Latonia man tries to hang himself in Covington Jail
James Creech alias James Russell, indicted for willful murder, attempted suicide in his cell using bedclothes as a rope. Prisoners intervened, breaking the improvised noose, and a deputy jailer and physician revived him. Creech, despondent after indictment, had warned associates of suicide before.
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James Creech
Russell
James Russell
Latonia
Covington
Creech
Kenton Grand Jury
Maurer
Battles in Findlay shoots man after finding him with wife
Delphos Battles is arrested for shooting with intent to kill after he fired on Frederick Finigan who was with Battles' wife. Finigan was wounded in the left arm near the shoulder. Mrs. Battles and Finigan face disorderly conduct charges as the case unfolds.
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Commercial Tribune
Findlay
Frederick Finigan
Delphos Battles
Battles
Stappers’ Union
Finigan
Globe Window Glass House
Heiress Mary Gallaway Found Dead in Hotel Seville
Miss Mary Gallaway heiress and daughter of Robert M. Gallaway president of The Merchants National Bank died by suicide in her room at the Hotel Seville New York. She had suffered from dyspepsia for seven years and was found with a gunshot wound, reportedly instantaneous, at age 81.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Mary Gallaway
Robert M. Gallaway
Merchants’ National Bank
Seville
Gallaway
Duke and Duchess of Manchester Leave Cincinnati Quietly
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester with Viscount Mandeville and Lady Mary Montague left Cincinnati by the Pere Marquette train bound for Detroit after a private send-off with Eugene Zimmerman. They planned a Lake Michigan stay before sailing from New York for England, spoiling local entertainments.
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Cincinnati
Duke and Duchess OF
Manchester
Duke
Burnet House
Viscount Mandeville
Mary Montague
Detroit
Eugene Zimmerman
Great Central Route
the Burnet
Mr. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
New York
England
Roosevelt Hunting Rabbits and Coyotes Near Kiowa Reservation
Roosevelt hunts rabbits and coyotes on the Kiowa Comanche Reservation while a temporary U S government seat operates from Hotel Worth in Fort Worth Texas. Secretary Loeb handles official mail and the President will resume contact Thursday as the party heads toward Colorado Springs.
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Commercial Tribune
FT. Worth
Tex
Hotel Worth
United States
Roosevelt
Kiowa-Comanche Reservation
Oklahoma
Loeb
Washington
Frederick
Colorado
Red River
Colorado Springs
Zimmerman party car refuses access in Detroit yards
Detroit April 9 reports the Zimmerman private car from Cincinnati remains in railroad yards with all occupants inaccessible as Mr. Zimmerman blocks reporters from boarding or seeing anyone aboard.
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Detroit
Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Arson Charge Arises Against Jarvis College Official
FT WORTH Texas April 9 Prof T R Dunlap longtime Jarvis College official and former president was arrested on arson charges after the March 20 fire that damaged the Thorp Springs campus main building no deaths occurred and motive remains unclear Dunlap 52 and married is held in Ft Worth pending further action President Jarvis declined comment
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Commercial Tribune
FT. Worth
Tex
T. R. Dunlap
Jarvis College
Thorp Springs
Dunlap
Jarvis
Fire at Sipe Theater Causes Panic in Kokomo
A small stage fire at the Sipe Theater in Kokomo Indiana tonight sent a panicked crowd fleeing. About a score of people were badly crushed and George Armstrong was fatally injured by jumping from a third story window. Among the seriously hurt were Mrs R L Jacobs and Clarence Hunt. The blaze started when moving picture film touched an electric light but the building itself sustained no damage.
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Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
Sipe
George Armstrong
R. L. Jacobs
Clarence Hunt
Roosevelt Enthrones Prairie Camp Visit Near Frederick
President Roosevelt and entourage left Frederick at 6:45 PM and reached camp eighteen miles southeast before dark. The early morning view revealed virgin soil and a secluded timbered site by Deep Red Creek, where the president felt at home upon awakening at 6:15 AM.
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Frederick
Okla
Roosevelt
Red
Dunne Seeks Arbitration to End Ward Garment Strike
Chicago April 9 Judge Edward F Dunne soon to be mayor says he will use his first official act to seek an amicable settlement of the Montgomery Ward garment workers strike by arbitration He proposes both sides meet and appoint a committee to arbitrate the dispute to an agreement.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Montgomery, Ward & Co
Edward F. Dunne
Dunne
Anse White Captured in Breathitt County Witness For Prosecution
Anse White, 19, captured after a week by one of five bailiffs in Breathitt County. He is a key Commonwealth witness in the Hargis brothers and Ed Callahan murder case in Jackson. His absence caused three postponements. he will be brought to Lexington tomorrow and the trial is set for Tuesday.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Anse White
Breathitt County
Commonwealth
Hargis Brothers
Ed Callahan
James Cockrill
Jackson
Madrid Tragedy Sparks Demonstrations and Royal Backing
In Madrid on April 9 5000 workmen marched with black banners near Saturday’s reservoir disaster. Police were stoned as flags were seized and injuries were reported on both sides. King Alfonso kept informed by telephone from the palace hospitals.
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Madrid
King
Alfonso
Palace
Old Madrid
Newport Man Fatally Shoots Wife Then Births Child
Fred Wallace colored of 412 Saratoga Street Newport fires at his wife from a stairhead, killing her. He flees to Cincinnati, is captured, and returned to Newport. The wife dies after giving birth to a child who also dies. jealousy is suspected.
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Sue
Fred Wallace
Saratoga Street
Newport
Wallace
Washington Rutherford
Washington Mills
Covington
F. A. Stein
Speers Hospital
Cincinnati
Fink and
Ley
Wal
Edward Gibsby
East Seventh Street
Robert E. Pettingell
Walburg Street
Central Avenue
Madisonville
Hammond Street
Kerns and Stapleton
Mooneye
Haggard Arrives in Cleveland With Salvation Army Party
H. Rider Haggard the Haglisi author arrives in Cleveland with Commander Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army. The group includes Haggard’s daughter and Ransom Caygill and will visit the Mentor farm colony to study its social work.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Critics of OMIT Are Dendudced Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune
Salt Lake City April 9 The seventy fifth annual conference of the Mormon Church closed with unanimous praise as the best in its history. J Golden Kimball defended Joseph F Smith against critics calling them traitors to the church and urged obedience to the father. Apostle Hyrum Mack Smith also attacked the church critics.
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Commercial Tribune
Salt “Lake City
Mormon Church
J. Golden Kimball
Joseph F. Smith
Kimball
Smith
Church
Hell
Hyrum Mack Smith
City Marshal Albert Byers Shot Dead in Indiana
City Marshal Albert Byers age 40 was shot and killed in Diamond Indiana by saloonkeeper Jesse Dones who fled after the confrontation in front of the saloon. Byers had recently enforced an order against gambling and slot machines.
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Commercial Tribune
Diamond
Ind
Albert Byers
Jesse Dones
Dones
Byers
Trusts and Rocks in America The Sermon Contrast
At Plymouth Church Brooklyn on April 9 Rev Dr Newell Dwight Hills compared Rockefeller philanthropy to the biblical admonitions of sacrifice and charity. He cited a young critic of trusts who warned 999 small firms must die for one great bloom and urged Christ like burdens and giving as the counterpoint to defend trusts.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Newell Dwight Hills
John D. Rockefeller
American Board of Foreign Missions
Rockefeller
Trusts
Trust
Christ
Troopers Put In Guardhouse After Pay-Day Disturbances
Burlington Vermont April 9 Twenty five members of Troop B Fifteenth United States Cavalry led by First Lieutenant George T Bowman are in the guardhouse at Fort Ethan Allen after pay day disturbances. Many more troopers are being sought as a special guard was deployed. The arrested men claim a grievance against Bowman and say their absence was on that score.
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Commercial Tribune
Burlington
Fifteenth United States Cavalry
George T. Bowman
Ft. Ethan Allen
Winooski
Bowman
25 Year Contract With Steel Trust In Pittsburg
Pittsburg Coal Company to close a twenty five year contract with United States Steel Corporation to supply all coal needed after its own mines are exhausted. The deal covers 6 to 10 million bushels annually, with Monongahela Coal Company providing its proportional share.
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United States Steel Corporation
Monongahela Coal Company
Pittsburg Coal Company
Peace pressure and naval moves shadow Russo Japanese clash
In St Petersburg reports say peace factions urge a pause before battle as Russia pushes into the China Sea with Gromoboi Russia and Bogatyr ready at Vladivostok. Advancing shells an implied threat to Japanese rear while Rojestvensky faces Nebogatoff in weeks.
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Rosestvensky
China Sea
Gromoboi
Russia
Bogatyr
Vladivostok
Togo
Japan
Hor
Rojestvensky
Fifth ship of Admiral Rojestvensky’s squadron reaches port
Singapore reports that the fifth vessel of Admiral Rojestvensky’s second squadron has arrived, marking a progress milestone amid ongoing naval movements in the region.
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Singapore
Rojestvensky
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