Panama the Baby Nation Struggles Toward Independence
From the Journal special correspondent in Panama December 7 Panama faces a paradoxical dawn as a newborn republic born from revolution yet shaped by colonial coercion and canal interests The piece argues Panama stands between a promised US protectorate driven prosperity and a lingering indecision corruption and political immaturity with fears the revolution was driven by canal wealth more than genuine liberty.
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Panama
R. P
Republic of Panama
Isthmian Strip
United States
Indiana
Eons Ag
Hur
Atlantic
Pacific
Colombia
Fide
Republic
Isthmus
Department of
New Republic
J. P. Aene & Co
New York
Missing dental student James T. Anderson last seen Nov
James T. Anderson a dental student residing at 112 East Vermont Street left his roommate on November 23 saying he would be back in a few minutes. Friends fear a mental breakdown from overwork and possible foul play. He came from Minneapolis last September to work at the Claypool Hotel and attend Indiana Dental College. He left his job November 7 due to sleep loss and has not been seen since. Police are investigating with no reliable leads and theories range from wandering in a demented state to possible involvement of a love interest.
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James T. Anderson
East Vermont Street
J. E. Barmsfield
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Claypool Hotel
Indiana Dental College
Anderson
Nts
Friars Agree to Take 7 250 000 for Lands
Manila December 17 Governor Taft and the friars reached a settlement on the friar land question approving a sale of 403000 acres of their agricultural holdings with 12000 acres excluded. a railway company owns a farm near Manila. The sale price is 7,250,000, far below the friars' asking 15,000,000 and Taft's earlier offer of 6,000,000 with War Department approval pending and the Pope’s sanction already given.
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Manila
Taft
War Department
Groom learns to register bride at Grand Hotel
An inexperienced Bartholomew county groom caused a minor scene at the Grand Hotel when he registered for himself and his bride. He asked if he should add his wife’s name and wrote "Miss Minnie Smith and W. Smith" instead of Smith. The clerk replied that he should register for himself and wife.
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Bartholomew County
Grand Hotel
Smith
Minnie Smith
W. Smith
Freight train crash on Frisco bridge near Pawnee Kans
Two men died and several were injured when two sections of a Frisco freight train collided on a long bridge south of Pawnee Kansas on December 16. Brakeman P M Hermitage was fatally burned. bystanders urged others to run for help as the wreckage burned.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Pawnee
M. Hermitage
Ae Ave Mien
Mappa
Kratian Wie
Willlorn
H. Nee Iprne
Rising Sun Suspects Under Surveillance In Gillespie Murder
Indianapolis Journal reports rising Sun investigation into the murder of Elizabeth Gillespie. Grand jury expects multiple indictments including a murder charge and accessory before the fact. Suspects under watch. no city trouble feared. special deputy prosecutor McMullen appointed to speed the case.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rising Sun
Ind
Elizabeth Gillespie
Harry Rump
Harry R. McMullen
Myron L. Barbour
Miss Detmer
Fannie Detmer
Barbours
James Gillespie
Barbour
Campbell
Belle Seward
Charles Gibbs
Gillespie
Vincent Williamson
Janes Boyle
Fannie Sawyer
Charles Fisher
Exan
Cincinnati
Mr. Trout
Jameson
Patriot
Iadames Gillespie
United States
Europe
Marshal Overly
Indianapolis
Gilbert Declines Run for Governor of Indiana
Lieutenant Governor Newton W. Gilbert, long urged as a GOP governor candidate, announces he will not seek the nomination. He cites the personal and business sacrifices required and expresses gratitude for friends' support while pledging to assist the party and state in the upcoming campaign.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Gilbert
Indiana
Fire renders 75 to 100 homeless in Millvale mill blaze
Pittsburg Dec 16. Between seventy five and one hundred people were driven from their homes by a morning blaze that destroyed the Bennett Lumber and Manufacturing Company planing mill and lumber yard at Millvale. The fire partially damaged a dozen nearby structures.
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Pittsburg
Bennett Lumber and Manufacturing Company
Millvale
Postal Abuse Charges Plague Washington Office Report
The Tulloch case prompts a formal review by Conrad and Bonaparte, noting grave abuses in the Washington post office and first assistant postmaster general between 1895 and 1900. It suggests possible illegal acts by officials, potentially criminal but barred by time limits, with continued questions about George W. Beavers and broader conditions beyond 1900.
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Washington
Messrs
Conrad
Bonaparte
W. Tulloch
Washington City Post Office
Washington Post Office
Crowell
George W. Beavers
Runaway Nitroglycerin Wagon Threatens Hartford City Plant
A team of unrestrained horses pulling 480 quarts of nitroglycerin wagon ran loose near the Indiana Nitroglycerin Company magazine in Hartford City. The wagon lurched through woods and logs, cans burst scattered, driver Arthur Zigler fled, workers fled into the woods believing explosion imminent. 80 quarts remained in the factory and magazine, danger narrowly averted as the wagon finally stopped after colliding with a car truck.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Indiana
Arthur Zigler
Democrats Win Boston City Election and Schools Victory
Boston voters re-elected Mayor Patrick A. Collins Democrat by a 26,495 margin over Republican George N. Swallow. The Common Council will be 54 Democrats and 22 Republicans. Voters also backed license. The school candidates defeated the united opposition including Republicans and the Nonpartisan P pubic School Association.
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Boston
Patrick A. Collins
George N. Swallow
Indsan Women Voters
City Calls Oats Poor and Seeks Indictment of Seller
Grand jury probes Oscar Rouse of William Rouse & Son over alleged attempt to defraud the city of 1600 for 4000 bushels of oats supplied to the fire department. City controller Dunn refused payment, citing substandard quality. Rouse sues for 2000 as evidence examined by Long and fire officials. panel to report verdict later.
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Oscar Rouse
William Rouse & Son
Board of Public Safety
Dunn
Rouse
Coots
Fire Department
Board of Trade
William H. Long
Allen Wants a Warship to Korea
State Department suggested sending a warship to Korean waters amid unrest in Korea at the request of Minister Allen in Seoul. It is probable the Wilmington will be detailed for this purpose.
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Washington
Allen
Seoul
Korea
State Department
Navy Department
Wilmington
Weeks couple go on trial for murder in Bedford
Joseph Weeks and his wife Cora Weeks faced the Lawrence Circuit Court on a murder charge in the death of Susanna Ireland the aged mother of Mrs Weeks. Autopsy suggested suicide not possible and a grand jury returned a bill. Weeks to Bloomington jail and Mrs Weeks to Bedford jail both claim innocence amid murder allegations.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bedford
Ind
Joseph Weeks
Cora Weeks
Lawrence Circuit Court
Susanna Ireland
Weeks
Ireland
Bloomington
Monroe County
Fire Near Theater Threatens Sedgwick Building
Chicago December 15 fire broke out in an adjoining wing of the Criterion Theater on Sedgwick street during a matinee. About 500 spectators, mostly women and children, were unaware of the danger as the last act ended and the audience exited with only nominal losses as the fire was contained.
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Chicago
Criterion Theater
Sedgwick Street
Wood's Confirmation Will Be Recommended
Senate military affairs committee concluded its investigation into charges against General Leonard Wood. Secretary of War Elihu Root testified for two and a half hours and defended Wood's Cuba era orders and actions. The panel plans to recommend confirmation by an 8 to 2 vote, with a minority report from opposing members.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Leonard Wood
Root
General Wood
Congress
War Department
Cuba
Jai Alaf Company
Havana
Teller
Runcie
Rathbone
Bellairs
Marie Corelli Awarded Half a Cent in Libel Case
Marie Corelli, the novelist, won half a cent damages in a libel suit against the Stratford-on-Avon Herald proprietor over a controversy on Carnegie library plans at Shakespeare birthplace site. Each side pays own costs. court crowded. Corelli testified denying any intent to erect a library.
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Birmingham
Eng
Marie Corelli
Stratford-on- Avon
Corelli
Mother's Absent Boy from Michigan City Dies in Harvey Asylum
Rosena Bartz of Michigan City has spent twenty years mourning her son August who left home after high school to build a future. She learns he died at Harvey Insane Asylum in Harvey, Illinois, after two years there, unable to bring his body home.
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Indianapolis Journal
Michigan City
Ind
Rosena Bartz
August
Harvey, 1
Senate approves Cuban reciprocity bill in decisive vote
Washington dispatch reports Senate passage of the Cuban reciprocity bill with 57 to 18. Democrats split over panama treaty implications and unit rule, while southern Democrats weigh canal interests. The Cuban accord lowers duties on Cuban goods and ties to broader Panamanian policy affecting administration aims on two major issues.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Senate
Tranclad Caucus
Panama Republic
Batley
Congress
Yeas
Alfrich
Alger
Allee
Allison
Ankeny
Bacon
Ball
Beveridge
Brad Burnham
He Sueat Cla
Wyoming
Rockrell
Cwpen
Dillin
Kellies
Dryden
Fairbanks
Jorak Or
Foster
ES Frye
Fulton
Sates
Gorman Hanha
Pane Bphag Tekins
Ean
Creary
McCumber
Mitchelman
Penrose
Ferdie Cut
Platt
New Scott
Simme Stone
Jessee
Y. Bard
Caremack
Culberson
Daniel
Dabola
Louisiana
Me McLaurin
Martin
Newlands
Taliaferro
Ler
Tillman
Clark
Montana
Millard
Arizona
Kearns
Gibson
Quay
Morgan
Redge
Patterson
Bailey
United States
Cuba
Dingley
Pra
House
House Debates Central American Affairs and Pensions
In Washington on December 18 the House discussed Central American affairs, pensions, industrial and agricultural conditions, and labor. The session, over four hours, remained in committee on the pension appropriation bill without a conclusion. Speakers noted cordial ties with minority leader Williams, debated Panama canal law and Roosevelt’s policy, and urged careful inquiry into labor issues amid broader Democratic and Republican actions. The session adjourned at 4:15 p.m. with expectations for continuation tomorrow.
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Washington
House
Lind
Minnesota
Williama
Wiliams
Dinsmore
Arkansas
Hitt
Rep
Bell
Nicaragua
Panama Canal
Illinois
Dinsontier
Roosevelt
Dlackman
Birdsell
Iowa
Henderson
Liverwash
California
Department of Justice
Police
Department of Commerce Bor
Carroll
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Hermitage
Miss Gillespie
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Newton W. Gilbert
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G. W. Beavers
S. W. Tulloch
Charles Emory Smith
Joseph and
Cora
Wood
Secretary of War
Democrats
Messrs. Dinsmore
Birdsall
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