Eviction Clash Injures Troops and Civilians in Cannes
In Cannes on January 25 a fierce melee broke out between about five hundred troops and residents led by the Marquis D Anglade during the removal of St Anne d Auray seminarists. The crowd cheered pro Prussian sentiment, many were injured on both sides, the Marquis De Cuverville struck a police commissary with an umbrella, and the Marquis D Anglade was arrested.
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Cannes
France
D’ Anglade
St. Anne D’auray
Marquis de Cuverville
Marquis D’anglade
Burglaries Strike Central City Shops on Thursday Night
Thieves entered W. H. Spuhler’s butcher shop on Harrison Street and H. W. Niswonger’s drug store at 128 Main Street. They smashed windows and doors to gain entry, stealing about $6 in small money, stamps, hard rubber goods, soap, cigars, and candy. Police, including Detective Lenzig, investigated. candy shows suggest youths were involved.
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W. H. Spuhler
Harrison Street
Pearl
H. W. Niswonger
Main Street
Spuhler
Niswenger’s
Niswonger’s
Lenzig
Spectacular Newport Distillery Fire Burns 5K Barrels Whisky
A massive blaze at the Old 76 Distilling company in Newport Kentucky caused about 250000 in losses. Five of seven distillery buildings and several smaller structures were destroyed as thousands watched the flames lighting the hills along the Licking river. Newport fire co led by Covington and Cincinnati departments fought the blaze through the night and into daylight.
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Cincinnati
Old 76
Newport
Licking River
Covington
Newport Department
Auto sprinter spills from machine at 125 mph
In Ormond Florida on January 25 the Marriott steam car failed a one mile record attempt. A bump hurled the car into the air and it shattered on impact while the driver Marriott suffered serious, likely non fatal injuries. The car had been moving at about 125 miles per hour.
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Ormond, Fla
Marriott
Builder to Erect Bottling House by George Jaap
Contractor George Jaap obtained a building permit today to construct a new bottling house at the rowery. The estimated cost was 0.000.
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George Jaap
Ereca
Rowery
Indianapolis Mortuary Manager Ends Life With Pistol Shot
W. H. Miller, manager of the Kice and Coleman Bottling Works, residing at 908 Broadway, Indianapolis, shot himself in the forehead in a shed behind his home around 9 o clock today and died about an hour later. The death is attributed to self inflicted action, with his illness described as a minor cold earlier in the week. He lived with his wife, son and three daughters in a reportedly happy home.
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Indianapolis
W. H. Miller
Kice & Coleman Bottling Works
Broadway
Milley
Hfe
Veterans Prepare For State Encampment of 6
Active preparations for the state encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Fort Wayne this summer have begun. Commander Kelsey of Lawton-Wayne post has named a general committee including G. W. Aldrich Ambrose Kintz F. W. Keil William Kirkham Dr. B. Gard J. C. Peltier A. R. Walton Charles Ehrman Joseph E. Corlett I. N. Medsker H. C. Moderweill H. C. McMahen H. B. Otto D. L. Beaker Martin Connett E. B. Smith John Ferguson Con. Gearin L. W. Johnson W. H. Wortman Dennis Monahan A. T. Lukens Theodore Pattee E. S. John John W. Sale Scott Swann J. W. Vordermark Oliver Blystone B. W. Skelton W. A. Kelsey. Bass Post will act with a joint committee and the first meeting will be at the Commercial club rooms next Tuesday evening. Both posts invite Union Veteran Legion Sons of Veterans and United Spanish War Veterans to send committees.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Fort Wayne
Kelsey
Lawton-Wayne Post
G. W. Aldrich
Ambrose Kintz
F. W. Keil
William Kirkham
Dr. B. Gard
J. C. Peltier
A. R. Walton Charles Ehrman
Joseph E. Corlett
J. W. Vordermark
Oliver Blystone
B. W. Skelton
W. A. Kelsey
Bass Post
Sion S. Bass Post
Lawton- Wayne
Commercial Club
Union Veteran Legion
Sons of Veterans
United Spanish War Veterans
Bailey Attacks Hearst After Texas Senate Reelects Bailey
The Texas legislature confirms Senator Bailey for another term and Bailey condemns William Randolph Hearst. He vows to obey primary instructions, claims a four month effort to defeat the will of the people, and accuses Hearst of waging a campaign to spread scandal through circulated papers.
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Austin
Tex
Bailey
Hearst
Republic
Texas
William R. Hearst
Texas Democratic Party Clash and Race Stance Sparks Outcry
A political powwow in Texas denounces outside interference in party control as infamy. The speaker blasts Hearst allies, condemns a rival candidate, and endorses Roosevelt’s Brownsville stance while asserting white supremacy as policy, urging segregation and expulsion of African Americans to northern states for education.
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Texas
Democratic Party
Hearst
Peru
Congress
National Capitol
Roose
Brownsville
Spurious Salvation Army Operation Reported Near Fort Wayne
The American Salvation Army, unconnected to the real group, has operated in Fort Wayne area towns including Bluffton Decatur and Warren. Leaders solicit funds claiming rescue homes and child welfare services. Captain McKay identifies Adjutant Betz as an expelled member now heading the group and warns funds likely go to leaders private pockets. Citizens are urged to donate to the genuine Salvation Army.
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American Salvation Army
Fort Wayne
Real Army
McKay
Salvation Army
Bluffton
Betz
Decatur
Warren
cKay
Great Merchant of London Killed in Store
London reports William Whitely founder of the first big department store shot and killed in his store this afternoon by a young man who then shot himself. The crowd panicked as the tragedy unfolded and no motive had been given. Also noted is Calvin Ditzler's accident on a Fort Wayne route where a cigar lighter caused his trousers to catch fire, badly burning his knee.
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London
William Whitely
Calvin Ditzler
Bluffton
Fort Wayne
City Attorney Colerick urges two broad Indiana rail bills
Indianapolis January 25 two house bills were reviewed by the senate and house railroad committees in a joint session. The measures aim to equalize interurban and city line taxation and to authorize elevation of railroad tracks with railroad funding. Fort Wayne officials cited tax shifts after a merger, and Fort Wayne and South Bend leaders endorsed the track elevation bill to ease grade crossings.
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Indianapolis
House
Senate
Freuchtenicht
Allen County
Moon
Colerick
Guy Colerick
Fort Wayne
Indiana
State Board of Tax Commissioners
City Street Railway Company
City Lines
Hosey
South Bend
Allen Zollars
Pennsylvania
Samuel QC. Pickens
City and Street Railway Company
Alger Furnished Inside History For Newspapers
Milwaukee dispatch reports The Journal published a 1900 Detroit interview with General Alger on his McKinley era, noting his claim McKinley lacked backbone. Alger discussed his retirement, Spanish war leadership, and a prior Senate candidacy in Detroit with Henry C. Campbell.
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ALGER
Milwaukee
Wis
H. C. Campbell
General Alger
Detroit
McKinley
Spain
Henry C. Campbell
Alger Declines McMillan Clash Over Michigan Senate
General Alger recounts a 1899 Detroit meeting where Governor Pingree and others urged him to run for the senate, promising support and a promise of retirement from McMillan. He describes tensions with President McKinley, Hobart’s message, and his decision to quit the senatorial contest by resigning as secretary of war. The account notes McMillan’s bid for reelection and Alger’s stance amid GOP infighting.
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Spain
Detroit
United States Senate
Alger
James McMillan
McMillan
Washington
General Alger
Pingree
Senate
McKinley
Senator McMillan
New York
Hobart
West End
Long Branch
Michigan
Journal
Postmaster Nominated for Garrett Indiana
Washington Jan 25 The president sent to the senate nominations for postmasters including Amanda Sullivan Garrett and G W Patchell Union City Indiana Also listed are T Rudd Butler and Butler Indiana for the position
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Washington
Senate
Indiana
T. Rudd
Butler
Amanda Sullivan
Garrett
G. W. Patchell
Union City
Shorter Route from Indianapolis Disadvantages Travel
Lawton and officials from Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction chose a route via Muncie and Bluffton instead of Peru. The trip saved eight miles but did not cut travel time due to more grade crossings and many right-angle bends through towns.
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Lawton
Fort Wayne
Wabash Valley Traction
Indianapolis
Muncie
Bluffton
Peru
Woman dies after lamp explosion burns entire body
Special to The Sentinel Mrs Dr C S Anderson of Laud near Columbia City Ind died at a neighbor's home at 4 30 this morning after severe burns from a lamp explosion late yesterday. Her entire body from hips to head was burned and she never recovered from the shock despite medical care.
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the Sentinel
Columbia City
Ind
C. S. Anderson
Laud
Express agents held for aiding a lottery
Mobile officials Martin Holbrook and F. L. Pickens, in charge of Southern Express offices, were arrested on warrants by a U. S. secret service agent for conspiracy in distributing prize lists of the Honduras Lottery. They allegedly accepted a package of lists for shipment to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and were released on bond.
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Mobile
Ala
Martin Holbrook
Southern Express Company
F. L. Pickens
United States Secret Service
Honduras
Cambridge
Mass
Holbrook and
Pickens
Pontife Sends Cordial Greeting to Fort Wayne Catholics
Pope Pius X responds kindly to Fort Wayne Catholics after a sympathy message following a Library Hall gathering. Cardinal Merry del Val transmits a Latin reply dated January 22 from Rome, expressing joy and imparting the apostolic blessing to Bishop Herman Alerding and the Fort Wayne diocese.
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Fort Wayne
Pius X
Library Hall
Merry del Val
Alerding
Rome
Herman Alerding
Ind
Cardinal Merry del Val
Kills Six In Single Handed Combat In Arizona
Douglas Ariz Jan 24 Bert Seeley an Arizona cowboy yesterday shot and killed six Mexicans in two fights near Montezuma Sonora Mexico. Four masked men overpowered George Arnold home three miles north of Walkerton and stole 318 dollars. Two arrests made John Cripe and Ora Smith identified a ten dollar bill from a suspect.
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Douglas
Ariz
Southern Pacific
Montezuma
Sonora
Mexico
Bert Seeley
George Arnold
Walkerton
Arnold
John Cripe
Ora Smith
One Central Pension Agency Adopted in House Action
Washington Jan 24 The house committee of the whole adopted an amendment by Mr Gardner Michigan abolishing all pension agencies except one and placing it in Washington The panel rejected Mr Cazell s proposal to keep eighteen agencies by a vote of 58 to 114
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Washington
House Committee of the Whole
Gardner
Michigan
United States
Committee of the Whole
Cazell
Roosevelt
Congress
District of Columbia
Senate
House of Representatives
Department of Insurance
Louis D. Branders
Boston
Drake
Department of Commerce and Labor
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Royal League shows solid Indiana member gains in past year
Reports to the Indiana state meeting in Fort Wayne detail a substantial rise in Royal League membership, with about 900 members across thirteen councils. Leaders include Charles E. Fowler and R. J. Beard, while the order runs a tubercular sanitarium at Black Mountain, North Carolina. An open meeting is scheduled this evening under Old Fort council.
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Indiana
The
Royal League
Fort Wayne
Harmony Lodge
West Berry Street
Charles E. Fowler
Indiana Harbor
R. J. Beard
Indianapolis
Charles Darling
William Turver
Alexandria
Charles E. Piper
Chicago
Black Mountain
North Carolina
Old Fort
Ancient Russian city Polotsk destroyed by fire
St. Petersburg January 24 Polotsk in Vitebsk province a historic city on the Duena river has been razed by fire causing heavy damage. Once a medieval principality center it housed many ecclesiastical buildings and an old Kremlin. By 1897 Polotsk had over 99,000 residents, about half Jewish, and suffered in 1812 during the French invasion.
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St. Petersburg
Polotsk
Vitebsk
Duena
Lithuania
Kremlin
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Spuhler’s
Kentucky
Catona
Big General
Lawton- Wayne Post
MR. Hearst
First
Wm. McKinley
Telegraph
Schuman
Carl Sanders
A. H. Macbeth
South Whitley
Edna May Demick
Dr. Albertson
Pontife
Pius
Apostolic
Arizona
House Committee of Whole
Advisory Council
Pototsk
Frank Funk
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