Wells County Ex Officials Face Civil Action Trials
Bluffton Ind Dec 1 Ex county officials face four civil suits to recover alleged shortages from county books. Ex-Clerk Cummins blamed for 50.07 dollars. ex-Sheriff G W. ex-Auditor Huffman. Studabaker and ex-Clerk Alim cited for amounts up to 960 dollars. Experts Wallace Bolts and Clerk Eliot testify.
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Indianapolis
Bluffton
Ind
HB C Vaughn
Samuel L. Wallace
John H. Bolts
Winchester
Eliot
Randolph County
R. F. Cummins
G. W
G. Huffman
A. Studabaker
Alim
Whitehall tragedy ends in double gunfire and deaths
In Whitehall Indiana Miss Fannie Freeman aged twenty was fatally shot by Tom Livingston twenty two who then shot himself. Both were lifelong friends and former lovers who had argued over marriage after she refused him three months earlier. Livingston’s death followed from loss of blood and the shooting site was near their home.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Whitehall
Fannie Freeman
Tom Livingston
Livingston
Miss Freeman
Freeman
Reece
Ohio Valley Association to See the President on River Plans
Ansville Ind Dec 1 Frank Bey surveyor and Indiana head of the Ohio Valley Association will meet President Roosevelt in Washington Thursday to discuss Ohio river improvements between Pittsburgh and Cairo. The group seeks sanction for additional locks and dams, with lower Wabash work to begin under Captain Crecelius. A party of sixteen will travel aboard Emerald and will dock at Grand Chain near New Smyrna for dam work beginning there.
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Indianapolis Journal
Ansville
Ind
Frank Bey
Indiana
Ohio Valley Association
Washington
Roosevelt
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Cairo
Ohio Valley Improvement Ton
Congress
Evansville
Lower
Crecelius
United Engineering Corps
Emerald
Grand Chain
Embroilment surrounds arrest in Haute marriage plot
Nathaniel Redman, 23, a Big Four brakeman, was arrested in Haute on embezzlement charges involving Miss Aliee Farries of Toronto who came to Mattoon to wed him. Redman claimed the money was lent to keep for her and said he sought work on the Van. He deposited Canadian funds in a Terre Haute bank prior to arrest.
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Indianapolis Journal
Haute
Ind
Nathaniel Redman
Brakerman
Aliee Farries
Toronto
Canada
Mattoon
Redman
Terre Haute
Mise Farries
Carroll county awards gravel road project bid
Carroll county commissioners awarded thirty two miles of free gravel road in Burlington and Democrat towns after five bids ranged to $57 000. The lowest bid by & Co. of Cars county was $13 000 but a $10 000 mistake was found after the bid was filed.
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Indianapolis Journal
Delphi
Ind
Commission of
Carroll County
Burlington
Democrat Town
Were
Cars County
Clerical Error Admits Bid Amendment in County Contract
A clerical error in adding attendance allowed amendments to bids by several commissioners over protests by another contractor, leading to a $53,000 county contract award. Threats of an injunction arise as the county attorney and petitioners’ lawyers approved the board action.
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Ameiadance
City Debates Ownership of Hartford City Light Plant
A Grant county Circuit Court suit filed in Hartford City will decide whether the city or Hartford City Lighting Company owns the electric light plant. W. H. Winship sought $19 a month for a year’s superintendent work after the council repudiated the deal and dismissed him. If the city bears the plant purchase cost, it would impose a significant expense on a city near bankruptcy. Meanwhile in Evansville ex-policeman Wilbur Sherwell, acquitted of Mrs. Georgia Bailey’s murder, faces a new murder charge for killing Fannie Butler in a second trial scheduled Friday, Dec. 12. He remains jailed.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Grant County
Hartford City Lighting Company
W. H. Winship
Winship
Apt Aes
Evansville
Wilbur
Sherwell
Georgia Bailey
War of Justice
Fannie Butler
Marion Carnegie Library opens in Marion Indiana
The Carnegie Library in Marion Indiana will open Wednesday evening after costing 38000 funded by Andrew Carnegie Built of Bedford stone with marble interiors and German renaissance style lobbies The auditorium decor echoes Washingtons congressional library and a program of addresses and music will mark the opening. Elwood reports a false murder story about Mrs Dubois widely circulated by a newspaper faker. Anderson police deny any such case Hartford City notes a ten year old saves Blackford County courthouse from a small fire in the clerk's office caused by a cigar stump. damage is slight.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Congressional Library
Washington
Elwood
Charles Dubois
Dubois
Anderson
Hartford City
Blackford County
Huffman Leaf Tobacco to Open Plant in Richmond Indiana
The Huffman Leaf Tobacco Company of Marietta Pennsylvania will establish a branch plant in Richmond Indiana in a former oil mill building. Work to restore the facility starts immediately and operations are planned by January 1 employing 50 to 100 workers. The company buys tobacco from growers and produces plug and cigars and operates many branches.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Huffman Leaf Tobacco Company
Marietta
Cony
Indiana towns mourn local pioneers and officials
Rushville reports the death of John H. Pearsey a Rush county pioneer and longtime businessman funeral set for tomorrow Michael Nolan also buried in Rushville after sudden death in Indianapolis Evansville notes the death of lumber dealer Charles M Eatts and the heart failure of trustee Charles Raber Tell City records Mrs Christina Harpeneau and George Krug passing Richmond reports Edward W Klein death at 42 Muncie considers purchasing adjoining federal site lots to form a half block for a new federal building Rochester horse thefts target A J Haimbaughs barn and Bert Conrad’s buggy Lafayette marks fifty years of German Methodist Church with anniversary talks Evangville reports livestock theft involving mules and a farmer near town
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Rushville
Ind
John H. Pearsey
Rush County
Michael Nolan
Indianapolis
T. X. Logan
Evansville
Charles M. Eatt
Charles Raber
Robinson Township
Posey County
Tell City
Christina Harpeneau
George Krug
Richmond
Edward W. Klein
Cincinnati
Muncie
Rochester
A. J. Haimbaugh
Henry van Blarigan
Bert Conrad
North Judson
Lafayette
Frederick Munz
A. I. Nach
Christian Baumann
Murder Plea Delivers Life Sentence In Hometown
In New Albany John Feninger a coal miner pleaded guilty to murder after shooting his wife on a drunk Sunday last July and received life in the penitentiary. In Lebanon Chester Hunt a 19 year old was arrested for casebreaking after stealing a gold watch and missionary money, later returning the watch. In Vincennes premature publication of the President’s message risks trouble for Cincinnati agency. In Hammond George R McNabb of Chicago was struck by a Monon train, badly hurt but expected to recover.
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John Feninger
New Albany
Charles Terry
May Spires
Tobias Baker
Utz
Michigan City
Lebanon
Chester Hunt
Nelson Kern
Presbyterian Church
Barlett
Vincennes
Cincinnati
Press Association
Patriot
Omar Williamson
Hammond
George R. McNabb
Chicago
Monon
Crown Prince of
Siam
Victoria
B. C
Roosevelt
J. Wilfred Blondin
Boston
Chelmsford
Nelson
Frank Hamlin
Millersburg
Mich
Benjamin Fagan, Jr
Enid
O. T
Ellsworth
Kan
T. 8. Dedrick
Washington, N. J
St. Luke’s Hospital
Philadelphia
Claude L. Stillman
Murphy
New Jersey
Stillman
Murphy Varnish Company
Charles F. Kelly
St. Louis
United States District Court
John H. Dalton
The
Interna
Arctic Drift Near Pole on Ship Caught in Ice
William R. Mizner, brother of a St. Louis pastor, recounts a six year Arctic voyage from Seattle to near the North Pole aboard a vessel driven by ice. The ship battled huge bergs, used coal to prevent freezing, and narrowly escaped wreck while a US revenue cutter failed to locate the lost vessel.
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ST. Louis
William R. Mizner
Rev
W. Mizner
St. Stephen's House
Arctic
North Pole
Mizner
Seattle
Cape Nome
Herald Island
Pacific Ocean
United States Revenue Cutter
Bering Strait
Nome
Bering Straits
Pole
Jennie
Arctic Ocean
Carisborne
Aleutian Islands
Tar and Feathers Case Ends in Not Guilty Verdicts
Plymouth Mass December 1 The jury in the Marion tar and feathers riot acquits seven defendants after eight hours of deliberation. Named are Oilder Andrews Noble Bates Owen Bumper Andrew Clifford Hector McLeod William Potter and Joseph Silvad. The charges included riot and assault on James McDonald and Mrs Clara Potter in August.
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Plymouth
Mass
Marion
Olider Andrews
Noble E. Bates
Owen F. Bumper
Andrew F. Clifford
Hector D. McLeod
William H. Potter
Joseph Silvad
James McDonald
Clara Potter
McDonald
Mails Used in Fraud Scheme Evokes Civil War Draft Incident
Mayor Shepherd of Lynn recalls a Civil War era case about a scheme to dodge the draft by remittance. A man advertised a method to avoid conscription by sending money, prompting readers to respond with instructions to “Go and enlist.” The fragmentary text suggests a cautionary tale about fraudulent drafts and mail schemes.
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Boston Advertiser
Shepherd
Lynn
Murders Found In Tucker Cabin In Ark County
In Tucker, Pine Bluffs county, the bodies of Joe Franch and three other African American victims were discovered in a secluded cabin. The heads had been split with an ax found nearby, and no motive or suspects are identified at this time.
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Pine Bluffs
Ark
Joe Franch
Tucker
Treasury estimates for 1904 exceed early totals
The 1904 estimates total 589,189,112 dollars, down 33,050,014 from 1903, with major reductions in the army and various departments. Top line shows Legislative 11,508,483. Executive 319. Treasury 172,813,526. War 130,986,605. Navy 84,725,798. Interior 163,018,616. Post Office 10,363,486. Agriculture 5,660,150. Labor 184,220. Justice 431,900. overall decreases vs 1903 cited.
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Washington
State
Treasury Department
War Department
Navy Department
Interior Department
Post Office Department
Department of Agriculture
Department of Labor
Department of Justice
Eo Sasseseses
Teboup
Civil-service Commission
State Department
Treasury Department— Public Works
District of
Colum Payment
Navy Department— Naval Establishment
Interior Department— Public Works
Assene
Naval Establishment
Treasury Statement Shows Slight Public Debt Decrease
The monthly public debt summary for Nov. 29 1902 reports debt at 958,007,290 dollars, a monthly drop of 410,440, with breakdowns by interest bearing, ceased interest, and non interest bearing categories. Cash on hand totals 254,575,588 dollars against liabilities 959,031,128, leaving gold reserve and trust funds shaped by a large cash balance. November receipts reach 43,599,001 dollars with 43,040,257 disbursed, yielding a 555,748 surplus. five month year-to-date they show a surplus of 32,875,930 dollars. National bank note circulation sits at 34,854,514 dollars, up 25,133,803 for the year. other monetary measures rise or fall accordingly amid war and navy spending effects.
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Washington
Customs
Internal Revenue
War Department
Navy
National Bank
United States
Andrew Carnegie to sail Oceanic on December second
News brief notes Andrew Carnegie’s expected departure from Liverpool to New York aboard the Oceanic on December 2 if health permits. It also reports the Greek Cabinet’s resignation after a poor electoral showing and delays in Shanghai evacuation.
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Andrew Carnegie
Livererpool
New York
Oceanic
Shanghai
Kensington
London
James Casey
M Brothers
Elyria
Advertising drives Philadelphia business trade
Depend on Advertising. Philadelphia Record. In a large city with a considerable transient force and great majority of the people depend on newspaper advertising for their knowledge of business establishments. A concern which does not advertise gets the trade only of those who accidentally run against it.
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Philadelphia Record
Kangaroo court crises and imperial politics around the world
Reports from Vienna and Seoul note cabinet resignations and public unrest over imperial actions while Britain and Russia discuss Macedonian reforms. Martial law sentences in South Africa are reviewed leniently, and European tensions flank Italian talks with the United States on compensation for Italian emigrants killed in America.
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Jarvis Mead
Seoul
London Daily Telegraph
Vienna
Russia
Austria
Royal Commission
South Africa
Gowdy
Paris
Ellen Gore
Souquet
Geneva
Europe
Macedonia
Archbishop Walsh
John Redmond
House of Commons
House of Lords
Marseilles
Algiers
Tunis
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Prinett
Italy
United States
America
Charlemagne Tower
Germany
German Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Berlin
Fleischer Zeitung
German Butcher
Manila
Taft
Guidi
Philippines
Philippines Post
Vatican
Rome
Three Italians killed by dynamite near Fort Gibson
Telegraphic brief says three unknown Italians were killed when dynamite exploded near Fort Gibson. Other items note Siam crown prince thanking Roosevelt, Boston murder trial, drownings in Michigan, a suicide in Enid, and various legal actions.
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Fort Gibson Ores EY
Shootings and legal matters across Iowa and Chicago
A cluster of reports details Charles Crone's fatal shooting of James Faust in Carroll, Iowa, amid a family feud. Other items include a $4.5 million arbitration dispute with the Dominican government, a fatal Swift & Co. plant explosion victim at Mercy Hospital, a $10,000 Methodist debt relief gift, and conductor Richard Paddock killed near Perry. U.S. official Bowen dismisses knowledge of the Gore case as he returns from Paris.
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Tional Rural Clinic
Dalton
Charles Crone
James Faust
Carroll
Faust
Charles Faust
Crone
United States
Powell
Improvement Company
Moses Berryman
Swift & Co
Union Stockyards
Chicago
Mercy Hospital
Berryman
Gustavus F. Swift
Methodist Episcopal Church
Richard Paddock
Lake Shore Limited
Cleveland
Perry
Paddock
Southwestern Limited
Lake Shore
Striking Clock Distraught by Unrest in Omaha
The Philadelphia Press notes a clock in the federal building at Omaha, Nebraska, appears to run during strikes. The piece jokes that the clock shows thirteen when it is only o'clock, suggesting a humorous take on labor unrest.
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Philadelphia
Federal
Omaha
Neb
Shaker Christmas Dinner Shares Tables for All
Clifford Howard notes that at Christmas The Shakers share a single table for men and women, a departure from their usual practice of dining at separate tables, highlighting how the holiday distinctively marks the day.
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Wells County
Owen County
Westville
Merion’s
Blackford
Sweetheart
Laporte
Wesley Reynolds
Pinkerton
Young Reynolds
Methodist Church
Hio Valley Association
Wabash River Plans
Awst
Marion’s Carnegie Library
Isaac R. Ladd
East Chicago National Bank
Lake County
Madison
Jefferson County
Milton
Hanover
Saluda
Cincinnati & Louisville
Indiana Notes
Wilson R. Mizner
Secretary of Treasury
Treasury Statement
Treasury
Shelbyville Lithia
E. F. Hamilton
Shelbyville, Ind
Starr Piano Company
North
Pennsylvania Street
Jap Rose
Kirk
James S. Kirk & Company
J. Allison Bowen
Bowen
Gore
Clifford Howard
Christmas St. Nicholas
Mederine Remedy CO
Duluth
Minn
Eceema
Kinson
Henry J. Huder
Washington and
Pennsylvania
Sta
GORA
WM. H. Block Co
Pearson's Piano House
Indianapolis, Ind
V. H. Lockwood
Lemeke Building
Indianapolia
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