Long prison terms end as two inmates gain pardons
Westwood Aston, prison oldest serving inmate, to be freed New Year’s Day after 25 years for a 1865 murder. Pardons also granted for Thomas Jetton, once a northern Indiana farmer, who killed William Snyder in 1885 after disputes over a sheep. Govs Baker Porter and Hovey cited mind strength and rehabilitation.
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Westwod Aston
Martin
Conner
Indiana
Blealo
Aston
Shoals
Tu‘mois
Hamme
Patterson
Aviv
Drinkhouse
Westwood
Llkinois
Govs
Illinois
Allice
Thomas Jetton
Foutis Bend
Col. Roberts
Midern
Jetton
Michigan City
Wm. Snyder
Snyder
Spyder
Tix
Lome
Railway officials and conductors banquet in Denison
The annual gathering of travelling representatives of the Railway officials and conductors accident association drew 73 to 100 members Tuesday morning from across the country, with many more en route. Speakers included Chnis. W. Fairbanks, Mayor Sullivan, President Ingalls of the Big Four, John T Bye, John A. Finch, Wmn. K. Bellis, and Par son Chalmers Brown. Music featured the bald headed quintet.
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Denison
Hs Enterprises
Ingalls Block
Chnis
Noahs Hard Luck in Lenasox Hay Load Accident
Noah At Ml in Lenasox Indiana was on a hay wagon when a mishap caused him to be thrown off. A shot from a rifle discharged, wounding him and severing his arm at the site near the Sicnider residence. Arrangements and authorities are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Lenasox
Ind
Ml, DH
Sicnider
Epworth league spell contest advertised for Tuesday night
Fragmented notice reports Epworth League planning a big spelling contest Tuesday night. Separate items mention Emanuel Kinsey 15 of Claypool dying after an accident Sunday and a baby girl found in a door step basket by J Sunderland of Fort Wayne. George Vester and Lafe Kimmerling near Anderson are charged with kidnapping. Wesly was tried over a year ago and the case results pending with his brothers to be tried.
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Emanuel Kinsey
Claypool
Sunderland
Ft. Wayne
Avester
George
Lafe Kimmerling
Ving
Anderson
Wesly
Great London Blaze Threatens Major Fire Loss
A furious fire sweeps through Queen Victoria and Thames streets London endangering Reviller Frere & Tring furriers and other establishments. The Salvation Army headquarters is reported to be burning alongside several warehouses and dry goods stores. In New York Jamieson Nelson & Sons announce a Long Island packing plant and first ship load of beef. Indiana forecast calls for warmer fair weather with light rains overnight. A Murphy temperance meeting in Baughville ends with Mrs Pollen robbed of 52 dollars and a 65 dollar necklace.
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London
Queen Victoria and
Thames Sts
Reviller, Frere & Tring
Salvation Army
Britain
New York
Jamies Nelson & Sons
Great Britain
Long Island
Chicago
Murphy
Baughville
Great couple race and steady local happenings
A bustling Tuesday night scene features a great couple race at Virginia Ave sink and a slate of social events. The Gray club hosts New Year gatherings from 2 to 6 PM and 7 30 PM, while the Western Association of Writers met at Bates house to map the year. Other items mention a Ram's Horn publisher change, a reception for D H Alexander, and a business meeting at Masonic hall.
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Virginia Ave
Gray Club
Western Association of Writers
Bates House
The
Ram’s Horn
D. H. Ranek
E. P. Brown
Stanton J. Peele
D. H. Alexander
Buffalo
United States
New York
Tomlinson Hall
Masonic Hall
Francis Murphy
Haughville
Samuel Folsman
Sarah
Judge Brown
Anna Newhouse
Noble St
J. A. Keadler
E. Highth-st
Kregelo
Blake and
New Yorkk-sts
Reuben Tett
151-E
Wabash-st
Chas. Heret
Chas
Woolweaver
Maxwell-st
Feibleman
Marlin O'Day
Cox
North Pen
Timothy Duffy
O'Day
Holtzman
Page
Ed. Sanders
McCarty St
Sanders
Alerdice
Ray
Norton
Jane Carr
Charles Bent Marrier
GO WEST POLITICIAN Pointers for Democrats in New York
Holiday quiet hides active wire pulsing as New York lawmakers prepare to assemble the legislature. Hill and Cleveland strength are weighed with Hill’s independent vote strength against him and Cleveland’s waning in New York. Westward efforts favored, with tickets from Boies to Pattison discussed. governors’ race likely on local issues, chiefly liquor.
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Hill
Cleveland
New York
West
New York State
Senate
Boies
Towa
Campbell
Ohio
Pattison
Pennsylvania
Palmer
Illinois
Russell
Massachusetts
Gray
Indiana
Great Western construction company charter granted
A charter is granted to Hugh B Walker and associates for a Great Western construction company. They plan nine acres of works in this city to manufacture locomotives. The factory would employ about 2,000 men and produce ten locomotives weekly.
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CarcAgo, Dee
Hugh 8. Walker
Great Western Construction Company
Harlem democratic club to honor congressmen elect
At the Harlem democratic club a Tuesday evening reception and dinner will honor the congressmen elect from New York City. The event celebrates the recent democratic victory with speakers including Byman of Indiana McNiwian of Tennessee and Gov Abbott of New Jersey.
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Synum
New York
Harlem
Democratic Club
Byman
Ofgindiana
McNiWan
Tennessee
Gov. Abbot
New Jersey
Senator Ingalls Arrives in Toreva for Monthlong Stay
Senator Ingalls has arrived in Toreva Kansas and taken rooms for a month. His friends are trying to block a caucus, as it is believed he would lose to the caucus nominee on the first ballot. Also, census data show Kansas had 4 562 births in the past fiscal year.
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Ingalls
Toreva
Kas
Inegalls
Porter
Hedden
Health Board
Isitheria
Fohi
Grane
Sporting Life Features and Early 1900s Notes
Louisville teams plan trips south in February. Milwaukee sells Jack Thornton to Philadelphia. The Washington Association team becomes the Nationals. Burvar eyes a stronger crew next spring. Carbine wins the Melbourne Cup against 30 rivals. Pittsburgh hopes for a strong team next year. The league aims to calm tensions at January meeting. Scheefer and Ives to stage billiard exhibition in Indianapolis early next month. Miller and Warren in good shape for the Plave contest at Tomlinson Hall. Local sports to stage boxing exhibitions.
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Louisvilles
Milwaukee
Jack Thornton
Philadelphia
Washington Asso
Nationals
Burvar
Carbine
Pittsburg
Scheefer
Ives
Indianapolis
Miller
Warren
Tomlinson Hall
Minstrel and theater crowds reel for record matinee
Amusements note a Monday matinee at Ene Park theater with largest audience yet, standing room only. Indian leader Running Stream and the return of Charles K. French amused a packed house. Princeton glee club and Thatcher Lew Dockstader praised for modern minstrelsy influence. Wilbur Opera Company to perform at Park next week.
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Ene Park
Running Stream
Little Bull
Charles K. French
Parnell and O'Brien Propose Irish Party Reforms
Paris dispatch reports Parnell urged home rule members to meet and reelect the chairman with O'Brien to retire after the next election or if Gladstone accepts the Parnell policy. O'Brien will consult colleagues before replying. London cites McCarthyite plans for criminal charges against Parnell. Mrs O Sh ea seeks O'Brien interview, fails, and Mrs Raffalovitch receives her. Appeals for subscriptions fund a Dublin daily McCarthyite paper. Liberals seek to avoid Irish question interviews.
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Paris
Parnell
O’brien
Boulogne
Gladstone
London
McCarthyites
United Ireland
Para
O'Shea
Raffalovitch
Dublin
Brazilian killer Emanuel Jesus is executed at Little Prison
In Rio de Janeiro on Sunday at 4 p m Emanuel Jesus, a harbor pilot and famed ladies’ man, was executed for killing his father in law and dismembering his wife Marie Martinez. The case traced a quarrel over alleged flirtations, a cabriolet disappearance, and the discovery of Martinez's remains. Emanuel died at five with no remorse.
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Rio Janeimo
Brazil
Emanuel Jesus
Burgud
Emanuele
Marie Martinez
Emanuel
Mantel
Martinez
Marie
Indiana temperance league session in Judge Harper’s court
The Indiana temperance league met in Judge Harper’s court on Tuesday morning with G W Higgins presiding. Helen Gougar and Mrs Pollack attended. The debate centered on dues from 1889 and whether charter members retained voting rights. The chair ruled dues were due but charter members remained. Afternoon speeches featured Gougar and Gompear. Prohibitionists were urged to stay and avoid entanglements with old parties promising votes.
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Indiana Temperance League
Judge Harpers Court
G. W. Higgins
Helen Gougar
Pollack
Dor
League
Miss Gompears
Multiple New York and national business failures and assignments
In diverse cities investors report several businesses in trouble. Howard & Co. in Bostox assigns. Manhattan Clothing Company declares failure with 50,000 liabilities. Gerlach & Hayes in Philadelphia go under with 150,000 liabilities. Marks & Co. in Axiston signs. Albert Jakin jeweler in New York loses a large safe opening reveals only a penny and pool tickets. John missing as sheriff takes control.
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Bostox
Howard & Co
Kansas City
Manhattan Clothing Company
Philadelphia
Gerlach & Hayes
Axinston
Ala
Marks & Co
New York
Albert Jakin
John
Great Treat at Fred Kleines New Year Chowder
A New Year’s Eve offer at Fred Kleine’s 265 Blass Avenue invites customers to try the clan chowder. The event highlights a warm bowl and welcoming atmosphere as a local food moment.
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Fred Kleine’s
Blass -Ave
Fifty Soldiers Die In Bloody Indian Fight At Creek
A Dec 30 report from Woumen Erie Creek South Dakota describes a brutal engagement between 560 cavalry and about 150 Big Foot's band. Capt. Wallace was killed, and more than fifty soldiers died or were wounded as Indians retreated toward Pine Ridge. The action followed orders to disarm the hostiles and ended with widespread casualties and fear of further massacres.
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Erie Creek
S. D
Dee
Wore
Forsyth
Wallace
K Treep
Big Foot
Seventh Cavalry
Co. Forsythe
Mitian
Gen
Brooke
Bigfoot
Forsythe
Maj
Whitesides
Tude
Bie Toot
Pine Ridge
Curcaco
Wastingaton
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Pisa Ripuz Aernxcy
Little Wound
Wheaton
Hotchussean
Fresh Foreign Facts From Hartlepool MP Dies and Rail Roa
Thomas Richardson a Hartlepool two member of parliament dies. Three workmen die in a Liverpool boiler explosion. New railroad work in Scotland. business resumes. Romanov duchess dies in Paris of throat cancer. Robbery at Merlimont Arras cure’s mother killed. Berlin orders soldiers not to patronize socialist run restaurants. Comptoird Escompte shareholders meet in Paris. Institution bank settlement approved. New bookcases at Wm. L. Elder’s.
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Thomas Richardson
Hartlepool
Liverpool
Scotland
Nicholas Madximilianovitch
Prince Romanovski
Duke of
Leuchtenberg
Paris
Merlimont
Arras
Berlin
Comtoir d’Escompte
Bank of France
Indiana academy of science meeting in Indianapolis
Bright lights from state schools fill Indianapolis as multiple educational associations convene. The Indiana academy of science led by T C Mendenhall met at the state house, two sections debated papers, and Q P Jenking resigned as treasurer. The Indiana college featured talks by DePauw, Purdue, and Franklin professors. Teachers and high school groups gathered at Plymouth church for institute work and student musical numbers. The alumni sought representation on the university board of trustees.
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Indianapolis
State House
Indiana Academy of Science
T. C. Mendenhall
U. S. Coast Survey
Academy
Q. P. Jenking
Indiana College
Jenkins
DePaliw
Carman
Purdue
Hall
Franklin Universities
Assa
Plymouth Church
Algo
Geo. Eithbard
Madison
B. Thonard
Elkhart
Prof Smart
Purdue University
Dead Highwayman Cronin Identified by Warden as White
Police continue to probe Friday night robbery that left Cronin dead. Noah Eaney remains jailed as investigators press Cronin’s alleged accomplice. Photographer Fearnaught captured four photos for Cronin’s sister in St Louis. undertaker Kregelo to ship remains if sister confirms identity. Seeley's supporters urge restraint while Cronin’s associate is sought. Warden Patten of the southern prison confirms the dead man as Alex Cronin, formerly known as White, after two terms there.
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Noah Eaney
Cronin
Ever
Anow
Banez
Fearnaught
Kregelo
St. Louis
Moreve
Seeley
Pal
Lisue
Patten
Krecelo
Alex
South
Croni
Delphi Journalist Seeker Reports Immigration Tour Findings
C. B. Landis of the Delphi Journal attended the Bates house gathering Tuesday after returning from a Pacific slope trip as secretary to a joint senate house sub committee on immigration. The Western tour focused on Chinese Exclusion Act gaps, with officials noting Chinese travelers via British Columbia into the U.S. between Spokane and the coast. They argued that limited police on duty across 500 to 700 miles makes suppression difficult, calling attention to Mongolian travelers.
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Landis
Delphi Journal
Bates House
Pacific Slope
Joint Committee
Senate
House On
British Columbia
Spokane
Five at the Atlas Works Fire Damage Engine Room
A blaze tore through the Atlas Engine Works Tuesday afternoon causing considerable damage in the engine room. Firefighters battled the flames while Tar Son went to press with updates on the incident.
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Atlas Works
Atlas Engine Works
Afernoon
Tar Son
Big Canadian cotton mill trust forming
A large cotton mill trust is being organized in Canada. The German emperor took his children sleigh riding in Berlin on Monday. The pope plans to reorganize the Vatican’s military forces and equip them with repeating rifles.
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Canada
Berlin
Vatican
A Year Ago This Time in News and Notable Deeds
A year ago this time reports recall the ship Shakespeare lost with all hands, the Louisville academy of music collapse burying several, Stanley sailing home, Gladstone’s 80th birthday, Choctaw Pete and Red Leadenhall threatening town fright, Winchester Frank’s swift kill, and Hood’s Sarsaparilla advertised as a radical remedy with a long cure record.
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Indiana Academy of Science
Shakespere
New York
Hamburg
New Academy of Music
Louisville
Stanley
Gladstone
Pishawa
I. T
Choctaw Pete
Red Leadenhall
Winchester Frank
Viaduct plans discussed as city delays bids and lighting costs
City officials meet to solicit plans for a new viaduct, aiming for diverse ideas from outside architects. The council weighs lighting bids under 80 to 100 dollars per light, with Union Railway to manage contract timing and potential city takeover. Water contract battles, health board reports, and sanitary work fill a busy municipal agenda as deaths and inspections are tallied.
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Sullivan
Thulman
Board of Aldermen
Laut
Murphy
Pearson
Hal
Union Railway Company
Mansfield
Viadnet
Hirch
Blackwell
Smith
SUN
Bank Robbery Suspects Nabbed After $2800 Theft
In Chicago on Monday afternoon, Harry Feath stone alias Hennessy John Corbett Frank Bennett and Charles Mullen entered the Calumet National Bank and restrained occupant Frank Lyn before making off with 2800 dollars. Within an hour Lieut. Jenkins and police captured the gang and recovered the money following a lively chase.
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Leon and
Rheams
Ennio
Chicago
Harry Feathstone
Hennessy
John Corbett
Frank Bennett
Charles Mullen
Calumet National Bank
Frank Lyn
Lieut. Jenkins
The Sun Shines Bright in Indiana Newspaper Scene
In Indiana the Indianapolis Evening Spy debuts a new dress and lively contents. It lists many Crawfordsville subscribers and is delivered by carrier each evening, according to the Crawfordsville Star.
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Juite
Indiana
Indianapolis
Crawvfortiaville
Crawfordsville
A splendid line of metal wreaths for decoration
Betterman Bros florists advertises cut flowers and a splendid line of metal wreaths for decoration for Christmas and New Year festive display at 87-48 Massage Tel 849, featuring Green and Holly themes.
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Betterman Bros
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Geo
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Lew Dockstader
Shamans & Slocum
Haverly
Wilbur Opera Company
Parnell and O'Brien
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