Old Rag-picker James Garbison Found Dead in Poverty Home
Coroner Brayton discovers the body of 84 year old James Garbison laid on a board in a shabby three room cottage at 1009 Dakota street. He lived with his aged wife who cannot recall details amid shock. A son arrived from Columbus but returned home for a sick child. burial by the township.
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Dakota St
Brayton
James ‘Garbison
Mendenhall
Garbison
James
Columbus
Indianapolis
Robbery Overstates Bank Loss As Dunton Found Guilty
Chicago Dec 4 William B Dunton faced embezzlement charges tied to the defunct Union National Bank A jury returned a guilty verdict after Dunton admitted guilt at arrest Disclosures show the bank loss was $36000 not $20000 as previously claimed
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Chicago
William B. Dunton
Union National Bank
Dunton
Walter Glenn Arrested in Wyoming for Embezzlement Charge
Chicago officials report Walter Glenn, sought on a $20,000 embezzlement charge from a building and loan association, was arrested Monday night in Rawlins Wyoming.
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Chicago
Walter Glenn
Rawlins
Wyo
Two Installment of Embezling Post Masters Arrested
Louisville report says two of twelve indicted by federal grand jury have been arrested. Post master John Bosley and assistant Sherman Stivers are charged with embezzling 583 from the money order fund.
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Lquisville, Ky
Federal Grant
John Bosley
Sherman Stivers
Army reorganization bill ships to House with promotions
Washington December 4 The army reorganization bill moves to the House after final changes by the military affairs committee. It creates brigadier general ranks for Generals Lee Wilson Wheeler and major general for General Shafter and sets retirement. The anti cantine provision bars all intoxicants at any army post transport encampment fort or military premise.
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Washington
Military Affairs Committee
Lee
Wilson
Wheeler
Shafter
United States
Representative Hay
Virginia
Park Theater to Start Sunday Shows Rumor Denied
A theater employee claimed Park theater will begin Sunday performances next Sunday. Talbott of Dickson and Talbott denies the report, saying the matter has never been considered.
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Park
Zoo
Talbott
Dickson & Talbott
Sells Denies Skin-Game Ties in Columbus Trial
Peter Sells resumed the witness stand in Columbus Ohio. He denied carrying short change men with the show and sharing profits. He admitted knowledge of their presence and denied sending a man to fix police. The defense wrapped up cross examination as Booth began redirect.
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Solumbus
Peter Sells
Sells Bros
Bailey
Huling
Sells
Booth
Maurice Thompson Ill in Crawfordsville Home
Maurice Thompson III, respected author, is seriously ill at his Crawfordsville Indiana home as of December 4. The well known writer is reported to be in fragile condition and under medical care.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Maurice Thompson
Chimpanzee Arrives at Local Zoo Attracted Attention
The chimpanzee described as the country’s only one arrives at the zoo. Rector-general Bostock invites newspaper men to a special reception. A complete wardrobe is prepared for the animal as it dwells in Romo, not Bromide territory.
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Bostock
Romo
Death from kissing bug bite cited in Martinsville
Miss Jeannette Townsend died in Martinsville from blood poisoning believed to stem from a kissing bug bite in Indianapolis where she worked as a stenographer a year earlier. The illness resurfaced three months ago and left her deaf and blind a week before death. she was soon to marry Charles A Hoffman of Chicago.
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Indianapolis
Charles A. Hoffman
Chicago
Dying Statement from Mrs Castle Upheld in Trial
In Eldorado Kansas the Jessie Morrison murder trial opened a session debating the admissibility of Mrs Castle's dying words. Witness Dr Ambrose testified that Castle whispered a dying statement and signed it after questions were posed by Brumback. The defense objected to the phrase be fore my God as recorded.
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Eldorado
Kas
Dr. Ambrose
Fullenwider
Passengers Escape After Gas Explosion On Rail Line
A P and C express on the B and O railroad near Elm Grove West Virginia exploded under the locomotive Tuesday morning. Engineer Phillips and Fireman Corbley were badly burned but remained at their posts to pull the scorched train to safety. A ten inch gas main at the explosion site leaked and ignited, damaging the roadbed and burning paint on passenger coaches.
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Phillips
Corbley
Washington
Senate Acts On Courts Martial Civilian Testimony And Decorations
In Washington on December 4 the senate passed bills to empower courts martial and inquiries to compel civilian testimony. It also approved Capt. Brooks accepting a German emperor decoration and G D Meiklejohn accepting a Sweden Norway decoration. A bankruptcy repeal bill and an interstate West Indian exposition proposal for Charleston were considered. A $75,000 appropriation for a government building and $250,000 more for related interests were noted.
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Washington
Senate
Capt. Brooks
Germany
G. D. Meikle- John
Sweden
Norway
McCumber
Tillman
Charleston
S. A
Frisco to Get a Chinese Bank in San Francisco
L R Kent Well a half breed Chinese American former publisher meets with six companies in San Francisco to organize a Chinese bank with 1 million dollars capital. All officers and directors to be Chinese. The project reportedly has Minister Wu’s support. Local Chinese deposits exceed 1 million dollars.
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San Francisco
L. R. Kentwell
Chinese Times
Honolulu
Man fatally shoots wife then kills himself in Lexington
Bud Salee, a street car motorman, fatally shot his wife and then killed himself Tuesday morning in Lexington. Jealousy reportedly sparked the tragedy after Mrs. Salee, formerly Mamie Webster, inherited 35 000 from L Webster, fueling the dispute. She had refused his request to invest in a saloon venture.
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Lexington
Bud Salee
Influenza Epidemic Adds to Panic in Manchester
An influenza outbreak in Manchester causes widespread sickness and twenty deaths amid fear following reports of beer poisoning. Officials warn residents of rising illness as the town copes with the crisis.
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Manchester
Eng
Man Takes 120 Grains Chloral for Sleep
A Cincinnati man, seeking work, staggered into a dispensary and revealed he had ingested 120 grains of chloral in attempts to sleep. He was treated with an electric battery to counteract the drug after lapsing into unconsciousness while staying at an E Washington Street hotel. The chloral had been taken in small doses over a day, not at once, from a local drug store.
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Cincinnati
E. Washington
Debs predicts 100000 vote forecast and coming economic crash
E V Debs in Terre Haute declares his presidential vote will top 100000 and argues trusts will dominate under a Republican victory. He warns of a crash as capitalism expands in the second McKinley administration, predicting widespread unemployment, factory paralysis, and rising working class suffering. He blasts the Democratic Party as doomed.
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Terre Haute
Ind
E. V. Debs
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Settlers Stampede for White Earth Reservation Claims
CROOKSTON Minn December 4 two thousand persons scrambled in a land rush to secure claims on the White Earth reservation Tuesday. Six women spent the night in an attorney's office near the land office. one 19 year old sought entry to a filling. The ceded lands opened cover four townships over 80000 acres.
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Crookston
Minn
Births and Deaths and Marriages List
Births and deaths and marriages listed with names and addresses. Entries include Luther and Carre Craig a girl at 2347 Jackson Street and Bert and Bertha Stell a boy at 1024 Rhod Island Street among others with ailments noted such as croup pneumonia and congestion of bowels.
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Luther and
Carre Craig
Jackson St
Averill
Illinois St
D. T
Ollie Stout
Ednk
Mattie Sheesel
New Jersey St
Bert and
Bertha Stell
Rhods Island St
Harry and
Isabella Thomas
S&s. State-st
Joseph and
Rosa Cubanks
Lafayette-st
Mary E. Schrader
Deloss-st
Croup
Sidney G. Berry
Lewis-st
Sarah Crosley
Cooper-st
Hugh J. McGowan, Jr
Pennsylvania St
Daniel McCombs
Massachusetts Ave
Building Permits for Mount Washington Area Homes
John A Henninger Mount st near Washington frames house costing 1200. Eben Fox rear 426 sv Maryland st blacksmith shop 3300. Jacob Metzler N Haugh st near Walnut frames house and barn 500. Ada I Everett near Minkner and Ohio sts frame cottage 850. Ed M Harness 1205 English ave addition 300. E Miner 931 33 E Pratt st shed 100. IF Michaels rear 418 20 E Merrill st double frame house 700.
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John A. Henninger
Mount St
Washington
Eben Fox
Maryland St
Jacob Metzler
N. Haugh St
Walnut
Ada I. Everett
Minkner and
Ohio Sts
Ed M. Harness
English Ave
A E. Miner
Not Birth This Is the Motto of Bush & Co Grocery
In Watertown North Carolina Fred Bush of Bush & Co recounts a health turnaround after adopting Grape Nuts. After a doctor advised diet changes due to Bright’s disease, he credits three years of using Grape Nuts with strength and no medicines. He endorses pure food as a remedy for many ailments.
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Watertown
N. C
Fred “B. ‘Bush
Uae
MURDERED WITH HIS OWN REVOLVER IN WAKEFIELD
John W. Crowell a 69 year old tea merchant was murdered and robbed of 900 in his barn in Wakefield Massachusetts late Monday night. The killer escaped after shooting Crowell five times with his own revolver. Heir to the Crowell millions in England his share reportedly 600000.
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Wakefield
Mass
John W. Crowell
Crowell
England
Eight Killed In Freight Work Train Wreck Near Suisun
A Southern Pacific collision two miles above Suisun early Tuesday morning killed eight laborers and injured 22 as a freight train struck a work train.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Suisun
Primary Election Debates Over Direct Delegates and Same Day Voting
A report on a legislative committee discussion about primary elections topics. The debate covers direct voting for delegates, whether all party primaries should be on one day, voter enrollment and registration, funding, machine voting, and biographical notes on bill authors. Stakeholders include President Harry S. New and Senator Walcott with varied views on direct voting versus conventions and potential risks of minority rule or skullduggery.
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J. A. Minturn
Indianapolis
Committee On Organization
Harry S. New
Indinapolis
Frank I. Grubbs
Lafayette
H. H. Hanna
C. J. Murphy
Evansville
J. C. Freeman
Linton
George W. Self
Corydon
Noah T. Rogers
Greensburg
James
Barcus
Terre Haute
Francis S. Roberts
Connersville
George G. Tanner
A. O. Marsh
Winchester
M. W. Pershing
Tipton
Wm. Austin
Rensselaer
Warren Bigler
Wabash
R. S. Taylor
Fort Wayne
Charles Miller
Goshen
James S. Barcus
New
Walcott
K. B. Martindale
A. D. Ogborn
New Castle
Jury hears whisker damage suit in superior court
Francis Louden sues his brother in law Jno Miller for 1000 dollars claiming assault. The trial aired on Tuesday afternoon with tensions over a long beard jury as six of twelve jurors sport beards.
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Francis Louden
Jno
Miller
Louden
Congressman demands full inquiry into West Point death
Washington reports Congressman House urged Secretary of War to investigate Oscar L. Booz death at West Point after his parents allege he was brutally hazed. The case raises concerns about hazing at the academy and official accountability.
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Wasilington
House
Secretary of War
Oscar L. Booz
West Point
Interstate Livestock Market Report December 4
Livestock receipts include cattle hogs and sheep with no cattle shipments. Prices cover good to prime export steers and cows, veals, and heavy heifers, plus fair to good feeders and stockers. Hogs show good to choice heavy and light values, while sheep listings note lambs and ewes with limited shipments and wide price ranges.
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Interstate
Interstate Stock Yards
Indianapolis
Wm H Block Co sale items from various departments
Random selections from multiple departments include crokinole boards, rocking horses, bureaus, dressers, and sideboards. Games such as parchesi and ka ka be priced low. magic lanterns with extra slides. books and juvenile toys offered at discounts with noted damaged stocks.
Sale of the Overdue Jacket Shipment
There were too many of them to sell out in one day. Come early as some sizes and colors sell out quickly. Jackets of rough and smooth cloths, lined throughout, up to 3 qualities, 50 jackets, all wool kersey and melton cloths, box and fitted styles, silk lined, up to 10 qualities.
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Melton
Disceree Esesecese Resers
Wm H Block Co Withdraws Jacket Sale Today
The Wm H Block Co withdraws its special Electric Seal Jacket from sale due to inability of the manufacturer to supply the quality. A new lot of prime skins and perfect dye Seal Jackets arrives and is put on sale tomorrow with savings of not less than $10. Also advertised are various yard goods including $1.50 to $2.50 per yard Calico quantities and other fabrics with special sale pricing.
Education grant to Filipinos echoes Yale action in New York
Columbia trustees authorize free tuition for five Filipino students across non medical schools, mirroring Yale. Market reports show mixed grain prices and livestock receipts at Indianapolis and Chicago, with wheat, corn, oats, hay, and livestock figures and bid quotes for cattle, hogs, and lambs.
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New York
Columbia
Yale
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A Park Theater Report
Tapis
Murice Thompson III
Jeannette Townsend
Martinsville
Pittsburg
Washington, Pa
P. & C. Express
Debs
John H. Douglass
Ella Peck
Richard Wherry
Cora Gee
Jonathan H. Guyman
Ella Bowman
Booz
Wm. H. Block Co
Boks
Europe
FOYLE
Agdees Ik
PBC
Bates Seersuckers
Babsselleunie
the. Wm. H. Block Co
Silesia
Nottingham
Smyrna
Axminster
Tomotow
Anpcoene Aceresettone
Asvesens
Reese
Battenburg
Shetland
Saxony
Navn Pa Hee
Ate Eeeenesene
City Grain Market
Timothy
Hay
Stotal
Asiam Live Stock Market
Young Americas
Limburger
Brick
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