Stranahan Accepted New York Collector Post
Washington reports state Senator N. N. Stranahan of Oswego accepted President Roosevelt's offer to become collector of New York, with duties to begin April 1. He aims to finish his Albany term and aid city policies while awaiting the charter changes. Rathbun and a Jeffersonville case timeline were also mentioned with pending court sessions and the Goodman corpse awaiting analysis.
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Washington
N. N. Stranahan
Oswego
N. Y
Roosevelt
New York
Albany
Low
Qdell
Platt
Bidwell
Molineux Case Heads to Potential Grand Jury Minutes Inquiry
District Attorney Philbin may not retry Roland B. Molineux for Mrs. Katherine Adams murder if Judge Newburger denies Governor Black’s request to inspect grand jury minutes. Philbin’s term ends December 31 and Assistant Osborne will handle Patrick murder trials in December. Black plans to file his brief Friday with no decision expected before the current grand jury term ends. If granted, the motion could lead to dismissal of the indictment on grounds of illegal grand jury evidence.
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New York
Philbin
Roland B. Molineux
Katherine J. Adams
Newburger
Black
Molineux
Attorne Osborne
Patrick
Rice
Keiths Body Buried After Hanging in Indiana
The body of Jesse D. Keith, who murdered Nora Kifer, arrived in Boonville from Evansville with a relative escort. Relatives and friends viewed the body at the family home, and at the grave the Rev. Mr. Heldt led services praising righteousness as a warning from the case amid emotional scenes.
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Evansville
Ind
Jesse D. Keith
Nora Kifer
Boonville
Heldt
Keith
Why Not Every Sunday at the Jail Chapel Service
Sheriff Stout and deputies allowed a one hour service for inmates in the jail dining room. Mr Z Nye from New York led the session with the Trinity M E church choir from Bloomingdale providing songs and prayers. Several inmates raised their hands in response to the call for prayer.
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Bloomingdale
Rathbun Trial to Go Over Likely This Week
Jeffersonville Indiana November 18 In all probability the trial of Newell C Rathbun will proceed this week with Judge William S Newbury presiding and a jury panel selected from Floyd and surrounding counties. The defense is expected to challenge evidence relating to the alleged embezzlement uncovered during the 1920s era investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville, Ind
Newell C
Swedish Prelate Delivers King Oscar Greeting in KC
Bishop K H Ger Von Scheele presented King Oscar of Sweden’s greetings to the Swedish colony in Kansas City at a church entertainment. Hundreds of Swedes from various churches and societies attended at the Swedish Lutheran church. Von Scheele was en route east from Lindsburg where he attended a large gathering of countrymen.
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Kansas City
K. H. Ger von Scheele
Oscar of Sweden
von Scheele
Lindsburg
Kan
Natural Gas Explosion Injures Six Men Near Washington
A Wheeling Gas main explosion at Buffalo Village eight miles west of Washington, Pennsylvania, injured six repair workers. Two may die after a torch ignited leaking gas, explosion sending flames through a deep trench as repairs neared completion.
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Washington, Pa
Wheeling Gas Company
Buffalo Village
Here
W. S. Bronsell
Lyle Maxwell
John Wallace
Martin Hogan
George Dennison
Carl Martin
Buffalo
Bronsell
Ultra-jingo view on Hay Pauncefote treaty
The Globe in London argues that unless Pauncefote and Hay adhere to quid pro quo, the treaty may weaken friendship. It warns Britain could be pressured to surrender the West Indies or Canada as a peace offering to American chauvinism if rights on the Isthmus are abandoned without compensation.
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London
the Globe
Hay
Struck by Engine Injures Switch Tender in East Yards
Samuel Current, a switch tender in the east yards, was struck by a Middlepoint freight while walking to the yard office. He was hurled a distance, initially thought dead, revived en route to St. Joseph hospital with three broken ribs and serious internal injuries likely to keep him from work for weeks.
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Samuel Current
Current
St. Joseph Hospital
Will Hatfield Advances to New Cigar Factory Role
Will Hatfield of Bluffton has assumed a position at a cigar factory in the city, marking a new step in his career.
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Will Hatfield
Bluffton
Hay Pauncefote Treaty Signed For Senate Review
Washington Nov 18 the new Hay Pauncefote treaty was signed at 12 05 by Secretary Hay for the United States and Lord Pauncefote for Great Britain The agreement withdraws Britain from joint canal neutrality and leaves the US sole guarantor with fortification rights optional The treaty replaces the Clayton Bulwer pact and paves way to negotiate with Costa Rica and Nicaragua for canal construction.
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Washington
Hay-Pauncefote
Secretary Hay
United States
Lord Pauncefote
Great Britain
State Department
Senate
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Lord Panuncefote
Department
Hay
Sidney Smith
Percy Wyndham
Sec
Signature of Treaty With Gold Pen in Silver Penholder
Secretary Hay signed the treaty with a gold pen in a silver penholder once used for other conventions. The penholder is the secretary’s personal property while William Gwin and Edward Savoy attended as private messengers to affix the seals.
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William Gwin
Edward Savoy
Hay
Union movement takes hold in Huntington printers
Councilman George R. Hench traveled to Huntington on Saturday to organize a branch of the International Typographical Union. A temporary group was formed, with strong prospects for a lasting union. Hench, under President Lynch of the International Union, will return next Saturday to complete the organization.
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George R. Hench
Huntington
International Typographical Union
Hench
Lynch
International Union
Slaughter of Hunters in Maine Woods Raises Penalty Questions
Augusta Maine November 18 the last legislature enacted a maximum ten years or a 1000 fine for negligence causing hunter derived shootings yet twelve accidental shootings have killed or wounded five. Victims include Henry McPheters Milford Maine W C Tuckey Dayton Ohio Leslie Bowker Marshfield Maine Frank Leonard Frankfort Maine John G Weeks Boston Mass no prosecutions reported despite wardens urging enforcement
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Augusta
Maine
Henry McPheters
Milford
W. C. Tuckey
Dayton
Ohio
Leslie Bowker
Marshfield
Frank Leonard
Frankfort
John G. Weeks
Boston
Mass
Ellis at Fort Bliss clears identity of dead soldier
S M Powell of Metropolitan Life received a telegram from Fort Bliss confirming W H Ellis was at the Texas post sick with tuberculosis. Coroner Young announced an inquest found the deceased and cause of death unknown and said the body may be buried in Little Rock if Jeffersonville offers no direction by Thursday.
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Marsh
Little Rock
Ark
S. M. Powell
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Fort Bliss
Texas
W. H. Ellis
Jeffersonville
Ind
Newell C. Rathbun
Young
Coots
Trolley Car Derailed In Hubbard Near Youngstown
A trolley car on the Youngstown and Ohio Electric Railway derailed in Hubbard seven miles from Youngstown at 5 AM. Six people were injured including Frank Nelson of Sharon Pennsylvania who was seriously hurt. Other victims, motorman Bert Copeland and two laborers, sustained minor injuries as the wrecked car carried thirty passengers.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Hubbard
Frank Neilson
Sharon
Mark Hazlett
William Kelly
Bert Copeland
Anna Clements and Perry Monn Wed At Calvary U B
Miss Anna Clements and Perry A Monn were married Thursday afternoon at the bride's home three miles south of the city by Rev J W Lake of Calvary U B church. The bride is Theresa Clements' daughter and the groom is Valentine Monn's son. They will live on a farm owned by the groom's father, north of the city.
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Anna. Clements
Perry A. Monn
J. W. Lake
Calvary U. B. Church
Theresa Clements
Valentine Monn
St Louis coroner faults city in tetanus toxin deaths
Coroner Funkhouser ruled the St Louis health department negligent in producing and issuing diphtheria antitoxin that contained tetanus toxin, contributing to seven children's deaths. The serum was from horses and distributed free to physicians, with some cases saved.
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St. Louis
Funkhouser
Health Department
City of
Robert M. Funkhouser
Frank Bogher
John G. Fitzsimmons
Sleeper Seeks Wife After Ten Years Absent
Clark Sleeper, once of Piereston now in LaPorte, asks readers for help locating his wife. In a letter dated November 7, 1901, he says he has not seen her for a decade, mentions visiting fellow townsman Ora Allen in Elkhart, and says he is employed painting carriages in LaPorte. The Pierceton Record reprints the appeal and invites information.
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Piereston
Ind
Clark Sleeper
Pierceton
Clark Sleemer
Laporte
Clark
Maurice
Heavy Gold Shipment To Europe Reported
New York traders report total engagements for gold shipment to Europe by tomorrow's steamer amounting to 7 050 000 dollars this afternoon.
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New York
Europe
Episcopal Council Elects Officers in Michigan City
The Episcopal diocese of Michigan City held its annual council session on November 16. Officers elected include Treasurer Walter Vail of Michigan City and Secretary Rev. W. J. Lockton of Logansport. Standing committee members are Revs. A. W. Seabrease Fort Wayne F. M. Banfill South Bend W. W. Raymond Plymouth E. W. Averill Peru and J. H. McKenzie Lima. Mrs. J. H. White was named president of the Women's Auxiliary with Mrs. Albert Cook as vice president.
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Michigan City
Ind
Episcopal Diocese of
Walter Vail
W. J. Lockton
Logansport
A. W. Seabrease
Fort Wayne
F. M. Banfill
South Bend
W. W. Raymond
Plymouth
E. W. Averill
Peru
J. H. McKenzie
Lima
J. H. White
the Women’s Auxiliary
Albert Cook
Mca
Diocese Names New Chancellor and Officers
E. C. Howe of Laporte is recording secretary with Mrs. J. H. Murphy of Michigan City as corresponding secretary and Mrs. Emma F. Case of Michigan City as treasurer. Bishop White announces Johannes Koepelke of Crown Point as chancellor after Stuart Mc Kibben’s resignation. Treasurer reports receipts 5046.92 expenditures 4962.72. steps to incorporate the diocese noted. Examining chaplains named include Rev. J. W. McKenzie Lima Rev. W. S. Howard Michigan City Rev. William Galpin Elkhart and Rev. H. R. Neely Kokomo.
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E. C. Howe
Laporte
J. H. Murphy
Michigan City
Emma F. Case
White
Johannes Koepelke
Crownpoint
Stuart McKibben
Elkhart
J. W. McKenzie
Lima
W.S. Howard
William Galpin
H. R. Neely
Kokomo
Madman Aboard Big Four Train Terrorizes Passengers
An insane man boarded the Big Four Southern limited near Cleveland and menaced passengers on the Cleveland to Indianapolis run. Conductor S F Engie and crew could not calm him. passengers moved to other cars and demanded doors be locked. A porter and brakeman restrained him until Union City officials took custody and handed him to the marshal.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Southwestern Limited
Cleveland
S. F. Engie
Hope Street
Union City
Reciprocity Urges Action From Roosevelt For Trade Changes
Washington November 18. President Roosevelt discussed reciprocity with Senator Cullom and Representative Dazell. A delegation of agricultural implement makers led by James Deering A B Farquhar and W C Barker urged decisive action, favoring the French treaty as the best path to reciprocity. Cullom supported rapid action as he nears head of the foreign relations committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cullom
Illinois
Dazell
Pennsylvania
James Deering
Chicago
A.B. Farquhar
York
W. C. Barker
New York
Wire Cutters Sever South Side Telephone Lines
Chicago on November 18 saw three hundred south side telephone connections cut by wire cutters forcing outages in long distance links to suburbs. The service was restored by today as officials credited the disruption to the linemen's strike without assigning blame.
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Chicago
Telephone Company
Milk Wagon Crash on Will Street Involves Horses
A Jackson Farm dairy wagon bolted down Will Street on Monday after a frightened team escaped. On Broadway one horse fell, dragging the other and overturning the wagon. Milk spilled, glass jars shattered, and both horses suffered leg injuries.
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Jackson Farm
Will Street
Broadway
Fire Burns Chicago Furniture Warehouse Killing Thirty Horses
The T. W. Jones Furniture Transit warehouse in Chicago burned with a loss of 50,000 dollars, 40,000 insured. Thirty four horses died in the blaze. William Taylor rescued his wife and two children from the second floor but fainted while trying to save horses, saving only one horse.
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Chicago
T. W. Jones Furniture Transit Company
William Taylor
Findlay Sold as Negotiations Close in New York Today
President M D Woodford announced the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton railroad has purchased the Findlay Fort Wayne and Western line. The 78 mile route connects Findlay Ohio to Fort Wayne Indiana with Ottawa as a transfer point and promises through service to Cincinnati and new Toledo access. Fort Wayne will gain three queen city routes via Ottawa and future intercept line.
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Cincinnati
M. D. Woodford
Hamilton and Dayton
New York
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
Findly
Fort Wayne and Western
Findlay
Ohio
Fort Wayne
Ind
Chicago, Hamilton
Dayton
Ottawa
Sentinel
Findlay Road
Woodford
Hamilton
Queen City
Grand Rapids
Indiana
Lake Erie and
Cement Makers Combine in Michigan and West
Grand Rapids Michigan November 18 plans are under way to form an association of Portland cement manufacturers including all works in Michigan and the states west of Pennsylvania The aim is to pave the way for a community of interest arrangement not an immediate combine Territory distribution and competition elimination are planned Newayga cement works owners are prime movers with prominent stockholders H N and H D Higgenbotham of Chicago among those present Representatives from large plants support the movement
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Portland Cement Manufacturers
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Newayga Portland Cement Works
H. N
H. D. Higgenbotham
Chicago
Bank Dynamited by Robbers in Oklahoma Territory
Word comes from Wellington Kansas that the Manchester Bank south of town in Oklahoma territory was wrecked by dynamite at dawn. Little money was taken. the building was badly damaged and the robbers fled. Authorities suspect the Milan band tied to the Milan bank theft. A stranger noted in Wellington on Saturday that two companions and a team were left behind in Milan. Police pursue the suspected robbers.
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Wellington
Kan
Bank of
Manchester
Here
Oklahoma Territory
Milan
Lima Fot Wayne electric line reroutes through Monroeville to Zulu
Promoters change the route of the Lima Fot Wayne electric line to swing from Monroeville to Zulu and then to New Haven, removing Maples from the original path. Henry B. Manning reports the Fort Wayne to New Haven segment is purchased except for one landowner, settlement pending.
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Lima-Fot Wayne Electric
Monroeville
Zulu
New Haven
Henry B. Manning
Fort Wayne
Scarlet fever case reported at Broadway and Taylor corner
A report notes a case of scarlet fever at the corner of Broadway and Taylor, with local health authorities urged to monitor the area for further cases.
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Broadway
Taylor
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