Hemenway and Crumpacker Clash in Senate Debate
Spirited discussion in Congress today featured Indiana's Hemenway and Crumpacker arguing over rural free delivery and Panama policy. Robinson claimed rural routes were used for partisan gain as Crumpacker defended administration policy amid crossfire with Williams and Maddox, with Gardner and Rainey weighing in on Canada and Panama matters.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Congress
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Crum- Packer
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
Canada
Republic of Panama
Maddox
Georgia
Hepburn
Iowa
Crumpacker
Colombia
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Ohio
Illinois
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Alabama
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Massachusetts
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Spirited Colloquies in the Upper House on Cuban Bill
The Senate continued debate on the Cuban bill with speakers from California North Carolina North Dakota and Colorado. A lively exchange occurred among Senators Patterson Aldrich and Dolliver over tariff matters including sugar duties and Governor Cummings references.
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Senate
Perkins
California
Simmons
North Carolina
McCumber
North Dakota
Patterson
Colorado
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Dolliver
Cummings
Sale of the Kelley axe works prompts relocation fears
Indianapolis Journal report from Alexandria Indiana states the Kelley axe works may be sold to a West Virginia Arlington Ohio and Kentucky syndicate for about 800000. The plant employs over 500 and pays more than 6000 weekly. Daily output reaches 10000 axes and 5000 blades while labor and merchants fear the plant will move to West Virginia gas fields if gas supply fails. The factory moved here from Louisville to aid Indiana gas prospects.
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Indianapolis Journal
Alexandria
Ind
New York
Kelley Axe Works
West Virginia
Arlington
Kentucky
W. C
J. P. Kelley
Louisville
Indiana
Dies As He Boards Train To Visit Son
William McNath aged 78 died in Union Station waiting room last evening after a stroke. He had traveled to visit James McNab and planned to go to Filer City, South Carolina, where his eldest son runs a lumber business. He collapsed on the platform and died before a doctor could reach him. The body will be sent to Sheridan, Indiana, where his son operates a poultry farm.
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William McNath
Union Station
James McNab
Filer City
8. C
Sheridan
Ind
Flanner & Buchanan
Two Guilty Pleas Lead to Prison Terms for Forgery
Casper Ernst once a noted financier and wealthy trustee of downtown property pleaded guilty to forged real estate transfers and grand larceny in a Minnesota case. He received seven years for forgery and three years for grand larceny in the penitentiary.
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Tenced
ST. Paul
Casper Ernst
United States
Osborne Murder Case Begun at Decatur
Joseph Osborne, 35, stands trial for the Sept. murder of his father-in-law John Busenbark near Decatur Illinois. A special venire of 45 jurors was excused by both sides. a new venire will be summoned. The murder followed a farm dispute over selling land. insanity plea filed with about 200 witnesses ready. Osborne’s wife and child sit with the prosecutor as the defendant faces the court.
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Indianapolis Journal
Decatur
Imc
Joseph Osborne
John Busenbark
Osborne
Busenbark
Detroit line wreck injures Michigan Central train crew
A Michigan Central passenger train from Detroit wrecked after passing an open switch near Toledo. Injured include engineer James B. Thomas with severe body injuries and facial lacerations, and fireman All Morrin with lacerations over the right eye.
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Toledo
Michigan Central
Detroit
James B. Thomas
Indictments Expected Tonight in Gillespie Murder Case
Grand jury near verdict in the Gillespie murder inquiry at Rising Sun Indiana. Indictments may target Elizabeth Gillespie’s assassin and any accomplices. Witnesses include Belle Seward and Earl Seward among others. Federal letters and life insurance details are noted amid ongoing testimony and rumors of conspiracies.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rising Bun
Ind
Elizabeth Gillespie
James Gillespie
Belle Seward
Earl Seward
James Long
Mary Hewitt
Marshal Overly
Indianapolis
Miss Gillespie
Harry R. McMullen
Aurora
Eet
Cincinnati
Elizabeth
James
Demand for coal slows. plan wage cuts ahead of April
In Cleveland Ohio two days of talks by coal operators from Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia adjourned to reconvene in the city next Tuesday or Wednesday. They aim to present plans at a joint Indianapolis conference in January and to ask miners to accept wage reductions two months before the April 1 contract expiration. The sluggish current demand is expected to improve with cheaper production and a rebound in fuel use and manufacturing.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Indianapolis
Remarkable Bequest of a Spanish Cardinal
The will of Cardinal Herrero y Espinosa leaves $10,000 to the first Spanish general landing in United States soil with an army large enough to avenge Cuba and the Philippines defeats. The legacy remains in the Bank of Spain until that event occurs.
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London
Cardinal Herrero Y Espinosa
Madrid
United States
Cuba
Philippines
Bank of Spain
Ice Gorge Halts Ohio River Navigation In Cincinnati Area
Cincinnati reports all navigation suspended as an ice gorge forms at the mouth of the Miami river near Lawrenceburg Indiana. Backwater rose six inches in five hours. Evansville notes heavy ice and several gorges near Henderson and Three Mile Island. Lower Ohio remains frozen at Mt. Carmel Hawesville and other towns as Tarascon and Albany jam in the lee.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Miami River
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Evansville
Greene River
Henderson
Three Mile Island
Mt. Carmel
Owensboro
Hawesville
Tarascon
Louisville and
Albany
Northern Securities case arguments concluded
The Supreme Court heard the Northern Securities merger arguments with packed rooms and keen attention. While some lawyers think the government may lose, they note Minnesota’s anti trust case could gain strength, potentially altering the court’s view on whether organizing the company and taking control of rail stock restrained interstate commerce.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Northern Securities Company
Congress
Knox
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Chamberlain's Party Wins Victory at Polls
In Dulwich and Lewisham by-elections to fill seats of the late Sir John Blundell Maple and John Penn, Conservatives win Lewisham Major Coates by 2012 and Dulwich Dr F Rutherford Harris by 1437. Chamberlain celebrated while Liberal papers admit discouragement, with coverage speculating on a move toward a preferential policy and imperial union.
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London
Dulwich
Camberwells
Lewisham
John Blundell Maple
John Penn
F. Rutherford Harris
Cecil Rhodes
C. F. G. Masterman
Major Coates
J. W. Clelland
Joseph Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Journal dispatches Teague to Panama for thorough Panama probe
The Indianapolis Journal has assigned Merrill A. Teague to travel the isthmus and report in about twenty five illustrated letters on the formation of the Republic of Panama its present state and prospects. He sailed from New York November 17 to Colon and will tour accessible areas to gauge public sentiment and the future of the new nation in relation to the United States.
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Indianapolis Journal
Republic of Panama
New Republic
Merrill A. Teague
Panama
Teague
New York
Colon
Caribbean
Isthmus
United States
Congress
Indiana
Murder suicide shocks Oil City couple in split years
Leonard Johnson, 30, shot his wife in Oil City Pa then killed himself after she had lived apart for two years with her uncle Orland Longstras. A pursuing crowd failed to stop him as he opened fire under the ear causing instant death.
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Oil City
Leonard Johnson
Johnson
Orland Longstras
Union Traction Fare Hike Planned Around Anderson
The Indiana Union Traction Company will raise fares on all lines within days. A 1.5 cent per mile rate is set, boosting one way Anderson to Indianapolis by about 9 cents. Higher wages, coal and tax costs drive the change, with the schedule likely public by week’s start and effective possibly January 1.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson, Ind
Indiana Union Traction Company
Anderson
Indiana
Indianapolis
Three More Deaths from Typhoid Fever in Butler
Three more deaths from typhoid fever raise Butler death toll to sixty as five new cases are reported. Clara Barton of the Red Cross plans to issue a national appeal. The relief committee cites epidemic statistics, needs of 75 000 to 100 000 dollars, and 25 000 raised so far with 18 000 spent in two weeks. Contributions urged to treasurer Thomas F Shuffley.
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Butler
Clara Barton
Red Cross Society
Washington
Butler and
Lynacre
Thomas F. Shuffley
Relief Committee
Buckfoot Boatright Confesses Judgment in Missouri
Kansas City, Mo. Dec. 15 Robert Boatright known as Buckfoot leader of Webb City footracers confessed judgment in Independence Circuit Court for 100,500. The sum was awarded to Frank Lindley Danville Il asignee for C Lory Petersburg Ind for John Bacon and Richard Phipps who lent Boatright the money.
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Kansas City
Robert Boatright
Buckfoot
Webb City
Missouri
Circuit Court of Independence
Frank Lindley
Danville
C. Lory
Petersburg
Ind
John Bacon
Richard Phipps
Boatright
Fire Routs Meat Market. Three Die In Braidwood Blaze
A blaze in Braidwood Newfoundland on December 15 killed Mrs J Messersmith her daughter and Frank Smith a clerk. The fire destroyed the meat market and residence along with the dry goods store of J. Simeon. The tragedy leaves several structures damaged and investigators examining the scene for causes.
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Braidwood, NL
J. Messersmith
Frank Smith
J. Simeon
Marines Guard Isthmus Until Senate Ratifies Canal Treaty
The Associated Press reports the Marines will guard the Isthmus of Panama until the Hay Bunau Varilla canal treaty is ratified, unless a large Colombian attack necessitates army intervention. Beaupre, in Bogota, plans to return to the US, expecting a warship to meet him in Cartagena on December 26 or 27.
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Washington
Panama
Associated Press
Senate
Republic
United States
Beaupre
Bogota
State Department
Cartagena
Panama unrest sparks US Panama policy banquet remarks
At the Quill Club banquet in New York the assistant secretary of state and Panama’s minister argued the United States acted to facilitate a canal route, recognizing Panama’s de facto government after a peaceful, unarmed secession, with praise for fostering order and peaceful transit on the isthmus.
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New York
Republic of Panama
Quill Club
Hotel Manhattan
Francia B. Loomis
United States
H. Philippe Bunat- Varilla
Panama
B.S. Tipple
D. D
Bert Shaw
Review of Views
Frizzel
Hampton Institute
Congress
Accres
Oeca
Wilmbe
Panama urged to assume part of Colombia debt
A foreign bondholders letter to President Roosevelt asks him to press Panama to take on a portion of Colombia's debt. The Hague and The Morning Leader note Holland and Britain demand Panama cover 15 million dollars, though the council says this sum was never contemplated. Arbitration or Roosevelt’s personal decision would satisfy the council.
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London
Council of Foreign Bondholders
Roosevelt
Panama
Colombia
Foreign Office
Durand
Hague
Holland
Great Britain
Canal treaty arrives with Panama Republic in New York
The City of Washington arrived from Colon with the signed canal treaty in a metal box in charge of a government representative. The Maine also reached port from Colon after repairs to battle damage and will proceed to the West Indies for war maneuvers. Pope Pius addressed President Roosevelt, urging an equitable solution to tensions with Colombia per Bogota dispatch.
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Republic of Panama
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