Lawmakers Hear Banking Issues Tie to Capitol Funds
Ohio Senate debate centers on the Capitol Trust Company's cashier checks and state money tied to Guilbert and McKinnon. Witnesses dispute bank records and access while Patterson’s absence sparks tension over investigative rights and public funds handling.
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Drake
Senate
Howe
W. H. Boyd
Guilbert
Capitol Trust Company
McKinnon
Brink
Union
Ohio House opens with quorum and scramble over Espy bill
The Ohio House opened with a quorum as members pressed to suspend rules for reports on bills. The Espy small school boards bill was sidetracked amid procedural fights, while the Huffman Bronson naming clash and a mine safety bill progressed. Adjournment was sought and blocked. harmony over the mine bill prevailed with a 63 to 0 vote.
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Montgomery County
House
Columbus
Reed
Shuler
Chamberlain
Hunt
Hamilton County
Hawkins
Jackson County
Duvall
Tito
Senate
Fraternal Insurance Revenue For Ohio Associations
Ohio fraternal beneficiary associations report 64 groups with 1907 year totals. Total income 78 million, 75 million from members, 2.26 million interest, 699 thousand other sources. Disbursements reach 68.5 million, with 59.38 million for death claims and 3.24 million for commissions and salaries.
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Ohio
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Harris
Lemert
Miss Adah Pratt Marries B Franklin Hoover in Philadelphia
Miladelphia April 17 Miss Adah Pratt formerly a member of a Washington self-supporting women’s group known as The Women’s Commonwealth married B Franklin Hoover, a Philadelphia hotel clerk, after a short courtship. Five of the ten colony girls have eloped.
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Commercial Tribune
Miladelphia
Adah Pratt
Hoover
Women's Cofon
Washington
Women’s Commonwealth
B. Franklin Hoover
Philadelphia
Ohio associations total disbursements and salaries detailed
The report itemizes disbursements by officers trustees and agents totaling 7 599 031 64 dollars including 3 764 203 50 for all other disbursements 224 829 20 for supreme and subordinate exam iners 735 272 62 for salaries of officers and trustees 138 942 11 commissions to organizers managers and agents 217 067 18 salaries of officers trustees employees and examiners and 466 616 26 other disbursements plus death claims and benefits totaling 6 326 385 10 dollars.
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Izers
Ohio
Railroad Commission Dismisses Pierce Hay and Grain Complaint
The Railroad Commission of Ohio dismissed the Pierce Hay and Grain Company’s complaint against Cincinnati Northern and Pennsylvania Companies. It found the defendant did not fail to switch cars to a private siding, and that the complainant’s elevator is not contiguous to the track as required by the statute.
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Railroad Commission
Pierce Hay and Grain Company
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Railroad Commission of Ohio
van Wert
Cincinnati Northern Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Company
Cincinnati Northern
Goebel Opposes Powers Pardons in Ky. Case
Arthur Goebel of Cincinnati, brother of the late Governor William Goebel, testifies before Governor Willson in Frankfort to oppose pardons for Caleb Powers and Jim Howard. He urges the law take its course, condemns mercy for other conspirators, and recalls William Goebel’s grave as a warning.
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Frankfort
Arthur Goebel
Cincinnati
William Goebel
State House
Willson
Caleb Powers
Jim Howard
Powers
Roosevelt to Head New National University in Washington
Theodore Roosevelt plans to head a new National university in Washington after his White House term ends. He will study European universities and hunt with Emperor William before returning, with Andrew Carnegie providing 25 million dollars and ongoing endowments to ensure the university's success.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Capitol
White House
Emperor William
Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
Laird of
Skibo
Kentucky Family Poisoned by Water in Augusta Case
Mrs Alf Murphy of Brooksville was arrested on a warrant charging attempted poisoning of the Charles Cotty family of Brooksville. The Murphys lived in a house later occupied by the Cottys, and the entire family became violently ill after drinking cistern water. A bottle of Paris green arsenic and a can of poison were found, with a druggist label from J J Wood Maysville. Murphy held on $500 bond for an examining trial before County Judge Bradford.
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Commercial Tribune
Augusta
Alf Murphy
Brooksville
William Smarr
Charles Cotty
Murphys
J. J. Wood
Maysville
Bracken County
Alleged Murderer Caught in Logansport Yam Yard
Wor ley Osborn wanted for killing Fairy McFlain Miller in Kokomo on April 7 was arrested in Panhandle yards Logansport. He initially gave the name Barney Hunt of Grand Rapids Michigan then admitted the crime to a reporter but claimed the shooting was accidental. He had boarded a train toward Kokomo when detected by station staff and detectives.
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Logansport
Ind
Worley Osborn
Kakomo
Fairy McCflain Miller
Panhandle
Barney Hunt
Grand Rapids
Mich
Osborn
Kokomo
Lima Postmaster Nomination Heads to Senate
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of William A. Campbell for reappointment as Postmaster at Lima Ohio. Senators Foraker and Dick favored scrutiny though Campbell has a solid record and was long seen as a Foraker ally now rumored to lean Taft. Congressman Ton Yelle says he had no role in the appointment.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
William A. Campbell
Lima
Ohio
Campbell
Foraker
Taft
Ton Yelle
McCarren denounces Kings County leadership purge
Senator McCarren blasts the Democratic convention action that removed Kings County leaders and deprived districts of naming their committeemen. He plans a general conference with delegates from at least thirty five counties to oppose the move and restore voting rights. He names no others, but cites Tammany leaders and Murphy as provocative.
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McCarren
John B. Stanchtfield
Elmira
Edward Coatsworth
Erie
Patrick McCabe
Albany
Tammany
Murphy
Tilden
Seymour
Murphy and
Conners
Democratic State Committee
Kings County
Greater
New York
Bryan Attends Rochester Reception and Talks on Education
William J. Bryan visited Rochester and met with Democratic leaders including W. J. Conners of Buffalo. Bryan spoke to the Rochester Ministerial Association about religion and science and later addressed students at the University of Rochester on Education. The reception at Powers Hotel drew about 500 Democrats as Conners and Bryan stressed friendly greetings with no special significance to the meetings.
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Rochester
N. Y
W. J. Conners
Buffalo
State Democratic Committee
William J. Bryan
Powers Hotel
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
I New York Central Station
John D. Lynn
Mack
Rochester Ministerial Association
University of Rochester
Abraham
Conners
Mr. Conners
New York
Mack and Bryan Discuss State Politics in Private Talk
National Committeeman Norman B. Mack returned to Buffalo after a morning with W. J. Bryan in Rochester. He said their Genesee Valley Club conference lasted ninety minutes and Bryan would not comment on the state political scene, arguing states should run their own affairs.
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Buffalo
Norman B. Mack
W. J. Bryan
Rochester
Mr. Bryan
Genesee Valley Club
Mack
Mauretania Sets North Atlantic Record Crossing
The Mauretania completed the Atlantic crossing in four days twenty-three hours fifty-nine minutes, beating the Lusitania’s previous record by nearly a day. The Cunard liner averaged 24.08 knots on the 2,889 mile voyage, sustaining 26 knots at times before a late gale reduced daily progress to 6.12 miles.
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New York
Cunard
Two Watts Daughters Cremated In Barn Fire
In Worthington Indiana on April 17 two daughters aged seven and three of William M Watts died in a barn fire started by the children while playing. The girls lived two miles north of town.
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Indiana
Worthington
Ind
William M. Watts
Bank Robbery at Chautauqua Seizes $3000 Prompt Pursuit
Two well dressed men robbed Citizens' State Bank in Chautauqua, forcing Cashier C. C. Walterhouse and Del Easley into the vault and escaping with about $3,000. Four posses from Chautauqua Elgin Sedankan Pawhuska pursued across the Oklahoma border as muddy roads hindered the chase.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Citizens’ State Bank
Chautauqua
C. C. Walterhouse
del Easley
Osage Hills
Oklahoma
Kansas
Dalton
Starr
Cashier Names Suspect In Bank Robbery at Chautauqua
C D Walterhouse cashier of Citizens State Bank of Chautauqua says one robber was William Tenant 23 formerly of Chautauqua who recently escaped from Nowata Oklahoma jail on horse stealing charges Tenant had previously borrowed a small sum from the bank when he entered today to renew or take up a note.
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Boyd
Capital Trust Company
Daugherty
Treasury
Guilbert
McKkinnon
Executive Committee
A. W. Mackenzie
Union National Bank
Hayden-Clinton
The
Huntington
New First National Banks
Guilbert and McKinnon
Walterhouse
Chautauqua
del Easley
Easley
Kan
C. C. Walterhouse
Citizens’ State Bank of
Japanese Tourists Hear Cannon and Jokes on Newsroom Terms
A 45 member Japanese tour group visited Washington and met Speaker Cannon during a Capitol stop. They discussed press practices, with the speaker explaining the term The boys used for journalists and noting differences between Japanese and American reporting. The scene included light banter about news and think stories.
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Washington
Capitol
Congressional
Senate
Japan
Edward Everett Hale
Cannon
London
Paris
Berlin
United States
Men of
Nippon
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Toledo
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