Depot Burglary Reported Near Wilmington Ohio
Three masked men broke into the Baltimore and Ohio depot in Wilmington early Friday morning binding operator R D Waln. They rifled pockets for 9.50 and took 20.55 from the cash drawer, then entered Langdon's flouring mill across the street and blew the safe, securing 50 before fleeing. The operator was bound for three hours and heard train dispatches from Columbus.
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Wilmington
Baltimore & Ohio
R. D. *Walm
Langdon
Bblaw
Coclumbus
Trial opens in Beth Carnahan case in Washington publisher
The Beth Carnahan trial begins in Golumbus with a demurrer overruled and testimony from her former agents who were convicted of impersonating government officers. The U S court hears the case as Carnahan faces charges related to selling books as pension agents.
Four men plead guilty to bank robbery in Danville case
Mount Vernon Ohio December 10 William Fowles Charles Smith John Walker and Harry Gordon faced court and moved from not guilty to guilty pleas for the Danville bank robbery. Judge Wickham labeled Fowles an old offender and gave him eight and a half years in the penitentiary while the others received six and a half years each.
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Mount Vernon
William ‘Fowles
Charles Smith
John Walker
Harry Gordon
Danville
Wickham
Fowles
Sheets seeks penalties from several firms for nonqualification
Columbus attorney general filed in Franklin County court to enforce penalties on Merchants Electric Light and Power Co of Coshocton American Sheet Steel Co and American Tin Plate Co for failing to qualify as foreign corporations under Ohio law. He seeks 30500 from Electric Light and Power 20000 from Sheet Steel and 35000 from Tin Plate.
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Columbus
Sheets
Franklin County
Merchants’ Electric Light and Power Co
Coshocton
Ameracan Sheet Steel Co
Amercan Tin Plate Co
iOhio
Electric Might and Power Co
The
Sheet Steel Co
Tin Plate Co
Coal Exchange in Sandusky Disbands
At a Friday meeting the Sandusky coal exchange decided to abandon the organization after the prosecuting attorney warned that continued operation would lead to an anti trust suit and penalties under the Valentine law.
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Sandusky
Sandusky Coal Exchange
Toledoan's Tough Experience
Charles W. Bell a prominent citizen of Toledo suffered a stroke after a football game at Armory park. He collapsed in darkness and lay exposed to cold rain all night. He was found Sunday morning and his recovery is doubtful.
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Toledo
Charles W. Bell
Armory Park
Burglars Blow Safe At Perry Store In Ohio Get Away
In Painesville Ohio on December 9 burglars blew open the safe at Brown's store in Perry a few miles east A clerk sleeping over the store exchanged shots with a robber leaving blood stains on the floor indicating a wound The robbers escaped but did not take the $300 exposed after the blast
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Painesville, O
Brown
Perry
Highwaymen Attack Couple near Columbus
On a Sunday morning near Columbus Ohio Mr and Mrs Philip Merrill were stopped by three highwaymen who demanded money. Merrill spurred his horse and the robbers fired wounding Mrs Merrill in the head. She is listed in critical condition. The assailants escaped.
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Columbus
Philip “Merrill
Mulford Shortage Replaced by Insurance Union Leaders
Columbus December 7. It is announced that the alleged shortage of ex Secretary John M. Mulford of the American Insurance union totaling 4000 dollars has been made good by National President John J Lentz and other union officers Mulford remains under bond awaiting grand jury action.
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Columbus
John M. Mulford
American Insurance Union
John J Lentz
Mulford
Found Dead in Bed in Blanchester
Jen Nixon aged 70 living alone was found dead in bed Monday with blood on the bedding and a bruised face. He was not seen alive since Wednesday. The coroner is investigating the death.
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Blanchester
Jen Nixon
Nixon
Gas Well in Licking County Shown to Produce 3.5 Million Cu Feet Daily
Word from Homer reports a new gas field well in Licking county delivering 3 500 000 cubic feet per day. The gusher was struck at a depth of 2160 feet.
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Columbus
Homer
Licking County
Arm torn to shreds in fodder cutter accident
Harvey Mulliken, while feeding a fodder cutter in Cadiz, had his arm caught and torn to shreds leaving him injured.
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Cadiz
Dee
Harvey Mulliken
Willard Acquitted Then Re-Arrested on Diamonds
In Cleveland Judge Phillips's court the jury found George Willard not guilty of stealing diamonds worth 15000. He was released but immediately arrested again to face another diamond theft charge in Hamilton Ohio. The judge denounced the verdict as a travesty and discharged the jurors.
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Cleveland
Phillips
George Willard
Willard
Hamilton
Bank Woller Pitchams Steals 20 Year Embezzlement
In Bullston New York on December 5, bank officials uncovered extensive embezzlement by teller Fitcham over two decades. Four hundred interest bearing certificates were found, with $116000 surplus wiped out. Fitcham, ill and guarded, claimed losses were exaggerated and blamed family extravagance.
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Bank Woller
Bullston
N. Y
Thxeminer Graham
First National Bank
Fitcham
Schoolboy 11 fatally stabs playmate eight
In Newport Kentucky on a noon walk home after a quarrel at school, 11 year old Eddie Armines stabbed 8 year old Joseph Creelman with his pocket knife after a brick struck Armines. Armines confessed to authorities claiming Creelman grabbed him and the knife went in.
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Cincinnati
Newport
Joseph Creelman
Eddie Armines
Creelman
Armines
Gathmann Gun Declared Unfit Against Armored Ships
Washington reports show the army and navy board found the Gathmann gun ineffective against modern battleships. Photographs from Sandy Hook tests compare impacts with the 12 inch army service rifle, which the panel says would cause serious damage. The board recommends no adoption or further public service experimentation.
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Washington
Army and Navy Board
Congress
Root
Sandy Hook
United States
Hazed by Cadets at Temperance University
Four senior cadets bound and gagged Cadet Lester on Tuesday night in Harriman Tennessee. They carried him to the woods tied him to a tree whipped him and placed him under a hydrant turning on the water and leaving him semi conscious. The guard found four other cadets out of their rooms. Lester plans to pursue charges in court.
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Harriman
Tenn
American Temperance University
Lester
Frenchman fatally shoots wife and son in West City
In West City Kansas on December 5 Romaine Jaubaux a Frenchman intoxicated fired at his family at home wounding his wife and son Giraurd Taubaux fatally and leaving two others seriously injured authorities report the incident and ongoing investigation
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West City
Kan
Romaine ‘Jaubaux
Giraurd Taubaux
Canal Commission Backs Nicaragua Route
The Isthmian canal commission report to Congress favors the Nicaragua route with an estimated total cost of 139,864,062 for construction. It cites 144,233,358 for Panama but notes 109,141,000 to obtain the concession. The report says Panama is feasible as a sea level canal while Nicaragua requires locks aided by Lake Nicaragua.
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Nicaragua
Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Congress
Panama
Lake
Weather Bureau reports wireless network expansion and fair forecasts
The annual report by Willis L. Moore details improvements in the Weather Bureau wireless telegraphy with stations now operating along Virginia and North Carolina and planned link to the Farallones and Pacific coast. It notes international data feeds into Washington maps, wind forecasts for ships, and widespread crop weather dissemination reaching nearly 42 000 farming households via rural free delivery.
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Farallone Islands
Tatoosh Island
Pacific
Thebureau
British Isles
Europe
Azores
Washington
Nassau
Bermuda
Turk’s Island
England
Weather Bureau
Moore
Pneumatic dynamite gun tested at Milton Head
Savannah reports the new pneumatic dynamite gun tested under army officers at Milton Head South Carolina. The gun at Port Royal harbor showed a 6000 yard range with eight shells fired including six detonations and two underwater fuses. endurance tests with forty dummies proceeded without a hitch.
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Savannah
Milton Head
S. C
Army
McNutt
Ordnance Department
Port Royal Harbor
New South Wales Passes Arbitration Bill
The government enacts a compulsory arbitration law for employer employee disputes. A court led by a supreme court judge will enforce orders and awards with no appeal. Strikes or lockouts before or during reference become a misdemeanor with fines or imprisonment. The court may set standard wages and require preference for union laborers.
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Government of
New South Wales
Sydney
Supreme Court
Six Day Bike Race Opens at Madison Square Garden
The six day bicycle race began at midnight in Madison Square Garden with 8000 spectators. William Rothwell known as Young Corbett started the men, and sixteen teams will ride twelve hours daily around the saucer track for six days. Notable competitors include Bobby Walthour Archie McEachern Gougoltz and Simar aiming to break the 1899 Madison record of 2733 miles.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
William D. Rothwell
Georgia Central Train Crash Near Macon Kills One
Georgia Central passenger train from Savannah crossing the river into Macon early Sunday jumped a switch on a high embankment. The engine and tender separated from the cars and several coaches, including the Atlanta sleeper, burned in a culvert. One fatality reported Julian Boynton, colored, with numerous injuries among about 100 passengers.
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Holls Bown
Macon
Georgia Central
Savannah
Atlanta
Julian Boynton
Mint Report Details Vast 1901 Coinage and U S Silver Notes
The 1901 mint report notes total coinage of 176,999,132 pieces valued at 136,340,738 dollars with gold leading at 99,065,715 and silver dollars at 24,298,850. It covers Philadelphia San Francisco and New Orleans operations, sale of the old Philadelphia site, Denver progress, bullion stocks, and proposes raising the subsidiary coin stock limit.
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Washington
George [. Roberts
Philadelphia
Costa Rica
Treasury
San Francisco
New Orleans
Denver
United States
North America
Meeting of Protest Supports Boers in Chicago
A large Chicago Auditorium crowd heard Bourke Cochran and other speakers advocate sympathy for the Boers in the South African war. Funds to aid Boer women and children were raised, with more than $5,500 contributed after admission fees. a $500 check was given anonymously, followed by $190 in several gifts.
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Chicago
Hiram W. Thomas
People’s Church
Brentano
Tuley
Rioting in Scranton Interferes With Arrests
In Scranton Pennsylvania around 10 PM three deputies attempting to arrest boys storing cars were assaulted by a hostile crowd on South Main Avenue. Deputies were beaten, two hospitalized, one sent home. At 6 AM another crowd attacked five deputies, pelting them with stones and bricks as they withdrew with prisoners.
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Ebriots
Scerronton
Scranton
Dee
South Main Avenue
Capouseau
Bricka
Missing Los Angeles cashier flees with 100000
HE Fleishman cashier of Farmers and Merchants' bank disappears with about 100000. He was last seen Saturday at his club claiming illness. bonds and collateral protect the bank. officials vow pursuit and no doubt the bank will continue normally.
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Los Angeles
HE. J. Fleishman
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
H. W. Hellman
Fleishman
A. J. Harrell
Visalia
Ashe Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
I. W. Hellman
California
San Francisco
Nevada Bank
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank of
H. J. Fleishman
Mexico
Low Wcelex
Cahy
Riot at Scranton streetcar strike ends with mob fire
Special Officer Frank Schofield and Detective Cosgrove tried to arrest a man in a saloon. A crowd attacked with drills and bottles as shots rang out. Three mob members were wounded but not seriously. Schofield and the motor man dispersed the mob and fled. Magistrate Miller vows to back the officers if needed.
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Scranton
Frank Schofield
Cosgrove
Schofield
Miller
Three New Anchor Line Steamers Planned for Buffalo Superior Route
Detroit plans by Frank E. Kirby for three passenger and freight steamers for the Anchor Line to run between Buffalo and Lake Superior ports. The ships will be three feet longer than the North Land and North West, speed 15 miles per hour, and feature advanced naval design with several radical changes over older steamers.
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Detroit
Mich
Frank E. Kirby
Anchor Line Steamship Co
Buffalo
Superior
North Land
North West
Bolivia approves two treaties with United States
The Bolivian congress yesterday approved two treaties with the United States. The first is an extradition treaty and the second provides for the use of post office money orders between Bolivia and the United States.
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la Paz
Bolivia
United States
McKinley Day Set for Indiana Churches
The third Sunday in January was designated as McKinley day by churches across Indiana. Frank L. Jones of the Indiana auxiliary committee issued a circular urging ministers and leaders to raise funds on McKinley Sunday. Senator Fairbanks opened the fund with $1,000, with more large subscriptions expected.
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McKinley
Indianapolis
Frank L. Jones
Indiana Auxiliary Committee
Jones
Fairbanks
Carnegie Offers $10 Million for Washington University Project
The Washington Post reports Andrew Carnegie proposes a $10,000,000 endowment to establish a postgraduate university in Washington. The plan envisions a world class research institution open to postgraduates, independent of federal funding, guided by a national board, and aiming to rival Germany in scientific development.
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National University
Washington
Washington Post
Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
United States
Congress
Carnegie
James Smithson
Smithsonian Institution
Smithson
Gilman
Johns. Hopkins University
Hadley
Yale
Eliot
Harvard
White
Cornell
Germany
Board of Regents
Tittle
Steel Plate Pool Formed After Conference
New York reports from The Journal and American that a pooling agreement among major steel plate makers is now intact after renegotiations. Initial plans for a single company with United States Steel involvement failed when Jones & Laughlin declined to sell. Prices for the year are seen as satisfactory due to greater demand than production capability.
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New York
The
Journal and American
United States Steel Corporation
Jones & Laughlin
Lukens Iron and Steel Co
Carbon Steel Co
Treaty Signed for Permanent U S Canal Route Lease
In Managua on December 9 Dr Fernando Sanchez Nicaragua foreign minister and William L Merry United States minister signed a treaty in which Nicaragua agrees to lease a six mile wide strip including the Nicaragua canal route to the United States forever.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Fernando Sanchez
William L. Merry
United States
Salvador
Costa Rica
Nicaragua Canal
Terribly Fatal Fight in Mangum Street Encounter
In Mangum, O. T., a weekend street fight left Roy Mills and two other men dead and a fourth man fatally wounded.
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Wichita
Kan
Mangum
O. T
Roy Mills
Frye Proposes Ship Subsidy Bill in Senate
Senator Frye introduced a new ship subsidy bill in the senate on Monday. The proposal does not require American registry for foreign ships owned by Americans and makes no distinction between fast and slow steamers except that fast ships may get mail contracts under the 1891 act. It outlines seven classes of mail steamers and bases support on ten years of shipbuilding and mail needs abroad.
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Washington
Frye
Senate
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Toledoan
Gathmann
the Weather Bureau
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Mr. Carnegie
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