Sequence of Crimes Spark Fatal Affray in Vigo
Report from Haute Indiana details a string of crimes including a likely fatal affray in Vigo, a burning gas station affecting three towns, and a barber shop shooting. The item references Dan Watts, a saloon keeper, and a mining town incident where a hatchet attack followed prior jail release. Carrie, 27, is mentioned as dying after taking poison in front of her rival.
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Indianapolis Journal
Haute
Ind
Milton Fester
Leonard McGrawa
Burnett
Dan Watts
Quinn
Allen
Terrill Tipton
Danis
Wolfe
Gasoline Explosion Wreaks Fatal Fire in Indiana Home
In Indianapolis Journal report, Mrs Cook and Mrs Effie Young suffered severe burns when gasoline ignited after a match was struck. A blinding flash sent terrified women through a window as flames filled the room. Mrs Cook died likely fatally, Mrs Young seriously burned. In Ville Indiana, Julia Middelbrook aged child died after clothes caught fire from a grate while mother was away.
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The
Indianapolis Journal
Inville
Ind
Julia
Gas station fire devastates Kerlin Brothers plant
A gas pumping station owned by Kerlin Brothers of Toledo Ohio burned to the ground two miles northwest of ORD CITY Ind after a gas engine blew and ignited the structure. The loss was about 20000 with no telephone link to the city hindering emergency contact. Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
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Indianapolis Journal
Ord City
Ind
Kerlin Brothers
Toledo
Montpelier
Mollie
Alienation of Affections Suit and Child Abduction in Indiana
Jacob Y. Fike of Indiana sues Henry Hinkle of Amboy for 10000 alleging his wife’s affections were alienated. Fike, who arrived from Chicago to file suit, says his six year old child was kidnapped and later returned to Chicago. The wife, formerly Miss Donahue, left the city in October after cruel treatment and is with her sister in Peru.
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Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Jacob Y. Fike
Chicago
Henry Hinkiee
Amboy
Fike
Miss Donahue
City
Peru
Hinkle
New York
City grants 30 year franchise to Kokomo street railway leader
The Indianapolis City Council grantedGeorge J Marott a thirty year franchise for Kokomo street railway and lighting, plus a public steam and hot water system. Electric lighting rates set at 46.9 per lamp for street lamps Ten cents per thousand for current and 12 cents for rest. McCulloch also awarded a lighting franchise with a maximum rate and a one year deadline to implement.
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Indianapolis Journal
City
George J. It
Indianapolis
Kokomo Street Railway and Lighting
Marott
McCulloch
Wabash Township to Pay Students for Bus Route Join
Noble township in Pehich Wabash proposes paying a group of school children on the route to the new Linn school building southwest of the city. The new structure cost $10,000 and replaces a number of abandoned facilities. officials aim to serve patrons along the line to and from the school.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wabash
Ind
Noble Township
Pehich Wabash
Linn School
Indiana News Briefs Include Insane Husband Case and Frozen Boy
In Kokomo a wealthy farmer’s insane son-in-law drives his wife barefoot four miles in snow, then commits to Longclift Asylum. In Richmond, Dr James Hibberd, ex-president of the American Medical Society, fights gastritis after a late-life relapse. In Elkhart a 13-year-old boy from Chicago is found frozen in a gondola car, likely needing amputation.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Addison Harris
Poplar Grove
Here
Longclift Asylum
Richmond
James F. Hibberd
American Medical Society
Eikhart
Thomas
Alvin Mitchell
Chicago
Cleveland
Elkhart
Oil leases sold to Elmira capitalists in Wells county
Oil property of 1.30 acres in Jackson township Wells county including C. R. Hudson and Superior Oil Company leases was sold today to Elmira New York capitalists for 120000 dollars. Forty seven producing wells yield about 1.5 barrels per day.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bluffton
Ind
Jackson Township
Wells County
C. R. Hudson
Warren
Superior Oil Company
Elmira
N. Y
Death Of Henry Dora From Fence Injury In Indiana
Rushville Ind Dec 29 Henry Dora of Falmouth died Sunday morning from lockjaw after his left palm touched a sharp iron fence projection on the November to the palm injury sparked spasms and lockjaw last week funeral services will be held Tuesday noon.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rushville
Ind
Henry Dora
Falmouth
Kokomo Gas Rates Hit Small Factories Hard
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Kokomo Indiana reports the Kokomo Natural Gas Company will raise rates after January 1 to cents per thousand feet for the first 100000 feet and 15 cents for each additional thousand feet. Prohibitory to small factories, coal use will rise. In Greene County a petition circulates urging lawmakers to require poll or personal tax payment as a voting prerequisite, with prominent men signing. Oil strikes in Perry County on land owned by Standard Oil spark daily flow of about ten barrels, and company holds leases in the county.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Kokomo Natural Gas Company Today
Linton, Ind
Greene County
Evansville
Perry County
Indiana
Standard Oil
Pear
Multiple Indiana notables die in December reports
In Rushville Dr. Jesse Megee, a dentist, was found dead of natural causes in his office after a 12:15 call to Miss Mary Jackson. Hammond mourns Stephen W. Ripley, board president, dying of heart disease after a board session. Other obits include Rev. Joseph Gruber, Mrs. Met Bush, Mrs. Summers, and James F. Caplinger. Public notices cover Knights Templar events in Muncie, union meetings in Marion, a bank appraisal in Wabash, and assorted local reports from Lafayette, Linton, Lebanon, Crawfordsville, and Elwood.
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Rushville
Ind
Jesse Megee
Mary Jackson
Megee
Stephen W. Ripley
Lake County Board of Commissioners
Mason
Seymour
Joseph Gruber
Ohio
Reddington
Met Bush
W. F. Bush
Muncie
James H. Summers
Samuel Steinberger
Madison
No. 15
Knights Templars
Masonic Hall
Johnson Building
Frank G. Jackson
Charles B. Fudge
W. Sherritt
C. M. Carter
G. O. Driscoll
W. H. Oxtoby
Marion
First Methodist
Maxwell E. Biederwolf
Harry Maxwell
Wabash
J. H. Bireley
Farmers’ and Merchants’ National Bank
Philip Keller
Thompson Milling Company
John B. Latchem
Lafayette
Michael Tigue
Richard Tigue
New York
Linton
Lyons
Newberry
Greene County
Lebanon
Perry Fielder
John Keely
Wilfred Hand
Havin
Fielder
Crawfordsville
John L. Davis
State Board of Agriculture
Davis
Elwood Natural Gas
Boesche Transfers Lease in Bear Creek Township
L. H. Boesche has transferred to the Southwestern Petroleum Company leases on 1.49 acres of land in Bear Creek township, Jay county. His mother lives in Plymouth Portland. A fragment notes someone found and given medical attention, possibly living.
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Hine
Plymouth
Portland
L. H. Boesche
Southwestern Petroleum Company
Bear Creek Township
Jay County
West Virginia miners to receive wage advance in new year
The Flat Top coal field operators plan a 2 per cent wage advance for their 12 000 miners starting January 1. The article also notes bankruptcy petitions against W Einhorn trading as W Einhorn, receivers appointed for Maryland Paper Company, and Treasury Secretary Shaw's New York visit. It reports coal contracts with UK and Welsh ports, a Dover charter for American Public Utilities, a settled switchmen strike in Iowa Central, and multiple mill reorganizations and company incorporations, including Morris & Co. and Alabama Steel and Wire Corp. The item covers labor actions, corporate reorganizations, and transport industry developments as 1903 nears.
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Flat Top
West Virginia
United States Court
New York
Wolf
Albert Einhorn
Farriers
W. Einhorn
Lloyd Lowndes, Jr
Robert H. Henderson
Maryland
Liver
United States
Zante
Dover
Del
American Public Utilities Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
Iowa Central
General Super- Intident
Sweeney
Hawley
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Demle
McKeesport
Monongahela
Boston Iron and Steel Mill
Northern Ohio Traction Company
Akron
Northern Ohio Railways and Lights Company
New Jersey
Morris & Co
Albert Obdyke
Newell Lyon
Thomas J. Curran
Philip Bromberg
John V. Smith
Jersey City
Nelson Morris & Co
Meat Packers of
Chicago
Alabama Steel and Wire Corporation of
Hartford
Connecticut
Alabama Steel and Wire Company of
Alabama
T. Schuler
Gadsden
Ala
G. H. Schuler
Birmingham
George van Sandt
Ward B. Sawyer
Omaha
Neb
E. H. Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
John F. Phillips
United States District Court
Kansas City
Retail Clerks’ Union
Tailors’ Union
Schull & Jelly Furnishing Goods Company
Colorado
St. Louis
Liverymen’s Association
Hack and Cab Drivers
Met
War costs show Spain era taxes reveal U S prosperity
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph notes Wellington on small wars and cites that the four year war taxes on the Spanish-American conflict reached 380 371 764 dollars. It emphasizes the high expense yet quick wartime funding and the nation's ability to reduce debt afterward.
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Pittsburg
Duke of Wellington
Spain
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Congress
United States
New York Letter Polonius the Navarre Parrot
Polonius the Navarre parrot, once a barroom habitué, now on the water wagon due to electricity curing his thirst for liquor. The gaudy bird with a black beak and blue wings yelled gin fizz daily before Christmas, Bit an electric wire and was shocked into silence. He has not spoken or drunk since, only water.
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New York
Polonius
Better for All Concerned
The Brooklyn Eagle notes that the Fourteenth Regiment, once strong, has been diminished and its discipline damaged by labor agitators, with disbandment now discussed as preferable to disloyalty.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Mrs E T Davenport Uses Jaynes Expesto Rent in Fame
Mrs E T Davenport of Valley Head Iowa writes that she has used Jaynes Expesto Rent in fame for art and nothing.
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E. T. Davenport
Valley Head
Jayne
Oriental pageant opens durbar with grand elephant parade
Delhi crowds witness an unparalleled state entry for King Edward’s accession as Emperor. Lord Curzon and Lady Curzon ride a twelve foot high grand tusker garlanded in gold, followed by the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and seventy ruling chiefs with massive elephants. Kitchener and provincial heads accompany the procession past the Jumma Masjid to the open park where bands, salutes, and pageantry conclude amid chaotic streets and delays.
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Delhi
India
Lord Curzon
Kedleston
Edward
Lady Curzon
Duke of Connaught
Duchess of Connaught
Nizam
Hyderabad
Mahajajah
Travancore
Lahore Gate
Imperial Cadet Corps
Asia
Jumma Masjid
Empire
Lord Kitchener
Lahore
Fires kill five in Stepney home and other world news
A fire in a Stepney London house burned Mrs Schiess inger and her five children. Berlin reports Prince Henry will visit the United States in 1904 for the St Louis exposition and to unveil a Philadelphia veterans monument. Anatz Helde, Potsdam bank submanager, vanished with $23750 missing in securities. A Moscow dispatch says Armenian millionaire Jambarow was murdered entering a church after release by brigands. Severe snowstorms hit Galicia with lightning. a Skowina church was struck, one dead and many injured at a busch fire. The Czar’s rumored spiritualist link to a Hague peace call through a seance circulates from St Petersburg. Peking mentions Tung Fuh Siang with ten thousand troops threatening Kan Su and Shen Si. Two Russians posing as Americans are arrested in London over a letter of credit. $17575 remains undrawn. Wiener Abend Post reports Francis Joseph accepted Archduke Ferdinand’s renunciation of his rank.
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Stepney
London
Jambarow
Galicia
Skowina
St. Petersburg
Hague
Nicholas
Peking
Han Kow
Tung Fuh Siang
Kan-Su
Kan- Su
Shen-Si
Pinkevitz
Green
M. Greenbaum
Hurst Club
San Francisco
Wiener Abend Post
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Archduke Leopold F
Nand
Austro Hungarian ministers fail to bridge Ausgleich dispute
Ministers trying to settle Austria Hungary Ausgleich questions over government expenditures failed. If Emperor Francis Joseph does not prevail with Dr Koerber and Solomon De Szeil to reach agreement, both premiers may resign. The Emperor yesterday bid farewell to Ambassador McCormack, presenting a signed photograph and voicing warm regard for the United States government and President Roosevelt.
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Austria
Hungary
Dr. von Koerber
Solomon de Szeil
Francis Joseph
Austro-Hungary
Ambassador McCormack
McCormack
The
United States
President Roosevelt
Teleprinter Briefs From Across The Nation
A sweep of short items notes Sidney James of Lewisburg N C died in a Philadelphia hospital from morphine. Inter University Lacrosse Cup goes to Cornell College Harvard second Pennsylvania third Columbia fourth. Towboat Harry Brown hits bank near Paducah Ky losing eleven barges and two flats in a $20000 damage. General Bernardo Reyes assumes Nuevo Leon governorship as Léal likely to return to law.
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Sidney James
Lewisburg
N. C
Philadelphia
Interuniversity Lacrosse League
Cornellalee
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Harry Brown
Terrell's Landing
Paducah
Bernardo Reyes
Mexico
Nuevo Leon
Léal
Washington, Ga
Chick Hiarris
Sallie Edmunds
Miss Edmunds
Tennessee
Andrew Carnegie
National Soldiers’ Home
Johnson City
Tenn
Fort Wingate
McCue
Winslow
A. T. Richard Cummings
Chicago
William Moniak
Ashland Avenue
Cummings
Order of Foresters
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Utah
Denver
of Foresters
Ranger Hayes
Atlantic
Samuel Pierson
New Orleans
Monterey
Texas
Justice Scott
New York Supreme Court
United States Grand Jury
Cleveland
United States
Simpson
Internal Revenue Authorities
Meredith
East Liverpool
Internal Revenue
Queen Ann
England
Great Britain
Jennie Weinstein
Independence Hall
Statehouse
Ann
Reciprocity with Cuba in Senate as treaty nears signing
Nebraskas editors note chagrin among politicians that the Presidents message offered no fireworks for the Cuba reciprocity bill killed by Congress last spring. They argue the treaty is signed or soon to be signed and the Senate must act, as public patience wears thin. The President claimed a reciprocity treaty would soon be made and the treaty was in process of signing.
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Nebraska State Journal
Congress
Cuba
Senate
Cable Ship Stumbles Over Christmas Gap
Detroit Journal notes San Francisco laments as a cable ship cannot reach Honolulu on Christmas Day. The piece quips that laying a cable resembles a hen laying an egg, underscoring frustration with the ship's delay.
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Detroit
San Francisco
Honolulu
Life saved by Swamp-Root kidney remedy ad
A medicinal advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It lists symptoms such as back ache dizziness nervousness and urinary issues and claims mild yet extraordinary effects with samples and a pamphlet offered free by mail from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
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Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Kitmer& Co
Bingh
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General Foreign News
Sanatory Food CO
Benton Harbor, Mich
Jap Rose
Kirk
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