Two Banks Burglaries Reported in Ohio and Colorado
A Felicity Ohio call says four men tried to burglarize the First National Bank at Felicity early Wednesday. The safe was cracked and the building damaged but no loot obtained as suspects fled. blankets were placed about the safe to muffle explosions and shots were exchanged with residents with no injuries. In Shreve Colorado, burglars entered the Farmers Bank Tuesday night, blew off the safe’s combination, but fled without stealing any money.
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Cincinnati
Felicity
First National Bank
Shreve, CO
Farmers’ Bank
Disgraceful Condition Disclosed in Fire Department
Lieut. Albert Van Camp of hose company No. 18 was acquitted by the Safety board of a charge of quarrelling and using insulting language toward another fireman after Chief Coots testified he heard the remark on the phone. The board noted repeated riotous quarreling at the house and planned reforms, while Van Camp had supporters and witnesses denying the accusation.
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Hose Company No. 18
van Camp
Department
Ben
Lieut
William Stiegermeyer
Coots
Shim
Stiegelmeyer
W. Washington St
Belmont-ave
Keller
Fox and Winter
Steigelmeyer
Copts
Capt. Fox
Hhose Company 18
Lieut. Stiegelmeyer
Truck 5
E. J. Barnes
Frank Smith
Hose Company No. 14
Blatchley Warns Against Garbled Oil Prospectus Schemes
State geologist Blatchley criticizes a Congress oil company prospectus that misuses his Jasper county report. The firm, claiming 320 Indiana acres near Chicago and 50 000 shares at twenty cents, promises large profits but Blatchley calls the venture high risk. He notes the office in New York and South Dakota incorporation, with executives listed and scattered by city.
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Dhon
Blatchley
Jasner County
Indiana
Chicago
Congress Oil Company
Wall St
New York
South Dakota
A. S. Morgan
J. Barker Carter
Service to Resume on Michigan Street Line
Vice-president Jones of the street railway company informed the Board of Works that regular service on the Michigan Street line will be restored in four days. A temporary crossover will be put in.
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Michigan-st
Jones
The
Street Railway Company
Snow ball blows stun man on street near California street
Charles Nogie 124 St California was struck by a snow ball while walking near his home on Wednesday. He was knocked senseless and revived by city dispensary doctors.
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Charles Nogie
St. California St
Interurban Conference Postponed
Hugh McGowan president of the street car company. En Logsdon of the Board of Works is away. There will be no interurban conference until he returns.
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Hugh McGowan
Street Car Company
Shas Returne i
En Logsdon
Labor unions oppose Francis Baker for federal judge
Organized labor in Indianapolis protests the nomination of Francis E. Baker to a superior federal bench role. The Central Labor Union plans a meeting and protests to Indiana senators Beveridge and Fairbanks, arguing the appointment mirrors his father’s court policies and risks labor interests.
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Beveridge
Francis £. Baker
Federal Bench
Senate
John Blue
Central Labor Union
John H. Baker
Donkey Printing Company
Hammond
Francis Baker
Indiana
Blue
Judge Baker
Marty Slough
Mr. Blue
Labo
Indianapolis
Woodruff Place Opposes Army Post Near Arsenal Site
Local residents led by Admiral Brown oppose a battalion post at the old Indianapolis arsenal. Harris argues a camp could bring saloons nearby, though officials favor eight to ten miles from towns amid a military reorganization. Brown says residents won't object if saloons aren’t near the suburb.
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Addison Harris
Secretary of War
Miles
Military Board
Admiral Brown
Woodruff Place
Indianapolis
Generous Offer for Womans Association Building
Mrs. Alice E. Snider may donate 25000 dollars to the Young Women's Christian Association to erect a building on N. Pennsylvania street if the probate court agrees to depart from George W. Snider's will. The $10000 bequest for a home for working girls has not been used. Mrs. Snider offers 15000 more to build in front of the current property, provided the mortgage is lifted. The probate department will act only after an agreement with the association.
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Alice E. Snider
N. Pennsylvania St
George W. Snider
Snider
School chief drops Roosevelt message in language plan
Superintendent Wiley of Terre Haute Ind announced abandoning a proposal to use Roosevelt's message in city schools to teach proper English. Democrats criticized the move as injecting politics into education and suggested replacing it with Bourke Cochran's Chicago speech on the Boers.
Newspaper Writer Shot by Anarchist in New York
Francis McGinnis Iveagh, a known newspaper writer, was shot twice and fatally wounded by Alexander Horr, an anarchist, in his Manhattan apartment over a shop. Horr was arrested with anarchist literature and a fund-raising article for a monument to Czolgosz found among the papers.
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New York
Francis McGinnis Iveagh
Alexander Horr
Iveagh
Horr
Czolgosz
McKinley
Two Giants to Wrestle in January for $100 a Side
Sam Murbarger and Ed Steinmetz finally agree to a January match between Jan 1 and 20 at Tomlinson hall or the Grand Opera house. Steinmetz, weighing 185 pounds, is an experienced grappler with a long draw for endurance, while Murbarger, the welterweight world champion, has a string of prior bouts. Articles of agreement and forfeit are on file, and both men express strong confidence in victory.
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Sam Murbarger
Ed Steinmetz
Tomlinson Hall
Grand Opera House
Steinmetz
Empire Theater
Harvey Parker
Sam Murburger
Nancy Hanks
Sam
State medical board revokes Detroit doctor license
The State medical board revokes the certificate of Dr. Harry Kiskadden of Detroit for misrepresenting himself as a Huntington resident and practicing there, with the article noting questionable medical practices and urging patients to seek Dean's 2 No failure.
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The
State Medical Board
Harry Kiskadden
Detroit
Huntington
Dean
Speculation Swirls on Indiana Supreme Court Vacancy
Rumors place Judge Gillette of Hammond and Quincy Myers of Logansport as leading contenders for the Indiana Supreme Court seat after Judge Francis E. Baker's federal appointment. Gov Durbin will delay naming a successor until Baker is confirmed, with other possible candidates noted and delegations briefing the governor.
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Durbin
Supreme Bench
Gillette
Myers
Roby
Mount
Shively
Wabash
Judge Baker
United States Senate
Washington
SUN
Denison Hotel
Robber Steals from Man Sleeping in Hotel Trousers
Willard A Lowe of Hancock County reported a Tuesday night theft at a South Illinois Street hotel. He hid $339.95 in cash a check and a $90 note in his trousers under the mattress but found only two $5 bills and loose change missing while other money stayed in place. The incident was reported to police on Wednesday.
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Cock County
John Rinkard Must Die On The Prison Gallows
John Rinkard, who murdered his wife in Marion in June 1900, will be hanged before sunrise in Michigan City prison on January 17, 1902. The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed the Wabash circuit court decision, rejecting insanity as a defense and upholding guilt and the planned death sentence. The opinion, by Judge Dowling, recounts the brutal crime and the trial record.
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John Rinkard
Marion
Wabash Circuit Court
Grant County
Dowling
Indiana
Horse Fate Revealed In I D & W Train Collision
A horse in Haughville bolted when its strap broke and was struck by a freight train. The animal rode in an empty boxcar to St Louis before workers found it. Jos Haas, who sought the body, learned the horse had died on the move and was then carried away.
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Haughville
St. Louis
Jos. Haas
Otto Swisher
Tried to Buy a Wife for Eight Hundred Dollars
In police court Donnie Stanley and Mary Mitchell both Egyptian gypsies had grand larceny charges dismissed. A gypsy group had offered $800 for a wife. the plan failed as the woman would not love him. The case also notes theft of $460 in diamonds from Mrs. Belle Glenn.
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Donnie Stanley
Mary Mitchell
Belle Glenn
Barking wolves and political plots in Tippecanoe County
Senator Will Wood of Lafayette visits the state house to obtain papers in a supreme court case. He labels a dozen opponents as the noise makers in Tippecanoe County led by Haggard who seeks the Republican state senate nomination against Wood. Haggard aims to frame Hanly as a 1993 Fairbanks challenger, a claim Wood disputes.
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Will Wood
Lafayette
State House
Supreme Court
Tippecanoe County
Haggard
Wood
Hanly
Fairbanks
Frank Hanly
Haggart
Robberts fined in police court for loitering incident
Charles Roberts a colored coachman for Mrs. Benjamin Harrison was fined 25 in police court Wednesday on a loitering charge. Police said Roberts was later seen peeping into a window on Michigan street.
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Charles Roberts
Benjamin Harrison
Roberts
Michigan-st
Smyth & Co Bankers Post Loss Notice on Door
A notice on the door of Hugh L Smyth & Co at 53 Broadway says Amalgamated Copper losses will force action. The firm promises a proposition to customers as affairs are straightened.
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New York
Hugh L. Smyth& Co
Bankers and Brokers
Broadway
Per
Hugh L. Smyth & Cos
Cuse Tomers
President Nominates Baker and Reappoints Federal Officials
Washington December 1 the president sent to the senate the nomination of Francis K M Baker of Indiana to be circuit judge for the Seventh judicial district. He also reappointed Henry L Burnett federal attorney for the southern district of New York John C Ames marshal for the northern district Aulick Palmer marshal for the District of Columbia Leo E Bennett marshal for northern Indian Territory and Harry W Brendel collector of customs Buffalo Creek New York.
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Francis KM. Baker
Indiana
Cal
Henry IL. Burnett
Southern District of New York
John C. Ames
Northern
Taois
Aulick Palmer
District of Columbia
Leo E. Bennett
Indian Territory
Harry W. Brendel
Buffalo Creek
N.Y
Weather forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
Forecast for Indianapolis and nearby for 36 hours ending 8 pm December 12. Cloudy with possible snow flurries tonight and Thursday, colder. Temperatures 30 this morning, 40 at noon, 53 by 2 pm. Indiana will be generally fair, Michigan Kentucky and Ohio unsettled with possible snow and variable winds.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Nois
Michigan
Kentucky
Ohio
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Albert van Camp
Hose
Fire Headquarters
County
American Lubricant Company
Interurban
Francis E. Baker
Federal Cir
Old Arsenal
Mr. Harris
Russell Harrison
Indianapolis Arsenal
Arsenal
Young Women's Christian Association
Hugh
Teddy
Red
F. M. Iveagh
Murbarger
Steinmetz Post
Baker
Judge Gillette
Quincy A. Myers
Indiana Supreme Court
Willard A. Lowe
From
Han
S. Illinois St
Michigan City
the Supreme Court
Rinkard
Supreme ‘Court
Joe Haas
Peeper
Amalgamated
Baker's
Rhne
Wulschner
Jane
Bennett
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