Tanner resigns as pensions chief amid White House talks
Washington dispatches report Secretary Noble sought Tanner's removal and the president approved. Tanner resigns, Deputy Smith acts, and Major William Warner of Missouri is named his likely successor. reports detail cabinet meetings, investigations into pension office re ratings, and ongoing political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washmerton
Noble
Tanner
Pensions
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner of Pensions
Smith
Deer Park
Richfield Springs
United Press
Baltimore
Commissioner Tanner
Pension Bureau
Georgetown
Hiscock
Tunner
Daniel Ransdell
District of Columbia
Tracy
Wanamaker
Major Poole
Syracuse
Washington
Miller
Pension Office
Executive Mansion
William Warner
Kansas City
Warner
House of Representatives
Grand Army of the Republic
Miss Holtz files breach of promise suit in Hozorix
Miss Anna Holtz of Hozorix sues Charles Sunkle for 10000 damages alleging breach of promise of marriage. Her brother Henry Holtz, a druggist, killed himself in Hoboken. Sunkle, once engaged, married the widow of Holtz after his death and now runs the drug store with her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hozorix
N. Y
Anna Holtz
Charles Sunkle
Miss Holtz
Henry Holtz
Hobokin
Sunkle
Holtz
Murder Shocks San Francisco Dock Captain Logan
Detectives hunt a gunman and accomplice after a saloon killing of Captain Daniel Logan, longtime Pacific Coast Steamship dock captain. Logan aided the saloon keeper in a back room when two assailants fired a fatal shot to the heart and fled, leaving the crowded night scene stunned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Daniel Logan
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Logan
Four Cronin Case Arrests Expected This Week
Sept 13 report states surgical instruments linked to Dr Cronin’s murder night have been recovered and are with police. A reliable source says four more arrests will be made within four days in connection with the Cronin case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
The Brazil Miners Begin Resuming Work Amid Miner Tensions
In Braz, Sept 13 to 14 reports indicate early resumption at black coal mines. At Jumbo Knightsville fifty workers return, Nickel Plite twelve, No 8 twelve, Crawford six. Operators face no striking obstruction. The miners executive committee allows return for those paid last year’s scale but rejects signing a two-year scale, signaling broader restart as smaller mines reopen.
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Braz
Jumbo
Knightsville
No. 8
Crawford
Ind
Say, Perkins Finds Happiness at Home
Perkins explains to Brown that his home life is now so joyful that he seldom visits the club. He credits his wife’s improved health and spirits to Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, which has rekindled their happiness and prompted a renewed "honeymoon."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins
Brown
Honors in Death at First Presbyterian Church
The funeral of S. S. Cox was held at the First Presbyterian church on Fifth Avenue. A large crowd braved heavy rain as floral tributes filled the altar. Notables including Grover Cleveland and General Sherman attended the service conducted by chaplains and including remarks by Rev. Melburn and Rev. Deems. Cox praised as generous and selfless, promoter of the life saving service. The procession moved to Greenwood Cemetery after services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yor
First Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
Jersey Caty Letter Carrier's Association
Order of Ellis
Sud
New York
United States Life Saving Service
Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland
Morton
General Sherman
Judge Daley
M. H. Northrop
John I. Agnew
George Hoadley
Douglas Taylor
J. Kimball
George Francis
W. H. Melburn
House of Representatives
St. Paul
Christ
Melbury
Samuel
Cox
DeWitt Talmage
Dr. Deems
Leadom
Fitz John Porter
Sherman
Ewing
Cleveland
Daly
John S. Keeman
McCarthy
Greenwood
Heroes of Gettysburg Dedication Amid Continuous Rain
On September 12 in Gertyspure Pennsylvania thousands gathered for the final Pennsylvania observance on the Gettysburg battlefield. Rain drenched the event as a 10,000 veteran parade dwindled to about half. Col Bonnifen halted the march, while dedicatory exercises proceeded indoors with Col George G. Meade presiding and speakers including Gen Gavin Gen Beaver Isaac Pennypacker Capt Rosengarten Brig Gen Bingham and Edward McPherson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertyspure
Pennsylvania
Bonnifen
George G. Meade
Meade
Johbn KR. Paxton
J. P. 5. Gavin
Monument Commission
James A. Beaver
London Strike Talks Continue Between Cardinal and Dock Directors
In London the Sept 12 conference between Cardinal Manning and dock directors failed to yield a firm concession. Directors refused immediate wage increases and called for later implementation, while Manning secured a pause to reconsider. Masters and lightermen later stated they had conceded employer points, clearing a final obstacle to resuming business.
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Cardinal Manning
Messrs. Burns and
Tillett
Carinal Manning
Cardinal Minning
London
Multiple Sept 11 1900s world crime and politics roundup
A broad transcity dispatch from Inpranavotis to New York notes law changes boosting saloon licenses, burglaries, family shootings, drownings, deaths of prominent figures, and political shifts. Notable items include a Marion county license revenue surge, Mrs Starr shot by her son, three Baker children drowned, Ira Paine's death, Senator Spooner’s illness, and various criminal cases across states with arrests and verdicts.
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Ind
Indiana
Marion County Superior Court
Indianapolis
Decatur
Sratrorp
Andy Savage
Davis
Madison
Wis
William T. Villas
John H. Knight
Ashland
W. A. Rust
Eau Claire
Superior Lumber Company
Pennsylvania
Caxton
T. P. Gilwicks
Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias
Missouri
Paul Pittman
Mason County
Ills
Copperas Creek
Clinois River
New York
Ept
F. W. Gesswein
John Street
Christian Deyhle
Macoms
Ill
J. W. Porter
Adair
Brocrvinny
N. J
Bennington
A. E. ‘Onston
Chicago
Chicago, Burlington and Northwestern Railroad
London
Reavine
Frances Dunsford
Academy of Music
New Yorks
Nutry
Savem
Mass
Charles
Redmond
Helena
Mont
Rosemann
Wuxeuixa
W. Va
Internal Revenue
John Mason
Maulsby’s Battery
Palatine
Montreal
Can
Prinode
Rockaway Beach
Long Island
Washington
D. C
Ida Rudd
Major Warner
Henry
Ives
Court of General Sessions
William Nelson
Henry Ives
Fire Devastates Louisville Wholesale House and St Joseph Expo
Fire at Bamberger Bloom & Co in Louisville destroys a major wholesale dry goods house, estimated loss 750000 with five firemen killed and two injured. St Joseph exposition suffers heavy fire damage totaling about 300000, a steel car valued at 40000 wrecked, but no lives lost. Other incidents include a twoacre brawl in a grove near a church and multiple killings in Mississippi counties.
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Louisvimusr
Bamberger, Bloom &Co
Louisville
Seventh Street Wall
Captain Ed
Early
John Wheeler
Pat Foley
Lawrence Steighter
John Monahan
Denny McGrath
Sr. Josson
St. Joseph Exposition
Lafayette
America
Correeville
Miss
Charleston
Geo. Allen
Jamison
LeFlora County
Grenada
Storms and wrecks sweep Atlantic coast damag e lives and crops
Dispatches from Camden to Atlantic City report boats safe and passengers unscathed though coastlines from Asbury Park to Seaside Park suffer wrecked walks and bathing houses. Dead bodies rise from surf as Wicomico county in Maryland records extensive fruit crop destruction and orchard damage.
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Parmavenpata
Camden and Atlantic Road
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Camden and Atlantic Railroad
Lone Branca
Asbury Park
Ocean Grove
Seaside Park
Bargetts Bay
New York
East River
Fort Schuyler
Continental
New London
Sainspury
Wicomico County
Bride Stands Waiting as Groom Dies by Own Hand
In Bourrato New York on September 14 Thomas Cullinan failed to appear at St Bridget's church for a planned wedding with Miss Kittie Newman. The bride, bridesmaids, priest and guests were present when the groom’s absence was noted. Fishermen later found Cullinan dead in a lake. motive unknown. Miss Newman grieves while the wedding is called off.
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Bourrato
N. Y
Thomas Cullinan
Kittie Newman
St. Bridget’s Church
Cullinan
Miss Newman
Four Die in California Sash Factory Boiler Blast
A boiler explosion at California Sash Door and Blind factory in San Francisco killed four workers instantly. Several others were injured or missing as the engine room collapsed and a fire broke out. The blast hurled boilers hundreds of feet, with many workers badly burned, mutilated, or trapped in debris.
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San Francisco
Cal
California
Portugese
Edward White
Emanuel Francis
Charles Ruemer
Frank Hodge
Ball
Charles Andersen
Contra Costa Familry
Amin
Daly
John Dolan
Indian Senator Ill at Home in Washington
Senator Voorhees is reported quite ill at his Washington home after a severe congestive chill yesterday. Senator Sherman arrived in Washington yesterday afternoon after a four month overseas stay, with a reception planned at his EK Street residence this evening at 8 o'clock.
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Washington
Senator Voorhees
Sherman
Senator Sherman
EK Street
London Dock Strike Resumes as Workers Return
In Loxpon on September 16 most strikers went back to work this morning. Dock operations are expected to be fully underway tomorrow with about a thousand idle laborers at the gates. Tensions rise as they threaten violence toward replacements kept by dock company directors. An explosion at a Rue Papincourt foundry injured several men.
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Prrissona
London
Whitechapel
W. J. W. Fitz William
Peterborough
Tower Hall
Messrs. Champion and
Tillett
Cardinal Manning
Loxpon
Rue Papincourt
Sullivan to Leave New York for Boston Sparring Exhibition
John L Sullivan plans to depart New York with his father for Boston this afternoon and will return midweek to finalize a Brook lyn sparring exhibition set for next month. He then targets Denver and other major cities before launching his own show, while Muldoon declines to explain the split.
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New York
John L. Sullivan
Boston
Brooklyn
Denver
Muldoon
Sullivan
Open Saloon Trade Flourishes in Fort Wayne Sunday
The city saw open liquor trade as saloonkeepers kept rear doors unhidden and some fronts wide open during a Sunday dedication at St. Paul Lutheran. Officer Harkenrider filed two affidavits against Wm. Hollenbeek and Fred Boltz for Sunday business, foretelling a renewed pattern of Sunday drinking and quiet street disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Harkenrider
Wm. Hollenbeek
Fred Boltz
Harding
Baker Fred Studer Arrested for Stealing Money
Fred Studer a Baker in Maumee Avenue employ of Louis P. Scherer entered the sleeping rooms of Henry Zollinger and Henry Scherer and took $78. He fled to Bluffton then Kenton where police arrested him. He was arraigned Monday before Squire France and bound over in $500. The piece notes the supreme court convened with cases on Wm A Peele Jr and state oil inspector and geologist. Mary O Leary returns to Logansport and is jailed for drunkenness after complaining of relatives and a mayoral order to leave Fort Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Studer
Louis P. Scherer
Maumee Avenue
Henry Zollinger
Henry Scherer
Scherer
Studer
Bluffton
Wilkinson
Leonard Fuchshober
Kenton
Ohio
France
Germany
Supreme Court
Wm. A. Peele, Jr
Bureau of Statistics
Bureau of Geology and Natural Science
Logansport
Mary O'Leary
Mary
Fort Wayne
Kemp’s Balsam Sale Promises Quick Cough Relief
Town news notes Kemp’s Balsam for throat and lungs claiming remarkable cures for coughs sore throat asthma bronchitis andConsumption. Druggists offer trial bottles free with large bottles at five dollars. Geo H Loesch sells Cumberland’s Cough Remedy citing 300 bottles sold last winter. Women’s National Press Association plans a monument for Mrs Hayes in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Press
Hayes
Washington
Geo
Enry
Burlington
Cumberlain
Henry
Geo. H. Loesh
Maumee Bridge Won At Columbia Street Site
County commissioners ordered a new Maumee river bridge built at Columbia street with Hartman and Bullerman in the majority and Brannan dissenting. The 300 foot long single span will have a 24 foot roadway and five foot sidewalk, costing about 25000 dollars without abutments. Judge Powers’ finding appears to settle the question though Main street supporters may seek Supreme Court review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maumee River
Columbia Street
John H. Brannan
Messrs. Hartman and
Bullerman
Ground to Pieces Thomas McGraw Dies Under Train Wheels
Old man Thomas McGraw about eighty years old met a sudden death Wednesday morning near the Wabash bridge over the St. Marys river. He was struck by a vestibule limited locomotive and mangled. remains sent to Peltier's morgue and later shipped to Toledo for interment. Neighboring relatives include daughter Mrs Denehay.
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Thomas McGraw
Wabash
St. Mary’s River
McGraw
James Denehay
Grand Rapids
Bass Street
Vestibule Limited
Peltier
Pennsylvania
Denehay
Toledo
Wreck on Nickel Plate at Millersburg in Fog
Last Wednesday morning a serious collision occurred on the Nickel Plate at Millersburg Ohio when fast freight 45 collided with a gravel train due to fog. Engineer You narrowly escaped serious injury while others suffered unknown results as cars and locomotives were damaged and crews began clearing the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millersburg
Ohio
A. J. You
Greely Street
Adoption by Smiths Arranged for Four Year Old Daughter
Joel Hale and wife Melissa Hale appeared before Squire Ryan to have William B. Smith and Nancy Smith of Ohio adopt their four year old daughter. The agreement, reached after tears and objections, includes separation and no opposition to divorce. Mrs Hale had come from Ohio recently. officers intervened when the husband tried to take the child. The case is described as the unlucky fruits of an indiscreet marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Hale
Melissa Hale
Squire Ryan
William B. Smith
Nancy Smith
Ohio
Debra Bowers bound over to circuit court for dress theft
Debra Bowers, a domestic for Mr and Mrs Huston on West Washington, was bound over to the circuit court in the sum of 200 by Squire France. Prosecutor Robinson filed information. Judge O Rourke will sentence her to the female reformatory until behavior warrants dismissal. The case notes her parents divorced and her mother later married Isaac Nesbit. Debra pled reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debra Bowers
Robinson
O'Rourke
County to Add On to Asylum as Insanity Crowds Ward
County Commissioners toured the county asylum to view the crowded wards. Supt John Wilkinson reported forty insane patients crowded into space intended for half that number. The board selected a site north of the asylum for a brick two story building 40 by 160 feet to provide relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Brannan
Bullerman
Hartman
Sensational Small Pox Fear Hurts Local Industry
A Nashville customer emailed Anthony Wayne Manufacturing to cancel a large order after a sensational small pox scare was broadcast by city papers. The firm’s secretary replied there was no truth to the report, noting the damage done to local merchants by sensational journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan
Anthony Wayne Manufacturing Company
F. M. Wilkinson
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Deaths of Mrs. Otto Siemon and Mrs. Woebbeking
In Washington DC Mrs. Otto Siemon wife of Concordia college professor died after a year long nervous illness despite Dr Hammond’s care. She leaves a husband and three young children. Also reported is the death of Mrs Sophia Woebbeking wife of Christian Woebbeking aged about 80, who emigrated from Indiana forty five years ago. Surviving are her husband three sons and two daughters. Funeral for Mrs Woebbeking held at Emanuel Lutheran church after an afternoon service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Otto Siemon
Concordia College
F. G. Meyer
Meyer Bros. & Co
St. Louis
August Siemon
Irm
Siemon & Bro
Sophia Woebbeking
Christian Woebbeking
Broadway
Indiana
Henry
Woodburn
County
Conrad
Charles
Mary
Frederick Rolf
Sophia
James Matsch
Bass Foundry
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Grace Moore Abides Quiet After Fort Wayne Saga
Grace Moore, the young lady implicated in a Fort Wayne tale with photographer William Nicholas, has returned to Youngstown with her father. Relatives denounce the Fort Wayne report as false. She left for Chicago last Friday to begin new employment, and a Chicago postmark confirms her arrival and intent to live blamelessly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Youngstown
Ohio
Grace Moore
Diamond Hotel
Wm. Nicholas
Tae Senvionen
Fort Wayne
Miss Moore
Chicago
Woman's Relief corps organized in Maysville No. 86
Mrs James E Graham organized the David K Stopher Relief corps No 86 in Maysville with fifteen charter members and named Elmira Hood as president Hester Waite senior vice president Rosetta Traxler junior vice president Sue O Keefer chaplain Mary Lake treasurer Miranda Farner conductor Louisa Higgins guard Mary Hayes secretary Alma Meers assistant conductor Josie Brown assistant guard Each sentence ends with a period. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as an appetite and strength booster for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Graham
Maysville
Sue O’keefer
Mary Lake
Miranda Farner
Louisa Higgins
Mary Hayes
Alma Meers
Josie Brown
Library Hall Fair Opens With Parade And Generous Support
A large crowd attended the opening night of the third annual Library Hall fair to raise debt for the $85,000 building. Mayors and clergy spoke as a parade led to the city hall, where Allen Zollars praised the hall’s mission and Rev Father Brammer’s idea. Booths, music from Mandelis orchestra, and numerous attendees highlighted the festivities with prizes and decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Hall
Knights of St. Charles
Emmet Commandery
Catholic Benevolent Legion
Decatur
Catholic Knights
New Haven
St. Bernard Council
Columbia City
First Regiment
Harding
J. H. Brammel
Allen Zollars
Father Brammer
Zollarn
Mandelis
Prel
A. B. Tren
H. A. Arnolds
Louis We Co
McOecar
Mies Eliza Nestle
E. Gilmartin
William Dreier
Bert White
Tower
William Rohan
James Orr
Kate Malone
Lancaster
Gordon and Family
Fort Wayne Knights head to Washington Conclave
About twenty five to thirty Fort Wayne Commandery No 4 Knights Templar plan travel to the grand conclave in Washington DC on October 8. They travel with special Pullman cars, escorted by ladies, and local Knights will join from here. Fort Wayne College trustees report dormitory improvements and planned roof work, steam heating, and term preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne Commandery No. 4
K. T
Washington, D. C
Menning
Capitol
Knight Templars of
Indiana
Grand Commandery
Fort Wayne College
G. W. Lahr
W. Phillips Winters
Ohio Wesleyan University
Alice Knause
DePauw University
Father, Be Near to Deliver In Mercy
A devotional poem by Peter Rudolph Pickrl speaks of human sorrow, seeking divine refuge in God as a steadfast Father. It emphasizes God’s readiness to comfort and shelter his children in pain and uncertainty, praising divine mercy and care.
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Wan. Warner
Itum
Department of Rhe
Office OF Pension Commissioner
James Tanner
Harrrison
Beng
Hanson
Fred Douglass
Arthur
Trotter
Richard C. Kerr
Mississippi
Jackson
Joseph W. McChirg
Springfield
Scott Swetland
Washington Territory
Vancouver
Walter L. Stobles
Yakima Agency
Warren D. Robbins
Idaho
Interior Department
Grand Army Veterans of
Fred Knefler
Corporal Tanner
Kuiefler
Harrison
Mixyearous
Minn
Judge Reus
Nobie
General Bussey
Mr. Tanner
Tue Croniy
Brazil
Ibon
Tatuage
Gettysburg
St. Joe, Mo
Fe Storm
Ekcmoes OF
Loe
Wwe
Brigi
Hte
Young Baker
Maumee Bridge
John Brannan
Eck
Sentinel
James 8. Fields
Brickmakers’ Association
County Brating
Salamonie Natural Gas, Fuel and Mining Company
Mongland
James English
Holgrand
J. W. English
Pittsburg
English
Squire
Timable
Kate
M. S. Meriam
County Asylum
Hood
Library Fair
Terflasse
Peter Rudolph Pickrl
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