Governor orders ouster in Urbana mayor and sheriff case
Governor Bushnell directs Attorney General Monnett to file quo warranto proceedings in the Ohio Supreme Court to oust Urbana Mayor Charles H. Ganson and Champaign County Sheriff Lewis McLain for alleged official malfeasance. Evidence gathered by Columbus citizens and sworn affidavits supports moves to remove them and possibly other officials.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Bushnell
Springfield
Monnett
Supreme Court
Lewis McLain
Champaign County
Charles H. Ganson
Urbana
Deaton
Charles Mitchell
Wilbur E. King
Committee of
Colored Citizens
King
Ganson
McLain
General Assembly
Supreme Court of
Circuit Court
Franklin County
General
Eaene
Petiton
Joshua H. Jones
Wilbur F E. King
Edward Triplett
Marcus Mills
James A. Tyler
J. J. Lee
J. M. Reynolds
Committee of Columbus
Ohio
England
Ganson and
Lewis
Monnett to take depositions in Urbana over riot evidence
Attorney General Monnett plans depositions in Urbana to gather new evidence for Supreme Court cases. He will summon witnesses connected to the Springfield riot and examine authorities including Mayor Ganson and Sheriff McLain amid broader investigations.
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Monnett
King
Springfield
Ganson
Mitchell
McLain
Urbana
Supreme Court
A Preacher Tramp Rev A L Chase Converts Wanderers
Rev Albert Logan Chase, once a preacher, lives among tramps at Organized Charities in New Haven. He says the life is for gospel work and gaining experience while earning meals by sawing wood in the woodyard.
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Commercial Tribune
New Haven
Conn
Albert Logan Chase
Chase
Preston
Girl Saves Mother on Canal as Nine-Year-Old Heroine
In Cleveland on August 2 Myrtle Voshall, nine, dived from a canal boat to rescue her mother, Mrs. Voshall, who had been knocked into the water during a quarrel with her husband Raymond Voshall. Myrtle pulled her exhausted mother to shore amid near-drowning peril. A warrant for Voshall’s arrest has been issued.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Myrtle Voshall
Raymond Voshall
Akron
Big Rolling Mills Open in Cleveland Newburg Plant
The Cleveland Rolling Mill Company resumes work in all departments at its Newburg plant for the first time in years, employing about 3,500 men across hoop, bar, rod, steel works, brick, blooming and gas works. The guide mill will start tonight and the wire mill Thursday. General Manager Wilson Chisholm cites cautious optimism about permanent full operation and improving trade outlook.
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Cleveland, O
Big Cleveland Rolling Mill Company
Newburg
Wilson Chisholm
Oxen in Your Pocket: Beef Tablets Distill Cattle Power
A Chicago North Side druggist has devised a method to compress beef into edible tablets. Six tablets replace a breakfast, each tablet claimed to have the sustaining power of a quarter pound of beef. The inventor keeps the process secret pending patents and notes the product is nutritious and light to carry, potentially equating to the load of two beef cattle.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Fry
Murder Darkens Redwood Falls Farmhouse
John O Connell a politician was murdered at his farmhouse in Redwood Falls Minnesota. He suffered seven gashes to the scalp and his clothing was soaked with kerosene as his home was set on fire. Authorities say three of the nine children claim Mrs O Connell killed him driven by rage from abuse and drink.
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Redwood Falls
Minn
John O’connell
O'Connell
Liquor Prisoner Escapes as Oak Point Shootout Erupts
In Lorain Ohio the Oak Point dry township saw five Lorain police arrest three liquor dealers. A mob of about a hundred armed with guns and clubs forced the release of prisoners. Officials fear further trouble after the failed arrest.
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Commercial Tribune
Lorain
Oak Point
Republican State Executive Committee Opens in Columbus
The Republican State Executive Committee met at Third Street headquarters in Columbus with nine members present. Governor Bushnell ill and unable to attend, Mrs. Bushnell accompanying him. The group planned the September start of campaigning and formed a finance committee while Governor Bushnell hoped to attend tomorrow. Chairman Nash and Secretary Malloy opened state headquarters with two initial clerks and over one hundred clerk applications.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Republican State Executive Committee
Third Street
Fleischmann
Philo Clark
Portsmouth
Nash
Malloy
Bushnell
Springfield
State House
Jesse Welirick
Railroad Commissioner’s Office
Edward Quinn
Speakers’ Bureau
Werrick
Quinn
Republicans to Meet for Kentucky State Convention
Secretary K J Hampton has completed arrangements for the Kentucky Republican State Convention to be held in Louisville next Tuesday. Most leaders are expected, including Governor Bradley and Senator Deboe, with 800 of 1090 delegates in attendance and district meetings at Music Hall prior to the big convention. Judge George Denny is set as permanent Chairman, with J G Bailey as Clerk of the Court of Appeals nominee, and railroads offering half rates for delegates. A Monday meeting will consider by law changes including election-contest provisions.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
K. J. Hampton
Republican State Central Committee
Hampton
Bradley
Deboe
John W. Yerkes
Tracewell
Indiana
Kentucky
Music Hall
W. G. Hunter
State Central Committee
Hunter
E. T. Franks
Owensboro
Taylor
George Denny
Lexington
Denny
J. G. Bailey
Magoffin County
Court of Appeals
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Turtle Creek
Sandy Creek
Plum Creek
Cam- Paes
oFett Sompany
Dolan
Semmens
McCrea
Allegheny County
Murder at a Picnic Sparks Maripta Grudge Tale
In Maripta Ohio on August 2 a man named Ernst Adamson called Tune Stewart from a picnic crowd at Rea's Run and stabbed him. Adamson fled into West Virginia wilds as Stewart fights for life amid an old grudge fueling the case.
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Tune Stewart
Ernst Adamson
Commercial Tribune
Mariptta
White
Rea’s Run
This County
Adamson
West Virginia
Stewart
Quarantine Fears Grip Alabama Towns Over Smallpox
Reports of smallpox in Birmingham and Montgomery alarm residents in many Alabama towns. Steps have been taken to quarantine those cities as cases remain mild and isolated.
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Nashville
Tenn
Birmingham
Montgomery
Ala
Hunted by posse after assault on farmer's daughter
In Wheeling West Virginia on August 2 a farmer’s daughter Nannie Winters was fatally injured by two men while picking berries near Horseshoe Run in Preston County. She described the assailants as foreigners. About fifty men pursue the pair with lynching threats if captured.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Horseshoe Run
Auro Preston County
Nannie Winters
Savannah Sells First Bale of New Cotton at Auction
Savannah Ga August 2 The first bale of new cotton was auctioned in front of the Cotton Exchange. The Estere Company bought it for ten cents and the sample was classed as fully middling.
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Savannah
Cotton Exchange
Estere Company
Desperate husband shoots wife and friend near Branonville
Sanford Collins shot and seriously wounded Albert Reymon who tried to intervene as Collins argued with his wife in Still House area near Branonville. Mrs Collins was wounded in the back and not believed seriously hurt. Collins fled and a $50 reward is offered for his capture.
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Commercial Tribune
Kingwood
W. Va
Sanford Collins
Albert Reymon
Reymon
Collins
Branonville
Still House
Pennsylvania
Tammany Hall Secures 148000 Mortgage in New York
The Society of Tammany in New York City has obtained a 148000 mortgage from Central Trust Company on Tammany Hall at East Fourteenth Street. The loan follows an order of the Board of Sachems to cover an outstanding 143000 balance from a 225000 bond issue of 1867.
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New York
Society of Tammany, Or
Columbian Order
City of
Central Trust Company
Tammany Hall
East Fourteenth Street
Board of Sachems of the
Tammany Society
Eloping preacher shot near Monkstown in Texas
Rev Captain Jones, a married preacher, fled with Rev James Widsby’s sixteen year old daughter to Indian Territory. Widsby and companions pursued. Jones was shot and left for dead. He later died after naming his attackers. Widsby Yarbrough and four others arrested at Bonham.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
Tex
Monkstown
Fannin County
Captain Jones
James Widsby
Indian Territory
Widsby
Yarbrough
Jones
Texas
Bonham
Ghost of Mrs Luetgert Seen Near Sausage Factory
Arnold Luetgert, son of the alleged wife killer Adolph Luetgert, claims Mrs Agatha Tosch, a key prosecution witness, is masquerading as a ghost to sway neighbors. He says Tosch has paid midnight visits to the factory to turn sentiment against his father and alleges police involvement.
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Chicago
Adolph Luetgert
Arnold Luetgert
Agatha Tosch
Luetgert
Dirs
Tosch
Bradley Denies Summons in Asylum Case Rumor
Governor Bradley said no truth to Lexington report that he was summoned as a witness in the Dr. Rhorer and McClure case. He spoke after a conference with Col. Wilbur Smith and Mrs. Mary Cecil Cantrill amid talk of Scott’s removal as Asylum Superintendent in Frankfort Kentucky.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Bradley
Lexington
Rhorer
McClure
Scott
Wilbur Smith
Mary Cecil Cantrill
Georgetown
Farmer Takes Strychnine After Daughter’s Suitor Conflicts
Thomas Buskirck a farmer attempted suicide by taking strychnine last night near Circleville Ohio. He was found unconscious and later said he harmed himself because his daughter persisted in keeping company with a man he objected to.
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Commercial Tribune
Circleville
Thomas Buskirck
Three Negroes Convicted in Huntsville Assault Case
Rosa Buford a negro woman was found guilty of assault by a Decatur court for attacking a thirteen year old white girl. Walter Nevill and Louis Thompson, both convicted earlier, were sentenced to be hanged on September 7. No appeal was filed.
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Huntsville
Ala
Commercial Tribune
Rosa Buford
Decatur
Walter Nevill
Saturdey
Louis Thompson
McKinley Hosts Military Review and Band at Hotel Champlain
At Hotel Champlain New York on August 2 President McKinley and party observed Twenty first Infantry under Colonel McKibben in full dress on hotel grounds. Public access opened. President praised the troops and suggested a repeat review tomorrow followed by a bicycle parade and a band concert. The day concluded with a lake shore drive.
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Hotel Champlain
N. Y
Twenty-first United States Infantry
McKibben
McKinley
Alger
Lake Shore
McKinley to Attend Army of the Potomac Reunion at Troy
Secretary Porter dispatches that President McKinley will attend the Society of the Army of the Potomac reunion in Troy on August 20.
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Troy, N
J. Addison Porter
McKinley
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Troy
Imprisonment for Life in Ida Harvey Murder Case
James Harvey was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife Ida in December. Judge Van Pelt denied a new trial and ordered the sentence to stand. Harvey’s lawyers may seek suspension of the execution pending a Circuit Court hearing in November on error.
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Commercial Tribune
Wilmington
James Harvey
Ida
van Pelt
Harvey
Eli
Paris
Shot His Wife's Brother in Mt Sterling
In Mt Sterling Kentucky Robert Parsons shot his brother in law Green Butler at 8 30 pm the ball struck the spine and is serious Butler and his wife were in divorce proceedings and he had abused her Parsons surrendered to officers and is jailed
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Commercial Tribune
MT. Sterling
Robert Parsons
Green Butler
Butler
Parsons
Strathisla Reports Cuban Food Crisis Amid Ore Cargo
The British steamship Strathisla arrived in Philadelphia from Santiago de Cuba with 4995 tons of iron ore the largest Cuba export. Crew describe famine in Cuba with civilians starving and Spanish authorities enforcing a death penalty for those beyond a restrictive line at ore mines.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Strathisla
Marshall
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba
Barn Line Steamship Company
Madrid War Tax Triggers Closures and Disturbances
In Madrid on August 2, authorities reported that new consumption tax regulations led many manufacturers and shopkeepers to close their premises and attempt disturbances. Police quickly suppressed the outbreaks and precautionary steps were taken to prevent further disorders.
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Madrid
Relief of Ft Chakdara Reported as Forces Break Siege
From Bombay dated August 2 details reached of the relief of Ft Chakdara. General Blood’s two columns led by Colonel Golkdney and Meikeljohn attacked at dawn and routed the forces surrounding the fort. The operation secured a brilliant victory for allied forces.
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Bombay
Ft. Chakdara
Blood
Golkdney
Meikeljohn
Kesari Publishes Inflammatory Attack on Government
Bombay August 2 Kesari prints a biting article charging the government with persecuting obscure people and using an obsolete police regulation as a secret assassin. Prof Gokhale of Decan College had accused British troops of misdeeds during plague efforts and has apologized for misinformation.
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Bombay
Gangadhar Tilak
The
Kesari
Gokhlee
Decan College
British relief frees Fort Chakdara after siege
Fort Chakdara in Chitral district was relieved by a British force under General Blood. The siege by insurgent natives ended with heavy losses for the tribesmen amid severe fighting.
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Bombay
Bombay legislator Gangadhartilak committed for trial
Gangadhartilak, a native member of the Legislature Council, arrested July 7 for inciting natives to disaffection, was again brought before the Police Court in Bombay and formally committed for trial.
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Bombay
Gangadhartilak
Massacre Report Shocks Australia Near Port Moresby
The Miowera reports another massacre in New Guinea areas near Port Moresby. White pioneers seeking fortune faced native attacks with tomahawks as famine and disease thinned their ranks. The government answered with a large military police force to protect remaining settlers.
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Vancouver
B. C
Sidney
Sydney
Australia
Papua
New Guinea
van Apa
Port Moresby
Dispute With Lady Jessica Sykes Withdrawn in Court
Herbert Sanguinetti had sued Lady Jessica Sykes wife of Sir Tatton Sykes over checks valued at 26500 and 200 shares misused. The Marlborough Police Court dismissed the case after explanations by Sir Tatton and assurances to cover liabilities, citing broker confusion over her holdings.
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London
Herbert Sanguinetti
Jessica Sykes
Tatton Sykes
Marlborough
Tat Sykes
Lady Sykes
Sir Tatton
Eight year old thief arrested in Akron grocery
Eddie Negosla eight was arrested at Hoffman's grocery on West Market street and confessed to multiple recent entries and thefts. He said his father encouraged the stealing.
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Commercial Tribune
Akron, CO
Eddie Negosla
Hoffman’s
West Market Street
Pneumatic Mail Service Ground Broken in New York
Ground was broken in Park Row for the New York pneumatic mail system work toward October 1 operation. The tube system will have two lines between New York and Brooklyn and eight other lines within the city for the Postoffice contract.
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New York
Park Row
General Post Office
Brooklyn
Columbus Troops To Visit Kentucky Rifle Range
Orders from the Department of the East direct one battalion of the Seventeenth Infantry to travel by rail to the Ft. Thomas rifle range with departure from Columbus barracks to arrive by August 20. The second battalion will go to the range and arrive about September 12.
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Columbus
Kentucky Rifle Range
Commercial Tribune
Department of the East
Seventeenth Infantry
Ft. Thomas
Columbus Barracks
No Warship to Peru Sacking of Consular Agency on Two Sides
Washington reports the State Department doubts sending a gunboat to Piura Peru over the consular agency sacking amid disputed archives. Emilio Clark, longtime Piura merchant, served as consul agent. authorities say archives untouched. A prior similar incident involved a mixed office and shop, prompting no serious dispute.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
State Department
United States
Piura
Peru
Emilio Clark
Clark
Department
Murder At Avilla Leads To Lynching Fear
John Calvin, a Avilla business partner, shot and killed Robert Clear in the street over a mill dispute. He wounded himself while fleeing pursued by a mob, was captured and jailed, with lynching fears reported as the public safety wound is not fatal.
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Commercial Tribune
Ligonier
Ind
John Calvin
Avilla
Robert Clear
Clear
Calvin
Boy Freezes Arm in Ice Cream Contest at Jersey City
Samuel Wolf, a confectioner, offered a cream prize for the boy who kept his arm submerged longest in his ice cream freezer. Willie Lockwood held four minutes before withdrawing as his arm froze stiff and was taken to City Hospital for possible amputation. In San Francisco Chinatown, Highbinders publish a list condemning Chinese by hatchetmen, signaling intimidation amid efforts to curb disorder.
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Jersey City
N.J
Samuel Wolf
Wolf
Willie Lockwood
City Hospital
San Francisco
Chinatown
Three Die of Heat in St Louis Heat Wave Toll
ST LOUIS Aug 2 The hot spell continues with 97 degrees in the shade recorded at 3 PM. The dry air reduced suffering compared with weekend heat though several prostrations occurred including Joseph Pees race horse owner and Patrick Maccaby an iron worker.
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ST. Louis
Joseph Pees
Rey Patrick Maccaby
Crisis at hand in goal strike grips Turtle Creek
In Pittsburg area a large miners strike creates a tense stand off. Sheriff Lowry informs Governor Hastings of the crisis as thousands converge at McCrea Schoolhouse and Camp Determination. Miners pledging order and lawfulness amid warnings of potential troop requisition.
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M'Lain
Gov. Bushnell
Attorney General
Mr. Monnett
Rev. A. L. Chase
Hobo
Con
Vert Wanderers
Dived
Charles Fleischmann
Burdell
L. C. Laylin
Norwalk
G. L. Marble
van Wert
Alabama
Wife
Possum
Mrs. Luetgert
Farmer
Strychnine
Banks
M’kinley
Starve
Chakdara
New
Guinea
Lord Sykes
Plura
Pittsburg
Lowry
Hastings
Burgess Teats
Tertle Creek
M. P. Carrick
Painters’ and Decorators’ Union
W. A. Carney
Harvey A. Lowry
Oak Hill
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