A SECOND ENOCH ARDEN And a Wells county bridge tale flashback
A Kokomo and Portland special report blends a romance of George Rowe reuniting with a wife and two children once thought dead with sections about Clara Maybe known as Mrs. Maybe the Brooklyn Bridge jumper. The item also notes a possible baby kidnapping scene near Wells county with local sightings and police involvement.
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Portland
Brooklyn Bridge
Wells County
Mrs. Maybe
Clara McaArthur
T. J. Jones
Lancaster Township
Steve Brodie
King Carlin
Maybe
Calahan
Oliver
Mia
Fey
Indianapolis owner asserts street rights delaying interurban franchises
George Minrott of Indianapolis, owner of the To dWay System, begins laying ties on Erie Avenue and nearby streets to extend his street car lines. The move triggers a feud with the Wabash Valley and Wabash River Traction Companies over franchise access, risking litigation as interurbans seek entry while Minrott asserts his rights and freedom of all streets.
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Lopantport
George Minrott
Indianapolis
Erie Avenue
High
George
Seventeenth Sreeta
Ines
Marott
Interurban
Companis
Wabash Valley
Wabash River Traction
Muncie Prepares Moral Crackdown on Gambling and Saloon Trade
Muncie police announce an immediate purge of vice with gamblers warned to move on and saloonkeepers ordered to observe legal hours. Immoral women have been told to leave the city and most are departing. Resorts closed last summer remain shut.
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Muncie
Fatal duel at Mishawaka country dance ends in tragedy
James Lucas aged 19 was fatally shot by rival Henry Manning after a dance at a Mishawaka country hall. Both men pursued Miss Fannie Lawrence, whose selection sparked the quarrel. Manning, who fired the shot as Lucas left the hall, is jailed.
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Mishawaka
James Lucas
Henry Manning
Fannie Lawrence
Lucas
Manning
Hat tearing at Second Baptist Church in Alexandria
During Wednesday night services at the Second Baptist Church a colored widow Mrs Starks tore the hat of A Brooks a widower who had brought a visiting colored woman to the church. Minister Elzy and a deacon intervened to prevent a general row. Jealousy is cited as the cause of the disturbance.
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Alexandria
Second Baptist Church
Kideapers Drop a Kid Kokomo Special
Jasper Leke, a farmer west of Russiaville, hopes to welcome a newborn girl from his month old baby.
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Kokomo
Jasper Leke
Russiaville
Baby Ho
Versailles arrest in wholesale robberies across state
Benjamin Adel of Milan is jailed on charges of widespread robberies, with plans for more arrests. Chickens houses were robbed and burned, and bone dust weight 1600 pounds taken from a stable. In Alexandria, gas inspectors warn operators to stop using gas to power engines, one objecting briefly before likely compliance. In Terre Haute, Hiram Beard, Summit Grove, found dead in his home with a revolver nearby. coroner rules death by own action, noting his cigarette habit.
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Versailles
Benjamin Adel
Milan
Terre Haute
Hiram Beard
Summit Grove
Mattox Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Alum Cave Case
Terre Haute report states Alonzo Mattox, tried for the murder of his brother in law Edwin Britton at Alum Cave on August 21, 1898, was found guilty of manslaughter. The penalty is 20 to 21 years in prison with a possible new trial motion. Case moved from Sullivan county.
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Terre Haute
Alonzo Mattox
Edwin Britton
Alum Cave
Sullivan County
Schwab Leads Steel Leaders on North Anderson Visit
Charles M. Schwab president of United States Steel and about twenty officials visited North Anderson on a three Pullman special, touring the tinplate plant and the rod wire and nail mills. W T Graham and E C Lott accompanied Schwab, with Warner M Leeds inspecting tinplate works. The group spent about two hours viewing mills before returning via the Panhandle road.
Fort Wayne Inventor Leaves Investors Tracking Trace
E. J. Kiss, inventor of a gold and silver extracting machine, departed Fort Wayne without explanation erasing contact with local capital. Investors have sent tracers, fearing he is not connected with the Hicks Gold and Silver Extraction Company using the Hicks patents.
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Fort Wayne
E. J. Kiss
Hicks Gold
Hicks
Kekomo Tragedy Claims Sylvanus Kidder In Quiet Death
Despondent Sylvanus Kidder died after swallowing morphine on Wednesday night. His wife is also seriously ill from consumption as the community mourns a sorrowful domestic tragedy.
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Sylvanus Kidder
Richmond man seeks wife who vanished after marriage
William Littlefield of Volga South Dakota married Mrs. Nellie Smith in Richmond this week. After marriage he gave her money to shop and she left town. Suspect she went to Muncie. Littlefield has gone there to find her. He answered a matrimonial ad to wed Mrs. Smith and is a young farmer.
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George Rowe
Cicero
Ind
Rowe
Colorado
Enuy Httle
Richmond
William Littlefield
Volga, S. In
Nellie Smith
Littlefield
Muncie
Local notes mix odd tales from Vevay to Albany
Fiora young men form a society trust against home girls demanding five dollars to call on them. Vevay council bans hawking small meat portions in streets. Democrat opposes circus curtailing liberties. A Salem Democrat recounts a Bedford man’s dining car mishap with a bent hook and emergency brake. Fiat Rock reports I Brad bought a new organ. An Albany woman finds her canary after a cage accident reveals the bird singing overtime.
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Fiora
Vevay
Democrat
Menon
Salem Democrat
Bedford
Fiat Rock
Hancock County Democrat
Brad
New Albany
Birdie
Tammany Defeated Republicans Sweep Ohio and New York Vote
Ohio Republicans win statewide ticket and boost Senate majority in Columbus. In New York City Seth Low elected mayor of Greater New York by a large margin over Edward Shepard. County turnout highest for municipal contest, Democrats suffer losses.
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New York
Seth Low
Columbia University
Citizens’ Union
Greater New York
Edward M. Shepard
Brooklyn
Freight engine wreck kills two in Indiana train crash
A freight wreck on the Michigan division northbound near Terre Haute injures conductor Lawler and gravely harms engineer Greece. Two men, Richard Logansport and Jolas K Drake, die. Eliabarger, brake, is brought home as Nettie Palmeteer mourns the intended marriage. Three cars derail and the engine is destroyed.
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Michigan
Judgen
Richard Logansport
Jolas K . Drakeman
Terre Haute
Ak E
Greece
Ellindier
Lawler
Ian Eliabarger
Mise Nettie Palmeteer
Stiff
Unexplained Return of French Squadron to Toulon
Reports claim the Mediterranean squadron under Admiral Caillard returned to Toulon from the Levant. Dispatches suggest orders countermanded or postponed sails, with shortages cited and confusion over plans in Paris and Marseilles reports.
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Toulon
W. J. BRYAN'S STATE ELECTION RESULTS shown as expected Republican victory
Lincoln Nebraska reports a quiet election with Republicans favored to win the state ticket by about 10 000 votes. Precinct returns show roughly four point gains per precinct. Democrats likely to control Kentucky legislature with 67 on joint ballot. Louisville mayor Charles F Grainger defeats John Stratton by about five thousand.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
Baeitimoore
Louisville
General Assembly
Kentucky
Senate
Charles F. Grainger
John Stratton
Election Returns Across States Show Republican Wins
Results in several states show Republicans winning key offices by large pluralities. Pennsylvania voters backed the party slate by about four thousand, while Massachusetts re elected Crane by about seventy thousand. New Jersey chose Murphy for Governor by ten thousand, and Iowa re elected Cummins by a 90 thousand margin. Virginia reports a Democratic majority on the state ticket, with Rhode Island tally over six thousand in favor of Republicans.
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Columbus
Ohio
Foraker
McKinley
Nash
Pennsylvania
F. G. Harris
W. P. Potter
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Crane
New Jersey
Murphy
Cummins
Iowa
Virginia
Hoge
Rhode Island
France deploys fleet to Levant in warning to Turkey
Paris officials confirm a Mediterranean squadron of three battleships and two cruisers led by Admiral Caillard sails from Toulon to the Levant. The voyage includes a first stop at a Greek port likely Syra, with sealed orders. Authorities hint seizure of Smyrna's customs as an option to pressure the Sultan, though they hope it will not be necessary.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Caillard
Toulon
Levant
Turkey
Preas
Syra
Smyrna
France
Boot in a Barrel Mystery in Chicago Barrel
Police found the body of a man with his head nearly severed in a flour barrel on a prairie strip near Rice street and Western avenue. The victim bound at the ankles, identified as Antonio Napali, Italian laborer from Iowa Center, Iowa, with a clue pointing to Salvador and Luigi Nigro of Clark street Chicago and a Liver more Iowa address.
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Chicago
Rice Street
Western Avenue
Antonio Napati
Iowa Center
Salvador
Luigi M. Nigro
Clark Street
Antonio Napali
Livermore
Iowa
Russell Remarries in London Registry Ceremony
Earl Russell and Mrs Somerville renewed vows in a London registry office on Thursday. He had divorced his first wife in Nevada and faced bigamy charges, was tried by the House of Lords, and sentenced to three months in prison. He and the Countess plan to live in England.
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London
Earl Russell
Bomerville
Registry Office
Nevada
Somerville
England
House of Lords
Insurrectionists Surrender in Cebu and Bohol
Telegraph from General Chaffee in Manila reports Tusurrecto forces on Cebu Island laid down arms with 150 rifles 8 brass pieces and 470 men. He notes unsettled conditions on Bohol Island and urges immediate reinforcement to secure settlement.
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Washington
War Department
Chaffee
Manila
Hughes
Tusurrecto
Cebu Island
Cebu
Behol
King Edward Signs Proclamation for New Title
London dispatch reports King Edward at a Privy Council meeting signed the proclamation granting his full royal style. The new title reads Edward the Seventh by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the sea King Defender of the faith and Emperor of India.
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London
Edward
Privy Council
Edward the
United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland
Defnier
Eenperor
India
Tangier Cable Row Reports Moorish Payment in Kidnapping Case
The Moorish government paid Spein 90000 for the parents and 91600 indemnity after Kabyle tribesmen captured a Spanish boy and girl. The incident occurred along the Atlantic coast of Morocco near Atsilia in May.
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Tangier
Spein
Kabyle
Atsilia
Atlantic
Morocco
Nicaragua Denounces 1867 Canal Treaty Impact on Routes
Washington reports Nicaragua has denounced the 1867 canal treaty, signaling no US control over a future interoceanic passage. The notice to expire in one year delays construction and shifts momentum toward the Panama route, with diplomatic observers unsure of motives.
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Washington
Nicaragua
United States
State Department
Merry
Panama
M. Hutin
Panama Company
Zelaya
Congress
Pan-American Congress
Mexico
Mother Stole Her Lover in Bold North Carolina Wedding
In a Richmond report a widow Mrs Annie Cole aged about thirty used her influence over daughter aged fifteen to delay marriage with Luther Bowles. Bowles obtained a license in the mother’s name and married the daughter the same night after the mother then consented and later altered the license.
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Richmond
North Carolina
Durham
Luther Bowles
Annie Cole
Young Bowles
Bowles
Thanksgiving Day Proclaimed by Roosevelt in 1901
The President designates Thursday November 28 as a general day of thanks. The proclamation recalls McKinley’s death, urges duty to country and neighbor, and calls the nation to cease work and offer thanks at home and in worship. The document is signed by Theodore Roosevelt with Secretary John Hay.
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Washington
Roosevelt
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
John Hay
Land For Boers In Wyoming Draws Bankers
In Cheyenne Wyoming a group of Holland bankers and wealthy men plan a Boer and Holland Dutch colony. A 300000 acre tract along the Green River in Sweetwater County will host a canal and irrigation system. Surveys underway and construction to begin. Soil suited for beet sugar culture supports a large factory in the colony.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Green River
Sweetwater County
Court Martial Sends Electrician to One Year Confinement
John W. Stoll a third class electrician on the receiving ship Columbia at New York navy yard was found guilty of foul abuse of President McKinley. He received one year confinement with pay reduced to prison expenses in addition to a dishonorable discharge. He faced two charges conduct prejudicial to good order and scandalous conduct tending to the destruction of good morals.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
United States
John W. Stoll
Columbia
New York Navy Yard
President McKinley
McKinley
Stoll
Ben
Pan American Exposition Closes In Buffalo
The Pan American Exposition ended at midnight with the electric tower lights fading and taps sounding. Though not a financial success, officials say the event achieved its goal of fostering friendly relations and commercial ties between the United States and other American nations, benefiting future business.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Apedak
John G. Milburn
United States
Americas
Big Increase for Free Rural Mail Delivery
Washington special reports postal service estimates for year ending June 3, 1903 total 135 65 506. About half a million dollars is requested for transportation of mail by pneumatic tubes or similar devices. Rural free delivery totals 6 250 000 an increase of 2 750 000 over the current year.
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Washington
Li Hung Chang Improves Slightly Amid Illness Diagnosis
The condition of Li Hung Chang, long seriously ill in Pekin, shows improvement. Doctors diagnose ulceration of the stomach with severe hemorrhages and note he is finally following the prescribed strict diet to aid recovery.
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la Hang Chang
Li Hung Chang
Libeled Steamer Stenach Bound for Newport News
The British steam er Stenach plying Antwerp to Newport News has been libeled and claimed as a forfeit to the United States amid tobacco smuggling cases involving W. W. Larence and others now in Norfolk jail awaiting indictment. Proceedings brought under Sections 2073 and 4 Revised Statutes. Vessel owned by London interests, valued about $900,000, now at Newport News.
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Norfolk
Stenach
Antwerp
Newport News
United States
W. W. Lawrence
London
Mewport News
Bishop in Court Charges Poison Plot in Grand Jury Probe
Chicago grand jury to investigate a conspiracy case against Bishop Anthony Kozlowski and five associates tied to the Independent Catholic Church. Defendants include Dr Stanislaus Sieminski and four others, while counter charges accuse the bishop of poisoning patients at St Anthony's Hospital.
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Chicago
Anthony Kozlowski
Independent Catholic Church
Martin
Stanislaus Sieminskii
St. Anthony's Hospital
Kosgwolski
A. H. Podgorski
Teofil Sajewicz
John Olsowski
Bronislaus Wodinski
Koswolski
Kozlowski
Bowslaus Lewandowski
Germany
Trent
Humiliating Public Excommunication at Holy Name Church
In Chicago at Holy Name Cathedral excommunicated priest Jeremiah K Crowley was publicly humiliated before about a thousand parishioners. Chancellor Francis J Barry ordered him to leave during a solemn high mass which was halted and then resumed as a low mass. The congregation watched as Crowley exited and no one spoke to him.
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Chicago
Holy Name Cathedral
Jeremiah K. Crowley
Father Crowley
Francis J. Barry
Archdiocese of
Barry
King Edward’s Health Questioned in London Press
An editorial comments that reputable papers hint at King Edward suffering an ulcerated throat possibly signaling cancer, while doctors deny cancer and restrict smoking and alcohol. It notes uncertainty about physicians concealing the full truth and cites royal appearances as not showing imminent danger.
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London Cable
London Times
Lancet
Edward
New Dynamite Gun Tested at Fort Wright blast range
A fifteen inch dynamite gun at Fort Wright on Er's Island tested with shells loaded with high explosives. Major Nutt and Major Burney observed for the government while Pneumatic Torpedo and Construction Co led by President Darling represented New York. Projectiles including six eight and ten inch rounds reached 5700 yards 6000 yards and 4130 yards respectively.
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New Londons
Conn
Fort Wright
Er’s Island
Major Nutt
Major Burney
Pneumatic Torpedo and Construction Company
New York
Darling
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