Hamilton Scandal Ends With School Chief’s Ouster
Huntington Ind August 6 The school board ruling clears Hamilton of adultery charges but cites acts of indiscretion and public agitation as reason to replace the superintendent. The decision ends a city split with widespread publicity and resignation discussions.
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Boevial
Indianapolis Journal
Huntington
Ind
Hamilton
Otto King
Anna E. Griffith
Mary B. Cox
Lagro School Building Ownership Disputed in Lagro
Ownership of the Lagro school building is disputed between the town of Lagro and Lagro township. A previous agreement set terms for funding and improvements, but the township now says it pays nothing for tuition and objects to paying for improvements. An appeal was taken to County Superintendent Lewis, who held a hearing.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wabash, Ind
Lagro
Aee
Lewis
Bank Teller Accused in Canton Embezzlement Case
A Canton bank shortage estimated up to 22000 is reported by Canton officials as solvable with a 50000 surplus. Albert W Deibel a teller was removed and arrested for embezzling about 1002 and may face federal charges. Federal actions filed today seek embezzlement and falsifying bank books with a preliminary hearing likely in Warren Ohio.
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Canton
City National Bank
Albert W. Deibel
Cleveland, O
City National Bank of
United Tes
Gilmer
Warren
Merrow
Safe Cracking Attempt Scares Robbers Away
In Seattle at 4 this morning robbers blew open a safe in the Washington bar, rolled it down a hill into Stuart street, drilled it and planted dynamite. Passersby watched as the safe exploded, scattering the $900 contents while two or three robbers fled after frightened witnesses shouted.
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Seattle
Wash
The
Washington
Deny
Stuart Street
Washington Hotel
Five Persons Lost In Fire Island Barge Disaster
A barge named Florrie, towed by the Boswell, foundered early Wednesday during a northeast storm between Barnegat and Fire Island. Five people are missing including the captain, two deck hands, a mother with a ten year old son, and a boy. The vessel was en route from Norfolk to Providence when it sank.
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New Bedford
Mass
Florrie
Boswell
Norfolk
Providence
Barnegat
Fire Island
Cobb
Lee
le Ee
Clever Female Forger Confesses to Postal Order Frauds
Annie E. Shapley, held for trial in Philadelphia, confessed to raising United States postal orders since May 28 affecting post offices in New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She also admitted giving Joseph McKeal a $38 counterfeit check and obtaining $0 from Annie E. Lawrence of Wilmington under false pretenses. Postal inspectors call her one of the country’s cleverest forgers.
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Philadelphia
Annie E. Shapley
New York
United States
New York City
Trenton
Newark
Yonkers
Brooklyn
New Rochelle
Boundbrook
N. J
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Joseph McKeal
Annie E. Lawrence
Wilmington
Del
Apley
Woman slain paramour and stranger blamed, Allentown
In Allentown Pennsylvania Eugene Bloch and Katie Falzinger were found slain in Falzinger’s apartment. Falzinger was dead with throat and chest wounds while Bloch survived with throat and arm injuries. Bloch claimed a stranger committed the crime at 3 am as he and Falzinger were in bed.
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Allentown
Eugene Bloch
Katie Falzinger
Robert Falzinger
Henry Maller
Senator Money Nominated to Succeed Himself in Democratic Primary
Jackson Mississippi Aug 6 Returns from the State up to midnight show Senator H D Money winning the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate and James K Vardaman obtaining the nomination for Governor The campaign featured a sharp struggle between Money and Longino with Debates across the counties The Governor race also included Wardaman Cruz and Noel for a prolonged campaign The full State ticket and county offices were named while McLaurin faced no opposition for re election
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Wardaman
Cruz
Noel
United States
A. J. McLaurin
Powers Trial Jury Panel Overruled On Partisan Challenge
In Georgetown Kentucky on August 6 1900 Judge Robbins overruled a defense motion to dismiss the jury panel in the third Goebel murder trial of ex Secretary of State Caleb Powers. The panel listed eleven Democrats and one Republican with eleven farmers and one carpenter. The defense plans to renew the challenge tomorrow opposing the partisan composition.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Robbins
Thomas C. Walley
Lusby
Rogers
William Burke
Joseph Williams
Witnesses Testify On Ewen's Reputation In Ky Trial
In Cynthiana Kentucky defense witnesses were called to attack or defend Ewen’s reputation. Several testified to untruthfulness while others said his reputation was good. Cross-examination caused confusion with one witness admitting the opposite of earlier testimony.
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Cynthiana, Ky
Jett
White
Ewen
Still Fighting Treaty In Colombia Over Canal Pact
Aug 6 Bogota dispatches report adversaries of the Panama canal treaty adopt a new stance. A Bogota lawyer’s opinion says acceptance by the Colombian Congress of the Hay-Herran treaty would be unconstitutional as Congress did not sanction the earlier canal project and cites technical reasons.
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Colon
Colombia
Bogota
Hay-Herran
Congress
Savagery in Russia strikes down protesters by mounted Cossacks
The Daily Mail reports brutal suppression of strikes in South Russia with 400 seriously injured and up to a dozen dead as Cossacks rode through crowds in Odessa and elsewhere. Incendiarism and arson surge across Siberia and Baku, with multimillion-dollar losses and large-scale insurance fraud suspected.
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London
Daily Mail
Nikolaieff
Times
South
Russia
Odessa
Siberia
Baku
Kieff
Arznieff
St. Petersburg
von Plehve
Martial Law Prolonged as Odessa Strikes Conclude
The Odessa strike ends with most demands met through employer concessions while martial law remains in force for at least ten more days. A Governor's statement reports seventy-one convicts jailed for three months for disturbing public order, with many names of Jews and foreigners among the accused. The cessation of the strike came as food price fears threatened riots at bakeries and mills, with a few fatalities recorded.
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Odessa
More Rural Routes Congressman Cromer Secures Promises
Congressman Cromer wins pledges in Washington for a complete system of free delivery in his district. The program aims to establish universal rural mail service as soon as possible, signaling a major postal expansion under his initiative.
Appointment of carriers large list for Indiana routes
Washington Aug. 6 Rep Cromer conferred with Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow on rural free delivery in Eighth Indiana district. About sixty new routes slated this year. Randolph, Jay, Wells, Adams counties to follow in order. Rural carriers appointed for Indiana include Columbus Euphrates Falls etc. Delegation from Letter Carriers National Association urged salary increases. Postmaster General Payne to consider. President candidate notes and bank reserve approval mentioned.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Cromer
Bristow
Indiana
Eighth
Indiana _ district
Randolph County
Jay, Wells
Adams
BR. M. Ganey
Muncie
Ind
Letter Carriers’ National Association
Payne
House Committee On
Gaynor
National Association
Department
James Kelley
California
Eugene F. Lowd
Chase National Bank
New York
First National Bey
Whiting
Ohn EL Monk
Strikers Fired On by Cossacks In Russia Riot
In Kieff on August 6 strikers at railway and private workshops clashed with authorities. When they refused to disperse, Cossacks fired on them, then charged, causing deaths and injuries. At Batoum all strikers have resumed work and the town is tranquil.
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Kieff
Russia
Batoum
Recalcitrant Fireman Arrested for Delaying Mails
John Keenan a steam ship fireman signed articles for the Admiral Schley and then refused to sail delaying mail about thirty minutes. He is held for the grand jury by U S Commissioner Fiske charged with retarding the United States mails. Assistant Attorney Casey says he disregards federal law to stand by his union. He refused to sail due to poor accommodations for the crew.
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Boston
Ane
John Keenan
Admiral Schley
Port Antonio
Jamaica
United States
Fiske
John H. Casey
Keenan
Two Women Hurt When Car Struck By Street Car
Mrs Beaupre and Miss Glenrose Williams were in an automobile on West and Washington streets when a Blake street car struck their vehicle. Both suffered serious bruises and scalp wounds but were not fatally injured. Mrs Beaupre had previously won $6,000 in a street car injury suit.
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City Dispensary Ambulance
Jeffries
Beaupre
Appeal to Roosevelt to curb lynching and peonage
A New York mass meeting of the Colored Literary League adopted resolutions deploring rising lynching and peonage in the South and urging President Roosevelt to influence Congress to remedy these evils. Speakers included George A. Allen and James A. Hayes, who urged Negro voters in the North to wield power, warning disenfranchisement in the South could be echoed in New York.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Colored Literary League of
New York City
League
George A. Allen
James A. Hayes
Richmond
W. H. Brooks
Granville Hunt
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Hayes
South
Virginia
Special Train Looses Race With Death in Westward Run
Henry Lowe chief of the US Steel engineering department chartered a $4,000 special from Chicago to speed his daughter Mary 15, to Los Angeles to die in a hotel. The train aimed to cover Chicago to Los Angeles 2362 miles in about 61 hours, with early progress showing promising but ultimately failing to beat death.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mary Lowe
Henry Lowe
United States Steel Corporation
Lowe
New York
Twentieth Century Limited
Lake Shore Road
Chicago
Kansas
Apever Jue
Missing student Albert Patterson sighted near Montreal
An Indiana woman from Greencastle says she saw Albert Patterson, the missing Indiana senior medic from Ann Arbor, alive in Montreal about a month ago. The report notes a letter signed Maximo and that Patterson’s bills were paid by a Greencastle woman who also paid his expenses in Ann Arbor.
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Ann Arbor
Greencastle
Indianapolis Journal
Mich
Emma Beckwith
Ind
Albert Patterson
Indiana
Montreal
Maximo
Texas
Woman Dies in Police Cell After Morphine and Whisky
Anna Sloan wife of George Sloan of 4 East Washington Street died in a police station cell from morphine and whisky. Doctors Sheek Crockett and Mackey worked four hours to revive her as Deputy Coroner Geis assisted. Sloan identified the body at the city morgue after her arrest for drunkenness.
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George Sloan
Washington Street
Askins
Duncan
Geis
Reisner
Sloan
Yates Seeks Light on Lynchings in Illinois
Springfield Aug 6 Governor Yates sent letters to Sheriffs Whitlock Vermillion county Thompson St Clair and Roche Alexander county asking for immediate reports on recent lynchings. He seeks information on reactions and measures to prevent mob violence and to identify perpetrators. The governor notes that details will not be published.
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Springfield
Ill
Yates
Whitlock
Vermillion County
Thompson
St. Clair
Roche
Alexander County
Mrs Sheaf Killed in Decatur Fall Aged 79
Decatur report says Mrs Joseph Sheaf, aged seventy nine, died from a fall. Her father Dennis Hanks, a cousin of Abraham Lincoln who taught Lincoln to read and write, was her grandfather. Her husband was a pioneer editor in the area.
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Decatur
Joseph Sheaf
Dennis Hanks
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Scathing Arraignment of Indiana City Morals
Sensational letter from States Attorney George E. Clarke to Mayor E. J. Fogarty condemns gambling dens and other vice. Claims streets run with criminals, burglars roam freely, and city morals are under siege, urging swift reform and law enforcement crackdown.
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Indiana
George E. Clarke
South Bend Officials Urged to Fight Open Vice and Gambling
South Bend State's Attorney George E. Clarke, a Republican, accuses the city’s mayor Edward J. Fogarty and other officials of Democrat affiliation of tolerating widespread vice. He condemns gambling dens, lax enforcement, and unraided dis orderly houses, urging police action to curb the problem in the city.
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Indianapolis Journal
South Bend
Ind
George E. Clarke
Clarke
Edward J. Fogarty
Booth Bend
Laporte County boots bids on bridges amid ugly charges
County Commissioners rejected bids for ten iron and stone bridges in Laporte County after a heated session. Iron concerns from New Castle Lafayette and Chicago alleged missing specifications and threatened injunctions to halt contract awards. Later, the board directed readvertisement for bids and awarded a township road project to W. B. Hutchinson & Co. of Michigan City for 35,675 dollars.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Laporte County
Miller
New Castle
Lafayette
Chicago
Tron
County Commissioners
Deke Township
W. B. Hutchinson & Co
Higun City
Valparaiso to open bids on water works sale option
Valparaiso city officials plan a bid opening to sell the citys option on the water works plant. The plant is privately owned and a circuit court ruling valued it at 41000. E L Wilson won the bid to construct a new high school building for 50000.
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Indiamapolis
Valparaiso
Ind
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
E. L. Wilson
Large Sums Found to Be Omitted from Shelby County Tax Duplicate
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports that two years ago Kizer & Wallace, tax investigators from Indianapolis, examined Shelby County properties. They uncovered a large sum of money loaned by Arthur B. Clapp, executor of George A. Wilder’s will and testament and administrator of Marshall Wilder’s estate, and by Clapp personally, tied to Wilbur and others since 1881 through Shelbyville agents. The owners of the money were identified, with the effort continuing to locate all omitted assets.
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Indianapolis
Shelbyville
Ind
Kizer & Wallace
Arthur B. Clapp
George A. Wilder
Marshall Wilder
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