Four Philadelphia men held for kidnapping and robbery
Howard K Sloan Henry E Wallace D Knight Finlay and Oscar S Dunlap were committed without bail for abducting and robbing Mabel Goodrich proprietress of a disreputable establishment. She testified of confinement and theft totaling 2500 in jewels 70 in cash and 500 in checks. Police say all confess with Wallace the only one testifying against them. The case centers on a scheme linked to the law and order society with potential life imprisonment.
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Philadelphia
Mabel Goodrich
Howard K. Sloan
Henry E. Wallace
D. Knight Finlay
Oscar S. Dunlap
Sloan
Wallace
Finlay
Dunlap
Goodrich
Donahy
Mrs. Goodrich
Law and Order Society
Quarantine Fends Off Smallpox Spread In Adams County
Dr. MacBeth, Fort Wayne health commissioner, reports Mrs. Etta Lincoln of 48 Lillie Street exposed to smallpox after visiting John Helen in St. Marys township. Her Adams county home is quarantined and Allen county health officers were alerted to prevent any case. The quarantine remains until danger passes.
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Adams County
Fort Wayne
Allen County
Lillie Street
Bound Over for Forgery in Wa bash Extension Case
Harry Gray, a worker on the Wa bash extension near Maysville, cashed a Hamilton bank check for 15.70 after being paid off by Contractor Jackson. He later forged a second check, signing Jackson’s name with miscopied clerk initials, leading to his brief seizing of funds and subsequent arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Gray
Wabash
Maysville
Jackson
Hamilton Bank
Bluff at Police Court Ends with Guilty Plea
At a police court Monday a man attempted to intimidate by threatening to have many arrested for any remarks about him. When Mr. Jackson arrived he withdrew the plea of not guilty. In a preliminary before Judge Louttit that afternoon the man pleaded guilty and was bound over to the circuit court in $1,000, or remanded to jail.
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Jackson
Louttit
Arm Amputation After Hunting Accident
Henry Treece of two miles east of the city lost his left arm in a Sunday hunting accident. He was unloading a gun when the trigger fired, the charge entering his elbow. He was brought to Hope hospital where doctors reported the arm shattered and required amputation.
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Henry Treece
Treece
Hope Hospital
Beets Grow Big Yield as Allen County Plants Vast Patch
The state reports a harvest of beets in Allen County with yields forecast well above expectations. About fifteen tons per acre are anticipated as 150 acres were planted this year. Samples sent to the beet sugar factory will confirm sugar content and the project’s viability. A separate note mentions a homicide investigation with a body found in a sack and a male suspect in custody.
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Johnson
Allen County
Four Dead Four Wounded In Separate Violent Incidents
A New York child’s murder is suspected after Albert Robinson, 6, was found dead in an areaway on West Twenty second Street. Police suspect homicide, autopsy pending, with a mulatto mother identifying the body as her son. A separate feud in Middlesboro, Kentucky, ends in a fatal churchyard gunfight leaving four dead and four wounded, a long-standing feud between Virginia Morgans and Tennessee Chadwells dating to the Civil War.
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New York
West Twenty-second Street
Sidney Ryan
West Twentyfirst Street
Albert
Ryan
U. S
Robinson
Albert Robinson
Alonzo Watson
Middlesboro
Big Springs Union Baptist Church
Tennessee Line
Tip Chadwell
James Chadwell
Rush Morgan
Henry Morgan
Henry Overstreet
Jones
Morgan
Joe Moberly
Congressman Robinson III Prostrated by Typhoid Fever
congressman from the Twelfth district J M Robinson is ill at his East Main street home with typhoid fever. Dr L P Drayer says the illness is not yet severe and he is hopeful, though he will remain home for several weeks. He has had a busy schedule since Congress adjourned and traveled widely while ill but continued working until the present attack.
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J. M. Robinson
Twelfth District
East Main Street
Robinson
L. P. Drayer
Congressman Robinson
Congress
Captain Connell Warned Before Balangiga Attack
Major Morris C. Foote reports from Manila that Captain Connell was fully warned and had taken necessary precautions. A priest informed of a Filipinos plot at Balangiga and Basey, with Basey to be attacked from a cockpit behind the barracks. Demolition of the cockpit and extra guards were ordered.
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Manila
Morris C. Foote
Ninth
United States Infantry
Samar
Balangiga
Company C
Connell
Major Foote
Foote
Basey
Wainwright Testifies Chart of Santiago Battle Flawed
Commander Richard Wainwright testified before the Schley court that the chart of Brooklyn and Texas positions at Santiago was incorrect and a compromise of navigator opinions. Captain Folger was recalled to discuss the blockade and weather. Hodgson sought to explain earlier remarks about the newspaper.
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Washington
Richard Wainwright
Schley Court
Brooklyn
Texas
Santiago
Folger
W. M. Folger
Lemly
Commodore Schley
Cervera
Admiral Schley
Wei-Wei
New Orleans
Dyson
Oregon
New York
Parker
Hodgson
Wainwright
Gloucester
Sasitingo
Raynor
M. L. Bristol
Cienfuegos
Bristol
Colon
State Charities Meeting to Be Held in South Bend
Fort Wayne residents will play a key role in the state conference of charities and corrections in South Bend October 15 to 17. President T. E. Ellison will give the annual address. Alexander Johnson will speak. committees include E A K Hackett Mary R Harper Helen Guild Ida Overmeyer and Rev B T Borg. Indiana spends about 2,000,000 yearly on charities and corrections and poor relief, with talks on spending efficiency and reduction.
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Fort Wayne
State Conference of Charities and Corrections
South Bend
T. E. Ellison
E. A. K. Hackett
October Devotions to the Rosary in Catholic Churches
The rosary devotion will be observed this month with daily five decades and the litany of the Blessed Virgin from October 1 to November 2. Prayers may be said during Mass or with benediction if in the afternoon or evening, with solemn public processions where permitted and special indulgences attached.
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St. Joseph
Lipton Signals America’s Cup Challenge Again
Sir Thomas Lipton hinted in New York he will again pursue the America’s Cup. He said he is determined to have it if the cup must leave this country. The Shamrock III designer George L Watson had just left when Lipton spoke. Reports say Germany’s emperor may consider a challenge as others also ponder.
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New York
Thomas Lipton
Herald
Thomas
George L. Watson
Shamrock NI
Erin
Germany
Farm accident fatal for 18 year old Ervin Kneller
In Columbia City Indiana on October 7 Ervin Kneller age 18 was feeding a threshing machine at Jacob S Schrader's farm when he slipped and fell into the machine. His left arm and shoulder were crushed and doctors say there is no possibility of recovery.
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Columbia City
Ind
Ervin Kneller
Jacob S. Schrader
This City
Burglars Foiled At Chestnut Street Home
Two burglars fled a residence of John Carl the cigar merchant at 9 Chestnut street Sunday evening after a crowd of boys nearby alerted the neighborhood. They tried to pry a window, but fled out the rear as electric lights flashed from street car barns across the street. Window tampering evidence remained.
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John Carl
Chestnut Street
Carl
Demand to expel anarchists echoes in London
London readers report a flare of anti anarchist sentiment after H Kelly of New York denounced President McKinley in Tottenham Court Road. The Pall Mall Gazette draws a link to feminists, urges police cross border action, and bans on asylum a Times Washington article protests Irish plotting in Britain St James Gazette calls for immediate notice to quit for foreigners linked to murder cults.
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London
H. Kelly
New York
Tottenham Court Road
McKinley
Pall Mall Gazette
Finerty
Times This
Washington
America
Great Britain
St. James
Kelly
Southwestern work advances in Indiana lines
L A Shutt reports completion of bricklaying at interurban car barn. RK D Shutt says grading for the Fort Wayne and Southwestern right of way from Huntington to Wabash will start Tuesday.
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Huntington Democrat
L. A. Shutt
RK. D. Shutt
Fort Wayne
Wabash
Butler resigns from Fox National Biscuit traveling post
W A Butler resigns as traveling salesman for the Fox branch of the National Biscuit Company and will start his own business at Van Wert.
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W. A. Butler
Fox
The
National Biscuit Company
van Went
Rider Robert Wibright Dies From Kendallville Fair Injuries
Kendallville Indiana October 7 Robert Wibright twenty rider thrown in a running race at the Kendallville fair Thursday evening died of his injuries. His remains were shipped to New London Ohio for interment.
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Kendallville
Ind
Robert Wibright
Kendallville Fair
Wibright
New London
Ohio
Big yield of beets from experimental sugar crop
Experimental ten acre sugar beet crop yields a large harvest. Planters reported robust growth and potential for future trials. Further field details and dates are not available in the accessible text.
Chainmakers Strike Ends in York Factories
In York Pennsylvania on October 7 the two Standard Chain company plants settled a wage dispute. Workers received a 10 percent increase on traces and 7 percent on cart chains, affecting about two hundred men who returned to work today.
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York
Standard Chain Company
Mrs Oliver W Lehman Critically Ill From Acute Diabetes
Mrs Oliver W Lehman of Hoag Land Avenue is reported critically ill due to acute diabetes, with medical staff providing treatment as her condition remains serious.
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Oliver W. Lehman
Hoagland Avenue
Fire blaze hits South Chicago area causing $50,000 loss
Fire swept through half a block of frame and brick buildings in South Chicago early today. Nine structures burned including a three story brick building and six homes whose occupants fled into the streets in night attire. Delays in fire engine response were caused by broken bridges over the Calumet river.
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Chicago
Ill
Calumet River
Edward H. Green Nearing Death in Vermont
Edward H. Green husband of Hetty Green is gravely ill at Bellows Falls Vermont with a severe kidney inflammation. Doctors say he may linger for several days as Mrs. Green and their children stay at his bedside.
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Burlingston
Edward H. Green
Hetty Green
Bellows Falls
Well Known Editor Eckman Dies at Sixty
New York Oct 7 William O Eckman former newspaper man and magazine editor aged sixty died from apoplexy at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William 0. Eckman
Widow Witwer Arrested in Ohio Murder Suspicions
Dayton police hold Mrs. A K Witwer on charges tied to fourteen suspected deaths across several households. Autopsy reports mention arsenic and copperas. victims include four husbands five children her sister and four family employers.
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Dayton
Ohio
A. K. Witwer
Central Station
Witwer
Anna Pugh
Middletown
Philippines
New York
Why Dr Dedrick Resigned From Peary Expedition
Halifax source reports Dr Thomas S Dedrick quit after seeking command of the Windward during Peary's absence. Captain Jos Blakney says Peary refused the request, Dedrick offered his resignation, and the move was promptly accepted, shocking the party.
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New York
Halifax
Journal and Advertiser
Robert E. Peary
Thomas S. Dedrick
Jos. Blakney
Peary
Erik
Dedrick
Secretary Hay Proceeds Toward Return For Winter Work
Washington reports the secretary of state aims to return next week from a disrupted vacation in improved health and will receive a doctor of laws at Yale during the bi centennial ceremonies. Secretary Gage had been cited about retirement but Hay says no such move. Samuel Chaska recovers from a severe pneumonia attack.
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Washington
New Haven
Yale
Gage
Hay
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Kentucky
Virginia
Chadwells
Congressman Robinson III
Capt. Connell
Southwestern
E. H. Green
DR. Dedrick
Hay Better
Samuel Chaska
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