Indiana Republicans Unite Behind Roosevelt Nomination
Washington dispatch reports three Indiana leaders Hemenway Overstreet and Charles Landis affirm there is no anti-Roosevelt sentiment in the state and that Indiana will cast a unit for Roosevelt at the convention. Heath and New amid talks of a committee post reshuffle, Jones transfers to Jeffersonville, and deposits in Indiana banks rise, with Col. McCauley to oversee Jeffersonville quartermaster duties.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Roosevelt
Indiana
Hemenway, Overstreet
Charles B. Landis
Indianapolis
Overstreet
Fairbanks
Hanna
Repreeas
Coe
Bush
Inkar
Daim
Sens
Hemenway
Lardis
Perry S. Heath
Harry S. New
Ublican National Committee
Opini
Heath
Opinon
Gas Committees Named by Consumers' Gas Trust Directors
Consumers' Gas Trust Company directors named new committees for the coming year and appointed Robert W. Prosser, a New York expert engineer, to study converting the firm from a gas distributor to a manufacturer of fuel and illuminating gas. Prosser will begin duties within weeks as the company also considers engaging American Audit Company to audit its books.
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Consumers’ Gas Trust Company
A. A. Barnes
H. C. Atkins
John P. Frenzel
James W. Lilly
Atkins
Frenzel
Richards, Scott and
Barnes
Lyman, Riley
Scott
Bates
Atkins Spivdte Gorsumeta
Ana Bates
Richards
Scott and Lilly
Manufacturing
Lilly, Bates and
Barnes, Frenzel and Richards
Robert W. Prosser
New York
the Snr
American Audit Company
Refined alcoholism a new deadly disease found
New York reports autopsy at Bellevue Hospital shows George Turner, a lifelong moderate drinker, died from refined alcoholism after a surgical procedure. Coroner's physician cites chronic meningitis and brain softening as contributing factors while wife contests the doctors' conclusions and calls for investigation.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
George Turner
Turner
English placed in command of Spanish American War Veterans
Captain William E. English elected commander in chief at English's Hotel and orders consolidation talks with Major Harold Megrew. Headquarters move to Indianapolis with Col. Russell B. Harrison as adjutant general, uniting the two veteran orders in one city and selecting Milwaukee for the next annual meeting.
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William E. English
Captain English
Council of Administration
Major Megrew
M Whieves
Eee Association
National Association of
Milwaukee
William Schulhofer
Louisville
Russell B. Harrison
George W. Powell
Indianapolis
National Association
English
National Association of Spanish War Veterans
Spanish American War Veterans’ National Association
France awaits Dreyfus revision decision in Paris
Paris awaits the justice ministry committee meeting to advise Valle on granting Dreyfus an appeal for revision of his Rennes court martial sentence. A five month inquiry by General Andre found witnesses lied and that no real proof existed against Dreyfus while Esterhazy was justified. Dreyfus remains at home on Boulevard Malesherbes consulting lawyers and earning income from his book sales.
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Paris
France
Valle
Dreyfus
Rennes
Artilery
Devil's Island
Andre
Maj. Esterhazy
Boulevard Malesherbes
Ito's Life Endangered as Dagger Found Near Marquis Ito
In Yokohama a Japanese medical student was arrested at the Marquis Ito's villa for an assassination attempt. A dagger concealed under his kimono signals possible ties to sensational press calls for wartime policy. A Seiyukai mass meeting denounced government Russia talks and urged faster prosecutions.
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Yokohama
Ito
Miso
Japan
Seiyukai Party
Russia
Seiyukai Rty
Marquis Ito
Army Post in Danger
The War Department may delay Indianapolis army post plans as John Roberts refuses to deed government property. Secretary Root will not release payments or submit estimates until the Roberts tract dispute is resolved, risking a year or more delay and possible cancellation of the project involving 1500 troops and city improvements. J. Eb. M.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
War Department
Indianapro
John Roberts
Department
Root
Congress
Roberts
Overstreet
Indianapolis
J. EB. M
Bride Held in Captivity by Relatives in Kansas City
Ada Van Camp Shearwood, wife of Thomas Shearwood of Cincinnati, returned from Kansas City Kansas with a tale of being prisoner at relatives home after her marriage. Relatives opposed the union and kept her from contacting her husband until he smuggled a letter to her. She reunited with Shearwood at a Kansas City hotel then returned to Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Ada van Camp Shearwood
Thomas Shearwood
Kansas City
Kan
Shearwood
Water boodle case testimony in Grand Rapids
Ex city attorney Lant Salsbury testified in water boodle cases amid cross examination with no new names. Reports say ex-Aldermen Donovan Jolson Mol Stonehouse Slocum McLachlin Lozier and Correy P Bisrell will waive examination and be held for trial, concluding pretrial hearings for those already arrested. Warrants for additional arrests are expected soon. prosecutors withhold names.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Lant K. Salsbury
Donovan
Mol
Jolson
Stonehouse
Slocum
McLachlin
Salsbury
Thirteen Brides Sail With Army Transport Logan
The transport Logan sailed from San Francisco on December 1 bound for Manila via Honolulu and Guam. It carries the Twentieth Infantry officers and men sixty eight marines and thirty five mechanics and a mix of cabin passengers and 300 tons of supplies. Among the passengers are thirteen brides all married to army officers within a year and nine in the last two months.
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San Francisco
Logan
Manila
Honolulu
Guam
Twentieth Infantry
Coincidence in Deaths In Lindley Pastors Passes
News from Lindley reports Rev. Levi Wilcox pastor of the Free Methodist Church found dead in a barn after a work session. Shortly after, a friend named Peigen also died, with both deaths caused by heart disease.
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Corning
N. Y
Lindley
Levi Wilcox
Free Methodist Church
Adam
Bulldog Foiled Robbers in Posey County Store
Burglars entered the S. Raben store in St Wendel Posey County last night and took only a few dollars after a bulldog stopped them from reaching the safes in the store and the adjacent post office. The robbers attacked the dog with a pitchfork and a bloody fight left the store in disarray this morning.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
S. Raben
St. Wendel
Posey County
Carnegie's Latest Offer to Pittsburgh Technical Schools
Arthur A Hemmerching announces that beyond the £1,000,000 endowment and Carnegie funds, Andrew Carnegie is willing to expand the technical schools to be the largest and strongest in the world. He says the people must decide the final size and expenses are not a concern.
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Pittsburg
Arthur A. Hemmereching
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Hammerschlag
Rockefeller to Give Christmas Gift to University of Chicago
Chicago December report says John D Rockefeller will provide his usual Christmas gift to the University of Chicago. Starr J Murphy, the educational agent, inspects departments for the first time to assess needs and report back. Murphy says gifts will not be stopped and cannot reveal size, while noting he will inspect all branches to determine how needs will be met.
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Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Starr J. Murphy
Murphy
Rockefeller
Crown Prince of China to witness Yale Harvard race
Reports say the Crown Prince of China will visit the United States next summer to attend the Yale Harvard boat race. He will be escorted by Wong Kai Kai, a Yale freemate and Chinese commissioner to the St. Louis exposition.
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New Haven
Conn
Crown Prince
China
United States
Wong Kai Kai
Yale
American beer best awarded by imperial station
Prague bohemia December 1 The imperial scientific station investigating world beer varieties has awarded the highest honor for superiority to an American product found by German scientists to be superior to all others The report credits the American beer with exceptional quality and leading characteristics in taste and aroma.
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Prague
Bohemia
Imperial Scientific Station
US battleships sail on winter West Indies cruise
The battleships Illinois Alabama Kearsarge and Massachusetts departed on the annual winter cruise to the West Indies. Coal bunkers replenished and a full ammunition stock loaded. Marines aboard increased by five. Admiral Barker commands the squadron from the Kearsarge.
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New York
Illinois
Alabama
Kearsarge
Massachusetts
West Indies
Admiral Barker
Diphtheria Joins Typhoid Fears In Butler
Four deaths and 25 new fevers reported in Butler with diphtheria appearing in three of 22 children at St Pauls Orphans Home. Board of Health imposes quarantine and nurses flood in from Cleveland and Philadelphia to staff the effort. About 50 nurses arrive by evening with more en route to assist the doctors.
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Butler Pa
St. Paul’s Orphans’ Home
Board of Health
Cleveland
Weaver
Philadelphia
Butler
Mounts split over luxury dresses verdict
In Muncie Indiana December 1 Harry Mount once of Indianapolis and a millionaire oil operator faced a circuit court suit from an Indianapolis cloak dealer firm for 63 75 charged to Mrs Mount in 1901 for dresses. The jury ruled the purchases luxuries and Mount’s obligation voided by divorce.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Harry Mount
Indianapolis
Indiana
Dowie's Zion City Put In Court Receivership
Federal Court takes possession of Dowie's Zion City property amid financial collapse linked to Elijah Dowie il. Receivers Fred M. Blount and Albert D. Currier appointed with $100,000 bonds. Bank withdrawals cripple operations as Dowie seeks $20,000 for immediate needs. World.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Elijah II
New York
Dowie
Federal Court
Zion City
Dowle
Fred M. Blount
Chicago National Bank
Albert D. Currier
Congressman Boutell
Kohlsaat
United States District Court
Zion City Tonight
E. Streeter Lumber Company
Catholic Church
Stevenson
Lake County
Ettelson
Dr. Wie
Zion
Zior
Kohisaat
Oyeceiver
Messia
Blount
Currier
Tabernacle
Zion Industries
Depost
A. W. Gorea
Dowile
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McKinley Memorial Tion
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Consumers’ Company
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Mayor Holtzman
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Pittsburg Technical Schools
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Chicago University
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