26 Apr 1907
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1907
Page
1
The Commercial Tribune reports the Mysterious Mr Smooth mingled among shoppers and band leaders at John Robinsons big show. The tent crowd, detective whispers, and a $100 reward unfold as the performer moves unseen through the audience.
John A Avery press agent for Heuck siden and Lyceum Theaters died suddenly of heart disease at his Sun Building flat. He was sixty, a former newspaper man who ran the Kohl and Middleton Dime Museum and later handled press for Cincinnati theaters. Funeral planned by Elks. He leaves two brothers and a sister in Chicago.
Weather drenched the area with clouds showers and downpours disrupting shopping and foot traffic. Lightning flashed around the horizon alarming households while washouts and debris briefly hindered travel. Millcreek Valley truck farmers worried about possible high water as rain eased and cooler conditions were forecast today.
Special Dispatch reports May Yore formerly Lady Francis Hope and Mrs. Putnam Bradlee Strong is now Mrs. J Newton Brown of New York. They wed last night at her Hotel Dunlap apartment and hosted a late breakfast at Churchill's. He confirms the marriage as a New York Commercial associate.
Miss Jessie Richardson aged 87 a former high school teacher was tried for lunacy before Judge Berry and a jury. Relatives sought guardianship due to paranoia from overwork for a university teaching course. She will be taken to Lakeland Asylum for treatment.
Fifteen thousand people gathered at Woodland Park for a barbecue and burgee hosted by the American Society of Equity to oppose the alleged Tobacco Trust. Delegates from forty-three counties across Kentucky Ohio and Indiana attended with speeches in the auditorium.
Directors announce a $92,000 embezzlement from the Woonsocket Electric Machine and Power Company. Levi C. Lincoln resigns as secretary treasurer and general manager after turning over property valued at $40,000. The sale of the business to Estabrook & Co. may proceed with stockholders may footing any deficiency.
A noon lightning strike hit Park Avenue School in Newport damaging walls and wiring and starting a smoldering fire. The fire drill was enacted as hundreds of pupils and teachers evacuated calmly. no pupils were in the building at the moment. Damage is estimated around 500 dollars.
Moritz Loth editor in chief of The Cincinnati Monitor was struck by an eastbound street car near the Taylor Arcade in Euclid Avenue Cleveland Ohio. He suffered a compound fracture of the right leg and shock and was taken to Lakeside Hospital where doctors expect recovery. He is 75 years old.
Two attempts to burn a Southern Railroad bridge near Temple Indiana led to a confrontation with four men. The English Town Marshal was shot twice and one suspect captured. three others fled as bloodhounds tracked them toward the woods.
A prominent Boston lawyer, active in finance, is suspected of involvement with W. O. Douglas and O. M. Dennett in the Trust Company of America bond theft. Detectives monitor his movements as he reportedly heads to New York to confront possible actions naming him. Assistant DA Murphy investigates Dennett’s apartments for the missing $63,000 in bonds.
State Insurance Commissioner Arthur I. Vorys and Henry A. Williams travel from Columbus to Cincinnati for a Taft leaders meeting. They aim to align on Ohio campaign strategy and discuss whether War Secretary Taft should stay or cancel a Philippines trip. A three cornered Republican race looms if Roosevelt runs again, affecting Ohio's decision.
Kent Roosevelt and family sail from Washington Navy Yard aboard the Mayflower for the Jamestown Tercentennial, with plans for a James River cruise and a day of reviews, speeches, and ceremonies in Hampton Roads. The Congressional party and Diplomatic Corps follow by steamer Newport News toNorfolk and Old Point Comfort.
Theod at Hawthorne Nev April 25 W L Claiborne testified in the Preston and Smith trial that A E Johnson offered 250 to kill Diamondfield Jack Davis the Goldfield mine owner Johnson asked Smith why Silva had not been killed Silva later murdered the next day Johnson is indicted for murder and led the Goldfield strike Silva was a Goldfield restaurant keeper killed reportedly by I W W members for employing non members.
An anarchist armed with a dagger a loaded revolver and other weapons was seized in a Brussels church during a planned royal visit by Prince Albert heir presumptive to the throne. An attendant found him in a confessional box and alerted police. three other armed suspects were nabbed nearby.
In Lexington Kentucky on April 26 after twenty hours the jury in the case of Bill Britton charged with assassinating Town Marshal James Cockrill at Jackson Breathitt County reported a deadlock and was discharged. The panel favored acquittal eight to four for conviction. The trial had run over two weeks.
Frank H. Butler, a steamboat deckhand, was released from custody in Dover Delaware after a judge noted insufficient evidence to hold him for the murder of four year old Horace Marvin who vanished March 4. Detective Hawkins stated the Attorney General directed his release.
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