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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1908
Page
1
Housevelt presses for a package of measures in the legislature stating they are needed. He argues the proposals address key issues and urge swift action to advance policy priorities.
Ohio lawmakers urged to enact a felony for destroying tobacco beds as night rider attacks terrorize growers along the Ohio River. Governor Harris received private letters requesting kept confidentials while detectives pursue suspects and militia guards tobacco shipments from Kentucky to market.
In Murray Kentucky on April 27 indictments were returned against Felix Wynn Dallas Wynn Arthur Wynn and five other men for night riding. Dallas and Felix Wynn had been indicted earlier on a similar charge. El Jones and Josh Cunningham, already indicted for night riding, were indicted again with five other men not under arrest for sending threatening letters.
The body of Mrs. Sarah Brennen was discovered in a large trunk at her home in Brownville, Watertown area. Police say a confession ties a Barton House hotel murder to a robbery motive. Neighbors James Parker and his wife are in custody as the case unfolds.
In yesterday’s Democratic primaries the Harmon and Bernard faction advocating uninstructed delegates carried the day locally and county wide, defeating Bryan supporters. Precincts in the Eighth Ward favored Bracken and Mulroy, while Bryan successes appeared in the Twenty-first, Twenty-fourth, Twelfth, and Eleventh Wards. overall turnout neared 15 000 in the county and 11 615 in the city.
Tangier April 27 reports circulate that Raisuli the bandit has been assassinated. Rumors say he was ambushed while traveling toward Tarrant as Mulai Hafid seeks Fez, threatening Abd-el-Aziz’s hold. Raisuli, once Governor of Arzilla, rose from farmer to brigand and fought foreign powers for ransom cases.
Paris reports a Tangier dispatch denying Raisuli's death after a claimed ambush by Leymes tribesmen returning from a tribute feast. The bandit was fired upon but reportedly not struck, while his Morocco clashes and kidnappings have long kept him in the public eye.
The French cruiser D Estrees returning from Hayti reports to port in New York describing a nocturnal execution on March 15 after President Nord Alexis quelled a revolt. Revolutionists killed eighty refugees sheltered at Port au Prince. A merchant watched his grave be dug too small and bullets failed to kill him.
The Marion, a sixty five ton showboat carrying carnival performers, capsized eight miles above the St Francis River at Helena Ark. Fifteen aboard drown including one woman. a deckhand and a negro sailor also die after attempting to reach shore in a skiff. Captain W A Joyce returns to Helena with details.
Washington April 27 Roosevelt battleship plan fails in Senate. Opposed by Beveridge and allied with two ships a year as the compromise. Forty-nine voting against the four ship plan, twenty-three for, amid heated debate and claims of victory for Roosevelt. Hitchcock reports Taft delegates in Kentucky and prep for conventions.
Prophets forecast Taft’s finish at Lear Field as candidates seek victory. Analysts weigh prospects as supporters rally and opposition questions the odds. A buoyant crowd fills the stands with local endorsements and hopeful ratings.
Joseph H. Choate former Ambassador to Great Britain accepts the Vice Presidency of the Taft organization in New York stating Taft is eminently qualified and the nomination and election are of utmost public importance. He cites Taft’s public life experience and mastery of the U S Constitution.
A telegram reports Republicans in Huntington elected W. F. Hite and T. E. Houston delegates to Taft, the final of five West Virginia district conventions to instruct for Taft in the campaign for secretary of war.
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