Miss Stone Captors Face Border Drift as Ransom Plans Rise
Constantinople reports abductors of Miss Stone shifting near Gul Tepe on the Turko Bulgarian frontier. Troop movements paused to avoid endangering Miss Stone while negotiations for ransom proceed, with U S officials aided by Russian backing to secure release in coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Miss Stone
Gultepe
United States Legation
I. A. Zinovieff
Spencer Eddy
Bulgarian Protest Over Stone Abduction Ties
Sofia officials issue a strong denial to claims of Bulgarian government complicity in the Stone kidnapping. The note asserts the brigands formed in Turkey and Miss Ellen M. Stone was captured near Mehomia with sightings in hills between Elschnitza and Jakorunda, implying she remained within Turkish territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Bulgaria
Ellen M. Stone
Turkey
Miss Stone
Mehomia
Elschnitza
Jakorunda
Ransom Funds Handling Hinders Public View
Kidder, Peabody & Co. said they cannot disclose the ransom funds due to an understanding with the United States government. Rev. Judson Smith urged that all money demanded by the brigands be on hand in Turkey at the earliest practicable moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Miss Stone
United States
Judson Smith
Turkey
Parity case and lunacy hearings featured in court
Mack Warfield bound over for paternity to Miss Agnes Davis as the Frances Court convenes. He offers marriage, she refuses. Separately Justice Tancey leads a lunacy inquiry into Henry Bauer of Lafayette street after his claim to be the Lord. A commission under Justice France examines Mrs. Louisa Baade of Hugh street as violently insane. Eva Maude Raudenbush accuses John Lenz, Tenth ward saloon keeper, in an affidavit filed in Tancey's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Warfield
Agnes Davis
Warfield
Henry Bauer
Lafayette Street
Justice Tancey
Dr. McEvoy
Justice France
Eva Maude Raudenbush
Tancey
John Lenz
Tenth Ward
Saloon Convictions and Lunacy Inquiry In Local Courts
Local courts dealt with liquor law violations as Nicholson law cases and minor offenses. Saloonkeepers Suelzer Boehm and Falker faced charges for selling liquor without a license or to minors while Lenz pleaded guilty to Sabbath desecration. A lunacy commission found Patrick Kelley nosound mind and recommended hospital admission.
Marriage Licenses Issued to Four Local Couples
William B. Henderson weds Mary E. Crow. Albert Nott weds Mary E. Riley. John H. Wort weds Lily M. Fox. Robert F. Ginn weds Martha G. Mag ner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Henderson
Mary E. Crow
Albert Nott
Mary E. Riley
John H. Wort
Lily M. Fox
Robert F. Ginn
Martha G. Magner
Big Fire Destroys Beaumont Block in Texas
Early today a blaze in the McFadden block Beaumont Texas destroyed about 200000 dollars in property in the business district. The first floor housed T S Redd wholesale groceries and the second floor a rooming house. Rumors circulated of lives lost but Mrs Field the proprietress believed everyone escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Beaumont
Texas
McFadden
T. S. Redd
Field
Wabash Plans Large Coal Dock West of Fairfield Avenue
Officials led by Superintendent Gould and General Roadmaster Adams announced a 24 pocket elevated coal dock west of Fairfield avenue on the north side of the main tracks. With twelve chutes per side the dock will load many tenders at once and employ several men year round as the Butler line finishes and trains pass this way. Construction begins with chute shipments arriving this week and carpenters next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Wabash
Butler
Deaths: Mrs. Cora B Gebert of Milan Township
Mrs. Cora B Gebert wife of Joseph Gebert died Monday at home on the Maysville road aged 25 due to fever She was daughter of Mr and Mrs William Hazlet Milan township She leaves a husband a nine day old son her parents five brothers and a sister Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 130 from the residence and 2 at Taylor chapel with Rev Rehl officiating
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora B. Gebert
Joseph Gebert
Maysville Road
Gebert
M. E. Church
Taylor Chapel
Rehl
Obituary Notice of Mr. Campbell Former Ontario Native
Death resulted from extreme age. Mr Campbell born 1817 in Scotland. He moved to Canada at fourteen, settled near Port Huron, Michigan, later moved to Fort Wayne to live with daughter Mrs Thomas after his wife died. Survived by three sons and one daughter. Remains taken to Strathroy, Ontario for interment. Funeral overseen by grandson A E Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Campbell
Scotland
Canada
Ontario
Port Huron
Mich
Fort Wayne
Thomas
Strathroy
Ont
A. E. Thomas
Miss Louise Engelbrecht Dies at 22 From Typhoid Fever
Miss Louise Engelbrecht of Adams township died last Wednesday from typhoid fever. She was 22 and the daughter of William Engelbrecht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Engelbrecht
William Engelbrecht
Adams Township
Infant Irene Gilbert Dies at Allen County Orphans Home
Irene Gilbert, an inmate of the Allen County orphans home, died Sunday night at the institution from a heart clot at seven months old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Gilbert
Allen County
Ellen Guthrie Blowers Death Notice at Indiana School
Ellen Guthrie Blowers aged 17 years 8 months 10 days died October 11 at the Indiana School for Feeble Minded Youth from pulmonary congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Guthrie Blowers
Indiana School For
Infant Warfield dies at five days
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Warfield of 70 Dawson Street, a colored child, died Saturday night at home aged five days. Funeral services were held Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Warfield
Dawson Street
Edward P Heit Dies After Short Illness at 25
Edward P Heit, 25, proprietor of a Fairfield avenue saloon, died Monday at 7:35 pm at his parents home, 129 West DeWald street, after a three day illness from stomach trouble. He was unmarried and a member of St. Peter's Catholic church Young Men's sodality. Survived by Amos and Mrs. Heit, two brothers Charles and George, and two sisters Mrs. Ann Stoll and Miss Antonette Heit. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. Hite
Amos Heit
West DeWald Street
Heit
Fairfield Avenue
Young Men’s Sodality
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Ann Stoll
Antonette Heit
Charles Heit
Bursley & Co
George Heit
Infant Rudolphson Dies of Bronchitis at Four Months
Verner Rudolphson infant son of Mr and Mrs John Rudolphson of Indiana avenue died Monday evening from bronchitis at four months. Funeral services will be held at the residence Wednesday afternoon at 1 30 and interment will be at Concordia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verner Rudolphson
John Rudolphson
Indiana Avenue
Concordia
Infant Son of Kaylor Family Dies at Five Months
Albert Kaylor infant son of Mr and Mrs Clestin Kaylor of 18 Euclid avenue died Saturday evening at 2 o clock from lung fever aged five months the family announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Kaylor
Clestin Kaylor
Euclid Avenue
Peter L. Simmons Dies at 54 From Tuberculosis in Fort Wayne
Peter L. Simmons 54 died at 10 p m Tuesday at 548 Lafayette street from tuberculosis. He worked for the Pennsylvania Company and lived in Fort Wayne since childhood. A 31 year member of Fort Wayne lodge No 14 I C O F, he is survived by his widow and five children Mary Grace Walter Ray and William F Simmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter L. Simmons
Lafayette Street
Mr. Simmons
Pennsylvania Company
Fort Wayne
Mary
Grace
Walter
Ray
William F. Simmons
Blacksmith Suffers Eye Burn From Hot Scale Accident
William Brossard, a Pittsburg blacksmith, was burned when a hot scale flew into his eye yesterday afternoon. Doctors expect no permanent damage, but he will be off work for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Brossard
Pittsburg
Brossard
Boyce Baby Dies From Whooping Cough
Homer Boyce age 1 year 3 months, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Boyce of 39 Boone Street, died last Wednesday morning from whooping cough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Boyce
Arthur Boyce
Boone Street
Lima pair and Ariz guest visit city host Boehm
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hammel of Lima Ohio and Frank Bowers of Winslow Arizona have been visiting in the city as guests of Mr. Boehm of 10 Wabash avenues. Hammel and Mrs. Boehm are siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Hammel
Lima
Ohio
Frank Bowers
Winslow, Ar
Boehm
Wabash Avenues
Hammel
Mrs. Boehm
Mrs Amber Lehman Dies After Prolonged Illness
Mrs Amber Lehman 29 wife of Oliver Lehman died at 7 30 PM Tuesday at 335 Hoagland avenue after a long diabetes illness. She leaves husband four children and mother Mrs Louis Krames plus sisters Mrs Thomas McGee Mrs Thomas Lloyd and Miss Ida Kramer and brother Charles Kramer of Allegheny. She was a devout member of the South Congregational church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber Lehman
Oliver Lehman
Hoagland Avenue
Lehman
Louis Krames
Thomas McGee
Thomas Lloyd
Ida Kramer
Charles Kramer
Allegheny
South Congregational Church
Infant Tilberry Dies of Whooping Cough at Seven Months
Ralph Edward Tilberry infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tilberry of 93 Hugh street died last Wednesday from whooping cough at seven months old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Edward Tilberry
Charles Tilberry
Hugh Street
Grand opening sale offers fleece underwear and more
The store advertises low prices on wool fleece undergarments from 25c per garment and 40c for fleece items, ribbed shirts and drawers, wool and cotton stockings, and men and women’s clothing. It highlights clocks, pins, trunks, wagons, and 1,200 new overcoats at Patterson's with a large toy arrival and vast stock.
Rensman Dies After Typhoid Illness in Fort Wayne
John H. Rensman twenty years old died Thursday at 120 Fairfield avenue after four weeks with typhoid fever. His sister is ill with the same disease. He was the son of Bernard Rensman, a local grocer, and worked with his brother Benjamin in the pattern-making business on Superior street and Spy Run avenue. Survived by parents two brothers and three sisters, he belonged to the Young Men's Sodality of St. Paul’s Catholic church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Rensman
Fairfield Avenue
Mr. Rensman
Bernard Rensman
Fairfeld Avenue
Benjamin Rensman
Superior Street
Spy Run Avenue
Wall Street
Ramsey Avenue
John G. Buffing
High Street
Hanna Street
A. H. Buckhorst
Australia
Dr. Hicks
New York City
London
Jacob Warner
Lady Allright
H. J. Oswald
A. S. Coverdale
Seventy-fourth Indiana Regiment
Rome City
Hench
W. M. Engelbeck
D. M. Filter
Decatur
Fred Myers
Charles Lentz
Western Gas Construction Company
H. P. Dannecker
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Jacob Stumpf
Journal-Gazette
Mr. Hill
Indianapolis Journal
White County
Independent Telephone Company
Logansport
Fort Wayne
J. W. Widdicombe
St. Louis
Court
Rachel Bernheisel
New Bloomfield
Bublitz
Woodburn
Grace O’rourke
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Miss O’rourke
Bertha
Sarah Daniel
Columbia City
Stella McClelland
Ralph W. Dick
McClelland
Samuel Wagenhals
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Martha Christina Baade
August Horstmeyer
Christian Baade
Carman
State Sunday School Association
Congregational Church
Roanoke
Southwestern
Ths
Huntington
E. Max Gellert
South
Harrison Street
Gellert
East Car Shops
Campbell Rites Held For Archibald Campbell
Archibald Campbell aged eighty four died at 2 oclock Friday morning at the home of his daughter Mrs. E P Thomas at 100 Columbia. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald Campbell
E. P. Thomas
Columbia
Local Brevities From Fort Wayne and Nearby Towns
Local notes report births to Pal mer of Pontiac street Vegelehner of Elizabeth street and Mc Daniels West Creighton avenue. Typhoid and scarlet fever cases appear at Walton avenue Wall street Ramsey avenue. Traffic injuries include Mrs Buffing struck by Hanna street car. Various travels, weddings, and civic notes from Fort Wayne and surrounding towns are recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Palmer
Pontiac Street
Wilson Vegelehner
Elizabeth Street
T. L. Born
W. A. McDaniels
West Creighton Avenue
Staples
Walton Avenue
Wall Street
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Christian Suelzer
West Main Street
Huser
Harry France
Drs. McCausland
McOscar
Duemling
Louise Baade
William Enough
William Meyer
I. Mautner
Fort Wayne Base Ball Association
Christian Boehm
Lee
Justice Bullermann
Joseph Falker
Shirley City
Justice Huser
Falker
France
Patrick Kelley
Richmond
Engelbrecht
Gilbert
Rudolphson
Kaylor
Tilberry
James
M. Kane
James M. Kane
Calhoun ST
Patterson’s
Rensman
Campbell
Henry Ormsby
Louttit
Ormsby
Arcola
Charles Diehm
Calhoun Street
Huntington Democrat
Edward Johnson
Gus Jwinson
Whitelock Street
Johnson
Collins Ice Cream Company
Chicago
South Bend
Thomas E. Ellison
Oliver Opera House
Ellison
George M. Fountain
Fountain
Fountain Mansion
Bluffton
Wells County
Stout
Lakerie Road
Huguenard
Milan Township
M. N. Plumadore
East Washington Street
Jefferson Township
Whitley County
Ind
Sam E. Snyder
WM. Hahn & CO
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