Indiana and nearby states forecast as fair and not so cold
Nationwide weather summary shows Indiana to expect fair conditions with milder temperatures on Sunday and Monday. Frugal northwest to southwest winds, with colder spells in North Dakota and Minnesota areas. Includes notes on Michigan Nebraska Iowa and surrounding states with varying wind directions and occasional snow in portions. Blythe reports from the weather section.
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Washington
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Michigan
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Nsas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Defect in Machine Detected by Telephone
Boston December 26 Machinists at McKay factory United Shoe Machinery Company Winchester used a telephone to diagnose a fault in an eyelet machine sent to Mexico. Four to five experts listened for sounds, identified the issue, and wired instructions enabling the Mexican operator to fix the machine.
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Boston
McKay
United Shoe Machinery Company
Winchester
Mexico
Regul Ar Hone
Bryan Men Oppose Selecting New York for Convention
The Washington dispatch argues that Bryan supporters hope to block New York as the 164 Democratic convention site. It claims such opposition aims to keep Wall Street influence in play and splits East and West. Proponents in favor see New York as unifying, boosting New York’s 39 electoral votes and signaling party renewal.
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Bryan
New York
Washington, D. C
Democratic Nations
New York City
Democratic Party
New York State
Mr. Bryan
Washington
Wall Street
West
Messrs
Morgan
Rockefeller
Chicago
Orcs
Democratic National Committee
Southwest
Union
Seventh Avenue
Fifty-second Street
West Side Lyceum
Adelphia Hall
Columbus Avenue
Sixty-eighth Street
Pussy and Her Rat Cause Stampede in Candy Store
A party of women in fashionable F Street in Washington crowded a candy shop when a pet cat armed with a rat blocked the door. The scene triggered shrieks and a frenzied escape outside, with clerks and customers alike trying to deter the cat. A janitor finally captured the animal, declaring the rat dead.
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Washington
F Street
Trustees of College Assignment in Albert Lea
The trustees of Albert Lea College have made an assignment for the benefit of creditors. Liabilities are about $9,000 to $10,000 with assets estimated five times as large, including school buildings and residence property. C. H. Freeman is named assignee. The note mentions friction with Detepen Albert Lea College and MacAlister College, Molieer Presbyterian State school.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Albert Lea College
C. HL Freeman
al Lea College
MacAlister College
Molieer Presbyterian State School
Justice Ginley’s anti divorce pledge on wedding form
In Cleveland on December 26 Justice of the Peace Join V Ginley dispenses a marriage form asking couples to waive divorce rights, claiming no one signs it and noting marriage is a contract under statutory law. He argues the form contradicts the solemn vows and reduces potential fees.
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Cleveland
Justice of the Peace
Join V. Ginley
Ginley
Mr. Ginley
Princess Radziwill Presses Big Lawsuit in England
Princess Catharine Radziwill, newly arrived in England, prepares for her trial against the Cecil Rhodes estate. She claims letters and papers in Rhodes handwriting prove her case, detailing how she smuggled documents out of South Africa with private detectives watching, aided by a Headington friend.
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South Africa
London
Catherine Radziwill
England
Cecil Rhodes
Europe
Rhodes
Hill
Headington
Oxford
Cape Town
Customs House
Radziwill
Cape
Poland
Hkadziwill
Princess Blucher
Lord
Water scandal cases reach police court in Grand Rapids
The hearing of William F. McKnight and ex Senator George E. Nicholson on subornation of perjury charges in the Salisbury bribery trial over the Lake Michigan water deal began in Police Court. If held for Superior Court, separate trials loom. Witnesses described surveillance, hotel visits, and envelopes containing money observed during the eight week watch by special officer Stowe.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
William F. McKnight
George E. Nicholson
Lant K. Salisbury
Lake Michigan
Kelly
Arthur Stowe
Stephenson, Mich
Garman
Salisbury
McKnight
Livingstonotel
Salsbury
J. Murt Robbons
Morton House
Cameron
Stowe
Leonard
Stone
Brown
Inspector Jenkins Probes Colville Agency Charges
Indian Inspector Jenkins visits the Colville agency in Washington to investigate alleged voucher irregularities against Indian Agent A. M. Anderson. Other charges involve religious differences, as Coeur d'Alene in Idaho awaits closer supervision and a subagent. A government farmer may be appointed to the Coeur d'Alene reservation.
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Washington
D. C
Jenkins
Colville Indian Agency
A. M. Anderson
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Colville
Department
Pope Feels Affection for Jewish Community
A report from Rome states that the new Pope Pius X has many warm friends among Jews. The article traces his friendships from Tombola where he tutored a Jewish banker’s son, to Salzano with a Jewish manufacturer Romein Jacur, and Mantua where he hosted Jacob. It notes convivial ties in Venice and Mantua and mentions a cautious note on wealth.
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Rome
Pius X
Tombola
Salzano
Romanin Jacur
Mantua
Jacob
Venice
Pius
Loree to Become President of Rock Island Company
L F Loree, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, will assume the presidency of the Rock Island Company on January 1, succeeding William B Leeds. Leeds will stay on as a Rock Island executive committee member. Baltimore officials confirm Loree’s appointment and say Murray may succeed Loree at B and O, though official word is not finalized.
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New York
L. F. Loree
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Rock Island Company
William B. Leeds
Loree
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway System
Leeds
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Rock Island Railroad
Murray
Baltimore & Ohio System
Railroads urged as key to Philippine prosperity
Manila dispatch argues for extensive railroad expansion in the Philippines, linking Luzon from north to south via Manila. It calls rail construction essential to development, trade, land values, and American settlement, viewing railways as missionary work that will bring peace and prosperity.
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Manila
P. I
Philippine Islands
Luzon
Philippines
United States
Mississippi men seek injunction to void Mobile & Ohio bonds
Thomas R. Foster and others, aided by attorney T. M. Miller, filed in Mobile chancery court seeking an injunction against Mobile & Ohio and four related lenders. They demand the bonds issued in 1889 for 10.5 million dollars be declared illegal, the mortgage null, and all principal and interest payments enjoined.
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Mobile
Ala
Thomas R. Foster
Warren County
Mississippi
James Politz
New York
Littleton Edmunds
Richmond
G. L. Venner
Boston
Mass
T. M. Miller
New Orleans
Chancery Court of
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company
The
Southern Railway
Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company of
Guaranty Trust Company of
New
Mobile & Ohio
Frisco System Buys Chalmette Belt Line
Chalmette Belt and Terminal Co passes into New Orleans Terminal Co control formed by Frisco system. I S Berg president. $15,000,000 mortgage endorsed by Southern Railway. Joint Southern and Rock Island Frisco ownership. lines to share terminal property. future passenger service planned. Special to Indianapolis Journal. PERU Ind Dec 26 S E Cotter Wabash eastern division to Decatur Jan 1. Clarke Co complaint filed over oil car demurrage charges by Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago St Louis to Xenia.
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New Orleans
Chalmette Belt and Terminal Company
New Orleans Terminal Company
Frisco
I. S. Berg
New Concern
Standard Trust Company
New York
Southern Railway
Chalmette
Southern
Seo
Rock Island-Frisco
Terminal Company
New Orleans & Northeastern
Indianapolis Journal
Peru
Ind
E. Cotter
Wabash Railway
Middle Division
Decatur
H. @. Clark
Western Marland
Washington
Fred G. Clarke Company
Cleveland
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pittsburg
Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
Xenia
Fatal interracial duel near Randolph ends in deaths and injuries
In Brownsville Tennessee a fight over a small debt escalated into a deadly exchange as a white merchant Tom Hollingshead fired a double barrel shotgun at John Jackson who returned fire with a pistol. Hollingshead died, and John Water Henry Jackson and Andrew Pugh all Negroes were seriously wounded. Cardinal Rampella, former papal secretary of state, is reported ill with influenza in Rome.
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Brownsville
Tenn
Randolph
Tom Hollingshead
John Jackson
Hollingshead
John
Henry Jackson
Andrew Pugh
Rome
Cardinal Rampella
South looks for the Isthmian canal tale of Southern prosperity
President John Skelton Williams toured the Seaboard Railway system and Southern states, praising cotton as a money crop, bank deposits, and mill profits. He highlighted vagrancy law enforcement, labor shifts to public works, and anticipation that the Panama Canal will boost Southern commerce and port activity.
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Washington
John Skelton Williams
Seaboard Airline
South
New York
Richmond
Florida
Norfolk
Birmingham
Georgia
Alabama
Atlanta
South Carolina
North Carolina
King Peters Troubles Deepen in Servia Family Coup
Paris dispatch reports royal infighting as Alexis Karageorgevitch renounces allegiance to King Peter and claims Servian throne rights. His brother Bojidar and other kin live modestly in Paris while Alexis asserts senior line superiority. The Karageorgevitch saga traces back to Black George and the dynastic split.
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Paris
Peter of
Servia
Alexis Karageorgevitch
House of
Peter
Alexis
Bojidar
Alexander
Milan Obronowitch
Sertvia
Porte
St Peter
Karageorgevitch
Senator Warren’s Case Practically Closed
Washington December 2. After a long conference with Senator Warren of Wyoming about a Cheyenne post office building the Postmaster General Payne signaled the case is closed. An agent arranged a lease at 1200 a year for ten years starting April 1 1899 saving the government about 7000 in ten years. The post office may stay in current quarters until a government building in Cheyenne is ready likely by July next.
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Washington
Warren
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Payne
Charles Emory Smith
Costly Marietta fire from gas explosion damages block
A gas explosion sparked a major fire destroying Marietta Ohio’s five story First National Bank block. Losses reach 75000 dollars for the building and substantial contents loss with vaults on every floor saved by fireproof storage. Nearby structures also damaged in the incident.
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First National Bank
Marietta, O
Marietta
Earry
Standard Oil Company
Dawes Lumber Company
Larber Oil Company
Kratz to Be Brought Back From Mexico
The State Department received a telegram from Mr. McCrary in Mexico City stating that the Mexican government has granted extradition of Charien Kra, wanted in St Louis for alleged connection with the franchise scandals.
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Washington
State Department
McCrary
United States
Mexico City
Charien Kra
St Louis
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