Indiana coal shortage linked to miners Christmas holiday
Special dispatch from Terre Haute reports Indiana coal supply squeezed as miners take a Christmas week or ten days off. Railroads seized hundreds of coal cars, storing fuel to power locomotives while mining slows. Operators deny price hikes. miners say idleness reduces demand, with many mines operating only two days of work amid car shortages and suspensions.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Illinois
Indiana
Chi
La Porte Dedication of First Methodist Church by Bishop Joyce
In La Porte Indiana the rebuilt First Methodist Church was dedicated by Bishop L W Joyce of Minneapolis. He preached two sermons as former pastors participated. The crowded services followed completion of a $14,000 remodel with about half subscribed before and the rest during the day, leaving the church debt free. The building, in Grecian style, is described as an architectural beauty.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
First Methodist
L W. Joyce
D. D
Minneapolis
Erene
Weather forecast for Midwest and Ohio regions Dec 28
Forecast for Monday and Tuesday calls for rain or snow in Indiana with warmer conditions, and snow in Illinois north with rain south then warmer. Ohio expects snow Monday turning to rain and warmer, then colder with possible fair in the far southwest. Winds from south shifting west or southeast. Local observations note low barometer and cloudy conditions with minimal precipitation.
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Washington
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Kansas Snowstorm Briefs Stock Relief Promise
Topeka Kansas reports a general snowstorm with mild weather and no suffering stock expected. The notice notes coal shortages persist as railroads reserve coal for their own use, hindering relief efforts.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
West- Semaine
Movements of Steamers Reported in Dec 2 Notices
Shipping notes list vessels under movemens and arrivals. Noordam sails New York to Rotterdam and Vader sails from New York to Antwerp. Ivernia departs Boston for Queenstown and Liverpool. Ampton departs Hamburg Boulogne for New York. La arrives Havre. Umbria sails York. Furnesaia listed as sailed.
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New York
Rotterdam
Vader
Antwerp
Whead
Pass- Ivernia
Boston
Queenstown
Liverpool
Ampton
Saiied
Hamburg
Boulogne
Ez York
Havre
Umbria
York
Furnesaia
Construction and renovation of a church by Indianapolis contractor
The structure features rock faced stone on the exterior with work by an Indianapolis contractor. A new pipe organ has been installed and several memorial windows graces the edifice. Rev G W Switzer D D is pastor. Bishop Joyce plans to depart for South America to attend two large Methodist conferences.
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Indianapolis
G. W. Switzer
Joyce
South America
De Pauw University Changes Indicated by Trustees
R 8 Tennant, coal operator and De Pauw University trustee, says President Gobin has notified the board of his intent to resign and Chancellor Hickman has also resigned. The board plans to consolidate duties of president and chancellor, will review candidates nationwide, and may keep Gobin in some capacity.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Tennant
de Pauw University
Gobin
Hickman
Dr. Gobin
Butler Parts Ways With Notre Dame Track Program
South Bend reports coach P. W. Butler, who led Notre Dame track for two seasons, has severed ties with the university. He declined to explain the reason. A Nova Scotia native and recent electrical engineering student, he will enter the electrical field while hockey ambitions at the school stalled for lack of ice. Boots was a top skater at the university and learned hockey in the English navy.
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Indianapolis Journal
South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame
P. W. Butler
Butler
Nova Scotia
Boots
Naiog
Kokomo Saloon Men Arrest Warrants Issued
The Kokomo Civic Federation obtained warrants for the arrest of about thirty saloon keepers and resort operators. Arrests are planned for Monday. Prosecutor Willitts will push the cases for violations of Sunday laws. A women’s committee led by Miss Carrie Styer formed the crusade, with prosecutions based on their testimony. Most accused are expected to plead guilty and pay fines.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Kokomo Civic Federation
Willitts
Carrie Styer
Estate sues Big Four for 10000 over Havens death
In Terre Haute Indiana the administrator for Anthony D Havens of Hillsboro Illinois sues the Big Four Railroad for 10000 alleging Havens died in the Wabash River bridge collision while transporting poultry for Arthur Jordan Company of Indianapolis. His body was found days later. Two others perished in the wreck. A second item reports Frank Markis a Negro hotel porter receiving punishment after attempting to attack Amanda Millikin with a blunt object and suffering injuries from others.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Anthony D. Havens
Hillsboro
Ill
Big Four Railroad Company
Havens
Arthur Jordan Company
Indianapolis
Wabash River
Frank Markis
Amanda Millikin
Markis
Indiana scientists head to Washington AAAS meeting
Washington Indiana reports Indiana will be well represented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Washington this week. Among those arriving are Crome and wife Emily Meigs C. A. Waldo of Lafayette Mrs. F. B. Taylor of Fort Wayne Dr. F. M. Andrews Robert B. Lyons C. H. Eig man and W. J. Moenkhaus of Bloomington W. A. Noyes of Terre Haute D. M. Mottler of Bloomington arrives tomorrow.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Ind
Indiana
American Association For the Advancement of Science
A Crome
Emily Meigs
C. A. Waldo
Lafayette
F. B. Taylor
Fort Wayne
F. M. Andrews
Robert B. Lyons
C. H. Eigman
W. J. Moenkhaus
Bloominn
Death of Father Oechtering
Rev. Father Oechtering of Mishawaka parish died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Fort Wayne at age sixty six after hospitalization for a tumor operation. He was the first priest ordained in the Ca ps aan this is-had been thirty-two waka. He drew attention in the 1902 political campaign by opposing Bishop Ireland on the Philippine question.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Father Oechtering
Mishawaka
St. Joseph's Hospital
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Ireland
Tokio
Victoria
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Count Sano
Japan Red Cross Society
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Mich
Silas Farmer
Michigan
Northwest
Farmer
American Geographical Society
Nashville
Tenn
Hester
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Multiple incidents spark concern in Indiana towns
In Shelbyville officers arrested Doug Woods on intoxication and a later room altercation with Sheriff Theodore Luther led to assault charges and fines. In Muncie workers formed a cooperative glass company to replace a plant closed by a trust. In Evansville eight year old Bessie Brewer fatally burned after her clothes ignited by an open grate. In Greenfield Smith Bros. store fire caused thousands in damage but was insured. In Muncie Mrs John Fuller was poisoned by a Christmas orange. she survived with strychnine evidence and the crime was linked to a supposed friend.
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Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
Doug Woods
Squire Brokering
Theodore Luther
Woods
Evansville
Bessie Brewer
Fort Branch
Muncie
John Fuller
Mat Ws
Terre Haute Car and Foundry names new superintendent
John 8. Cox has resigned as superintendent of the Terre Haute works of the American Car and Foundry Company to take effect Jan. 1. The successor is not announced and Cox will decide his postcar work plans. Seymour report Rev A. Egli of Evansville has been called to the Evangelical St. Paul’s Protestant church.
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Terre Haute
John 8. Cox
American Car and Foundry Company
Cox
Seymour
A. Egli
Evansville
St. 'S
City church to appoint new pastor February first
The local church will succeed Rev. F. Davies who has taken a Cincinnati post. The new pastor starts February 1. Mrs. Laura Holmes Atkinson, widow of Cyrus J. Atkinson, died Sunday at age forty five. Frank Bass, Shelbyville library fund remittance reaches twenty thousand dollars after Carnegie drafts. Bluffton man Frank Dickey loses left arm in yard accident. Chester Evans, freed by the governor for Christmas, writes stories about South Africa and prison life. A postal money order to Ellsworth Goodman raised to 25 dollars passes in New Albany. A baby elephant is born at Wright Carnival Company headquarters in Evansville. In Kokomo, H. C. Miller faces divorce after thirty-six years of marriage, seeking alimony and child custody.
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Shelbyville
Frank Bass
Andrew Carnegie
Bluffton
Frank Dickey
Bluffton Yards
Dickey
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Muncie
Chester Evans
Indiana
South Africa
New Albany
Columbus
Ind
Ellsworth Goodman
Evansville
Wright Carnival Company
Bess
Kokomo
H. C. Miller
Howard County
Caroline Miller
Surge in U S Manufactures Exports This Eleven Months
Treasury report shows eleven months to November with manufacturers imports at 407 million dollars and exports at 77.6 million. Iron and steel goods lead import growth while agricultural exports fall behind last year. overall imports exceed last year by 75 million, with much of the rise in materials for manufacture.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
United States
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
India
Iron and Steel Manufactures
Iron and Steel
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Escvensics
Battle for the Stratton Millions Opens in Colorado Springs
The hearing on admitting the will of W. B. Stratton to probate begins in county court with prominent Colorado lawyers and U.S. Senator Patterson present. J. Han Stratton, the contestant, led the protest grounds. Young Stratton, his bride from Oshkosh, arrived to attend the proceedings.
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Dec
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Sparks From Hillside Hide Moonshine Still in Cave
In Rockdale County Georgia two or three sparks led investigators to a hidden hillside cave hosting a fully equipped moonshine operation. Officers Cates Lane Hays and New found a still, beer and singlings amid clever cave construction with a water well and smoke stack. No occupants were present, but the digits of dirt and a removed footpath indicated careful concealment and a successful, if brief, raid effort.
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Atlanta
Rockdale
Uncle Sam
David A. Cates
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J Lane
Villa Rica
John Hays
John New
Lithonia
Colonel Gates
Telegraphic Brevities From Across The Nation
Brief notices report Bryan visiting Mexico cities, Vanderbilt improving in New York, a $2.5 million sale of Weissinger Tobacco to Continental Tobacco, a double tragedy in Florence Alabama, a Masonic burial in New York for Nate Salsbury, and the opening of a new People’s Church in St Paul. Also covered are drownings in St Louis and Cumberland River, frosts in Florida, a Youngstown death by carbolic acid, a Redstone disaster with four dead, Newfoundland gale damage, a Peruvian steamer delay, and canoeing fatalities near Gainesboro Tennessee.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
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Weissinger Tobacco Company
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Nate Salsbury
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Burrill
Freeport
New People’s Church
St. Paul
Olive Street
St. Louis
Mary Galleano
Ange Cafferata
Theresa Logo Marsino
Florida
West
Harry Jackson
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Youngstown
Philadelphia
Jackson
Little
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Fayette City
Joseph Kozel
Albert Kozel
Charles Krook
Frank Monluke
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Cape Race
Halifax
Cumberland River
Gainesboro
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H. C. Frick Coke Company
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Poisoning case links to coke removal stir in Chicago
Removal of this of coke from the independent field has stirred capital for new york operations. Richard Cummings, fifty, died at 428 Ashland Avenue, Chicago, where he boarded. William Menish, his wife Theresa, and daughter Mary, fourteen, of 4226 Ashland Avenue, were arrested on suspicion of poisoning using wine as a Christmas gift after a bitter quarrel with Mrs. Shanahan.
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Lizzie Shanahan
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William Menish
Theresa Menish
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Mascagni to Direct Thomas Orchestra in Chicago Tour
Italian composer Pietro Mascagni will serve as temporary director of the Thomas orchestra in Chicago and resume a U S tour. He seeks a capital-backed manager for a successful journey as many Chicago residents urged another performance at the Auditorium Theater.
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Chicago
Pietro Mascagni
Thomas Orchestra
United States
Navy begins race with private builders to build Connecticut
Washington Dec 28 The Navy Department and Newport News Shipbuilding Co race to build the battleship Connecticut in Brooklyn and the private Louisiana in record time. Government eight hour day limits, annual leave, and higher labor costs cited as handicaps versus private yards. Congress authorized funding and cost reporting to compare government and private costs.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
United States
Navy Department
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Connecticut
Newport News Ship Building Company
Louisiana
Congress
Government Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Major Liu Executed Beheaded in Hankow After Demands
Dispatches from Victoria report Major Liu a Chen Chou military officer executed by beheading outside Hankow after a British backed demand. He failed to shield missionaries Bruce and Lewis from the mob. Foreign observers witnessed the killing and the wrapped remains were presented by magistrates as locals wept.
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Victoria
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Hunan
Shanghai
Liu
Chen-Chou
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Lewis
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Siege Ends in Blood at Outer Fortress Clash
The defenders hold the fort against Boxer forces though many die and captives are tortured. Executions follow as citizens accused of aiding rebels are beheaded. A messenger from the Boxers is hanged in a cage after demanding prisoner release. Sir Liang-Cheng departs Peking for Washington after an audience with the Empress Dowager.
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Liang-Cheng
Wu Tingfang
Downager
A Stronger Navy From Venezuela Fallout
The Minneapolis Tribune notes that U S unease over the Venezuela affair is pushing toward a stronger navy. Congress may order two battleships and two armored cruisers, built in U S yards, due to crowded private shipyards and the need for rapid availability. Government construction is costly but may be necessary to gain speed.
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Venezuela
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Department
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United States Navy Yards
A New Star of Hope at Forefathers Day Dinner
The New York Commercial highlights Senator Hoar’s Philadelphia Forefathers Day speech as a rare note of optimism. Hoar, once critical of the Republic, now says it is better than yesterday and can improve further, offering a cautious rebuke to anti imperialist critics and a brighter outlook for the nation.
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Henry W. Grady
Senator Hoar
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Massachusetts Statesman
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Republic
Puritan Son of Liberty Seeks Justice and Civic Renewal
In a reflective remark, a Puritan lineage speaker asserts that Americans never sought personal glory or empire, insisting the republic is forgiven and that the nation’s conscience has returned to civility. He cautions the unthinking to recognize renewed civic virtue and justice.
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Eur Noble
Republic
Roosevelt restores Watts nude study to White House
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Roosevelt, once praised for his restraint, has reinstalled a nude Watts painting in the White House, prompting renewed female opposition while asserting he is a judge of his home décor. The piece, once moved to the Corcoran Gallery, is now back where the public cannot view it, fueling debate.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Roosevelt
Watts
White House
Cleve
Corcoran Art Gallery
Red D Line Defers Caracas Price Hike Amid Blockade
Minneapolis Times reports Boulton & Co. of New York, managers of the Red D line steamships to Venezuela, refuse to raise four in Caracas. Dispatches say the act earns public gratitude. The line faces greater losses from the blockade than rivals, but its traditions prevent penalties to recoup misfortune.
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Minneapolis Times
Boulton & Co
New York City
Venezuela
Caracas
Lowe
Dow Academy Burned in Franconia Fire
Dow Academy at Franconia named for Moses A. Dow of Charlestown burned. Dow donated the institution to the town many years ago and, upon his death, left it funds. In 1886 he bequeathed sixty dollars.
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Littleton
N. H
Wulchner's Offers New Pianos From $16
Wulchner's announces new pianos priced from 16 dollars and up. The advertisement highlights affordable options for buyers seeking entry level and mid range instruments. Customers are invited to visit the store to view models and compare features.
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Wulchner’s
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