Mason Resolution Aims Sympathy for Boers Faces Senate Vote
Senator Mason pushes a Mason resolution to express U S sympathy with the Boers in their fight against England, warning of possible British retaliation and party line obstruction. He cites historic Republican planks and vows to quote Washington and Webster to justify action.
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Grew
South Dakota
McKinley
Senate
Mason
Pettigrew
United States
Chamber
Hoar
Hale
Wellington
Jones
Arkansas
House of Commons
George Washington
Monroe
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
England
United States Weighs Galapagos Island Sale Impact
Senate passes a resolution asking the president if the United States has any information on Ecuador’s proposed sale of the Galapagos Islands to Great Britain. The 15 islands cover 2250 square miles, lie 500 miles from Panama, and would guard the western entrance to the Isthmian canal, a move critics call a Monroe doctrine violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Senate
Galapasa Islands
Republic of Ecuador
Great Britain
Panama
Isthmian Canal
Fairbanks introduces bills aiding Indiana and federal building
Senator Fairbanks submitted a bill to pay 714,470 dollars to Indiana for 1862 bonds used to equip soldiers. He proposed a general bill covering about 7,000,000 for states in similar situations. He also sought 2,500,000 for the Indianapolis federal building and 609,000 payable immediately for the site.
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Indiana
Washington
Fairbanks
Indianapolis
McKinley Message Paragraph Seen As Pretext
British press notes the presidents message upholding the policy of avoiding entangling alliances may predate Chamberlain's recent remarks. Officials say the paragraph could not have caused Chamberlain's speech and the president had time to remove it if desired.
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Washington
McKinley
Chamberlain
Roberts pocketbook in Washington from Utah arts funding
From a financial standpoint Brigham arts of Utah notes that a potential loser line may exist. The brief dialogue outlines concerns about funding and losses tied to a December timeframe in Washington.
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Washington
Brigham’ Arts
Utah
Atcis
United
End of War Not in Sight In Luzon
A Manila dispatch says the insurgency remains far from resolved with about 30,000 rebels still at large and Aguinaldo possibly escaping with a larger force. American forces in Luzon total around 24,000 and are scattered, holding only one third of the island amid a prolonged game of hide and seek.
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Luzon
Herald
Manila
Young 15 Locates Brigades After Luzon Distress
Washington reports Gen S B M Young's brigade found on Luzon after days missing. Otis cablegram says Young arrived Vigan Dec 5 after clashing with enemy air force at Narbacan, driving them eastward. About 669 prisoners escaped, casualties 1 killed 12 wounded, enemy 25 dead in trenches.
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Washington
S. B. M. Young
Luzon
Otis
Young
Vigan
Narbacan
Bangued
Manila
Insurgent Activity Report From Luzon Fronts
Cable from Manila cites General Otis noting insurgent bands in central Luzon near Bulacan and Pilar with about 1 00 men, small forces along Bataan coast face little opposition, and efforts to disperse crews continue. Troops pursue raiders as Manila area remains contested.
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Washington
Otis
Manila
Luzon
Bulacan
Pilar
Grant
Bataan
Naughty Frank Eaton Taken Before Judge For Reform School
Mrs. Gertrude Eaton asked Judge Alford to send her 11 year old son Frank Eaton to reform school. The boy testified he had been arrested twice before and could not explain his truancy. He cried when saying goodbye to his mother as he was sent to the reform school for a year if he behaves. He claimed his parents were dead and stepparents unkind, and an aunt allegedly tried to poison him.
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Gertrude Eaton
New York St
Alford
Frank
Reform School
Eaton
Samuel Gompers Injured in Bicycle Accident
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor is confined to bed after a bicycle collision with a railroad car. He was unconscious but no bones were broken and doctors expect a quick recovery though the Thursday update warned his condition remained serious.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
John Mitchell
United Mireworkers
Michigan
Detroit
Two Divorces Granted by Judge Allen
Judge Allen granted two divorces on Thursday. One case divorce from Robert Ford by Sue Ford due to abandonment. The other involving Doris E. B. Black and F E Black due to infidelity and her being involved with other women.
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Allen
Robert Ford
Sue
Doris EB. Black
F.E. ‘Black
Grand hotel cafe offers meals at a nickel and a quarter
Dusties reports meals at the hotel cafe priced at 25 cents with a playful slogan feed your horse Janes. The note hints at a date event and humorous ad copy in a historical hotel setting.
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Grand Hotel Cafe
Janes
Carr Out-Talked All in Butler College Oratorical Contest
John R. Carr won the Butler college primary oratorical contest with the topic Our country and our immigrants. Ernest Talbert placed second and Miss Virginia Rodefer third. The event drew strong class rivalries and a lively chapel ceremony amid late telegram decisions from judge Fletcher at Harvard.
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John R. Carr
Butler College
Ernest Talbert
Virginia Rodefer
Carr
Talbert
Miss Rodefer
Prof
Fletcher
Harvard University
Carl Loop
John Cunningham
Irvington
Smooth Dutch transient Carl Stein charged with grand larceny
Carl Stein alias Hoffman and Seibert, a German about 30, is accused of stealing a diamond ring from Mrs. Nichols at the Enterprise hotel and small sums from several women. He appeared in police court, claimed innocence, and was sent to the grand jury under $2,000 bond.
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Carl Stein
Hoffman
Seibert
Asch
Dugan
W. E. Nichols
Enterprise Hotel
Lilly Henry
Lillie Thatcher
Ruby Stevenson
Enterprise
Stein
Meckel
Henry Meckel
Robberies Hit Downtown Offices. Jewelry and Drafts Stolen
Burglars broke into two downtown offices on West Washington Street early Thursday. Smith and Gray jewelry lost about 100 dollars in jewelry. Russell Wind Stacker Co. saw 1500 to 2000 dollars in drafts and government bonds. About 60,000 dollars of notes remained untouched in the safe. The window was pried with a jimmy. the safe doors were forced but notes were not taken. A box for A. A. Russell was emptied. he is in Minnesota.
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Smith & Gray
Russell Wind-Stacker Company
Jimmy
Russell
Russell Windstacker Company
A. A. Russell
Minnesota
Indianapolis targets Republican National Convention bid
The Commercial club committee on assemblages plans to pursue the Indianapolis bid for the Republican National Convention in Indianapolis next year. Evans Woollen will travel to Washington to advocate the move. T J Cullen says Indianapolis offers strong inducements and superior hotel accommodations. The assemblages committee includes Mayor Taggart and others. Woollen will also seek the National League of Republican Clubs meeting in Washington this summer.
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Commercial Club
Indianapolis
Evans Woollen
Washington
T. J. Cullen
New York
Chicago
Taggart
W. W. Richardson
Henry W. Lawrence
H. M. Bronson
Vans Woollen
National League of Republican Clubs
League
Mexican Army Draft Shocks Families in Durango Informant Claims
A. H. Mackey of the International Railway of Mexico meets with Lieutenant Rowell at the recruiting station. He describes how army officers enforce conscription by summoning men via rancher-backed police, with wives and relatives watching, and notes Mexicans fear the army yet reform after service.
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A. H. Mackey
International Railway of
Mexico
Mackey
Long Road Statement on Railway System Mileage
A Chicago & North Western Railway system memo notes by January 1, 190 the total road mileage will reach 8 273.02. The item lists lap robes blankets driving gloves and other goods with a note on low prices at 37 Monument Place, Ste. Bias Reapes in the city.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway System
Niliua
Monument Place
Eight Hour Law Pushes Across Congress and Courts
John Mitchell leads union delegation to Detroit for AFL meeting to press eight hour day resolutions and curtail federal injunction powers. He argues government procurement should favor eight hour plants and cites Wardner Idaho miners’ imprisonment as a topic for investigation.
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Mitchell
Congress
Senate
Wardner
Idaho
Boer Shelling Near Ladysmith Escalates Killing a Hospital Patient
London reports from Ladysmith that Boer bombardment has intensified with 52 guns. British casualties rise as tents and horses fall and a hospital shell kills one patient and wounds several others. 207 sick and 225 wounded in garrison. President Kruger wishes to join front, but officials oppose.
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Ladysmith
Kruger
Transvaal
Kimberley Front News Also Reports Health of Troops
Gen Walker received a dispatch from Gen Methuen dated Dec 6 stating he had resumed command and is in nightly communication with Kimberley. The first major sortie from Kimberley on Nov 25 left five British killed and 27 wounded, with 20 Boers captured. A new Modder river bridge is under construction. Methuen plans to use naval guns and lyddite shells in the next battle. A few fever cases appear likely from river corpses.
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Kimberley
Cape. Town
Walker
Methuen
Free
Horces
Modder
British Natal Operations Quiet as Censors Hold News
London dispatch reports a Frere telegram dated December 2 claiming "Ctery has arrived." Gen. Clery leads the second column of the Ladysmith relief force, reportedly joining Hildyard. Engineers near completing a temporary bridge at Frere for artillery movement. War Office silent on Buller’s plans.
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London
Natal
Frere
Ctery
Clery
Ladysmith
Hildyard
War Office
Buller
Attorney General Bans Insurance for Under-21s
The attorney general ruled that assessment insurers may not insure anyone under 21, challenging practices that insured children as young as 1 to 2 years. Home Mutual Benefit Association of South Bend will cease the practice. Three Indianapolis firms in the past two years, Globe Life and Accident, Western Life, and Indianapolis Life Association, failed as a result.
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Home ‘Mutual Benefit Association
South Bend
Indianapolis
Globe Life and Accident Insurance Company
Western Life Insurance ‘Company
Indianapolis Life Association
Lawyer Repays Funds After Court Rebuke
Salem Clark Indianapolis lawyer returned $160 to the marshal after Judge Baker ruled he charged $100 too much for services in a case involving criminal defendant William Brown. Brown was sentenced to 13 months in the Ohio state penitentiary for altering a $1 bill to a $10 bill in Evansville.
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Salem Clark
Indianapolis
Wm. Brown
Clark
Marshal Kercheval
Brown
Ohio State Penitentiary
Evansville
Weather Outlook for Indianapolis This Week
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the five hours ending at 8 p m includes cooler conditions and fair skies. Thursday night will be fair, with Friday turning cooler. Temperature at 7 am is not specified, noon around 43 and 2 pm about 45.
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Indianapolis
Vicinity
English Hotel Plans Expand Dining Room Space
William E. English will alter the first floor of the English hotel to create a 100 by 120 foot dining room by absorbing rooms used by the Allison Enos book company and part of the cafe. A portable partition will separate dining and cafe. Construction costs about $10 and starts next spring to finish before the next legislature. An additional floor may be added in a year.
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William E. English
Allison Enos Book Company
Clerk Arrested Over Margarine Sale at Court House Grocery
M J Stewart proprietor of Court House Grocery on East Washington Street was arrested Thursday by Deputy U S marshal John Foley on irregular selling of margarine. A clerk allegedly sold 12 pounds when laws require ten pound packages. Stewart claims knowledge of the law and that clerks understood it. Preliminary hearing held Thursday afternoon before U S Commissioner Moores.
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M. J. Stewart
E. Washington Sr
U.S
John Foley
Stewart
Moores
Darrow Witness Dies in Suspicious Circumstances
Percy H. Darrow, a key defense witness in the Molineux case, died suddenly at 12 W Fortieth Street. Physicians cite heart failure but doubts persist about poisoning, with autopsy possible and costs estimated at 73 000 dollars.
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Fense
Molineux
Darrow
Molineux Case Delayed For Juror Funeral
No court session Thursday morning in the Molineux case as Juror Edgar was allowed to attend his business partner’s funeral. Expert W. J. Kinsley testified that a letter to Stearns & Co of Detroit signed H Cornish and returned to Harpster was in the new er’s handwriting. Trial costs are estimated at $13,900 for the county.
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New York
Molineux
Edgar
Gaff
W. J. Kinsley
Stearns & Co
Detroit
H. Cornish
Harpster
Iiewer
Foul Play Suspected in Nixon Death on Big Four Tracks
Mrs. Samuel Nixon, widow of the man found dead on the Big Four tracks west of the river, fetched the body home and identified him at Tate wiler's morgue. She alleges murder for the junk money, while detectives remain skeptical of foul play as Coroner Nash began testimony and investigators probe possible intoxication and wandering near Union station.
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Samuel Nixon
Tate«wiler
Through a Barred Window The Safety Board Faces Change
Mayor Taggart traveled to St. Louis on private business and is due back Friday. Hungry office seekers doubt the mayor’s absence and speculate on uniforms and pending action. The safety board isolates its office, using a barred partition and a tiny window for contact as it awaits developments.
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Safety Board
Taggart
St. Louis
T. Taggart
Hig Grand Hotel
Board of Safety
Quigley
Davis
Not Guilty Finding For Benjamin Dasent In Theatrical Dispute
Benjamin Dasent ex manager of Parson Jim company was found not guilty of assault and battery by Judge Alford. The court cleared him after a lobby dispute with Nicholas Noyes treasurer of the company who accused him following a confrontation in the theater lobby about money owed.
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Benjamin Dasent
Arcadia Glass Co Incorporation and Local Accidents
Arcadia glass company Baker Bros. with capital of 20000 was incorporated Thursday. Austin Myers of 527 E Washington st. fell from a wagon Thursday wheel ran over and dislocated his shoulder. Dr Todd treated him at city dispensary. Anna C Brackin sues Thomas for divorce in Judge Carter's court. Witness says a man in Big Four shops was often home drunk five nights weekly and threw gas pipe at her. James Hilliard, colored, jailed Thursday by Detectives Asch for copper theft.
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Baker Bros.’ Glass Company
Arcadia
Austin Myers
Washington St
Dr. Todd
Anna C.brackin
Thomas
Carter
James
Hilliard
Asch
Agan
Charset
Swithh
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Young 15
Wigan
Naughty Frank Eaton
Butler
W. Washington St
LABOR
Mr. Taylor
Judge Baker
Ker
Grace Presbyterian Church
Capitol Ave
Thirty-second St
Walter M. Elliott
Mra
Adams
Percy H. Darrow
W. Forty-eighth St
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