Secretary Root to Decide on Indianapolis Army Post Site Action
Secretary Root will decide if condemnation should seize the Roberts tract and cemetery land for Fort Benjamin Harrison. Major French urged condemnation while Humphrey favors acquiring the cemetery land by government action but not required. Officials seek rapid decision to finalize construction timelines and avoid delays.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Root
War Department
Indianapolis Army Post
Humphrey
French
Indianapolis
Roberts
Roberta
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Quartermaster General's Department
Cemetery
Bumphrey
Gillespie Remains In Jail As Bail Deals Evolve
Rising Sun, Ind December dispatch reports James Gillespie still in jail for alleged first degree murder of his twin Elizabeth Gillespie. Myron L. Barbour released on $20,000 bail. Mrs Belle Seward and Mrs Carrie Barbour freed on $7,500 each after habeas corpus proceedings. Dr Thad Reamy deposited $100,000 with National Bank to indemnify against loss, case adjourned to March term. possible transfer to Lawrenceburg if protests occur.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rising Sun
Ind
James Gillespie
Elizabeth Gillespie
Myron L. Barbour
Belle Seward
Carrie Barbour
Myron Barbour
Cincinnati
Barbour
National Bank
Dr. Reamy
Lawrenceburg
Thia Coles
John B. Coles
Miss Coles
Indianapolis Law School
Lovesick Army Officer Missing From Canton
First Lieutenant Floyd Miller of the First Infantry U S A who had been on duty at President McKinley’s grave was absent from his post since November 29 and has been missing since December 5. His parents in Toledo say they do not believe he deserted or faced foul play and think he may have returned to Canton. They claim he was in love with the daughter of a retired army surgeon in Washington and that she knows his whereabouts.
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Toledo
Floyd Miller
First Infantry
McKinley
Canton
Cook
Washington
Largest stationary steam engine arrives for world’s fair
The 5,000 horsepower engine weighing 1 440 000 pounds arrived at the fair grounds on twenty one cars. It is to be installed in the center nave of Machinery Hall. Total gross weight 720 tons, 202 packages.
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ST. Louis
New Castle Man May Be Given The Position
A cablegram from Secretary Shaw accepts the resignation of Alonzo Cruzen Porto Rico collector of customs. W H Elliott Indiana commissioner of the interior for Porto Rico is expected to succeed Cruzen then Regis H Post of New York auditor of Porto Rico would take over. President Roosevelt may let Senator Beveridge name the new collector. The resignation follows investigations into smuggling charges against navy and Porto Rican officials.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Alonzo Cruzen
W. H. Elliott
Indiana
Interior
Cruzen
Regis H. Post
New York
Roosevelt
Beveridge
United States Navy
Juror Accepted In Idaho Springs Dyna Blotter Case
Georgetown December reports that when the District Court adjourned one juror had been accepted by both sides in the Idaho Springs dynamiting cases. Defense attorneys, five times, offered to accept twelve jurors but the prosecution rejected several each time. The process to form the panel was delayed as discussions continued.
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Georgetown
Col
Idaho Springs
Formal Call For Party Reorganization In Indiana 1904
Republican State chairman James P. Goodrich issues a formal call for Indiana party reorganization. Elections set for precinct committeemen delegates and alternates, with district conventions to choose district and state committee members. County committees to organize next week, with officers and executive members appointed. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 COL. 3.
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James P. Goodrich
Winchester
Indiana
Republican State Committee
Daniel E. Storms
Jealous man shoots widow then dies by own hand in Kansas City
Samuel W. Lee killed Mrs. Florence Lee, a seamstress and widow of his brother, after intercepting a letter announcing an intended marriage. He shot her in her rooms, pursued her as she fled, and then wounded himself in a failed suicide attempt. He was captured after severing his throat with a knife. Mrs. Lee, about thirty with two children, left behind a saver. Lee reportedly has a wife in Kansas and a daughter in Liberty, Missouri.
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Kansas City
Florence Lee
Samuel W. Lee
Lee
Kansas
Liberty
St. Louis Transit House Explosion Fallout At Damp Ruins
Workmen clearing the demolished power-house ruins recover Jesse Thom a black man among the remains as rescue crews count fatalities and search for more victims amid the blast aftermath.
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It. Louis
St. Louis Transit Company
Jesse Thom
Rush County youth shot by his brother dies feared
In Rushville Indiana Louis Brockmeier twenty two of Milroy was shot in the jaw by his deranged brother William Brockmeier thirty during an attempted restraint. William, suffering dementia from childhood fever, fled to Gustav Brockmeier in Decatur county. Sheriff Bainbridge took custody to be examined for lunacy tomorrow. Louis was alive at last report.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rushville
Ind
Louis Brockmeier
Milroy
William
William Brockmeter
William Brockmeier
Louis
Williams
Gustav
Decatur County
Bainbridge
Rush County
Gustav Brockmeier
Actress accuses stepfather in Iowa murder case
Mrs. Winie Reader, wife of Walter Halbach, arrived in Des Moines to press charges against her stepfather D. W. Graves for the murder of her mother Mrs. Graves. The charred body was found last Friday and a coroner's verdict ruled death by choking with an attempted arson.
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Des Moines
Winie Reader
Walter Halbach
D. W. Graves
Man Freed After Fifteen Years For Two Cent Stamp Theft
Ellsworth P. De France walked free from the state penitentiary after fifteen years served for holding up a mail car and stealing a two cent postage stamp. Convicted in Nebraska federal court, his sentence was life, but a presidential commutation by President McKinley reduced it to fifteen years.
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Sioux City
Ellsworth P. de France
de France
United States District Court of
Nebraska
McKinley
Cedar Rapids Official Convicted Over Pay Roll Fraud
Cedar Rapids street commissioner B W Moore was convicted of obtaining city funds by false pretenses. He entered a horse on the city payroll as William Martin and drew excess pay for ten months.
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Cedar Rapids
W. L. Moore
William Martin
Chicago strife over funeral services ends in open shop plan
Police and militia may guard funerals as Liverymen Undertal and Livery Drivers Union clash over burial disruption. Employers vote to open shops with nonunion labor, seek injunctions, and appeal to judges. Chief ONeill promises protection. if needed militia may be summoned.
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Chicago
Liverymen's and Undertal Association
Livery Drivers’ Union
O'Neill
Jef O'Neill
Firefighting suicide attempt shocks Hammond saloon scene
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Hammond December 23. Fred Pargande a despondent saloon keeper fired two bullets into his head in front of a plate glass mirror to end his life. He survived the self inflicted wounds and is hospitalized with a bullet in the brain though doctors say recovery is unlikely. He woke, walked home and told his wife.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hammond
Fred Pargande
Pargande
Bombardment Report From Cape Haitien
A Dominican warship bombards Puerto Plata on the north coast of the island. Puerto Plata serves as the republic’s chief port and hosts a population exceeding 20 000. The harbor is an open roadstead and exposed to attack.
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Puerto Plata
Cape Haitien
The
Republic
Tragic Baltimore & Ohio crash at Laurel Run kills many
The Duquesné limited train crashed into a timber wreck at sixty miles an hour, sending cars over the bank into the Youghiogheny river. Over sixty killed, thirty or more injured, many victims burnt or maimed. robbers looted the scene as four railroad workers died. Most victims were Black or foreign passengers. no women were killed.
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Ittsburg
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Laurel Run
Duquesné Limited
Youghlogheny River
Connellsville
Youghiogheny
Loree
Hazards of Railroad Life in Pennsylvania
In Harrisburg a yearly report from Mayor I B Brown notes railroad dangers in Pennsylvania. Steam and street railways combined show 15 382 steam casualties and 3 059 nonfatal injuries, with 1 727 passenger deaths on street lines and a total of 227 fatal accidents. The report highlights a drop of 3 512 injuries from the prior year.
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Harrisburg
Connellsville
I. B. Brown
Department of International Affairs
Pennsylvania
Dur
Humbert
Brown
Burglars in Montana Carry Off a Safe
In Elkhorn mining camp, sheriff reports a daring robbery at Harris & Anderson saloon. Cracksmen dragged the iron safe a quarter mile, blew it open, and took about $4,000 in gold coin and jewelry valued at $0. The safe served as the banking place for many camp residents.
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Boulder
Mont
Elkhorn
Harris & Anderson
Sleigh Ride Party Struck by Street Car in Detroit
A U S commissary sleigh carrying soldiers and several young women was struck by a Third Avenue trolley at Washington boulevard and Grand River avenue. Sergeant James F. Lockwood of Company F First Infantry was killed. Miss May Williams of Detroit is likely to die from internal injuries.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Fort Wayne
Washington Boulevard
Grand River Avenue
James F. Lockwood
First Infantry
May Williams
Escape of a forger from a railway train
Portland, Dec. 2. Shackled with leg irons and in night clothes, Thurlow W. Parker alias Brown, an alleged forger, escaped from the southbound O R and N train at Umatilla after Detective Day slept in a berth. The porter, left in charge by Linde, also dozed through the escape.
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Portland
Ore
Thurlow W. Parker
Brown
Umatilla
Detective Day
Linde
Shot Actress Wounded. Shooter Kills Himself Outside Theater
Ethel Penny, a San Francisco variety actress, was shot and seriously wounded by Daniel O’Hare after she left a theater with Newman Schubener. O’Hare, who had beaten Penny earlier, fired on them with Schubener being wounded. Penny and Schubener were hospitalized in fair condition while O’Hare shot himself and died.
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San Francisco
Ethel Penny
Daniel O'Hare
Newman Schubener
O'Hare
Penny
Schubener
Terrible Duquesne Limited wreck near Laurel Run
The Duquesne Limited plunged into a lumber pile near Laurel Run two miles from Dawson, killing about sixty three and injuring thirty. The dead include engineer Thornly and several named victims. the crash tore cars apart and sent passengers into the Youghiogheny river before Loree’s official report described derailing by switch timber and widespread damage.
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Duquesne Limited
Laurel Run
Pittsburg
New York
Baltimore & Ohio
Dawson
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Reamy
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MR. Cruzen
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