Bank Wreckers Sentenced in Indianapolis Trial
J. L. Brodrick president of the Wrecked Indiana National Bank at Elkhart received ten years in Leavenworth Kansas. W. L. Collins cashier was sentenced to six years with credit for government service as a witness. Walter Brown the final member was sentenced to eight years at Fort Leavenworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Brodrick
Indiana National Bank
Elkhart
Anderson
United States District Court
Indianapolis
United States Senitentiary
Leavenworth
Kas
W. L. Collins
Collins
Walter Brown
Fort Leavenworth
Court Grants TRO Over County Voting Machines in Terre Haute
Judge Stimson of the superior court in Terre Haute issued a temporary restraining order against accepting voting machines ordered by Aznomat County authorities from the Columbia Voting Machine Co. A hearing on the injunction motion will determine further action. The petitioner alleges nondelivery on fire, noncompliance with law, lack of proper examination, and faulty construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aznomat County
Stimson
Superior Court
Terre Haute
Columbia Voting Machine Company
Voting Machine Commission
Charlemagne Tower Visits Rome Amid German Ambition
The report notes Charlemagne Tower in Rome on a visit to Ambassador Meier. He was received at an audience by Sing Victor Timpaniae and engaged in discussions reflecting strong Allied interests. Details reference a broader strategic context and potential actions by American and European actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlemagne Tower
United States
Germany
Rome
Aminesador Meier
Victor Timpaniae
Boas
Atalean
Tosis
Atoie Furs
Respects from Gayininette recounts murder and lynching in Monroe County
A garbled report from Gayininette Alabama describes Armstreng returning from Little River to remove a traveler near North Baldwin. A Black man named Iris reportedly confessed after being whipped three times and was hanged from a limb with boilers refaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayininette
Ala
Armstreng
Tule
Little River
Eatin Sims
Monroe County
North Bahdwin
Iris
Comet Orbit Calculated by UC Students
The orbit of the comet discovered by Brooks was calculated at the University of California students' observatory by Messrs. Connurtiss and Albrecht from observations provided by Lick Observatory. It lies about two astronomical units from the sun and the earth and is moving away from both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
Students’ Observatory
University of California
Messrs. Ocnurtiss
Albrecht
Bey Lick Observators Lrs
Grand Commandery Jubilee in Indianapolis Set for May
Arrangements are made for the fiftieth anniversary of the Knights Templar Grand Commandery to be held in Indianapolis in May. Promises call it the most imposing and largely attended ceremony in the state’s history of the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights ‘Templar
Indianapolis
Kuniguts Temiplar
Salt Lake man confessed to multiple crimes after wife murder
Frank P. Hirese admitted shooting at Salt Lake City and confessed to at least ten other killings and robberies. Rose stated he spent fourteen years in a spree of crimes from robbery to murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Hirese
Salt Lake
Utah
Rose
Italian brakeman killed on Sbhurt Improvement train at Manchester
An Italian brakeman on a work train of the Sbhurt Improvement Company in Manchester Indiana was thrown from the train and killed instantly. The report cites a faulty hand brake as the probable cause and notes this is the second fatality at that location within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sbhurt Improvement Company
Manchester
Ind
Csuse
Association
Nhe
Jonas Company
Jonas
Gnd
Bank Closure Report Targets Hubert Ohio Institution
National Bank Examiner Sturtevant reports Farmers' and Merchants' National Bank at Hubert Ohio has closed its doors. He is en route to determine the cause and potential reopening. No reason for the failure is given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camptroit
Qurrency Heen
National Bank
Sturtevant
Farmers
Hubert
Ohio
Texas Celebrates San Jacinto Day Across State
The state marks San Jacinto Day with celebrations recalling Gen Sam Houston's 1836 victory over Santa Anna and Texas independence. Citizens and groups recall the historic triumph and national pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jacinto
Texas
Sam Houston
Santa Nna
Mine Explosion Kills Five at Stearns Kr Area
A mine explosion at Stearns Kr thirty miles south of Merset ignited ast and killed five Black workers while injuring one more. Authorities reported a fatal incident with multiple casualties and ongoing investigation into the blast cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stearns
Merset, Kr
Snake-Charmers Headed for St Louis Position
Sixteen snake-charmers and aigglers are en route to St Louis while hay has arrived in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Hay
New York
Inventor Dunn Ends Life in Alabama Shooting
John J. Dunn, who discovered an ar ition metal, committed suicide in Mobile Alabama by shooting himself in the head with a revolver during a nurse's temporary absence. He had been in poor health for several months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Dunn
Mobile
Ala
Dunn
Burglars Steal $6000 From Farmers Bank at Clay City
Burglars entered the Farmers Bank in Clay City Indiana blowing the gate and escaped with six thousand dollars. The building's rent was blown across the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Bank
Uclay City
Ind
Bandit trio executed in county jail order
Niedemeyer Marx and Van Dine were hanged in the county jail after being moved to the gallows one by one between 10:30 and noon. Niedemeyer resisted, died in convulsions nine minutes after the trap, while Marx and Van Dine died swiftly. Officials delayed one execution in hopes of possible reprieve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niedemeyer
Marx
van Dine
Scaffeld
Flis
Pine
Tlarrett
Jenner
How 32 Men Were Killed On United States Warship
The diagram explains the Missouri explosion showing turret 1 interior, turret 6 breech, powder piles, and hoist paths. It notes a 1000 pounds of powder ignited in handling regimens and a surge of fire reaching the magazine, yet the ship was saved from total destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fioedss
Lejos
T. Taapeda
Two Years' Strike in Tabor Shocks New Jersey Labor
A lengthy labor dispute in Tabor, New Jersey, stands as one of the most remarkable struggles in the state's and nation's history. The excerpt highlights disorder and the strong resolve of workers and leaders amid the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabor
New Jersey
United States
Glass Tyotie Blowtien Aeiner
Coearce Jonas Aan
Mouyatela
Dinsisters” Asser
Chris Cogat
Raiders Strike at City Railway Barns In Chicago Carnage
A trio led a gang in a Sunday morning ambush at the Sixnty-List and State street car barns killing two men and wounding several others. After a nationwide manhunt they were captured following a confessed plot with police Chief ONeill present, capping a costly, two year case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mhemibers
Suleloo Nisheneser
Pelug Te Zender
Defore Vau Tine
Chicago City Railway
van Dine
Niedererer
Marx
Frank ID Stewart
James DB. Tomson
William
Eclcond
Smd
Lienry Biehl
Shere Nailroad
John
Tarleston
Lroeski
Juliet
Nielsemeier
Kidnaping Sentence in Savannah Federal Court
In Savannah Georgia Judge Emory Speer presided as Harry Olsen received five years imprisonment and a 5000 dollar fine for kidnapping one of eight Black individuals deported from Savannah aboard the Russian bark Alice to Bristol England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedge Emory Speer
Savannah
Harry Olsen
Alice
Bristol
England
Prominent Breathitt County trio linked to murder confession
William and Thomas Combs confess to the murder of Sam Jones whose burned body was found in Breathitt County Kentucky. Jones' father urged the jury to try Jett and White in the case involving the Combs family amid local feuds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Thomas Combs
Sam Jones
Breathitt County
Kentucky
Combs
Jones
Jett
White
Railroads Grow Profits and Lines Expand in 1903
The Washington Southern and Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac double tracking advances from Washington to Richmond. U S railroads earned over 2 billion in 1903 and rail property assessments in Alabama rise by about 1 million dollars. Santa Fe plans a 100000 hospital in Los Angeles on Boyle Heights. Congress committee backs buying two short lines in Indian Territory from Chickasaw to Pauls Valley and Pauls Valley to the Canadian River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toakota
Jooso
State Board of Assessment
Alabama
Railrad
Washington Southern
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Potomac
Washington
United States
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Albuquerque
Boyle Heights
Great Toronto Fire Leaves $10 Million Loss, 30 Buildings Torch
A massive blaze in Toronto's wholesale district Tuesday night destroyed more than thirty major buildings with property losses estimated at ten million dollars. Originating at Currie warehouse on Wellington Street the fire spread west and north burning blocks to Front and Bay streets before reaching the lake. Firefighters battled shifting winds and high heat as fireboats helped on the water, with one man reported missing. The Queen's Hotel largely survived, but the inferno overwhelmed much of the surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Canada
Currie Warehouse
Wellington Street
National Club
Front Street
Bay Street
Lake
London
Montreal
Hamilton
Buffalo
N. Y
Fie
Bueset
George Dowkes
Thompson
Dowkes
Queen's Hotel
Statehood Bill Passes House for Arizona and Oklahoma
The U S House votes 148 to 104 to admit Oklahoma and Arizona as states. Oklahoma's capital Guthrie. Arizona's Santa Fe. Oklahoma gains five reps, Arizona two until census. Polygamy banned. funding set for Oklahoma schools and Arizona lands to schools. Senate action planned for next session.
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House
Oklahoma
Arizona
National
House of Representatives
New Mexico
Guthrie
Santa Fe
Congress
National House
Waas
Senate
Morgan
Congo Free State
Capitol
Bacon
Berry
Tyo O
Williams
Mississippi
Datzell
Downfall of Alexieff and the Far East Crisis
A narrative of Viceroy Alexieff’s resignation after a string of setbacks in the Russo Japanese War era. The Czar elevates Makaroff and Nouropatkin while Alexieff loses control of navy and army, faces misjudgments in negotiations, and fails to defend Port Arthur and allied positions.
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East
Petropavlovsk
Makaroff
Alexieff
Far East
Skridloff
Doubassoff
Stark
Nouropatkin
Manchuria
Alexieft
Petronavievsk
Alexielf
Mukden
Fort Arthur
Iig
Sevastopol
Skrydloff
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Bishop dedicates new Methodist church in Missouri
The article notes Bishop McCabe dedicating a new Methodist church at Chillicothe Missouri. It also mentions visiting bishops Rt Rev G H Ormsby and Rt Rev Thomas Fielding Scott, with other items about Salvation Army supporters in the Netherlands and Rev David Hogan’s 1007 marriages in sixty eight years. It concludes with plans for a Jewish girls technical school in New York and a Vermont man's unusual church legacy to fund snow removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCabe
Chillicothe
G. H. Ormsby
Spanish Honduras
Thomas Fielding Scott
Episcopal Church
Oregon
Salvation Army
Netherlands
David Hogan
Vernon County
Second Avenue
Fifteenth Street
New York
Vermont
Weather Delays Crops Across Regions Despite Missouri Valley Work
The weekly weather summary reports cold, harsh conditions east of the Rockies hindering germination and growth. Farm work advances in the Missouri valley and southern states, while the northern district sees little activity. Snow covers the upper lake region and drought grips the South. Winter wheat needs warmth. spring wheat seeding progresses in the south. Corn is generally backward and oats plantings advance in the central Mississippi valley. Cotton planting progresses rapidly and fruit suffers frost but prospects stay favorable in most areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Valley
The
Weather Bureau
Rocks Mountains
Middle Athletic
Upper Lake Region
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Mississippi Valley
Burlington bridge fire destroys 300 feet over Platte River
A blaze destroyed 300 feet of the Burlington bridge spanning the Platte River between Grand Island and Phillips Nebraska. The loss leaves the bridge largely unusable and forces Burlington to reroute all trains via the Union Pacific bridge at Central City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Platte River
Grand Island
Phillips, Neb
Union Pacific
Central City
Freight wreck on L&N line leaves man dead and three injured
A freight wreck on the Stony Fork division of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad killed George McCoy and seriously injured Engineer Thornton, Trainman Edward Williams, and Section Boss Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stony Fork
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
George McCoy
Thornton
Edward Williams
Martin
Senate Angling for Indian Lands Treaty Revisions
Senate debate spanned bills on Indian land sales at Devil's Lake reservation North Dakota and related land policy. House and Senate advanced pensions and public works measures while party lines dominated discussions on trusts, statehood plans, and river and harbor funding.
Resignation of U S consul general in Mexico
The State Department has accepted the resignation of Andrew D. Barlow from the post of United States consul general at Mexico. The Supreme Court denied Heinze’s writ of certiorari, declining to review the Ninth Circuit in the Jutte and Boston Consolidated Mining Co. vs Montana Ore Purchasing Co. quartz lode Michael Davitt case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Capital
State Department
Andrew D. Barlow
United States
Mexico
F. Augustus Heinze
Butte
Mont
United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals For
Ninth Circuit
Jutte and Boston Consolidated Mining Co
Montana Ore Purchasing Co
Michael Davitt
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Weekly Record
the Record Publishing Co., Publishers
Fu Wei
Mei. M Wa
Tiolian
Confensesa
Inventor
Indiana Bank
Chicago
Ipeter Neidertieier
Aten Fata
GREAT
Japan
Tokio
Shanghai
Chemulpo
Vladivostok
Retvizan
Czareviteh
Pallada
Alenieff
Auiphanituas Allocan Pes “Congress Pirosts Ese
North Dakota
Messrs. Dubois and
Teller
Messrs
Hansbrough
McCumber
Panama Canal
Moon
Fitt
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Dubois
Idaho
Dolliver
Roosevelt
Jefferson Monument
Bureau of American Republics
Elections Committee
J.orimer
Illinois
Scott
German
Elkins
Panama Canal Zone
Larricon
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