Count Okuma Discusses Emigration Policy and Fleet Move
Tokyo reports Count Okuma met Sacramento residents and San Francisco journalists to discuss emigration issues. He noted difficulty in discerning the fleet’s purpose while acknowledging the impact on Japan's emigration policy. He linked Canada and Britain to the wider foreign policy pressures affecting Tokyo.
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Japan
Count Okuma
Tokyo
Sacramento
Cal
Men of
San Francisco
Pacific
United States
Dominion of
Canada
Great Britain
Republican state centre committee names officers and members
Columbus Ohio April 3 meeting of the Republican state centre committee named Henry Williams of Columbus as chairman of the executive committee by acclamation. W H Phipps of Paudling elected secretary and William F Hoffman of Columbus treasurer, with a full slate of 21 district members listed and power granted to the chairman and secretary to enlarge the committee.
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Columbus
Walter Brown
Republican State Centre Committee
Efte
Henry Williams
W. H. Phipps
Paulding
Willam F. Hoffman
Julius C. Fleischmann
Cincinnati
William Copeland
Populists Nominate Watson for President at St Louis
The People's party convention in St Louis nominated Thomas Watson for president and Samuel Williams of Indiana for vice president. Nebraskans and Minnesotans pressed to adjourn without noms, opposing the Democratic and Republican parties as the convention endured stormy sessions.
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Watson
St. Louis
People’s Party
Thomas & Watson
United States
Samuel Williams
Indiana
Nebraska
Minnesota
William J. Bryan
Jay W. Forrest
Albany
T. J Weighan
New State Prison Plan Advances in Ohio Senate
The Ohio Senate approved and then reconsidered a measure by Senator Howe of Cleveland to appoint a five member commission to select a site and supervise building a new penitentiary. Commissioners receive 1000 dollars yearly and travel expenses. A clerk and a secretary at 3000 dollars, plus an architect, are authorized. Plans must be ready within six months. The prison site must be at least 650 miles from Columbus on 1000 to 2000 acres, with prisoners used in construction as feasible.
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New State Prison
Columbus
State Senate
Howe
Cleveland
Senate
Harris
Penitentiary Commission
Ohio
Taft
Edward Miller
Ohio ‘National Guard
Hilihu Root
Miller
National Guard
McKinley
Maine
Atlantic Seaboard
Amended County Salary Law Passed After Debate
Columbus April 3 The house after hours of debate passed the bill by Mr Wilson of Belmont amending the county salary law. It provides that deficiencies within three years after the original act on January 1 1910 allow transfer from other funds to cover deficits. Afterward county officers must pay all office expenses and salaries from collected fees, not the general fund.
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Columbus
House
Wilson
Belmont
Girl Indicted Over Testimony in Hitchcock Case
Flora Whiston, who testified in the Hitchcock case against comedian Raymond, was indicted by a grand jury on a charge alleged to relate to her testimony. The event occurred in New York.
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New York
Flora Whiston
Raymond
Iit
Governor and Legislature Push Statewide Probe and Railrates Bill
The Ohio Senate approved a measure empowering the state railroad commission to establish joint rates and adjust railroad claims after 120 days. A bipartisan commission to investigate all state boards and departments was proposed by Governor Harris, with a house senate package outlining appointments and powers. The Longworth amendment repeal and ballot printing changes were also debated as part of the reform push.
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Senate
Chamberlain
State Railroad Commission
State Commission
Senate Committee On ‘Railroads
West
Howe
Cleveland
House
General Assembly
Harris
Finance Committee
England Scotland Football Match Ends In Draw In Glasgow
The April 6 match in Glasgow drew over 100000 spectators and saw considerable rioting but finished with a 1-1 scoreline between England and Scotland.
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Glasgow
England
Scotland
Markets Report Across Cities Including Pittsburg and Chicago
Prices for cattle hogs sheep and calves listed by city. Pittsburg shows varied sums for choice cattle, hides, and calves with prime and medium quality ranges. Chicago lists steers cows calves hogs with specific bid quotes and weights. Additional notes cover Boston Cleveland Cincinnati Toledo grain and stock prices by item.
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Pittsburg
East Buffalo
Chicago
Uue
Cleveland
Boston- Ae
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Indiana
Cincinnati
Toledo
Ohio Senate Passes Paint Labeling Bill and Plant Purchase Measure
The Ohio senate approved a paint labeling requirement effective Jan 1 1909 to show ingredients and quantity. The food commissioner will enforce. The body also passed a bill allowing cities to buy light and water plants owned by a single company with any cost over one percent of the municipal budget needing a public vote.
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Columbus
State Senate
Senate
Howe
Condemns Ohio Primaries In Dissent
Justice W Z Davis of the Ohio Supreme Court denounces late Republican primaries as unconstitutional and vicious. He argues the rules suppress minorities and bolster the strongest machine ever seen in Ohio and warns the court’s role could sow dragon’s teeth for a terrible harvest.
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Davis
Columbus
Ohio
W. Z.,davis
Supreme Court
State Committee
Welty Withdraws Delegates in Ohio Primary
In Canton Ohio on April 6 John C Welty gubernatorial candidate withdrew his delegate slate and substituted independents. The move eliminates Welty from the list and surprised Pomerene supporters as Welty says he remains in the race. The Pomerene slate now opposes the independents.
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Welty
Canton
Democratic County Central Committee
John C.welty
Three Soys Fatally Hurt On Martins Ferry Family Tragedy
In Wheeling West Virginia on April 2 a fast moving car struck three members of the Walter Myers family from Martins Ferry Ohio on a curve near Hast Wheeling. Walter 19 Ira 16 and William 9 were fatally injured while their mother narrowly escaped.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Hast Wheeling
Walter Myers
Ira Myers
William Myers
Martins Ferry
Cleveland to settle street fare dispute at 3 cents
City officials announced that the local street railway controversy will likely be settled today with a flat 3 cent fare and an extra cent for transfers. The fight for a lower rate than 6 cents has spanned seven years and figured in four city elections.
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Cleveland
Electrified lineman dies after contact with live wire
Frank Ochsendorf a 25 year old lineman for the National Telephone Company was electrocuted while working on a 30 foot pole in Steubenville Ohio on April 7. He touched an uninsulated light wire sending 2000 volts through his body. His left arm burned and he fell to the ground dying.
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Steubenville
Frank Ochsendorf
National Telephone Company
Death of Iron Worker Electrocuted at Mill in Chillicothe
James Ryan age 66 a local iron worker and boiler maker was electrocuted at Mar field mill when handed a light globe by a helper who had no gloves. Ryan grasped the live globe in convulsions followed by his death before the current could be shut off.
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Chillicothe
James Ryan
Marfield's Mill
Ryan
Congress renominates Ralph Cole for a third term in Ohio district
In Kenton Ohio on April 4 the Republican convention renominated Congressman Ralph Cole for a third term. Delegates W R Wilson of Urbana and Jay Miller of Bellefontaine were chosen to attend the national convention and instructed to vote for Secretary Taft for president.
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Kenton
Ralph Cole
W R Wilson
Urbana
Jay Miller
Bellefontaine
Taft
Timber cutter Samuel Grimm found dead near Unionport
Samuel Grimm, 35, a timber cutter, was found with a bullet hole in his left eye along the Panhandle tracks near Unionport. The bullet passed through the brain and fractured the skull. He leaves a wife and one child.
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Steubenville
Samuel Grimm
Panhandle
Unionport
Grimm
Murder charge leads to arrest on freight train
William Huffman, charged with the murder of Marshal Sweeney at Tiffin, was captured on a Toledo and Ohio Central freight train at Cygnet. The crew involved were Engineer Fred Grant, Conductor McGuigan, and Brakeman Walsh.
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Findlay
William Huffman
Marshal Sweeney
Tiffin
Toledo & Ohio Central
Cygnet
Fred Grant
McGuigan
Walsh
Wygum Dies of Peritonitis After Gun Wound
George Wygum, 60, died at a hospital from peritonitis caused by a gunshot. Louis Marks, his neighbor, shot him claiming Wygum, intoxicated, tried to break into his home in Lancaster Ohio on April 7.
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George Wygum
Wygum
Louis Marks
Marks
Flood danger passes as Ohio River falls in Cincinnati
The flood danger is declared over in Cincinnati Ohio as the Ohio River continues to drop at an increasing rate. Railroads that had abandoned the Grand Central depot resume use of the terminal.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Grand Central Depot
Demands for Penitentiary Probe and Army Reform Rise
Ohio lawmakers debate Governor Harris probe of state offices as Democrats falter from muckraking and a new push for a penitentiary commission grows. Colonel Miller praises military progress while editorials rail at political infighting and primary election maneuvers in Columbus.
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Columbus
Senate
House
Harris
Chamberlain
State Treasury Administration
Treasury Department
Man's Superiority in Safe Deposit Humor
A columnist cites quirks of human nature in a bank vault tale about a new customer who misinterprets two keys. The man agrees to separate them, then plans to keep one on his key ring and lock the other in his box, challenging the idea that men are more logical than women.
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Lippincott's
Last Resort Conversation Ends With Witty Cure
A young woman visited a prominent doctor and spoke of many concerns. He gave her a bottle with directions. As she left she asked what to do if the medicine fails. The doctor quipped, Take the cork, they say that cures a sinking feeling.
Advertised Laundry Dress Leads Couple to Door
A humorous note from Hovery’s Magazine recounts a bright maid informing a mistress that a colored man and his wife stand at the door answering an advertisement. The mistress replies the ad was for a laundry dress, yet the couple insists they are the woman in question.
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Hoverybody’s Magazine
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Tom
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