Currency debate erupts in Kentucky Democratic rift
WASHINGTON December 15 A heated currency debate resumes as Senator Goebel faces sharp opposition from Kentucky Democrats Berry and Wheeler over alleged corrupt methods. The exchange escalates with accusations of fraud and threats, while Cox calls for order as Williams and Brosius express positions on the bill.
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Washingson
Jones
Virginia
Disd
Tighe
Kentucky
Berry
Wheeler
Congress
Goebel
Cox
Tennessee
Williams
Brosius
Pennsylvania
Controversy Over Clinton Indiana Free Bridge Draw Plans
Residents in Clinton clashed with officials over the finished free bridge plans. A draw would block steamboats on the Wabash above Terre Haute, risking navigability and federal law. Terre Haute boatmen vow to seek an injunction, potentially altering contracts with the Lafayette Bridge Company.
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Clinton, Ind
Wabash
Clinton
Terre Haute
Lafayette Bridge Company
Wagner Reverses Sale Plan In League Reshuffle
National League directors met in session as eight clubs reform plan nears completion. Earl Wagner of Washington altered his stance saying Washington will keep a league club next year. He refused to explain his reason for the sudden shift and noted he is now asking more money to quit.
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New. York
National League
Earl Wagner
Washington
Wagner
Hadley to North for Evidence in Indiana Window Glass Case
Deputy Attorney General Hadley will travel to Anderson on Saturday to gather more evidence in the Indiana case against the Indiana constituent factories of the American Window Glass Company. The state seeks to void the plants' charters and place them in receivership with funds returned to stockholders if needed. A change of venue may move the trial to Indianapolis.
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C.C. “Hadley
Anderson
Indiana
American Windown Glass Company
Window Glass Trust
Thdianapolis
Bad Culvert Obstruction Raises Fire Route Safety
The Board of Works warned of a blocked culvert at Ash and Tweed streets that could cause accidents like the one in which Webb Robertson was thrown from his wagon and fatally injured days ago. The fire department may pass by this danger in daily routes.
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Board. of Works
Ain
Webb Robertson
Unclear historical note on larceny case at 1515 M Pennsylvania
A fragmentary report from an older paper describes a petty larceny incident at 1515 M Pennsylvania Street. The subject paid a washwoman and fled as the mistress left, the mop and ducked actions recorded in terse terms.
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Sadie
Pennsylvania St
Harced Truncated Notice In Dec 15 Report
Fragmentary OCR mentions W. J. Glaser described as orderer and hanged here. It notes Glaser being nervy, denying the crime, and a sheriff's decline. The text contains broken phrases about murder, medicine, and a child’s cough remedy.
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Gai
W. J. Glaser
Glaser
Indiana Factory Inspector Reports Broad Workload And Accidents
DH McAbee, chief of the Indiana Department of Inspection, reports the expanded duties after legislation covers factories mercantile establishments and quarries. In ten months 1,059 inspections across 239 counties found 327 accidents, 33 fatal, eight boiler explosion deaths, and 601 enforcement orders issued.
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DH McAbee
Stat¢S Department of Inspection
McAbee
D. F. Spees
Vincennes
H. A. Richards
Muncie
Indiana
Highland Brigade Officers Killed in Mon day Battle
Ger Methuen reports three highland brigade officers missing are dead and three wounded officers have died, raising officer fatalities in the Mondays battle. Stock rumor says Ladysmith relieved. Col Baden-Powell repulsed Boer attempt at a British fort. In Zoutspandrift Dec 18 five Boers and three Britons were killed.
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London
Ger. Methuen
Highland Brigade
Mon Day
Ladysmith
Baden-Powell
Zoutspandrift
Irish Fusiliers Riot Aboard Ship In Cork Harbor
A detachment of 369 Irish fusiliers en route to South Africa engaged in a riot on the ship and wharves in Cork. Voices cried Long live Kruger and God save Ireland as rifles were tossed into the water.
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Cork
South Africa
Kruger
Ireland
Quick global notes sweep headlines in a busy dispatch
A rapid roundup lists Maj gen Wood sailing for Havana, stove prices rising 23 percent, three hundred British gunners leaving Gibraltar for the cape, Moody in poor health, Hauser elected Swiss president for 1900, and expectations of a papal consistory in Rome. Other items include tobacco losses, wage pushes, and various legal, political, and transport updates across the US and Europe with mixed progress and tensions.
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Wood
Havana
Gibraltar
Cape
Dwight L. Moody
Evangelst
West Northfield
Mass
Walther Hauser
Switzerland
Rome
Norfolk
Mattie Bustard
S. Philadelphia
Miers
Massillon
New York
Sidney Kingdom
Fi Paso
Standard Oil Company
National Storage Company
Jersey City
Mormon Leader Asks Miss Gould To Aid Mormon Cause
George Q Cannon, Utah senator and Mormon leader, appeals to Miss Helen M. Gould in letters urging her to withdraw opposition to the Mormon church. Miss Gould has funded the crusade against Roberts' seating and remains silent on Cannon's missives, her friends say the appeals waste time and postage.
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New York
George Q. Cannon
United States
Utah
Helen M. Gould
Miss Gould
Roberts
Congress
Cannon
Board of Works Retreat Over Michigan Street Pests Case
President Downing of the Board of Works proposes a retreat in the conflict with the United States government represented by Maj. Shaler. He says the matter lies with the Board of Safety and notes pests on the Michigan Street sidewalk at the arsenal entrance obstructing the way. The board gave Maj. Shaler five days to remove the pests, Friday being the fifth day. the case will likely be referred to the Safety Board.
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Downing
Board of Works
United States
Maj. Shaler
Board of Safety
Col. Downing
Michigans
Arsenal
Safety Board
Wrecked Vessels Found Off Southern Massachusetts Coast
Providence Mass Dec 15 Divers report two wrecked schooners lashed together after sinking in a winter storm. The James B Pace of Dennis and J H Hascom of New Haven were found by a government expedition with all hands lost. Both vessels show evidence of sinking in a collision.
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Providence
Mass
Massachusetts
James B. Pace
Dennis
J. H. Hascom
New Haven
Kern to Draft a Franchise for City Street Line
The Union Traction Company petitioned for entry to the city over Indianapolis street railway lines. City Attorney Kern will draft the franchise, with fares and freight issues excluded from the initial draft and to be reviewed later.
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Henry
Union Traction Company
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Kern
Board of Works
Oliver F. Eby Dies in Marion of Typhoid Fever
Oliver F. Eby, who drew attention in Indianapolis last spring by reporting highwaymen shot off his hand, died at his Marion home this morning from typhoid fever. A first suit for payment of an insurance policy was pending in Indianapolis.
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Marion
Ind
Oliver F. Eby
Indianapolis
Lew Akin Hurt in Snow Slip at Home
Lewis G. Akin county recorder broke his left shoulder blade after slipping on snow at his home. He entered the kitchen from the yard at 3550 North Illinois Street when his shoe slipped on the snow and he fell to the floor Friday morning.
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Lewis G. Akin
Illinois St
Resort Fire Destroys Maple Grove Beer Garden in Muncie
Fire gutted the Maple Grove beer garden in Muncie at 3 am Friday. Proprietor Bert Foster his seven year old son and housekeeper Myrtle Lyne escaped narrowly. Neighbors believed a dynamite explosion caused the blaze. loss estimated at 33,000 dollars.
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Muncie
Ind
Maple Grove
Bert Foster
Myrtle Lyne
McCaughey Sentenced in Abortion-Death Case
Huntington Indiana December fifteenth 1900 jury finds Howard McCaughey guilty of procuring the abortion and death of Lizzie Dyer by oil of tansy and sentences him to three to fourteen years in prison.
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McCaughey
Huntington
Ind
Howard McCaughey
Lizzie Dyer
Next Republic Convention Set for June in Philadelphia
The National Republican Committee decided Friday afternoon to hold next year’s convention on Tuesday June 19 in Philadelphia.
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Washington
National Republican ‘Committee
Roths AX Will Fall This Night On Many Necks
The safety board plans a Friday meeting to remove several veteran police officers and at least one Republican sergeant. Chairman Roth directs most changes with limited input from Supt. Quigley, while Davis and T. Tag are mentioned in the brewing shakeup.
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Board of Safety
Roth
Safety Board
Quigley
Davis
T. Tag
Supreme Court affirms ruling in Schreiber damage suit
The Supreme Court sustains Huntington circuit court decision in favor of the defendant in a personal injury case. It held that in actions for failure to repair the plaintiff must show the defendant owed a duty and had a reasonable chance to discharge it.
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Supreme Court
Huntington Circuit Court
Peter Schreiber
United States Telephone Company
Lunar Eclipse Promises Clear View Over Chicago
Students of the heavens await Saturday night as the moon rises from Lake Michigan at 4 29 p m and enters the penumbra 14 minutes later. The total eclipse should be recorded around 10 29 p m with a promising forecast for clear skies.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Indiana Grange convention closes with anti trust resolutions
The Indiana state Grange ended its convention on Thursday night at Lapayette. Resolutions denounced trusts and urged voting in anti trust legislators and congressmen. Aaron Jones of South Bend was re elected state master H L Nowlin of Gullford overseer and W W Stevens of Warsaw lecturer were also re elected.
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Lapayettie
Ind
Indiana State Grange
Aaron Jones
South Bend
H. L. Nowlin
Gullford
W. W. Stevens
Warsaw
New Jockey Club Planned In Chicago As Worth Mile Track Sold
Chicago readers learn that a third jockey club is nearly formed as two syndicates buy the Worth track, 18 miles from the city, with plans to open next spring for racing meetings.
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Jockey Club
Chicago
Worth
Gold for Everybody
Thomas Russell, a Merchants Exchange member, returns to St Louis after two years in Alaska. He describes Cape Nome as a 150 mile stretch where one can shovel sand and wash out about $100 in gold each day.
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ST. Louis
Thomas Russell
The
Merchants’ Exchange
Alaska
Cape Nome
D F Haines Dead In Muncie Home
David T. Haines, 81, died Friday morning at his Muncie home. He came to Muncie in 1843 and was prominent in the pioneer railroad building era.
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Muncie
Trid
David T. Haines
Walker Watson Completes Leg Of Mexico Walk Stunt
Ed R. Watson reports reaching Southport at 5 30 a m after leaving the statehouse at 2 50 giving details of a wager to walk from Indianapolis to Mexico.
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Walker Watson
Ed R. Watson
Indianapolis
Mexico
Southport
Statehouse
Rev. Morgan Resigns as LaPorte Pastor
Rev. Frank A. Morgan formerly of Indianapolis has resigned as pastor of the Christian church in LaPorte Indiana. The move ends his tenure in the city after serving here.
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Morgan Suits
Laporte, Ind
Frank A. Morgan
Indianapolis
The
Christian Church
Supreme Court rules church subscription on Sunday collectible
An article from Chicago reports the state supreme court has ruled that a church subscription imposed on Sunday is legally collectible. The defendant, E. M. Donand of Fort Madison, argued the obligation formed on Sunday was illegal. The piece mixes other brief items including a prisoner in Cleveland accused of pocket picking and a Kentucky marriage anecdote.
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Chicago
Supreme Court
E. M. Donand
Fort Madison
Candidates Vie For Commandant Post At Lafayette Home
Three candidates applied for commandant of the state soldiers home in Lafayette after Gen Packard's death. Gen James R Carnahan led the board while funeral services were held, and trustees planned to meet in January to decide. A delegation of 700 veterans attended the military burial at the home cemetery for Gen Jasper Packard.
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State Soldiers’ Home
Lafayette
Gen. Packard
James R. Carnahan
Carnahan
David N. Foster
Fort Wayne
I. B. McDonald
Columbia City
John Levering
C. J. Murphy
Evansville
Fred Knefler
McGinnis
Greene Smith
I. N. Walker
Smock
G. A. R. Caylor
Leighty
Jasper Packard
Robberies Target Hot Springs Hotel Jewelry
Ground thieves are suspected of a systematic jewelry theft at the New Hempstead hotel in Hot Springs Virginia. About $50,000 in diamonds are reported stolen and among the big losses is Mrs Hanna of Cleveland wife of Senator Mark Hanna whose total losses reach $7,000.
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Hot Springs
New Hempstead
Hanna
Cleveland, D
Mark Hanna
Fire destroys Darlington dry goods store
Fire swept Seybold and Co dry goods store in Darlington Friday morning causing about 10000 dollars in damage. No injuries reported. The blaze started early and was controlled by local volunteers and fire units.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Darlington
Seybold & Co
City Life and Local Judicial Notes
Commissioners English and King missed a park board meeting Friday, so no business was conducted. John Comstock of Franklin was fined 10 dollars by Judge Baker for failure to cancel a revenue stamp. Sheridan post and the W R C plan a musical entertainment and oyster festival at Shover's hall Saturday night. Detectives Wilson and Splann arrested Elias Thompson Friday morning as a fugitive. paroled from Jeffersonsville in August for a violated parole he had been sent up from Terre Haute in 1897 for forgery.
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English
King
Park Board
John Comstock
Franklin
Baker
Sheridan Post
Shover's Hall
Wilson
Splann
Elias Thompson
Jeffersonsville
Terre Haute
Births Deaths and Marriages Local Notices
Births list several couples with addresses and newborns including Henry A and Mary Spreckelson Michigan street boy Ikon Bodenberg Bates street boy J A and Nannie Breedlaw Blaine avenue boy Solomon and Mary Trateky How ard street boy Otto and Evalina Meyers Oriole street bow W H and Mary Thompson Orange street girl Frank and Julia Wed Senate avenue girl. Deaths include Emily Penick Newman street penu mena Mary T Taylor W Fifteenth street strangulated hernia Infant Simmons three months Superior street serefula James B Francis Blaine avenue heart failure. Marriage licenses list six couples including Samuel Whitehead Janet Wilson Joseph Rogers DeNa Sargent Samuel Hatheral Arabella McGuire Henry McElwayne Minnie Jones Henderson McFarland Sarah Andis John Jordan Mary Smith. Wheat market notes Chicago December 15 lower with May and July losses and price details.
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Henry A
Mary Spreckelson
Michigan-st
Ikon
Christie Bodenberg
Batesst
J. A
Nannie Breedlaw
Blaineave
Solomon
Mary Trateky
Howard-st
Otto
Evalina Meyers
Oriole-st
Bow
W. H
Mary Thompson
Orange St
Frank and
Julia Wed
Senate-ave
J. C. and
Stewart
Ilosbrook-st
Emily Penick
Newman-st
Penumena
Mary T. Taylor
W. Fifteenth-st
Simmons
James B. Francis
Blaine Ave
Samuel B. Whitehead
Janet M Wilson
Joseph Rogers
DeNa Sargent
Samuel Hatheral
Arabella McGuire
Henry McElwayne
Minnie Jones
Henderson McFarland
Sarah E. Andis
John A. Jordan
Mary Smith
City Grain Market Prices and Inspections Report
Friday market report shows corn totals of 44 cars with No 8 white at 18 cars and No 3 yellow at 19 cars. Wheat firm with No 2 red around 67 cents. oats, hay, and various white and mixed grain prices listed for futures and wagon loads.
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Cormmn
Timothy
For Sale and Wanted Notices from Local Ledger
Classified column lists items and needs including a two seater surrey top wagon with curtains and cushions for rough weather, contact 232 Miley at 18 W. Various help wanted ads include a white girl in a two in family, mornings call at 1228 Cornell. a capable woman for parlor room duties at 535 E. New York. light work by a woman at 11 N. Capitol. a housework sitter at 1731 N. Capitol. and an experienced nurse for all kinds of sickness. A nearby restaurant for sale at the Ingalls building for 350 with part cash and balance on payments.
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Salie
Call
Miley
Cornell
New York
Capital
Ee Ee
N. Capitol
Ingalls Building
War department to curb cruelty in Manila under Aguinaldo
Washington notes that Manila officers will adopt severe measures to deter assassinations and brigandage to protect friendly natives. The move follows claims Aguinaldo plans a war of brigandage and widespread killings or maiming by insurgents.
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New York
Washington
The
Times
War Department
Manila
Aguinaldo
Cattle and Hog Quotations at Union Stock Yards Indianapolis
The day's receipts include 1 250 cattle and 3 000 hogs with shipments listed. Quotes cover good to prime steers 110 to 130, fair to medium steers 120, feeding steers 440 to 473, and various prices for cows calves bulls and sheep. Notable ranges show good to choice heifers at 0 4 and cows 3 50 to 4 50, hogs 4 05 to 4 12 and lambs 4 0 to 4 50.
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Interstate
Belin
S&w Fbm
Anne
Stscts
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