Pardon Granted to Caleb Powers and James Howard in Kentucky
In Frankfort on June 16 Governor Willson pardoned Caleb Powers and James Howard amid the Goebel era murder case. Powers, once secretary of state, had faced four trials for complicity. Howard had been jailed since April 1906. Howard was released at once from the state penitentiary after the pardon.
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Caleb Powers
Jim Howard
Frankfort
James Howard
Willson
United States
William Goebel
William 8
Taylor
Goebel
Secretary of State
Powers
Supreme Court
Howard
State Penitentiary
Jackson Morris
Georgetown
National Republican Convention Opens in Chicago
Delegates gather as Senator Julius C Burrows presides over temporary work and Senator Julius C Burrows delivers the keynote. Officers are named including General Secretary John R Malloy and Sergeant-at-Arms William F Stone, with multiple clerks and chaplains chosen as the convention begins to organize and contest rulings loom over the pace of nominations and vice presidential plans.
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Chicago
Colisum
Harry S. New
Indiana
National Republican Committee
Ooder
P. J. Muldoon
Elmer Wover
Ohio
New
Julius C. Burrows
Michigan
Burrows
J. C Burrows
John R. Malloy
Columbus
Lafayette B. Gleason
New York
N. Y
William F Stone
Baltimore
Ed P Thayer
Greenfield
Ind
Asher C. Hinds
Washington, D. C
Stephen R. Mason
M. D
Ill
William O. Waters
Tobias Schonfarber
John Wesley Hill
Lorenzo D. Case
Chas Brooks Smith
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ernest Walker Smith
Hartford
Conn
Philp M. Hepfele
St. Louis
M. J. Tobin
Vinton
Charles M. Harger
Abilene
Kan
Allen Hollis
Concord
Reading
Thomas W. Williamson
Hedwardsville
Albert Berg
Beaudette
Minn
George A. Wilson
Des Moines
W. J. Seitz
West Liberty
Roy M. Watkins
Grand Rapids
Mich
Clyde W. Miller
Osage City
Frank R. Bentley
Baraboo
Wis
W. A. Steele
van Buren
Ark
Empsirdell Stone
Indianapolis
John H. Jackson
Cincinnati
Iow
Iowa
Cummins
B. F Car- 101
Dolliver
Carroll
Allison
Senate
Cummings
Cummion
Rli
Hemenway
Taft Delegate Loses Support in Illinois Bolts Foraker Aide Says
Chicago June 1 William H Taft lost a delegate in Illinois to Foraker according to Charles Kurtz manager of the Foraker campaign. Zane Burley of the Eleventh Ohio district is under instructions to vote for Taft but declares he does not believe Taft can be elected or carry his state and will bolt his instructions to back Foraker who he thinks can carry the state and the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanly
James P. Goodrich
State Central Committee
Joseph B. Kealing
Fairbanks
Indiana
Chicago
James BE. Watson
William O. Waters
William H. Taft
Foraker
Charles Kurtz
Zane Burley
Ohio
Taft
Soldier Blown Up by Mine Trap Near Ripley
Cincinnati June 16 Charles Siegel of Cincinnati a member of Company BE First regiment fell into a mined trap set by Edward Martin on his farm near Ripley The farm uses bombs by electric wires placed around tobacco beds A guard on duty Siegel accidentally stepped on a wire triggering an explosion The infernal machine’s gas pipe struck his right ankle and slugs struck him elsewhere He is not fatally injured.
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Cincinnati
Charles Siegel
Edward Martin
Ripley
Martin
Siegel
Roosevelt Boomers Claim New Delegate Support For Roosevelt
The Roosevelt boom movement reports securing a delegate from an unspecified state to present Roosevelt’s name at the convention. Former Rep T W Phillips says Roosevelt’s name will be sprung but won’t reveal the delegate or state. Boomers hope for Taft delegates to swing toward Roosevelt if the name is announced forcefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alabama
T. W. Phillips
Newcastle
Roosevelt
Taft
Phillips
Equity tobacco men threaten wheat field clashes in Brown county
Ripley Ohio June 16 reports say night riders of Brown county plan to move their fight from tobacco beds to wheat fields. Authorities claim Equity tobacco men will block threshing by independent growers and bar workers not aligned with Equity, risking the deployment of soldiers all summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley
Night Riders
Brown County
Equity Tobacco
Equity
Women Inspectors Named Columbus District 16
John H. Morgan state shop and factory inspector announced appointments under the Reynolds law to inspect shops and factories employing women and children. The list includes Miss Kate McCaffrey of Bellaire, Mrs Ada Tooth of Cleveland, Miss Mary McClure of Coshocton, Mrs L Bryant of Springfield, Miss Clara M Gracey of Cincinnati, Mrs Elizabeth Schauss of Toledo, Miss Eila M Haas of Dayton, Miss Dora Hills of Waynesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
John H. Morgan
Kate McCaffrey
Bellaire
Ada Tooth
Cleveland
Mary McClure
Coshocton
L. Bryant
Springfield
Clara M. Gracey
Cincinnati
Elizabeth Schauss
Toledo
Ohio Delegation Caucuses in Chicago Finalizes Officers
The Ohio delegation caucused in Chicago on June 16 to perfect the organization. Governor Harris presided as credentials and resolutions committees were named and permanent organization approved. Officers include George B. Cox, Wade Ellis, Noah Swayne, J. War ren Keifer, J. A. Martin, and A. I. Vorys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Chicago
Harris
Harry M. Daugherty
Wade Ellis
George B. Cox
Noah Swayne
Governor Harris
J. Warren Keifer
J. A. Martin
A. I. Vorys
Dismantling Begun at National Tube No 1 Blast Furnace
Lorain Ohio June 16 The dismantling of No 1 blast furnace at the National Tube company plant which blew up last fall has commenced and will be rebuilt at once. Orders have been issued to put a day and night force on the job. No 1 and No 2 skelp mills have started with a full complement of men and work in all departments has been picking up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buay
Lorain
National Tube Company
Skelp
Hopkins Secures Illinois Chairmanship in Caucus
Chicago June 16 Senator Hopkins named the Illinois member of the resolutions committee in the caucus, effectively securing the chairmanship. Senator Cullom assigned as delegation chairman and Colonel Frank Lowden joined the national committee. A resolution backing Pennsylvania’s plan to reduce representation at national conventions was adopted.
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Hopkins
Chicago
Illinois
Senator Cullom
Frank Lowden
Pennsylvania
Accidental Shooting Fatal for Two Teens in Fostoria Playhouse
In Fostoria Ohio on June 16 Michael Redman, 15, was fatally shot in the heart by George Schuck, 15, with a 22 caliber flobert rifle in a boys built playhouse. Schuck fired intending merely to show the weapon. coroner Biggs ruled the death accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fostoria
Michael Redman
George Schuck
Schuck
Biggs
Man Electrocuted Watching Breakage During Test
James Gears fifty, a worker grading a school lot in Columbus Ohio, was electrocuted after touching a broken municipal lighting plant wire during a daylight test. A 3000 volt current passed through his body as he was tasked to warn pedestrians of the danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
James Gears
Taft undecided on Cincinnati trip
Washington June 16 Secretary Taft said he has not yet decided if he will go to Cincinnati this week. He will base his decision on information from the west and does not want to commit to any course of action before the Republican convention nominating process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Washington
Cincinnati
Restaurateur Mrs Dickinson Fatally Struck by Cincinnati Northerns
In Cincinnati on June 16 Mrs John Dickinson formerly Mrs Ben Pitroff died after being struck by a Cincinnati Northerns car near Hamilton. She died an hour after at Mercy hospital, with her husband and daughter present.
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Cincinnati
John Dickinson
Ben Pitroff
Hamilton
Cincinnati Northerns
Mercy
Nebraska Delegate Nominates Shel don for VP Vice President
The Nebraska delegation after hours of discussion decided to place Governor George L Shel don in nomination for vice president at the Chicago convention on June 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Springs
Chicago
Nebraska
George L Sheldon
Wizards Use Blood of Girl to Cure Negreas of Consumption
June 16 in Alacranes Matanzas Vic tor Navarro a negro lad arrested for complicity in the kidnapping of Luisa Valdez a white child who disappeared confessed that a band of brujos negro wizards abducted and murdered her to obtain blood from her heart to cure an old negress of consumption Marin another arrested wizard aided the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Alacranes
Matanzas
Victor Nvarro
Luisa Valdez
Marin
Gibson Freed of Murder Guilty of Manslaughter
Wapakoneta Ohio June 16 Bernard Gibson of St Marys was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of James Abbott in St Marys last February. The seven day trial ended with Gibson and William Williams indicted for second degree murder. Williams has not yet been tried.
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Gibson
Wapakoneta
Bernard Gibson
St. Marys
James Abbott
William Williams
Williams
New Party Organized in Akron Aims at Labor Unions
A new party formed in Akron Ohio to fight labor unions has 500 members secured in one day. The group plans to influence local politics and municipal affairs by opposing candidates or officials who act in sympathy with labor unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Hitchcock Goes Free Trial Ends in Not Guilty Verdict
In New York on June 16 the Raymond Hitchcock assault trial concluded in supreme court. The jury found Hitchcock not guilty of attempted assault against young girls after deliberations ending at 8 a.m. The case, defended as a comedy figure, concluded with the hero being cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
New York
Raymond Hitchcock
Supreme Court
Mansfield Fireman Ends Life With Rope
George Culler 382 an Erie fireman residing at Gaston Ohio hanged himself in his barn after a period of low spirits over financial troubles He leaves a wife and three small children after recently buying a home June 16 Mansfield Ohio article notes his death by self inflicted hanging in a barn with related family details
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Mansfield
George Culler
Erie
Gaston
Cincinnati Man Presides At Journal Horseshoers Union Meet
Washington June 16 The twenty ninth biennial convention of the international union of jour neors horseshoers of the United States and Canada opened with President Herbert S Marshall of Cincinnati Ohio presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Washington
International Union of Journ Horse-Shoers
Uniteates and
Canada
Herbert S. Marshall
Blind Boy Takes Life In Madison Farm District
Frank Smith 223, son of a farmer north of Madison Ohio, shot himself with a shotgun. Despondency over partial blindness since infancy is believed to be the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, O
Frank Smith
Bohemian Miner Dies After Love Letter News
Steubenville June 16 John Stupanyk a Bohemian miner at Crow Hollow mines killed himself after receiving a letter from his sweetheart in Bohemia saying she had married another. He was found with a bullet hole in his heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville, O
Bohemia
John Stupanyk
Crow Hollow Mines
Notable Fatalities and Crimes From Across the Nation
A collage of late 19th or early 20th century incidents reports deaths by train, drowning, and gun violence. embezzlement charges against OH attorney BE Bell. reconciled Evelyn Thaw. a dam worker’s fatal plunge near Marietta. mass oil plant fire in Albuquerque with $50,000 loss. family killings in Cadillac Michigan and Bracken KY. multiple political and legal notes from Taft to Dunnell. injuries and drownings in Kentucky and Italy. fires and road incidents across states.
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Charles Robinson
Washington D. H
Chillicothe
Katie Biedenbender
Cincinnati
Mansfeld
BE. Bell
Evelyn Thaw
Daniel O'Reilly
Antonio Vasani
Marietta
Harrisburg
Capitol
Daniel Cooper
Cadillac
Mich
George Hoffman
Rosa Ellinger
Hocking Valley
Lancaster
Continental Oil Company
Albuquerque
N. M
Frank Good
Peabody
Kan
Good
Taft
Washington
Charles I. Dunnell
New York
Brooklyn
William Keeton
Bear Wallow
J. Kaler
Noah Fugate
Robinion Perry
Tolman Triplett
Paragon
Ohio
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Chicago
Mexico
Savannah
Madame Wu
China
Mongolia
A. A. Wiley
Alabama
Hot Springs
Hyman, Berg & Company
Tristate Grain Company
Hammond
Ind
Dunkard Organizations
Des Moines
Dayton
Sarah Koten
Auspitz
Jim Richardson
Roan
Atlanta (Ga
Lewis Kinney
Bracken County
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hempstead
L. I
Willie Barkert
Burlington
Mable Blanch Cutler
Cutler
Utah
Thomas Butler
East Lake City
Saunders
Louisiana
Ennis
Tex
Roccapietra
Italy
Floyd Schell
Freeman Porter
Danville
Thomas Murrill
May Terry
Breathitt County
Ohio river hits record low as boats stranded in June
Vessels stranded. In Gallipolis Ohio on June 16 the Ohio river dropped to an unprecedented dead low-water mark in 40 hours. Large packets on the upper river cannot reach Pittsburg and may lay up. Towboats with mining district barges are stranded and will miss destinations until a rise. Losses may follow if navigation does not resume soon.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Upper
Ohio
Pittsburg
Out of Work Man Ends Life in Columbus Basememt
Martin Pelican 65 a Columbus laborer out of work nearly a year hanged himself in the basement of his home. He had shown strange behavior for weeks and earlier left a note saying he would end his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Martin Pelican
Pelican
Prospector Returns to White Horse with Two Million in Gold
The steamer Prospector carrying $2,000,000 in gold reached White Horse Yukon on June 16 after a tough voyage up Thirty Mile and Fifty Mile rivers. It carried 12 passengers including Judge Reed of Fairbanks.
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White Horse
Yukon
Prospector
Judge Reed
Fairhands
Student Electrocuted at Lawrence University Worksite
Lawrence Kansas June 16 J E Hall and Daniel Matthews university student were killed by a live electric wire at the university while working on the new engine building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kan
J. E. Hall
Daniel Matthews
Arkansas
Faithful Teacher Rewarded
Hamilton Ohio June 16 A. W. Schmidt after fifty years as German teacher in the Fourth ward school retires on a pension of five hundred dollars a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Fourth Ward
A. W. Schmidt
Markets Across Cities Report Mixed Live Stock and Grain Prices
East Buffalo shows cattle prices from $3.26 to $7.60 with calves and sheep varied. Chicago lists steers up to $8.30 and hogs around $5 to $5.80. Pittsburgh reports prime cattle and lambs with hogs around $5.50 to $5.90. Cleveland notes prime dry fed cattle and mixed hogs. Boston and Cincinnati provide grain and livestock quotes, including wheat around 92 93 cents and hogs near $4.75 to $5.20.
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East Buffalo
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Boston
Woel
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Delaine
Kentucky
Indiana
Cincinnati
Real estate bargains in Warren Ohio farms for sale
J A Smith advertises agency for Trum bull and Portage co lands with a Warren firm. He offers a weekly updated list of farms for sale, inviting buyers to visit his office. Prices range from 15 to 125 dollars per acre with expenses refunded to buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trumbull and Portage Co
Warren
Five Real Estate Bargains Across City Streets
A seven room Clay street house offered cheap. A large house with finished garret, three room basement, four lots. A six lot block at two streets corner. A Choice lot in Quality Hill addition near West Main street. An 87 acre Carey area farm with brick house and red barn. All labeled bargains, act fast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Street
Quality Hill
West Main Street
Carey
A Wife's Rebuke
A wife consoles her husband with a sharp question about marriage and self control after a night of drinking. The exchange ends with the husband acknowledging excess and vowing restraint in the future. London Graphic reports the humorous domestic exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
London Graphic
French Servants in Paris Prompt Humble, Human Helpers
A London Sketch reflection on French domestic staff. The writer notes cooks, maids, and butlers are not mere automatons but emotionally engaged, showing tenderness and sympathy by reacting to their employer's moods and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
London
Origin of Woman in Hindu Belief
The Hindoo view of woman’s origin is described as more sublime than Hebrew notions. Brahma created the first parents in one bed, with the right half of the body representing the father of humanity and its left half the mother. Calcut Research and Review.
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Becaus
Calcut Research and Review
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Burrows Spurges
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Hart
Sandusky
Stephensj J. Hart
J.D. Ewing
Stephen J. Hart
Ewing’s Drug Store
J. A. Smith
Real Estate and Insurance Agency
J. 0. Ewing
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