State committee reads reports on institutional economies
A legislative committee reviews cost saving possibilities in Indiana institutions. They highlight potential $40,000 yearly savings from heating system statements and question state insurance, architecture, and prison labor contracts. The reports aid lawmakers for informed appropriations and future study. The committee tours the Institution for the Blind, then Evaneville asylum, then the State Normal at Terre Haute.
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Indiana
General Assembly
Evaneville
State Normal
Terre Haute
New Chicago Hospital to Treat Deformities
Chicago will host a hospital applying Adolf Lorenz methods for congenital hip dislocations and other deformities. Dr. Frederick Mueller announced the project, backed by J. Ogden Armour who funded Lorenz’s Chicago visit to treat Lolita Armour. Mueller plans to lead the new institution within a year or eighteen months.
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Chicago
Adolf Lorenz
Frederick Mueller
Lorenz
America
Vienna
Lolita Armour
J. Ogden Armour
Armour
Mueller
Weather forecast for Monday and Tuesday in Indiana Illinois
Weather forecast for Monday and Tuesday calls for fair and warmer in Indiana and Illinois on Monday with rain possible Monday night and Tuesday. Winds will be brisk from the south. Ohio expected fair and warmer Monday with possible rain along the lake, Tuesday rain with brisk southwest to south winds. Temperatures range from highs near 42 to lows around 30.
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Washington
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
First snow of the season hits central Pennsylvania
Philadelphia dispatch reports the season's first snow in central Pennsylvania. It was wet and melted quickly, with some areas receiving snow at a notable rate before turning to slush. Weather observers note varied accumulation and lingering damp conditions.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Winter Storm Grips Cumberland Maryland
Snow blankets Cumberland Maryland and surrounding area with over an inch on the ground as winter conditions spread, local trains buried by the storm indicating a broad, midwinter system.
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Cumberland
Movements of steamers and arrivals at ports
Shipping news lists arrivals and departures with vessels such as Lizard Penniland Minneapolis Vaderland and Umbria from Liverpool to New York. Ports include Antwerp London Boston Genoa and Queenstown with vessels arriving from Liverpool Boston and Glasgow and departures to Antwerp New York and Genoa.
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Philadelphia
Antwerp
Minneapolis
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London
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St. Louis
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Queenstown
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Ivernia
Boston
Umbria
Naples
Agores
Genoa
Ethiopia
Glasgow
Indiana Deputies in Washington for Bank of Commerce Case
Representative Overstreet and Indiana delegation staff are in Washington for routine business and to pursue the Bank of Commerce case in the Marion renit Court. Merrill Moores plans to move to dismiss the case and push mortgage deduction arguments in the U S Supreme Court as Justice Holmes confirmation nears.
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Overstreet
Indianapolis
Arlington
Indiana
Merrill Moores
United States Supreme Court
Bank of Commerce
Marion Renit Court
Allen
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Moores
Justice Holmes
Army Leaves of Absence and Posts in War Dept Orders
Washington datelined army orders list leaves of absence for Lieut. Col. E Pond deputy quartermaster general two months Col Argalus G Hennisee Fifth Cavalry until Jan 16 193 Capt Albert S Brookes Twenty-ninth Infantry one month extension First Lieut Robert W Barnett Thirteenth Infantry one month extension First Lieut Upton Birnie Jr artillery corps one month extension First J Henry H Ruthford assistant surgeon US Army granted one month leave after completing duty in city then to return Asa T Abbott relieved from duty at University of Washington Seattle at his own request Maj William H Arthur ordered to New York City to serve attending surgeon and examiner of recruit to relieve First Lieut Theodore C Lyster who is ordered to Fort Schuyler New York
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War Department
E. Pond
Argalus G. Hennisee
Fifth Cavalry
Albert S. Brookes
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Robert W. Barnett
Thirteenth Infantry
William H. Arthur
United States Army
Naval
Army
New York City
Theodore C. Lyster
Fort Schuyler
New York
Interstate Livestock Exposition Attendance Surges
Chicago crowds exceeded last year by about 100000 as 20000 Chicago residents visited the International Livestock Exposition on Sunday. Students from agricultural colleges toured all departments and prepared notes for upcoming competitions starting Tuesday.
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Chicago
Dedication Of Pure Bred Live Stock Record Building Slated
The dedication of the Pure Bred Live Stock Record building will occur tomorrow evening replacing the original Wednesday date. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson will give the principal address. Speeches by prominent livestock men will follow as important business is transacted. The building cost $100,000 and was erected by Union Stock Yards and Transit Company as an apartment structure for livestock associations. Judging in the departments starts tomorrow.
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Union Stock Yards and Transit Company
Livestock Associations of America
Obituary: John Elliott Ward Dies in Georgia at 87
John Elliott Ward, president of the 1856 Buchanan nominating convention, dies in Dorchester, Georgia, birthplace, in his eighty eighth year. Former U S district attorney of Georgia in 1838 and minister to China in 1855 under Buchanan. He later practiced law in New York. The London note reports Dr Parker’s funeral at Hempstead Cemetery with public viewing at the City Temple.
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James Buchanan
United States
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Ward
Georgia
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China
New York
London
Parker
City Temple
Hempstead Cemetery
St. Paul's Cathedral
Milwaukee Naval Pioneer Uri B. Smith Dies in Chicago
Uri B. Smith father of Milwaukee’s first white child died in Chicago at his daughter’s home aged ninety one after moving to Milwaukee in the 1860s. He had lived in Chicago for several years and his death occurred today.
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Uri B. Smith
Chicago
C. A. McDonald
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Warren
Jacob Perkins
H. B. Perkins
State Hospital
Nash
Baltimore
William Wilkens
Bristle and Hair Company
William Wilkens & Sons
Hartford
Conn
Nelson Augustave Moore
Kensington
Gould and Stillwell discuss Goulds route to Orient line
President A E Stillwell of the Kansas City Mexico Orient Railway states that Goulds election to the directors does not imply new funding. He says the Gould-Orient plan creates a seven hundred mile shortest continental route with the Gould system feeding the Orient and gaining Pacific access. The Orient line is to reach Kansas City from Sweet Water Texas in eighteen months.
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Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway
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Gould
Presidence Stillwell
Orient
Gould Ines
Pacific Ocean
Stillwell
Sweet Water
Tex
Crum Case Ties Race to Custom House Appointment
Dr William D Crum of Charleston the colored candidate for collector of customs faced fierce opposition despite a record of Harrison support and ministered by Blaine faction pressure He attended Minneapolis as a Harrison delegate and stayed loyal under persuasion while critics allege treachery The outcome hinges on race and color influencing the final decision and President Roosevelt's next stance remains pivotal.
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William D. Crum
Charleston
Minneapolis
Blaine
Harrison
White House
Dr. Crum
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Pinchback
Wolcott
Senate
Post Office Committee
Roosevelt
Crum
Poetic Fragment in Rudyard Kipling Curtain Volume
London notes reveal a society verse by Rudyard Kipling in a pricey new volume titled A Book of Beauty edited by Mrs. Harcourt Williamson. The poem meditates on love, roses, and death with imagery of distant quests and a lament for a vanished beloved.
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London
Austin Dobson
Rudyard Kipling
Harcourt Williamson
Trust promoters guard profits in prosperity era
The men who control the millions invested in trust companies are deeply invested in maintaining prosperity. They earn and pay dividends only when the economy stays favorable, ensuring the success of the securities they represent.
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Cleveland
Crown Prince of Siam Arrives in Victoria Harbour
The crown prince and party reached Victoria via the steamer Charmer and will stay until sailing for Bangkok on the Empress of China Tuesday morning.
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Victoria
B. C
Siam
Charmer
Fokehams
Henderson Ky Stores Burn Confirmed Fire Destroys Dry Goods
Henderson Ky fire today severely damaged Rae Loss and Fh erson's Own dry goods store with insurance covering about 26000 dollars. The blaze caused extensive smoke and flame damage, with investigators focusing on the origin and securing the scene.
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Rae
Fherson
Waiting on Accountants Abortive Independent Delay Work-Wage Advance
In Scranton a miners strike conference set for Tuesday night aims to summarize ten day recess outcomes and the stalled progress. Clark Watkins and Parker wait for other commissioners while accountants review company books to settle wage figures, delaying hearings. Kingston Coal workers press grievances to United Mine Workers executive board after wage deductions dispute.
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Clark
Watkins
Parker
Wilkesbarre
Kingston Coal Company
United Mine Workers
Miners’ Union
Strike at Marseille disrupts port, coast commerce
At Marseille the wage strike by stokers has halted most port activity as ships crowd the harbor and transit ceases. Troops are deployed with two cavalry regiments arriving. Mails to Corsica Algeria and Tunis are delayed but naval vessels will maintain service. Strikers warn of a nationwide port strike in five days unless resolved.
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Corsica
Algeria
Tunis
Minister of Marine
France
Wisconsin Central telegraph operators get $5 monthly raise
Milwaukee officials report all telegraph operators on the Wisconsin Central Railroad receive a $5 per month salary increase. The raise is already in effect and will appear on the December 16 pay checks.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Catholic Education Fund Drive Inspires Aid Plea
In Chicago on November 3 the Very Rev William OBrien Pardow S J urged national help for Catholic schools noting Catholics pay 25 million beyond taxes and educate 1 million children free of charge The meeting raised a net 25000 including a 10000 pledge from W Bourke Cochran conditioned on selling more seats to meet the goal.
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Chicago
United States
National Treasury
William O'Brien Pardow
New York City
St. de la Salle
W. Bourke Cochran
New York
Howe School Adds Chapels and Dining Hall Named For Rector
A ceremony marked the completion of two new campus buildings at Howe School. The English collegiate chapel and McKenzie Hall dining room, dedicated to the rector, will cost about 11 000 dollars. Cornerstones were laid by Rt. Rev. John Hazen White as cadets led a procession, then the bishop spoke on founders and benefactors including Mrs Frances M eee.
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McKenzie Hall
John Hazen White
Michigan City
Duval
Frances M. Eee
The
Schoo
No Truth in Elwood Death Story Says Police
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Elwood Ind November 30 The Elwood police deny any truth to a published Indianapolis morning paper claim that Mrs Charles Dubois a young wife of a prominent farmer was found dead in her home west of Elwood with a bottle of carbolic acid and a note saying she killed herself An autopsy detail about stomach iron and a crushed end is noted but police say they have no information supporting murder or suicide and neighbors suspicions are unverified The couple reportedly married only weeks ago and authorities offer no confirmation of the alleged investigation.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
Indianapolis
Charles Dubois
Dubois
Byers Succeeds Hert as Indiana Reformatory Head
In Jeffersonville Indiana tomorrow morning Joseph B Byers of Columbus will replace Alvin T Hi at the Indiana Reformatory. The change follows 18% service at the institution and will occur with informal ceremonies.
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Indianapolis Journal
Jeffersonville
Ind
Indiana Reformatory
Joseph B. Byers
Columbus, C
Alvin T. Hi
Ithe Chan
Reformatory changes and Indiana firm ties noted
The article reports on administrative changes at the Reformatory with Mr Hert moving to Louisville and the new superintendent taking charge. It notes no changes among subordinate staff and mentions Hert becoming president of Indiana Manufacturing Company Hollow Ware. It also covers headlines from Muncie Richmond Terre Haute and Jeffersonville on coal field development, municipal electric lighting, a bust dedication, and upcoming marriage of Miss Carrie Dorsey and Arthur Loomis.
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Louisville
Reformatory
Indiana Manufacturing Company
Indianapolis Journal
Jeffersonville
Ind
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Arthur Loomis
J. C. Dorsey
E. L. Dorsey
Loomis
Clark & Loomis, Architects
New Albany Man Marries In Jail Amid Murder Case
Charles Terry, jailed on first degree murder charges for killing Tobias Baker in May over Viola Mc Ginnis, wed May Spires in the county jail with Rev. S C Manuel officiating. Both are described as colored. Mc Ginnis has since abandoned him.
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Indianapolis Journal
New Albany
Ind
Charles Terry
Tobias Baker
Viola McGinnis
May Spires
McGinnis
C. Manuel
Terry
Train stoned near Bunker Hill injures two men
In Kokomo Indiana on November 30 a Lake Erie and Western passenger train was attacked by vandals near Bunker Hill. T H Burke of Kokomo and State superintendent of the Equitable Life Insurance Company Mr Deeds were injured by broken glass as the vandals fled before the train could be stopped.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Bunker Hill
Lake Erie & Western
T. H. Burke
Deeds
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Second trial set for R G Clingman begins next Tuesday
Rushville Indiana report that the second trial of R G Clingman will start next Tuesday after a hung jury at the previous term. A special venue of fifty jurors has been chosen for the proceeding.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rushville
Ind
R. G. Clingman
Pioneering Delaware County resident Hiram Allison dies at home
MUNCIE Ind Nov The survivor of the Sultana disaster 1866 Hiram Allison died at home six miles north of Muncie He served in Company G Ninth Indiana Cavalry and escaped the Sultana he left a widow and four children Fort Wayne Sayler 47 stockholder and traveling salesman for Armstrong Millinery died suddenly from typhoid fever He belonged to Plymouth Congregational Church and several traveling men’s organizations He left a widow and five children Windfall Francis M Fouch 52 died suddenly at his sister’s home He helped clear the site where Windfall began and left one daughter Lulu Fouch Evansville Kaler G Leichman 70 large Vanderburg County landowner died at home near Evansville He was German born and a longtime resident.
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Delaware County
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Armstrong Millinery Company
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James Vice
Daniel
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Rush County
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Vanderburg County
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Delaware County Educational Association elects officers
The Delaware County Educational Association named E. J. Black as president Selma Claude Clawson as secretary F M Rector as treasurer and elected eight executive committee members including D Satterfield A Eliabarger J W Hamilton Miss Frances Darricott and Prof Henry F Peacock The meeting Friday and Saturday was the largest and most successful in the association’s history.
Kill his employer in revenge over reprimand in Illinois
Albert Ethridge, eighteen, shot and killed his employer John Kesner, proprietor of the Western Hotel in Pocahontas Illinois. The killing followed a dispute over meat Kesner had ordered. Ethridge borrowed a gun, lay in wait at a drug store, and fired as Kesner led three companions. Ethridge was captured and held without bail on a murder charge.
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Albert Ethridge
John Kesner
Western Hotel
Kesner
C. B. Springer
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Wright
Professor Wenley on Party Differences at Michigan
The Detroit Free Press records Professor Wenley of the University of Michigan saying he cannot learn precisely how a Republican differs from a Democrat. He notes the difference appears inconsistent, with some places attributing the distinction to the party in office and in others to the Democrat.
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Detroit Free Press
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Wenley
University of Michigan
Diverse World News Tidbits From London To Berlin
Telegraph summaries report Somali fighters labeled cowardly by British officers after the Bohodeh relief. Papal audience notices the Czar’s Rome visit plan. A German painter tied to Capri incidents is arrested in Switzerland. Carnegie rises for first time since illness as South American telegraph links discussed. Berlin prepares for an American Chamber of Commerce formation on December 4.
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Manning
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Somaliland
Mullah
Erego
American Chamber of Commerce
Berlin
Dr Hale Wrong Warns Pennsylvanians On Coal Lands
The New York Commercial notes Rev Dr Edward Everett Hale warns anthracite landowners and miners that a strike could trigger a federal or state seizure of coal lands. He argues the United States would take needed coal lands if Pennsylvania fails to act, a view condemned as harmful to private ownership. The piece urges restraint and rejects government coercion as a solution.
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New York Commercial
Edward Everett Hale
Boston
Pennsylvania
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Susquehanna
Delaware
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Hales
Boston Advertiser
Advertiser
United States of America
Dr. Hale
Anti Marriage Rule in Post Office Sparks Debate
The Philadelphia Record argues against Postmaster General Payne’s policy banning married women clerks, asserting it mirrors political favoritism, harms workforce morale, and treats marriage as a career obstacle. It says private business selects workers by merit and that clerks’ value isn’t reduced by marriage, urging a change to permit married women to stay employed.
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Congress
Post Office Department
Washington
Retired Peary associate Dr Dietrick dies of appendicitis
Philadelphia report says Dr T. H. Dietrick who joined Lieutenant Peary on the last north pole expedition is ill with appendicitis at St Luke's Hospital. He was operated on Friday and his condition is reported favorable tonight. He came from Washington New Jersey to the hospital for treatment.
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Peary
North Pole
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Washington, N. J
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Dietrich
Cimona Promises Cure For Sore Lungs
A brief medical claim states that CIMONA will cure any case of sore lungs, presenting a bold remedy without context or supporting evidence. The notice emphasizes a universal cure for respiratory distress and implies broad efficacy.
Schmidt's Killers Hold Top Spot in Elks Bowling Standings
Schmidt's Killers lead the Elks Bowling League with best record and strong player averages. The Antlers trail as clubs report wins and losses. standings show Schmidt's ahead unless Antlers mount a strong series to reverse margins.
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Elks
Anderson Rallies to Meet Indianapolis Polo Team
Anderson's polo team, boosted by the signing of W. F. Clemens, prepares to face Indianapolis at Tomlinson Hall tomorrow night. The Muncie-area squad vows to redeem last week's defeat with renewed skill and effort.
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Indianapolis
Tomlinson Hall
Muncie
Maday
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Nap
Clem Clemens
Clemens
Brutally Beater at Noble and South Streets
Bert Engleman, a street resident of 913 Fletcher avenue, was assaulted last night by a crowd at Noble and South streets. He was knocked down and kicked in the mouth and head by several boys. Police will arrest the assailants when located.
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Paris Special in London Mail Nose Injury Incident
A Paris note in the Matin reports M. Godefroy suffered a severe facial injury after a street altercation on boulevard Saint Michel. His nose was smashed, requiring an artificial nasal appendix and medical attention from a local shop.
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London
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M. Godefroy
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