Republican Committee Meeting Mirrors Roosevelt Ratification
The Republican national committee meeting in Washington resembled a Roosevelt ratification event with no business beyond selecting convention staff and a Chicago date. Harry New of Indianapolis will lead planning, with Hanna Payne and two others forming the committee. Roosevelt is unopposed for the nomination. The president greeted the committee at the White House as members praised party unity and readiness for the 1904 convention.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Hanna
Henry C. Payne
Harry 8. New
Indianapolis
New
Roosevelt
Indiana
Fairbanks
Ohio
Taft
Herrick
National Committee
M. A. Hanna
Hawaii
Perry
Heath
Scott
West Virginia
C. R. Brayton
Rhode Island
White House
Soe
Republican
Roosevelt Papliad
Gerry
Senator Hanna
Gamaliel
Real estate lawyer drugged and left to die in saloon
Charles G. Duvall of Morgan & Morgan was drugged by a tall dark stranger and left unconscious in Lux Brothers saloon on West Market Street. He remained unresponsive through the night as doctors treated him. police seek the assailant amid fears for his life. Duvall, known for good habits and solid finances, had only a few dollars on him when found.
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Charles G. Duvall
Morgan & Morgan
Lombard Building
Lux Brothers
West Market Street
Mr. Duvall
Duvall
Duval
Dr. Jones
Jones
Ovel
Hoyt Avenue
Dr. Knox
Atendance
Queer confession of a much married man in Chicago
In Chicago Judge Mc Ewen heard John K. Beebe admit bigamy claiming Julia Heine was not his wife and thus not abandoned. He also alleged Heine had a living husband when they wed in Terre Haute. Beebe said the marriage aimed to spare her disgrace. prosecutors say Heine denied divorce. The judge ruled Beebe’s non marriage to Heine defeats wife abandonment. bigamy charge awaits.
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Indianapolis Journal
Chicago
McEwen
John K. Beebe
Julia Heine
Terre Haute
Ind
Beebe
Paris
Ill
Outposts Changed by Northwest Mounted Police Commander
Maj Zachary Taylor Wood, returning from Dawson, announces changes to Canadian outposts following a boundary arbitration. He moved the Wells post on the Dalton trail to Pleasant Camp with possible further shifts after the spring international survey. Wood is a nephew of General Taylor.
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Dawson
Zachary Taylor Wood
Major Wood
Northwest Mounted Police
Wells
Dalton Trail
Pleasant Camp
Myne
Wood
Taylor
United States
Gillett offers security to settle debts in Kansas City
Grant O. Gillett, former Kansas cattle king, wires from Fostoria Ohio to the Kansas City Star offering security to a Kansas City creditor group until his affairs are settled. He states creditors will receive what is due them at an early date if not harassed. The message notes $1 400 000 indebtedness and involvement of his Kansas City representative. In Portsmouth, Rufus Burcham is found guilty of murder in the first degree for the Edward Test case and faces life imprisonment.
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Kansas City
Grant O. Gillett
Kansas Cattle King
Fostoria
Portsmouth
Rufus Burcham
Edward Test
Republican State Committee Sets January 12 District Conventions
The Republican State committee in session at Stevenson building selected January 12 for district conventions and December 29 for a grand love feast in Indianapolis. Precinct primaries for precinct committeemen will be January 8 and 9, with county committees organized January 11. Changes to the excess vote rule were adopted to fix delegate apportionment and ensure clarity, with the state committee to determine each county's delegate count.
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Republican State Committee
Stevenson
Subcommittee
George A. Cunningham
Thomas J. McCoy
Walter Brown
Harry C. Starr
Richmond
Elmer E. Crockett
South Bend
Sydney W. Cantwell
Hartford City
Edward A. Remy
Seymour
Elias H. Owen
Rockville
Owen Carr
Rushville
Louis C. Davenport
Bluffton
John C. Wingate
Wingate
Elam H. Neal
Jonesboro
John C. Billheimer
Washington
George W. Self
Corydon
Oscar H. Montgomery
Julian D. Hogate
Danville
E. P. Thayer
Greenfield
Floyd A. Woods
Indiananapolis
George Age
Anderson
Fred A. Frankfort
Adam L. Speck
Huntington
Elmer Leonard
Frayne
Goodrich
Subcommittee On
State Committee
Marion County
Hendricks
Boone
Democratic Pupils Stand Behind Picture Turmoil At School
In Sullivan Indiana a district No 13 teacher Miss Erline Sinclair was ducked in icy pond by six belligerent pupils after she hung a picture of President Roosevelt and family. Several students aged 12 to 17 were arrested on riot and assault charges with bonds set for January court. The teacher plans to resume teaching next week but lies ill from the incident.
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Indianapolis Journal
Sullivan
Ind
Erline Sinclair
Cass Township
Miss Sinclair
President Roosevelt
Tony
Mills
Pearl Parks
Katherine Parks
Jessie McClellan
Gertie McClellan
Ina Deckard
Floyd Deck
Bond
Jury Deadlocks in Evansville Miners Union Embezzlement Case
Evansville jury unable to agree after 24 hours in the John Dean embezzlement trial brought from Warrick county. Dean sought to organize farm hands of the State Ties Union years ago to combat trusts.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
John Dean
Bauer
Warrick County
Dean
Ae State Ties Union
Nordica Seeks a Divorce From Tenor Wedded Here
Mme Lillian Nordica known worldwide in music filed for divorce in New York from her husband Zoltath Dome a young Hungarian tenor. The brief Indianapolis wedding followed a May festival and involved a Denison Hotel meeting and a quick ceremony at Bishop White's residence. The bride and groom then departed for New York with plans to sail to France.
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Mme
Lillian Nordica
Zoltath Dome
New York
Nordica
Herron
Carstensen
Mme. Nordica
Dome
Journal
Mr. Dome
William Armstrong
Chicago
Denison
Bishop White
North
Pennsylvania Street
Graham
Denison Hotel
Roermay
France
Madame Nordica
Boston
Lillian Norton
Maine
Peteas
Europe
Charles N Elliott badly hurt in Chicago streetcar wreck
Charles N Elliott former city clerk and Marion county Republican leader lies in St Luke's Hospital Chicago with a severe leg fracture and crushed ankle after being thrown from a street car. Attending doctors say recovery may take four months with possible permanent disability. Elliott was guest of Fred Campbell and was on a car near Campbell's Lexington hotel when the operator started suddenly.
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Charles N. Elliott
Marion County Republican Central Committee
St. Luke's Hospital
Chicago
Elliott
Fred Campbell
Indianapolis
United States Circuit Court
Campbell
Lexington
Eliott
Columbia Club
Yale Suffers Fire Loss At Forestry Building
Yale University suffered a severe blaze at the Forestry School building in New Haven early today. The three story stone mud structure housed priceless plants and trees destroyed by the fire. The estimated loss stands at about 100000, with significant collections ruined.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Forestry School
Debating Panama Recognition in Congress over Pan ama policy
The House heatedly discussed recognizing the Republic of Panama with Dinsmore criticizing the administration’s canal policy and Hitt defending the President. The Senate touched on the Cuban Reciprocity Bill as Panamanian affairs dominated the session with remarks on presidential timing and treaty obligations.
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Panama Republic
Panama
Washington
Dec
Republic of
House
Dinsmore
Hitt
Foreign Affairs Committee
Williams
Mississippi
van Voorhis
Ohio
Appropriations Committee
Congress
MR. Hitt
Colon
Colombia
Mysterious Tragedy At The National Capital
In Washington a 71 year old woman, Mrs Rachel Ann Beall, was found dead at her home with six bullet wounds. Police hold three suspects from her family including Andrew Weeden, Charles Oelrich, and Jessie Oelrich. A family dispute suspected as motive. details mention late reporting and alleged cleanup of the blood.
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Rachel Ann Beall
Washington
Andrew Weeden
No Change Probable in Name of Church Milwaukee
In Milwaukee Wisconsin no change is expected soon for the Protestant Episcopal Church. Living Church reports mixed votes on name change surveys with bishops and laity leaning against action this time. A small faction favored an ultimate change, but most consider it unwise to act presently.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Dec. IL
Protestant Episcopal Church
Living Church
Crumpacker Seeks House Probe of Isle of Pines Case
Washington dispatch says Representative Crumpacker will press the judiciary committee after the holidays for an investigation into whether Isle of Pines land title lies with Cuba or the United States. He argues the vote should be on record before the treaty cedes sovereignty to Cuba, noting American landowners on the island.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
House Committee On Judiciary
Crumpacker
Isle of Pines
Cuba
United States
Senate
United States Won’t Reopen Santo Domingo Claims
In Santo Domingo on December 11 United States Minister Powell said the provisional government will not accept final settlements with the late Wesy Gil regime. Powell stated that the San Domingo Company, Clyde Steamship Company concessions, and J Sala & Co claims are settled and will not be reopened, and that full compliance with preexisting US agreements is required before recognition. The British French German and Belgian ministers also refuse recognition until the United States acts similarly.
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San Domingo
United States
Powell
Wes Y Gil
San Domingo Company
Clyde Steamship Company
J. Sala & Co
Vasquez
Manslaughter in Name of Athletics
Washington officials condemn football brutality in school games citing a rising tide of injuries and fatalities. The District of Columbia Board of Education pledges to curb savagery and may prohibit the sport in schools if brutality continues.
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Washington School Board
Washington
Board of Education
District of Columbia
Bride and Groom Married Beside Mother's Bier at Bowling Green
Miss Bettle Giles and A C Norris of Rockford Illinois were wed today beside the bier of the bride's mother in Bowling Green Ohio. Rev Frank Essert conducted the ceremony and then gave the mother's funeral oration. The mother was killed last Monday when a stone was thrown into the air by a blast of powder in a sewer.
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Toledo
Bettle Giles
A. C. Norris
Rockford
Bowling Green
Frank Essert
Seven Japanese Missing From Orient Liner Indravelli
Seven Japanese are missing from the Orient liner Indravelli after the ship sailed from Portland with nineteen on board. Eight were deported for paper irregularities and one for contagious disease. At Brookfield the steamship tumbled and sank, forcing passengers to jump into the Columbia River to swim ten miles to shore.
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Astoria
Ore
Indravelli
Portland
Brookfield
Jury probes Gillespie murder as Barbour defies questions
Rising Sun Indiana grand jury continues examination into the Elizabeth Gillespie killing. Myron L Barbour assistant cashier is ordered to answer questions after initially refusing. Indictment may follow before weekend funeral as public emotion runs high and witnesses face intense scrutiny.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rising Sun
Ind
Elizabeth Gillespie
Grand Jury
James Gillespie
Miss Gillespie
Myron L. Barbour
the National Bank
Gillespie
William Gillespie
Barbour
Downey
Ohio Circuit Court
Seward
Ares
Rodman L. Davis
Davis
Ae Davis
Ohio County
Cincinnati
Louisville
Gillespies
James Aero
Frank Sebastian
Dr. Harriman
McHenry
Harriman
Sation
K Sb Senne
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