Air ship hoax travels across the Midwest to Cincinnati
The airship sweep travels through Illinois Michigan and Ohio while the Commercial Tribune photographs it in flight and again in the counting room. Readers may view the craft in Cincinnati as part of a nationwide joke likely amplified by the era’s camera tricks.
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Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Commercial Tribune Counting Room
Earth
Topeka
Kan
Cartersville
Ill
Muncie
Ind
The
Airship Balloon Appears Over Tug In Harbor Mystery
Near harbor about fifteen miles from the piers a queer boat was sighted. A man in hunting suit with a woman and a boy watched as a fifty foot airship inflated above the craft and circled the tug Sea Wing. A swordfish was released from the airship and recovered. the vessel then drifted away with the wind.
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Land Harbor
Jos. Singler
Davis
Singler
Cleveland
Airship Sightings Reported Across Illinois and Michigan
Special Dispatch details an airship seen at Carlyle in Illinois and Mt. Vernon on April 15. Reports describe a rapid northeasterly course and a number of red lights. Local witnesses include a hundred residents who say the craft resembled a mysterious airship.
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Commercial Tribune
Carlyle
MT. Vernon
Ill
Wells
Hillsboro
Quincy
Perry Springs
Herzman
Airship hoax and sightings across towns spark reaction
A sensational report details a staged airship photographed by the Commercial Tribune to expose photograph manipulation. The piece describes a cardboard craft hung on a broomstick, photographed to appear high in the sky, and includes several April sightings in South Haven Michigan Hillsboro Ohio Quincy Illinois with trains racing to chase it.
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Commercial Tribune
South Haven
Mich
AERONAUTS GO FISHING SPECIAL DISPATCH
S H Davis of Detroit visited Cleveland on April 15 saying he was aboard the fish tug Men Wing heading for Cleve on Wednesday.
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Cleveland
S. H. Davis
Detroit
Cleve
Dr Wagner freed after Pearl Bryan murder case
Dr George B Wagner Bellevue physician released from Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum and sent home near Nicholasville. He had been alleged by Jackson and Walling as a party to Pearl Bryan’s murder but was found sound minded and cleared after corroboration showing he was in Jessamine County at his father in law’s home when the crime occurred.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
George B. Wagner
Bellevue
Jackson
Walling
Pearl Bryan
Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum
Nicholasville
Scott
Jessamine County
Wagner
Ackson
Judge Cox
Central Avenue
Dennison Hotel
Cox
Princess De Chimay Renounces Debut After Police Warning
Princess De Chimay formerly Miss Clara Ward of Detroit was divorced after accusations of intimate ties with Janos Rigo. She agreed to drop her debut at Music Hall in Paris following a police intervention threat to close the venue and expel her from France. The Prefect of Police acted under influence of the Prince De Chimay and Jockey Club members amid plans by friends to pelt her.
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Paris
Princess de Chimay
Clara Ward
Detroit
Mich
Janos Rigo
France
Prince de Chimay
Jockey Club
Navy ferment over Peary order to Mare Island draw
The Navy Department debates sending Lieutenant Peary from the New York Navy Yard to Mare Island California as friends fund a new polar expedition to the far north. The movement aims to finance another Peary voyage despite the transfer dispute.
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Washington
Navy Department
Peary
New York Navy Yard
Mare Island
Cal
New York
Far North
Rioting Fears Dash as Three Cent Fare Law Debated
Indianapolis sees street riot fears as new three cent fare law clashes with five cent standard. Conductors faced crowds refusing to pay under pressure, some riders free rides issued, and mayor orders to enforce three cent fares. Judge Cox involved in car incident. Fred Wegener files suit for $100 damages under the new law.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Fred Wegener
Washington
Meridian Streets
Wegener
Harvey
Jury convicts murderer in Fetters case for life
Plymouth Ind April 15 At 9 o clock this morning the jury in the Fetters murder trial returned a verdict of guilty sentencing the murderer to prison for life. Sutherlin's guilt was shown on the first ballot and fourteen hours were spent in deciding punishment. Defense lawyers seek a new trial claiming suppression of evidence by the State. The verdict is generally approved.
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Plymouth
Ind
Fetters
Sutherlin
Never Received Wheels How Thompson Alleged to Swindle Buyers
William S Thompson, indicted in Chicago for mail swindling, was arrested in New York and held on $2500 bail. He allegedly offered a bicycle worth 100 dollars for 45 dollars and then vanished after payments. Inspector Mayer said Thompson and associates netted about 50000 dollars.
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New York
William
Thompson
Chicago
Mayer
Love Ends In Married Bond Beyond A Century
In Lagrange Indiana on April 15 Herbert Lang aged 78 wed Cassie Bewdley aged 71 widow of a Jersey City banker who died 43 years ago. Their romance began in Scranton Pennsylvania and survived years apart after Lang was dismissed from his post and Cassie was sent to Europe. Lang later moved west, Cassie married Bondley, then both reunited in Hudsonville Township Michigan to marry again in a reflective union.
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Commercial Tribune
Lagrange
Ind
Scranton
Decatur
Mich
Herbert Lang
Cassie Bewdley
Jersey City
James Wright
Lang
Cassie
Europe
Bondley
Hudsonville Township
Brothers Reconciled at Mother's Deathbed in Alger
Frank and Jas. Stanley, long time enemies from Alger, were reconciled at their dying mother's bedside in Kenton Ohio. Their mother held both by the hands and with her last breath urged them to live in peace and friendship henceforth.
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Commercial Tribune
Kenton
Frank
Jas
Stanley
Alger
Appraiser Reports Estate Value for Maria Louise Vanderbilt
The report filed with the Surrogate details the estate of Maria Louise Vanderbilt wife of William H. Vanderbilt. It states personal property value after expenses and debts, with a bequest to St Bartholomew's Church under her will.
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New York
Maria Louise Vanderbilt
William H. Vanderbilt
St. Bartholomew's Church
Harvey case continued in Wilmington court
The Harvey murder juror John J. Skimmings fell ill with pneumonia. The Common Pleas Court discharged the jury and continued the case to the May term due to separation needs and memory concerns. About $700 in costs have accrued to date.
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Commercial Tribune
Wilmington
Common Pleas Court
John J. Skimmings
Harvey
van Pelt
Father Kneipp Dying Amid Water Cure Fame
Berlin reports Father Kneipp renowned worldwide for his water cure is said to be dying at Worishoff Swabia from lung inflammation. Age worsens prognosis after receiving last rites yesterday. Munich dispatches claim temporary health improvement later.
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Berlin
Father Kneipp
Worishoff
Swabia
Munich
Kneipp
Charles Hoffman Ends His Life in Chapel Near Brunswick
The dead body of Charles Hoffman was found today in a chapel about four miles from Brunswick, Ga. He had shot himself through the head while kneeling as if in prayer. Family financial reverses and inability to secure work were given as factors in the tragedy.
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Brunswick
Charles Hoffman
Funeral of Voorhees Draws Readers from Surrounding Towns
Ex Senator D W Voorhees is buried at Highland Lawn Cemetery after services at St Stephen s Episcopal Church Terre Haute Ind April 15 Masons and civic groups attended as crowds traveled from nearby towns to pay tribute The governor ex governor and Indiana notables were present as hundreds of delegates joined the procession from Terre Haute House where his body lay in state
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Terre Haute
Ind
D. W. Voorhees
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
John E. Sulger
Charles 8. Voorhees
Spokane
Wash
Senator Voorhees
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Mount
Matthews
Indiana
Governor weighs Wiley reprieve before April 21 execution
In Columbus on April 15 Governor Bushnell urged the State Board of Pardons to hear Wiley’s case for commutation in time for a potential respite. The board refused due to short notice, meaning Wiley faces the death chair on April 21 unless a special session is convened or a late action occurs.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Wiley
Cincinnati
State Board of Pardons
Bushnell
Schwartz
New Mayor of Chicago Installed in Ceremony
Carter H. Harrison was formally installed as mayor of Chicago and gave a brief inaugural address promising diligent administration. He submitted his Cabinet, with Council approval, retaining only Chief Swenie from the Fire Department as a holdover.
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Chicago
Carter H. Harrison
Swenie
Fire Department
G A R Veteran Arrested in Juarez Conspiracy Charge
Magdalena Calderon, war veteran and Grand Army of the Republic member, was arrested in Juarez Mexico on a conspiracy charge against the Mexican Government. Colonel Buford notified the State Department in Washington requesting her release.
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EL Paso
Tex
Magdalena Calderon
Grand Army of the Republic
Juarez
Mex
Malten
Buford
State Department
Washington
Horses bought in Grant County for British army
Marion Indiana April 15 a carload of horses from Grant County has been purchased for the British artillery service. Noah Wilhelm a stockbuyer from Upland has been securing horses for Al Hiatt of Hartford City who has a contract with the British Government to furnish 6000 horses. The order says that the horses are to be shipped as soon as pos-
Mule Comes High in Bridgeport Court Case
In Wheeling Ohio Valley report from April 15 a Bridgeport Ohio court jury awarded mill owner David Boston $100 for the death of a mule against Charles Alexander. The case drew seven lawyers including two ex judges and a congressman with appeal to the Circuit Court.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Howell
Bridgeport
David Boston
Charles Alexander
Boston
Alexander
Circuit Court
Congress
Deaf wedding in Poland church ties couple and staff
In Youngstown Ohio on April 15 a novel wedding took place at the First Methodist Church in Poland. Miss Blanch Bishop of Poland married Fred C. Betts of Kinsman. The bridal pair were attended by Miss Helen Friday and Bert Noble of Youngstown, with Rev. A W Mann officiating.
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Commercial Tribune
Youngstown
First Methodist Church
Poland
Blanch Bishop
Fred C. Betts
Kinsman
Helen Friday
Bert Noble
A. W. Mann
Torrens Law Test Begins as Hearing Set in Ohio Suit
Ohio Supreme Court will hear tomorrow the Torrens law case testing the state plan to simplify real estate recording. Judge Fitch and Guy Mallon defend the law against ex-Attorney General Richards and Harrison. Opponents argue the Illinois precedent and challenge rights to private property via publication summons and the one-tenth of one percent insurance fund.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Supreme Court
Ohio
Monnett
Illinois
Edward H. Fitch
Jefferson
McKinley
Guy Mallon
Cincinnati
J. K. Richards
R. A. Harrison
Flood fears ease as weather brightens in delta region
Memphis reports slight river rise and renewed hope as conditions in the Mississippi Delta show some relief. Levee work continues at Vicksburg to New Orleans while Sunflower County gains dry ground and farmers plant cotton. Bolivar County flood relief feeds 22,000 people and protects 3,000 head of livestock. Trains resume to Clarksdale and toward Cleveland, with levee actions in Helena and Memphis officials monitoring the situation. The river at Greenville stands at 44.6 feet with a possible May 10 recession and potential crop prospects if waters fall.
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Tenn
Mississippi
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Louisiana Levee
O. C. Stubblefield
Agricultural Department of the
United States
Indola
Miss
Sunflower County
Bolivar County
Rosedale
Clarksdale
Minter City
Phillip
Lulu
Jonestown
Yazoo & Mississippi Railroad
Cleveland
Greenville
Delta
A. I. Aldridge
Arcola
Helena
Mrs Tilton Dies After Secret Illness and Trial Shadow
Mrs Elizabeth R Tilton widow of Theodore Tilton and wife of Henry Ward Beecher accuser died on Tuesday at her Brooklyn home. The death was kept secret until today and the funeral was held at night. Her husband is in Paris. She had regained sight after a prior operation and suffered a paralytic stroke last month. The Beecher trial era loomed over a restrained private obituary.
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New York
Elizabeth R. Tilton
Henry Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
Beecher
Theodore Tilton
Paris
Honduras Declares Martial Law Amid Revolution
U S Consul Little telegraphs from Tegucigalpa that a revolution has broken out in Honduras and the republic is now under martial law. The report places the event as a rapid political upheaval with international concern.
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Washington
U. 8 S
Little
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Ohio in the parade Gov Bushnell escort toledo cadets in NY
Adjutant General H A Axline from Ohio arrived in New York to arrange 1100 Ohio troops for Grant inaugural parade. Ohio will form two provisional regiments under Cols Geiger Anthony and Bunker. The Erie Railroad offers free transport and the Toledo Cadets will escort Governor Bushnell. The event draws thousands, with a large flagpole site chosen and a planned public seating plan.
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New York
H. A. Axline
Ohio
Grant Monument
George R. Geiger
Charles Anthony
Springfield
H. S. Bunker
Cleveland Grays
Bushnell
Erie Railroad
Toledo
Axline
Grant
General Grant
Cincinnati
Fight for a body taken to medical college
George Wells of Pittsburg lies in Western Reserve College in Cleveland in its dissection room after being found dead on the Fort Wayne tracks near Salem Ohio Tuesday night. Samuel Wells accuses Salem authorities of failing to notify relatives and says the body was shipped to Cleveland by the college curator. He claims identification by a card and insists the body be sent to Pittsburg, fearing murder. A bitter fight over the remains is expected.
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Corporation Counsel
Strong
Albany
National Guard
Commercial Tribune
Western Reserve College
George Wells
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Salem
Samuel Wells
Wells
Oregon Battleship Oregon Finds Obstruction at Bremerton
Captain Barker of the battleship Oregon reports from Bremerton that an obstruction of boulders or sunken piling lies ahead of the dry dock. The chart shows two feet of extra water over the ship's draft where the obstacle sits, likely left by dock builders.
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Washington
Barker
Oregon
Navy Department
Bremerton
Widow Sues Saloon Keeper Over Alcohol Death
Jeffersonville Ind April 15 A novel suit was filed by Mrs Ida Woodlock seeking 2000 damages against Thomas Seward and his sureties alleging Seward sold her husband liquor which intoxicated him to such an extent that he fell under a Pennsylvania train and was killed
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Commercial Tribune
Jeffersonville
Ind
Ida Woodlock
Thomas Seward
Seward
Kentucky millers meet as toll raid rumors fade in Lexington
Kentucky haying season and wheat crop prospects dominate discussions at a Phenix Hotel gathering in Lexington with about twenty millers from Logan & Logan Shelbyville Weissen ger & Tom Payne's Depot Milling Co Mt Sterling and others noting the crop is reported 100 percent in condition and output with reserve stocks of old wheat and flour light. In Maysville County Judge Hutchins offers 200 reward for arrest of tollgate raiders who destroyed gates on Helena and Mayslick turnpikes.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Kentucky Millers
Phenix
Tollgate
Logan & Logan
Shelbyville
A. Weissenger
Tom Payne
Ceesany
Mt. Sterling
Mansfield
Cat Creek
Stanford Roller - Mills
Stanford
Ed Gill
Salvisa
J. D. Guthrie's Sons
S. P. Carr
Winchester
Maysville
Morris C. Hutchins
Helena and
Mayslick
Ground Map Bill Lost In Congress For Miniature U S
Washington April 15 One of the few educational measures introduced in Congress has been lost in the House. Senator Cannon's ground map bill passed the Senate May 13, 1896 and proposed reclaiming Potomac flats to build a miniature United States in topographic form on a scale of one yard to one mile. It was not brought to a vote in the House and no reason was given. The plan would create a public park with geographic features and artificial surface details.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Congress
Senate
Cannon
Potomac Flats
United States
Roosevelt declines Kings Mountain Day address in Nashville
Theodore Roosevelt will not deliver an invitation address before the Patriotic and Historical Societies at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in Nashville on October 7. He cited official duties and objections by the Campbell Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution over remarks in his book Settlers in the West about Sevier the first governor of Tennessee.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Patriotic and Historical Societies
Kings Mountain
Nashville
Roosevelt
Campbell Chapter
The
Daughters of the American Revolution of
West
Sevier
Freight train hits pay car at Burgoon crossing
Lima Ohio April 15 A Lake Erie and Western freight train collided with a Pennsylvania pay car at Burgoon crossing. Both engines derailed and overturned on their sides as the crews jumped to safety. Public details on injuries were not reported.
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Commercial Tribune
Lima
Lake Erie & Western
Pennsylvania
Burgoon
Bitter Feeling In Athens After Bloodied Raid
London reports from the Athens correspondent of the Times describe deepened exasperation and bitter recriminations after the first raid. The Ethnike Hetairia blames the government, the government blames the brotherhood, with distrust between court and government. The nation seeks decisive action while war talk rises. exact invader losses are uncertain but sources claim over 2,000 killed or scattered, with only part of the main force returning.
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Hetairia
Foes Face Each Other on Thessaly Frontier
April 15 report from Larissa notes Greek irregulars and regulars totaling about 82,000 on the frontier against 150,000 Turkish troops. Greeks hold four roads toward Grevena with operations aimed at severing Turkish lines. Turkish forces at Salonica fortify Gulf coast defenses with Krupp and Armstrong guns and a torpedo line across the bay.
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Macedonia
Thessalian
Grevena
Monastir
Servian
Blassona
Janina
Salonica
Gulf
Aegean
Katerina
Cape Kara
They Recommend War Turkish Ministers Seek Sultan Reply
A Constantinople dispatch reports Turkish irregulars and regulars clashed with 240 killed or wounded. Edhem Pasha warns that his line is untenable without orders to advance into Thessaly as Greek insurgents press the front. Turkish ministers urge declaring war on Greece, while the Sultan has not yet replied.
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London
Constantinople
Edhem Pasha
Thessaly
Greece
Offensive plan in event of Greece Turkey clash
Constantinople April 15. The Ministerial Council has been in session at Yildiz Kiosk for three days with conflicting reports about decisions. One account says no decision reached while another says a campaign plan is set if hostilities erupt and Edhem Pasha would take the offensive. Reports from Salonica state arms are being prepared for the Bashi Bazouks in Epirus and Janina, Albania, as talks with powers continue on Cretan autonomy.
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Yildiz
Greece
Turkey
Edhem Pasha
Salonica
Janina
Albania
Emperor Nicholas declares only option to abandon Turkey and Greece
Vienna April 15. Reliable authority says the Emperor Nicholas declares nothing remains but to abandon Turkey and Greece to their fate. He is said to have added that if Turkey declares war it is due to Greek provocation. Greece would be viewed as the aggressor in Austrian circles.
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Vienna
Nicholas
Turkey
Greece
Semi Official Talks Begin Between Turkey and Greece
In Athens on April 15 the Premier said semi official negotiations have started between Turkey and Greece over Crete. He denied any direct agreement attempt between the two nations. The chamber passed first reading of a bill granting 23,000,000 drachmas for war and marine ministries.
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Chamber of Deputies
M. Delyannis
Turkey
Greece
Crete
Ministries of War and Marine
Island of Crete Turmoil Draws Fire Near Candia
April 15 reports say Austrian torpedo boats were fired on near Kissamo while pursuing Greek blockade runners. Sharp fighting continues around Candia between Turkish forces and insurgents in a tense maritime and land clash.
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Crete
Kissamo
Candia
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