Dewey Leaves Manila Amid Vivid Homecoming Plans
Admiral Dewey departs Manila May 20 aboard the Olympia, with the Baltimore and Oregon nearby.Gaily decorated ships, cheering crews, and bands mark the farewell as Dewey stands exposed on deck. Olympia heads home toward New York, expected by September 1.
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Mianila
Dewey
Olympia
Baltimore
Oregon
Jackies
Powerful
Admiral Dewey
New York
BD L. Reen
Aguinaldo Armistice Bid Denied by Gen Otis in Manila
In Manila on May 2 Aguinaldo again sought an armistice but Gen Otis refused, stating peace only comes after surrender. The US Philippines commission was allowed to interview Filipino leaders. Maj Kobbe’s expedition up the Rio Grande captured Candaba. govt asks garrison stay. Maj Kobbe awaits orders to meet Gen Lawton. Nebraska regiment returns for rest. natives return home seeking peace.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Gen. Otis
United States Philippines Commission
Rio Grande
Maj
Kobbe
Candaba
Kebbe
Lawton
Nebraska Regiment
ED L. Keen
Attempt on General Wheatons Life Reported in Manila
A letter from Sergeant Will Rule of the Colorado volunteers reveals an April 13 assassination attempt on General Lloyd Wheaton in Manila. The assailant was a native servant and the general escaped with three cracked ribs after a close struggle.
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Denver
Will Rule
Colorado Volunteers
Manila
Lloyd Wheaton
Fifteen Dewey Heroes Arrive Under Guard for Court Martial
In Boston on May 20 fifteen sailors who fought at Manila arrived not as honored veterans but as confinement prisoners. They travel under marine guard to the naval prison and face sentences from six months to two years.
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Boston
Mass
Dewey
Manila
Naval Prison
Robbery arrests flow from Louisville express case
George Murphy was arrested in the Louisville depot with 1000 silver dollars believed stolen from the Greensburg express office. J C Oberly of Marietta Ohio was arrested charged with taking 621 dollars and 19 cents from the United States Express Company.
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George Murphy
Louisville
Greensburg
J.C. Oberly
Marietta
United States Express Company
Police Court Docket Nabs Houk For Assault After Celebration
Morton Houk of 319 McGill street faced police court on a Saturday for assaulting his wife after a house celebration that included two beer kegs. Judge Cox fined him 16 dollars and sentenced ten days in the workhouse. Other fines included one dollar for overboozing Edward Lippencoi and one dollar for George Jackson after a street car incident. William Ford was found not guilty of petit larceny after a tale about obtaining trousers. Cases against Harry Brown and Sam Drake were continued to Tuesday.
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Morton Houk
McGill St
Police
Houk
Cox
Edward Lippencoi
George Jackson
William Ford
Harry Brown
William Jee
Sam Drake
William Stewart
Nathorst Expedition Seeks Missing Andree on Antarctic Voyage
May 20 report: Nathorst expedition sails toward the coast of Greenland to search for the missing explorer Andree. The Antarctica state cabin is lavishly fitted and reserved for Andree as a symbol of faith in his recovery.
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Stockholm
Nathorst
Andree Saled
Antarctic
Greenland
Andree
Youth Arrested in Horse and Buggy Theft Case
George Smith, 17, living with his parents at 2642 S North St, Was arrested Saturday by Detectives Asch and Dugan for stealing a horse and buggy last September. The farm hand from near Mooresville admitted taking the rig after finding the horse loose, saying it was later used on Indianapolis streets.
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George Smith
S. North St
Asch and Dugan
Smith
Mooresville
Allen
Indianapolis
Bos
Ancient pistol found in courthouse yard during fountain work
Workmen uncover a rusted revolver fragment in the courthouse yard Friday afternoon. The high hammer remains on the priming pan while the stock is missing but the trigger guard persists. Commissioner McGregor holds the relic and estimates it at least 100 years old.
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Court House
McGregor
Stubborn New Yorker Charged Over School Attendance
Edward Mittendorf, a New York man, was tried in criminal court for failing to send his 10-year-old child to school. On appeal he claims he was not required to school his children in New York and denies the duty here. Authorities say his two other children also have been kept from school. The case will be finished Monday.
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Edward Mittendorf
Justice Ay. Mittendorf
New York
Miss Lansing Rowan Refuses Tights in Play
Milwaukee Wis May 20 Miss Lansing Rowan leading woman of the Academy stock company will be out of an engagement this week because she refuses to appear in tights in All the comforts of home She said I cannot appear in tights I am not prudish but then one is too close to the great world in tights
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lansing Rowan
Academy Stock Company
Barefooted girl faces trial for strangling nursing child
In Durham a 12 year old colored girl Cora Hicks is on trial for strangling a child she was nursing. She appeared barefoot and in a single garment. Lacking counsel, the judge appointed two lawyers to defend her.
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Raleigh
N. C
Durham
Cora Hicks
Cora
Mrs Goodin Ill. Case Against HerContinued
Mrs Maud Goodin was too ill to appear in criminal court on Saturday. The case against her for alleged conspiracy to throw acid into Aimee Haskinson’s face was continued until Monday.
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Maud Goodin
Aimee Haskinson
Bursting purse as Yerkes sells Chicago street railways
The Inquirer reports Charles T. Yerkes has sold the West Chicago and North Chicago street railways along with their branches to the Widener Edkins Whitney syndicate for about 20 million dollars. Yerkes reportedly pockets 12 million, while others share 8.4 million as the roads consolidate with a capitalization of 40.6 million. Yerkes retains his elevated railroad interests.
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Philadelphia
the Inquirer
Chicago
Charles T. Yerkus
Widener-Edkins-Whitney Syndicate
Yerkes
Hines
Frick Eyes Steel Combine Capital Amid Carnegie Plans
New York May 20. W C Frick of Pittsburg pursues the new steel combination. An authoritative source says the proposed capitalization of the Carnegie Steel Co is far above figures given by promoters. A figure around 3,000,600 is not believed.
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New York
Conference on trusts draw governors to June 25 meeting
Chicago May 22 state governors and attorney generals and leaders from commercial and labor groups plan to attend a June 25 conference on trusts. Gov Roosevelt of New York may preside with delegates expected from Michigan Indiana Nebraska Massachusetts and Mississippi.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
New York
Pineree
Michigan
Mount
Indiana
Pointer
Nebraska
Wolcott
Massachusetts
Mclaury
Missippi
Al ser's message on Cuban arms surrender cited
Secretary Alger expressed irritation over a publication detailing Adjigen Corbin's White House visit and the handling of the Cuban arms surrender. He noted no new report from General Brooke had been received and questioned how the public property matter reached the press.
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Washington
Alger
Corbin
Hot Springs
McNinley
Bat Gage
Gen
Brooke
Four legged chicken presented to state museum
A four legged chicken was shown at the state museum this week by Mrs. Dora Piper of G. S. Alabamas. The creature hatched and lived about fifteen minutes, with two wings and one head. its body appears double and it has two tails.
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State Museum
Dora Piper
G. S. Alabamas
Weather Forecast for Indianapolis May Weekend
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity covers 26 hours ending 8 p m May 21. Expect cloudy skies with occasional rain Saturday night and Sunday. Temperatures ranged from 48 at 7 am Saturday to 60 at 2 pm.
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Indianapolis
Mrs Eby Accused in Forsaken Hut Accident Scheme
Police allege Oliver F Eby pursues insurance on two accident policies while Mrs Eby allegedly aided in a staged accident near Millersville. Detectives report a strange woman hired a cream horse rig and followed Eby, with Mrs Eby visiting the ark theater and a shotgun found at their home amid two break in attempts.
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Oliver F. Eby
St. Vincent's Hospital
Eby
Millersville
Leonard & Sloan
Virginia Ave
Edward H
Alrs
Thomas Roause
Hverrman
Airs
Bugsy
Detroit Trust Plan Targets Drug Trade in Midwest
A proposed trust aims to organize 91 concerns east of the Rockies including Bremphis and Richmond with a combined capital around 15 000 000 and estimated annual sales near 400 000. Key figures A Wiefer of A Wiefer Drug Co doubts the plan while other Indianapolis interests have heard little. the proposal hinges on a mutual organization rather than full buyout.
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Detroit
Mich
Fliet Burris
New York
Rocky Mountains
Bremphis
Richmond
A. Wiefer
Ten Thousand Names Petition Drives for Elevated Tracks
Sixty men circulate petitions for signatures in favor of elevated tracks. Next week the Public Safety League will form with an expected 16 000 signatures. Over 3 000 signatures were collected within 324 hours of starting. The city will be canvassed.
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Public Safety League
Four Men Return From Peru Prospecting Trip
Santa Fe reports A4. J. Fountain has returned from an interior Peru gold prospecting trip. The original party numbered 20 men, but 168 succumbed to tropical fever or were killed by natives during the journey.
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Santa FE
N. M
J. Fountain
Peru
Tesla inspired plan to explode warships by high voltage waves
Paris May 20. M. Ic Bon, an electrician, claims to have perfected a method inspired by Nikola Tesla to destroy ships using electrical waves of high voltage conducted through the atmosphere.
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Paris
M. Ic Bon
Nicola Tesla
Peace-maker or not Jack Cooper faces new assault charge
Jack Cooper, acquitted days earlier of horse stealing, is jailed again on an assault and battery charge. He arrived at the station Friday with two knife cuts on his leg claiming he intervened to separate two belligerents northwest of town.
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Jack Cooper
Oral Testing of 24 Applicants for Life State License
A State Board of Education committee tested 24 applicants on Saturday for life state licenses. The panel, consisting of Jones, Goss, and Stott, reported success in their manuscripts.
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State Board of Education
Jones, Goss and Stott
City street car upgrades to begin next week
General manager McGowan reports two engineers are drafting improvements and extensions for the street car lines and plans to deploy a workforce next week. He declines to specify starting locations for the projects.
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McGowan
Cotner University Honors Courageous Art Teacher
In Lincoln Nebraska Cotner University faculty awarded Miss Lethe Watson an honor medal for interrupting arsonists during a night fire attempt. A mass meeting Friday night approved the award and a purse was presented in gratitude for her bravery.
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Lincoln, Neb
Cotner University
Lethe Watson
French Licker Boy Sentenced to Reform School
William Michler, a 16 year old from French Lick, cut open a mail bag and with his 1 year old brother stole over 59 dollars. Judge Judy Baker sentenced him Saturday to Plainfield reform school until age 21. The younger sibling has measles and remains at large.
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Wm. Michler
Judy Baker
Plainfielad Reform School
Mayor Taggart Signs Quarantine Funding Measure
Mayor Taggart signed Saturday an ordinance appropriating $2,000 to fight contagious diseases.
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Taggart
Pittsburg Coal Trust Talk Meets Indianapolis Skeptic
OctofI reports Pittsburg capitalists failing to approach Indianapolis dealers as Charles F. Meyers ridicules the coal trust idea saying 80 million dollars would not spark a nationwide capitalization and noting small number of hard coal owners amid many soft coal operators. Chicago capitalists seek an Indianapolis ice trust with options on plants and planned district routes for scheduled wagon service to run the city.
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Pittsburg
Indianapolis
Charles F. Meyers
Chicago
Three Women Answer Call for Soldiers Aid Meeting
Three women attended the Soldiers' Aid Society meeting on Saturday to plan an entertainment. Sufficient funds were donated for present needs and no formal meeting occurred. The entertainment is expected to be held in June.
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Soldiers’ Aid Society
Franklin lawyer honored for 52 years at bar
In Franklin Indiana on May 20 G M Overstreet celebrates his 8th birthday while noting he has practiced law at the Franklin bar for 52 years.
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Franklin
Ind
G. M. Overstreet
Franklin Bar
Lived With His Heart Pierced
Chicago May 20. Postal postmortem shows John Wvdergensen known as the hair clipper had skull deformation pressing the brain. The bullet ended his life by penetrating the lower heart area. he survived two days after the injury.
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Chicago
John Wwdergensen
Publicans Coming Train to Indianapolis for Convention
Hotel-keepers from the east bound for Chicago will arrive in Indianapolis Monday at 9 a m over the Big Four. A committee of local hosts will greet the train and guide the visitors for a four hour stay. Lunch will be served at the Bates at 11.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Bates
Northwestern Indiana Telephone Co Incorporated
The Northwestern Indiana telephone company is incorporated with capital of $3,000. Exchanges are to county service areas.
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Northern Indiana Telephone Com
Northwestern Indiana Telephone Company
Confederate decoration day observed in Chattanooga
Wire notes report Confederate decoration day observed in Chattanooga on Saturday. Other items mention a senatorial pure food committee to inspect Chicago slaughter houses, Russell Sage denying steps to end the gas rate war, Unitarian churches of the west meeting in Chicago, Henry Christiansen of Omaha twice attempting suicide after a breakup, Haberer and Car carriage factory in Cincinnati burned with a loss, and a beehive power house fire with a loss around 36,000 dollars.
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Chattanooga
Senatorial Pure Food Committee
Chicago
Russell Sage
New York
Unitarian Churches of the
West
Henry Christiansen
Omaha
Neb
Oy Haberer
Cinnati
Harness, Low Prices at Vanderpool and Meridian
In 1998 data shows Strawmyer and Nilius in Arizona offering latest style harness at lowest prices. Monument place lists 2,398,280 as a figure. Tish-IeMingo's sold in 1998.
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Vanderpool
Meridian Ar
Strawmyer &Nilius
Tish-IeMingo
Death of Frederick Ebiert at 58 in Springfield home
Frederick Ebiert aged 58 died suddenly at 7 a.m. Saturday at 2 Spring Street where he boarded. He had been ill but refused medical help. a visit by his son Friday urged care. Died from a stomach hemorrhage while alone. German native, long-time resident. wife predeceased. Two sons survive. once ran a grocery business.
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Frederick Ebiert
Curtin Bronson
Spring St
Germany
Head
Divorce Petitions Include Claims of Insults and Stalking
The document lists several divorce petitions and related actions. Stephen Perigo accuses his wife Sarah of insults at gatherings and conspiracies, while Montalla Gump sues for support claiming desertion. Lottie Smith and Jonas R. Stuart seek divorces over alleged abuse and abandonment.
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Stephen WW
Perigo
Sarah
Montalla Gump
Benjamin
Pettis Dry Goods Company
Gump
Indiana National Bank
Lottie Smith
Lawson
Jonas R. Stuart
Elizabeth
Boy Fifer Refused to Blow on Warship Court Martial
The judge advocate general received the record of a court martial on a US warship involving a boy enlisted as a fifer who refused to play. He declared he would not blow the fife, was jailed in the brig, and given bread and water. The court sentenced him to confinement aboard ship and the department will review the findings.
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Washington
the Revy
United States
Fife
Trolley Cars Clash Patterson Minnesota Injures Seven
Two trolley cars collided late Friday night in Patterson Minnesota injuring seven people, some seriously. An excursion car packed with passengers attempting a parade slipped and crashed into its own gear, causing extensive damage to both vehicles and listing names of the injured including Nellie Stanton Croshaw Mirvell Miggie T BR Lovell Maggie Vivich and J H Openshaw.
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Cornings Down
Neltie Stanton
Croshaw
Mirsevell
Miggie T. BR. Lovell
Maggie Vivich
J. H. Openshaw
Residents push to relocate city plant after blaze
W. B. West, an employee at the state house, lies near the desiccating plant recently burned. He says residents nearby advocate moving the plant to the suburbs and that petitions will be circulated to urge the city to transfer the nuisance to a less populated area.
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W. B. West
State House
Former Judge Crawford Sentenced in Indiana Embezzlement Case
Crown Point Indiana May 20 Former Judge H B Crawford 75 of Hammond was sentenced to a state penitentiary under the indeterminate sentence law for from one to five years He was arrested by state officers for embezzlement and malfeasance in office about two years ago while on the city bench.
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Crown Point
Ind
H. B. Crawford
Hammond
Yandes Claim Against Lilly Estate Allowed and Paid
The claim for 25000 dollars and interest filed by Simon Yandes against the estate of Mrs Lilly was allowed by the executors on Saturday and paid. A final report is being prepared and the estate will be closed within the year.
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Simon Yanedes
Fir Lilly
Bead on a High Pole
Narl Walmsley, a lamp trimmer for the Edison Electric Light Company in Cincinnati, was electrocuted while working on a high pole Saturday and fell to the ground dead.
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Cincinnati
Narl Walmsley
Edison Electric Light Company
City Life Notes and Local Incidents
J B Steinspring chosen prohi chairman for district 10 and C C Ayres for district 8. Andrew Haley injured by street sweeper with multiple arm fractures and forehead gash. A .22 revolver trigger snagged on machinery. Carl Cameron bullet remains in leg, not serious. Old Maids convention to aid Grace Presbyterian at Mick's Hall. Seventh Presbyterian plans memorial service for Mrs Annabetta Bryan Wisham, widow of Dr John Wishard, former missionary.
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J. B. Steinspring
Prohi
C. C. Ayres
Redkey
Andrew Haley
E. Thirteenth St
Madison
Carl Cameron
Broad Ripple
Pariday
Harriet A. Prank
Mick’s Hall
Illinois
Grace Presbyterian Church
Seventh Presbyterian Church
Annabetta
Bryan’ Wisham
John G. Wishard
Theyll Appear Petitions to the Governor Signed
Indiana towns plan petitions to Gov Mount after Eastern investment refusals stall Hoosier bonds. South Bend and Richmond discuss a special session to amend street improvement laws, but Mount declines calling a special session.
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Richmond
Ind
Rave
Indi
States Supreme Court
South Bend
Gsoy
Puzzled visitor seeks ore assay in strange office
A small man with oily hat enters Dr. Ashley's office on a Saturday morning to learn the value of ore. The package reveals sulphide of iron, matching familiar ore from various sites, leaving the visitor hopeful yet disappointed at the lack of precise origin details.
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Ashley
Dr. Ashley
Geolesis
India
Southport
New York Gambling Houses Tightened After Shake-up
Police commissioner York and Chief Devery led a Friday crackdown in the Tenderloin closing nearly all gambling houses and pool rooms. Capt. Price arrested Edward Corey proprietor of The Haymarket as gamblers blame Hess for weak admissions before the Mazettes.
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New York
York
Abell Anc
Devery
Price
Edward Corey
Haymarket
Poli
Hess
Mazettes
River tragedy reports multiple deaths and injuries
The dispatch lists Solomon Ferguson 18 found dead in a river after a boiler explosion in Galena Kansas. Josep Beatty and two others scorched. A woman and child believed burned in a fire. Additional fatalities include Jerome Aziz and James G Harris former Union Pacific treasurer. Mrs Martha Baker 71 found dead in a sleeping car from heart trouble. A man in Santa Fe New Mexico killed by a live wire and Robe Walker in Rockmart Georgia killed by a falling slat.
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Solomon Ferguson
Cincinnati
Galena
Kas
Josep
Beatty
Jerome
Aziz
James Wood
Rockmart
James G. Harris
Union Pacific Railroad
Bridee
Martha Baker
Buffalo
John Hermann
Santa Fe
Robe Walker
Amusements: Riley to Read at Enguish's for Art Association
Riley the Hoosier poet will read from his works at Enguish's Tuesday night to benefit the Art association. The event is billed as a premier literary occasion of the year with tickets selling at a central venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley
America
James
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