Senate optimism on Hay-Pauncefote treaty forgings canal path
Washington reports indicate the Hay-Pauncefote treaty will be ratified with little delay, despite some criticism by Southern and other senators. Most opposition aims to be non‑definitive, and Christmas holidays loom with few other measures. reciprocity seeks January handling, while tariff moves for the Philippines appear unlikely before House action.
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Washington
United States
Money
Bacon
Committee On Foreign Relations
France
Great Britain
Wheat Indies
Republies
Senate
House of Representatives
House to act on tariff measure for Philippines
Washington observers say the house will likely pass a tariff bill this week addressing the Philippine decision of the supreme court. The ways and means committee has not chosen the form, with debate over a temporary Dingley rate continuation versus a permanent tariff scheme for the islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Supreme Court
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Philippines
Macon Train Wreck Kills One Injures Dozens
A Central of Georgia passenger train from Savannah to Atlanta derailed near Macon as it crossed the river, leaping a wheel and plunging down a high embankment. Engine and tender separated. baggage, express cars fell and burned. One dead and about 200 injured, with 100 passengers aboard. The Atlanta sleeper and first class coach were destroyed by fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Nec
Atlanta
Burglars Fire on Clerk in Perry Store Safe
Burglars broke into Brown's general store at Perry near Painesville Ohio early Sunday. A sleeping clerk shot at one robber. blood on the floor suggests a wound. The bandits escaped before grabbing about $300 left in view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painesville, O
Brown
Perry
Catholic Federation to Convene in Cincinnati This Week
Catholic circles show strong interest as the American Federation of Catholic Modellon holds a three day session in Cincinnati starting tomorrow. The event gathers church leaders and members for talks and planning within the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
American Federation of Catholic _Modellon
Porrow
Pastor J W Bradford Shot Dead in Brookside
The Rev J W Bradford Methodist minister of Brookside Alabama was shot by Justice of the Peace R D Coffman in Bradford's doorway Sunday afternoon and died two hours later Coffman surrendered to the deputy sheriff and faces a murder charge The shooting occurred amid lingering feuds from earlier church matters with no witnesses reported
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Brookside
Ala
J. W. Bradford
R. D. Coffman
Coffman
Bradford
Armstrong
J. T. Sellers
Government Industrial Arbitration Bill Sets Global Interest
Sydney reports the industrial arbitration bill creating a compulsory reference court for employer employee disputes. Strikes or lockouts before reference become punishable misdemeanors. A supreme court judge will oversee, with powers to fix a standard wage and require unionist preference, with no appeal from the court’s decision.
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Sydney
S. W
Supreme Court
Miss Maud Wilcutt Weds Dr. J W Simmons in Telegraph Office
In Bowling Green Kentucky on Saturday night Miss Maud Wilcutt married Dr. J W Simmons of Peaster Texas. The ceremony was performed by a justice of the peace from Texas with questions asked from that end and answered by the bride. Miss Wilcutt teaches in Butler county while her home is in Lewisburg Logan county. They met on the way to Rochester and Mrs Simmons will join her husband in Texas soon. The Bowling Green operator and newspaper acquaintances witnessed the ceremony.
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Bowling Green
Maud Wilcutt
J. W. Simmons
Peaster
Tex
Texas
Wilcutt
Ferry's Honey Aspear Advertises Cough Remedy
An advertisement asserts Ferry's Honey Aspear as the best remedy for coughs colds and sore lungs. O. D. Knoefel endorses the product claiming wide agreement on its efficacy.
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Ferry
Aspear
O. D. Knoefel
New Vast Cave Found Near Butte Along Northern Pacific Line
In the Jefferson canon about 50 miles east of Butte a large cave has been discovered by a Butte exploration party. They spent days mapping 10 miles of passages to 1400 feet deep and found a river cataract. Copper utensils bones and signs of prehistoric habitation were also found in a large cave chamber.
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Butte
Mont
Jefferson
Northern Pacific Railway
Dr King’s New Discovery Said To Save Wives From Consumption
LOC Overstreet of Elgin Tennessee recalls his wife’s cough nearly collapsing her. Doctors said she was beyond help but a friend’s recommendation of Dr King’s New Discovery saved her life. It is guaranteed for coughs colds bronchitis asthma and lung diseases. Prices 50c and 1.00 at O D Knoefel’s trial bottle free.
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Loc. Overstreet
Elgin
Tenn
O. D Knoefel
Chicago Protest Aims to Pressure Roosevelt on South Africa
Thousands attended a Chicago Auditorium program protesting British methods in the South African war. W Bourke Cockran urged the president to speak to England, saying a single word could avert war, restore peace, and save the burghers.
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Chicago
Auditorium
W. Bourke Cockran
Dutch Aide to Queen Reported Wounded in Duel
Amsterdam reports conflicting notes on Major Van Tets aide to Queen Wilhelmina. The Amsterdam Telegraaf claims he fought Prince Henry and was wounded, while it says he passed a quiet night after Narath operated. Utrecht hospital and official circles offer no confirmation.
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Amsterdam
Major van Tets
Wilhelmina
Prince Henry
Labor convention in Scranton to continue six days
The American Federation of Labor session in Scranton will run six more days with about two hundred resolutions on labor issues. Committees will report as rapidly as possible, but likely fewer than half will be reported from committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
American Federation of Labor
Man Killed in Mississippi. Manhunt for Suspect
In Minter City Mississippi on Sunday O A Horton a white man was killed by a black man named Ben Jones. Jones fled the scene and a large posse searches the area for him as authorities pursue leads.
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Minter City
Mias
O. A. Horton
Ben Jones
Jones
Lost His Head in the Philippines Deserter David Fagin Killed
Manila reports native scouts in Nueva Ecija Province killed and decapitated American deserter David Fagin who led Filipino forces against U.S. troops for over two years. The head was identified as Fagin’s, and his Insurgent army commission was captured. The same report notes a Filipino general Isidoro Torres sentenced for a separate assassination, a sentence later questioned by General Chaffee.
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Manila
Bengabon
Nueva Ecija
David Fagin
24Th Colored Infantry
Fagin
Frederick W. Altstatter
Engineers
Isidoro Torres
Corporal Fieldner
12Th Infantry
Malolos
Bulacan
Chaffee
Torres
Will Ask Early Hearing Berry Howard Alleged Gorbel Conspirator
Berry Howard of Bell county, indicted for complicity in the Goebel murder, was captured after a year as a fugitive and jailed in this county with Caleb Powers and James Howard. He protests innocence and seeks an immediate hearing or bond. Howard previously represented Bell, Harlan, Perry, and Leslie counties in the Kentucky General Assembly as a Democrat.
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Spirator
Frankfort
Broughton
Bell County
Berry Howard
William Goebel
Lawrence
Howard
Caleb Powers
James Howard
Mountain
Bell
Harlan
Perry
Leslie
General Assembly
Goebel
Kenton County
Denver Jury Finds Barr Guilty in Diamond Robbery Case
The Denver jury convicted John K. Barr, once a prominent merchant, of robbing Mrs. Mary Betts of diamonds valued at 7000. The verdict followed a 26 hour deliberation. Penalty ranges one to 14 years. The heist occurred during a city drive with an accomplice, Hacmalt, who was later tied to the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
John K. Barr
Mary Betts
Toledo Leader Suffered Paralysis After Football Game
Charles W. Bell a prominent Toledo citizen collapsed Saturday evening after a game at Armory park and lay unseen in darkness through a cold rain all night. Discovered Sunday morning his condition is stated as doubtful for recovery.
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Toledo
Charles W. Bell
Armory Park
Eastern shoe house man killed in Lafayette fall
T B Wat era of an Eastern shoe house and Toledo resident died after falling from a third floor window at the Lahr House in Lafayette Indiana. The body was found moments later with neck and both legs broken on the Fifth street sidewalk.
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Lafayette
Ind
T. B. Watera
Toledo
Lahr
Fifth Street
Reprisals Threatened by Russian Finance Journal
The Wiestnik Finanzoff, organ of the Russian finance minister, warns of reprisals if the German reichstag passes the bill under debate. The notice appears in Saint Petersburg dated December.
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Petersburg
Wiestnik Finanzoff
Reichstag
Warships and leaders shift as global events unfold
Reports detail movements of U S forces toward Manila and San Francisco, a British coastwreck wave, new diplomatic postings for Lieut. Col. Schebiko in Berlin, and plans for Dutch and Turkish naval construction. Gov Taft departs Manila December 20 after a improving recovery. An accidental shooting kills Cecil Bates and a Kansas train fatality claims Sherry Marshall. The Cramp shipyard offers to build a Turkish cruiser under oversight, while the Philippine commission expands gold pay authority for insular purchases amid Mexican sales concerns.
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27Th Infantry
Manila
Atlanta
San Francisco
Great Britain
Col. Schebiko
Washinton
Berlin
Duchess of Marlborough
United States
Wim. K Vanderbilt
Taft
Cecil Bates
Pana Fla
Lacysgne
Kas
Cramp Ship-Building Company
Porte
Philippine Commission
Nervous condition relief praised by Vincl tonic
A health ad extols Vincl as a powerful nerve strengthener and general tonic. It cites nervousness indigestion sleeplessness and headaches as conditions improved by Vincl and invites refunds if not satisfied after trial.
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Dunkirk
N. Y
Vincl
Series of fatal accidents in Terre Haute over weekend
Terre Haute Indiana reports a string of fatal mishaps Saturday night and Sunday. William Laney twelve, crushed by logs off a wagon. Otis Goodman twenty six, run over by a boxcar. Arthur Davis drowned in a Wabash River boat capsizing. Cliff Chamberlin and Bowman rescued. Willis Turnbaugh injured after falling into a vat of boiling mash at Majestic distillery.
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Terre Haute
Ind
William Laney
Jos. Laney
Rosedale
Otis Goodman
Vandalia
Pierson
North Eighth Street
Wabash River
Arthur Davis
Cliff Chamberlin
Bowman
Davis
East End
Willis Turnbaugh
Majestic
They Liked the Marines on the Isthmus News
Navy reports from Captain Perry aboard the Iowa dated November 25 at Panama recount the Isthmus events after Colon fell to Liberals, its recapture, and U S naval actions to reopen traffic. Guards were treated with respect and no objectionable acts by Conservative or Liberal soldiers occurred.
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Washington
Navy Department
Perry
Iowa
Panama
Colon
United States
United States Guards
Deacon J N Hawkins Mortally Shot In Lexington Hold Up
Lexington, December 9 A foot pad shot J N Hawkins as he walked home from his store late Saturday night. He died Sunday afternoon. The robber rifled his pockets taking his watch money and papers. Hawkins was treasurer and deacon of Broadway Christian Church and had stayed late to work on church books. Police have no clue.
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Lexington
J. N. Hawkins
Hawkins
Broadway Christian Church
Surprising Arrests in Evansville Theft Case
In Evansville Indiana Judge Winfrey’s servant Monroe Sutton a 60 plus year old man and Fannie Butler a white woman under 30 were arrested and sentenced to jail for cohabitation and theft. Authorities found hundreds of dollars worth of items in Sutton’s attic rooms linked to the Winfrey home. The couple said they had lived together for five years and were planning to travel to Pennsylvania.
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Evansville
Ind
Fannie Butler
Monroe Sutton
Sutton
Fannie Bukter
Hammond settles creek rescue case in Wabash court
Augustus Hammond of Wabash, appointed to sell Mrs. Sarah Highley’s farm to settle a peculiar suit, paid Marion Retherford and William Muller about $400 for saving Mrs. Highley from drowning. Highley had offered a $1,000 reward for saving his wife, then refused to pay after she fell into the creek and later transferred property to her.
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Wabash, Ind
Augustus Hammond
Wabash
Sarah Highley
Marion Retherford
William Muller
Highley
Embezzler Secor Arrested in Milwaukee Case
Leroy W. Secor, longtime Montclair resident, arrested on a Milwaukee embezzlement warrant for $18,000 theft from the Goodrich Transportation Co while cashier in its Milwaukee office. Detective Henry Manger obtained the requisition, approved by Governor Orman, and transported Secor to Milwaukee.
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Denver
Leroy W. Secor
Montclair
Goodrich Transportation Company
Milwaukee
Henry Manger
Secor
Orman
Robbery Ends in Critical Injury on Parsons Avenue
In Columbus on a Sunday dawn, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Merrill were halted by three highwaymen who demanded money. Merrill rode away, the assailants opened fire, striking Mrs. Merrill in the head. she lies in critical condition as the robbers flee.
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Columbus, O
Mrs
Philip Merrill
Parsons Avenue
Farmer Bundren given life for Crosier murder in Tennessee
R Bian dren, a 60 year old Knoxville area farmer, sentenced in Rutledge Tennessee to life imprisonment for the July murder of Attorney John H. Crosier. Crosier had pursued debt collection from Bundren. In a separate note a medical doctor warned a Wisconsin woman of one last chance at life via surgery after a failed stomach illness.
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Knoxville
Tenn
R B. Biandren
Rutledge
John H. Crosier
Croster
Bundren
Oil pipeline output in November sets five year high
Montpelier Indiana reports November crude output from local oil wells at 616,977 barrels with an average 20,533 barrels per day the largest daily average in years. Total crude shipments reached 852,363 barrels with a 28,412 barrel daily average a drop of about 16.67 barrels from October.
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Montpelier
Ind
Indiana
Scissors Slipped Endangering Woman in Elkhart
Mrs Henry Payne attempting to cut cloth in Elkhart Indiana December 9 forced the shears through a resisting piece of material. The blade pierced her left eye causing severe injury and the loss of vision.
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Elkhart
Henry Payne
Fire destroys broom corn warehouse in Evansville
Fire gutted the broom-corn trust warehouse in Evansville Indiana causing an estimated 10 000 to 12 000 in losses with minimal insurance. The fire’s origin remains undetermined.
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Evansville
Ind
Broom-Corn Trust
Barber Robert Amos’s suicide attempt in Needham
Franklin Ind December 9 Robert Amos a Needham barber attempted self harm by cutting his throat with a razor. He has been very ill and it is believed despondency and suffering caused the act.
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Franklin
Ind
Robert Amos
Needham
After Which Arthur Gobbie Turned Weapon On Himself
In Lebanon Indiana on December 9 Arthur Gobble aged 24 shot his father John Gobble aged 50 then killed himself. The incident on R C Hamiltons farm west of town followed a trivial dispute and left the elder man wounded and the son dead by self inflicted gunshot.
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Lebanon
Ind
Arthur Gobbile
John Gobble
Gobble
R. C. Hamilton
Bell to Remain Deputy Gas Inspector in Hartford City
Hartford City Indiana December 9 George R Bell has reversed his resignation plan as deputy gas inspector citing lack of backing from state inspector J C Leach of Kokomo He will stay in office and file affidavits against alleged violators of the gas waste law without Leach's instruction He already fled five affidavits against American Glass Co and filed 30 charges against members of the Thomas Pierce Old Co
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Hartford City
Ind
George R. Bell
J. C. Leach
Kokomo
Leach
American Glass Company
Thomas- Pierce Old Company
Indictments Returned as Grand Jury Discharges in Bedford
The Lawrence circuit court grand jury has been discharged after returning 25 indictments. An indictment for murder in the first degree targets Schubel Burton, Mitchell saloon keeper, in the death of Willis Holler. Burton is in jail awaiting trial.
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Bedford
Ind
Lawrence Circuit Court
Schubel Burton
Mitchell
Willis Holler
Burton
Quail Hunt Accident Wounds Shoals Merchant
Shoals Indiana December 9. O H Shirley a local merchant was seriously shot while quail hunting. R S Barrett a coal operator accidentally discharged his gun. Shirley was struck on the arm and side. Wound not expected to be fatal.
Suit Club Lotteries in Hartford City Draw Verdict
Justice Lucas ruled that taller suit clubs are lotteries and fined Thomas Hance of Hance Gehring tailors $18.85 for operating a suit club with weekly drawings in Hartford City Indiana on December 9.
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Hartford City
Ind
Lucas
Thomas Hance
Hance & Gehring
Tallors
Indiana Roy Appointed Senate Page
Rollie Cortner grandson of Mrs Rebecca Cortner is named a senate page in Washington through the influence of Congressman Holliday and Senator Beveridge. He is from Terre Haute Indiana and the appointment was announced December 9.
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Indiana
Roy
Terre Haute
Rollie Cortner
Rebecca Cortner
Senate
Washington
Holliday
Beveridge
Saw mill accident ends life of Charles Airhart in Vedersburg
Vedersburg Indiana December 9 Charles Airhart who recently moved from St Joseph county and began a saw mill was instantly killed when he was caught in a line shaft while working in the mill.
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Vedersburg
Ind
Charles Airhart
St. Joseph County
STILL PUZZLES THEM
Elizabeth City North Carolina December 9 The town believes Nellie Cropsey was abducted or murdered. The Pasquotank river was dragged more thoroughly than ever without finding her. Police Chief Dawson returned from Norfolk where he investigated a sighting but says a woman answering the description left Norfolk for Baltimore and is not Nellie Cropsey. A Wilmington report of her location is not credited.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Nellie Cropsey
Pasquotank
Miss Cropsey
Dawson
Norfolk
Baltimore
Exterminate poison and restore youthful vitality
A fragment from a local paper urging revival of blood and nerve health with promises of joy and boyhood vitality attributed to J. H. Conner in an Evening Tribune item.
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Gaye
J. H. Conner
Diluting Tea and Train Wreckers News
Diluting tea should use boiling water to avoid weak flavors. Russians serve strong tea then dilute with boiling water from a samovar. Salem reports engineer Wa White dies after Southern Pacific wreck. no clues to train wreckers. Louisville schedules: morning and night trains to Chicago on Pennsylvania Short Lines with cafe parlor cars and sleeping cars.
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Salem
Ore
Wa White
Southern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Louisville
Chicago
O. H. Haag
Erty, D. P. Agt
Southern game and fish laws guide offered by G B Allen
The booklet describes localities in the South for hunting and fishing and lists game laws of Southern states with information on guides hotels and rates. It may be obtained by sending a two cent stamp to G B Allen Assistant General Passenger Agent Southern Railway St Louis Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess
G. B. Allen
Southern Railway
Louis
Winter Homes in Summer Lands
The Southern Railway passenger department issues an illustrated booklet on the winter resort of the South. Copies available by sending a two cent stamp to George B. Allen A G P A St Louis Mo.
Homeseekers Excursion Tickets On October November Dates
Tickets for homeseekers excursions will be sold on October 1 and 15 November 5 and 19 December 3 and 17 via the Monon route to Arizona Arkansas British Columbia Colorado Idaho Indian Territory Iowa Kansas Missouri Montana Nebraska New Mexico North Dakota South Dakota Texas Washington Wisconsin Wyoming. Call at depot Main and Vincennes street for information.
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Monon
Arizona
Arkansas
British Columbia
Colorado
Idaho
Indian Territory
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
North and
South Dakota
Texas
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Depot
Main
Vincennes Street
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American Transvaal League
Mr. Cochran
Transvaal
England
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Dean
Posao
Barr
F. Steiger
Vinci
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Knoefel Druccist
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Ohio Bandito
J. B. Hant
Lime Ridge
Wis
C. D. Knoefel
Foley
Kidrey
Frank L. Shrader
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Hanting
Nellie Cropscy
Evening Tiibane
Bost
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St. Louis
Cumberland
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