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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
3
Washington reports show contractors and leading firms planning to refuse government bids if eight hour day rules are enacted. Officials and unions debate liability reforms while investigations into Panama labor conditions continue.
Ten men were crushed and six fatally wounded when a large ice mass in the Stanton mine shaft collapsed the cage. Mrs. Isaac Hyde of North 10th street returned from a visit with her son Clarence in Pittsburgh.
Newcastle on Tyne February 21. A sudden explosion in the Globe Pit killed fourteen miners. Rescue teams labored at the shaft as investigators surveyed the scene.
A large park project damages the Dayton Motor Car Company's plant site amid reports of substantial impact. Authorities estimate losses run to hundreds of thousands of dollars as the city reshapes the area.
Jacob Victor, a New York bowler known locally, killed himself after a quarrel with his wife over his desire to attend his bowling club. At supper he said he would end the marriage if she was tired of it, fled five flights up and jumped into a shaft where he died instantly. His wife attempted to intervene as he leapt.
Mrs. M. J. Campbell was found guilty of arson in Norwalk Ohio on February 21. The charge said she aided Miss Lou Mather in burning the home to obtain insurance money.
Pittsburgh papers report R C Neal alias Jas A Baker arrested in New York by railroad secret service for a string of station robberies along the B and O and Pennsylvania lines. He allegedly confessed to the December 29 Welcome West Virginia killing of station operator Ed Hutchinson after robbing the money drawer and stamps, tying the case to the Senecaville youth murder.
Mr and Mrs Wm H Bonne formerly of the Colonial flats have stored their household goods and left this morning for New Philadelphia to visit their daughter Mrs Lewis and family.
Mike Bichuria a twenty year old foreigner employed at the Detroit mine near Ava was killed by a heavy fall of coal and slate during the noon shift He died about an hour after the accident The Austrian native had worked at the mine for some time and was in a room with other miners when the fall occurred Coroner W B Yeo investigated the case and viewed the remains at the mine yesterday afternoon
Nearly four hundred Master Masons with wives and guests attended a February 20 banquet at the Cambridge Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons No. 66. The evening featured a two course banquet, music by Colonial orchestra and Hawthorne ensemble, dancing, and a grand walk around led by Judge and Mrs Mathews.
A grand fruit and flower display by Paul Cain drew warm praise from guests. Rich colors adorned cut glass and china loaned by Mrs Cain, with red, white, and blue streamers and flags enhancing the seasonal hall decoration.
Telegram from Chillicothe reports the death of Philip G. Hunter age about 23, son of Wm. H. and Hattie Rosemond Hunter. He suffered tubercular disease with heart complications after three years of illness, spent winters in Mexico for air cure, and was known for magic performances and writing for the News-Register. Funeral set for Monday afternoon in Chillicothe.
The Ohio Democrats push ex Governor James E Campbell for the party’s endorsement for United States senator. Bryan supporters back Campbell, with the state central committee meeting and Campbells’ prior leadership cited. Campbell’s path to the nomination appears clear as opponents falter and Bryanite influence grows.
Mrs. Anna Van Dyke and Mrs. Harry King of Derwent visited relatives here yesterday. Miss Claire Booth of East Steuben ville avenue left this morning to visit relatives and friends in Barnesville.
In Callao Peru on February 21 the American battleships under Rear Admiral Evans anchored after dawn while crowds in Callao and Lima cheered. The cruiser Bo lognesi escorted the fleet up the coast and Evans will not attend due to rheumatism. Charles M. Thomas will represent him. The ships plan ten days of festivities including a bull fight and a regatta before continuing around South America.
Matteawan New York February 21. Attorneys Daniel O Reilly and A Russell Peabody conferred two hours with Harry K Thaw at the asylum. They announced Thaw has no plans to sue for divorce and rumors of annulling his marriage to Evelyn Nesbit Thaw are groundless.
One man killed and two badly injured in a caboose derailment on the Baltimore and Ohio line two hundred west of Belmont depot. Conductor Samuel Smith Brakewan J. K. Hollingshead and Flagman Harry Diday were in the caboose. Diday died later at the city hospital. Smith and Hollingshead from Cambridge and Bellaire residents.
Isaac LaFollette of Derwent and John A. Hail of Quaker City arrived in the city on business yesterday. Miss Mable Cowgill returned from Zanesville visit with friends. Toward Schroyer traveled to Zanesville for a new automobile deal. Miss Mary Carlisle of Salesville attended the Masonic banquet last night.
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