Academy of Music in Brooklyn Damaged by Major Fire
Historic Academy of Music in Brooklyn burned completely in a blaze likely started by an explosion. Winds threatened the adjacent library and saloon. the loss was about 300000 covered by insurance. Banquet for State Senator McCarren planned at Hotel St George tonight.
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New York
Academy of Music
Brooklyn
McCarren
Academy
Financial District
Montague Street
Brooklyn Public Library
Senator McCarren
Hotel St. George
Hyde & Behman’s
Wood testimony continues in Runcie case hearing
Washington November 30. The senate military affairs committee resumed the Wood case hearings with Major Estes G. Rathbone proposing witnesses. Horatio S. Rubens testified that Wood knew of the Runcie article criticizing General Brooke in Cuba and tried to patch up rivalries, while Rubens said Wood admitted the article placed him in an awkward position. The session also covered rubrics on newspaper relations and prior commands as the committee adjourned for lunch.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Wood
Estes G. Rathbone
Horatio S. Rubens
New York
John BR. Brooke
Mr. Rubens
J. E. Runcie
Runcie Magasine
General Brooke
Cuba
General Wood
Runcie
Rubens
Rathbone
Cube
Bellairs
Ludlow
Wilson
Major Rathbone
Proctor
Brooke
Battle with bandits on northern Indiana prairies escalates
Outlaws engage in a fierce clash near Miller Station as officers pursue them through the prairie. Two officers are shot, a Pennsylvania brakeman is killed, and the chase for the gang continues with a large general alarm prompting hundreds to join the pursuit.
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Indiana
Prairies
Chicago
van Dine
Neidemeier
Roecki
Miller Station
Pennsylvania
Pine
Sheehan
Larkin
Miller’s Station
Millers
Schuettler
Trio of Chicago car barn bandits captured after deadly shootout
Harvey Van Dine and Peter Niedemeier were captured near East Tolleston Indiana after a snowbound clash that wounded two detectives and killed brakeman T J Favie. A third bandit Emil Roeski remained at large as Pennsylvania railroad men aided the chase toward Liverpool Indiana.
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Chicago
Harvey van Dine
Peter Neidemeier
East Tolleston
Ind
Emil Roeski
Pennsylvania
Liverpool
T. J. Favie
Indiana
Pennsylvania Railroad
Briggs
Favie
Jones
Pennsylvania System
Saugh
van Dine
Neidemeier
Roeski
Driscoll
Sheehan
Miller’s Station
Niedemeier
Day
O'Neil
East Tolliston
T. J. Savio
Union Depot
Gustave Marx
Savio
Lake and
Marriage Licenses Issued to Wesley Castle and Emma Bizold
Wesley Castle and Emma I Bizold are issued marriage licenses. B F Timimins and Mary Elizabeth Oonger also listed for license issuance.
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Wesley Castle and
Emma I. Bizold
B. F. Timimins and
Mary’ Elizabeth ‘Oonger
Schools Reopen After Smallpox Outbreak Nearby
Williamaport schools reopened today after county health officer Dr. Carl Proegler ordered closure due to several smallpox cases in the area. Nearly all residents of Williamsport and nearby areas were vaccinated following the outbreak, affecting families including the Emrick family.
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Williamaport
Carl Proegler
Williamsport
Emrick
Chicago murder confession from Greensburg escapee Kruger
Greensburg Pennsylvania sheriff confirms Charles Kruger, jailed for burglary, confessed to killing Chicago policemen Pennell and Devine and to murders in Ohio Indiana and Kentucky. He faces execution January 14 1904 and plans a memoir after his death. Authorities doubt his sanity and seek corroboration from other police agencies.
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Chicago
O'Neill
Charles Kruger
Greensburg
Pennell and Devine
O’neill
Kruger
Kentucky
East
Pennell
Devine
Chicago Dispatch
Trescher
Pennell and
Ohio
Indiana
H. F. Brewer
Police Foil Escape Plot By Car Barn Bandit Niedermeier
Chicago police chief ONeill personally thwarted a plan by Peter Niedermeier to dash from Harrison street station during a private interview. Three armed detectives stood outside the window, forcing the bandit back to his cell as he prepared a dramatic escape.
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Chicago
O’neill
Peter Niedermeier
Harrison Street
Niedermeier
Jensen Grove factory removal aids Mentone donation
Northern Indiana notes report Mentone contributing 36900 to secure moving the Jensen Grove factory from Chicago to Mentone. The S ikhart lecture course is abandoned with funds tied up in a defunct bank. A series of local incidents follow including a Warsaw merchant's death from apoplexy and a receiver appointed for Elkhart Paper.
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Churubusco Truth
Miss Slagle
Churubusco Telephone Exchange
Union Township
DeKalb County
Silas Franks
Adams County
Democratic Central Committee
John F. Snow
Decatur
Adams
Allen Counties
Fleming
Jacob Hazel
Goshen
Hazel
North Dakota
Monroeville
Fred Zugschwert
Garrett
Jonathan Smucker
Polly Smucker
Katie Smucker
Daugh
King
Choiirs
Society forms for protection of Fort Wayne saloonkeepers
Indianapolis, Nov 30 special report that the Independent Order of Saloonkeepers of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is incorporated for fraternal purposes with no capital stock and a fund of 200 dollars to hire a lawyer and cover costs when members are arrested for Nicholson law violations. Incorators include Thorp Kritzer Kennedy Hunt Gilbert Horstman. Police have been cracking down on saloons allowing women to loiter.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Independent Order of Saloonkeepers of
Fort Waynes
Harry Gilbert
John Kennedy
Charles Hunt
Frank Horstman
Joseph Thorp
Frank Kritzer
Il Incorporated
Thorp
Main
Harrison
Kritzer
Harrison Street
Kennedy
Columbia
Calhoun Street
Calhoun
Jefferson
Lewis
Gilbert
Brackenridge
Horstman
Kennedy’s
West Jefferson Church Raises 800 for Thanksgiving Offering
The West Jefferson Street Church of Christ gathered 800 in cash at yesterday's Thanksgiving offering with pledges for more. The church, noted for generosity, also funds a foreign missionary program costing 500 annually.
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West Jefferson Street
Church of Christ
Decatur Note Announces Marriage of George Bowers
Word arrives in Decatur of the marriage between George Bowers a former Decatur boy and a young Filipino woman. Bowers served in company B during the Spanish American War and later taught in Philippine public schools. He reportedly became infatuated with a student and wed her.
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Decatur
George Bowers
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Hamlet
Wagner
Anton Seidl
Theodore Thomas
Zance
Trio OF
Barn Bandits
Peter
Harvey
Gustav
Score
ORM A
Society For Protection
New Association of Saloonkeepers In
Fort Wayne
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