Barnett Flees Barefoot After Sheriff Attack in Shelbyville
Harry Barnett of Marietta, facing four indictments for selling intoxicants without a license and other charges, escaped by leaping from a side window as Deputy Farrell fired five times. Sheriff Butler pursued. Barnett fled barefoot and hatless, believing prison awaits him.
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Shelbyville
Ind
John Farrell
Harry Barnett
Marietta
Shelby County Grand Jury
Butler
Farrell
Barnett
Skillful work floods Hartford City with fake money
Hartford City Indiana faced a counterfeit scheme in which $1 bills were altered to $5 by an artist. A woman passed the raised currency at several small stores on the outskirts, each time giving 25 cents worth of sugar and receiving $4.75 in change. Captain Tom Halls of Indianapolis collected samples, and authorities suspect the operation is active nearby but details remain unclear.
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Hartford City
Ind
Tom Halls
Indianapolis
Secret Service
State Will Appeal In Casino Raid Case
Paoli Ind Dec 11 The prosecution from raids on French Lick Springs and West Baden casinos will go to the Indiana Supreme Court for a ruling on legal points. Mack Iarter’s motion to quash failed as the affidavit lacked a sufficiently explicit description of the visited house. The state gave notice of appeal.
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Paoli
Ind
French Lick Springs
West Baden
Orange County Grand Jury
Supreme Court
Mack Iarter
Buskirk
Man Defies Court After Desertion Sentence
Bedford Indiana December 11 William T Deford found guilty of desertion of his wife and four children refused to pay $20 monthly support defied the court and was committed to prison on an indeterminate sentence of one to three years He is the son of John Deford a well known merchant of Dank Hollow.
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Bedford
Ind
William T. Deford
Circuit Court
Deford
John Deford
Dank Hollow
Acquittal in riot cases after three day trial
Bloomfield Ind Dec 11 The jury acquitted Albert and Raymond Combs Jouls Peter Bailey Aaron Paul and Benjamin Fuller in riot cases stemming from a November 16 oyster supper at a Sharkey county school house. Nearly a hundred witnesses testified over three days.
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Bloomfield
Ind
Albert
Raymond Combs
Jouls
Peter Bailey
Aaron
Paul
Benjamin Fuller
Sharkey
Neighbors in Battle Over Longstanding Grudge
In Boonville Indiana on December 11 David C Sparks and neighbor James Sargent clashed after an old grudge. Sparks was cut three times in the arm and gashed in the thigh before bystanders separated them. The dispute stemmed from a local land issue.
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Boonville
Ind
David C. Sparks
James Sargent
Sparks
Tobacco War Rages as Kentucky Towns Brace for Troops
Order from Governor Beckham sends state militia to Hopkinsville amid tobacco war. A carload of ammunition is rushed to troops as night riders disrupt towns near Hankinsville. About 3000 pounds of tobacco burned at Switzer, rain halting a larger blaze. several riders allegedly linked to the violence are arrested.
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Frankfort
Beckham
Hopkinsville
Hankinsville
Switzer
Division of Spoils Ends in Slaying at Martin's Ferry
George Zamfert a well known Italian of Martin's Ferry Ohio was shot and killed. John Steff is in custody accused of the crime. Police say the men, both implicated in a hold up of two Syrians last Saturday, quarreled over spoils and Steff fired twice into Zamfert's stomach.
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Wheeling
W. Va
George Zamfert
Martin’s Ferry
John Steff
Zamfert
Steff
Italian aid eyed for Monongah disaster victims
Rev P J Donohue after returning from Monongah says Italian consul Sencar Vilari and West Virginia consul Secnor Goldara see likely Italian government providing free transport to Italy for widows and orphans. The Wheeling board of trade proposed financial help to Monongah Mayor Moore in a special meeting.
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Wheeling
W. Va
P. J. Donohue
Monongah
Sencar Vilari
Philadelphia
Secnor
FISH INJUNCTION HEARING SET FOR THURSDAY
In Chierro Judge Ball fixed Thursday for arguments on dissolving the injunction that blocks voting at the Illinois Central stock meeting December 18. The 251 231 shares are held by Union Pacific Railroad Company and the hearing date was set with counsel consent.
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Chierro
Willson Inaugurated KY Governor Amid Call for Peace
Augustus F. Willson of Louisville was inaugurated as Kentucky governor, succeeding Governor Beckham. Chief Justice O'Rear administered the oath. A large parade preceded the ceremony as Willson urged law and order, a new Kentucky, and bi partisan boards for state institutions. He aims for new district apportionment and the new capital building.
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Frankfort
Augustus F. Willson
Louisville
Kentucky
Beckham
O'Rear
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Willson
J.C. W. Steckham
Army and Air Ships Proposed Heavier Than Air War Machines
The army plans to move beyond balloons and dirigibles toward a practical heavier than air aeroplane for military use. The chief signal officer will solicit plans from American inventors, with terms of the advertisement under consideration.
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Washington
Glass Workers Win Twelve Percent Wage Increase
The Amalga mated Window Glass Workers of America secured a twelve percent rise in wages from window glass manufacturers after months of negotiations. Many other terms were settled and the agreement likely ends the workers strike.
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Cleveland
Amalgamated
Window Glass Workers of America
New Lumber Market Promised
Mexico City reports a large new lumber company formed with American capital and backed by Joseph Choate has begun operations in Colima to supply the United States and European markets. It will use steamers sailing around Cape Horn to reach Europe.
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Mexico City
United States
Cape Horn
Joseph Choate
England
Colima
Missouri Pacific abandons Topeka passenger trains
The Missouri Pacific railway has abandoned its only passenger trains from Topeka. Trains once ran daily between Topeka and Fort Scott and the two cent fare enforcement is cited as a reason for the service cut due to poor business.
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Topeka
Kan
Missouri Pacific Railway
Fort Scott
Monongah Disaster Death Toll Rises as Investigations Continue
In Monongah West Virginia crowds thin at Fairmont Coal mine Nos 6 and 8 as rescue work goes on. One hundred forty one bodies recovered with thirteen unidentified and a foreigner found with a $150 money belt. President Watson says examinations have yet to determine the exact cause of the explosion.
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Monongah
W. Va
America
Fairmont Coal Company
Watson
Tragic Bridge Collapse Kills Seven in Mifflinville
At Bloomsburg Pennsylvania the west branch Susquehanna river tow bridge under construction at Mifflinville collapsed at nightfall. Seven workers died and nearly twenty were injured as forty men worked on the traveler, with four bodies recovered and others still missing entangled in wreckage. Rescue efforts were slowed by the swollen river.
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Bloomsburg
Susquehanna River
Mifflinville
Here
Two Riders Survive Hopkinsville Assault Wounds
Sasfield Ky December 11 two alleged night riders Will Gray and Ed Cook are reported as Good as the result of wounds received during the visit of 500 night riders to Hopkinsville early Saturday morning. Both are young men from Muddy Fork in Trigg county near Welloma. It is believed several other members were wounded in the Hopkinsville assault.
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Sasfield
Niet
Will Gray
Ed Cook
Hopkinsville
Muddy Fork
Trigg County
Welloma
Stranger shoots in crowded cafe. officer fatally shoots suspect
In Montgomery a stranger opened fire in a downtown cafe at 10 pm injuring bartender Dick Gallas in the face. A pursuing policeman exchanged shots with the attacker and killed him. The gunman’s identity was not established.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dick Gallas
Brown Unable to Post Bond in Embezzlement Case
James Darrell Brown, general manager of the suspended California Safe Deposit and Trust, remains in jail after failing to post 75000. He was arrested last Sunday night on embezzlement charges. President David F. Walker of the institution rode in under police custody from Santa Barbara. he had secured 75000 bond and was released.
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Brown
San Francisco
James Darell Brown
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
David F. Walker
Santa Barbara
Senate Probes Recent Government Bond Issues
Senator Aldrich announced the finance committee will soon propose a resolution for an inquiry into recent government bond issues and will investigate the financial stringency and government efforts to remedy the situation per senatorial resolutions.
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Senate
Washington
Aldrich
Committee On Finance
Italians Turning Homeward in Repatriation Rush
Naples reports a large repatriation of Italian emigrants due to U S financial conditions. On the previous day about nine thousand landed and since the month began roughly eighty thousand have returned to Italy, with many more arrivals anticipated.
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Naples
United States
Italy
Zionist Negotiations Reported For Palestine Restoration
New York December 11 The Federation of American Zionists reports successful talks led by Herr Wollfsohn of Cologne with Turkish officials in Constantinople on restoring the Jewish people in Palestine.
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New York
Federation of American Zionists
Herr Wollfsohn
Cologne
Constantinople
Palestine
Cotton Market Slumps After Government Crop Estimate
The New York cotton market fell sharply after the government released its crop estimate. Prices closed steady but down 44 to 49 points from the prior session amid estimated 600000 bales sold.
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New York
National Livestock Convention Heads to Chicago in January
The Amer ican National Livestock association will hold its annual convention in Chicago on January 21 and 22. Andrew Carnegie added 2,000,000 dollars to the Carnegie Institute endowment fund of 10,000,000 dollars. The G A R encampment in Toledo next year is set for August 31 to September 7. The Delaware Democratic state committee endorsed Judge George Gray for the presidency.
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American National Livestock Association
Chicago
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Institute
Toledo
Delaware
Eleven-year-old killed by lightning near Terre Haute
Terre Haute Indiana December 11 Frank Harbweier eleven was killed by lightning while walking home from school southeast of the city Monday afternoon.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Frank Harbweier
Powers Case Reveals Old Plot Elements in Goebel Killing
Georgetown Ky December 11 Henry E Youtsey star witness for the prosecution in Caleb Powers trial testified to talks after the 1899 election before Powers took office He described plans to kill Goebel including guns shown and a rifle to shoot armor He linked Powers to the plot and identified documents and an affidavit used to gain a new trial plus testimony against several state officials. The testimony detailed the doorway setup and the moment Goebel was shot, with Youtsey claiming Powers approved the plan and aided the homicide.
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Georgetown
Henry E. Youtsey
Caleb Powers
Youtsey
Powers
Secretary of State
W. R. Johnson
Goebel
Johnson
Grant Roberts
Cincinnati
Roberts
Martin
Frankfort
James Howard
Capitol
Howard
Taylor
Day
W. QT. Davison
W. W. S. Cullen
Disputed statements tied to Youtsey Powers hearing
In sworn affidavits Youtsey claims he knew his statements were false and that Powers knew it. Powers contends the agreement should be public only after a fifteen day return to Youtsey. Powers says he must have the statements to set a new hearing and that he wrote the agreement.
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Youtsey
Powers
Outbreak Fears After Mob Attack Near Pickens Alabama
In Pickens counts Alabama a mob of about fifty negros attacked constable Wigtowe as he arrested Will Lowe for cotton theft. Lowe was killed by his brother’s shot. the constable was wounded but not seriously. Fifteen negros are jailed in Carrollton for alleged complicity.
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Columbus
Miss
Pickens
Alabama
Wigtowe
Gordo
Carrollton
Will Lowe
Pettibone Named Chief Suspect in Steunenberg Death Trial
Idaho prosecutor James H. Hawley argued Pettibone was the principal conspirator behind ex Governor Frank Steunenberg’s death. He described a vast crime plot lasting two hours and prepared to hear Harry Orchard testify again.
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Boise
Idaho
George A. Pettibone
Har
Frank Steunenberg
James H. Hawley
Pettibone
Harry Orchard
Oklahoma's First Senators Named by Legislature
Guthrie Dec. 11 Robert Littham Owen of Muskogee and Thomas Prior Gore of Lawton, both Democrats, were formally elected to the United States senate by the Oklahoma legislature. Owen, of Cherokee heritage through his father and Cher okee links on his mother's side, is the son of Confederate veteran Robert Owen and Chisholm’s descendant. Gore is noted as the first blind member of the Senate and the youngest at thirty seven.
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Guthrie
Robert Littham Owen
Muskogee
Thomas Prior Gore
Lawton
United States Senate
Oklahoma
Owen
Robert Owen
Chisholm
Gore
Possum Cookery in Kentucky Woodlands
The Louisville Courier Journal notes possum prepared over wood in a log cabin with blue hickory smoke and careful oven lifting. Served with passim taters, corn pone or crackling bread, the feast aids savor and slows melting in the mouth, celebrated in Kentucky Pennyrile woods.
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Sesson
Pennyrile
Kentucky
Louisville Courter Journal
American Temperament and Art and Nobel Peace Prize Split
The article discusses American temperament shaping life and art, noting English scientific heritage and other races' sensibilities enriching U S culture. It states the Nobel Peace Prize this year will be shared between Ernesto Teodore Monets of Italy and Lew Renault of France.
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Viston
Hamilton Mable
Attlantic
Ernesto Teodore Monets
Italy
Lew, Renault
France
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Commonwealth
Willison
GOV
Augustus U. Willson
Susquehanna Bridge
Zion
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