won a majority of its games.
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International Business College
Warsaw City
Warsaw
Winona Golf Links
I. B. GC
Retail Druggists to Close Thanksgiving Noon to Six
The Retail Druggists' association met Monday and voted to close from 12 noon to 6 p m on Thanksgiving day to give employees a few hours of recreation. Dr J A Taylor of Montpelier is in the city.
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Retail Druggists’ Association
J. A. Taylor
Montpelier
City
Eastern line work leader Huntoon touring Fort Wayne
L P Huntoon, noted for his interurban line engineering in Fort Wayne and Lima projects, now serves as chief engineer for the Allegheny and Butler Tractions company in Pennsylvania. He oversees a 28 mile electric railroad between Allegheny and Butler amid difficult hilly terrain, a task likely taking two years to complete. He is temporarily visiting Fort Wayne with his family and will not relocate.
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L. P. Huntoon
Fort Wayne
Southwestern
Lima
Pennsylvania
Huntoon
Federal Asphalt Company Sued Over Maumee Avenue Contract
Vesey and Vesey file suit in superior court for First National Bank of Louisville against Federal Asphalt Company. Case cites a $4700 draft dated Sept 21 drawn on Barsa Construction and accepted by Eastern Company with nonpayment after sixty days. Deputy Sheriff served vice president Joseph Huffaker. garnishment not yet issued. Mention that Inter-State Construction and others may owe funds to asphalt company. Lorcier awarded plumbing contract for new East Creighton store building by W Egge Mann.
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Vesey & Vesey
First National Bank of
Louisville
Federal Asphalt Company
Maumee Avenue
Asphalt Counney
Barsa Construction Company
Bulffalo
N. Y
Eastern
Daseler
Joseph Huffaker
Anis
Asshalt
President Tries to Heal a Breach in New York Conflict
Governor Odell of New York arrived in Washington to dine with the president. He will spend the night at the executive mansion as discussions seek to reconcile differences with Senator Platt over state political affairs. The president remains neutrally guiding toward a harmonious solution with no national political agenda.
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Washington
Odell
New York
T. C. Platt
Geo. W. Dunn
Republican State Committee of
White House
Executive Mansion
New York State
Platt
House Adjourns Until Friday After Short Session
The House delayed further action as Mr Payte moved adjournment to Friday. A party vote 118 to 103 approved the motion. The speaker read an invitation from the Louisiana governor for a celebration of the tract transfer, and Mr Meyer sought consent to consider a related resolution but was objected. Also, Mr McClellan’s resignation as a trustee of the Columbian chest and dumb asylum for DC was accepted. The chamber adjourned at 12 40 p m until Friday.
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Washington
Payte
Mgr. de Armond
Dem
House
Senate
Payne
DeArmond
Louisiana
United States
France
Meyer
McClellan
N. Y
District of Columbia
Senate debates president approval for concurrent resolutions
President Pro Tem Frye discussed whether concurrent resolutions require presidential approval to become operative. The chair read the constitutional text and senators Spooner Teller Hale Platt and Tillman debated the issue. After the discussion the senate moved to routine business and addressed Carmack’s resolution on conduct investigation.
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Washington
Senate
Frye
Louisiana
Louisiana Territory
United States
Congress
Spooner
Teller
Hale
Platt
Connecticut
Tillman
Carmack
General Wood Cleared Moro Hills in Jolo Strike
General Wood captured the Moro position in the hills of Jolo on the 20th, destroying fortifications. Private Martin Brennan of the Fourteenth Cavalry was killed. two privates wounded. Moro losses numbered at least seventy five with more likely hidden in brush. The action, Wood notes, ends Moro resistance and abrogates the Bates treaty.
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Manila
Wood
Jolo
Taglibi
Martin Brennan
Fourteenth Cavalry
Joto
Peace prospects clash in Chicago street railway strike
Conflicting reports from Chicago City Railway officials and striking trainmen on immediate peace, with the company offering arbitration on the back pay and sympathizers amid aldermanic security. Widespread damage to lines continues, coal shortages loom, and municipal ownership debates resume as the council acts with police present.
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Chicago
Chicago City Railway Company
City Railway Company
Col. E. BR. Bliss
Buckley
Chicago City Railway
Transportation Committee
Fish Die Off In Fort Wayne Rivers Amid Sewage Fears
Local fishermen report large numbers of dead fish along the St Marys and Maumee rivers near Fort Wayne. They blame sewage contamination from factories as water levels fall, risking near extermination of game fish like bass and pike. Battery B hosts a card party at its armory tonight. Frank Dildine of the Daily News visits Cincinnati.
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Fort Wayne
St. Mary’s
Maumee
Battery B
Frank Dildine
The
Daily News
Cincinnati
Bank of England Secretary Targeted in Insane Gun Rampage
London authorities report a would be assassin from the east end attacked Mr. Graham, secretary of the Bank of England, with four rapid shots but caused no injuries. A fire hose was used to subdue him before police custody. The man is deemed a lunatic and was let into a reception room by staff. Our Attorney John Eggeman returns from Chicago.
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London
Graham
Bank of England
East End
Public on Polk era treaty papers with New Granada
The congress in executive session released correspondence from 1847 regarding the 1846 treaty with New Granada. Protocals between Benjamin A. Bidlack and Manuel M. Mallarino discuss canal and transit rights, British influence, and isthmus control. A Panama debt note is noted with context on Colombia and Panama’s independence. The gist of the statement will be sent to the British embassy in Washington.
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Washington
Conata
Polk
United States
New Granada
Benjamin A. Bidlack
Bogo'a
Manual M. Mallarino
Great Britain
America
Buchanan
Bidlack
Mallerino
Isthmus
Republic of
Panama
Associated Press
Colombia
Spain
Revolutionary Junta
Congress
Dr. Northrop Coming to Speak at First Baptist
Rev Stephan A Northrop D D of Kansas City arrives from Boston to address the First Baptist church this evening. He will stay with Mr and Mrs Mason and returns to Fort Wayne after an eight year absence following a thirteen year pastorate here.
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Stephan A. Northrop
D. D
Kansas City
First Baptist Church
Boston
Mason
Northrop
Fort Wayne
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M. J. Lorcier
East Creighton Avenue
William Eggemann
Turkey
Morgan House
Moros
Gen. Wood
State Street Line
Herrmann
State Street
Twenty-first
State Streets
Teamsters
Eeater Skeee
Crank
John Eggeman
OLD Treaty
DR. Northrop
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