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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1907
Page
1
A Mirror report claims the Russian Czar will abdicate within a month with Grand Duke Michael as regent during the Czarvitch’s minority. It also suggests a military dictatorship to quell revolution and that a marriage alliance with Princess Victoria is planned. The DalLy Mail and Russian ambassador doubt the tale.
Ohio National Guardsmen and Cleveland troops mobilized to back police and special deputies at the American Shipbuilding yard in Lorain. About 1,500 workers quit, strikebreakers escorted in, and tensions spiked as arrests followed an altercation between strike sympathizers and replacements.
White House officials say knowledge of a plot to defeat Roosevelt came before a dinner reveal. Loeb refuses to name any figure and calls publicity over the intrigues premature for 1908. Harriman declines to discuss funds alleged to block a Roosevelt nominee. Frank W. Hill is jailed on a Sidney Webster letter case.
Andrew Carnegie pledges 6 million dollars to the Carnegie Institute endowment, adding to a 4 million previously given. The gift funds arts and museum, Carnegie school of technology, technical school additions, and an endowment fund for the schools with a pension plan for institute staff and widows.
In Greenville Ohio Turner Bros tobacco warehouse burned, causing $19000 loss to building and contents. About 10000 pounds of repacked leaf and 72000 pounds of scrap were destroyed. cause unknown and insurance status unclear.
Fifteen thousand workers at Pittsburg brew houses walked out causing major plants to shut. The Pittsburg and Independent brewing firms halt operations while Western Pennsylvania brewers weigh an open shop verdict. Arbitration offered for other disputes was rejected. Liberty and Hazelwood independents continue work.
Special Dispatch reports in Pomeroy Ohio that April 5 Charles Campbell a strike breaker shot union miner John Walters with a shotgun Walters is expected to die Campbell is jailed and more trouble is feared in the ongoing miners strike scene.
In Philadelphia Senator Penrose publicly denies telling a dinner audience about a rich men's conspiracy to block Roosevelt’s chosen successor. He says the report is untrue and that he supports Roosevelt's administration and policies. He also denies any knowledge of a 5 million dollar fund or such a conspiracy.
Col. A S Hutson assistant Adjutant General of the West Virginia National Guard was indicted by a grand jury charged with misappropriating state funds. An eight year peculation period may total thirty thousand dollars according to Military Board findings.
A detailed key lists proposed parks such as Mt Echo Wilson Common Elberon Westwood Northside Clifton Lafayette View Burnet Woods and Eden Park with numerous public squares playgrounds and parkways including Terminal Square Lytle and Washington Parks Central Parkways and major roadways like Mount Auburn Hillside Eden Parkways Columbia Parkway and Red Bank Run parkways townwide.
The Park Commission presented a plan for a city wide park system. It envisions reclaiming the riverfront for parks, taking over a canal as a boulevard, and linking Columbia Avenue to the Water Works station at California. The report calls for a permanent park commission with broad powers and cites Eden Park and Burnet Woods as progress.
Lexington Ky April 6 Commonwealth's Attorney James P Adams and Prosecutor B R Jouett will ask the Court of Appeals to move the murder case against Judge James Hargis from Sandy Rock Elliott County to Breathitt County for trial Related action copies indicate the erd of the case was being copied this afternoon
Dayton Ohio April 5 William H Huffman Civil War veteran ran amuck at the Soldiers Home stabbing five veterans while asleep. Guards fought to overpower him as the wounded David Cale James Connors John Gavin Edward Smith and John Daugherty were attacked. The first two are in critical condition.
District Attorney Jerome will not seek a writ of prohibition to halt the Thaw trial before Justice Fitzgerald. He plans to argue against the lunacy commission report while the case nears jurors, with Delmas set to defend and the prosecution ready to proceed. If the report stands, the defense will present first, and verdicts could come by midweek, as the Tombs awaits with many indictments. Auction results from the Stanford White sale show sofa cushions at 170 dollars each, with overall proceeds of 20 525.50 from smaller items amid a wealthy turnout.
A massive tornado swept across Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama for about 11 hours tracing a 300 mile path. It killed twenty people injured fifty and devastated portions of four towns with damages over 1 million dollars. Alexandria Jackson Bayou Sara and Selma reported fatalities and heavy property loss.
Two earthquakes shook the Rhoetikon Alps on the Austro Swiss frontier today causing avalanches and sweeping away sections of forest land.
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