Peace Treaty Draft Outlines 14 Articles
Senor Villaurrutia and Mr. Moore discussed in Paris on Friday drafting the peace treaty between the United States and Spain. The skeleton lists fourteen articles including Cuba relinquishment, cessions of Porto Rico Guam and the Philippines, a $20,000,000 payment, release of prisoners, archives, and postwar territorial status for Spaniards in ceded lands. The United States pledges to return Spanish arms and repatriate troops. religious liberty and court jurisdiction are addressed. ratification is urged in the final items. The mood favors closure for both sides.
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Paris
Senor Villaurrutia
Mr. Moore
American Peace Commission
United States
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Senate
Dalzell Sees No Extra Sessions Likely
Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania, a Republican leader, met the president Friday morning and expressed the view that there will be no additional sessions of Congress. He framed the discussion as settled and did not hint at pending emergency measures.
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Washington
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
House
Congress
Spain Reacts to Maine Arbitration Stand
Indignation runs through Spanish society as the United States declines foreign arbitration over Maine destruction. Spaniards call it insult and deny justice to a nation unable to retaliate. The senate chaplain's prayer for the queen regent and Alfonso stirs irritation in high circles. Many papers favor selling remaining Pacific Spanish possessions to Germany and other European powers.
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Madrid
United States
Maine
Senate
Congress
Alfonso
Pacific
Germany
Prospect senior taken after bicycle collision near Leona and Shel
Mike Wise, Prospect senior, riding a bicycle, was struck by an engine at the Big Four crossings near Leona and Shel by-sts on Friday morning. He suffered hip bruises but was not seriously hurt and was taken to St. Vincent's by Dr. Fouts of the City dispensary.
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Mike Wise
Prospect Sr
Leona
Shelby-sts
Dr. Fouts
St. Vincent's
Revelry in Auditor's Office After Election Wager
In the auditor's office a loud late night celebration occurred from eight oclock onward. About two dozen friends of Pearson Mendenhall and auditors staff ate twelve of the forty eight cacklers won by Mendenhall from ex Township assessor Joel Baker in the recent election.
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Auditor's Office
Pearson Mendenhall
Auditor’s Office
Joel Baker
Amusements and theater notes in local venues
The Park features NMcFadden's flats with Benn crowd pleasing antics amid aldermanic race rivalries. Speck brothers and others perform lively songs and dances while saloon and drug store scenes dazzle the audience. Mizzoura continues at the Grand and The Bride Elect arrives at Finglish's next Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Nmcfadden
Enoch
Baumariner
McFadden
For a Good 10c Smoke one Cigar at Se
A brief line notes a single cigarette for ten cents at Se station, detailing a small sale or promotional moment.
Regiments to Manila Embark from New York End of Month
Three regular infantry regiments from New York and Atlantic garrisons will sail for Manila by way of the Suez canal before January 1. Transports Mobile and Berlin will carry troops with gunboat Helena accompanying through the Med, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean. Stops planned at Gibraltar Colombo Aden Port Said Singapore for coal and rest.
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Washington
Manila
New York
Suez Canal
Corbin
San Francisco
Pence
Spain
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Pacific
New York State
Madison Barracks
Seventeenth Infantry
Columbus Barracks
Twenty-first Infantry
Plattsburg, N. Y
Mobile
Berlin
State Department
Navy Department
Helena
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
Port Said
Aden
Colombo
Singapore
War Department
County Commissioners Nearing End of Poor Asylum Probe
County officials have nearly completed their inquiry into the poor asylum management and will release a full report after finalizing details. They filed notes from Thursday’s asylum session and foresee a Monday publication. Commissioner Greer indicated no further sensational findings and suggested the workhouse as a possible future focus.
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Greer
Y W C A Doings announces December rally on December 12
The Y W C A monthly On Meridian notes a December rally Monday evening December 12 with a review of six months of committee work. Vocal music by Miss Josephine Robinson and Mrs George Hunt plus violin by Jameson. Social hour planned afterward.
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YY. W. C.A. Doings
Meridian
Josephine Robinson
George” W
Fire in Meridian Street hall injures none seriously
A ball at a two story brick building on Meridian and Kansas streets ended with a blaze that caused minor losses and smoke damage to first floor rooms. The hall owner Christian Michel, a saloon keeper, was rescued after threatening to jump and later confined in a cell. He was later described as insane and uncooperative.]]>
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Meridian and
Kansas Sts
Marcus Woolf
J. Washington St
Edward Scott
Christian Michel
Michel
Mrs. Scott
Mr. Scott
Michael
Scott
Scotts
Paul Gunsser
Buteher
S. Meridianst
S. Meridian-st
Charles H. Rinne
Ife
A Snag May Cripple Anti-Scalping Bill in Senate
Senator Tillman of the senate committee on interstate commerce said on Friday that the anti scalping bill would strike a snag in the senate.
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Senate
Washington
Tillman
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Mangled by engine at Nigger Hill train yard
J Dazier a 30 year old Big Four brakeman was killed while making up a freight train at a yard near Nigger hill. He stepped onto another track and was struck by a switch engine. His legs were severed and the body mangled, dying before removal to Civy and Murphy's morgue. He leaves a wife and child.
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Cr. J. Dazier
Civy & Murphy’s
Dozier
Odd Tales From The Telegraph Headlines
Wilmington Delaware Theodore Hopkins of Dover revived after friends prepared funeral rites thinking he was dead. He is paralyzed from the hips down and sat up to report overheard remarks. In Winchester Virginia Mrs Francis A Carver died from blood poisoning after a cat scratch. In Binghamton New York A C Cockroft claims a subterranean lake 60 feet deep under Lestershire town.
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Wilmington
del. Dee
Theodore Hopkins
Dover
Hopkins
Beath
Winchester
Dee
Francis A Carver
Carver
Binghamton
Wheeler to resign from Congress after long service
General Joe Wheeler announced he will resign from the fifty-sixth Congress soon, citing conflicts over holding dual roles. He plans to keep his committee seat during the transition and said he has not decided the exact resignation date.
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Washington
Sen. Wheeler
Ganges
Congress
Ritter
Po O
Sam
Cong
TO CUBA S HEART Capt W T May to join regiment
Capt May mustering officer at English's hotel closes his work and will join the Fifteenth regulars in Puerto Principe Cuba about Jan 1. Sick men sign payroll. pay forwarded by Chicago check. Lieut Waterman of the Eighth Cavalry may go to Puerto Principe. Neither officer will take families. if climate proves salubrious they will send for them.
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W. T. May
English
Puerto Principe
Cuba
Indianapol
Chicago
Waterman
May
Garcia Very Ill General Faces Severe Pneumonia
Washington December 9 Gen Garcia is reported very ill with pneumonia at age 63. Senor Quesada of the Cuban legation says two top Washington physicians attend him at the Raleigh hotel. Col Gomez is present and the commission’s business stalls while his condition remains grave.
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Washington
Garcia
Senor Quesada
Legation
Raleigh
Gomez
Ministers Debate Divorce Law And Whipping Post
Chicago judge Gibbons favors forcing support from non loving husbands with proceeds aiding families. Indianapolis ministers Gustav A. Carstensen and Rev. Mr. Quayle offer contrasting views on divorce reform and limits on remarriage, arguing about liberty and morality in marriage.
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Chicago
Gibbons
Indianapolis
Gustav A. Carstensen
Death dispute at Physio Medical College over Eliza Fisher case
Coroner Nash challenges college physicians over signing of the death certificate and burial after Eliza Fisher died in the dispensary. Autopsy conducted at Fran Lachanan's morgue. investigators examine whether proper procedure was followed and if any crime occurred.
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Eliza Fisher
George W. Nash
Physio-medical College
Alabama
Northsts
Old Case Dismissed. Poster Bennett Wins Judgment
Judge Allen disposed of an old case Friday granting Poster Bennett Lumber Co 3470.23 pounds on default of Foster Hyland. Filed June 3, 1892, Hyland bought lumber for Kingan & Co. buildings. Kingan & Co. were released by demurrer. The lumber company sought possession but court ruled against them. only satisfaction is Hyland’s judgment.
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Allen
Poster-Bennett Lumber Company
Foster Hyland
Hyland
Poster-Bennett Company
Kingan & Co
Alien
Mayberry Couple Freed on Technicality in Carpet Theft Case
William and Minnie Mayberry were accused of stealing a carpet but freed on a legal technicality after the affidavit failed to prove ownership beyond doubt. A witness testimony claimed the carpet as hers, making the affidavit defective and preventing retrial.
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Mayberry
William
Minnie Mayberry
Mayberrys
American peace committee sails for New York on Dec 17
The American peace committee plans to sail from Southampton to New York on the steamer St Louis on December 17. The move signals continued efforts for peace mediation with the United States government.
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London
American Peace Committee
Southampton
New York
American Line
St Louis
Western railroads aim to end passes by 1900
By 1900 western railroads hope to abolish all passes and dead head travel. A resolution to do so narrowly failed at the St. Louis meeting last week.
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St. Louis
Miss Katherine Enos Dead in New York Musician
Miss Katherine Enos daughter of Mr and Mrs Benjamin H Enos formerly of Indianapolis died in New York. She was an accomplished musician.
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Katherine Enos
Benjamin H. Enos
Indianapolis
New York
Spies Sought in Fight Over Chicago Streetcar Franchise
Chicago politics rumor alleges Mayor Harrison and two aldermen side with anti franchise forces to block a 50 year streetcar ordinance. reports claim a plan to expose oath breakers and jail alleged conspirators amid a looming consolidation scheme valued at about 100 million dollars and potential 20 percent city revenue. public meetings and balls halt as resolutions form against the franchising push.
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Chicago
E Harrison
Geneilye
Inter Road
Thep
Holy Coat of
Yerkes
New York
London
General Brooke Arrives in New York From Porto Rico
Washington dispatch reports Major General Browne? Browne? Browle? selected as governor of Cuba and Gen Brooke, head of forces in Porto Rico, traveling to Havana and then New York. The message notes Brooke will reach New York Saturday after command duties in San Juan and Puerto Principe.
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Washington
New York
Browle
Cuba
Bitahugh Lee
Havana
Moje
Leonard Wood
Santiago
Brip
Snyder
Puerto Principe i
Carpenter
Pinar del Rio
Brooke
San Juan
Porto Rico
Death by Hemorrhage Believed Not Self-Inflicted
Karl Werber, recently of Washington Street, died after a fall inside a deep steep. Coroner Nast ordered a post mortem. autopsy showed brain hemorrhage, ruling out death by his own action. Werber leaves two sons and had recently arrived from Atlanta to supervise saloon business. The body will be taken to Atlanta for burial.
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Dr. Haggard
Semmer
Werber
Nast
Atlana
Jage
Indianapolis 36 Hour Cold Snap Warns of Frigid Weekend
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity calls for cold fair weather through Friday night into Saturday. Early Friday morning temperature registered 3% above zero as homes faced suffering from the cold. Gas officials contend supply is unreliable but working to bring gas to town while residents cope with furnaces and wraps. Skaters enjoy canal and pond ice as the mercury drops and the canal freezes further.
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Indianapolis
Horseless Delivery Vehicle From C H Black Works
S D Pierson of S Meridian street dealership reports a hydro carbon gas powered horseless delivery vehicle built by the C H Black Manufacturing Company of Indianapolis. The vehicle is claimed to cost about two cents per hour to operate and is described as the first of its kind built in this country.
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S. D. Pierson
S. Meridian St
C. H. Black Manufac. Company
Indianapolis
Philippine sale policy approved by president say Herald
Washington report states the president told a U S senator he approves selling the Philippines. It adds Japan has offered 3200,000,000 for the islands.
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Philippines
Japan
Islands
The Panhandle Limited Strands Near Greenfield
The Panhandle New York and St. Louis limited train reached Indianapolis 50 minutes late at 12 30 p m Thursday after a loose rear wheel on the combination car near Knightstown and Greenfield caused a near derailment at high speed. Conductor Runyon slowed the train at Greenfield and it came to Indianapolis in a cautious, funeral pace. Eight cars were aboard, including five passenger coaches.
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Panhandle
New York
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Knightstown
Greenfield
Runyon
Well Known Newsboy Hurt
Evert Shipman, a crippled and partially deaf and dumb young man who has stood at the post office corner selling THE SUN at noon for years, fell down a News office stairway Thursday evening and fractured his knee cap. Dr. Fouis took him to his home at 2055 Alvord street. the family refused hospital transfer.
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Evert Shipman
Fouis
Alvord St
WIRE WHISPERS Sparkles Through London and Across Worlds
Brief scattered notes report M Zola hiding near London and bubonic plague spreading in Madagascar. Dewey’s win boosts trade with China while Chicago faces multiple personal crisis reports. Welland canal tolls appeal and England strengthens India against Russia amid misc. weather and speech misunderstandings.
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M. Zola
London
Madagascar
Chicago
Asso
Welland Canal
India
England
Russia
France
Sir Edmond Monson
House
Lydia C. Tenney
Concord
N. H
Mek
New York
M. Stir
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Fim
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THE
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Ataie
Ated
Anothe
Nash
College Physicians
Flanner & Buchanan
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Isliza Fisher
George Miller
Broadway
Lung Jiin
Woodard
Robert Mosley
Shehton St
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Fran& Lachanan
Dunlavy
Tir. Woodard
Dr. Wooderd
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