Ex Secretary Finley Arrested in Indiana Requisition Rift
Charles Finley former Kentucky Secretary of State was arrested in Indianapolis on Governor Beckham's requisition and later released after Governor Mount refused to honor it. Ex Governor Taylor arrived as officials argued over judicial impartiality and party lines.
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Finley
Mount
Beckham
Rnor Taylor
Charles Finley
Kentucky
Indianapolis
Moun
Finney
Witham FE
Gaehei
Holtz
Aseh
Rathbone Suspended As Cuban Post Director General Succeeded
The Director General of Cuban postal affairs, Rathbone, is suspended and to be replaced by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow. The Postmaster General cites unclear reasons and notes General Wood controls Cuban matters. no comment on possible liberty to leave the island.
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Bristow
Wwe
Orlepest
Amd
Directer Gereray Af
Ralph Fo. Beestow
Bastmaster
Posta
Cuba
Acs
Trypan
Mr. Rathbone
General Wood
Topeka Masons Seek Prosecution of Christiana Scientists
In Topeka the Knights Templar plan to prosecute local Christian scientists over alleged deaths tied to Mrs. J M Torrence. Torrence, former car service chief, died eight months ago. his wife died of typhoid fever after Christian scientists refused medical care. Coroner verdict cites peritonitis from typhoid with no medical treatment.
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Topeka
Masonic Order of
Topeks
Knights Templars
John M. Torrence
Torrence
Chieflerk
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Car Service Department
Whitlock
Chicago
E. E. Whitaker
J. M. Torrence
Christian Scientist
Kruger Transfers Property to Friends to Avoid Confiscation
The Times reports from a Lourenzo Marques correspondent that within six weeks President Kruger shifted the bulk of his Transvaal property to personal friends to avert confiscation by Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kruger
London
The
Times
Transvaal
Great Britain
Insurgent Attacks Target Albay as U S Forces Engage
In Albay Maj Brett with company units chased Moro insurgents who abducted women and children toward Poliok near Mindonde. Fire from both sides killed several Moros while reinforcements moved to Cotabelloa with artillery and two gumboats. Government officers met to organize municipal power as authorities report ongoing operations in southern Luzon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albay
Manila
Thirty-first Infantry
Brett
Poliok
Mindone
Ino Ai Fort
Dace Phang
Gem Robbe
Zambraunga
Maio McMahon
Cottabeloa
MieMahon
Sorsogon
Atay
PX Hanson
Mendames Mo Beth
The Boer Envoys Enter New York Welcome
The Jhoner peace envoys who reached New York last week were given an official reception by several committees and escorted through the city.
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Jhoner
New York
Two Cuban postal fraud charges against Neely prepared
General Wood at Havana sent two criminal charges to the Department of Justice against Neely in connection with Cuban postal frauds. The charges, likely counts of legal conversion of public money, aim to aid extradition and possible U S prosecution if Cuba cannot secure Neely.
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Ment
General Wood
Havana
Neely
Department of Justice
Burnett
New York
United States
Cuba
Mortgage Deduction Rule Clarified by Attorney General
Attorney General Taylor issues an opinion to Auditor Smith clarifying mortgage deduction rules for property taxes. He states taxpayers may deduct mortgage indebtedness as of April 1, with rules for mortgages executed before or after March 31. the office has uniformly held this interpretation since the act was passed.
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Taylor
Colins
HH. Smith
Marne County
Moreh
Human Oddity Swallows Nine Inch Bone Beer Scraper
Patursan known to dime museum audiences swallows a nine inch bone beer scraper on a Boonton stage. George Bed, called the human oas trich, is examined by doctors to locate the scraper in his digestive system as he endures intense pain on Thursday night.
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Patursan
George Bednew
Country
Boonton
Owith Merayvs
Ile
Kruger’s Request and Pretoria Tension Amid War Pressures
The Transvaal government pressed for terms to halt hostilities while threatening to destroy Johannesburg if demands were not met. Pretoria faced martial defenses as President Steyn warned of prolonged resistance. Boer forces attempted Mafeking but failed to support, risking bombardment and telegraph disruption as British relief neared.
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Transvaal
Tivrenme Gto
Joubannesborge
Brogeroatnd
St. Muro
Kruger
Rehi
Pretoria
Feria Pythosaonm
Lyden- Vor
Steyn
Mafeking
Dover
Former Cuba postal chief Nee ly charged with misappropriation
Charles F W Neely former financial chief of the Cuban postal department was rearrested Tuesday on a U S marshal warrant in a civil suit brought by the United States. He faces charges of misappropriating 345375 and bail was set at 50000. arraignment followed before United States Circuit Judge Lacombe.
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New York
Charles F. W. Neely
Postal Department
Cuba
United State
United States
Lacombe
Neely
George H. Burton
Edward K
Surcharged Cuban stamps fraud under scrutiny
The Evening Post reports light on a surcharged Cuban postage stamp fraud. Local stamp dealers doubt Havana postal service changes and note buyers' demand. A New York dealer visited Havana with a Chicago partner, returning with about $9,000 in stamps. They allegedly inspected stock there and destroyed plate margins to create rarity and higher value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Evening Post
Tlavana
Havana
Chicago
Americans in Favor of Boers Sentiments from Cape Town
Toledo special reports W R Holdridge, once of Lima, now in Transvaal, says Americans in Cape Town welcomed the President’s pledge of no alliance with England. He departs for Delagoa Bay and Johannesburg while Boer sympathy grows as British victories trigger unrest and anti Rhodes press attacks.
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Cape Town
Almpest
Casualties Reported in Vryheid Ambush Near New Castle
Dispatches from Bethune dated May 21 and 22 report a mounted infantry ambush six miles west of Vryheid in the A vaal. Sixty six casualties include Lieuts Lausum and Capelle missing and Capt. the Earl de la Warr wounded. Bethune returns to Nqutu for supplies and plans march to New Castle via Dundee. Transvaal refusals to surrender noted.
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Beth
New Castle
Natal
Vryheld
Avaal
London
War Office
Buller
Bethune
Vryheid
Lausum
Capelle
Earl de la Warrs
N’'Qutu
Dundee
Peace Proposals and Surrender Talks Reported
London reports a telegram to the prime minister from President Kruger proposing terms of peace in a humble tone. Meantime Commandant De Wet signals willingness to surrender with his commando, while Mequatling and Colcolan battles are cited in telegraph summaries.
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Foreign Office
Kruger
Lord Salisbury
Kroonstad
de Wet
Ivy
Daily Telegraph
Colcolan
Rioting in Britain After Boer Sympathy News
Loyalist mobs attacked Boer sympathizers and disrupted meetings across London Aberdeen and Belfast. In Finchley a railway station master's house and a draper shop were damaged with injuries to two clerks. Aberdeen saw clashes at a stop the war meeting as police failed to control crowds and military was called in.
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London
Mafe King
Aberdeen
Belfast
United Kingdom
Finchley
Harleston
Cronwright-Schreiner
Olive Schreiner
Royal Infirmary
Gordon Highlanders
Castle Barracks
Alexander Webster
Boston Fiend Attacks Four Year Old On South Boston Street
A man lured Wille Geary, four, on a South Boston sidewalk, ordered him to put out his tongue and slashed it with a knife before fleeing. The boy yelled and was left with injuries as bystanders chased the assailant, who remains at large.
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Boston
Mass
Wille Geary
Deputy Auditor Reeves Confesses in Havana Theft Case
Havana dispatch reports Deputy Auditor Reeves of Cuba confessed Friday midnight and surrendered 84,500 of Neely’s embezzled funds. Reeves, acting as general financial agent at Havana posts, agreed to perform certain services the day after arrest. General Wood and officials note ongoing actions.
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Reeves
Cuba
Neely
Havana
H. Reeves
Gen
F. W. Neely
Mysterious Malady Strikes Northwestern Indiana Farmland
A mysterious fatal disease spreading in Fulton Marshall Starke and Pulaski counties worries residents and health officials. Livestock including horses cattle hogs and sheep have died. a fourteen year old girl in Jackson township fell ill and died. The afflicted girl shows extreme salt cravings and aversion to ordinary food with salted meals and vinegar intake noted.
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J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Fulton
Starke
Marshall
Pulaski
Winamac
Ind
Fulton County
William O'Keefe
Long
Jackson Township
Indianapolis
Miss Curry
Paoli Teenager Hurt In Baseball Collision At School
Thomas Buskirk age sixteen son of the State Tax Commissioner and another fielder collided chasing a fly ball at Paoli High School Monday afternoon. Buskirk was knocked senseless and remained in that condition until he was removed home. injuries described as serious.
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Paoli
Thomas Buskirk
Thomas B. Buskirk
Paoli High School
Buskirk
Princeton Builds New High School at 26000 Cost
Princeton prepares a brick high school replacing a fire-destroyed building. The 26000 project will include ten class rooms and three recitation rooms with seating for about 40, in modern Bedford stone trimmed brick, likely heated by the Yaryan system and lit by electricity. Architects are C A Krutsch & Co of Indianapolis.
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Princeton
C. A. Krutsch & Co
Indianapolis
Mysterious Deaths Plague Family and Area Allegations
Eighteen year old and later family members died within a week and were buried together. A seventeen year old, Sadie Long, died on May 4 with identical symptoms. Locally animals also perished, and no source for the deaths has been found despite various theories and limited scientific inquiry. A dog fed on a colt corpse showed the same illness and died soon after.
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Sadie Long
O'Keefe
State tax duplicates show higher total value despite deductions
Auditor W H Hart completes the tabulation of county tax duplicates. The state total taxable value reaches 1 235 746 698 with an overall tax levy of 21 659 295 81. Mortgage exemptions in sixty counties reduce receipts by over 20 000 00 and will be credited via erroneous assessment certificates.
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W. H. Hart
Father postpones trip to attend uncle’s funeral after accident
Mr Buskirk, father of the injured boy, was planning to go to Indianapolis for his uncle Judge Buskirk’s funeral but the accident to his son forced him to cancel the trip.
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Buskirk
Indianapoli
Disappearance of Dr T A Lancaster Shocks North Manchester
A mystery grips North Manchester as Dr T A Lancaster, a wealthy resident, vanishes after traveling to Chicago for a throat operation. His diploma, license, trunk, and surgical instruments are missing and authorities estimate he carried 25000 dollars. His wife and two daughters, also missing, are prominent in the community and no word has come for over a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Manchester
T. A. Lancaster
Chicago
Trains Kill Two Men in Tipton Yard Mishap
Kokomo men Thomas Miller and John Holman were hit by a fast freight in Tipton yards while riding a freight train. Miller was ground under the engine and died instantly. Holman was thrown thirty feet, with fatal injuries feared. Both young men about twenty, Miller son of John Miller, a market gardener.
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Kokomo
Thomas Miller
John Holman
Tipton
Miller
Holman
John Miller
Oldest Muncie resident James Watson recalls frontier raids
Muncie’s oldest resident is James Watson, ninety seven, a veteran of the Seminole, Mexican and civil wars. He fought Indians under Davy Crockett and survived the famed raid. In good health, he travels far with a cane, remains sharp in mind, and reads without glasses.
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Muncie
James Watson
Davy Crockett
Fghter
Watson
Durly
Mary
Plague of Caterpillars Stirs Urbana Orchard Fear
In Urbana near Wabash county, caterpillars strip fruit trees with nests covering many trees from root to canopy. Residents seek relief measures as the infestation worries local neighborhoods.
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Huntington
Urbana
Wabash County
Congress Debates Finance and War Powers Across Bodies
The House and Senate sustained a busy week with measures on Cuban affairs and Panama Canal policy. Key actions included a special river and harbor bill, a Confederate soldiers' loss payment, and debates over pneumatic tube service funding. The Philippines and Boer diplomacy sparked sharp exchanges as lawmakers moved through public works, military, and postal appropriations.
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House
Judiciary Committee
District of Columbia
Washington
U. Conference
Messrs. Foss
Dayton
Cunningham
Cuba
United States
Senate
Bacon
Wolcott
Mason
Butler
Cox
Tennessee
Appomattox
Lee
Grant
Chandler
Carter
Wellinington
Allison
Panama
McCumber
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Mr. Morgan
Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Lodge
Massachusetts
Morgan
Perkins
California
Committee of Conference
Allen
Nebraska
Messrs. Fischer, Wessels
Wolmarans
Mr. Hawley
Connecticut
Committee On Labor
Alen
Ir. Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Davis
Hawaii
Knox
Islands
Former Indianapolis Postmaster Confesses to Misused Funds
Havana authorities arrested Edward P Thompson Havana postmaster W H Reeves deputy auditor and Cuban stamp clerks Edward Moya Jorge Mascara after warrants were issued. Thompson confessed to irregularities and misappropriation of post office funds prompting further arrests and connections to Reeves.
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Havana
Edward P. Thompson
W. H. Reeves
Island
Edward Moya
Jorge Mascaro
Stamp Department
Reeves
Neely
Thompson
Mafeking Relieved After Siege Assault Ends
Mafeking is reported relieved as laagers and forts around the town were bombarded and the siege abandoned. A British relief force from the south took possession of Mafeking. London notes Boer laagers were vigorously shelled and the siege lifted, prompting widespread demonstrations in the capital as crowds celebrated.
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Pretoria
Mafeking
London
War Office
Parliament Square
Washington special confession of deputy auditor Reeves
Post office officials are not surprised by the confession of Reeves the Cuban postal service deputy auditor and his return of 4500 given by Neely for unnamed services They note previous frauds and the arrest of Neely and Thompson yielded no fresh surprise Officials deny the Neely Printing Company printed 2 000 000 in bogus Cuban stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reeves
Neely
Post Office
Thompson
Muncie
Neely Printing Company
Cuba
Post Office Department
Woman Kills Two Men in Memphis Lunchroom Fight
In Memphis Tennessee three West Virginia coal miners entered the McKenna lunch room and quarreled with a porter. Mrs McKenna and her husband defended themselves. She shot Whittington in the neck killing him and wounded Brogan in the face. Coleman escaped. Mrs McKenna is jailed.
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Memphis
Tenn
Edward Whitington
Dennis B. Brogan
Thomas Coleman
West Virginia
T. F. McKenna
Adams
Front Streets
McKenna
Brogan
Coleman
Mrs. McKenna
Postmaster Edward Thompson Bond Reduced to $1000
The bail of Postmaster Edward Thompson, arrested after confessing irregularities, was cut from $10,000 to $1,000 and paid in cash by Danish Consul Herr Culmet. Thompson is released and at liberty in Havana's Vivac prison vicinity.
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Havana
Edward Thompson
Vivac
Herr Culmet
Thompson
Liberty
Markets in Indianapolis Grain and Livestock Notes
Markets in Indianapolis list grain prices for wheat No 2 red corn No 1 white and oats along with turkey weights butter hides and cattle steer prices. The fragment notes various commodities with limited details and no clear bids or figures.
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