Weather forecast Summary for Saturday and Sunday
Forecasts show rain and snow across multiple states with much colder temperatures by Sunday. Indiana and Illinois expect rain on Saturday turning to snow with strong winds. North Dakota to Nebraska show snow or rain and a cold wave with Sunday clearing yet cold. Minnesota and Michigan keep snow or rain turning colder, with brisk north winds. Local observation notes include temperatures and wind details from Blythe, Section Director.
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Washington
Indiana
Iowa
Minnesota
Lower
Michigan
Republican Committee Meeting Echoes Roosevelt Rally
A fragment notes a Republican meeting praising President Roosevelt for a second term. It cites public sentiment and the convention's anticipated nominating act, stressing unity and loyalty to the party and confidence in Roosevelt’s leadership and future efforts.
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Mpencette
Hife
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Movements of steamers report ships and arrivals
New York dispatch lists arrivals and departures of several transatlantic liners. Chem from Bremen and Norge from a British route are mentioned as arrived or passed Nantucket after December 11. Etruria bound for Queenstown and Liv, Cymric to Liverpool for Boston, Cedric and La Touraine arrival noted.
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New York
Chem
Bremen
Norge
Nantucket Ighta
Etruria
Queenstown
Liv- Hagen
Hecte
Oskar II
New On
Salled
Cym- Liverpool
Boston
Artnet
Bovie
Liv Havre BE
la Touraine
Cedric
Piles Cure Promised by Patent Remedy Ad
An advertisement claims a guaranteed cure for piles with a product named Pro Longomentins or retending piles promising relief and cure, urging readers to try the remedy despite unclear details.
Colombians Forced to Leave the Rio Atrata
Dec. 11 Colon reports say 40 troops from General Pinzon and Cartagena embarked in early December to push toward Panama but faced harsh conditions on the Rio Atrata and returned to Cartagena. Other reports note 4,000 Colombian troops moved from Bogota down the Magdalena but were countermanded at Honda and sent back. Authorities seek Indian chiefs' interviews on border issues as the Mayflower and Atlanta head toward the Gulf of Darien for action.
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Colon
Melendez
General Pinzon
Cartagena
Tovar
Rio Atrata
Panama
Bogota
Magdalena
Honda
San Blas
Cape Mosquito
Fournell
Savanilla
Department of Bolivar
Republic of Panama
Dement
Gulf of Darien
Cauca
Coghlan
Luther F. Ellsworth
United States
Atrata
Washington
Mayflower
Atlanta
President Roosevelt debated in House over canal and transit
The House debated Roosevelt era canal policy with critics and defenders. Speakers warned of delays to transit and praised a decisive government stance, citing the Spooner Act and U S treaty aims with Colombia. The discussion touched on Panama, Cuba, and the anticipated canal through the isthmus, then adjourned with no conclusion.
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Bogota
Act of Congress
Colombia
Hitt
United States
Panama
Illiams
Rene
Araes
Williams
Cuba
Philippines
Republic of
Mr. Williams
Spooner
Colcenbte
Costa Rica
Senators Debate Cuban Reciprocity in Senate
In Washington on December 11 the Senate heard two speeches on the Cuban reciprocity bill. Democrat supporters argued for relief, while Republican Bard of California opposed broader aid to Cuba as harmful to U.S. industries. Kentucky’s McCreary delivered his maiden speech in favor, linking reciprocity to tariff reform.
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Washington
Senate
Bard
California
United States
Cuba
McCreary
Kentucky
Germany
Great Britain
Culberson
Committee On Judiciary
Body of Frank La Salle Taken to His Old Home
Frank La Salle of Indianapolis was killed in the Panhandle wreck at New Cumberland Junction Ohio while on Eastbound business. His body was sent to Lagro Indiana where his mother and sister live. J H Slater remains in Steubenville with a broken leg. A J Bell in charge of the mail service returned home and W P Batchelder, a mail clerk, has only slight injuries.
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Frank la Salle
Indianapolis
Panhandle
New Cumberland Junction
Lagro
Ind
Mr. la Salle
J. H. Slater
Denison Hotel
Stuebenville
A. J. Bell
W. P. Batchelder
Mr. Bell
Batchelder
Hypnotism Claim In Rankin O Neil Case Prompts Court
Chicago December 11 The case of theater manager W F Cleveland who says he has attached all the property of Nance O Neil and McKee Rankin was heard in a justice court. Cleveland testified that Miss O Neil was hypnotized by Rankin and under his influence she forgot lines and acted on cue. Miss O Neil denied hypnotic powers. The dispute concerns advance expenses and was continued to December 14.
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Chicago
Nance O'Neil
McKee Rankin
W. 5
Cleveland
Rankin
Miss O'Neil
Justice Court
Trilby
Svengall
C. F. and I. Requires Much New Capital
A New York committee form to aid Colorado Fuel and Iron Company plans a $13.6 million funding to regain property recently sold and finance ongoing improvements. The proposal includes a 5 percent gold bond backed by a consolidated first mortgage, plus $6.2 million in stock, with underwritten bonds and stock offered to stockholders.
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New York
James A. Blair
William L. Bull
Otto T. Barnard
Philip Lehman
John E. Borne
Colorado Fuel and Ion Company
Colorado Fuel
Latonia Jockey Club Announces Stakes for Spring Meet
Latonia Jockey Club lists spring meeting stakes from May 19 to June 11 with events including Clipsetta stakes Harold stakes Cincinnati Trophy Merchants stakes Brewers Exchange handicap Decoration handicap Cincinnati Hotel Spring handicap Kentucky steeplechase Latonia Derby Latonia Oaks and other sweepstakes. stakes close January 16 1904.
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Cincinnati
Latonia Jockey Club Today
Silver Cup Donated By Mayor Fleischmann
Merchants
Brewers’ Exchange
Bowler Held for Murder in Inquest Findings
At Buffalo inquest day, over the bodies of Franz and Johanna Frehr found buried in their yard, 74 year old Zacee Murphy nee Charles Jer is held on a grand inquest connection with the murders.
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Buffalo
Franz
Johanna Frehr
Zacee Murphy
Charles Jer
Comedy of the Hoosier Capital to Be Staged by Jones
Louis W. Jones will present an amusing accountary in the Comedy of the Hoosier Capital tomorrow in the Journal. The piece promises light entertainment and broad appeal for readers who enjoy witty stage humor.
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Tarty
Hoosier Capital
Louis W. Jones
Police close the doors of employment agency
Detectives Colbert and Hauser arrested William Rogers of Tiffany & Rogers at 32 West Washington Street on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. Victims paid $2 for supposed railroad construction work and were promised leads that never existed. The firm’s offices were closed as investigators warned customers no business would be conducted until the case is resolved. Rogers to face Judge Whallon in Police Court.
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Colbert and Hauser
William Rogers
Tiffany & Rogers
West
Washington Street
Ernest Miller
Tiffany & Ers
Granville Hurst
Denison
Rogers
Whallon
Hepburn to Speak at Columbia Club Lincoln Day Banquet
Colonel Hepburn from Iowa accepted the invitation to speak at the Lincoln Day banquet at the Columbia Club on February 12. He is described as one of the most forceful speakers in the House. John B. Cockrum, returning from New York, conferred with Consul Overstreet in Washington about a canvass of names and plans a party train to Indianapolis.
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Columbia Club
Lincoln
Colonel Hepburn
House of Representatives
Iowa
John B. Cockrum
New York
Coneeceenes Overstreet
Washington
Yesco
Indianapolis
Private trolley car wrecks in Canton India
Private trolley Josephine carrying Henry T. Everett and Akron guests wrecked at the Canton junction of Canton and Akron lines. Dr O M Lyon fatally hurt. Mrs Lyon severely injured. others shaken. Front trucks left track after wheels slipped, pole knocked down.
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Canton, O
Henry T. Everett
Josephine
Charles Currie
O. M. Lyon
Akron
Canton
Indiana Y M C A Names Committees for Year
The Indiana Y M C A state executive committee met at Hotel English for the first quarterly session of the fiscal year. New committees were appointed including Executive, College, Railroad, Athletics, and Endowment with members from Indianapolis Terre Haute Columbus and Richmond. State Secretary E E Stacy and Assistant State Secretary A W Hanson were reelected.
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Indiana Y. M. C. A
English
A. M. Glossbren Co
Rhodes
John F. Habbe
ToManacolia
Taganape Coram Te Ante
B. A. Brown
J. M. Lindley
Vandalia
F. Yalitek
Western Union Telegraph
Terre Haute
E. E. Stacy
A. W. Hanson
Mrs Plum Mother of Mrs Farley Dies After Illness
Mrs. Joseph Plum, mother of Mrs. James F. Farley, died yesterday from bronchitis after weeks of illness. She resided with her daughter for ten years and was well known in the city. Funeral under Kregelo’s direction will be Sunday afternoon and the body will be sent to Washington on Monday morning.
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Joseph Plum
James F. Farley
North
Delaware Street
Railway traction project granted mortgage permission
The Indianapolis Southern Railway obtained Board of Public Works approval to mortgage its Indianapolis to Sullivan traction line to the United States Mortgage and Trust Company of New York. The company announced twenty three miles graded and a workforce of 1,000 on the project with teams at work.
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Indianapolis Southern Railway
Indianapolis
Sullivan
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
New York City
Board of Public Works
Lampblack factory put out of business in Kentucky
In Frankfort Kentucky December 12 the Court of Appeals reversed the Meade Circuit Court in Calor Oil and Gas Co versus W C McGhee and affirmed Louisville Gas Co against Kentucky Heating Co. The lampblack factory on Meade leases used natural gas wastefully, reducing gas pressure from 60 to 30 pounds, producing 300 pounds of lampblack and consuming about ninety million feet of gas. The chancellor barred operations under waste laws. appeals result ends the lampblack venture.
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Frankfort
Court of Appeals
Meade Circuit
Calor Oil and Gas Company
W. C. McGhee
Louisville Gas Company
Kentucky Heating Company
Meade County
Louisville
A. Hite Barrett
Adoph Sneed
J. B. Speed
Meade District
Lampblack
Ventilation Improvements Sought at Asylum for Incurable Insane
County Board of Charities and Corrections urged the County Board of Commissioners to improve ventilation in second floor sleeping rooms where inmates cannot be moved. They also recommended night watch by a man and woman in each ward, restricting care for inmates with sufficient income, and hiring a superintendent with a small family to reduce costs.
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Asylum For Incurable Insane
County Board of Charities and Corrections
County Board of Commissioners
Hastings and Decker Freed After Fremont Wreck Inquiry
Conductor A W Hastings of this city and Engineer George Decker of Urbana were released from Pekin jail after the coroner's jury failed to indict in the Fremont wreck that killed sixteen workmen. They had been held to await grand jury action. Hastings returns home today.
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A. W. Hastings
George Decker
Urbana
Fremont
Pekin
Hastings
DePauw President to Preach Educational Anniversary Sermon
Dr. Hughes, president of De Pauw University, will preach an educational anniversary sermon at Meridian Street Methodist Episcopal Church tomorrow morning. A petition of voluntary bankruptcy was filed in Federal Court by farmer William Highley near Converse Indiana. His liabilities are 3934.58 with no assets. Lorenzo C. Bartley was appointed receiver for Buescher Manufacturing Company of Elkhart bankrupts.
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Dr. Hughes
de Pauw University
Meridian-street Methodist Episcopal Church
William Highley
Converse
Ind
Anderson
Federal Court
Lorenzo C. Bartley Eoorese
Buescher Manufacturing Company
Elkhart
North Congregational Church
J. H. Crum
Beatrice Brown
Cincinnati and
Hamilton Spring Company
Michigan City
Pla
Horace Hubbard
May Meter
West
Michigan Street
Brightwood Water Works
Indianapolis Mortar and Fuel Company
Board of Public Works
W. R. Williams
Civil Service Reform Meeting Concludes Banquet Addresses
The National Civil-service Reform Association held its twenty third annual meeting in Baltimore. Daniel C Gilman was reelected president with a slate of vice presidents including Adams Choate Cleveland Eliot Garfield Hadley Lea Low MacVeagh Pope Potter Ryan. Delegates then attended a Maryland banquet at Lyric Music Hall. Consular reform was the sole topic at the session with Robert Adams Jr and other officials speaking.
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Baltimore
National Civil-service Reform Association
Daniel C. Gilman
Charles Francis Adams
Joseph H. Choate
Grover Cleveland
Charles W. Eliot
Harry A. Garfield
Arthur T. Hadley
Henry Charles Lea
Seth Low
Franklin MacVeagh
George A. Pope
Henry C. Potter
John R
Eugene ¥. Ware
William Dudley Foulke
Indiana
City engineer names paving sites for street railway company
City Civil Engineer Jeup said he will notify the Board of Public Works on Monday of several locations where the street railway company should pave between its tracks. The sites include South street between East and West streets East Washington street in Irvington from Keystone avenue to the Belt railroad South Illinois and Russell street and Prospect street from Shelby street east.
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Jeup
Board of Public Works
Street Railway
South Street
East Washington Street
Irvington
Keystone Avenue
Millis Named to Help Indiana Exhibit at St. Louis Fair
W. A. Millis, superintendent of Crawfordsville schools, is appointed to assist Superintendent Cotton of the Department of Public Instruction in arranging Indiana educational exhibit at the St. Louis exposition.
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W. A. Millis
Crawfordsville
Cotton
Det of Public Instruction
Indiana
Miss Ferguson Burns Head and Arms in Kitchen Fire
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Franklin Indiana reports Miss Collie Ferguson daughter of ex Councilman Andrew Ferguson was severely burned on her head and arms when her hat caught fire while being combed before an open grate. Fire quickly enveloped her head before it could be extinguished and she remained in serious condition with possible recovery.
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Indianapolis Journal
Franklin
Ind
Collie Ferguson
Andrew Ferguson
Gasoline Stove Blast Damages Burgess Gorman Home
A gasoline stove in the residence of Burgess Gorman at 114 West Walnut street exploded yesterday afternoon. The blast caused a fire in the rear part of the house and the loss is estimated at about $75.
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Burgess Gorman
West
Walnut Street
Col McMichael to Remain In Office Despite Probe
Washington December 11 The civil service commission unanimously recommended that Postmaster Clayton McMichael of Philadelphia be removed after an inquiry into civil service violations. McMichael has given an explanation to the President, reportedly satisfactory, and will reportedly stay in office as President Roosevelt accepts the defense.
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Washington
Clayton McMichael
Philadelphia
Civil-Service Commission
McMichael
Roosevelt
Park Board Stands Firm On Right of Way Price
The Park Commissioners and C N Helwig of the Indianapolis Logansport Chicago Railroad met yesterday over Riverside Park crossing. The board insists on 25000 dollars for the right of way, while the railroad vice president calls the figure exorbitant and made no counter offer.
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Park Board
Indianapolis, Logansport & Chicago Railroad
Riverside Park
Park Commissioners
C. N. Helwig
Interurban Cars Urged to Limit City Service
Charles J. Henry general manager of the Indianapolis Shelbyville and Southeastern Ion Company spoke to the Board of Public Works, arguing the board has authority to compel street car service. He said city service is best in the country and interurban cars need not operate within city limits unless traffic demands require.
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Charles J. Henry
Dianapolis, Shelbyville & Southeastern Ion Company
Board of Public Works
Henry
City Street Car Company
End of Slavery in the Moro Districts Proclaimed
Manila reports Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood proclaims an anti slavery law in Moroland, with Sultan and dattos agreeing to the terms. Wood suggests settling Moros on lands assigned by local leaders and funding rentals for a modest income.
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Manila
Leonard Wood
Moroland
Legislative Council
Dattos
Wood
Taft
China
Philippines
Philippine Commission
In Sets
Ona
of Albay
As Sat
Kronfeld Sentenced for False Insurance Claim
New York reports Max Kronfeld, described as an incurenes adjetes, was sentenced to not less than three nor more than three years and months in a leepee for presenting a false claim to an insurance company.
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New York
Max Kronfeld
Incurenes Adjetes
Oni
Police potence report covers year ending December 1
Paris police completed the potence relating to crime for the year ending December 1. They handled a total of 70,600 cases, including 3,200 criminal assaults and fifteen murders or attempted murders.
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Paris
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