Davis Rolled the Bones Shortage Reaches Seventy-One Thousand
Washington special: The People's National Bank directors report Cashiee R. C. Davis has a shortage of 71966.22 after ongoing book investigations. Bondsmen offer 12614.55 toward the balance, stockholders cover 10000, leaving 18116.62 unpaid. Davis faces bankruptcy threats while assets turn unequally to creditors.
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Washington
The
People's National Bank
Cashiee R. C. Davis
Cabel & Kauffman
Davis
Dave
N. J. Goshorn
Eldorado
Summitville shoplifting arrest shocks town leader’s wife
Superintendent of Police Robbins caused the arrest of Mrs. Charles Welsh at Summitville after information on two other Summitville women likely to be arrested for shoplifting in the city. The trio allegedly concealed three pairs of shoes and other items, traced to Summitville, with most goods found in a trunk at Mrs. Welsh’s home.
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Andersen
Robbins
Charles Welsh
Summitville
Muncie council and Big Four stall double track plan
City officials and the Big Four Railroad remain at odds over laying a second track. An ordinance granting the track right was drafted with a clause requiring opening Shipley street for standing cars, which the company refuses to accept, insisting the original franchise permits tracks as business warrants.
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Muncie
Shipley Street
Veteran corners trio shown in Marton special report
The piece notes three veterans, Jerry Kutler Peter Locke and James Spears, as prominent figures in the corners home scene and references Jerved Ean Right in the Marton special.
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Jerved
Ean
Marton
Jerry Kutler
Peter Locke
James Spears
Corners
Jail delivery at Wabash ends with capture of burglar
A jail delivery occurred Wednesday morning as plumbers worked inside the building. Tucker allegedly failed to lock the door, allowing burglar John Fisher to slip out and escape. Billy Bernard, under arrest for an assault on Officer Wh Rolfe, was dragged back by plumber George Ivory as he tried to squeeze out. Tucker blamed the plumbers for not locking the door.
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Wabash Specital
Batlif
Tucker
John Fisher
Billy Bernard
Murmer
Rolfe
George Ivory
Mayor's court of inquiry nets over fifty tobacco dealers in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville the mayor held a court of inquiry and questioned more than fifty boys aged 10 to 15 about tobacco use. The youths named dealers, leading to warrants and over fifty arrests that night. Most grocers and tobacco sellers were implicated and have since settled with the mayor. The probe was prompted by parents concerned about their children's cigarette habits.
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Crawfordsville
Elmore
Elwood Marriage License Refused Over Age Issue
In Elwood a planned marriage between Frank Spencer from Ohio and 14 year old Miss Alice Van Winkle was halted when county officials learned she was under legal age. Georges Van Winkle and the bride’s father argued, but the license was denied and the couple postponed the wedding. Spencer acknowledged having a wife in Ohio.
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Elwood
Frank Spencer
Ohio
Alice van Winkle
Anderson
George Gains
van Winkles
Spencer
Georges van Winkle
Court House
Indiana paper notes varied local incidents and fields
Reports from Vincennes Elwood Lagrange South Bend Alexandria Hartford City Columbus Bloomfield Fort Wayne Logansport cover a Clover seed yield in Vincennes shale gas strike near Topeka plant fire and workplace injuries a plague of small gnats a suicide attempt and murder trial developments.
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Alexandria
Hartford City
A. L. Maxwell
New Elk Block
Columbus
William Bstillabower
Ninevah Township
Bartholomew County
Bloomfield
T. Alexander Brown
Worthington
William Hoagland
B. Harris
Michigan City
Brown
Hoagland
Fort Wayne
Harry Bayliss
Ben
Muskegon
Mich
Logansport
Wilson, Humphreys & Co
Woman Kidnapped Prisoner for Four Days in Philadelphia Robbery
Philadelphia police disclosed the arrest of four men and a stenographer in connection with the four day kidnapping and jewel theft of Mrs. Mabel Goodrich. The suspects Howard K. Sloan Henry Wallace J Knight Findlay and Oscar S Dunlap allegedly impersonated officials and a Germantown resident to fleece the victim and cash bank checks. Jewelry were recovered with most rings found on Findlay and Sloan.
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Philadelphia
Central Police Station
Howard K. Sloan
Henry Wallace
J. Knight Findlay
Wayne
Oscar S. Dunlap
Mabel Goodrich
North Tenth Street
Fairmount Park
D. Clarence Gibbon
Law and Order Society
Third National Bank
Tenth
Poplar Streets
Findlay
Sioun
Gibbon
Germantown
Wallace
Society
Dunlap
Georgetown Appeals Court Sets New Trial In High Profile Case
A regional appeals court considers a remand for new trials in the Goebel case. Judge Jerry Morte and James C. Sims lead the defense while state prosecutors press for a life sentence and potential retrial. Over sixty witnesses may be called as new evidence emerges.
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Georgetown
Caleb
Court trial details on ex Secretary and James How
Fragmentary report notes ex Secretary and James How in a prior week case. Powers is confined with a year-old matter cited. Douglas and P. Finnell attorneys appear. A trial date and earlier sentences are referenced with uncertain details.
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Mal
James Howpe
Powers Kfort
Paver
Arder Bf Willian
Douglas
P. Finnell
Will
Captain Connell Warned Before Balangiga Attack
Maj Morris C Foote of the Ninth Infantry, back from Samar, says Captain Connell was fully warned and took necessary precautions. A priest warned of a Filipino plot at Balangiga and Basey to attack garrisons, including an attack from a cock pit behind the bar racks. Orders were given to demolish the pit and place extra guards.
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Manila
Morris C. Foote
Ninth
United States Infantry
Samar
Balangiga
Company C
Connell
Major Foote
Foote
Basey
Interior trade movements show August grain shifts and cattle gains
The August and eight month internal commerce report from the Treasury Bureau of Statistics notes Chicago grain receipts at 21,350 cars in August, strong wheat arrivals at four mints, and a shift where wheat outsold corn in exports. Livestock arrivals rise in western markets while eight month cattle, hog, and sheep totals climb notably.
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Washington
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Omaha
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Potent Influences Backed by Government to Save Miss Stone
Washington mobilizes to secure Miss Stone's release from Bulgarian bandits. The State Department funds a probe led by Spencer Eddy in Constantinople and seeks Bulgarian and Turkish cooperation to locate the captors and avoid paying a ransom, while denying further details of the case.
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Washington
John Hays Hammond
State Department
Miss Stone
Spencer Eddy
United States
Eddy
Roosevelt and Reciprocity in Times Editorial Tone
London cable cites The Times on President Roosevelt and reciprocity. It notes Roosevelt must balance party unity and Senate relation while projecting a strong independent policy to gain public trust and avoid breach with leaders.
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London
Roosevelt
the Times
McKinley
Senate
Neutral Terms Seen in Proposed Great Britain Convention
Washington reports indicate no surrender by England on the isthmian canal treaty and the United States has sacrificed no principle. The arrangement preserves the Clayton-Bulwer principle while creating a neutral waterway open to world commerce. The form reflects Hay-Pauncefote amendments and is viewed as textual rather than substantive.
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Washington
England
United States
Toto
Senate
Cotton Goods Combine Rumor From New York
A report in cotton circles says Fall River print cloth mills may form a large new corporation excluding the Borden mills and include bleaching and printing. Stockholders reportedly tied to Allen Print Works Providence RI are said to back the move, aiming to route output through Allen for printing and align interests with Borden's mills.
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New York
the Journal of Commerce
Fall River Print Cloth Mills
Borden Mills
Fire on Chicago Docks Destroys Peabody Coal Yard
A late night blaze at the Peabody Coal Company docks at Orleans street spread to nearby sheds of Chicago & Northwestern, Globe Lighting, and Davidson marble works. Five acres of coal burned, with losses exceeding 250,000 dollars. Winds drove flames toward the river and a tall warehouse. incendiary origin suspected.
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Chicago
Peabody Coal Company
Orleans Street
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Globe Lighting and Heating Company
Davidson Marble Works
Peabody Company
Peabody Yards
John Brooker Warehouse Company
Carrie Nation in Jail After Saloon Entry
Carrie Nation and about 40 followers were arrested in Wheeling West Virginia after entering a saloon late Tuesday. She refused to pay a $20 fine or leave town and was jailed for thirty days with habeas corpus to seek release. the only offense cited was entering the saloon.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Sweeney
Two Negroes Hanged in Philadelphia County Prison
Charles Ivory and Henry Perry, colored, were hanged Tuesday in the county prison for the murder of Roy Wilson White formerly of Richmond Indiana. The drop fell at 10:6. Ivory died quickly by strangulation but the knot slipped on Perry and life was not extinct for some time. This marked the first double execution in Philadelphia in twelve years.
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Philadelphia
Charles Ivory
Henry Perry
Roy Wilson White
Richmond
Ind
Ivory
Perry
Brevet for President Mentioned in Army Board Report
The Washington special notes the army brevet board led by Gen. MacArthur, started Tuesday, will be comprehensive and include Spanish American War operations. Nominations for Spanish war brevets have been withdrawn, leaving a clean field for the board. It is likely a medal may be recommended for Col. Theodore Roosevelt for gallantry in the Santiago campaign.
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Washington
Army
MacArthur
Senate
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Santiago
Chinese Woman Hangs Herself Before Crowd in Foo-Chow
A Chinese woman in Foo-Chow publicly hanged herself on a platform after her husband’s death, in the presence of about a hundred spectators. The attempt to stop her was thwarted by typhoon and floods delaying the act twice. The incident was reported by the Duke of Fife, which sailed from Yokohama September 2.
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Victoria
B. C
Yokohama
Foo-Chow
Bloody clash between Russian sects sparks fatal riot
A Moscow dispatch reports in Pavlovka a quarrel between Stanists and orthodox followers led to a free fight that wrecked the Russian church. Eighty people were killed as police failed to stop the violence and troops from Kharkoff restored order. Priests fled with sacred images and altar vestments.
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London
Pavlovka
Kharkoff
Standard
Moscow
Ransom Fund for Miss Stone Reaches Four Thousand
Washington report notes the fund for the ransom of Miss Stone, the American missionary seized by brigands in the Balkan mountains, has reached four thousand dollars.
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Washington
Miss Stone
Balkan Mountains
A Deal to Tittes.
London cable reports the marriage of Count Boson de Perigord to Miss Helen Morton daughter of former Vice President Morton. The ceremony took place on Saturday.
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London
Count Boson de Perigord
Helen Morton
Morton
Bloodhounds Track Burglar in Beardstown Break In
A burglar cut his finger during a safe tampering at John Dieh’s boot and shoe store in Beardstown. Bloodhounds from Cerro Gordo traced the scent to Waiter Fee, who was arrested and jailed, then found dead in his cell from carbolic acid one hour later.
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Virginia
John Dieh
Beardstown
Cerro Gordo
Waiter Fee
Washington special rebukes in Senate committee probe
At a Senate committee investigation on Saturday Lieutenant Colonel Hiestand labeled Major Hawkes a war and faced a rebuke from Major Hawkes during the hearing.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Hiestand
Hawkes
Quito Is Fired On During Liberal Attack at Morro Island
A liberal force of at least 20 attacked Morro island near Tumaco, targeting the British steamer Quito bound from Quayaquil to Panama. The ship fired upon, with rifle and a cannon shot, sustained a hole above the water line but limited damage otherwise.
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Colon
Colombia
Morro Island
Tumaco
Quito
Quayaquil
Ecuador
Panama
Male convict a woman Lena Martin found at Nebraska penitentiary
Lincoln special report reveals Burt Martin, long believed male, is Lena Martin a 20 year old woman convicted of horse stealing in Springview, Keya Paha county. Prison physician confirmed the misidentified inmate two days ago. she will finish her three year sentence in women’s clothing. Her mother resides near Springview.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Burt Martin
Lena Martin
Springview
Keya Pahaha
Tin Plate Strike Ends as Company Seeks Conciliatory Policy
Pittsburg’s American Tin Plate Company adopts a conciliatory stance toward workers who participated in the steel strike. No formal recognition of the Amalgamated Association is granted, but old workers returning to duty will face no discrimination. Star and Monongahela mills wait for union recognition as non union staff assist operations amid full orders and a prosperous winter outlook.
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Pittsburg
American Tin- Plate Company
Amalgamated Association
Star
Monongahela
Republicans sweep Indianapolis city election
Indianapolis special report says in Tuesday’s city vote the Republicans won the entire ticket except six Democratic ward councilmen. Charles Bookwalter led with a 2200 majority over Maguire, with Judge Stubbs, the city clerk, and six councilmen-at-large also elected by comfortable majorities. Moore Sweeney and Sickels were re-elected to the Board of School Commissioners by large margins.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Bookwalter
Maguire
Judge Stubbs
Messrs. Moore
Sweeney
Sickels
Board of
Wall Street Plans Oil Deal In Beaumont Region
Wall Street firms form a large company to absorb Beaumont Oil. Key houses met at Mechem Cameron and Co. office. International, Maid of Orleans, Louisiana Consolidated and Mobile Beaumont companies may contract to sell their well output.
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New York Special
Wall Street
Beaumont Oil
Mechem, Cameron & Co
International
Maid of Orleans
Louisiana
Consolidated
Mobile-Beaumont
No Notoriety for Czolgosz at Auburn Prison
Special State Superintendent of Prisons Collins has ordered that Czolgosz the murderer of President McKinley must not be the subject of notoriety while awaiting death in Auburn prison. He must not be seen and visitors are barred from entering areas revealing his location. The warden is to ensure guards and staff do not divulge information about him or his actions.
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Muncie
Hodgson Testifies At Schley Court of Inquiry
Lieutenant Commander Alban C Hodgson navigator of the Brooklyn testifies at the Schley court of inquiry. He spends most of his time reading his correspondence with Admiral Schley about an alleged dialogue during the Santiago battle. The published correspondence reduces public interest in the proceedings.
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Washington
Alban C. Hodgson
Brooklyn
Schley
Admiral Schley
Santiago
Will Miles Demand an Inquiry in U S Cuba Episode
Washington special reports General Alger's Spanish American War book cites efforts to aid Cuba without resorting to arms and discusses the round robin while noting digs at Rear Admiral Lampoon. It references the Miles Egan controversy with sharp commentary and hints at political tensions.
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Washington, D. C
General Alger
Cuba
Huris
Lampoon
Miles-Egan
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