Vacancy in the baseball captaincy at DePauw
DePauw University in Greencastle Ind reports Will Cavin resigns as baseball captain and a replacement will be chosen. Sophomores elect officers for student body with O McCoy as president and Lucile Hurst as secretary. Registration for term two grows as registrar notes increased attendance. Chancellor Hickman sells land in Champaign County Illinois for 15200 cash next March. Maurice Tennant and F D Ader join athletic board. Cavin and Hurley depart. DePauw and Albion College plan spring debate at Albion with DePauw holding negative on arbitration board proposal.
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Indianapolis Journal
Greencastle
Ind
Will Cavin
O. McCoy
McKinstray
Lucile Hurst
Reed Letsinger
Turner
Bohu
Rupert
Robbins
Bradley
Hickman
Champaign County
Ilinois
Maurice Tennant
F. D. Ader
James M. Hurley
de Pauw
Albion College
Michigan
Albion
Indiana University midwinter term enrolls over sixty four
The Usually Heavy Enrollment for the Midwinter Term at Indiana University shows a first week figure above 64 students, up from last year. Dr. Swain notes the unusual attendance as many workers stay away to support expenses. The Glee Club reports a record holiday tour and a spring trip is planned. President Swain discusses a national university and future educational progress.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Swain
Glee Club
Philippines
Manila
New York
Indiana University Foundation Day Program Nears Completion
The Foundation day exercises plan at Indiana University includes a student play on Monday evening January 20 and a Tuesday morning program at 8:20 in the men’s gymnasium. The main address will be by Charles F. Thwing of Western Reserve University with several other speakers representing trustees faculty alumni students and citizens. The voyage schedule mentions transport McClellan via the Suez Canal lasting about five weeks with possible participants Miss Laura Woodburn Miss Mary Clawson Professor Bordner Professor Monkhaus and Archer Miller.
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McClellan
Suez Canal
Laura Woodburn
Mary £. Clawson
Bordner
Monkhaus
Archer Miller
Indiana University
Charles F. Thwing
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
R. A. Ogg
Kokomo
Bealf
G. L. Reinhard
Albert Rabb
Indianapolis
Charles M. Lawrence
Law School
Purdue Short Course Opens With Notable Attendance
Lafayette Jan 19 The short course in agriculture opens with increased attendance and stronger curriculum while new lab space awaits occupancy. Lecturers on agriculture and engineering topics are featured with Purdue equipment aiding National Car Builders' tests.
Conspiracy Alleged To Ruin Lexington Oil Business
James E. Doyle former local manager sues Standard Oil Company and Brilliant Light Oil Company for 25000 dollars alleging a conspiracy to ruin his business and seize Lexington oil market. He accuses company reps of threats deception and laboring to ruin customers and drive him from his post.
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Lexington
James E. Doyle
Standard of Company
Wilburine of
Cincinnati
Standard Oil Company
C. B. Gilman
M. F. Griffith
Brilliant Light Oil Company
Tevere Ind
Tomers
Shot and Will Die Mack Clark Mortally Wounded
Frank M. Tilley shot and mortally wounded Mack Clark at Ashboro Indiana. Clark had leased land from Tilley for a coal shaft. quarrel over the base led to a pistol exchange. Clark, a known figure, was not promised to live. Tilley, a prominent Ashboro citizen, had not yet been arrested. In Bedford, Nora Walls attempted to kill herself with carbolic acid after a quarrel with Will Hersey. a doctor says the self destruction may prove fatal.
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Indianapolis Journal
Brazil
Ind
Frank M. Tilley
Mack Clark
Ashboro
Here
Clark
Tilley
William Koontz
Koontz
Tribble
Bedford
Nora Walls
J. Hersey
Will Hersey
Freeland
Tragic suicide in Peru leaves crippled woman note
Miss Etta Devore twenty seven shot herself at her father Henry Devore’s home in Peru. The brain is injured and she cannot live. She was a cripple and authorities say this was a motive. A note directed the disposal of her body.
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Indianapolis Journal
Peru
Ind
Etta Devore
Henry Devore
Wide open market for glass in collision over trust
Pittsburg January 10 wide open market continues in window glass as manufacturers seek to stop price wars with a new federation cooperative window glass company. Independents balk at joining, leaders left meeting before adjournment amid tension over Mam bou r g influence and future talks with jobbers and the American company. Elwood Indiana January 10 MecClay lamp chimney plant resumes after three week idle period as a strong gas well is completed. Macbeth Evans plans coal gas experiments to revive operations if successful.
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Pittsburg
Federation Co-operative Window Glass Company
Cole
van Cleave
Mambourg
National Window Glass Jobbers’ Association
American Window Glass Company
Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
MecClay
MacBeth- Evans
Ready for Argument Neaphan Murder Case Evansville
The Neaphan murder trial defense rested at 10 tonight and will begin argument in the morning. It is expected the case may go to the jury by 2 in the afternoon. A telegram from Petersburg announced a brother’s illness to defense attorney D Q Chappell, prompting Judge Stanley to present the defense before the jury. The verdict is expected to carry a death sentence or life imprisonment.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Jan. W
Neaphan
Petersburg
D. Q. Chappell
Stanley
Lawyers Fall Out Over a Salary Dispute in Columbus
In Columbus Indiana on January 10 the Columbus Bar Association split over a salary matter. James F Cox a Democratic attorney and former representative for Bartholomew County faced charges of disloyalty and bringing the bar into disrepute. The dispute traces back to months ago when city lawyers formed a standardized minimum charge for legal services and advice.
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Indianapolis
Columbus
Ind
Columbus Bar Association
Stem
Stern
Hacker
James F. Cox
Bartholomew County
Cox
Bar Association
Controversy Over County Attorney Salaries Sparks Exile
Tensions rise as Cox proposes serving as county attorney for 20 a year triggering bar association backlash. The attorney for the poor demands at least 500 annually, and Cox is expelled from the association while Cox & Blessing, a Democratic firm, dissolves amid the dispute.
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Bar Association
Cox
Cox & Blessing
Bull Ahead in Triangular Kokomo Court Fight
In Kokomo Indiana today a widow a preacher and a bull figure in a court fight. Rev M P Hoback bought a lot from Mrs Margaret M Markland and workers began building a house on the site a barbed wire fence was cut to admit materials. A vicious bull owned by the widow charged the workers sending them to the woods. The bull roamed the streets after destroying property. Mrs Markland seeks trespass and malicious destruction of property and the return of the bull Hoback says it is her duty to contain him. The bull remains at large causing alarm.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
M. P. Hoback
Margaret M. Markland
Sarah Markland
Hoback
Markland
Milroy Roadblock Links Local Talent to Postoffice Heist
In Greensburg Indiana on January 10 local discussion centers on a safe at the postoffice being robbed and the daring escape through Milroy. Milroy watchers on the road reportedly panicked and deserted their posts, nearly allowing capture. Authorities say crews independent of local officers are involved, suggesting local planning.
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Indianapolis Journal
Greensburg
Ind
Postoffice
Milroy
Express narrowly avoids wreck near Mattoon
The Big Four westbound express with sight coaches ran at fifty miles an hour when the engine axle broke and the drive wheel plunged into the ditch two miles west of Mattoon NL. The engineer quickly checked the train and kept it on the track, a feat railroad men deem unheard of in such circumstances.
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Mattoon
Bedford ground sale signals end of Lawrence County Society
Bedford Indiana January 10 Frank Pitman named receiver to liquidate Lawrence County Agricultural Society and sell its eighteen acre grounds in the north part of town once surrounded by new homes. The society formed 35 years ago with about one hundred stockholders, many long deceased, and no full meetings in years. Bedford Fair and Trotting Association has leased the land for years. Elwood Indiana January 10 George Edwards restrained after threatening relatives home interior damage, subdued by three officers, placed on a train and sent to Indianapolis insane asylum. He is thought a total wreck psychologically. Windfall Indiana January 10 Cecil Budd wins third gold medal in local contest series at Methodist church. She is seventeen, daughter of Co W Budd. Knox Indiana January 10 Sylvan Hall arrested in North Judson for attempting to pass Confederate ten dollar bill with several hundred dollars in Confederate money. arrested with an accomplice who escaped. Bonds set pending grand jury. Federal authorities notified.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bedford
Ind
Frank Pitman
Lawrence County Agricultural Society
Bedford Fair and Trotting Association
Elwood
George Edwards
Indianapolis
Edwards
Windfall
Ww. Co. T. U
Methodist Church
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Co. W. Budd
Knox
Sylvan Hall
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Hall
Fae
South Carolina
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Sumter
Moses
New York
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Washington
Walter P. Po
A. R. Shands
American Congress of Physicians
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William A. Ferguson
Galveston
District of Columbia
Boston
Strike Ends at Kokomo Nail Works
In Kokomo Indiana January 10 applying workers accepted new hires after a wage dispute. Strikers demanded 22 4 to 28 percent per hour increase and were replaced. Production resumes at full capacity.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Petersburg bonds fail as bids withdrawn
County Treasurer Houchin rejected all bids on the 45000 dollar county rock road bonds as the premium failed to meet expectations. In Rushville, Dr John H Spurrier longtime Rush county physician died after a long illness aged 73. He served in the Civil War era Union army and held roles in Indiana Loyal Legion and local health office. In Windfall, Mrs Sarah Stack wife of Otis Stack died after a long illness with consumption she will be buried at New Hope tomorrow.
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Inianapolis Journal
Petersburg
Ind
Houchin
Rushville
John H. Spurrier
Rush County
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Loyal Legion
Indiana town notes and obits from January 1900 era
Seymour welcomes obituary of John Jacob Frey aged eighty one born Louisville 1854 bakery worker. Portland reports Joshua Don art eighty one, veteran, recently in Oklahoma. Windfall clash over street vendor license ends with arrest and political dispute over ordinance validity. Portland reports Alex A Knapp Company incorporation in 1900 with $100 capital for fifty years. Restau rant proprietor Frank Morgan nearly dies from morphine. Liberty reports Harmony township smallpox spread after Christmas dinner exposure. Wabash longtime city clerk J Howe McGuire re-elected. cancer and health decline after military service. Crawfordsville records nine smallpox cases and mandatory vaccination for students. Rushville finds stolen school drawing tools hidden near fairgrounds. Aurora eyes water works expansion with citizens' committee. Petersburg forms an electric railway venture with Vincennes Jaspar Winslow links. Kokomo speculation on double window factory by Seiberling brothers. possible site search. Flora Dunkards plan new church house at $16,000. Rev J C Anderson resigns for medical study. Elwood ex-councilman George W Brier buys bank stock, joining Citizens' Exchange Bank board. South Bend physician Dr C C Terry operated for appendicitis in Chicago. Covington Christian Church ready for dedication January 26.
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Alex. A. Knapp
Dunkirk
Gilpin
Frank Morgan
Frederick Stevenour
Hannah's Creek
Liberty
Harmony Township
Union County
Richmond
Wabash
J. Howe McGuire
Marion
McGuire
Crawfordsville
Business College
Rushville
Perry Harman
Rush County Fair
First Ward
Aurora
Petersburg
Vincennes
Jasper
Winslow
Pike
Knox
Kokomo
Monroe
Alton G. Seiberling
Akron
Peoria
Ottawa
Ill
Indiana
Flora
Dunkards
J. C. Anderson
Burlington Christian Church
Indiana Medical College
Elwood
George W. Brier
Madison County
Citizens’ Exchange Bank
South Bend
C. C. Terry
Chicago
Terry
Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons
Ss. Covington
Work of the Conferees Review of Pan American Conference
Ex Senator H C Davis, head of the US delegation, leaves for Washington after a morning session praising progress at the Pan American conference. He notes the railway and banking reports, a plan of arbitration, and The Hague treaty as steps toward peace. Davis predicts closer ties, possible arbitration of Alaska and other disputes, and aims to suppress the final protocol with a two thirds vote.
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Mexico
H. C. Davis
United States
International American Conference
Washington
Pan-American Railway and Banking Committee
Hague
France
England
America
Senor Carbo
Ecuador
Davis
Senor Chavero
Blesteney
Chile
General Reyes
Colombia
Raigosa
Senor Cassius
Sanchez Marmot
Lazo Arriaga
Clayton
Diaz
Schley Support Wins Senate Backing in Dewey Ruling
In Jackson Mississippi the State Senate approved a joint resolution endorsing Admiral Dewey's Schley court of inquiry decision and urged schooling to credit only Schley for the Santiago victory. The measure moves to the House for concurrence. In Chicago Hamilton Club outlines for Admiral Schley's visit include a banquet on the 27th and a public reception the same day. He will attend church on the 26th and rest the remaining time.
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Jackson
Miss
Jan. W
State Senate
Admiral Dewey
Schley Court of Inquiry
Admiral Schley
Santiago
House
Chicago
Hamilton Club
Auditorium
McKinley
United States
Next world Sunday school convention may meet in Jerusalem
May meet at Jerusalem. The tenth international Sunday-school convention will be at Denver in June 1902. A committee was appointed to ask the foreign section about holding the fourth convention in Jerusalem Palestine, probably March 1904, and efforts are under way to arrange travel and accommodations.
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Three Oaks
Mich
Jerusalem
Denver
Col
Palestine
Merger defended amid rail competition and growth claims
The overview argues four trunk lines failed under destructive competition and were absorbed by stronger rivals. It notes the Pennsylvania Railroad now owns the Baltimore and Ohio, praises lower rates and improved facilities, and urges that national rail problems require new and larger capacity to handle rising traffic. It stresses shared prosperity with shippers and urges public support for growth.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ohio River
Chicago
Lne
United States
Europe
America
Hill
Red River Valley
Red River
Bois de Sioux
Pembina
Signatures Forged in Livingston Pardon Plot
Helena Montana January 1 A plot to secure the release from the penitentiary of L C Livingston sentenced April previous for forgery failed Prominent New York names forged on a petition claimed Livingston hailed from a famous family and served as a Rough Rider Theodore Roosevelt August Belmont Hugh J Grant Thomas A Edison Jerome W Astor E D Morgan and Dr Parkhurst denied signing The forged letter reached Governor Toole who notified Roosevelt and conferred with Parkhurst Belmont Grant and others about the signatures final.
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E. D. Morgan
Dr. Parkhurst
New York
Toole
Roosevelt
Livingston
Parkhurst
August Belmont
Hugh J. Grant
Beaumont Oil Boom Marks One Year Anniversary
Beaumont residents celebrated one year since oil discovery at the Beaumont Oil Exchange and Board of Trade. Within 365 days gushers were brought in at an expenditure of about 7 million dollars for development.
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Beaumont
Tex
Oll
Beaumont Oil Exchange and Board of Trade
Walla Walla Life Raft Seen North of Cape Mendocino
Seattle reports that Edith officers sighted a life raft eighty miles north of Cape Mendocino tied to the missing Walla Walla. No survivors confirmed and the crew awaited word on any person aboard.
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Seattle
Wath
Edith
San Francisco
Cape Mendocino
Walla Walla
Governor Van Sant Calls Extra Minnesota Legislature Session
8T. Paul Minn Jan 10 Governor Van Sant announced an extra session of the Legislature to meet mid February likely around the 18th. The session will officially review the Tax
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Paul
Minn
van Sant
Ex-Governor Moses Sentenced in Boston For Fraud Theft
Franklin J. Moses once South Carolina governor and two-time House speaker received four months at Deer Island for fraud and theft after paying for an overcoat with a check with no funds. He blamed opium and morphine for his downfall and described a decades-long path from Confederate soldier to convict and public figure.
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Boston
Franklin J. Moses
South Carolina
South Carolina House
Deer Island
South
Moses
Lfe
New York
Commission Merchants Adjourn After Annual Convention
Philadelphia report notes W. S. Mitchell of Louisville as president C. C. Emerson of St. Paul as vice president Frank W. Nix of New York as treasurer A W Patch of Boston as secretary A resolution urged Congress to pass the pure food bill Charles F Knight of Chicago cited that over 5000 carloads of imitation butter were sold annually despite 32 states banning it He said this deprived farmers and buttermen of $20000408 in business The convention picked Chicago for the next meeting place and then adjourned.
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Philadelphia
League of Commission Merchants
Mitchell
Loulaville
C. C. Emerson
St. Paul
Frank W. Nix
New York
A. W. Patch
Boston
Congress
Charles F. Knight
Chicago
Father Crowley Restored to Favor
Omaha dispatch reports Father Jeremiah F. Crowley has been lifted from excommunication. Chancellor A M Colerent stated the ban was removed by Christmas Eve and Crowley celebrated Christmas Day at the convent chapel, indicating the restoration allowed by the church authorities.
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Omaha
Neb
A. M. Colerent
Scannell
Jeremiah F. Crowley
Father Crowley
Jres
Hill Brook Farm Testimonial On Grape-Nuts Health Boost
A Virginia farm owner from Hill Brook Farm shares a long testimonial praising Grape-Nuts Breakfast Food for curing stomach troubles, improving sleep and nerve strength, and enabling longer workdays at age fifty. He states he changed diet, sticks with Grape-Nuts, and notes his wife also prefers it, buying by the case.
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L. Plageler
Hill Grok Farm
Charlottesville
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