Central Civil Service Boards Promised In Indianapolis
Washington dispatch describes Civil Service Commission plans to establish central exam boards in Indianapolis and other northern cities, with Indianapolis as a regional hub. The move aims to standardize examinations for rural carriers and general postings, aided by local board staff shifting to civil service duties. President Roosevelt’s vigor is noted, with several quotes illustrating his forthright style. Postmaster General Payne delays the Bristow papers, awaiting January session. debates over public-buildings policy and competitive design for Indiana projects are also reported.
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Civil Service Commission
Indianapolis
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Civil Service
Cooley
Boston
New York
San Francisco
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Toeceheeres
Payne
Wanger House
Post Office
Congress
Bristow
Wanger
No Hope For Recovery Of Langsdale In Critical Illness
George J. Langsdale remained critically ill at the Blacherne apartment house with physicians saying he would hardly live through the night. Doctors Kimberlin and Keene visited him, found him weakening, though periods of consciousness showed a clear mind. His son in law Senator Beveridge was with him several times during the day.
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George J. Langsdale
Blacherne
Bishop Potter Hurt Will Use Crutches
News from New York reports Bishop Henry C. Potter is confined to bed after an accident. Bishop Worthington of Nebraska preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church for the Christmas sermon, and Potter was unable to deliver it. He was summoned by telegram to Potter's bedside Thursday and asked to preach in his stead.
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New York
Worthington
Nebraska
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Henry C. Potter
Potter
No Public School for Dowleite Children
Chicago health department orders all Dowleite children excluded from public schools starting January 4. All pupils must show vaccination certificates or be debarred. Zion general overseer claims vaccination fails against smallpox. segregation will occur by vaccination status, with names and addresses of noncompliant children sent to health officials.
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Chicago
Health Department
Zion
Alleged forger arrested in Halifax after passing forged orders
A man calling himself C. M. McMichael of Kamloops B C was arrested in Halifax on a charge of passing forged Canadian and American Express orders. Several were cashed for 47 40 each, said to be issued from London Ontario. McMichael traveled from Boston and stayed at a top hotel, drawing attention with his generous spending.
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C. M. McMichael
Kamloops
B. C
London
Ont
McMichael
Boston
Castle's Successor Named For Post Office Auditor
Minnesota members of Congress announce Joseph J. McCarty former St Paul city controller nearly agreed as successor to Henry A Castle as auditor in the Post Office Department Minnesota senators and representatives claim the appointment on basis of Minnesota ties.
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Washington
Minnesota
Congress
Joseph J. McCarty
St. Paul
Henry A. Castle
Post Office Department
Captain Castle
Manhattan Coal Company Seeks Receiver in Illinois Court
D C Eylar, president of the Manhattan Coal Company of Cornell, Livingston County, files in Circuit Court for a receiver. He says management under C A Denham, secretary and mine manager, is unsatisfactory. The firm formed just over a year ago with $250,000 capital, largely held in Chicago and the East.
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Bloomington
Zanardelli in grave condition after stomach tumor
In Rome on December 31, doctors report former Premier Zanardelli has a stomach tumor and say all hope for recovery is lost. The news notes his critical state and the serious outlook for his health.
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Rome
Zanardelli
Train wreck at Kokomo injures dozen en route to Christmas
In Kokomo Indiana a Clover Leaf west bound passenger train was struck in the rear by a Panhandle yard engine, derailing two cars and injuring twelve travelers including Anna Lutz Jessie Brown Sydney Bryant and John Sanders. Surgeons treated five severely and seven mildly. none fatally hurt. About 120 passengers were aboard heading to towns for Christmas. The freight engine was blamed for loss of control.
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Kokomo
Ind
Panhandle Yard
Anna Lutz
Decatur
Jessie Brown
Marion
Sydney Bryant
John Sanders
Suburban Train Hits Freight Car Demolition At Fifty Fourth
In a heavy snowstorm a Pennsylvania Railroad suburban train struck the rear of a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul freight at Fifty fourth street. Brakeman James Dooley died and four railroad workers were lightly injured. Three cars of the Milwaukee train and the Pennsylvania engine were wrecked.
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Chicago
Fifty-fourth Street
James Dooley
Newspaper Owner Killed by Train in Philadelphia
Hugh A. Mullen a proprietor of the Sun day Philadelphia World and familiar figure in local politics was instantly killed when struck by a train. An accident insurance policy for 5000 dollars was found in his pocket. He was fifty six years old.
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Philadelphia
Hugh A. Mullen
Philadelphia World
Joint Action Urged to Save Jews in Russia
London Dec 2 5 Baron Rothschild presided at a joint meeting of the foreign committee and the board of deputies of the Anglo Jewish Association It was attended by Rev Dr Hermann Adler chief rabbi and other prominent Jews The meeting reviewed reports from Russia warning of renewed anti Jewish outrages at Kishineff on Russian Christmas day The group decided to press Foreign Secretary Lansdowne to seek joint action by Great Britain and the United States to avert further persecution of Jews in Russia
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Baron Rothschild
Foreign Committee
Anglo-Jewish Association
Hermann Adler
United Hebrew Congregations
British Empire
Russia
Kishineffk
Landsdowne
Muncie Man Dies at Host’s Feet on Christmas Day
Henry Brock a Muncie carriage maker died of heart neuralgia after greeting Q P A Teonard and family in Hartford City Ind Christmas Day He was fifty the body returned to Muncie that evening His wife and daughter shared the sorrowful occasion. Also Evansville note Fred Kripner aged eighty nine died on his birthday in December He was a Mexican and Civil War veteran and last surviving Mexican War veteran in the city.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Henry Brock
Muncie
Q. P. A. Teonard
Brock
Brocks
Leonard
Evansville
Fred Kripner
Barney riot reported near Quitman Ga after fatal shooting
Reports from Quitman Georgia say a riot is feared in the village of Barney eighteen miles east. The sheriff and a posse have gone to the scene after a white man killed a negro desperado. The situation is tense with violence feared and police moving to restore order.
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Quitman
Barney
Buchanan Presents Credentials at Panama
United States minister to Panama W S Buchanan presented his credentials to the provisional government in Panama City. The reception was cordial with soldiers and dignitaries, and Buchanan expressed Roosevelt’s wishes for broad progress, peace, and prosperity for the republic. Senor Arango praised the appointment as a good omen and pledged closer ties with the United States.
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W. S. Buchanan
United States
Republic of Panama
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Roosevelt
Pse
Senor Jose Augustin Arango
Senor Arango
Miners Ordered to Work or Leave Telluride Town
Telluride Col December The striking union miners arrested on vagrancy charges were released and ordered to go to work or leave town. They have not yet complied with the order.
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Telluride
Col
Not Enough Christmas Presents 10 Please Him
In Chicago on December date William Kauffman nephew of George Kauffman fatally shot his cousin Rosa Kauffman and wounded his aunt Mrs Rega Kauffman during a quarrel over Christmas gifts. He claimed his uncle failed to give a proper number of presents and attempted to shoot him then shot the women as they intervened. He escaped and was at large.
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William Kauffman
George Kauffman
Rosa Kauffman
Rega Kauffman
Kauffman
Mob Threat Spurs Nine Negroes to Safe Keeping in Kentucky
In Hopkinsville Kentucky threats of mob violence drive nine Black men charged with murder to Madisonville for safety. They are accused of killing and mutilating an unidentified man last week. A suspect confession claims the victim was murdered and robbed of 100 dollars by the group.
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Madisonville
Hudson man in personal crisis kills three children
Hudson N Y Dec 5 A Hollowville farmer brooding over his inability to buy Christmas gifts for his three motherless children fatally hurt three children and died in a personal crisis last night.
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Hudson, N. Y
Joseph Vier
Hollowville Farmer
Old Soldier Killed by Car in Snowstorm
Edward Meeks an elderly resident of Anderson Indiana was fatally struck by a special limited train from Elwood during a heavy snowstorm. He stepped on the track to avoid the train and was hit as the car passed, suffering a crushed skull and fatal injuries. He leaves a widow and two children. He once lived at the Soldiers Home in Danville Illinois.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
Edward Meeks
Special Limited
Elwood
Weeks
Danville
Ill
Woman Found Dead on Street Corner in Anderson
Miss Bessie Stewart, colored aged twenty two, fell dead on a city street corner at about 10 o clock while waiting for a car. She held her sister s baby in her arms when found frozen in drifting snow. The infant was unharmed by the fall or exposure. Parents are Mr and Mrs Comstock Stewart of Danville Illinois.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
Bessie Stewart
Comstock Stewart
Danville
Ill
Ferguson doubts Roosevelt picture vandal theory in office
Guthrie Oklahoma December 25 Governor Ferguson stated a damaged portrait of President Roosevelt found in his office was not destroyed by a drunken vandal. He believes the breakage occurred accidentally by one of three janitors and notes the painting had been repaired before his afternoon return. The janitors have not been questioned.
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O. T
Ferguson
Roosevelt
Murder on Main Street in Evansville Ignites City Tensions
Speia to the Indianapolis Journal reports railroad brakeman John Hodges was shot and killed by Howard Tate during a dispute over a beard bill. They met on Evansville’s main street. Tate was arrested, jailed in Jasper, and public sentiment against him runs high.
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Howard Tate
Speeia
Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Tate
Hodges
Jasper
Fight Over Woman Leaves Two Men Wounded in Indiana
In Jeffersonville on December 3 a quarrel over a woman led Will Farmer and Bert Cunningham to slash each other. Both men survived but are in serious condition with severe head and throat injuries. Farmer needed forty four stitches while Cunningham had twenty seven stitches. Cunningham was jailed but Farmer remained at home.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Will Farmer
Bert Cunningham
Cunningham
Farmer
Mining figure Thomas Jones dies by cyanide at St James Hotel
In Denver, Thomas Jones a prominent Salt Lake mining man, died this evening by taking cyanide of potassium at the St James Hotel. He was despondent over his sister Mary Jones of Baltke Street Elgh, with unclear relation to Srenes sistaira.
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Col
Thomas Jones
Salt Lake
St. James Hotel
Srenes Sistaira
Mary Jones
New Brick Factory Destroyed by Storm at Washington Ind
A five-story brick building of the Cincinnati Seating Company in Washington Indiana was blown down in a violent wind and snowstorm at 4 30 pm causing an estimated loss of 12000. The structure 80 by 160 feet collapsed after walls with openings let wind surge through. Six workers who had just left the building were saved. Company officials are at home in Harrison. The plant may be rebuilt as the firm had been granted a 10000 bonus and a factory site for five years.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Ind
Cincinnati Seating Company
Bank forgery fugitive tied to Sing Sing escape arrested
New York dispatch reports a 60 year old man identified as Charles Williamson alias Perrine or Charles P. Hall arrested for arson in the first degree. Once linked to the Bank of England forgery case, he allegedly helped reveal how notes were raised and was freed after serving part of his term before fleeing to New Jersey.
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Bank of England
Sing Sing
Charles Williamson
Perrine
Charles P. Hall
New Jersey
Hall
Queen's
Father Clark Starts On Trip Around World
Rev Francis E Clark founder of the Christian Endeavor Society began a world voyage from Boston accompanied by his daughter. Clergymen and Endeavor officials saw him off at the station. They will spend Sunday in Omaha then travel to San Francisco and onward to the Orient.
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Francis E. Clark
The
Christian Endeavor Society
Death of Woman Forger After Arrest
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 25. Mrs Mary Holmes Gibbs died suddenly at her home after being arrested yesterday on a $2 check forging charge. She confessed and was released on bonds, with relatives expected to reimburse the bank. Gibbs was 21 and married to a traveling salesman.
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Kansas City
Mary Holmes Gibbs
Paris Bakers Strike Sparks Citywide Tension
Paris reports limited violence as police and troops guard streets after a mass meeting at the Bourse du Travail. Strikers claim 2,100 bakers at work while authorities report 18 on strike, with only intermittent shop attacks noted.
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Paris
Train kills two men near Gladwin Mich
Emory Sheldon and Eli Hemp of Highwood were struck and killed when their car was hit by a train while crossing the track four miles east of Gladwin last night.
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Gladwin
Mich
Emory Shedon
Eli Hemp
Highwood
Blizzard Grips City and State in Fierce Winter Storm
A severe blizzard hit Indianapolis and much of Indiana just after Christmas, with winds near 40 mph and temperatures plunging from 22 to 6 degrees. Snow, icy streets, and stalled trains disrupted travel while residents sheltered indoors and city services struggled to operate. Reports across Indiana and the West noted the storm’s wide reach and cold snap, as Duluth recorded 8 below zero.
Blizzard Damages Evansville Area In Severe Local Storm
Evansville Ind December 5 The year’s worst blizzard rages through southern Indiana. A heavy gale topples telegraph and telephone wires, tears signboards, and halts streetcars across the city. Petersburg reports downed wires and a blown gas regulator house. Local port boats face rough seas and likely no service next week due to cold.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Mercury
Petersburg
Petersburg Gas Company
Lafayette in Grip of Severe Blizzard
Lafayette Indiana end of day report shows the worst blizzard of the winter with traffic at a standstill. Temperatures fell from 41 at noon to 12 degrees by 7 pm and continue to drop. Streetcar lines into the city are blocked and local streets are impassable. Overnight zero weather is forecast for tomorrow.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Western Counties Snow-Swept As Blizzard Hits Indiana
Western Indiana endures blizzard conditions with temperatures plunging, cars and interurban service disrupted, and wire service to the north cut off. In Marion and Muncie blizzards yield brief, heavy snowfall and very low temps. Local reports note gusty winds and rapid temperature drops across the region.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
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