Multiple Died and incidents reported in a news roundup
A long list of deaths and incidents from various locales includes Brigadier General Albert Hadrisoff of Detroit, Mrs. Martha Ridgely of Columbus, a 14 year old from Columbus, and others. Notable items cover a Milwaukee business man guilty of murder, a court martial verdict of not guilty, labor unrest, disasters in Santa Rosa and Chicago, and several legal and criminal cases across Ohio and surrounding states.
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Albert Hadrisoff
Detroit
Martha Ridgely
Columbus
Theodore Kolleck
Louisa Thompson
Zion City
George Willoughby
Milwaukee
E. D. Ryan
Dayton
Riends
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
United States Steel Corporation
Mme, Anna Gould
Prince Helie de Sagan
Paris
Ninth Regiment
New York National Guard
Fort Wadsworth
Arcadia
Philadelphia
Representative Tawney
Minnesota
Sherman
National Republican Congressional Committee
Florida
Tallahassee
James R. Keene
Scranton
Thomas W. Small
American Line
St. Louis
Charles L. Bartlett
Georgia
Indian Springs
Fountain Grove
Santa Rosa
Cal
Chicago
Commercial Cabinet Company
Dorothy Mayou
Niles
Garfield
William Kellogg
Marion
George A. Metzger
Toledo
Broadway Bank
Hong Lee
Chinamans
Imperial
Petoskey
Mich
Libbey
Art Museum
That City
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railroad Company
John D Rockefeller
Cleveland
Forest Hill
Allegheny National Bank of Pittsburgha
Muskogee
Okla
Jense Cox
Honey
George Black
Bellmere S. 1
Evelyn Thaw
Daniel O'Reilly
Land fraud verdicts divide jury in four defendants
Washington dispatch reports a federal jury returning guilty verdicts against Frederick A. Hyde and Joost H. Schneider after 75 hours of deliberation. John A. Benson and Henry P. Dimond were acquitted on all 42 counts. Benson and Dimond released on bail. Hyde bail set at 20 000, Schneider at 12 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frederick A. Hyde
Joost H. Schneider
John A. Benson
Henry P. D Fond
Benson
Gaillionaire
Far West
Dimond
Hyde
Schneider
Stafford
Women’s Clubs Open Biennial Convention in Boston
About 2000 club women from across the United States attend the opening of the general federation of women’s clubs biennial in Symphony Hall, with key social and ceremonial events at Hotel Westminster and the New England Woman’s club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Symphony Hall
Hotel Westminster
Professional Women's Club
Paul Jones
Daughters of the American Revolution
Massachusetts State Federation
New England Woman's Club
General Federation
Wright to Confer With Taft Before Secretary of War Start
Memphis June 23 General Luke E Wright will leave for Washington to confer with Secretary Taft before assuming the duties as secretary of war. He says he will be in the post only for a few months until next March and declines to predict cabinet retention under Taft.
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Memphis
Tenn
Luke E. Wright
Washington
William H. Taft
Roosevelt
Wright
War Department
Georgia Battleship Georgia Maintains 19.5 Knot Pace
The battleship Georgia's officers claim the ship achieved a four hour sprint at 19.5 knots along the California coast during a voyage from Bremerton, asserting it is the Navy's fastest battleship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
San Francisco
Bremerton Navy Yard
California
Wheeling Reopens Shops After Shutdown
Wheeling and Lake Erie shops in Norwalk Ohio resume full time ten hour days after a long shutdown. About two hundred workers benefit from the reopening and improved hours.
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Wheeling
Norwalk
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Markets Report Across Cities Cattle and Hogs Prices
East Buffalo and other cities list cattle and hog prices by category including steers cows bulls calves and milkers with ranges. Chicago Cleveland Boston Cincinnati and Toledo quotations cover cattle sheep lambs hogs wheat corn oats rye lard bulk meats and bacon with notable price movements.
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East Buffalo
Catte
Chicago
Tome Pittsburg
Boston
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Delaine
Kentucky
Indiana
Cincinnati
Toledo
Ryo
Cincinnati Plans General Holiday for Taft Notification
Cincinnati will celebrate a nonpartisan general holiday when William Howard Taft is officially notified of his Republican nomination for president. Banks businesses and factories will close to allow all citizens to honor Cincinnati's distinguished citizen. A large parade outdoor demonstration and reception for the notification committee are planned with a possible Taft address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
William Howard Taft
Taft
Inspector Finds Shortage in Cowen's Court Accounts
Columbus Ohio June 23 An apparent discrepancy of between 20000 and 25000 dollars in the accounts of the late Benjamin R Cowen clerk of the United States district and circuit courts has come to light through an investigation by Government Department Examiner Moore of Washington. It is claimed that carelessness of deputies in Cowens Cincinnati office partly caused the deficit and Cowens bondsmen may be called to cover the loss. Cowens friends deny any criminal act by him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Benjamin R. Cowen
United States District
Circuit Courts
Government Department
Moore
Washington
Cowen
Cincinnati
Soldiers Chase Firebug In Warehouse Fire Attempt
Ripley Ohio June 23 soldiers guarding Maddox Brothers tobacco warehouse near Hiett Foiled two men sneaking toward the barn Lieutenant Kennedy pursued both suspects to a covered bridge where one fired a pistol. The volley missed and Kennedy was knocked down but survived.
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Ripley, O
Maddox Brothers
Hiett
Ripley
Kennedy
Court Actions Over Merry Widow Burlesque
Klaw & Erlinger and Henry W. Savage seek a federal restraining order to stop Joe Weber from producing the Merry Widow burlesque at Olentangy Park theater Columbus Ohio claiming rights limited to New York and Chicago. Judge Sater dismissed the first petition for lack of jurisdiction. a second petition was filed and set for later hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Klaw & Erlanger
Henry W. Savage
Joe Weber
Olentangy Park Theater
New York
Chicago
Sater
Man Dies in Ohio River Wager Near East Liverpool
East Liverpool Ohio June 23 Caveilus Adams won a one dollar bet with August Craft aged 49 that Craft could not swim the Ohio river Craft attempted the crossing and drowned Adams later told Craft s widow of her husband s death and his winning the wager
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East Liverpool
Caveilus Adams
August Craft
Ohio
Craft
Adams
Farmer Admits Harshly Punishing Daughter
Reuben Huffman of Allen township was arrested in Marysville Ohio after neighbors charged him with cruelly whipping his 13 year old daughter Bertha. He was bound over to the grand jury and the girl received medical treatment. Huffman told the prosecutor he punished her too severely and expressed remorse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marysville
Reuben Huffman
Allen Township
Bertha
Huffman
Balinger
Immel Pleads Guilty to Bribery as Columbus Official
Fred J Immel once nicknamed Honest bred pleaded guilty to two bribery charges for accepting payments from a contractor firm while serving on the Columbus board of public service. He received a four year sentence in the Ohio penitentiary and a $1000 fine plus court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
Fred J Immel
Columbus Board of Public Service
Ohio
Confession Clears Mystery in Belle Clark Case
Joe West, 28, a Black man described as a cripple, confessed to killing Belle Clark whose throat was cut and found on the levee. He and the woman had been drinking on the levee when they quarreled, ending in her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furder
Dayton
Belle Clark
Joe West
Libbey Donates to Toledo Art Museum for New Building
E. D. Libbey, noted Toledo manufacturer, gifts 105000 dollars to the Toledo Art Museum to fund a new building. Public subscription adds 50000 dollars.
Woman Attacked by Sheep in Ohio Orchard
Bellefontaine Ohio June 23 Mrs Juliet Richey eighty walking in orchard near Huntsville was knocked down by a sheep. Hip bones broken and she will probably die.
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Bellefontaine, O
Juliet Richey
Huntsville
Lodge Rouses Convention By Mentioning Roosevelt Name
At the convention second session Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts as permanent chairman spurred an enthusiastic demonstration when he called Roosevelt the best abused yet most popular man in the United States. Delegates from Ohio and Cecil Lyon of Texas weighed in as Lodge attempted to restore order during a 45 minute scene. He warned of perils from vast private fortunes and modern corporations and urged government regulation to keep them useful. The credential committee reported four hours of contest with no changes. Lodge was seated as permanent chairman and the resolutions debates favored the Taft camp on labor injunctions.
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Roosevelt
Henry C. Lodge
Massachusetts
United States
Ohio
Cecil Lyon
Texas
Senator Lodge
Lodge
Republican Party
Washington
Lincoln
Grant
National Committee
Committee On Permanent Organization
Henry Cabot Lodge
John R. Klalley
Committee On
Hopkins
Cooper
Wisconsin
United States Superme
Interstate Commerce Commission
Taft
Theodore Burton Praises Taft As Ideal Presidential Candidate
Ohio congressman Theodore Burton praised Secretary Taft's qualifications and career. He cited Taft's roles as judge, solicitor general, governor of the Philippines, secretary of war, colonial secretary and director of national public works, noting a continuous record of weighty tasks and increasing influence on vital questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Burton
Ohio
William H. Taft
Taft
Taft named father of the Filipinos for modernizing reforms
The document lauds Taft for his judicial temperament and administrative skill in governing colonies and dependencies. It highlights his role in the canal project, restoring order in Cuba, and instituting rule of law in the Philippines, praising him as a protector and guide who uplifted peoples toward liberty and opportunity.
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Cuba
Philippines
Taft
Woman Decapitates Self on Train Near Columbus
June 23 report from Columbus describes Mrs. James Comstock of Sunbury about 60 years old who threw herself in front of a fast southbound passenger train on the Cleveland Akron and Columbus line. Her head was found on the tracks after the engine carried the car to Columbus then Cleveland and back to Condit, the head traveling 340 miles. She had been in ill health.
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Columbus
James Comstock
Sunbury
Cleveland
Akron & Columbus
Condit
Comstock
Jealousy Blamed in Domestic Tragedy at Cliifftop
Huntington West Virginia June 23 Charles Rothwell shot his wife then killed himself at their home in Cliifftop He died instantly while the wife is believed to have no chance for recovery Officials say jealousy was the cause of the double tragedy
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Huntington
W. Va
Charles Rothwell
Cliifftop
Rothwell
Lang to Meet Burns in Melbourne Showdown
A syndicate arranged a bout between Bill Lang Australia’s champion and Tommy Burns American heavyweight champion during the week the American fleet visits Melbourne.
Portland Power Plant Destroyed in Cazadero Blaze
Fire largely destroys the Portland Railway Light and Power plant at Cazadero in Portland Oregon. The plant valued at seven hundred fifty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Ore
Portland Railway, Light and Power Company
Cazadero
Train dinner quips from Bryan Johnson and Fairbanks
On the moving train Mr Bryan Governor Johnson and Vice President Fairbanks share a candid meal. The group jokes about crops with Fairbanks boasting a Nebraska field while Bryan skirts observation, finally declaring I am the peerless leader.
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Mr. Bryan
Governor Johnson
Fairbanks
Nebraska
How She Viewed Bishops
The Right Rev Dr Edmund Knox, bishop of Manchester, famed for open air preaching in the north. He conducted missions on Blackpool Sands and is popular with Lancashire natives. At a Blackpool Beach mission two mill girls debated the bishop’s identity and discussed listening to him despite skeptical views.
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Edmund Knox
Manchester
England
Blackpool Sands
Lancashire
Blackpool Beach
Lancashire Mill
Rejuvenation and Suffrage Sparks at Chicago Dinner
Jane Addams of Hull House criticizes cosmetic obsession among supporters. An elderly woman strays into beauty devices and asks Addams if her look is younger, to which Addams retorts with a cynical forecast about appearances. The Washington Star quotes the exchange at a dinner on women’s ballot rights.
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Jane Addams
Hull House
Chicago
Washington Star
Suitor Proposes In Quip Over Marrying Daughter
In a London Mail brief a suitor asks to marry the daughter, but the father questions the match saying he does not know when he is well off. The adorer replies he may not know now but he knows when the father is well off.
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London Mail
Real Estate Bargains in Warren Area Farms for Sale
J A Smith offers weekly updated farm lists for sale in Warren Ohio with bargains to attract buyers. Visit the office to view the revised list and find prices from 15 to 125 per acre with expenses refunded to purchasers.
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Trumbull and
Portage-co-lands
Warren
O. M
Real estate bargains on Clay Street and nearby areas
Several cheap property offers include a seven room house on Clay Street with a good yard, a large house with finished garret and basement plus four lots, a six lot corner block, a Quality Hill lot near West Main Street, and a half section 87 acre farm near Carey with brick house and red barn.
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Clay Street
Quality Hill
West Main Street
Carey
John Earns Lead In College Greek Play
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes John receives a leading college role in a Greek play despite critics calling his enunciation atrocious. The report highlights his rising reputation as an actor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bright and Kwater Debate Faint Heart Saying
In a playful exchange, Kwater cites an old line as Bright counters that a bold heart helps a lady support a suitor if he can win consistently. The Philadelphia Press quote reflects flirtatious banter and social wit.
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Kwater
Philadelph Press
The old story reflected in a troubled home
A husband sighs aloud that yet another death by self harm stems from an unhappy home. His wife asks if the tragedy makes the home happier or if the paper's tone feels lighter.
Child Quips About Grandmother's Burial
A sympathetic gentleman asks when the grandmother will be buried. The child replies plainly that she cannot be buried until she is dead, reflecting a blunt, humorous exchange.
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Buckeye News
Immel
Burton
Hart
Upper
Sandusky
Stephens J. Hart
A. O. Martin
J. D. Ewing
Stephen J. Hart
Ewing’s Drug Store
J. A. Smith
Real Estate and Insurance Agency
Shoon
Mare Sereapcone
Hoop
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