Ouster case against Urbana mayor Ganson filed in Supreme Court
Ohio Supreme Court ouster proceedings move forward against Urbana Mayor Charles H. Ganson while Sheriff McLain faces a parallel action. Monnett unveils fresh evidence after rioting at St Paris and jail break theories, with Urbana supporters backing Bushnell.
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Ganson
Supreme Court
State of
Ohio
Frank
Monnett
Charles H. Ganson
Urbana
Supreme Court of Ohio
Champaign County
Charles Mitchell
Click’ Mitchell
Court of Common Pleas
Mitchell
Democats seek to bar Saturday primary in Butler County
In Hamilton Ohio on August 4, a Republican suit seeks to halt Butler County Democrats from holding a Saturday primary. The action aims to block paying primary costs, arguing it is a party matter not a public function. Schwab and Lindley face a setback as injunctions are pursued amid a Democratic split.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Butler County
McLean
Peter Schwab
Miles Lindley
Sundren Goldried
Corcoran
Riley
Schwab
Butler
Jacob Stilwaugh
H. L. Morey
Duston
City Board of Erections
Miser Dies From Shock Over Lost Bonds in Chicago
Christopher Schrage, who lost 55000 in bonds a year earlier, died after grieving over the loss and refusing food. The case linked to the Sleepy Burke affair aroused police interest but resulted in no convictions for the accused officials and politicians.
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Chicago
Christopher Schrage
Schrage
Burke
Mennonites Plan Southward Settlement in Georgia
Mennonites from Ohio and Indiana, led by Rev. J. B. Lehman, tour the South to establish a Georgia colony. They hold options on a large land tract to found a town governed by the sect.
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Commercial Tribune
Laporte
Ind
Ohio
Indiana
Georgia
Lehman
South
Ohio and
Brilliant Meteor Passes Over Elizabethtown
A bright meteor, brighter than lightning, traversed the center of Elizabethtown Kentucky between 10 and 11 PM. It came from the northeast, produced a swishing sound, exploded with a loud report, and left a trail of luminous sparks.
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Elizabethtown
Commercial Tribune
Wal lis Draws Lots to Divide Estate Among Nine Children
John Walters of Duck Creek Brown County shares his estate worth about 14000 dollars among his nine children by drawing lots each receiving an equal share. Each beneficiary must contribute 15 dollars monthly to a private fund with surplus to be refunded if unused.
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Commercial Tribune
Green Bay
Wis
John Walters
Brown County
Duck Creek
Walters
First Girl Carrier Serves Between Parkersburg and Elizabeth
Miss Clara Flinn sworn in as mail carrier on the Parkersburg to Elizabeth route. At 16 she makes two daily trips, described as fearless and eager in performing duties. She is noted as the first and only woman mail carrier in the state.
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Clara Flinn
Wirt County
West Virginia
Parkersburg
W. Va
Elizabeth
Flinn
Barrett's bucket shop losses drive demise and confession
Alice M. Barrett, a Codman & Codman bookkeeper, was found dead by her own hand after a year of small cash skims from $2500 to $3000. Investigators found the books tampered with and Barrett blamed the shortage on her actions and speculative losses. An inquest was ordered by the district attorney.
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Commercial Tribune
Boston
Alice M. Barrett
Messrs. Codman & Codman
Alice Barrett
Cadmans
Mr. Briggs
Miss Barrett
Briggs
Ahange
W. C. Codman
John Codman
What Does a Fly Weigh Novel Experiment By Xenia Man
A Xenia Ohio businessman tested fly weight by exposing a half-ounce sheet of fly paper to flies until covered. The combined weight came to one ounce with 676 flies counted.
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Commercial Tribune
Schlatter at Canton Heals with Whisky and Milk Diet
Divine Healer Schlatter claims to be the sole originator and has occupied a crude stand before the courthouse in Canton Ohio for several days treating many. Ex-State Senator T. C. Snyder, who has used a crutch for twelve years, says he has been cured by the healer.
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Inal
T. Co. Snyder
Kentucky Belle Tragedy Ends in Fellow Citizen Shooting
News from Middlesboro Kentucky reports Mrs. Lee Combs a wealthy Clay County lady shot and killed Miss Sallie Hooker at the Combs residence. She had left home then returned to confront her husband and Miss Hooker, triggering the fatal shooting.
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Lee Combs
Miss Sallie Hooker
Middlesborough
Clay County
Sallie Hooker
Combs
Oppose Malt Combine Forms in New York Meeting
Representatives from major malting firms including Milwaukee Malt and Grain and Kraus-Merkel met at Hotel Manhattan New York by Seymour Scott to oppose a proposed maltsters’ combination. About 80 percent of US malt output was represented. Glucose Trust rumored to back the move. No concrete action taken. a follow up meeting was ordered.
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New York
Manhattan
Seymour Scott
Lyons
N. Y
Milwaukee Malt and Grain Company
Kraus-Merkel Malting Company
Hansel Hop and Malt Company
William Gerlach & Company
Milwaukee
William Buchhert Malting Company
Watertown
Wis
William Ra
Mishawka Station Agent Held Up and Imprisoned
Mishawaka Grand Trunk Railway station agent was robbed by three masked men who blew the safe and imprisoned the agent in a freight car overnight. This marks a fourth such robbery in a few months in Mishawaka, Indiana.
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Commercial Tribune
South Bend
Ind
Mishawaka Grand Trunk Railway
Matches and Whisky Wrecks a Store in Valparaiso
Gas from an empty whisky barrel exploded when Charley Lesser, a young boy, used matches near the bung hole. The blast badly injured his leg and blew out the storefront, causing significant damage to the liquor store in Valparaiso, Indiana.
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Commercial Tribune
Valparaiso
Ind
Charley Lesser
Ile
Parrel
Draw the Color Line Object to Employment of Negro Help at Atlanta Mills
Two hundred women and girls at Fulton Bay and Cotton Mills in Atlanta struck when management announced plans to hire twenty five colored women in the folding department. The unionized strike spread to 400 male workers who left at noon, forcing the mill to close and affecting about 800 people.
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Atlanta
Fulton Bay
Jacob Bisas
Elsas
Long Side of Wheat Syndicate Profits Big Turnaround
A Wall Street group led by George B. French drove a wheat bull campaign in 60 days, amassing over 5 million bushels and lifting prices about 15 cents. They swapped into September bids, capping profits at 600000 and 200000 in recent sessions after exiting positions.
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Chicago
George B. French
Wall Street
St. Louis
Joseph Leiter
Shorts
Insurgents Loot Santa Clara After Night Attack
Insurgents dynamited a culvert near Esperanza Station in Santa Clara July 29 and returned July 30 to open fire in a main street as local volunteers patrolled. The crowd panicked as invaders looted stores taking food clothing and cash before being repulsed.
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Havana
Key West
Fla
Esperanza
Santa Clara
Brother Surprises Family Believed Dead 30 Years
Granville Johnson, presumed dead after vanishing thirty years ago, surprised his sister Mrs. John Shultz, her mother and sister in Wooster Ohio yesterday. Johnson now resides in Waco Texas.
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Commercial Tribune
Wooster, O
John Shultz
Granville Johnson
Johnson
Waco, Tex
Wealthy Worcester native commits suicide in Plainfield
New York August 4 David W Pond ends his life at his home in Plainfield New Jersey. Pond son of the Pond Tool and Machine Company of Worcester Massachusetts and former president of the firm before moving to Plainfield eight years ago.
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New York
David W. Pond
Plainfield
N. J
Pond
Pond. Tool and Machine Company
Worcester
Masa
Doctors May Not Practice In Ohio Certificates Denied
Governor Bushnell and Attorney General Monnett, as the Board of Review, sustained the Medical Board in denying certificates to Dr. W. A. France of Columbus and Dr. William F. Hale of Jackson. The charges include gross immorality with Hale accused of kidnapping a witness and France accused of check fraud and taking notes promising to cure incurable diseases.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Bushnell
Monnett
Board of Review
Medical Board
W. A. France
Columbus
William F. Hale
Jackson
Hale
France
William Wythrow
Madison County
Expert Drowns Self in Despondency on Ohio River
Jeffersonville Ind August 4 At 8 this morning John Roll 31 adopted son of William Roll a local cigar manufacturer committed death by own action by jumping into the Ohio River from Carrs coal fleet. Fleet tenders tossed boards but he refused to save himself. An expert swimmer he was despondent over failure to secure employment.
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Commercial Tribune
Jeffersonville
Ind
John Roll
William Roll
Ohio River
Carr
Kiowa and Comanche War Paint Fears Stir Indian Territory
Aug 4 dispatches report Kiowa and Comanche warriors war paint ready amid fears of an uprising after Quanah Parker’s death. Horace Gibson warns whites unsafe on the reservation with 8 000 to 10 000 Indians and roughly one gun for every thirty. Ft Sill later denies Parker’s death by white raiders, saying he clashed with outlaws and was injured in a scramble involving Running Antelope.
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Ardmore
I. T
Horace Gibson
Stockman
Gibson
Quanah Parker
Kansas City
Ft. Sill
Parker
Safe Trust Tale Denied By Herring-Hall-Marvin Officials
At the New York Jersey City meeting of Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Company stockholders, officers reported rising credit and lower expenses. R T Pullen of Cincinnati elected First Vice President and Western Manager. C S Lake named Secretary. Stephen A Jenks re elected President. John A Shibler Treasurer. Pullen denied any talks of joining a safe trust and said rumors of hostility among Eastern trustees were false. The firm plans a Hamilton factory move and two thirds of country output from Cincinnati.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Company
Jersey City
Cincinnati
R. T. Pullen
Herring-Hall-Marvin Company
W. B. Marvin
C. S. Lake
Stephen A. Jenks
John A. Shibler
Wright A. Pownall
Frank I. Herring
Pullen
Safe Trust
Brannagan
Hamilton
Enks
Stranger Joins Horse Thief Pursuit Wagons and Carriage Hired
A stranger in Scottsburg hired a team and carriage from D H Little and vanished. He later visited Albert Cootner’s farm near New Washington, swindled $15 by claiming to hunt a horse thief, pledged a horse and carriage as security, rode one horse to Charlestown, then tied the horse and boarded a Louisville train.
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Commercial Tribune
Jeffersonville
Ind
D. H. Little
Scottsburg
Albert Cootner
New Washington
Cootner
Charlestown
Louisville
Whitacre family reunion tallies over a hundred relatives
In Blanchester Ohio on August 4 at the Whitacre home near Osceola twelve children joined Mr and Mrs Martin Whitacre for a family reunion. Grandchildren and great grandchildren totaled nearly 100 attendees.
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Commercial Tribune
Blanchester
Martin Whitacre
Osceola
Rush to Yukon Gold Fields Expands Across White Pass
A Seattle dispatch notes dire straits at White Pass with many travelers lacking sufficient food for the Yukon voyage. Packing costs rise to 28 cents per pound and an 85 percent Canadian duty drains purses. eight travelers have almost no supplies. Steamship companies rush to Alaska with new ships and routes, and the Northwestern Trading and Transportation Company awards contracts for three more Yukon steamers to Moran Bros. Tickets for the S S Humbokit to St Michael’s sell quickly, with $11,200 in receipts and 28 tickets at $300 each sold by day’s end.
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Commercial Tribune
Seattle
Wash
D. J. McKinney
Dyea
Yukon
White Pass
Klondike
Jack Bethel
Comstock
Sutro
Stewart River
W. S. Hutchinson
St. Michaels
Dawson City
Moran Bros
Eldorado
S. S. Humbokit
Northwest Territory
St. Michael’s
Bay Aniea
R. C. Stevens
W. D. Wood
The
Sound
Humboldt
Waiting to Get Over the Pass Five Hundred Prospectors at Dyea
John H. Smith of Portland reports from Juneau that about 500 people are at Dyea awaiting passage over the Pass with more steamers en route. Indian packers and pack animals are fully loaded for lakes before winter, many camping at Dyea and on the lakes all winter. Packing prices rise to 8 5 and 27 cents per pound as packers operate independently.
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Portland
Ore
John H. Smith
United States
Alaska
Juneau
Dyea
Who Owns the Klondike Controversy Stirs Officials
Washington officials, prompted by recent newspaper chatter, study Klondike ownership and affirm maps show the gold fields lie east of the 141st meridian, placing them within British territory by about thirty five miles. They note boundary surveys show minimal meridian discrepancies of roughly 1700 feet.
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Washington
Klondike
Great Britain
Coast
Alaska trip yields short lived work for Kentucky men
Catlett Hutsell of 188 Walnut Street Lexington and Jenks Rowe of Paris Ky. went to Alaska last winter arriving in Juneau May 18. They found crowds headed to Klondike but chose a milder job with a dairyman earning 75 dollars weekly after leaving hard labor at a mill.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Catlett Hutsell
Walnut Street
Jenks Rowe
Paris Ky
Alaska
Juneau
Hutsell
Klondike
Huteell
Silver mine discovered in Sheldonville Massachusetts
A new silver mine in Sheldonville Wrentham Mass is rapidly developing after C L Hittenger identified rich veins. A shaft reaches 25 feet with silver bearing quartz valued at about 200 per ton. a steam pump will be installed to drain surface water and 18 miners will be hired once pumping arrives. The mine reportedly sold to Boston capitalists for 25000.
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Commercial Tribune
Wrentham
Mass
Sheldonville
C. L. Hittenger
Boston
Dunlap Son Beats For Alaska Gold Fields
Henry Dunlap, son of Sheriff Dunlap, leaves West Union Ohio on August 4 to seek fortune in the Alaska gold fields.
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Commercial Tribune
West Union, O
Henry Dunlap
Sheriff Dunlap
Alaska
Senator Gorman to retire after current term
Washington reports Maryland Democrat close to Senator Gorman says he will not seek re election. Gorman will complete twenty four years in the Senate.
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Senator Gorman
Washington
The
Washington Post
Maryland
Exploding Boiler Kills Engineer Near Bergholz
In Alliance Ohio on August 4 a steam thrasher boiler owned by Hess and Fawcett exploded on the Dorrance farm near Bergholz. Fawcett was hurled seventy feet and killed instantly. a Hess son and a farmer named Boyd were badly scalded but may recover.
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Commercial Tribune
Alliance
Hess & Fawcett
Dorrance
Bergholz
Fawcett
Hess
Boyd
Disarm the witnesses in Dugan murder trial
The Barbourville court opened evidence in the Thomas Dugan case charging the murder of John Colson. Dr Yon testified the Colson ball weighed 176 grains, lighter than a 45 caliber Remington used by Dugan. Eyewitnesses testified two shots were fired with Dugan within four feet, while armed witnesses arrived by train and were kept from the courtroom by sheriff orders.
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Commercial Tribune
Barbourville
Thomas Dugan
John Colson
Kenyon
Colson
Dugen
Eye Tesan
Miller
Dugan
Middlesboro
Japan Demands Arbitrate or Break Off Talks
Washington reports Japan will insist the United States assume contingent responsibility in Hawaii immigration and tariff disputes as a precondition for arbitration. If not agreed, Japan will end negotiations and display a naval demonstration in Hawaiian waters. An official noted Japan prefers self indemnification over US mediation.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Hawaii
Hawaiian
State Department
Legation
French Consul Identifies Fugitive Balensi in New York
The French Consul, M. Carpentier, confirms Guil laume Balensi is the same man accused of robbing Max Lebaudy and swindling William A. Bellwood. Balensi admitted his identity after several Frenchmen recognized him. A extradition warrant left Paris and will arrive by steamer Saturday with documents to complete identification.
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New York
Carpentier
Guillaume Balensi
Max Lebaudy
William A. Bellwood
Philadelphia
M. Carpentier
Paris
Balensi
World traveler completes 5,000 mile journey for $10,000 wager
George Harrold of Loveland returns home from a around the world voyage begun ten years ago on a $10,000 bet. The wager required a full world tour in good health and at least $6,000 on return. He traveled over 5,000 miles and carries autographs of many European notables.
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Commercial Tribune
Batavia
George Harrold
Loveland
Striking Miners Rally With Debates and Threats
Pittsburg dispatch reports the strike at Turtle Creek Camp quiet except for Dolan led riot hearing. Twenty new accretions claimed from Plum Creek mines. 215 of 285 at work. Camp costs and strict discipline rise. daily march to Plum Creek planned. Debs and Mary Jones to speak at Duquesne wharf rally with 2,000 expected. support urged for living wages. Schmock mines open again. price of coal climbs. Governor Hastings urged to send National Guard to disperse strikers.
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Pittsburg
Turtle Creek
Dolan
Plum Creek
Oak Hill
Sandy Creek
National Guard
de Armitt
Slemmens
McGovern
Canonsburg
Warner
New York and Cleveland Company
West Virginia
M. P. Carrick
Cameron Miller
Roscoe
Dunlevy
California
Patrick Dolan
Miller
United Labor League of Western Pennsylvania
Duquesne Wharf
Eugene V. Debs
Mary Jones
Chicago
M. M. Garland
W. A. Carney
Amalgamated Association
United Mine Workers
Cameron Mixer
M. P. Car Trick
Painters’ and Decorators’ Union
M. J. Cornahan
Plumbers’ Union
Schmock
Redstone
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. B. Corey
Hastings
Sheriff and Deputies Halt Townwide Gravel Strike Clash
In Switz City Indiana Sheriff McLaughlin and deputies intervened as a wage dispute between contractors and workers building eighty one miles of Green County gravel roads flared into potential violence. Workers complain they cannot earn a living wage under yard-based pay. The confrontation marked a rare outbreak of violence in an otherwise calm episode.
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Commercial Tribune
Switz City
Ind
McLaughlin
Green County
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Weyler
David Pond
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