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Fort Wayne Weekly Journal-Gazette from Fort Wayne, Indiana • Page 11

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JU. 4W nm NtWVSAf attain 1 EaJflHiEErJ STAR THEATRE fcj CROWbt PACKSD HOUtK ALL THROUOH'tHE'RVKNINO. vl crowd that packed th none from th orchestra, Beat to th back tows of th bekxmlee which 'showed Its appreciation by unatlnted 'KplMH, the Star theatre. Port Wayn.neV entlnuouaodevi nt th corMrof Calhoun and Uwli atresia, wa opened laat night la a manner that eoald not be regarded than ausplcj Front overture ot George Dura meato th lasgUag movable alcture there waa ona thing aft er another that pleated the audlene and thai waa nothing to offend. Th bowing ot the picture waa Interfered with to ome extent by tba fact that tha aleclrlcal apparattia had not been completely Installed and the pa irOna atulered somewhat from tha heat, became the electrical fane roulj not be put In place ycaterday, but otherwise everything paaaed off aa1 ir tha iltt'e theatre had been open for weeks.

Uy thla afternoon the tana will be In operation and the electrical Apparntua wHI ba perfected making every irrD4omrMd''Cornrorr coin tueie. Pursons who wer not awara ot tha extent ot tha Improvementa made by the theatre management In remodeling the balldlna; Into a thfeatre wera but prised to Bad each a. prettily appointed playhouse and otbere who were under tha Wrong Impreaalon regarding the character ol tha bllla were equal ly and Jat aa agreeably aurpriiea. lag performances laat nignt ana it i are to say that It auch bllla are pre aenttd' Waekl the audleucea will not be hade wholfy op of men, by any Mattneea will 4m given dally and the1 evening perrornancea will ex tead front 7: to 10:10 o'clock. Ilarrey and Mack, black face com edlins, atartad tha performance off Ust Bight with eontlnuoua round of good: wboleaotoe tan and wera followed "Tha Oreat Zeaoa." a one legged alack wire performer, whnaa clever work waa the algnal for an tlated applause.

The Fatnanda are eqaelly good In aa acrobatic act and Raymond Zel, In a bano stunt, alao won.hlgh favor. T. Wllllsraa made a decided bit lin series of songs which war illaatrated by moving pictures. ileort Harris and Belle da boss. In a laughable comedy act.

Introduced soma singing aad dancing skits tbat war wetl received. The bill rloees with movlag picture abow. The' promises made In advance by Manager Wfll T. Itruoka regarding hi theatre were falRlled In every way last night and his playhouse will no doubt eoutlnne to be liberally jmtrou Ised. or, young TO bus templet A' dtapateh frm that 3.

j. vr. tateitjt friends tn me aaR FOR DIVORCKT Dispatch PwaaaJCelieme taya He Con Step. komo, lnt Mr ef this rttr. has hat ha espaets IOC4 urea from Ma wlla, wImhw ha waa marrwa aoew Waeka aVn altar bavlnc afwrad a dlvama.Ir.iM tarnx.rWirru The.presaat Mr.

Tounjb wa aaM fa Man aaaa a ha4al tdlnlnArOom Btrt at liftsraaaean swaaT naajlaa lo: Urf Teaeje eaeaia mII a atlr ht.ta Ilia. Jl is aM lha IH. Vouns4 makm anma afnsallonal eharcae aaainal im wlfa. who la rear hia Junior, id Intlmalaa thaihaf kiva tar Mm haa wined rlaht In he Iwah erthe bavMymeaaa uooy. fihnsf.

mean ami a In lue thlnklnir ight about mat re man Nk era un iinacant In nest lha want Into nd an nd a cioe nit ha tK 4 Mr. kwi alhar ar ira front ef the Vfhkir. irraa drtv Ut eoura Mr. llxiulanot pasaengcrahlso eactfped Injurr. 'The automobile waa amaatied.

to plaoea and afterward waa destroyed by art). The 'Injured war removed to tha hospital at tha woldler' homo and war reeling comfortably to night. been married neat week. i a. INDIANABULLETINS PLACED ruRCHMtS Whan Mr.

Wllllaa, Bpro Mad a rnMske yaatardar plarad notaa purchasad artl. buaajr ot Mr. Auruat IVnulan It was hla awn vehicle, nv a eoattanatlen clrtumatn qulrad th sarvieaB or i ai lMan and aaearml other at tsnnla Mr Brroat waa thorouahly k. naltav. lie liad hla hor rUrMaB on Calhoun atiaal an a aloro.

ueyina air pii praaa wagnn tor Ma rMMn taw fuillr uaa. WM ha cei the litis wason at tha raar uik kuaiv and. niacins tli llrtr front of tha vhU Jriv am tu couraa Mr. hansht ona waa trying 1 hi rlc and tba policemen wrr ejillad into service. VThw Mr, goroat hi la tak oth ho and lha real owA ol tba ouiat tauahad haartlir.

8HJ STOCK SHOW IN mwm at itwir ANOARR fXPOSITlON teas ot Frauch percherona aad oacJt horse from tha eonttnenUI prlia winners and these ale; now en route. These horses hare never bean eihlblt adbefora1. They will ba aihlbltad at tha Internal lonsl etork show In Chicago and itlltklhttWati Mloa AVllllna anif MrHlaw.lalow war Kansas Cttr bettor being brought I JA aru.d wiikr" 1 to IMrtlsnd. J. Oroach And Bona, of Lafayette, will' ante nfty boreee to compete with thosa pf McLoagblh Urothers.

Oslbreth DroUrara, 'of Janesvllle, have on the war ImportalUm of thirty head orctf deedala andrBof folk punch horses, never before) hlhlted, and A. a. Ruby tM IVmlleion, Of, have imported a lot for exhibition at tba fair 1 ufce M. Kmerson. of Howling Orern.

Mo, who la tha Isricst breederof fin laeka In tha world, will bring1 thirty big Jaoka to Portland. Included In thla number ar two which atand seventeen haada high and weigh, more than a ton eah. Pin Cattle Camfngy W. a. Skinner, aupariniendent of the NallonslOlv atock abow In Chicago, la getting together a trainload of 8horthorna, Hereford.

Pot Angus and Galloway breeds for exhibition at tha fair. Tha cattbj will beihownat tha Minnesota fair; held at and will atop en route, for abort visits at auch poluta aa Ilolena. Moat, and Spokane. Wash. Tbo slate of Mlsaou ri haa appropriated (or apeclal premiums to be awarded the Missouri atock making the beat showing at tha fair, and other InDueneee pseura tha auccess of ibis department.

Of tho Shorthorn stock, exhlbltots. CaWllwWrMta whose herd won on thn North Paclflo circuit last year; Jay Oreavee, ot the same place, who will show two herds; O. Miner, of lleppner. and Charles R. Ladd.

of Portland, whose herd won first prise at the 81. Louis shOT last year. J. II. Gllrio Bona, ot Hacramento.

Who bought the famous Ohio hvrd of U. H. Hannah, will exhlelt two herds, aad rtush and a herd purchased in the east; K. U. Mitchell, of Cllntonr owner of lha famous Tebo with Choice flood at the head, also haa applied for stall room.

H. W. Uowm, ot Delphi Ind haa entered seven bead, which Include Fair Queen, the champion of all lairs eme Oregon exhibitor. Of tho owners of dairy breeds, W. I.

Ijntd. of Portland, owner of tho llasel Vera hent, will be an Important ron testant. Mr. Ijuld'a Loretta U. took Brat prise In, the dairy class at St.

Louis. Other Oregon exhibitors ot Jerseys, who are entered ar IX II. Looney, of Jufferaon; Harry Weat. of Bcappoose; Atkinson of New berg, and K. C.

Martin, of Klgln. Oetw era! William It. Shatter, of San Francisco, has also entered' his Jerseys. Charles K. rierco.

of Stockton. who owns by fsr tho finest herd of lloletelns In the world, will show forty head which he haa Imported direct from Holland. It. M. Houghiellng.

ol Ban Francisco, also hss entered two bonis of Holstahts. and I' Frakos, of Bcsppoose4 OtUua: up two herds. J. Hmltb, of tho ilaselwood company. Bpbksue.

Wasb will eihlblt two herds from I tup seventy of cattle which he Imported from the east tor show purixms Mrs. William I) lloneymsn will nxhiblt her Kelbln Gruvo herd of Ayrsblrts, one of Ihff gnont In AkmiUs. CnadUn stockmen have taken a lively IntcreM In tho atook show of tha Lewis and Clark exposition, and lioth tM ef and dairy LnV rr6tirTrf(Ttrt Ctndlsn pla4a I will DO irpiravuini. The American float essoefs I Ion, which for savaral years, hss held Its exhibition In Ka cUy? wlll Uol4 tho Brat goat show over conducted In the west, and prospects are that It will bo superior In every way to former exhibition at the American Royal show In Kanua City. Eastern sheep raisers are expected enter for ownera already have IisIM thelf Stock.

Among tho latter br lb Baldwin Sheep and Land company, ot Hay Creek, R. A. Jaekaon, Dayton, John fl. Stump and J. II.

Haw ley, Richard Bcott. Mllwaukle, Charles B. Ladd. North Yamhill. Ore and Thomaa W.

rtruaV, of Salem. Ore. W. TJRINDMCT. Tlrv POftTiaND.

Aug. 14. "Toa mm av wlthMit anr hesitation that rcr iBOw aciherlwte aad Clark ipoltlon'Wirrt yeloe Tl U.lhft way M. U. isaoro.

jrei rainrarai iivaatoek for the western world fair. xpbwaa the altoatlon with regard to nta department. "It will be the big Mat ver held In the weatr Mr. Wisdom add, "and will oompero favorably With tha other big shows of lb kind which have been held la connection with expoalttana." The Block abow date ar from Sep tember I to a inclusive, in neighborhood of IJO.OOO In prU money, ig now avallabl aa an Incen ttVa to stockmen to attend tha show and aah(blt their stock at the eipo alllora Ht Ihta, accoraing to r. ma iIom.

not yegponatbla for tha very unusual Interest which breeders and ilealer nil over the United State have taken In It. The big dealers ar going id exhibit at Portland because they bellove tbat th stock buslneaa lh tB Paclflo northweat haa great fhtare, and tbat no better opportunity than th and Clark exposition oould be found for Introducing their breeds to th western market. Several am ar maktna arrangements to taeu bawaaa Ja Paring north waat. And already MCLoagn JIB JBrothara. of ICaaaa aty, Monnd Colnmtua, rjinTa nretw) eenw Mra.

Window athJna Syrup. Ita haen uaad tor over ttPTT TBAIUI by MILLION of MOTIIKn for lhlt rflt.lHKN Willi. IKRTIIINO with I'KitriccT mux MmTiiNS tna noKTSTi tn iibhh, winiujp II PAIN. Ctfl li.lJtVK NfX and tho beat ramadr for IHAIlltlloKA. HoM by drusglala In arery rnrt or too world.

Ii un and auk for rtnothln Hyrup" and Utr no Other klmt. Twontr nva oania a naitia. KILLEO IN AUTO CRASH. Chicane seel Nw Meet Vlelsnt Datha. Yerher 'RUTLAND.

An, II. Ilarla tJndlr deputy 0lla oommlaalon of New Tork Uy, and Miss Evelina Wilting, of Chicago, were killed nt Plke'e crossing, near Bennington. thla afternoon, when th automobile In which they were, traveling Mam. rheeler, VU toiWIUlamatown. waaalrMarhyTrifHnnvrrTlirTnwri dlvlalon of tha, Rutland railroad from North Rennlngton.

Ambrose Cramer, of Chicago, tha young nephew of 14 Willing, and J. the chaul feur, were thrown out and badly cut and bruised, bat not daagerouely hart. The locomotive and, one car war run ning backward to meet the flyer from Rurllmrton at' she nenalngton atatlon and were thrown from the rail, th engine being overturned and roiling a distance of ten or 'fifteen feet from the rail, which war torn, up for nearly 100 fact Engineer William Sibley and Fireman William Morgan Jumped from in can ana wer unnqn. wane nuecu am 'i Timothy Wy nttsbwrgh th beat market In tha worM for farm nmkaa apeaUttr.of HAY AND OaTAjN and solicit oonsiajnment wancetawnta taaadroa ahlpeaeota. Write tuv.

MCaieau. AiltlURN. 10 Henry Rartel. th venuen yeer old son ot Mra. Henry' Dartela, residing near Oart fott, accidentally abot; hlmaelt to day and died wltUln a few mlnutaa after th distressing accident.

He had taken down th shotgun to hljl a chicken for a sick relative and while liosslng through the door to th lot playfully tossed th gun at the feet of hla llttl slsu r. who waa atandlng noarby, when we gun waa iiiavnantoit nv urn oorw content of a load of No. 4 abot en terwl hla aide betwotn the fourth Bfth rlba, tearing open the ooy'a cheat. The boy's mother la almost frantic with grief. INDIANAPOLIS.

Aug. 10. Articles of Incorporation havo been filed with the secretary' or atat for tho wabasn and Southwestern Traction company, which purpoeee to construct a Una from Columbus through Nsahvllle to Illoomlngton and thane to the atat line. In, "lima voluntaar lnintrTfthirrslm tnin hcya." atd thalr twentieth annual mmlnrt at this yaalsnlay. Flfty als of Ilia "old Imya" rvprMintlnf Ohio, Indians and MIctilSAn, wera present 0to if I I landlnsian.

of Portland, Jnd, and llnrnaf. Company Klkharl. Ind, were lha only offtoera of tha rial mem rttsant. Tha nasi reunion will ba hM In PoflUnJ. Ind THORNTOWN.

Aur. 10. With a gaping gunshot Wound In the brenat th pocikulaitt.bls.riotliliia.turiMiiil, out, the iMxty of Panel lieckner, aged fifty five years, was found In the wood on tho farm of Al Cot, Just across tho line In Montgomery county thlj after noun John James, thirty two yeara old. and Charlea I. Dorlefcsoo, a negro.

nluely yenrs oM, have been nrreatod. Ihrlckson Is at home In a serous con dition from a gunshot wound In the nTk. James wa lodged In Jail at Crawfordsvllle. Considerable mystery attaches to tho death of Deckner aa both Jamea and Derlrkson had been drinking and neither told a coherent story. According to the report, Derlckaon and Deck ner left Darlington In a buggy about 4 o'clock A abort distance out ot Dar lington.

It Is said, they wri accosted by Jnme. who requested permission lo ride. The trio drove Into tho woods on tht farm of Al Cox. A few minutes Intir two report from a shotgun wiJre hrurd Ijiter Jnroes nnd DerickMin. Iho latter MeeillnR from buohshot wound In the neck and head, ap pcured nt the Cox home, where they told the owner of the farm that IVirk i hud commuted suicide nnd that hi body was lying In the woods.

Cox found tho body Of Uockner lying in a pool of blood which waa pouring frotu rumhot wound In nl hrennt III kota n.il ln'in turned out and tnv aniall amount of money Ilcckner wan knuwn to ha hud wits missing. After milng for the txxly Cux canned Jiiiik nnd the negro to be hrrcsted. HIINTINOTON. Ind. Aug.

11. Twtfr tha th Itev. Dl r. Wllberforce. a missionary iirlnetTnHed Brethren' church, had died In Africa In July.

Wllberforce waa pHrwho wr hroTjght 1 tttlhla conntry by the U. church apa educated at IMyton, to carry Uhrlatlanlty to hla people. Two year ago be visited this country on a tour. and after returning lo Africa abjured Christianity. Tjecame a snaran seals aad r4wiidhe.

chief lAnehlp of his tribe, ills two sons, Joseph and Chris topher, are student at the V. B. college at Dayton. AUIIUHN, Aug It. The nova tion to whether Albert Robbln.

ex presliltnt of the defunct Ksrmor hank of this city, will again ba triad Is now definitely settled At the meeting of the county council yesterday an allowance of 1300 waa made to employ counsel to anslst In the pronecutlon. It will be rutnembered that last fall Mr. Ilohblna wa tried for embektto nient of the fund of the bank In thn Whitley county circuit court and waa found guilty and fined R0O, which waa paid. This time he will be tried on another Indictment and th esse wilt come wn In the Allen circuit court. IiUIFrTON.

Aug. IS. Th barn of tho Stanley Lockwood farm wae atrack iby lightning nnd burned rally to day. This' la tha alxth bain la tho county lo struck within on week. The total Ions oa the barn 'la i mm of thn boa? aUFslWtn i This worn log at 1 oclcai al.tha.raal.

eollas; and on thla city. Ilia father, Samuel Dtckla deuce of th RevThprn COirarrJyJjtif, son. Is president of th Dickinson Ot, Roe jCalhollc occurred tho Trust company, rnsrrtag of Mr. Marcoardt and MIS Addl SavhkrwMnj'Marqaardt It CLAYTON.1 IndrAtig. ll Hangtnx the' eon, ot Mr.

nnd Mra. Adam Mar an tauardt, Jr. and Hla Savio the daugh was found by early risers todayr aro wen known ana higaiy reapectau "Thl man killed hi wife." young; people living In this vicinity. It la thought enemies or th uev. w.

I K. Illnshaw ar reaponalbl for th efflgy. Mr. Illnshaw la visiting In thla neighborhood. II haa delivered two addresses andexpeeta to preach at Cherry OroVy to morrow.

CTfaggE nf 1 1 jtafaa i' i i lijLsaanssssg JnVyfT1 ryvv'n 'I, .1) ITS THEDEATHf, Wilt Charlea D. Wilt, former resident' of Fort Wayn and brother of P. tArnn A f.rt I Hit 1h i Tw arithlng la raVSy for th rc.Mloo of MSJL tn tnouaand oi pugnm wno wm IcTrvvr VI coma to Notr Dam tomorrow, TbUV 2f' in, custom of Visiting th ahrln of Our "6omWatat. t3" taiay or ixiuraea originia av.r TVty eral yeara ago and haa aloe been Uh for soma Urn but hl iwiuiiiviitwm am rwaruou mm mucai and hi death waa Mr. ii ain kept tip by lh' people of Michigan and northern Inidlana, Uev eral special train have bee chartered to handle th crowd.

There, will ba proceaslon from th depot at St. Mart', which will form, at a ociock ana nroceea to in grotio, chanting lltanle and singing apeclal bymns for the occaalon. Many members of tho hierarchy will be present and will In th procession, veated In pontifical for vesper. Solemn high maaa will bo celebrated In th Church of the Sacred Heart and tha Rev. Dr.

Shumacber will deliver a sermon on "Our Lady ot Lourdea." After th ear mon there will benediction, at which Dean O'llrlen. of Kalamatoo, wilt officiate. Th shrine her la an exact llken "teethe ahrtstJav Lourdea, rranca. RROFORD. Ind.

Aug. 15. Company O. Konrth Indiana ravslry. la hotdrng It reunion hero Jo Th (tally decorated.

Representative Ohaney will deliver an address late thla afternoon. INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. It. Th naiaiwatrfslaJjLjaJaJalfl.Bll" Hheerln.

to an Invenl Bled yesterday by Francis T. Holiday and William K. Mick, as sppralaers. Is nhown to be worth I8, 877.41. Th bulk of this Is mado up ot stocks and bonds In various telephone companies.

He held 100 shsres of tho common stock of tho Indlanapolla Telephone company, valued at $5, 800; 19 shsres of the preferred atock of the aama company, appraised at IM.lzS; 411 shares New Telephone company stock, SS1.C8C; 1.111 share stock ot the New Lpng Distance Telephone company, W.MS; 611 sharea Cltltena' Tclepbofto company, of Columbus, 91M10: thirty one bonds of the New Telephone company of Indlanapolla, 114,100: thirty three bonda of the New Long Distance Telephone compaoy, of Indlanapolla, ZS.050; and fifty nine bonda of tho Clt liens' company of Columbus, m.ltt. It1' had 1.410 In cash to hi credit! In, the Fletcher National bank, and the Capital National bank ahows a of In hla favor. IXKJANSPOnT. Ind. Aug.

It. A family read of old atandlng had a tragic ending In thtaj city to day when W. r. McCtaeb abtW'Ma brother ln law. Joaeph TTnkefer.

TIT afternoon Mr. and Mra. Joaeph llnaefer drovs to thn McClaeb bome nnd Mr. Ilnkefor. It I said, began qunrrel.

McClaeb became angry an.i i Id tJnfor to stop. Unkefer thtri at ho whuld still McClaeb'a tongue forever, and started to get out ot tho buggy. McClaeb antagonist' hd. "Aa Unkefer reached tnto I missed and hi huggr and Tho zneti locked arm and htwanlfi I bloody Bght MrCmetrthrew Unkefer to the ground aad pommelled him to death with hla 0taC Unkefer waa alxty tbr years old and a veteran of thoxlvll war. McClaeb la forty four yeara old aad baa fc wife and two ehildreaw Yf tr rni tiflfsii "aam ynniiM.

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ANDERSON, Aug. 11 On ot th worst storm In yeara ewept ortr th city to night, causing eoulderabl ihsThaJttaii'hfaJi jmjw romitanlod br llshtnlng. The niolnc in 4hw Moch waauaabie to carry away th torrent of wxterrwWCkUAt. one time reached the depth of one aaj one halt foct on th roof. Th Brat floor and cellar were flooded, damaging th atock In the Lyon store.

Cellar In various parte of the city wer flooded. The, barn of Charlea Ilughel, three mile east of town, wa at ruck by llghtnlngvaad burned. A bora In the south part of th city wa truek by lightning aad killed. Threw men atandlng near wer ahocked tnf thrown to the ground. Jamoa William, whlla talking over telephone, was shocked and seriously Injured.

The north bound Msrlon car tamo Into Andcraon during the height of the storm. Two unasengera. Fred B. Kern nler. a traveling man.

nd Mm, rtatb Burton, were proat rated by a bolt ot lightning. PRINCETON, Ind 1L Howard Meeker, aged 11, waa fatally Injured to day by being dragged severs I KQUsrrs by a runaway cow. lie had tied the lead rope around hi Waist. Thn Jwiw hwamn Mlb tCPM and ran, dragging him over the rough Kvemcnt ind tearing face to rlb RU81IV1LLB. ln Aa 14 On very Up to dy I tha whispered question.

"Who killed Norman Cook Saturday night at the horn of Sylvester Rankert, Ave mllan eouth of Rush vlllr Confessing that ah Bred the seven hot and wielded the rasor that ended Cook' Ufa, Mrs. Anna, Bankert has been under arrest sine Sunday mora Inb, but It la very evident from the way the county authorities are pushing their Investigation ot th murder that other theories are entertained. It wa given out to night by officials that other arrest will likely follow within the next few dsys. Before Justice of th Pane Jaekaon Mra. liankert was to day arraigned on the charfe of murder In th Brat de gree, when asked to enter a plea aha arose slowly and looking the Jus tice) squarely In the y.

replied In a calm voire, loud enough td be beard all over th room, "Not. guilty." She waa remanrlod Jail to await a preliminary hearing, which by raagement has 1een 'arranged; tor Wednesday morning. The body of Norman Oook waa burled In Khtat Hill cemetery this afternoon No, Jimwal, perries. wa held. The only relatlv of th dead man present was bla thlrtawn yearold wirMtr, i Trm Newcastle on th afternoon train.

The autopsy held by Dr. Oreen aad Coroner Ooleman on Cook's body showed that there waa a ragged acalp wound above the loft ear that seemed to' have been caused br th butt nf a revolver. Six bullets bad entered his body. On the back of Cook' neck, extending from ear to oar. waa a deep gash, which the doctor say I was caused by a rasor.

MONROBVILI J5r Aug, 14. McDonald wag present at bla bedside when th end cam. Ill brother; nof realizing that th condition of th patient wa ao grave; left Great Fall for1 vort wayn only iwentyrfour hoar before death took place, Th decedent waa horn and reared la) Fort Wayn and waa at on tint entry clerk for th Evan. McDonald Co. wholesale dry good house here.

About twenty five yeara ago Mr. WIH went to Chicago and later removed to Great PMIa and embarked In tho banking business. He retired some years ago. Aside from the brother and sister hero. Mr.

Will Is survived by another sister, Mrs. George Esmond, of In and by wuo nnd four, children. Robin. Vary Helen Robin, little Inmate of the St. Vincent' orphanage, died suddenly Friday morning.

The child wa on year ol. Hellerman. Herman J. Hellerman, wealthy re tired farmer and a widely known and hlrhlv reeoected man. died nt a lata Pontlae afreet nnd Walton avenue, of dropsy.

He waa unmarried. Mra. Margaret M. Fry. tho wife of Henry w.

Fry. of 718 Washington boulevard east, died about o'clock Saturday morning of a complication of diseases, irs. Pry, who waa flfty seven yeara of age, waa daughter of the late Morria Cody, a pioneer real dent of Fort Wayne. She waa born In thla city May tl, 1818, and apent iter entire life here. She bad an ex tensive acquaintance and waa universally admired and esteemed by her friends for her lovaM quali ties oi near i anu iniuu.

am, i from her husband an in aur the following civrUosoiAer. cat, la aingi aaaiu im hewn action. Although past eighty alg years of age. ah had always en joyed rugged. health aad wa never 111 nam laat wlnter.

when her un wa ae apalred of for a time. Bh rallied, hbwsVar. and apparently wa well unliir fortnight aga Mr. Helot wa born la French Al aac July 1119. her maiden nam being alien.

At th ag of nl yeara ah cam with bar parent to tho United State. They aetUad la Stark and there ah grew to wo maabood and married Jacob Dlot, llk herself a native of Franc. In 1(19 thex cam to thla county, and aetiled on 4 farm In Parry Her husband died nineteen rears ago, aad MrewDelot bad aloe than mad bor horn with her eon Jacob. Laat March family, left th homestead aad moved to rort wayne, purcnaaing a rsldnc on Spy Ran avenue, Title had but on chili, Jacob, and the other aurvlvora ar three grandchildren. Attorney Frank ,3.

Ba'ot. Deputy County Clerk J. Dele and Mia Mary Paled. There aro six great grandchildren, Tk daoeased waa one of the earliest member ot St. Vlncent'a Catholic church, at Academic, and all her life held devotedly to th Catholic faith of bar i ancestors.

Stauffer, Gottlieb Stauffer, a resident of Fort Wayne sine 18TI, and for many yearn a well known tailor of the city, died at 4:15 o'clock Sunday morning of con sumption Of the throat He had been a victim of the trouble for aoros time and 'hi rde'tb' waat aot.meapwL, Mr. Stauffer resided at t0 Eaat Williams street, and bis death occurred at hla home. was alxty Bv yeara of ag. II Waa born tn Berne, flwlts erland. Sept.

1M. and In 187 he came to Amertoa to aeek hi fortune In the new country. He (peat a year In Cleveland and then came to Fort wayne. lie vu uiivr oy irmuo anu In 1878 he embarked la bualnee here for? alrfurtiT iTT i 'r maa. Mr.

Staufferw wife died Dec. ft Uat. and Ave children preceded him In death. He la aurvlved by tour children, all ot whom reside In Fort Wayne. They are Ernll Stauffer, Mra.

Pauline Knaer, Mra. William Lew and Mra. Flora Hoatetter. There Is alao a sister. Mrs.

Jscob Rill, ot this city, a sister who resides In Europe, and two grandchildren, Rupert Kunar and Alton Hoatetter. Wilcox. Mrs. Jane Wilcox, the wife of George W. Wilcox, of 120 West Superior street, died at Hope hospital at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon aa tha re sult of appendlctle.

Several month ago Mr. Wilcox took treatment at removea mv.w.... a second time, on Saturday. urcn: wiiiian. I.

J4ra. Wilcox, who waa fltty two yeara Mary and Florence Fry. of thla dty.il ry K.L, niAnar and Mra. Aghea McCullom. of Haiti V.

JL.Z, Bh. waa There are alao alx graad uuiae an waa aatSaaj.aasBal trg twvut a mwf VTftkaalaa 4Aaaakl ak lkn City. children, on ro.aer. John el orl Wayne, nnd three atiter. Mr, i Cody, ot thl city1.

nd Mra.1 Andrew Morman and Mra. kl uavia, of Ktchmond Ind. Mra. Pry received her education at fit. Augustine' academy and at St.

Mary'aof the lka, near Notre Dame. one or her uromers, looms wooy. adonted daughtor. Mr snout six nionina rjrdce Fair and Mr. mrlea IVpple, rVIHalK Irtl I ft.

mi ssaanaai est w.t a horn Dec. 17. lttt. tn Bntler township. DeKalb county.

The fkmlly came to Fort wayne laat May and mductei bouse on Wot Superior street. Mra. Wilcox waa a woman of many Ba qualities and ah had a larsr circle of friends tn northern In diana. Bh hi aurvlved by her hna mmm tttfAHlMSS AOAMS TOWNSHIP) PfOPLK MAO A FL.KABANT OUTiNa i annual picnic of the Vtaani Township Dlnl nnd Oanv Protectlvy aaaocUUon. held Sunday la a grov' two mUe aoatheaat of tho city llmlu.

i Va th moat inocaaafnl affair vrr given by that It wis attended by wlnost jk9 people, all rrpreseatatlvea of the beat cltlaenahrir of Adam township. 'A big basket' dinner wait etWvvd.at noon, and while titer wa no formal program, thing were kept moving all the time nnd th occasion wa a nausnally pleaunt one. Mr, Fred Merer, chairman of tho 9 plcolo comtrjtt. wa chairman of' the day and a feature Of the gathering wraa an addrea by Mr, B. O.

lloff man. a brilliant youne; attorney of thla city. tir. Hoffman spoke on "Tho Pioneers." and he wa heartily ate plauded at frequent Interval la hu addrcea. Excellent music waa fur nished throughout th day by tbo Adam Township bond.

The Adam Township Dlrd an.l Ganw Protective association haa been Xliinam impiK, it purpose are to enrorce the game law. It membership In rludes many of the best people of the township and all are thoroughly In sympathy with th objects of tho ao clety. Mr. Michael Sheridan la proal dent of the association and Mr. Christian ftchlaudroff la the secretary.

TVi association at present baa a member 1ttpa4.a3aa.. an sunt of 'he deoodent DeWltt. Louis P. DeWltt. the little son of Mr.

and Mrs. Louis DoWItt, of 242 Hollon svenuo. MJ Saturday at the pTtlfWTJB w'strjnB w'lrQTltt wttoUaw e4 tkraa nwntlaJdJtWJftteJ days Heitr MraJcidilniuJorethan eighty Ave reara of age and one OT the best'known otth pioneer women. of 1 Fort Wayne, died at :4 o'clock Bun day night at the home of ber 'daughter. Mra.

Andrew Footer, I XI Fair Bold avenue. The venerable woman had been In declining health' for aome timcand death cam to bar peacefully, fitting close toalonTTtf.of nse fulnes and Ballriajc worh.forothara. Mra. Ilelt was a woman who waa universally esteemed for her many noble She had been resident of Port Wayne for mora than halt a century and during that Urn hun dreds of beoole earn to know her. to dove her and to call her rrfend.

She was horn In Hesse Dormstadt, uer many, December 13. 1819, and nt aa early a date as lttt cam to America. In 1851 she came lo Port Wayne nnd made city bar bome continuously until ber death. She leaves six children, all foremost cltlsena of the cities tn which they reside, and also thirteen grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Tbatcblltlren are the Messrs.

A. W. Ilelt and Joaeph Ilelt, of the Ilelt Miller La company: Mr. Christ Ilelt. of the local branch of th National Dlacult company; Mra.

Andrew Poster and Mr Mary Raaner. ot this ctty, and Mrr. W. B. Reus, ot Loe Angeles, cat.

Waltemath. CANADIAN. ARMINa 4 FOR TROUBLE. Will Build Modsm.Pert to Guard 4 4 Entrance to ft Bt. Law 4 River.

4 4 OTTAWA. Ont. Aug. 14. Th fortv elxbt rear well known ctgarmaker.

of DeKalh county, and by these broth or and alaterd: David Miller, of Kan Harrison N. Miller, of DeKalb county, and Mra. John Frederick, pf thla City. There are alao many otner relatives. Including A loan J.

warner. at Ilia JafVMrannlrlllo reforma taf aYtCstli Meiihsw. Wort waa a marabav oi the Cedhr ChapeTI acc rr MHhodUt flplseopdl Church near New HANLY WILL HK THKRK. The Indlanapolla Newe aaya that not wishing to allow the flag to loavu kl posaesdon. Governor I Italy will go lo Hamilton.

Indiana. Septemtior 19. to deliver an address to a reunion th Thirtieth Indiana regiment. carrying with him the old regimental flag. This romo about a the result of the efforts of Cnpt.

J. N. OM wine, of Croinwetl, who called lo ace tho governor some time ago rclstlvo lo tho Una of tho Pg. which had been sent to the governor by, the federal authorities, who have bad It In their possession tin tho war. There Is a story abo rt thla Indiana Aug which was ao lonr In rebel hand nnd then brought bark to Indiana, At Ihe battle of Stone river the flag wna morally shoito It wV pretty well rlddleT "before that con Ill cl ami yet at additional wen! through It there, nod the staff wa shot off about two'hlrda ot tha way between tba hands of Ihe rotor bearer nnd the flag.

A piece of tin holds it together at present. After that battlo tho old 0g waa sent nunc, and the boys were greatly ehajrrlned beraoac John llobtis. Ihy color Iwnrer was not ponnlttod to aCr company It Tbe flag was preaen'eil to the regiment by a number of Port Wayn women, tho irewnlatlon speech hav ing made br the late Judge Worded. Whbn the flag wa brought back bome It was given to the family of Warden, and fe member of age, died at o'clock Monday afternoon at hi home, tit Bktat Pontine atreet. of anr affection of the heart.

He had been Itt toe abOMtilart math wa a eon of Mr. and Mra. Henry Waftcmath; ndwae bon tarthtaL(ltr Dec. Z5. 1HM.

II waa reared In Fort Wtym anit wpent moat of hta Ufabere, though he resided for some time at Milwaukee, where he wai married. He la aurvlved. In addition to hla parents, by hla wife, tour son. Richard. Oscar, Arlington and Clarence, and by the following brother and alahrra; Fred Waltemath, Mr.

Mlnnl Rett, Mrs. Martin Ileuer. Mrs. Lena Orr. Louts Waltemath and Mra.

Email Dragee man. of thla city. aad'Hwry W. Wslle math. AT PHtekan ho Aaejulant waa a member of th Royal Arcanum and' ot tho Clgannakera' union, BpereeU Anthony Ctareoc Spercel, an Inmate ot tte 8V Vlscent's orphanage, died Monday evening nt th age of three months and nlao dar.

Th child' mother la 111 tn hospital at Lafayette. Beaeton, The Infant eon of Mr. aad Mra H. 8. neaelon.

of tl Wagner street; died Matthew. Mildred. Mull, daughter of Mr. knrt Mrs. John Matthew, of 407 Montgom ery street, died ot brain fever Sunday She waa Ave months old.

itawee. JUphon'so 5ugene llswei, the llUle on of rrank llawea. colored, of It IT aayrhtreetrdied Senoay ot.cholera.ln lantum. The chlia a age waa one year and all 'month. Kuckuck.

Mrs. Dorothea Kuckuck, a resident of Fort Wayne for sixty five years. Is dead 'at her tiome, UZI Jackson street. Weakened bv the laflrmltl Incident to one of her great age, tht) end came to her about 10 20 o'clock Sunday night She was seventy four year of age. Mra.

Kuckuck waa Ihe daughter of Mr. and Mra. Fred lleldbrlnk. early aettlcr of Fort Wayne. She waa born In Germany, January 14, 1131.

In ItiO the family came to America, locating In thla city, and when a girl Mia. Kuckuck wa employed la the household of the Hamilton famlli. When stte grew to womanhood, ahe was nnlted In marriage to Stephen Plraor, who died the cholera plague, more than fifty years ago. A few years later aha wa onlted In marriage to Louis Kncfcack. The couple Mtrchaaed a I farm In 1s stlll known the Kuckuck homestead and there until twenty year ago.

wnen iney raoven to th occurred two' years later. Three e6TI itrerr were born to Mra Kackudu hut all died In latency. Mra. August lUum. ln law and 4.

Canadian militia round! baa do 7ZZ rcldcd to build modern fort ndar fJll JSTJ lattook aaaerm way to the great lake. Power Halet. ful fortifications ar planned flv Mrs. Mary Ann Detot. one of tba to gnsrd tb; oldest residents of Allen, eonnty', died tJaJtaar awanioysttaet nr Waeaa nf niece and nepheara.

For more than hlrty flv yeara Mr. Kurkuck" WS fc member of Trinity Knallsh Lutheran church and through out that tint ah wa one of th most fslthfnl and devoted worker, of lira eburch. She wa widely known both la the city and county and nad many WITH BUU.BTaiN HIS BRAIN rBTttl. Au Wlth a bullet In hi bra ht. John Rlrrk.

aoad IlilT twa, waa fovnd dead In room at hla noma thla aftamoon A straw mattraaa In tha room had enuatit flr from tbo shot end waa burnliur rarMly when tha family reached th arena. It Is not known whether tho hot wa tired arrldenlatlr or wllh at ehla Infant. A few mlnutaa before Dlrrk had atartad to town with hla wlfa In a tmiury. remembering that ih Ita Intend ed to se revolver to tswn to nave ii hht'Wlfa eM him hack In th bows to net tha sdatoL Ha had been entr law mlautaa when two pUlol ahots war heard and tha wlfa, harrytns tn tha iSrT TBnBffTer tiustaiw) blitillin an XnmlC WOtir tMfltew I si lyatjasv v'A 'SMsav. a ''IW, if 1' veii lAiTiiitl1tii'nr iiriTi "'w Tx.

i ww 'fjob i 7vs.sjsr. rr' tOMa.agltwvlorZ.Iettig 1 tatrsrna T' awtaX a JJ.l1 M.lllaa amUtBw WI Ill WlTl III If IT ftamaAaaa. i. tC state ot Indiana then awve th rear ineUaXJMWjtoCJ.il4acwiJnnr. At unickamauga on tne tain oay SeptcmlKr JRM Jhe Thirtieth Indiana waa engaged in the hottest? Ot lbs' conflict.

Wishing peaerv the regimental colore at all baaard ai keep It Intact, on of th boy Wa sent to the rear With It Me tell lnUf tbo hands of the enemy and landed In Ubby prison, and. the v4a9ri (a sen cnargo oa uy iov cvvueooTpitva. From that day to thla no rnewibcrtir the regiment haa seen th flagho fol lowed except Captain Ohlwlne oat hi recent visit to Governor Hanly. On hla return from Hamilton Oovernof Manly wui turn tna Bag over JQ.1A0 museum. Ugonler Banner.

i NASTY SCANDAL AT RICHMOND. RICHMOND. Ind. Aug. 14.

At a combined meeting of seven churches of the city last night, at the First Methodist church. Mayor Zimmerman was denounced from the pulpit by President Kellv. ot Karlharu college. It waa the opening of a campaign oa moral grounds against th mayor's re election. President Kelly said that, while the report of the grand Jury exonerated tne mayor tram marges oi irauo ano, theft, stealing money waa a white ala compared with the charge of the grand Jury, ot Issuing ccrliDcates.

jo. ja mate ot resorts. "lie haa shown himself to be an ab acesa on the political body," sail President Kelly. "In tba light of develop T1 Knouia resign ana teiaaeccni roan head the republican city ticket. The lasue tJCTOre the peoiSle Is not a political X) but.

a. moral one. Shall we not ia rtm moral degradation to which It ha sunkf Following the address. Timothy Nicholson, one of the moat prominent Richmond republicans, who are work lag for Ihe local reform movement, asked ibe big audience to Indors Prestdeat Kelly's attack on Mayor yjmmerman by rising to Ita feet. Every poison In the meeting stood up.

It la the understanding that tbe churth force are to enter actively Into tbi coming city campaign, and If the ang gestlona nf am, of th leader are favorably acted upon, a special church organisation will be perfected. The democrats say they aivca coursWd by the prospect of concerted action against Zimmerman, and they are casting about to nominate man who will be acceptable to the dlasatla fled repnhlloana aa well aa the democrats. There Is some chance of an In IdependevtjrarMlldatebelD; nominat ed. Tne amncnnan tout netiaiw that Zimmerman will be re elected by a big majority. No dents! la mad that Zimmerman Issued certificate.

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