Population census in Cuba and Gomez illness reshape elections
Havana reports completion of Cuba's population tally seen as step toward ending American intervention and reestablishing the republic. The census doubles as voter registration for a purer election, with the new electoral law awaiting approval to allow municipal polls in May or June and a presidential vote in December. Gomez is reportedly dangerously ill, possibly altering factional alignments.
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Havana
Cuba
Cuban Republic
Santa Clara
Camaguey
Pinar del Rio
Pino Generra
Gomez
Jose Miguel Gomez
Misuetista
Zavista
Col. Crowder
Fight despite Gov Cummins in Iowa prize fight
Adjutant General Thrift orders immediate investigation into Captain Kulp of Davenport after he was told to muster Company B and halt a Davenport prize fight. Thrift believes the event violated the law though no decision was reached as McFarland defeated Herman.
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Des Moines
Adji
Thrift
Iowa National Guards
Kulp
Davenport
Cummins
Fillfourth
Adjt
McFarland
Herman
Passes Away By Own Hand Former Aide to Speaker Miller
George P. Miller aged 48 a former law graduate and private secretary to Samuel J. Randall once speaker of the house died after swallowing whisky and morphine in a Pine Street boarding house. He died Friday at City hospital after the incident Thursday night.
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George P. Miller
St. Louis
Samuel J. Randall
Pennsylvania
National House of Representatives
Pine Street
City
Two Die in Des Moines Auto Crash Friday Night
O R Nattinger was killed and Frank Getchell was seriously injured when their car collided Friday night in Des Moines Iowa. Miss Ruth Wilkinson and Miss Isolde Benny were severely hurt in the accident.
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Des Moines
O. R. Nattinger
Frank Getchell
Ruth Wilkinson
Isolde Benny
Hungarian Arrested for Swindling in Ohio
Istvan Horvath a Columbus merchant and alleged head of a Hungarian sick benefit and burial society was arrested Sunday in Newark on charges he swindled Hungarians statewide by acting as president secretary and treasurer of the society and pursuing local schemes.
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Columbus
Istvan Horvath
Newark
Brooklyn water stock under scrutiny by Ivins
William M Ivins testified on Brook lyn Rapid Transit affairs accusing Mayor Tom L Johnson and associates of stock watering in Nassau Electric Railway in a 1899 reorganization. He cited bond increases and new preferred stock totaling nearly 18 million dollars and questioned the purpose of the new securities.
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New York
William M. Ivins
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Public Service Commission
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Nassau Electric Railway Company of
Brooklyn
Nassau Company
Timothy S. Williams
Mr. Williams
Ivins
Williams
Hearst Granted Bail After Criminal Libel Hearing
New York Justice Wyatt held William R. Hearst for the grand jury on a criminal libel charge related to a New York Evening Journal piece about actor Raymond Hitchcock. Bail set at $300, Hearst and bondsman S. S. Carvalho posted and left courthouse. Chanler denies visiting Hitchcock’s house.
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New York
Justice Wrati
Court of Special Sessions
W. R. Hearst
William Astor Chanler
S. S. Carvalho
Hearst
Carvalho
Jerome
Wyatt
Criminal Courts
New York Evening Journal
Raymond Hitchcock
Chaniler
Chanler
Hitchcock
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
Nobel Prize for Crookes and Kipling Awarded
Stockholm announces Sir William Crookes will receive the chemistry prize for discovering thallium and inventing the radiometer and for a new atmospheric nitric acid extraction process. Rudyard Kipling is named the literature laureate.
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Stockholm
William Crookes
London
Crookes
Rudyard Kipling
Odd Lot Buying Pressures Currency Reform Debate
Heavy odd lot buying in Wall Street securities floods transfer offices as investors funnel thousands of dollars into circulation. In Washington, proposals to ease currency strain range from a central bank to expanded circulation backed by bonds, with Senator Hansbrough and banker support fueling momentum for a national bank concept.
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New York
Wall Street
Washington
Cortelyou
Congress
United States
Bank of France
Imperial Bank of Germany
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Wexler
Whitney-Central National Bank of
New Orleans
Ccttonu
Kings County Indictments in Borough Bank Case
The Kings County grand jury indicted Howard Maxwell former bank president Arthur D Campbell former cashier and William Gow director with controlling stock for larceny and related offenses The three were arrested arraigned pleaded not guilty and held for a hearing Campbell and Gow posted 20000 bail Maxwell could not raise 30000 bail and remained jailed for the night.
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New York
Kings County Grand Jury
Borough Bank of Brooklyn
Howard Maxwell
Arthur D. Campbell
William Gow
Campbell
Gow
Maxwell
Noted Opera Singer Bertram Dies by Suicide in Berlin
The celebrated opera star Theodore Bertram died by his own hand Sunday at Berlin. He had been despondent after his wife drowned February 21 in the wreck of the steamship Berlin off the Hook of Holland. Bertram was famed for Wagnerian roles and rose to prominence as Wotan.
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Berlin
Theodore Betram
Batruth
Holland
Bertram
Wotan
Lake Steamer Monohans Burned on Lake Huron
Detroit reports the steamer Monohans burned to the waterline on Thunder Bay near Lake Huron Saturday night. The crew were rescued by Thunder Bay lifesavers and brought to shore.
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Detroit
Mich
Thunder Bay
Lake Huron
Thunder
Bay Island Life Savers
Exoneration for Dick Fowsler crew in river trip case
Off the Dick Fowsler steamer crew, including officers, were found not guilty by United States Inspectors Waltz and Hodge of Memphis after a trial alleging reckless navigation that endangered the president during the Cairo to Memphis trip on October 3. The exoneration was announced Thursday.
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Cairo
Ili
United States
Memphis
Dick Fowsler
Waltz and Hodge
Banker Louis Dyke Sentenced in Misappropriation Case
In Birmingham Alabama Louis M Dyke president of the former Atella National Bank pleaded guilty to misappropriation of funds from a national bank. The court sentenced him Friday to five years in the Atlanta penitentiary.
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Birmingham
Ala
Louis “M. Dyke
Atella’ ‘National. Bank
Atlanta
Steve Adams Jury Disagrees
In Rathdrum Idaho the jury in the case involving Steve Adams disagrees on a verdict casting doubt on trial progress and potential outcomes.
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Steve Adams
Rathdrum, Ddaho
Thaw Case Postponed Again to January
New York. The second trial of Harry Kendall Thaw will be postponed again and likely not held until January. Both sides consent to the delay due to holiday jury selection difficulties and requests to inspect secret lunacy commission evidence. A possible change of venue may be sought, opposed by District Attorney Jerome.
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New York
Harry Kendall Thaw
Thaw
New York County
Jerome
Crisis grows in Portugal amid arrests and censorship
Paris reports caution over Portugal’s crisis with word of a crown prince banishment and fleet mutiny denied by the Portuguese embassy. Arrests, newspaper suppression, and a so called administrative dictatorship signal a critical phase as Lisbon’s press faces suppression and exile figures predict a republic by year’s end.
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Paris
Portugal
Franco
Senor Lima
Vanguardia
Lisbon
Suffragettes Disrupt Gladstone Meeting in Leeds
In Leeds England suffragists virtually forced Herbert Gladstone secretary of state for home affairs to abandon his address. Persistent interruptions led him to drop the attempt and a free fight erupted as a suffragist tried to take control of the meeting.
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Gladstone
Leeds
England
Herbert Gladstone
Home Affairs
Lincoln railway inspectors hurt in track inspection near Elmwood
Joseph A. William and H. G. Powell, longtime state commission experts, were seriously injured in Lincoln, Nebraska, when a gasoline motor on Missouri Pacific tracks near Elmwood struck an obstacle and left the rails during an inspection late Thursday night.
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Lincoln
Neb
Joseph A. William
H. G. Powell
Office of
The
State Commission
Missouri Pacific
Elmwood
Philippines Seeks 300 Teachers for Next School Year
Washington dispatch says the Philippine Islands governor general cable reports about 300 teachers likely needed at the start of the upcoming school term. The bureau of colonial affairs confirms receipt of the message and notes the estimate.
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Washington
Bureau of: Insular Affairs
Philippine Islands
Consolidation in Montgomery County Schools Examined
Crawfordsville reports Superintendent Otis E. Hall stat collects grades from consolidated and district schools to assess effects. Fifty schools have merged, with Hall noting improved pupil performance and greater incentive in larger classes. Findings will be sent to the state superintendent to aid other Indiana counties adopting consolidation.
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Crawfordsville
Otis E. Hall
Montgomery County
Hall
Bishop Sues for Damages Over Fontanet Explosion
Terre Haute files a 5000 dollar damages suit in Vigo Superior Court against Dupont Powder Co. for St. Augustine church losses in Fontanet. Francis Silas Chatard bishop of Indianapolis diocese leads the action, alleging appraisers undervalued damages and church property is held in trust for Congregation.
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Terre Haute
Dupont Powder Company
St. Augustine’s Catholic Church
Fontanet
Vigo
Hamill and
Hickey
Francis Silas Chatard
Indianapolis
Michael P. Seter
St. Augustine
Grain Elevator in Ruins DelphI Kerlin Fire
The Kerlin grain elevator at Delphi lies ruined after a blaze. Firefighters reported the structure damaged beyond repair with about 10 000 bushels of grain destroyed and authorities investigating the cause.
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Delphi
Kerlin
Traction Engine Driver Killed Crashing Into Ditch Near Mace
George Weaver of Wayne township was crushed to death when the traction engine he drove ran through a bridge near Mace in Crawfordsville County. Weaver and the machine fell into a ditch in the eastern part of the county.
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Crawfordsville
George Weaver
Wayne Township
Mace
Weaver
Route for Toledo Fort Wayne Chicago ship canal proposed
Fort Wayne leader forms cabinet of 100 citizens to push a lake to lake canal. Aimed at securing a congressional survey appropriation, the plan follows a route from Maumee source in Fort Wayne to Rochester and a locked descent toward Chicago.
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Fort Wayne
Perry A. Randall
Toledo
Chicago
Congress
Frank B. Taylor
Frank Leverett
United States Geodetic Survey
Maumee
Rochester
Michigan
Charles S. Bush
Indiana
Ohio
Lake
Taylor
Lake Erie
Geodetic Survey
Huntington
Wabash
Miami
Fulton
Fulton County
Stark County
Pujlaski
Porter County
Lake County
St. Mary
St. Joseph
Eel River
Tippecanoe
Fire Thwarts Grain Storage. Huge Losses Reported
A fire totally destroyed wheat and 4,000 bushels of oats with an estimated $20,000 damage, partly insured. Fire was beyond control upon discovery as the department tried to save nearby dwellings, some of which caught fire. The cause remains unknown.
Death From Contact With 500 Volt Wire In Michigan City
August Dipke aged 60 died after touching a guy wire crossed by a street arc light wire of 500 volts. A lineman found the body after descending the pole and stumbling over it in the darkness.
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Michigan City
August Dipke
Trampled by a Horse in City Incident
A fragment recalls Hammond Giles, A Warner, 72, a longtime resident and veteran of the rebellion, once a well known business figure in the city, with references to an accident and an early life. The text is incomplete and sheds limited light on the event.
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Hammond Giles
Warner
Tractor accident on bridge kills worker and injures others
Engine fell eight feet into a ditch crushing a worker beneath the heavy machine. A. L. Linn accompanied Weaver on the engine but escaped uninjured when the bridge collapsed. The machine was new and being moved from New Rose to a nearby farm. The 16 foot bridge was known to be in poor condition.
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A. L. Linn
Weaver
New Rose
Boy Scalded at Kokomo Mill Dies in Accident
Bert Silvey a 14 year old water boy employed at the red mill died from injuries after a boiler head blew out near the plant. He was near the boiler out of his line of duties when the accident occurred and fatal scalds followed.
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Kokomo
Bert Silvey
Red Mill
Brass Works Sold by Receiver in Frankfort Sale
Frankfort Brass Works were sold by the receiver for about $9,000 to Mr. Peristine of Chicago. The purchaser plans to operate the plant and assumes a mortgage of roughly $10,000.
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Frankfort
Frankfort _ Brass works
Peristine
Chicago
Bank Robbery at Clinton Bank Nets $2200 Short on Gold
Two men held up the Clinton State Bank in Bloomington and forced Cashier Murphy Assistant Cashier Argo and Bookkeeper John Young into the vault. They escaped with $2200 in coin after a chase to the Hotel Henson. Officers pursued but traces were lost.
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Bloomington
Clinton
Murphy
Argo
John Young
Henson
Charles Parker
Parker
Arabs Attack French Camp in Maghnia Fight
Nearly ten thousand Benis Nassen tribesmen attacked a French camp at Maghnia Algeria on Sunday. French casualties were eight killed while the tribesmen suffered about 1,200 dead. Fighting continued into Monday as Arabs regrouped and sought to rally other tribes amid the artillery barrage.
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Maghnia
Algeria
Insane man runs amuck in Alamosa after hotel fire
Basilio Rodriguez a government reserve agent from Espanola New Mexico set fire to the Palace hotel in Alamosa and attempted suicide then stabbed Co B Anderson of Coldwater Michigan to death and seriously stabbed four others. He also tried to kill City Marshal John Baumsher who arrested him. The marshal shot and killed Rodriguez. Authorities believe he was insane.
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Alamosa, Col
Basilio Rodriguez
Espanola
N. M
Co. B. Anderson
Coldwater
Mich
John Baumasher
Prefers Death to Prison Louis Straus Ends Life
New York broker Louis Straus senior member of Louis Straus & Co. killed himself Monday night by swallowing poison at home in front of Central Office detectives who had come to arrest him for allegedly obtaining $5,000 on a forged bill of lading.
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New York
Louis Straus
Louis Straus & Co
Straus
Aged Kansas City merchant murdered in store robbery
Edward Landman, 77, who ran a clothing shop at 1107 East Eighteenth street for 20 years, was killed Monday night when a negro assailant forced entry with a coupling pin and robbed the store before fleeing.
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Kansas City
Mo—lEdward Landman
East Eighteenth Street
Major M Gilleas Dies Suddenly in Los Angeles
Private dispatch from Los Angeles confirms the death of Maj. M. Gilleas a noted figure in railroad circles across the south and west. He formerly resided in Memphis and died there Sunday. The obituary notes his prominence and ties to Memphis.
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Maj. M. Gilleas
Memphis
Tenn
Los Angeles
Cal
South
Maj. Gilleas
Thirteen Die in Gotham Tenement Fire
Thirteen persons died and several were injured in a blaze Monday at a tenement house on One Hundred and Ninth Street in New York. Fire officials report difficult conditions hampered rescue efforts.
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Gotham
New York
Wwe
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