Senate and House Reach Agreement on Early Adjournment
A conference of the senate and house concluded there is no reason the session should not end by September 25. Efforts will be made to accomplish this shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
McPherson
Messrs
Paddock
Plumb
Ingalls
Manderson
Washington
Vance
Quay
House Today
Clayton-Breckinridge
Mr. Breckinridge
Rowell
Mr. Kennedy
Congressional
Pennsylvania
Kennedy
Dalzel
Louisana
Boamer
Henry A. Barnum
Clayton- Breckinridge
Master Hendrix Lost Both Legs In Rail Accident
An eight year old boy, Master Kenneth Hendrix, son of Conductor Geo A Hendrix, was injured at the east yards when he attempted to board a moving freight train. The left leg was crushed above the knee and the right above the ankle, leading to amputation and serious injuries. Doctors fear for his recovery as his parents stay at his bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth
Geo. A. Hendrix
Buchanan Street
St. Joe Hospital
George C. Stamen
Plattsburg
Puatrszunre
N. Y
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Howards
Port Henry
Westport
Enginneer Murray
Btarr
Lockport
Central Railroad
Fiddler
New York
Bradley
Houston
Syracuse
Erie Canal
Troy
State Street
Albany
Congress Street
E. J. Bliss
Boston
Hencon
Round House
Ranle
Charles Grambo
Rose Grambo
Young
Rose
Senate Tariff Debates Weigh on Nation's Funds and Pensions
The Senate debated the tariff bill with changes from the finance committee, including duties on sugar and spirits, and considered reciprocal trade provisions. Separately the investigation into Pensions Commissioner Roum continued with subpoenas and adjournments as witnesses were sought.
Crowded Page Celebrates Several Local Weddings
Cupid presided at a cheerful city wedding spree last Wednesday night as several couples tied the knot. Miss Sophia Sehmetzer married Charles Ordt of Brockport at home with Rev. C. Gross officiating, attended by Miss Lizzie Brandt and Will Ropa. many out of town guests were present. Other ceremonies followed: Emelia Schmidt wed John B. Franke at 274 West Washington, with plans for a lakes tour. Mary Evelyn Taylor to Harry J. Doswell at Lindenwood cemetery. Abbie O. Whitehead to Milo H. Sechler at the Whitehead home. and additional nuptials of Doswell and Sechler noted with receptions and future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ord’ Ecometzer
Sophia
M. F. Sehmetzer
Charles Ordt
Brockport
N. Y
West Washington Street
George Satler
Lafayette
Brocker
Kendallville
Newheart
Erie
Speckhard
Ionia
Mich
Anna Ritzman
Chaz, Broeker
Chicago
Franke-Sorbidt
Emelia Schmidt
John B. Franke
West
Washington Street
Rev. C. Gross
Emanuel’s Lutheran Church
Carrie Eckart
Anna Franke
Louis Schmidt
Harry Ornstadt
Mra H. Killelia
Milwaukee
Wis
8. Hartley
Ann Arbor
Louisa Cummerow
Toledo
Anna
Franke
F. B. Corks
John H. Doswell
Sechler-Whitehead
Arthur T. Whitehead
South
Calhoun Street
Abbie O. Whitehead
Milo H. Sechler
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Dr. Moffat
First Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Sechler
Minneapolis
Geo. F. Grand
Mr. Grand
Ex-Gov Noyes dies in court house collapse in Ohio
The report notes ex-governor E F Noyes collapsed and died in the court house in Cincinnati Ohio at 11 15 this morning cause apoplexy authorities report Meanwhile the Sixth National Council of the Catholic Knights of America convenes at South Bend Indiana with delegates from forty one branches and a high mass opening at St Josephs church In St Louis a carpenter Frank Adler perished after falling from a 150 foot steeple in a church accident Col Albert B Kline former secretary of the American legation in Venezuela dies at Manson Indiana and R T Hammonds ex county official in Portland dies of lung trouble
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinwatr, O
E. F. Noyes
South Bresp
Ind
The
Catholic Knights of America
St. Joseph’s Church
Father Corby
Notre Dame
St. Louis
Frank Adler
Relezza
Manson
Albert B. Kline
Venezuela
General Grant
Portland
R. T. Hammonds
Blaze Levels City Business District In Hoshy Hurned Up Event
Fire at a livery stable in Hoshy Hurned Up destroyed two and a half blocks of the business district in Kas. on Sept. 3. The First National Bank building owned by Congressman Morrill, the Odd Fellows building, the Kentucky hotel, and several stores and stables burned. The bank vault held about $50,000 in currency and books and papers. Total damage around $150,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hrawarna
Kas
Pire
Stabia
First National Bank
Morrill
Odd Fellows
Kentucky Hotel
Bank
English Gentleman Fails to Inherit Widow's Hillions
A news note from January reports an English gentleman unable to inherit the Widow's Hillions and breaking a marriage engagement.
Peache Consolidated Mining Firm Formed in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City reports the Peache Consolidated Mining and Reduction Company with 20 million capital in 2,000,000 shares. W. S. Godbe sits as president, H. W. Lawrence as vice president, S. W. White as treasurer, A. H. Borman as secretary, with O. P. Mille and W. J. L. Miller as directors. It consolidates Pioche and Yuba mining companies, controls 25 valuable Lincoln County, Nevada claims, and has $1,000,000 worth of smelting and milling machinery. One hundred thousand shares sold for $250,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Peache Consolidated Mining and Reduction Company
Godbe
H. W. Lawrence
W. White
Brooklyn
Tressurer
A. H. Borman
New York
O. P. Mille
W. J. L. Miller
Pioche and
Yuba
Lincoln County
Nev
New Company
Congress optimism on tariff by adjournment
New York September 4 Congressman McKinley spoke to a reporter on his Washington to Maine trip saying adjournment could come around October 1 and a tariff bill would pass before adjournment. He cited belief that the Aldrich reciprocity amendment would be included and noted he had not studied Blaine’s reciprocity plan enough to comment. Washington September 4 leaders
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorman
Aldrich
Yeas
Edmunds
Evarts
United States
New York
McKinley
Washington
Maine
Congress
Wasumnaton
Glass Makers Seek Prohibitory Tariff To Raise Prices
In Curiaco on September 3 the glass men adopted a resolution to push higher prices and limit output while pressing for a prohibitory tariff to bar Belgium and other European glass. A conference committee was later appointed in CuicAno to craft a new plan, with most attendees signing after conditions. signatures sought from absent manufacturers and a June 16 adjourned meeting set at the Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Belgium
CuicAno
Kickers
Kentucky Convention Meets to Revise State Constitution
A Kentucky constitutional convention gathered in Frankfort with 100 delegates including the governor, ex governors, a former chief justice, and several jurists. The body aims to remove pro slavery features from the 1849 constitution and align it with modern ideas. Proctor Knott, from Marion county, is the leading candidate for president of the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankkfort
Kentucky
House of Representatives
Proctor Knott
Marion County
Wannamaker's Sale of Philadelphia Carpet Business
The Postmaster General disposes of John Wannamaker's wholesale carpet business at 110 Market Street Philadelphia. Boyd Harley & Co. will assume control December 1 after formal transfer. Wannamaker retires from wholesale trade and continues retail at his Thirteenth establishment. Purchase price kept secret. trade is about 1,500,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamapreveri
John Wannamaker
No. 110
Market Street
Boyd, Harley & Co
Wannamaker
Burly thief boards postal car and seizes letters
Ixpranapolis Sept 5 Mail Clerk Massey says a burly negro boarded his Big Four postal car near Anderson, forced possession of registered letters, then jumped off the car dropping some letters. Most or all are believed recovered. The culprit fled. Nearby Martinsville reports gas strike one mile north of Brooklyn with audible hissing, alarming locals who fear ignition. In Waco Sept 3 health officer Dr Rutherford cites mild smallpox form and states no greater danger than New York, urging McGregor quarantine enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ixpranapolis
Massey
Anderson
Waco
Texas
Rutherford
Ross
New York
McGregor
Tragedy at Northern Pacific Yard Blast Kills Forty Five
Falls Washington Sept 8 A premature blast in the Northern Pacific yards at 5 55 pm yesterday killed forty five men and injured nearly three hundred more. A second blast triggered the first with rock and debris sweeping the workers. Will retaliation New York Sept 8 A Kingston Standard note says Jamaica would retaliate against US duties if the tariff remains high. Sem Warner Middleton Ohio was locked up in police custody this morning intoxicated and howling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stokant Falls
Wash
Northern Pacific
New York
United States
Canada
Sem Warner
Middleton, C
Deaths and railroad project loom in local notices
Three deaths are reported including infant Ralph Upmeyer and Mary Francis at age three months. Funeral arrangements noted for Ralph at St Marys and Mary Francis, and for Mrs Rhoda Armald at Home avenue with interment at Prairie Grove. A construction gang arrives from Toledo to begin a new Wabash line extension eastward, with speculation it ties to the Findlay Fort Wayne and Western railroad, plans shown to run along the south side of the main Wabash line and remove several obstructions including a long shed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph
Lucy Upmeyer
Oliver Street
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Parker’s Cemetery
St. Joe Township
Diedrich Kaysar
Broadway
Christian Kayser
Pittsburg
Lizzie Kayser
Nebraska
Toledo
Hagen
Fort Wayne
New Haven
New Findlay
Olds
American Wheel Works
Hog thieves flee after failed sale at packing house
Farmers warned local packing houses to watch for hog thieves. Two men drove a wagon of hogs to Leikauffs and tried to sell them. Suspected, they fled on foot to the river, crossing and escaping before police arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leikauffs
Liekauff’s
Hoads and Ditches. County Establishes Roads and Ditches
The county commissioners appointed viewers for roads in several townships and set up ditch cases. Bowers road in Wayne township lists J Jefferson Dickinson Herman Michaels and Louis Hazzard. Moellering road in Wayne township includes Thomas Greer Fred Schmidt and Wm Smith. Archer road in Washington township names Christian Kohlmeyer B L Porter and Conrad Rodenbeck. Shirley road in Mame e and Klopfenstine road in Cedar Creek established. Holgerton road in Jackson township to be established upon petitioners paying damages. Friday hearing ditch business attracted a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowers
Wayne Township
Jefferson Dickinson
Herman Michaels
Louis Hazzard
Moellering
Thomas Greer
Fred Schmidt
Wm. Smith
Archer Road
Washington Township
Christian Kohlmeyer
B. L. Porter
Conrad Rodenbeck
Shirley
Maumee
Klopfenstine
Cedar Creek
Holgerton
Jackson Township
Former Fort Wayne conductor Tibbetts killed in Arkansas
Perry N. DeHaven reports George Tibbetts, longtime Wabash conductor and Fort Wayne resident, was run over and killed by trains in Fort Smith Arkansas on Tuesday. His funeral was held there Thursday. He married DeHaven’s sister and the family expects her to return here. The Monroeville Breeze also notes several Fort Wayne visitors and the St Louis Globe-Democrat carries an obituary for a former Fort Wayne citizen, Kleinschmidt, dated Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onesson Springs
Washington
Charles Scoville
Indiana
Evansville
Ind
Pacific Coast
California
Harrison
Mra. Dimmick
Loratto
Halford
Mountain House
George W. Boyd
Iit
Johnstown
Rhode Park
Russell Harrison
Cresson
Perry N. DeHaven
George Tibbetts
Fort Smith
Ark
Wabash Road
Monroeville
J. Stranghy
Fort Wayne
J. B. Foner
Bell and Morris
Daniel Hayes
John Hayes
Max Rubin
Herman Nathan
Harper
Dickerson
Esquire Drake
Esquire Bauserman
Madison Township
Theodore F. Kleinschmidt
St. Louis
County Commissioners Weigh Petitions and Viewers
The County Commissioners considered road matters on Thursday receiving petitions for new roads in Wayne township, Riverside addition, section 27 Washington township, and Sheldon vacation. Reports were heard on roads at Shirley Maumee township Edgerton Jackson Klopfenstine Cedar Creek Kniseley Monroe Jackson Robinson Washington Lake Hayden Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Township
Wm. F. Moellering
Riverside
David D. Bowers
Washington Township
C. E. Archer
F. E. Smith
Sheldon
Shirley
Maumee Township
Edgerton
Jackson
Klopfenstine
Cedar Creek
Kniseley
Monroe
Robinson
Washington and
Lake
Hayden
Wayne
Hunt Road House burglars sentenced to prison
James Bennett led the gang that burglarized the Hunt road house several months ago. Judge Edward O Rourke of the circuit court sentenced him to two years, Simon Baker to one year, and George King to eighteen months. Sheriff Viberg and deputies captured the men, described as professional crooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt Road House
Edward O'Rourke
Circuit Court
James Bennett
Simon Baker
George King
Bennett
Viberg
Daily Press changes in ownership rumored
Rumor circulates Monday that John Rodabaugh, business manager, has disposed of his interest and is no longer identified with the Daily Press. A Sentinel reporter confirms Rodabaugh withdrew from the business, while the paper remains under the control of the association led by president Ford J. Wendall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rodabaugh
The
Daily Press
Prospects Rise for Ottawa to Fort Wayne Rail Line
The Findlay Fort Wayne and Western road may be built from Ottawa Ohio to Fort Wayne Indiana a distance of fifty seven miles. Construction will start this week on the section linking with the Toledo St Louis and Kansas City line. Most grading was done by the American Midland company. Bridge contracts will be let next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay, Fort Wayne and Western
Ottawa
Fort Wayne
Toledo, St. Louis
Kansas City
American Midland Company
Alumni Honors at Chicago Niagara meeting
At a Niagara alumni gathering in Chicago on Thursday Rev Father Delaney of the Cathedral clergy was elected vice president. Father Byrne gave an eloquent address to the scholars. press commentary in Chicago praised the speech and attendees offered congratulations. They returned to the city Friday. Also, Trades and Labor Council resolutions condemn Louis Brames for selling intoxicants on Labor Day on grounds and strip him of friendship and respect. A masked highwayman robbed a Georgetown stage near Avtory, Calif., seizing the Wells Fargo box. a passenger named Thomas Stevens pursued the assailant with a gun, result unknown.
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Niagara
Chicago
Father Delaney
Father Byrne
Fathers Delaney
Byrne
Trades and Labor Council
Louis Brames
Committee of Privileges
Rades and Labor Council
Evward Miler
Louis Grirrira
Hexcu
Franz
Texan
Avtory
Cal
Georgetown
Greenwood
Auburn
Thomas Stevens
Steam Roller Panic Injures Farmer's Daughter at Market
On Barr street Thursday morning engineer Carmody drove a steam roller through a market area where thirty horses stood. A wagon belonging to Samuel Porter was backed near a stall with Miss Porter, the farmer's daughter, between wagon and stall. The frightened horses caused the wagon to lurch pinning her, causing severe abdominal injuries. She was taken to the city hospital and then home with Dr. Carl Proegler. her condition was not yet known to be fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmody
Barr Street
Samuel Porter
Abelle Township
Miss Porter
Porter
Carl Proegler
Joseph Cutshall Falls From Ladder At Troy Steam Laundry
Joseph Cutshall night watchman at the Troy Steam laundry on Pearl street fell from a step ladder while oiling shafting. He struck the floor and suffered painful side injuries with two fractured ribs. He resides at 103 Wilt street. Hood’s sarsaparilla promotes itself as popular and is advertised, alongside a Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy pitch, with pills sold by druggists for 25 and 50 cent bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Cutshall
Troy Steam Laundry
Pearl Street
Wilt Street
Chamberain
Druggiate
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Boitzel
Beitzell
Henry Beitzell
Fort Wayne Road
Arcola
Leitzell
Darrow House
Tariy
Call
Committee On Foreign Relations
General Barrunda
Acapulco
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Roum
Cooper
Goodnight
Democrate
Lewis
Wilson
Lemon
Flick
Gibson
Bvance
Finance Committee
Iowa
Carlisle
Eustis
Pasco
Allison
Cullom
Davis
Mitchell
Moddy
Pierce
Sherman
Spooner
Teller
Talcott
Mr. Plumb
New York State
Central Hudson
Green Bush
Atkinson
Trenton
N. J
Salzbaugh
United Press
Hudson
West Albany
Dennison
Tex
Missouri
Kansas
Chetotah
Indian Territory
Doud
Ebbson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Vicxssune
Miss
Louisville
New Orleans
Here
Gurley
Cook
Wueruma
W. Va
Board Tree Tunnel
Baltimore and Ohio
Charles Lickberry
Dominick Kelly
Amany
Reed
Bissell
Pinkerton
Devin
John Cordial
John Kearnan
Knights of Labor
Justice Griffith
New York Central Railroad
Cupid
Dean
Hessenger
Noyes
Ghir
Cabholic Knights
Bena
Col. A. RH. Hifae
Hausas
Br. Louis
Wilbur F. Benn
Grace January
Frewen
England
Association of His
Anapoolis
Iolunteers
Ivors
Benjamin Harrison
Arrison
Gi Mental Association
McKinley Y
Frankfort
Wannamaker's Sale
Philadelphia
Martinsville
Martinsvillle
Spokane
the Reaper
Findlay, Kurt Wayne and Western Railroad
Tibbet 18
Arkansas
Delaney
Hood
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