Robbed Once 100 Times Leader of Illinois Central Train Robbery
New Orleans detectives found Tuesday the body of Channing E. Barnes alias John J. Nelson alias Jack Nelson, the suspected leader of a Chicago mail train robbery on the Illinois Central. Barnes, wounded in the back and left wrist, reportedly cut his throat and died. Reg letters in a dynamite were found on the body. his brother Charles Barnes and Richard Doyle were convicted in a related robbery.
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New Orleans
Dee
Chicago
Kinnabrew
Theo
Channing E. Barnes
John J. Nelson
Jack Nelson
Wychkliffe
American Fxpres Company
Charles W. Barnes
Richard Doyle
Exeh
Kentincks State Penitentiary
Channing Barnes
St. Louis
Speers
George Murray
Toade
Barnes
Betting and Gambling Forecasts by Parker in London Sun
Rev Joseph Parker writes from London on December 15 about a gambling forecast under the London Sun. He criticizes heirs to the throne and prime minister for supporting a rice diet and ribaldry, urging a premier of solid character over brilliance tainted by habits seen as pestilence to the rising generation.
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London
Joseph Parker
London Sun
Prince of Wales
Lord Rosebery
Senate Devotees in Executive Session on Canal Treaty
Washington reports House observed District of Columbia Day as the Senate moved into executive session at 1 50 to consider the canal treaty. Senator Tillman asked for all Colombian correspondence on possible terms for a canal across Colombian territory from Atlantic to Pacific. Lodge indicated the measure would be taken up later. Other items include a missing Dixon Missouri teacher Pearl Hunter, an arson indictment against Mrs Annette Ayers in Linn County Missouri, and Atlanta Mayor James G Woodward jailed for drunkenness. Free employment for 5102 in Kansas City and sixty years of marriage for Sam Wooldridge in Boonville Missouri are noted along with rural free delivery route applications rising at 250 per day.
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Washington
District of Columbia
House
Senate
Tillman
S. C
Colombia
Atlantic
Pacific
Lodge
Marceline, Mo
Linn County
Annette Ayers
Brookfield
German agrarians push wheat duties to curb imports
German agrarian movement under Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg seeks higher wheat duties to protect domestic grain. Consul notes aim to forceGermany toward self sufficiency for bread and food supplies, while critics warn higher prices harm civilians including women and children.
Morrison Bail Granted In Kansan Case
Eldorado Kansas December 18 The attorney for Miss Jessie Morrison won permission for bail. The bond is set at 35000 and she must remain at a designated home in Butler county until released. Reports claim she may travel to her West Virginia home after bond. Local chatter about retaliation is denied by correspondents.
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Eldorado
Kan
Jessie Morrison
Butler County
Miss Morrison
West Virginia
Easy for bank robbers hit Hope bank in Indiana
Shelbyville Indiana December 15 Kennedy's bank at Hope five miles from Fort Wayne was entered at two o'clock Tuesday morning. The safe was blown open with nitroglycerine and $15,000 stolen by two men who fled the scene after being seen leaving the building by the night operator in the telephone exchange. A confederate outside with no carriage escaped. The same suspects were also linked to an earlier robbery at a post office in Fort Wayne the previous Monday morning where $200 was taken. Authorities presume the operators in both jobs are the same individuals.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Kennedy's Bank
Hope
Here
Supreme Court Advances Porto Rico Philippine Case Arguments
Washington December portico cases in volving status of Porto Rico and the Philippines resumed at the United States Supreme Court. The public area filled with spectators and a large attendance of prominent lawyers. Senators and representatives observed as the arguments proceeded in the historic hearing.
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Washington
Dec
United States
United States Supreme Court Pocidas
Congress
Passaic Week Brims With Local Happenings And Plans
Weather woes for corn huskers ease after a week of hardship as Passaic residents anticipate better conditions. Dr. Son sells property and moves to Wyoming in spring. Mr. Wood runs a bustling toy and equipment shop for Christmas. Jenson Williams plans to harvest corn before Christmas, heading north afterward. Col J N Sharp makes a quick trip to Appleton City and longs for home life. A Christmas tree invites all to see Santa Claus, with Cora Long and others soliciting finances. George Walls hauls hay, John Eichler and Grover Crews plan a rabbit hunt. Frank Lee rents Mosier farm. corn yields are growing, with Tathwell paying 28c white and 27c yellow per bushel. Passaic M W A encumbers officers for Dec 13. The lodge plans a Lafayette County holiday visit. Proctor, wounded in a quarrel with Cooney, remains ill and uncertain in outcome.
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Dr. Son
Passaic
Wyoming
Wood
Santa
Jenson Williams
Col
J. N. Sharp
Appleton City
Santa Claus
Cora Long
Mary Church
Gladys Wilcox Byrd Wolfe
Laws
George Walls
John Eichler
Grover Crews
Frank Lee
Mosier
Frank
George Crews
James Tathwell
Passaic Camp
V.C
N. W. Taylor
C. F. Fenton
H. A. Mosier
J. B. Rice
J. C. Yeates
F. G. Ruddle
Fritz Mier
J. E. Thompson
Lafayette County
L. E
Cleveland lauds Hirtison speech on expansion issue
In Princeton New Jersey former President Grover Cleveland says he saw a literal synopsis of Hirtison's Arbor speech and calls it the best deliverance on the subject. He notes those seeking clear questions on territorial expansion should seek better enlightenment than Harrison offered. In Topeka Kansas the buffalo expo commissioners plan a 50 000 appropriation to prepare a Kansas exhibit. In Wichita petitions urge reinstatement of striking operators in the Oklahoma Santa Fe division.
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Princeton
N. J
Dee
Grover Cleveland
Hirtison
Vew Arbor
Cleveland
Harrison
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Commissioners of the
Wichita
Tite
Oklahoma
The
Santa Fe
Staiiler
Topeka Governor Lewy Moves to Pacific CRS Post
John W. Lewy, Kansas governor from Isot to tS, has departed Topeka for Seattle, Washington, to take the role of Pacific CRS representative for a fraternal insurance order.
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Topeka
Kanee
John W. Lewy
Kansas
Isot
Seattle
Wash
Pacific Crs
Wil son sues Landis after Cornfield Shooting in Kansas
In Abilene Kansas on December 15 T A Wilson, shot in a cornfield after dark, sues Samuel Landis for 36114 alleging the shooting. The case unfolds as a legal action in a sparsely reported local crime context. Washington notes presidential nomination of John A Leishman to Turkey and the death of Ephraim Ingalls, a founder and early leader of the Republican Party.
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Abilene
Kam
T. A. Wilson
Samuel Landis
Withber
Mixed farm and grain prices with a violent incident reported
The data lists cattle hogs and sheep receipts for Chicago Omaha and St Louis with prices and quantities, followed by Kansas City and Wheat and Corn quotes. An incident in Nevada reports Marcus Harbin, a wealthy widow, shooting at Floyd Smith in Milo. Missouri seeks 1000000 to fund Pan-American representation. Joplin’s new First Congregational Church dedicated at 210000.
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Nevada
Pew
Mrcus Harbin
Milo
Floyd Smith
Smith
Missouri
St. Louis
Dew
Wixswuri
Buffalo
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Pearl Hunter
Atlanta
James G. Woodward
Woodward
Kansas City
State Free Ployment Bureau
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Samia Wooldridge
Thic County
Post Office Department
Germany
Agrarian Party
Americom
Agrarians
Clara Castle
Indiana
Supreme Court
Charles Proctor
James Cooney
Mr. Proctor
Chas. Endres
East Side Square
Butler, Mo
Omaha
Louis
Evans
Snider
Buelco
Live Stock Commission
Drovers Telegram
Kansas City Star
G. W. Dixon
North Main Street
Ous Books and
W. A. Lansdown
MR. Cleaveland
Frank F. Mabbott
Opera House
Southwest Corner Square
Katler, Mo
Davis Bros., Lime Stone
Pure Dream Rye
O. F.C Taylor
Sherwood Whiskirs
Frank F. Masport
Association
Will
Tion
Chas. E. Cronhardt
Secy, Nevada, Mo
Diow
Leedy Nits Keane
Kansan
Turkey
John €. A. Leishman
Pennsylvania
Switzerland
Ephrain Ingalls
Republican Party
W. F. Deva
Hi. E. Penevar
J_R Drvad
Eras Iain
Aruweness
SIS
Fedas
Muurke
Temas
M. Hloge
Keast
St. Louie Live
Stark
Mic Ke A
Weders
Texas
Eleade Oon
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E. Fuurer
St. Louie Cash Grae
St. Louie
Kenesas City
Wille
Northern
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Sbu
California
St Joplin, Mo
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