Germany Declines Intervention in Spanish American War
Berlin reports Germany refused to join intervention against the United States during the Spanish American War. The Kreuz Zeitung prints a statement attributed to Professor Schiemann detailing Berlin’s stance and note that Britain and others pursued peace efforts while Germany held to nonparticipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Foreign Office
Kreuz Zeitung
Germany
United States
Spain
Associated Press
Schiemann
Berlin University
Austria
Maine
Herr von Radowitz
Madrid
Dreisbund
von Holleben
Washington
England
France
Italy
Russia
Blanco
Europe
America
Cuba
Philippines
Pacific
Britain Denies Pauncefote Involvement In War Role
London reports that the Associated Press denies a Kreuz Zeitung Berlin claim that Lord Pauncefote British ambassador in Washington aided intervention in the Spanish American War. The denial comes despite German foreign office confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
Kreuz Zeitung
Berlin
Lord Pauncefote
Washington
Lee denies contact with Adjutant General staff on horse expert claims
London reports Major Arthur Lee, ex military attache, reiterates that he never communicated with the Adjutant General's department about American horse-buying services. He supports Corbin's assertion of no contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Arthur Lee
Washington
House of Commons
United States
United States Army
Associated Press
Corbin
Lee
Ieneral
Army major denies drawing in on horse expert label
Major Lee says he had no intention of identifying a specific individual by using the phrase chief horse expert of the United States army. He used the term to criticize the English government for neglecting opportunities.
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Associated Press
Lee
United States Army
Deaths of Veterans in Indiana in 1901
The semi annual report to the war department shows Indiana with 425 G A R posts and 15 444 members. In 1901 over one thousand Civil War veterans died as the state’s veteran population continues to shrink.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
War Department
DeWet Loses Last Gun as Boer Forces Routed
London Feb 3 British dispatch reports Byng’s column routed Commandant Wessels near Liebenbergh after a night march. DeWet loses his last gun a pom pom and fifteen pounder along with ammunition wagons horses and mules. Boer casualties include five killed six wounded twenty seven captured.Field Cornet Wessels is slain. National Scouts seize thirteen prisoners near Middleburg and seven near Ammersfort with 500 cattle. General Hamilton takes thirty two prisoners.
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Londoa
DeWet
Wessels
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Turesday
Byng
Liebenbureiner
Firman
Cornet Weesels
Oin Waller
Stanis Artillery
National Scouts
Middleburg
Cape Colony
Ammersfort
Transvaal
Gilbert Hamilton
Aged minister Rev George W Stafford dies in Crawfordsville
Rev. George W Stafford aged 86 87 was found dead at his Crawfordsville home just before noon yesterday. A veteran of the Northern Indiana M E conference he served at Richmond Frankfort Valparaiso Greencastle and Rockville and led 3500 souls to membership He also served as Fortieth Indiana volunteers chaplain and joined Sherman’s march to Atlanta Known as Father Stafford he signed America’s first temperance pledge and every pledge since.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
George W. Stafford
Stafford
Indiana
M. E
Virginia
Richmond
Frankfort
Valparaiso
Greencastle
Rockville
Newton
Father Stafford
Fortieth
Indiana Volunteers
Chickamauga
Missionary Ridge
Sherman
Atlanta
America
John Noel
Bunker Hill
Millionaire Estate Heir Claims Vast Bank Proceeds
Joseph Martin of Pana Illinois says he is an heir to a $16 million Bank of England estate tied to Jared McDonald the Revolutionary War lender. Records show Martin, a lifelong farmer, may inherit over $1 million. He notified Ambassador Choate of the discovery.
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Pana
Ill
Joseph Martin
Bank of England
Jared McDonald
Edinburg
Virginia
Martin
Ambassador Choate
Child snuffs brass button nose obstruction in Columbia City
A three year old child of Lester Williams in Columbia City inhaled a small brass button while playing. Physicians faced a difficult extraction as the button remained lodged in the nose for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Williams
Columbia City
Fire damages John Price's Claypool general store
The general store of John Price at Claypool suffered moderate fire damage on Monday, with reports indicating cookware and shelves affected as investigators inspect the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Price
Claypool
Alaska Scandal Debates in Senate Over Court Conspiracy
In Washington the senate resumes consideration of the urgent deficiency appropriation bill as debate centers on alleged Alaska court corruption. Senator McCumber defends Judge Noyes and Alexander McKenzie, attacks the San Francisco circuit court ruling, and cites alleged mining syndicate influence and bribery attempts in Nome Alaska. Senator Tillman presses for full disclosure while Stewart defends the Ninth Circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Hale
Alaska
McCumber
North Dakota
Nome
Arthur H. Noyes
Alexander McKenzie
McKinzie
Judge Noyes
Alexander McKinzie
McKenzie
Circuit Court of Appeals of
San Francisco
Noyes
Circuit Court of Appeals
Dubose
Court of Appeals
Ninth Circuit
Jorge Noyes
United States
Department of Justice
Frost
Tillama
S. C
Pacific
Benjamin Daniels
Arizona
Daniels
Stewart
Circuit Court
Noyes, McKenzie, Et al
Judge Orlando J. Lotz Dies at 52 in Indiana
Muncie Indiana reports the death of Hon Orlando J Lotz aged 52 from typhoid fever. He served on the Indiana appellate court bench and was the only Democrat elected to the Delaware County circuit bench. He opposed Congressman Cramer in his first race and reduced Cramer’s expected majority by about half. His father has thirty years in government posts in Washington.
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Muncie
Ind
Orlando J. Lotz
Indiana
Delaware County
Cramer
Cromer
Washington
Free excursion tickets for Huntington residents
About 2,060 free tickets were distributed to residents along the Fort Wayne and Southwestern line west of Aboite. On Thursday hundreds rode for free to Lime City, with nearly every car crowded and Huntington streets lively all day.
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Huntington
Fort Wayne
Southwestern
Aboite
Lime City
Miss Minnie Van Buskirk Weds Gustave Woerking
Miss Minnie Van Buskirk daughter of Dr and Mrs A E Varn kirk wed Gustave Woerking in a ceremony led by Rev D T Williams of the South Congregational church. The dress was colored foulard and a wedding supper followed. The couple are settled at 50 Stophlet Street.
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Minnie van Buskirk
A. E. Varnkirk
Weelk
Gustave C. Woebking
D. T. Williams
South Congregational Church
Myr
Grace Monahan Weds W Bruce Throckmorton in Denver
Miss Grace Monahan and W Bruce Throckmorton were married in Denver last week. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Monahan. the groom is a former resident of this city, and the union will surprise many local friends.
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Grace Monahan
Denver
Col
W. Bruce Throckmorton
Miss Monahan
Dennis Monahan
County sets March vote on Goshen and Fort Wayne interurban
Goshen Indiana February 7 The Elkhart township election on March 8 will decide a $30,000 subsidy for the Goshen and Fort Wayne interurban railway. Turkey Creek township Kosciusko county will hold a similar vote the same day on the subsidy proposal.
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Goshen
Ind
Elkhart Township
Goshen and
Fort Wayne
Turkey Creek Township
Kosciusko County
Wayne resident endorses A W Chase nerve pills
Fort Wayne testimony touts Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills for nervous sick headaches. Mrs John Irwin recalls relief after using pills from Meyer Bros Co and Calhoun street drugstore. Pills priced 50c a box with doctor signature on each package.
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Fort Wayne
A. W. Chase
John Irwin
No. 16
Monroe Street
Ind
Meyer Bros. & Co
Calhoun Street
Dr. A. W. Chase
M. D
Reply to German critic defends Christian Science as distinct
Editor asserts Christian Science and Spiritualism are not related, citing Science and Health passages and Mary Baker Eddy. The letter argues Christian Science is a divine, moral, and scientific system grounded in Christ Jesus, with healing, prevention, and ethical guidance, and stresses its growth and divinity.
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Sentinel
Associated Press
Mary Baker Eddy
Christus
Christ Jesus
God
Christ
Jesus the Christ
Apostle
Paul
Abraham
Jesus
Dual life of Whitestown man revealed after death
William Wright of Whitestown, long respected, died in Lebanon, Ind. His will asked that his watch go to son Charles T. Wright in Chicago. A widow fulfilled the request and uncovered that since 1876 Wright had lived a double life, abandoning his Chicago family to wed Mrs. Elizabeth J. Brandorn in Whitestown.
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Lebanon
Ind
William Wright
Whitestown
Charles T. Wright
Chicago
Wright
Elizabeth J. Brandorn
Double Life Revealed in Civil War Veteran’s Will
The text recounts a Civil War veteran from Indiana who lived a double life selling lightning rods while secretly married to two women. He visited his Chicago-based wife and children annually until 1593, left $500 to his second wife, and both wives sought widow’s pensions. His will notes a watch tied to a dying request that kept his two families unaware of each other.
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Chicago
Wright
Company A
Eighty-first
Indiana
Two American Soldiers Hanged in Philippines Desertion
Washington reports two U S soldiers Edmond A Dubose and Lewis Russell of the Nin ta cavalry were executed for desertion to the insurgents in Albay province. A military commission found them guilty and ordered death, a decision approved by General and President Roosevelt declined to intervene.
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Washington
Edmond A. Dubose
Lewis Russell
Ninta Cavalry
Albay
Guinout
War Department
Roosevelt
Secretary of War
Gererad Chaffen Weduc
Theic
Suri
Marion wife dances. Kokomo husband files for divorce
In Marion a wife danced while her husband cooked and struck dishes at Kokomo. Frank Froseiline of Kokomo seeks a divorce citing separation and discord as the reason for the petition.
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Marion
Kokomo
Frank Froseiline
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M’cumber
Federal Tribunal
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Woerking-Van Buskirk
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Wayne
STATE
William Bradford Dickson
Editor Sentinel
Stitrd
Gregory & Son
Enk
Joseph Ene
Wong
Henry Flolzvfaster
Holzfaster Bros
Saddlere
Union City
ENK Medicine CO
Pellens & Polster, Dreier Bro. and
L. &. Soest
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