Supreme Court raises whitecapping damages in Louisiana
The Louisiana Supreme Court awarded Peter Warner Reuben Brown and Edward Warner $5000 each in a case against thirty Dodson Winn parish residents who whitecapped them to obtain information about incendiary fires. The jury had awarded $1000 each, but the high court increased the sums tenfold, condemning the attackers as a lawless and ignorant horde and signaling a potential end to whitecapping in the state.
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New York
Louisiana Supreme Court
New Orleans
Peter Warner
Reuben Brown
Edward Warner
Dodson
Winn Parish
Supreme Court
Grand Jury
Louisiana
Von der Ahe may again enter baseball field
Chris Von der Ahe hints at returning to baseball amid a pending lawsuit against the Robisons and National League clubs. The case, detailing alleged conspiracies to oust him and manipulate a franchise sale, could go to trial next year with opinions split on whether he would regain control of a club and reenter the majors.
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ST. Louis
Chris von der Ahe
Chris
der Boss
Robisons
Cinna
Yee
von der Ahe
Accede
Reiss
Ah An der Ahe
Frank Robison
William A. Kinnerk
Kinnerk
Chicago Fight Gossip Arrangements Made for Boxing Show
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Chicago boxing plans for December. Ferguson and Klondike to clash in a wind up at Chicago Athletic Association show on December 4 after Ferguson's coast arrival. Also listed are semi windup prospects and potential matches involving Jack O Keefe, Jack Roots, and other clubs with purse splits discussed.
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Indianapolis Journal
Chicago
Sandy” Ferguson
Klondike
Chicago Athletic Association
Ferguson
George Brown
East
Jimmy O' Boyle
Jack Brien
Diamond Dick
Kingston
Schreck
Nate Lewis
Ninth Ward
Jack Roots
Jack
Hart
Buddy Ryan
Jack O'Keefe
Jack Daly
Gus Gardner
Bey
O'Keefe
Gophers Plan Heavy 194 Season Schedule with Big Teams
Minnesota sets a tough 194 season slate with Chicago Michigan Wisconsin Illinois Iowa all fixed and Northwestern under negotiation. Dr Williams leads the push to test the Gophers against five heavy opponents, a schedule considered among the heaviest for a northern school and hard on players.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Gopher Gridiron Warriors
Dr. Williams
Chicago
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Northwestern
West
Gophers
Keene
Fitzpatrick
Mike Murphy
Penaible
Prof. Stagg
Eight Foot Tall Contender Aims to Fight Jeffries
A Missouri mystery eight feet tall is being trained in St. Louis by a sports syndicate to take on Jeffries, per the Indianapolis Journal. In Erie Pennsylvania a bowling match saw the Blue Ribbon team of So See a League post a five man score, surpassing the previous record with a series of strikes and some errors.
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Indianapolis Journal
ST. Louis
Jeffries
Erie
Blue Ribbon
Fouses
Stahlhordt
University of California Football Committee Postpones New Year Game
Berkeley December 16 The University of California football executive committee has called off the New Year day game from the California eleven team.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California Football Executive Committee
Californies
England and Australia Open Test Cricket in Sydney
The first great test match between England and Australia begins in Sydney as crowds gather for the historic contest. Both teams field strong lineups and look to set the early tempo in this long awaited series.
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Sydney
England
Australia
Old Romance Revealed in Court Beloved New York Teacher
A long hidden romance unfolds as probate reveals Aldpheus D. Dubois, longtime New York City school principal, left a fortune of up to a half million dollars to a daughter unknown to friends. He separated from his wife decades ago, and she took their child, never heard from again.
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New York
Alpheus D. Dubois
Professor Dubois
Charles Cawtrey Not Guilty by Insanity Verdict
Charles Cawtrey, eighteen, faced murder charges for killing five family members at the Cawtrey home on October 12, 192, was found not guilty by reason of insanity in a Pittsburg court. He denied recollection of the crime, stating his mind held only a memory of a mechanical device he was working on and hoped to patent.
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Pittsburg
Charles Cawtrey
Cawtrey
Homestead
Wireless link to Nome and Coast News
A Nome telegram reports government officials expect soon to establish wireless communication with Nome after several partial tests. A financial crisis grips Nome with merchants demanding cash for all purchases amid circulating boodle charges against the City Council. The Zenith wreck near Golovin Bay leaves ten crew and twenty passengers safe but afloat in a bad position. News from Juneau says the Discovery wreck has been found with an Indian guide. the Rush revenue cutter proceeds to the scene.
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Seattle
Wash
Nome
Zenith
Golovin Bay
Juneau
Discovery
Cross Sound
Revenue Cutter Rush
Dynamiters Confess In Cripple Creek Mine Blast
Adjutant General Bell said Charles McKinney and Charles Foster confessed to taking part in the dynamiting of the Vindicator mine that killed Superintendent McCormick and Foreman Beck. They implicated twenty others. The State Supreme Court issued habeas corpus writs for Victor Poole and J. Paul, prisoners at Camp Goldfield. Attorneys waived court production and cases were set for next Monday.
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Denver
Bell
Charles McKinney
Charles Foster
Cripple Creek
McCormick
Foreman Beck
State Supreme Court
Inspector Fights to Save Laborers Lungs
Factory Inspector McAbee launches a labor law crusade arresting George G. Alig, president of Home Stove Company, for failing to provide adequate dust protection at the foundry polishing machines, risking workers inhaling harmful dust.
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McAbee
George Alig
Home Store Company
Spees
George G. Alig
Home Stove Company
Arrest of a Banker in New Hampshire
Albert H. Eastman president of the Berlin National Bank and vice president of Gorham National Bank was arrested in Woodsville by U S Marshal Nute on a charge of making a false entry in valuing a $5,000 note. He is held in $10,000 bail.
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Woodsville
N.H
Albert H. Eastman
Berlin National Bank of Berlin
Gorham National Bank of Gorham
United States
Marshal Nute
Ace Eastman
City News Notes Briefly Reports Local Court Actions and Incidents
William Hollis was bound over to the grand jury in a $2,500 bond after a preliminary hearing in Police Court for defrauding local Masons. Patrick McNelis and Richard Bradley pleaded guilty to selling liquor on Sunday, fined $10 and costs. Edward Slaughter, held in Cincinnati for a Windsor Canada murder, confessed but resists extradition. J Clyde Power leaves courthouse office to visit his mother in Washington DC. Mrs Power in poor health. West Indianapolis car collision injures Frank Wittendorfer at Fulton Street. Christmas Eve charity event set at Volunteers of America hall with donations to a large tree. Roberts Park Church Women’s Home Missionary Society meeting moved to Mrs Benedict’s home with a program and an original story by Mrs. Lamb.
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William Hollis
Patrick McNelis
Richard Bradley
Cincinnati
Edward Slaughter
Indianapolis
John
Pennsylvania
Washington Streets
Frank Wittendorfer
Fulton Street
Hall of the Volunteers of America
West
Washington Street
F. J. Preston
West Washington Street
Women's Home Missionary Society of
Roberts Park Church
John L. Benedict
Lamb
Steals an Old Coat and Is Sentenced to Prison
Martin Havens alias Humpy pleads guilty to stealing a coat worth 1 from Jacob Cohen on East Washington Street and faces sentencing. Judge Ford notes Havens’ four year record of eight workhouse terms and probable Jeffersonville transfer. George Hert and John Young, both seventeen, receive 1 to 3 year terms at the Indiana Reformatory for stealing a 45 watch and chain from Louis Haugrey on West Eleventh Street. Albert Nash gets fifty days in the workhouse for stealing a $12 watch from William Hickman on East Iowa Street. Nash asked to go to jail, but the court cites crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Havens
Humpy
Jacob Cohen
Washington Street
Alford
Havens
Jeffersonville
George Hert
John Young
Indiana
William Hickman
Iowa Street
Nash
Foreclosure Suit on Meridian Heights Mortgage Thirty Acres
Jacob S. and William Mustard filed in Circuit Court to foreclose a mortgage on thirty acres in Meridian Heights Southwest. Defendants include Meridian Heights Association, Marion Trust Co, Vernon Insurance and Trust Co, several individuals, and heirs. Two notes of $5,000 each dated June 15, 1898 secured by the property, now claimed due with $3,525.33 balance plus interest.
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Meridian Heights
Jacob S
William Mustard
Meridian Heights Association
Marion Trust Company
Vernon Insurance and Trust Company
John H. Stem
John B. Cockrum
John N. Hurry
John R. Pearson
Harry 8. Hicks
F. Hackedorn
Charlton Eden
Harry Eden
Barbara Waggoner
Reiewants ‘L. oFcott
Deaths of a Day in New York and West Virginia
John C. Hennessy, veteran New York newspaper man and former New York Press Club president, died after a long illness at 71, a native of Ireland. Rt. Rev. Daniel O Connor, vicar general of West Virginia and longtime parish priest at Clarksburg, died today in Washington after an operation. The Spanish archbishop of tiago, Cal died today at Zarauz near San hasten. interment will be beside General Martinez de Campos.
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New York
John C. Hennessy
New York Press Club
Ireland
Clarksburg
W. Va
Daniel O'Connor
West Virginia
Washington, D. C
Eee Ustl
Tiago
Cal
Zarauz
San Hasten
Martinez de Campos
Mule Dies in Well Prompting Damages Suit
Edwin F. Shideler sues David A. Williams for 75 dollars asserting a mule died when it fell into an unguarded well on Williams farm after an alleged agreement to permit the animal on the property. The suit cites the fatal accident and seeks compensation. Judge Anderson denied a temporary restraining order involving J. C. Pierson Company and Kokomoee and Brad Company amid a dispute over cement-coated wire nails.
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Edwin F. Shideler
David A. Williams
Williams
Anderson
J. C. Pierson Company
Boston
Mass
Kokomoee and Brad Company
Boston Company
Locals Arrive to Settle Loss After Pennsylvanian Wreck
J W Agnew and H W Wilson of La gro Ind arrive at Denison to settle affairs of Frank J La Sallie who was killed in the wreck on the Pennsylvania road near Cumberland. The La Salle party will stay several days to complete settlements.
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J. W. Agnew
H. W. Wilson
Lagro
Ind
Denison
Frank J. la Sallie
Pennsylvania Road
Cumberland
O. Agnew
Wilson
la Salle
Tugela River Fights Reenacted at World’s Fair
General Viljoen reports plans for a Colenso reenactment at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The staged battle will depict the Tugela fight on December 15, 1899, Buller’s defeat, and Cronje’s surrender, with about 60 men from both sides participating.
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New York
Viljoen
Europe
St. Louis
Colenso
Buller
Tugela
Cronje
South Africa
Appeal Reverses Death by Own Negligence Finding
The Appellate Court reversed judgment for the heirs of Enoch Morris of Washington in a fatal railroad yard incident. Morris was walking along the track with an umbrella when struck by an engine. the court said he died from his own negligence.
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Enoch Morris
Washington
Detectives Arrest Daniel Holt on Highway Robbery Charge
Detectives Trimpe and Gerber yesterday arrested Daniel Holt of 223 Tippecanoe Street and locked him up at the police station on a highway robbery charge. Holt is said to be implicated in several city hold ups and is considered a desperate character by the investigators.
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Trimpe
Gerber
Daniel Holt
Tippecanoe Street
Holt
Rear Admiral Rodgers and family nearly die from gas at navy yard
In New York on December 16, Rear Admiral Rodgers commandant of the New York navy yard, his wife Mrs Rodgers, their son Frederick, and four servants escaped asphyxiation from coal gas in the commandant’s house. The admiral woke to a choking sensation and opened windows, then carried his family to fresh air until prompt aid arrived.
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New York
Rodgers
New York Navy Yard
Frederick
Sheriff Rafford Shot Dead at Acquebogue Detention
Riverhead Long Island December 16 William H Rafford, county jail warden for over fifteen years, was shot dead by A Tuttle Eaves at Acquebogue while serving an execution on Reeves known for eccentricity. The killer dragged Rafford from the house, barricaded doors, and armed with a double barreled shotgun prepared to resist arrest.
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Riverhead
L. I
William H. Rafford
Ge Oes
A. Tuttleeaves
Acquebogue
Rafford
Reeves
Cockran Allowed as Tammany Candidate for 12th District
In New York on December 16 W Bourke Cockran agreed to be nominated by Tammany Hall to succeed Mayor-elect George McClellan in the Twelfth congressional district once McClellan resigns to take office. Murphy and Cockran met at the Cochran office where consent was given.
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New York
W. Bourke Cockran
Tammany Hall
George McClellan
Twelfth Congressional District
McClellan
Cochran
Charles F. Murphy
Howe Military Football Record Summary
The Howe Military football team posted a strong season with 163 points for and 7 against, suffering only a one point defeat. The record lists games against Galesburg High School, Cold Water High School, Fort Wayne Medical College, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo High School, and Fort Wayne High School, totaling six wins and one loss.
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Howe
Howe Galesburg High School
Cold Water
Mich
Fort Wayne Medical College
Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo High School
Fort Wayne High School
Fire at Grand Hotel in Cincinnati Causes Minor Damage
Fire at the Grand Hotel in Cincinnati caused small damage from smoke and water after crossed wires sparked flames on the sixth floor west side. The blaze was quickly extinguished with no injuries and little guest disturbance.
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Cincinnati
Grand Hotel
Fraternal Army of Loyal Americans Formed in Chicago
A merger in Chicago unites the Loyal American Society and the Fraternal Army of America to form the Fraternal Army of Loyal Americans. The new group plans to absorb many similar bodies then and there.
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Chicago
United States
Loyal American Society
Fraternal Army of America
Fraternal Army of Loyal
Cleveland car derailment injures passengers after van breaks
A Cleveland and Southwestern Electric Railway car ran down an embankment after a four wheel van broke. Strongsville to ener ge twenty passengers on air were more or less injured by flying glass.
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Cleveland, C
Cleveland & Southwestern Electric Railway
Strongsville
Yellowstone Kelley Returns From Philippines Voyage
San Francisco reports Captain Arthur Kelley the famed Indian scout known as Yellowstone Kelley has returned from the Philippines aboard the transport Sherman. He served under General Miles in the 1870s campaigns in Wyoming and Indiana and is now en route home to New York.
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San Francisco
Arthur Kelley
Miles
Wyoming
Iiana
Yellowstone
Kelley
Yellowstone River
Philippines
Sherman
New York
Perjury Trial Set for Mr Bellringer in Clay Center Kan
Mr Bellringer faces a perjury trial in Clay Center Kansas. The note bleakly says this is a sad moment as Christmas bells ring.
Republican rule era debt and bank solicitation noted
A fragment notes under Republican rule a national bank seeks action or payment regarding some debt. The text mentions the Union National Bank and references J. Richards in connection with the solicitation.
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The
Union ‘National Bank
J. Richards
Superior Courts Docket Report with Damages and Divorces
In various rooms of the Superior Courts, judgments issued. McMaster judge presiding. Cases include Medias vs Krauss with finding for plaintiff owner in possession and 1 cent damages for unlawful detention. Dunn vs Dunn divorce dismissed. Tulley et al. vs Warman on account dismissed. Mizliano vs Moore to set aside conveyance taken under advisement. Hodges vs Indianapolis Street Railway plaintiff damages dismissed. Allen and Hummel et al. cases on possession and $1 damages. Lee divorce with mixed verdicts. Carter cross-claims with defendant custody awarded. Criminals include Alford et al. burglary with terms of imprisonment and disfranchisement. Nash petit larceny with penalties. Havens larceny with standard plea. New suits include Chisholm vs Be Chisholm divorce and foreclosure actions listed.
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John L. McMaster
Charles Medias
Abraham Krauss
Dunn
Joseph Dunn
Plaimif
Soatufacturing
Inilis Street-railway Company
John T. Hodges
Indianapolis Street-railway Company
Circuit Court
Henry Clay Allen
Charles Hummel Et al
David Henry
Becge
Thomas Lee
Odie Lee
Burnet-Lewis Lumber Company
B. M. Weeaner
Pandra Carter
Jerry Carter
Linda
Etta
Helen
Vera
Catherine
Ruth Carter
Will wording grants wife broad executor powers with life estate
A testator directs his wife to act as executor and administrator with full power to manage sell and convey property as she sees fit after his death. The will outlines that if she survives a life estate in real property may arise and details remainder to the heir. References to other cases and a telegraph company notice are unclear in the fragment.
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Hammond Ve. Croxton
Steuben
C. C. Acirmed
Dowling
Scala
Federal officers arrest two men for Linn Grove post office robbery
Federal officers apprehended John Williams and John Sherrill at Sioux Rapids for the Linn Grove post office robbery about six weeks prior. About $1.40 worth of jewelry and stamps was found in Williams’s house.
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Storm Lake
Ila
John Williams
John Sherrill
Sioux Rapids
Linn Grove
Williams
Deserving Actor Lam Lansing Moved to Alameda County Home
Alameda Cal December 16. Suffering from rheumatism and destitute former popular actor Lam Lansing once starred with Edwin Booth has been moved to the county almshouse for relief.
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Alameda
Cal
Willlam Lansing
Edwin Booth
Morton County farmer killed by train in Indiana
Milton Crissman a prominent and wealthy farmer of McCool Ohio County was struck by a train in Valparaiso Indiana and died from his injuries today.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Milton Crissman
McCool
Ois County
Legal Row Over Enforcement and Service Obligations
Fragmented text from a court record discusses enforceability of rules, obligations of a telephone company to provide service, collateral demands, and references to Muncie Pulp Company, Cass County appellate materials, and case notes on withdrawn briefs and records. The fragmentary materials imply procedural rulings and citations without a cohesive narrative.
Obstreperous Postal Card To City Health Dept
A stubborn postal card addressed to City Health Department Cincinnati Ohio went from Cincinnati at 3 a m to Indianapolis by 8 30 a m and returned to the health board that afternoon with no clear explanation The card announced a typhoid case and a health official said a man was sent down and returned with a water sample already analyzed The exchange shows the city health board’s efforts to trace a health concern.
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City Health Board
Health Board
City Health Department
Cin
Ohio
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Cincinnati Board of Health
Spencer
Brightwood Delegation Seeks City Upgrades From Mayor Holtzman
A Brightwood delegation waited on Mayor Holtzman to present suburb needs. They requested new streets, sewers, pavements, and other improvements plus repairs to the water works.
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Brightwood
Holtzman
Slot Gas Meter brings light with a limited allotment
An inventor proposes a slot driven meter to dispense illuminating fluid in fixed quantities. Aimed at households with small incomes, the device would allow families to secure a winter supply of fuel gradually rather than in a single purchase.
The Slot Machine Gas Meter
A device offers gas by the nickel drop, allowing purchase of limited gas quantities. Users insert a nickel into the meter to obtain a fixed amount of gas, with the meter regulating flow to suit short reading or lighting needs as the gas man visits periodically.
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St. Louis Club
Sandy Ferguson
Dubois
Dynamiters
City News Notes
Mustards
Sue
la Salle Estate
Tugela River
Admiral Rodgers
Slain
Howe Military Team
Criminal Court
Fremont Alford
Geo
Hert
Indiana Reformatory
Albert Nash
Josephine M. Chisholm
Geren
Chisholm
John Sheffield
Henry C. Poor
Oo A. Wyte
Poorhouse
Central Union
Direct Business Channel
Tion
Nn Telephone Company
German Bank Vs. Brose
Vanderburg C. C
Comstock
Cunningham
Washin
D. C
Roby
J.L
Avery
Nordyke
Marion C. C
Muncie Pulp Company
Martin Et al. Cass C
Emanuel Rothschilds
William BE. A
Allen C. C
Epeuilansts
Asa c. Oppeli Mera Er
C. C. An
Castleman
Mayor
Corn Products CO
America
Pluto Natural
PLUTO
Spain
Dean Bros
Rox Atkins
Barry
Old Point Inberlin
Comfort
Hampton Roads
W. H. Roll
East Washington St
Geo.v. Pangborn
Lemcke Building
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