City Treasurer Meyer Acquitted by the Jury
Laporte Indiana March 12 jury in Laporte circuit court found C Eli jah Meyer treasurer of Michigan City not guilty of misfeasance in office. Indictment cited a $35.82 payment from Martin Pliski. three more indictments for misfeasance malconduct and embezzlement remain. Citizens' committee may decide on further actions after audit reports. Meyer created a scene when verdict read.
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Laporte
Ind
Elijah Meyer
Michigan City
Martin Pliski
Meyer
Citizens’ Committee
Convicted Banker Harper Violated Pure Food Law
Robert N. Harper, banker and drug manufacturer, was convicted of violating the federal Pure Food and Drug Law by selling and manufacturing a mis labeled pharmaceutical compound. The trial spanned two weeks and the preparation included antiphine caffeine and alcohol with potential fatal overdose if misused.
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Associated Press
Washington
Marsh
Robert N. Harper
Harper
Expert testimony on medicine directions and punishment
The testimony stated that following the medicine directions would make the remedy harmless. Punishment for the offense is imprisonment up to three months or a $250 fine, or both. Mr. Harper will receive only the fine as this is his first offense.
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Harper
Prince Helie de Sagan Missing Aboard Transatlantic Steamer
Paris March 12 reports Prince Helie de Sagan left Paris last Tuesday. It remains uncertain if he is aboard the Adriatic or the Kronprinz Wilhelm sailing from Cherbourg to New York. Mme Anna Gould is aboard the Adriatic. Helie’s passport was issued under the name Debenevent.
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Associated Press
Paris
Prince Helie de Sagan
Cherbourg
New York
Mme
Anna Gould
Prince Helie
Debenevent
Man and Wife Counterfeiters Use Forating Machine
Police report a man and his wife arrested for passing counterfeit currency using a forating machine to banknotes. Investigators recovered equipment and evidence linking the couple to a series of fake bills circulated in the downtown area.
Forged checks lead to arrest in San Francisco
H Mortimer Wilson and his wife, posing as Mr and Mrs George H Longworth of Denver, were arrested in San Francisco after police found a check perforating machine and forged documents including a governor’s name. Wilson used multiple aliases and attempted to secure credit in the city while the pair registered at the St Francis hotel. The case links to forged checks, a $1000 Shawmut National Bank draft, a $500 Denver bank deposit, and connections to Massachusetts officials and Governor Guild.
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George H. Longworth
Denver
Wilson
Shawmut National Bank
Curtis H. Guild
Crocker National Bank
Massachusetts
Boston
Governor Guild
Lick
W. Harcourt Bailey
New York
Chicago
Salt Lake
W. H. Mortimer
W. A. Armstrong
Henry D. Smith
George S. Langworth
Brother Feud Leads to Apparent Murder Fight on Broadway
Timothy Sullivan reports assault by his brother Frank Sullivan in their rooms above Kirk Piano store after an impeachment trial dispute. Frank admitted anger but denied intent to kill. he was jailed as Tim filed an assault and battery affidavit. a trial was expected.
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Broadway
Fifth
Sixth Street
Timothy Sullivan
Frank Sullivan
Kirk Piano
McKee
Tim
Tim Sullivan
Tim Suivan
Frank
Indiana delegates rally behind Roosevelt era renewal
The Indiana Republican convention advocates Roosevelt era policies with Ben Harrison era praise, endorses Charles W. Fairbanks for president, J Frank Hanly for governor, and cites Beveridge, Hemenway, Meyers and Alexander as notable nominees. Watson and Landis appear among speakers as organizing efforts unfold.
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Ryan
Sweula
Bennett
Indiana
Tom Taggart
Pluto
New York
United States
Benjamin Harrison
Roosevelt
Charles Warren Fairbanks
United States Senate
Albert J. Beveridge
James A. Hemenway
Watson
Hiram, Brownlee
James E. Watson
Frederick Landis
Warren Sayre
Wabash
Samuel Barker
Harry Goldthwait
Charles Barley
Samuel Miller
Jonas Good
C. H. Good
Hiram Brownlee
Marion
Jim Watson
Fred Landis
Landis
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles W. Fairbanks
McKinley
J. Frank Hanly
Senate of
Quincy A. Meyers
Logansport
Supreme Court
A. C. Alexander
Harry L. Bendel
Edgar P. Kling
S. C. Levy
Ira E. Perry
G. N. Moyer
Johnathan F.crabb
John B. Smith
Oscar B. Conant
John H. Moss
Huntington
Harry Young
Harvey Dille
Clifford Jackman
Francis Stults
Ira Perry
Lincoln
Fairbanks
Hanly
Beveridge
Hemenway
Denver Bank Scandal Tied to San Francisco Suspect Bentley
Denver authorities link S Mortimer Wilson arrested in San Francisco to a man who used the alias Bentley at the Brown Palace Hotel. Bentley forged a $1,000 Guild check, obtained $300 cash, and charged goods before fleeing. Telegrams went out for his arrest.
Cotton Mill Workers to Face Wage Reduction in North
Boston mass March 12 A general wage cut for northern cotton mill operatives is announced with notices posted at Lowell mills stating a 10 percent average reduction beginning March 30 affecting about 20 000 workers. The move follows declines in the cloth market and higher cotton costs.
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Lowell
New England
Birth Announcement for a Son on Sixth Street
Born to Mr and Mrs W B Person on Sixth street a son.
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W. B. Personett
Sixth Street
Link Nominated for Tacoma Mayor in Republican Primary
John W. Link once Madison Indiana mayor and 1896 Indiana legislator is the Republican nominee for Tacoma mayor after a lively primary in which he defeated four rivals.
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Republicans of
Tacoma
John W. Link
Wash
Madison
Ind
Vanderbilt brings eighty American horses to Brighton races
London reports Alfred Vanderbilt, American millionaire and sportsman, practicing daily with his horses on courses from London to Brighton. He has imported eighty blooded American horses and will drive a society coach to the Brighton races this year.
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London
Alfred Vanderbilt
Brighton
Vanderbilt
Delegation Leaves Logansport for Marion Marching to Music of Soldiers
The Logansport delegation left at 7 AM with about two hundred people aboard three traction cars. Some members joined panhandle travelers, while others went ahead the night before. They arrived near 10 AM in Marion and were greeted by Mayor McKee and supporters as the band led the march to the music of the Soldiers.
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Logansport
Cass County
Panhandle
Cass
Marion
Washington
McKee
Herbert
Brown
Mausic
Four Connecticut Stockholders Seek Recovery of Diverted Union Pacific Funds
Four Union Pacific stockholders from Connecticut demand legal action to recover funds allegedly diverted from the company treasury. Attorney Leonard M. Walsstein says copies were sent to most directors and that Stuyvesant Fish is not behind the move. The petition alleges officials profited through securities sales to Union Pacific.
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Connecticut
Union Pacific
Leonard M. Walsstein
Walstein
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central
Fish
E. H. Harriman
Grinding machine explosion at Cincinnati Brewing Company
March 12 report from Hamilton says a grinding machine exploded at the Cincinnati Brewing Company last night. Brewmaster Philip Eisele was badly burned and several others were slightly hurt. Loss estimated at 1500 dollars.
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Hamilton
Cincinnati Brewing Company
Philip Eisele
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