General Dick Defines Position On Government Ownership Of Telephones
General Charles Dick, head of the Republican State Executive Committee, says his remarks at the Ohio Postmasters' Convention were misinterpreted. He argues that his stance targets telegraph and telephone costs, urging cost reduction to aid US industries and noting potential future public-utility scrutiny and government supervision as a business move.
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Commercial Tribune
Akron
Charles Dick
Republican State Executive Committee
Columbus
Cincinnati
Ohio Postmasters' Convention
American Troops Eclipsed All Others in Siege Accounts
In a Lexington letter from April 27 First Sergeant Thomas P. Akers now in Manila describes foreign troops at the siege of Peking. He praises American troops as fearless and fighting men while criticizing other nations’ forces for looting brutality and cowardice.
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Sergeant Akers
The
Signal Corps
Peking
Lexington
Thomas P. Akers
Manila
United States Military Telegraph
China
Seige
Britain
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Edwin Ruthven May Be Granted Second Reprieve
Edwin Ruthven, Cleveland murderer, may receive a second reprieve. Warden Darby, traveling home to his ailing father, may delay Ruthven’s electrocution next Thursday night if the father dies, a step that could prompt Governor to extend the stay.
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Edwin Ruthven
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Edwin
Ruthven
Cleveland
Darby
Penitentiary
John M Elliott Dies in New York Drug Store Poisoning
John M Elliott a well known figure in political circles and member of the Tammany Times staff died in an uptown New York drug store from morphine poisoning. The death occurred early today.
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New York
John M. Elliott
Tammany Times
Young Galion editor wins Polk Township Justice seat
George J. Kochenderfer, age about twenty two and former City Editor of the Galion Inquirer, defeats ex-Representative Philip Schuler for Justice of the Peace in Polk Township. He led with a playful campaign card showing a dog chasing a cat and won by nearly 200 votes.
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Tribune
Bocyrus
George J. Kochenderfer
Polk Township
Ohio
Philip Schuler
Normil
Kochenderfer
Galion Inquirer
Justice of Peace
Monnett Replies to August Herrmann on Franchise Issue
Tom L. Johnson's man F B Monnett defends the fifty year charter for the Cincinnati street railway and attacks Herrmann's constitutional view. He cites past receipts of the Cincinnati Street Railway and argues that the city bears a heavy tax burden and political corruption from franchise grants. He predicts a fall campaign fight over the fifty year franchise and five cent fare, urging voters to back reform.
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Columbus
Herrmann
Ohio
Columbus Railway Company
Harrison
Garry Herrmann
General Assembly
Dartmouth College
Rex Cox
Satrap Herrmann
Fabian Faith
Cincinnati
Street Railway
Cleveland
Cincinnati Street Railway
Cincinnati, Newport and Co Railway Company
Street
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Hamilton County
Cuyahoga
Franklin
Many Say Good Bye To The President
A steady stream of callers visited the White House as the President prepared for a long Pacific coast trip. The itinerary booklet listed stops with arrival times, rail routes, and distances, including a 624 mile stretch from San Antonio to El Paso.
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Washington
White House
Pacific Coast
Cortelyou
San Antonio
el Faso
Texas
San Francisco
Lawrence I. Scott
Charles A. Moore
Blame Cast On Professor's Wife In Health Trip Letter
The Toledo despatch reports Rev. Geo. Candee defending Prof. Geo. D. Herron amid charges of divorce for another woman. Candee questions the evidence and accuses accusers of distortion while noting Herron traveled with a woman and her mother to Europe for health. He defends Herron and his wife amid disputes on social beliefs and funding sources.
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Dr. Candee
Europe
Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Geo. Candee
Hillis
Brooklyn
Herron
N. Y
EtherAn
Geo. D. Herron
Industrial Brotherhood
Ohio State
Prof. Herron
Ser Tyac
George D. Herron
Grinnell
Dr Davies Wife Sues Over Alleged Affair Damages
Lora Davis wife of Dr George E Davis of Middleburg files a $10,000 damages suit in Logan County accusing Josie Wirick of alienating affections and alleging anonymous letters and malicious remarks. Benjamin Wirick is accused of failing to object to the affair and Eva Wirick is said to have encouraged meetings.
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Commercial Tribune
Bellefontaine
Logan County
Lora
George E. Davis
Middleburg
Josie Wirick
Benjamin Wirick
Eva Wirick
Dr. Davis
Nebraska fusion politics loom at Lincoln meeting
State Chairman Hall calls the Democratic State Committee to Lincoln for a fusion policy decision with the Populists. Debates split the camps over re enacting fusion while Omaha and Douglas County Democrats push to repudiates it. Key figures include Edgar Howard Judge Sullivan Louis J Piatti Bryan Allen and factions wary of coalition and corporate ties amid looming Supreme Court and regent vacancies.
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Commercial Tribune
Omaha
Neb
Hall
Democratic State Committee
Lincoln
Nebraska
Yusion
Edgar Howard
David H. Mercer
Congress
Judge Sullivan
Supreme Bench
Douglas County
Douglas County Democracy
Louis.j. Piatti
Kansas City
Bryan
William Y. Allen
Jacksonian Club
Ausenaasethans
Wabash Dentist Denied Divorce By Court
In Wabash Indiana Judge Shive ly refused a divorce decree to Dr Will H Stephenson a local dentist who sued his wife Etta Stephenson and allegedly saw his property spent on education for their daughters The wife and daughters are reportedly traveling as the Mendelssohn Quartet and Stephenson did not present a defense Judge Shively granted only a judicial separation with no divorce.
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Commercial Tribune
Wabash, Ind
Shively
Wabash
Will H. Stephenson
Etta Stephenson
Stepheneen
Grimes Promoted to Secretary of the Terror
President appoints William Grimes of QOT to succeed William Jenkins as Governor in Washington on April 27. Grimes takes over as secretary of the terror administration amid a reshuffle of officials.
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Washington
William. Grimes
Er, Qo.t
the Terror
Wm. Jenkins
Odell Signs Bill Accepting City Library Gift
Governor Odell signed a bill authorizing Ronk City to accept a $5,200,000 gift from Andrew Mogie for a free city library in Albany on April 27. The act enables the construction and operation of the library project.
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Albany
N.Y
Odell
Ron
Andrew Mogie
Robbers Bind Couple in Early Morning Home Invasion
Three heavily armed men broke into Walter Woodward's country residence near White Cottage, bound the couple to their bed, and used a lit coal oil wick to threaten torture. The eldest Woodward daughter fled to raise an alarm. the robbers fled after securing a substantial sum, leaving most valuables behind.
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Commercial Tribune
Zanesville
White Cottage
Walter
Woodward
Kilbourne Mobilizes Franklin County for Candidacy
Franklin County Democrats are urged to back Colonel James Kilbourne after a staged coup to deny Lentz delegates. Mayor Hinkle sanctions a campaign committee though he did not sign the address, amid rising tensions in Columbus political circles.
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Columbus
Commercial Tribune
Johnson-McLean
Lentz
James Kilbourne
Democracy of
Ohio
Kilbourne
Hinkle
Franklin County
Gerat
Lewis
Friends
Colonel Kilbourne
Mayor Hinkle
People’s
Chiatrmga
Charles F. Gilliam
Hinkis
L. Black
Paul Jones
W. C. Cussins
A. W. Thurman
Law Byrne
W. C. Orr
F.J. Herr
John WR. Heliénthal
Dewitt c. ‘Jones
Wiliams
W. A. Taylor
Magruder
Robert Thompson
Valentine Fitzpatrick
John J. Lentz
Philbrick
Timates
Jackson Club
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DR. Stephenson
Grimes
Walter Woodward
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