Time-Lock Bank Robbery Baffles Police In Lima
The American National Bank in the Opera House Block, Lima, was robbed of about $25,000 last night. An expert avoided dynamite and electricity, leaving no marks, while three rough keys were found inside. Time locks opened at 11 this morning and no suspects identified.
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Commercial Tribune
Lima
American Tional Bank
Opera House
First National Bank
Brice
N. L. Michaels
Kalb
National Bankers’ Association
Goldsmith & Kalb
National Bank
Jacob Goldsmith
N. L. Michel
Bank vaults untouched after robbers fled
National Bank Examiner Tucker of Cincinnati will arrive tomorrow to inspect the bank and decide if it can continue business after the depository vaults in the rear and the vault above the robbed area remained undisturbed and an iron stairway connects them.
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National Bank
Tucker
Cincinnati
Daugherty
Ohio
He Talks About the Philadelphia Man Whom He Had Helped
Captain Stewart Brice recounts assisting Harry G. Moore of Wilmington who left a letter guiding to hidden treasure at Santiago Harbor. Brice says Moore worked for a wrecking firm on sunken Spanish vessels, was sick and destitute, and disappeared after Cuba voyage. Brice believes Moore hid valuables at the harbor but could not return.
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Commercial Tribune
Lima
Dea
Stewart Brice
Harry G. Moore
Wilmington
Del
Brice
Santiago Harbor
Moore
Cuba
Haden
Greene to resign from U S Army after Cuba talks
Major General Francis V. Greene accompanied by Lieutenant Schuyler Schiefflin returns from Havana to New York after a brief War Department visit. He informs Adjutant General Corbin of potential Spanish Cuban order problems but expects American forces to maintain control. Greene plans to resign if the President approves following consultations on Cuban conditions.
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Washington
Francis V. Greene
Schuyler Schiefflin
Forty
New York Volunteer Infantry
Havana
New York
Greene
War Department
Corbin
United States
New York State
Spain
Cuba
Bloodshed in Havana as unrest grinds city
In Havana during the last 24 hours one man was killed and twelve wounded in affrays across the city and eleven burglaries were reported. Spanish residents face tensions as the city evacuates wards while American authorities assume control and guard key sites.
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Havana
Francisco Quintero
Genios Street
la Lucha
Spain
Cuba
General Castellanos
Mantanzas
Cienfuegos
Farmer Wm Shaver shoots wife then kills himself
Greenfield Missouri reports farmer Wm Shaver four miles west of town shot his wife four times causing fatal wounds and then killed himself. Family troubles cited as motive.
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Greenfield
Wm. Shaver
Here
Dreyfus Case Testimony Heard By French Interior
Paris authorities reported M. Loew president of the Criminal Chamber questioned Premier Dupuy for two hours at the Interior Ministry as part of proceedings in the Dreyfus affair.
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Paris
M. Loew
Criminal Chamber
Court of Cassation
Ministry of the Interior
M. Dupuy
Dreyfus
Eagan Angrily Pursues Fresh Meat Scandal Probe
A terse report notes Eagan voices anger over a beef scandal involving military meat entries. It mentions Rep Danford pushing one more attempt on the 45 v4 immigration bill and Northway’s successor chosen for a key committee post.
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Danford
Northway
Eagan to testify over spoiled beef amid army meat row
Com missary General Eagan will be recalled to testify before the War Investigation Commission on charges linked to refrigerator beef. He defends his reputation and seeks substantiation or consequences for General Miles. Swift & Co. seeks representation to discuss chemicals in preserved meat. House debate over immigration restric tions continues. pending Appropriations Committee vacancy amid resignations. Christmas gift secrecy surrounds President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley with a jeweled buckle and engraved watch fob.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Eagan
Miles
The
General Eagan
War Investigation Commission
Swift
Chicago
Danford
Ohio
House
Immigration Committee
Reed
White House
Penitentiary Christmas Exercises End With Pardon
At the Columbus Ohio penitentiary Christmas exercises Warden Coffin presented Governor Bushnell's Christmas pardon to Stanley C. Jones. Jones has been in prison since 1890 on a life sentence for the murder of attorney Amzi A. Amidon in Lake County. Amidon had represented Mrs. Jones in a divorce. The day closed with a minstrel show featuring Smoky Hobbs and Bad Lands Smith and a turkey dinner.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Coffin
Bushnell
Stanley C. Jones
Jones
Amzi A. Amidon
Lake County
Amidon
Local lynching shocks Harmony Grove scene
Jeff Bolton a Black man was lynched by a masked mob near Harmony Grove Georgia as he was being taken to jail on charges of barn arson and firing at the owner. The incident occurred Saturday night and underscores the era’s racial violence in the region.
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San Jose Street
Mestro & Mata
Senor Mestre
Marquis de Montero
Treasury
Neptune Street
United States
San Lazaro Street
Eighth
Tenth Regular
Hotel Trocha
el Vedado
Harmony Grove
Jeff Bolton
Reverend Fuller Chosen to Address Detroit Anti Imperialist Meeting
The Anti Imperialist League selects Rev Samuel E Fuller of Boston to speak in Detroit at Governor Pingree's request. Protests pour in from Montana labor branch Jackson Unitarian Club and citizens from multiple states while Secretary Winslow urges congressional action to block ratification of the current treaty.
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Boston
Pingree
Michigan
Detroit
Anti-Imperialist League
Samuel E. Fuller
League
Federation of Labor
Montana
Unitarian Club
Jackson
Mich
Clark County
Ohio
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Alabama
Texas
California
Winslow
House
Senate
Americans Celebrate Christmas in Summer Heat at Santiago
Americans in Santiago marked Christmas amid summer heat and discomforts. Palace clerks presented General Woods a gold-mounted tortoise shell walking stick in a mahogany case while regiments sought American-style festivities. The Hist and hospital ship Bay State were decorated for the season.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Santiago
General Woods
Hist
Bay State
Palmistry Used In Mystery Hotel Death Case
Police in Columbus resort to palmistry to identify a dead woman found at the Chittenden Hotel. W G Benham inked and photographed the lines on the head to infer personality and family details. He deduced two children and kidney trouble, but could not determine the children’s sex. The body likely belongs to Martha Byers of Noblesville Indiana. burial at Green Lawn is planned.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Chittenden Hotel
W. G. Benham
Benham
Detroit
Martha Byers
Noblesville
Ind
Green Lawn
Christmas brings weddings as soldiers wed in New Albany district
In New Albany and Jeffersonville courts during two days of holiday activity soldiers tied the knot. Magistrate Richards joined Thomas Arnold and Miss Mary Rukle, while Harry Foster married Miss Jennie Steffie after his return from Puerto Rico. An engaged couple traveled all night but the groom lacking three dollars could not obtain a license and had to return home unmarried.
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Commercial Tribune
New Albany
Ind
Jeffersonville
Richards
Thomas L. Arnold
Cloverport
Kentucky
Anniston
Ala
Mary Rukle
Lexington
Harry Foster
Puerto Rico
Jennie Steffie
Frankfort
Aunt Lucy Nichols Receives Pension After Civil War Service
Louisville dispatch notes Aunt Lucy Nichols a former Twenty third Indiana Volunteer. The President signed a special bill granting her 12 dollars monthly. A runaway slave who fought in Bolivar Tennessee she later joined parades with G A R in New Albany Indiana.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Lucy Nichols
Twentythird Indiana Volunteers
Pension Department
Bolivar
Tenn
G A.R. Post
New Albany
Ind
Spain
McKinley
French Police Seize Letters Hint at Military Plot
Paris correspondents report police have seized letters showing a military plot is in preparation. A London Sunday paper claims knowledge of a coup planned for Wednesday with no details, while another source alludes to Dreyfus court action on Thursday under state necessity.
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London
Paris
The
Daily Chronicle
Weekly
Sun
Sunday Special
Court of Cassation
Dreyfus
Allies move to secure Iloilo as insurgents falter
Admiral Dewey and Gen Otis act in concert to safeguard US interests in Iloilo Panay. Two regiments and artillery reach Hailo, while the Baltimore sails from Manila. The US expedition serves as precaution but will act to suppress lawlessness if needed. Dewey awaits the Buffalo for personnel relief.
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Admiral Dewey
Gen. Otis
Washington
Iloilo
Panay
Philippine Archipelago
Manila
General Otis
Philippines
Dewey
Navy Department
Baltimore
Way of
Madrid
United States
Buffalo
Malta
Congress of the Revolutionary Government Adjourns
Manila despatch reports the Congress of the Revolutionary Government of the Filipinos at Malolos adjourned due to difficulty drafting a constitution. The Aguinaldo cabinet resigned, and Emilio Aguinaldo proceeded between Paterno Santa Ana and Cavite Viejo while opposing militant factions and seeking restraint amid American presence. The Bacoor proclamation July 15 named the cabinet with Emilio Aguinaldo as head and ministers for War, Interior, Agriculture, and other posts.
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Manila
Congress
Revolutionary Government of the
Malolos
Aguinaldo
Bacoor
Eral Aguinaldo
Maros
Santa Annica
Paterno
Cavite Viejo
Cavite
Christmas in Manila Observed by Americans
Christmas was celebrated by Americans in Manila with Protestant and Catholic services. Chaplain Harris led services for the Colorado and Pennsylvania regiments, Father McKinnon preached for the California regiment, and a midnight Mass was not held due to the Archbishop's refusal. The city and Filipinos were out in holiday mood.
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Manila
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Harris
Father McKinnon
California
Agoncillo Plans Meeting With Three New Filipino Envoys
Filipe Agoncillo personal representative of Aguinaldo left New York for Washington to await three eminent Filipinos en route with further instructions. He said no change in the situation is likely until their arrival after Paris.
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Aguinaldo
New York
Filipe Agoncillo
Philippine Patriots
Washington
Agoncillo
Paris
Sagasta in Critical Condition Amid Pneumonia Report
Madrid December 26 Prime Minister Sagasta remains gravely ill with bronchial pneumonia though a later bulletin notes a quieter day and reduced fever. Cabinet members fear no recovery while rumors claim worsened respiration as ministers meet and later visit Sagasta’s residence.
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Madrid
Sagasta
Senor Sagasta
Blanco
Campos
Primer de Rivera
Lopez Dominguez
General Weyler
Emilio Castellar Stricken With Serious Pulmonary Catarrh
Madrid reports Emilio Castellar the renowned Republican statesman orator and scholar is prostrated by a severe pulmonary catarrh. No further medical details available.
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Madrid
Emilio Castellar
Deaths at Manila Reported by General Otis
Washington cable from General Otis lists seven deaths since the last report in Manila. Nineteen-decade soldiers including Frank N. Knouse, Marwin W. Carleton, Fred Taylor, Frank C. Hayden, Joe D. Wilson, David I. Saunders, and Ole G. Hagberg die from accidents, illness, and exhaustion during December and November.
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Washington
War Department
General Otis
Manila
Frank N. Knouse
First Nebraska
Pasig
Marwin W. Carleton
Minnesota
Fred Taylor
Frank C. Hayden
Fourteenth Infantry
Joe D. Wilson
Twenty-third Infantry
David I. Saunders
Colorado
Ole G. Hagberg
Idaho
Dodge Named Director of Agriculture at Paris Exposition
Chicago December 26. Commissioner General Peck announced Charles Richards Dodge of New York as Director of Agriculture for the American exhibit at the Paris Exposition.
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Chicago
Peck
Charles Richards Dodge
New York
Tod Sloan Attends Charity Ball in Logansport
Tod Sloan arrived with Eddie Bald and Cr. F. Dwyer plus about thirty Kokomo society members for Logansport's annual Charity Ball. The party traveled by special train and stayed at Barnet House with Sloan keeping details to a minimum and denying oversized trunk rumors. Sloan planned an early departure for St Louis with Bald and Dwyer on the Wabash line.
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Kokomo
Panhandle
Barnet House
Sloan
Bald
Dwyer
St. Louis
Musonic Temple
Minnie Thompson
Blouser
Tod
Ohio Men in Congress Unity and Shifting Gubernatorial Hope
Washington reports Ohio holds ten of ninety in the Fifty-fifth Senate, with talks of increasing native representation in the Fifty-sixth House. Foraker and allies work to unite the party while Daugherty's gubernatorial bid draws support, and Judge Day withdraws from the race.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ohio
United States Senate
Senate
Foraker
Hanna
Baker
Carter
Allen
Kyle
Elkins
Fairbanks
Turpie
Allison
Highland County
United States
Indiana
Benjamin Harrison
West Virginia
Charles J. Faulkner
California
Illinos
Iowa
Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln
Republican Party
Bushnell-Kurtz Faction Declared Obliterated
A public statement proclaims that the Bushnell-Kurtz faction has been obliterated, signaling a decisive political shift and the collapse of the group within the current power structure.
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Bushnell-Kurtz
Duel Abandoned Over Seconds Disagreement in Budapest
In Budapest on December 26 the proposed duel between Baron Banffy the Hungarian Premier and Deputy Heransky of the opposition was called off after the seconds failed to agree on conditions. Heransky had derided the Premier as an impostor cheat and traitor during last Friday's debate.
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Budapest
Baron Banffy
Heransky
Colonel Wherry's Accident at Columbus Barracks
Colonel Wherry commandant of the Columbus Barracks slipped on ice and fell injuring arms and bruising himself severely, confining him to bed. He previously served in Cincinnati.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Wherry
Columbus Barracks
Cincinnati
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