Local notices and obituaries crowd a busy week
The column reports injuries and accidents from rail and road, marriages, deaths from cholera infantum and diphtheria, parish affairs, and community events. It notes Otis Oberchain’s Pittsburg railroad injuries, a baby’s death, a charity birthday gift, a ten‑year old son entering a school for feeble minded youths, and a Knights of Pythias growth milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geary
Coesse
Wm. Broken
Jefferson Township
Indiana School
Mena Grace
Arthur S. Bowman
Webster Street
Emil
Emil Schanke
Madison Street
Exzerna
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Burglary at Rich hotel and court actions follow
Burglars broke into the Rich hotel saloon last Wednesday morning stealing $17.25 and a gold watch. Night clerk O'Brien and porter Bailey heard the break and a rear window was smashed with a wine bottle. Charles Weeks was captured, indicted, and bail set at $500. The same night more thefts occurred at John Lannigan's residence. Numerous local court actions followed including divorces, guardianship, and administrator appointments. Grand jury indictments list several burglary larceny cases and liquor sales to minors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Brien
John Bailey
Daseler
Charles Weeks
Weeks
Daniel P. Haley
John Lannigan
East Washington Street
Local court actions and notices in Fort Wayne area
A roundup of court filings and legal actions includes Francoise Didier seeking damages and possession against Frank Bertot, with W H Shambaugh attorney. Judge Dawson presiding in circuit court. marriages licensed for Jacob Cohn Rosa Kohlemann, Louie Lombard and Anna Dunbar. county commissioners weighing liquor licenses. Divorces granted include Mary Swift from Frank Swift with alimony, Elizabeth Bowen from Thomas Bowen with alimony. Justice Hays collected damages from an electric railway for injuries to Francis Cordrey's horse. William Van Horn fined for beating Frederick Foster. Five Fort Wayne men helped organize Eaton Land and Improvement Co in Muncie, Indiana. The firm plans purchases in Eston, Indiana gas field for glass factories, with officers Randall, Mossman, Romey, Ketts. A saloon in Somerset, Wabash County sold a tainted lemon beverage leading to drunken disorder and potential prosecutions. Foreign holders of Pennsylvania stock urge no leadership change. London paper cites Frank Thompson opposing change. Perry township birthday celebration draws many local officials and residents. Also notes inquiries about rules Sullivan used before fighting Corbett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Baumgartel
Jacob Frank
Mary Craig
Geo. W. Winbaughj
Emma Knoll
Joseph Sites
Nancy McDonald
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Grand Rapids
Fredericke Bonzheim
Grand
James Weaver
John Weaver
Larry Hibler
Louis Crance
William Koenemann
George Briggs
Patrick O'Brien
Charles Weeks
Bradley Staley
Thomas Maher
Lobdell
Fort Wayne
Connolly
Electric Light Works
St. Joseph Hospital
Phil Kilsperman
Wooster
Ohio
Grand Jury Ab
Swan Township
Noble County
Ind
James Madden
Calhoun Street
Mr. Madden
Frank V. Davis
Jessie E. Thomas
Harry Hibler
Lewis Crance
Wm. Koehneman
George Bucks
Chas. Weeks
Thomas Mahen
John Waters
Johnson County
Joseph Hughes
Edinburg
Hughes
Francoise Didier
Frank Bercot
W. H. Shambaugh
Dawson
Jacob Cohn
Rosa Kohlemann
Louie F. Lombard
Anna A. Dunbar
Judge O'Rourke
Mary M. Swift
Frank Swift
Elizabeth Bowen
Thomas Bowen
Justice Hays
Francis Cordrey
West Main Street
William van Horn
Justice Ryan
Frederick Foster
P. A. Randall
R. L. Romey
Willis Bush
W. E. Mossman
James Wilding
A. B. Trentman
Louis Bobilys
Muncie
Eaton Land and Improvement Company
Eston
Indiana Gas Field
C. K. Ketts
Treasury
Mr. Ketts
Half-Bred Harland Lowe in Shootout on Moving Train
Harland Lowe, from Rushville, a former inmate at the feeble minded institution, shot at telegraph poles on a moving train near Utica Nebraska. A fellow cowboy, A W Harris, was killed by Lowe, who then jumped off the train at Topeka. Lowe, epileptic and dangerous, was arrested. authorities seek mental condition details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harland Lowe
Rushville
Far West
Utica
Nebraska
Topeka
A. W. Harris
Harris
Lowe
Blake
Kansas City
Kan
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. W. B. Spencer
Jab Buchfink
Rhinesmith & Son's
Southern Pacific Railway
Yw. Rothert
Amelia Hellm
McCormick
Annie Jourinward
White
Minnie E Nun
Joseph F. Miller
Cath Neufer
O'Connell
Foreman
MacCamley
Ireland
Thrash
Schreiber
Evansteen
Sllen
Hamilton
W. S. Souder
Bloomington
State Law School
Harriet E. Leonard
Jefferson School
Charles E. Reese
Journal Company
Mackinaw
John Botstein
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Shaw
Otis Oberchain
Pittsburgh
Monroeville
Crestline
A. L. Brown
Maumee
New Haven
Mr. Brown
G. G. Bruci
A. N. Martin
Bluffton
Carnahan
Father Hartman
St. Rose Church
Jennie Parnin
Abolte
Charles Stahl
Charles Street
W. F. McNagny
Decatur
William Neizer
Pittsburg
John
F. Boester
Griffith Street
St. Louis
Concordia University
Huntington
Mis
Joseph Meehan
New Haven Road
Henry
Henry Schwarze
St.Mary’s Avenue
S. A. Northrop
Jacob Funk
St. Joe Township
Holman Street
Funk
Peter Kelly
Catholic Knights of America
Portland
William Moran
Roanoke
Henry Berming
St. Joe
Michael
Parker Cemetery
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Kansas
Ancient Order of United Workmen
D. B. Kebler
Oberchain
Parsons
Florentine Roy
Paraire Township
Michael Sullivan
Boycetown
Sullivan
Twenty-third Indiana Battery
Sion S. Bass Hall
John Gordon
Lake County
Gordon, Jr
Gordon
Express
van Wert Bulletin
Bulletin
Chicago
Allen County
Christian Dallmeyer
Louis Geller
Meinhard Reiling
Alta D. Reiling
O'Rourke
Julius W. Stuermer
Wm. F. Stuermer
Joseph Miller
Augustus Craig
Wm.f. Stuermer
Bass Foundry and Machine Works
Gazette
The
Justice Wilkinson
Sey-Tines
Constable Wise
Helen W. Friend
John W. Friend
Elizabeth A. Jackson
Wm. A. Jackson
J. B. Harper
Frank O. Suitzer
Minnie B. Small
John Friend
Usid
Circleville
Friend
Wm. T. Stuermer
John Lawrence
Wm. Rose
Lawrence
Justice France
Gottlieb Haller
Mattie Clark
Mary Gillett
Wm. M. Couts
Chas. Stockbridge
Cordelia Palmer
Richard Livingstone
John Preston
Minnie Leinlersen
Viberg
Pierson
Frederick I. Stoehrel
Madalene
Ellis Smith
Felton & Son
Valparaiso
Gillett
Smith
Zimmerman Manufacturing Company
Wageman
George B. M. Bower
Oliver Babcock
C. W. Kuhne
Hendrick Knodler
Frederick Knodler
Philip Zuber
Joseph W. Bell
State Prison
North
Henderson
Deaf and Dumb
Central Hospital For
Zumbroditch
Frances Uordery
Fort Wayne Electric Railway Company
Jusice Hays
John Lorin, Jr
William Rose
Harry Gilbert
William M. Couts
Couts
Gilbert
Pam
Pete
Max
Calhoun
Indiana
William ‘Lee
Somerset
Wabash County
See
Pennsylvania
President Roberts
George B. Roberts
Pennsylvania Lines
Europe
London
Pennsylvania Stock
Frank Thompson
Mr. Roberts
Roy
Perry Township
Sheriff Viberg
Judge O’ Rourke
John Mohr
Louis Fox
Edward Parker
John Manning
Andrew Glutting
Co. W. Edsall
Ed. Clausmier
L. P
H. P
Charles Scherer
Frank Jolly
John Langard
John Reuss
Fred Wesson
John Knight
August Lardier
J. B. Lassus
Sentinel
Pugilist
Lis
Corbett
Marques of Queenabury
Killaa Man
Hansas
Great Salt Lake
Utah
J. H. Bennett
Salt Lake City
Knight Templars
Colorado
Rio Grande Western
Saorvon & Alpdermay
Columbia St
Prairie Grove U. B
James Sawyer
Cape
Astrakan
Grey Fox
Rampaign Umbrellas
Stewart & Hahn
Boston
Calhoun St
Fort Wayne, Ind
Gottlieb Lamile
Henry EB. Fischer
Boy's Windsor
Have
Alse
If People
Louis ““Hermdorf
Hermsdorf
Aesit
Cor, Calhoun and Wayne Sts
Younge
Medical and Suniel Institute
J. W. Younge
Wayne Ste
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