Death of Cuban Leader Calixto Garcia in Washington
Gen Calixto Garcia died at the Hotel Raleigh in Washington at 16 a m after contracting pneumonia from the cold. The Cuban commission head had worked for Cuban liberty and led military efforts since 1868, surviving sieges and exile, and his death prompted tributes from McKinley Hay Miles Hobart Foraker and others. The Cuban colony mourns as funeral plans and arrangements await final decisions.
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McKinley
Hay
Miles
Washington
Calixto Garcia
Raleigh
Garcia
Cuba
Cal. Sanguilly
Cardinal Gibbons
Hobart
Foraker
Councilman Allen Follows The Charter
A lawyer and resident in Councilman Allen's ward backs his stance against a 2300 dollar water works plant investigation debt. He predicts council will block the Board of Works funds, warns of possible injunction, and stresses strict charter obedience.
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Allen
Board of Works
Water Works
Absolute Lie About Lieut. Gov Wageard and Club
Dr. Franklin Hays refutes a morning paper story claiming Lieut. Gov. Wageard lost club hospitality cards and was shunned by the house committee. Hays says Wageard is welcome, and as club president asserts no truth in the report.
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Columbia Club
Wageard
House Committee
Haggard
Franklin Hays
Gov. Haggard
Actress Minnie Bacon Arrested in St Louis Theft Case
Catherine Campbell of Indianapolis an actress of note was arrested in St Louis after a performance on Saturday night charged with stealing china silverware linen and bric-a-brac from the St Nicholas hotel where she had been living for months She at first denied then confessed and is jailed She threatens suicide Her mother lives on North Capitol Avenue A package addressed to Mrs Grooms Indianapolis with her room Read her last Indianapolis appearance at Finglishs in Mme Sans Gene
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Catherine Campbell
Indianapolis
St. Louis
St. Nicholas Hotel
N. Capitolave
Long talk on poorhouses held at state house
John A. Smith, superintendent of the Marion county poorhouse, discussed management of poor asylums with Amos Butler, secretary of the State board of charities, in the state house on Monday. Smith will maintain close contact with the board for supervision and criticism.
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John A. Smith
Marion County Poorhouse
State House
Amos Butler
State Board of Charities
Smith
State Board
Saloon Owner Declared Sane After Fire Incident
Chris Michel, whose saloon on South Meridian Street burned last week and who has been held at the police station, was declared of sound mind on Monday. He had drunk heavily after the fire and the excitement temporarily unsettled him.
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Chris Michel
S. Meridian St
Michel
Rough melee in Haughville ends with wounds and fines
In Haughville a rough Sunday fight drew Germans and Austrians into a scuffle. Anton Meekiesh sustained a bad head wound as a revolver briefly fired. Judge Cox could not identify the shooter. Meekiesh, John Hebler, and John Elklith were fined one dollar each for drunkenness.
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Monkey
Parrot
Haughville
Anton Meekiesh
Judge Cox
Meekiesh
John Hebler
John Elklith
Auditor W. H. Hart Moves From Franklin to Indianapolis
W. H. Hart, elected state auditor, plans relocation from Franklin to Woodruff Place in Indianapolis. The move signals transition as he prepares to assume duties in the new assignment location.
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Cap'n. W. H. Hart
Franklin
Woodruff Place
Indianapolis
Lake season ends Tuesday as Aurora sinks near Cleveland
The steamer Aurora burned and sank off Cleveland ending lake season activities. Patrolman Spurney of Cleveland died by suicide on his beat. Gen. Rius Rivera, Cuban prisoner released, arrived in New York following Garcia's death. A G. A. R. post to be organized in Lima Peru and Dreyfus unrest in Paris continues.
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G. A. R. Post
Lima
Peru
Germany
Spurney
Cleveland
S. T. McKee
Louisville
Bryan
Cuba
Sweden
Norway
Oscar
America
Dreyfus
Paris
Rius Rivera
New York
Garcia
Reception planned for Gen Fitzhugh Lee in Havana
Dec 12 Havana reports a welcome reception for Gen Fitzhugh Lee arriving Thursday. The American commission notes Havana hopes to honor the former American consul-general. The Roumania brings the First North Carolina regiment, about 1,200 men, likely to Marianao by Monday. The 2024 New York will board the transport Minninewaska. Delays in moving troops to Pinar del Rio stem from slow railway car disinfection work.
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Havana
Fitzhugh Lee
North Carolina
Marianao
New York
Pinar del Rio
Battleship Massachusetts Damage Lightens After Grounding
The Massachusetts rested at Brooklyn navy yard with no nose-down list. Damage seemed less severe than feared with two bottom plates bent but sealed with cement. Water ingress stopped, nearly emptied, and she slated for dry dock on Monday.
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Massachusetts
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Railroaders Hear Call for Fairness and Co-Employer Liability
About 125 railroad men gathered at the engineers hall in New York Street and Massachusetts Avenue. J J Hannahan urged a state law to protect railroad workers like other trades and urged opposition to repealing the co employes liability act. A second meeting set for January 8 will organize a legislative committee.
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Engineers’ Hall
New York St
Massachusetts Ave
J. J. Hannahan
Firemen’s Brotherhood
Postal Clerk Burned in Chicago Mail Car Fire
Lewis Tallentire a well known Indianapolis postal clerk suffered severe burns in a Chicago mail car blaze Sunday. His car stood in the yards a fire started to warm clerks and the car caught fire. Tallentire was awakened and dragged to safety as steam heat on the locomotive fueled the danger. He is hospitalized at St Luke's.
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Lewis Tallentire
Indianapolis
Chicago
St. Luke's Hospital
Tallentire
Disinterment Bill Aims to Correct Burial Certificates
Secretary Harry of the state health board drafts a bill for the upcoming legislature to require disinterment by the coroner when a body is buried without proper certificates. The goal is to improve disease and mortality statistics for the state.
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Harry
State Health Board
Desperate inmates escape Jeffersonville jail
Max Clune who was sentenced to the penitentiary and Emmett Cate held for bigamy escaped from the county jail in Jeffersonville Indiana on Sunday night and have not yet been recaptured.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Max Clune
Emmett Cate
Brilliant Law Making At The Crossing Tragedy
Deputy attorney general Moores notes a drafted provision in section 2995 of the revised statutes of 1894 could imprison a man run over by a train at a crossing for two to fourteen years. The error highlights legislative drafting faults and potential injustices in railway accident cases.
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Moores
Dr. Chavis Dies at 43 in Indianapolis Boarding House
William Chavis, 43, a prominent African American physician, died Saturday at his boarding house on Boliver Street from pneumonia. His brother, Charles Chavis, is a druggist at Haughville and a sister studies at Wilberforce College.
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Dr. Chavis
William Chavis
Boliverst
Chas. Chavis
Haughville
Wilberforce College
Death of Mrs Lucy A Clark at Pantzer sanitarium
Mrs Lucy A Clark wife of Squire C A Clark died at Pantzer's sanitarium after an operation on Friday. She was 51 years old and had many friends.
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Lucy A. Clark
Squire C. A. Clark
Pantzer’s
Keople Appointed to County Jail Post
Amer Keople, a machinist of 1107 Church Street, has been named by Sheriff Clark to succeed Charles Kerner as turnkey at the county jail. The appointment follows Kerner’s departure.
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Keople
Amer Keople
Clark
Charles Kerner
Church-st
Police matron declines clothing aid to poor bags
Police matron Gregoire says she will not be prepared to give old clothing to poor bags Tuesday as she previously announced. The remark signals a change in planned relief measures and affects local aid distribution.
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Gregoire
City Life Highlights From A Bustling Indianapolis Issue
A crowded city note sheet mentions Judge McMaster weighing Elizabeth Blue v Dr Uriah L Blue divorce. Burt Collins buys John Walker’s grain brokerage, fled with creditors unpaid. Wm Langenscamp sues Indianapolis Gas Co over a fuel mixer he claims to own. Other items list charity requests for Girls’ Industrial School pupils and issues with Indiana medical licensing for Dr Richardson. A Lafayette resident seeks burial funds after his wife’s death, with checks on local street validity. An Ola game is noted.
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Burt Collins
John Walker
Stevenson
Wm. Langenscamp, Jr
Indianapolis Gas Company
Blanchard
Ritter
Kahlo
W. C. Hall
Archibald
Christmas State Medical Board
Richardson
Indiana
Chicago
Indianapolis
Expansion clash fills Senate as West rails against imperialism
In Washington on December 12, Senator West argued against expansion, claiming the United States should not acquire millions of foreign lands or peoples. Senator Platt signaled a reply later, as the Nicaragua canal bill was taken up and House business resumed after noon recess.
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Vest
Washington
Senate
Hoar
West
Missouri Statesman
United States
Ivery Tribunal
Europe
Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana
Florida
Alaska
Mr. West
Hale
Maine
Connecticut
Morgan
Fire destroys five story flat house in Brooklyn
A late night blaze at 134 Prospect Place Brooklyn kills three people Joseph W Nobitt his wife and Mrs Strathorn and Thomas Winnie Winnie dies trying to aid trapped residents. The Nobitt couple and Mrs Strathorn perish on the fifth floor as flames seal their apartment. Winnie is killed after slipping on an air shaft while rescuing a dozen families. Property loss reaches 316000 and the cause remains unknown.
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New York
Prospect Place
Brooklyn
Joseph W. Nobitt
Strathorn
Nobitt
Thomas Winnie Winnie
buiKding
Winnie
Stethorn
Gambling Transaction Trial Sets Stage in Circuit Court
James Boyce sues L A Kinsey and Co to recover about 4560 on a 7403 note for stock in Whiteland Chicago gas Reading Jersey Central and other goods. Defendants claim the deal was a gambling transaction and not legally collectible. Large crowd attends proceedings.
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James Boyce
L. A. Kinsey & Co
Whiteland Company
Chicago Gas Company
Reading Railroad
Jersey Central Railroad
Impostors Claimed Grace Smith Body. Mother Seeks Burial
The mother of Grace Smith, whose death is under inquiry at 633 East Market, traveled from Greencastle to claim the body but lacks funds to bury her daughter. She says impostors posed as Brazil police and that the real name was Lillie Belie Smith, with a husband and two children. Coroner Nash awaits chemical stomach exam results.
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Grace Smith
Fis
E. Market St
Greencastle
Brazil
Lillie Belie Smith
Nash
Bryan the Leader poll shows Bryan currency issue clear
The Washington correspondent of the Journal reports a poll of 108 Representatives and 23 Senators on Democratic leadership and 1900 issues. Ninety nine of 108 representatives back Bryan and the currency question while most senators prefer the old leadership and issues until new ones emerge.
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New York
Washington
The
Journal
Congress
Bryan
Political tips swirl around Indiana Senate race
In Indianapolis on federal business Senator Early is tied to backing Taylor for the U S Senate while Posey may hold two Vigo county votes. Vigo’s three general assembly members are reportedly unpledged. Terre Haute press shifts toward Steele and editor pressure ties geography to choice. Harrison is seen as Taylor’s potential influence, LaFollette and Otto Bell vie for seats. page politics hint at family influence in the back rooms.
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Early
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Taylor
United States
Posey
Vigo County
General Assembly
Vigo
Terre Haute Express
Steele
Express
Peru
Narrow escape turns into grand jury assault case
Walter Jones of 201 S Noble Street narrowly avoided murder in McClelland's saloon after a dispute over liquor led to a knife attack. Engineer Michael McKeever of 1066 Harrison Street was sent to the grand jury for assault, with both men claiming self defense as bartender George Buch served them. The judge indicated Sunday liquor law violations may have sparked the trouble.
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Walter Jones
S. Noble St
McClelland
Noble and
Georgia-sts
Michael McKeever
Harrison St
Grand
Jones
McKeever
George Buch
Isuch
Cox
Grand Jury
Forecast for Indianapolis 36 hours ending December 18
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity calls for cloudy weather with snow Monday night and much colder Tuesday. Early temperatures Monday were 22 at 7 am and 32 by 2 pm, with sidewalk accumulations reported. telegraph and streetcar reports note no weather-related disruptions and brisk service.
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Indianapolis
Ripley Case to be discussed by Marion Club meeting
Marion club directors plan a Tuesday night session to review the Ripley case. Ex Judge Mc Cray, expelled earlier, will likely file notice of appeal to the club. The constitution allows a majority of members to overturn or uphold the directors action. An exciting meeting is anticipated with members opposing the firing policy expected to attend.
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Marion Club
Ripley
McCray
Dean's Ointment Offer Stokes Curative Claims
An advertisement touts Dean's Ointment as a guaranteed cure for itching piles with no failures, priced at 50 cents, available at all drug stores. The text urges readers to obtain the product and mentions a business data line.
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Dean
Former officer charged with murder in fatal shooting
Timothy O Connor formerly a police officer and current Greenlawn cemetery custodian is jailed on murder charges after he shot 16 year old Charles Tracy at 524 Norwood Street. He says the shooting was accidental while aiming to frighten loafers who harassed him during a snowball clash near the old Root foundry. Tracy died from a shot that struck his heart. a witness reports seeing smoke from the second shot. O Connor, 60, was arrested after deputies arrived at the scene and is scheduled for a hearing Tuesday. locals note his past enforcement record and prior incidents involving intoxication and assaults on others.
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Timothy O'Connor
Greenlawn Cemetery
Charles Tracy
O'Connor
Greenlawn
Old Root Foundry
Garden St
Kentucky-ave
O’connor
Tracy
Beth
Three Couples Seek Court Separation Over Marital Strife
Edward Ulery says his wife frequently assaults and drives people away from his stores. Robert Sheets claims abandonment by his wife. F. Deakin states his wife Emma threw a knife at a child, leaving a gash on the forehead.
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Edward Ulery
Robert Sheets
Adam
F. Deakin
Emma
Patch Up Old Laws Promises Reform Without New System
The democratic caucus aims to fix township and county government issues by improving the present system rather than creating a new one. A committee was appointed to determine which laws should be enacted to remedy the current deficiencies. Members include Representatives Brown Leichhorn Hedgecock Wise and Senators Baum Drummond and Winfield.
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Brown
Leichhorn
Hedgecock and
Wise
Senatorsbaum
Drummond
Winfield
Mayor orders probe over heated streetcars ordinance
Mayor Taggart directs Police Superintendent Quigley to investigate a report that the street car company is not heating streetcars as required by ordinance. The superintendent will inform the company that the ordinance must be enforced and that violations may lead to arrests.
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Taggart
Pol
Quigley
Street Car Company
Corp
Street.ca
Police Court Roundup Over Bogus House Visit Suspects
In police court Monday 27 colored individuals faced charges for visiting a notorious house raid at Bud Banks' place on Kentuels Avenue. One more charged with keeping the institution. Arrests followed Saturday night as officers stormed the scene. some fled through windows while a patron discharged a revolver. The case will be tried Thursday.
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Durin
Bud Banks’ Place
Kentuels, Ave
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