Goebel Is Gone Taylor Declared Governor Elect Kentucky
Frankfort Ky December 9 At 9 45 this morning the election certificate of Wm S Taylor was signed by the election commissioners and he was declared to be governor elect of Kentucky Official figures show Taylor 193714 Goebel 191331 Taylor plurality 2383 The commissioners filed two opinions but these were not read and commissions will be issued by Governor Bradley The room held fourteen people two spectators Ellis Pryor and Poyntz divided over opinions Ellis praised Pryor and spoke of the duty and responsibility borne by the commissioners
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Pryor and
Ellis
Poyntz
State Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Chenault
Board of Commissioners
Taylor
Pryor
Bradley
Kentucky
Mr. Ellis
Pocketbook Stolen From West Berry Residence
E Perfect of 282 West Berry street reported to the police that Friday night his bedroom was entered and a pocket book with $12.40 was stolen. Footprints were seen below a window. Detective Coling investigated and found the pocketbook in a front room on a chair, but the money was missing.
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E. Perfect
West
Berry Street
Gorsline
Mr. Perfect
Coling
Perfect
Roberts Inquiry Sparks Controversy Over Schroeder Witness
In Washington on December 9 the Roberts Investigating Committee encountered a burst of tension as chairman Roberts rejected A. T. Schroeder of the Gentile delegation. Schroeder was poised to speak when Roberts objected, alleging Schroeder appeared as an attorney rather than a witness.
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Washington
Roberts
A. T. Schroeder
Utah Court Deliberations Allow Schroeder to Proceed
In a brief ruling the Utah Supreme Court ruled that Schroeder could continue his testimony after indicating he was deemed unworthy of belief. The judges explained the process before permitting him to proceed with further examination.
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Supreme Court of Utah
Mr. Schroeder
Hoagland Clergyman Pleads Guilty In Hunting Case
Rev Ralph C Jones of Hoagland pleaded guilty in Justice Bullerman court to hunting with dog and gun on enclosed lands without owner permission. Offense dated November 11. Fine five dollars plus costs totaling twenty two dollars. Local residents angry, calling the case persecution rather than just prosecution.
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Bullerman
Ralph C. Jones
Hoagland
Sloan Adair
Sentinel
Commercial club to discuss revived county fair topic
At the Thursday Commercial club meeting a debate on reviving the county fair will feature Alexander Johnson with a County Fair address and panels on farmer, businessman, and commercial viewpoints. Directors debated a depot improvements address by S M Foster for railroad company adoption next week.
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Commercial Club
Alexander Johnson
T. E. Ellison
Col. D. N. Foster
W. C. Gross
P. A. Randall
H. C. Rockfull
S. M. Fester
Hardware Stock Change Talks In Kendallville
Fort Wayne merchant C. M. Beck is in Kendallville negotiating with W. A. Tulley to buy his hardware stock. F. Boshler of Peters Hardware Company will join as partner if the deal goes through and is due to arrive tonight to finalize arrangements.
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Kendallville
Deadly corn shredder injures Liberty Mills worker
Nelson Miller lost an arm feeding a corn shredder at Liberty Mills on the Nickel Plate line. His hand was drawn into the knives and mangled to the shoulder. Miller, a well known threshing worker, was injured Thursday afternoon in the county.
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Nelson Miller
Liberty Mills
Miller
Divorces Granted for Herd and Talmage Couples
Henry Hy Herd and Emma Herd receive a divorce with future custody to be settled later. Minerval Talmage is granted a divorce from Stanford Talmage.
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Henry Hy Herd
Emma Herd
Minerval Talmage
Stanford Talmage
Seed Distribution Heads North and South This January
The Department of Agriculture will start seed distribution earlier than last year. Approximately 13,000,000 vegetable seed packages and 1,568,000 flower seeds will be shipped to counties, with field and lawn grass seeds included. Some shipments may go out before January.
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Washington
Fragmentary OCR note about a medical procedure
An unclear OCR fragment describes an operation performed Friday by a deputy or assistant. The text is garbled, making the involved names, place, and precise outcome unclear.
Mobs Burn Man Alive After Maysville Murder
Dick Coleman, the Negro accused of murdering Mrs. Lashbrooke, was seized from officers by a mob of about 1,000 in Maysville Kentucky and burned at the stake. He was bound to a sapling, his eyes torn out, and the flames enveloped him as thousands watched in town. The mob, led by Lashbrooke the husband, delayed trial plans and pledged to guard the execution until death.
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MaysviLle
Dick Coleman
Lashbrooke
Coleman
Fitzgerald
Dawson
Donovan
Court House
James Lashbrooke
Second Street
Chesapeake and Ohio
Covington
Harbeson
Lashbrookes
Govington
Tyne Inne
Governor to offer reward for mob that burned Coleman
Frankfort Kentucky December 6 Governor Bradley announced that he will offer a reward for the apprehension of the members of the mob that burned Coleman at Maysville today.
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Harbeson
Frankfort
Bradley
Coleman
Maysville
Henry Sordelet Missing From Toledo Home
Henry Sordelet a 13 year old boy from Fort Wayne who moved to Toledo two months ago has vanished from his home there. He wore a dark grey suit knee pants black cap and stockings. No overcoat. He had a Sacred Heart badge and several paid bills in his possession. Parents request information at 320 Knapp Toledo or B A Mills 59 Prospect Avenue Fort Wayne.
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Henry Sordelet
Frank Sordelet
Fort Wayne
Toledo
Sordelet
Sam, Pete & Max
Sacred Heart
Knapp Street
B. A. Mills
Prospect Avenue
Hulse Sends Cable From Berlin Homeward Plans
W L Hulse of South Morrison street received a cablegram from his son Wil Hulse announcing his safe arrival in Berlin, Germany. He has spent two years in Buenos Ayres overseeing a large electric lighting plant for the European General Electric company and will soon return to America to spend the holidays with friends in Fort Wayne.
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W. L. Hulse
South Morrison Street
Wil Hulse
Berlin
Germany
Mr. Hulse
Buenos Ayres
South America
European General Electric Company
America
Fort Wayne
Annual election of Modern American Fraternal Order officers
New officers for the Modern American Fraternal Order have been elected. Homer Krick is past president, A. A. Gocke president, Nora Willsey vice president, Thetis Blystone chaplain, William T. Jeffries secretary, James Fulford treasurer, John Gocke sergeant at arms, Leona M. Slemmer conductor, Willis T. Roebuck inner guard, George Putnam outer guard, Abbie Dunlop organist, John Draker Ira Carey and George Stout trustees.
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Homer Krick
A. A. Gocke
Nora Willsey
Thetis Blystone
William T. Jeffries
James Fulford
John Gocke
Leona M. Slemmer
Willis T. Roebuck
George Putnam
Abbie Dunlop
John Draker
Ira Carey
George Stout
Independent Oil Co Forms In Mansfield Ohio
A new partnership named Independent Oil company is formed by J. P. Scott of Mansfield and J. W. McClellan of this city. An oil station will be built along Lake Shore railroad tracks on north Clinton street with a downtown office. They will sell lubricating and illuminating oils. McClellan formerly belonged to McClellan & Jourdan hay dealers on Columbia street.
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Independent Oil Company
J. P. Scott
Mansfield
Ohio
J. ¥. W. McClellan
Lake Shore
Clinton Street
McClellan
McClellan & Jourdan
Hay Dealers
Columbia Street
Man Narrowly Escapes Train in Narrow Alley Incident
Ed Langdon, a resident near the east yards, was struck by a Grand Rapids and Indiana train while returning from work Tuesday evening. He was thrown beside the track, bruised, but managed to rise and walk home without serious injury.
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Ed Langdon
East Yards
Grand Rapids
Indiana
General Young Reaches Vigan After Luzon Skirmish
General Otis reports Young arrived at Vigan on December 5 after engaging insurgents at Narvacan twelve miles south. The fighting forced the enemy east toward San Quentin canyon. about six hundred prisoners escaped from Bangeud, later driven back into the mountains. One American dead, twelve wounded. insurgents left twenty five dead in trenches. Otis will send transport with subsistence and medical supplies and quartermaster stores to support Young.
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Washington
War Department
Young
Luzon
Otis
Manila
Vigan
Narbacan
San Quentin Canyon
Escpe
Bangeud
End of insurrection in the Philippines remains distant
A Manila dispatch reports hope fading that the Philippine rebellion can be stamped out quickly. Insurgents suffer routs and heavy losses while Aguinaldo and his family are on the move. Allied forces number about 45,000 with 12 American regiments in Manila, and U S control covers only a portion of Luzon.
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Aguinaldo
Philippines
Luzon
Manila
Lusen
Tarkt
Wat
Game of Hide and Seek Among 65,000 American Troops
The article describes a weary strategic situation where no column is in direct contact with the enemy. It calls the effort a game of hide and seek and notes the 65,000 American troops will be absorbed into active campaigning and garrison duties.
Project not dead in Fort Wayne hub and spoke factory plan
Fort Wayne’s wood working project is revived with $15,000 subscribed for a hub and spoke factory, after an initial $50,000 secured and then insufficient funds paused efforts. The project may be scaled back from earlier grand plans but remains active.
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Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Salesmen Help Rescue Inmates in Silver Lake Fire
Frank Stone and Myron Downing, Fort Wayne traveling salesmen, aided in rescuing several occupants from a fast spreading fire at the Meyer house in Silver Lake Indiana. The structure a long wooden hotel and residence was a total loss with flames checked before Warsaw and North Manchester arrived. The town’s residents including retired farmers faced a tense blaze as fire raged two hours and threatened the whole town.
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Frank Stone
Myron Downing
Fort Wayne
Silver Lake
Ind
Meyer
Stone and
Downing
Warsaw
Manchester
McKinley backs reviving vice admiral rank for Sampson and Schley
President McKinley told Senator Wellington he favors creating the rank of vice admiral to resolve the Sampson Schley issue. He would nominate both Rear Admirals Sampson and Schley if a bill appointing two vice admirals passes. Wellington plans to introduce such a bill soon.
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New York
The
Herald
Washington
McKinley
Wellington
Sampson
Schley
Sampson-Schley
Colored man Samuel Johnson hanged for rape in Maryland
In Hagerstown Maryland Samuel Johnson a 29 year old Black man was hanged in the jail yard today for rape. The drop occurred at 1 23 p m and he was pronounced dead eleven minutes later. He died of strangulation as the neck was not broken.
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Hagerstown
Samuel Johnson
Johnson
Painter Falls Fifteen Feet in Hall Accident
Frank Treep a 6 foot painter in the Ewing block, working at the Tuga Verein hall, collapsed when a ceiling portion gave way Tuesday afternoon. He escaped serious injury with only minor hurts as paint scattered across the floor.
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Frank Treep
Csilite
Tuga Verein
Ewing
Treep
Engagement announced for daughter of Sami and Mrs Edwin Beebler
Sami and Mrs Edwin Beebler of Evaisten Tl announce the engagement of their daughter to a son of Sz t.
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Sami
Edwin ‘Hy, Beebler
Evaisten, Tl
SZ T
Mountain Pass Fight Ends Insurgent Stand in Luzon
News from Manila reports General Young’s small force broke a five hour stand by insurgents in the Narvacan San Quinto pass. The enemy left twenty five dead and rifles with ammunition. American casualties were light. The Negros uprising, led by La Carlota police, spread false victory reports from Luzon and Panay. Lieutenant Ledyard, son of the Michigan Central president, was killed.
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Manila
Young
Vigan
South Iloilos
Tino
Narvacan
San Quinto
Negros
la Corlata
Luzon
Panay
Ledyard
Michigan Central Railroad
Otis Reports on Negros Uprising and Manila Dispatches
General Otis cabled the war department noting natives in South Negros sparked by insurgent victories in Luzon and Panay. He reports Lt. A C Ledyard killed and two privates wounded, cites false newspaper rumors, and mentions hospital ship Relief bringing sick soldiers and prisoners to Manila.
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Washington
Otis
War Department
Negros
Manila
South Negros
Luzon
Panay
A. C. Ledyard
United States
Europe
San Francisco
Madrid
Hong Kong
Philippines
Vigan
Hare
Bangued
Lebanto
Sbontocon
Aguinaldo
Olympia
Forty-fifth Infantry
Insurance Fakirs Targeting City Residents Suspected
Superintendent Gorsline probes several alleged insurance fakirs operating in the city. Reports allege the men pose as agents for reliable firms and have collected about 970 dollars from various residents.
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Gorsline
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SAULT
Colemans
Son
Mrs
Frank Sorde
Let
Annnual
NEW Oil Company
Wigan
Otis Reports
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