26 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1902
Page
1
The Ohio legislature met in extra session with two Cincinnatians playing key roles in Nash's message as Gordon is installed and presides over the Senate. Republicans agree to a programmatic shutdown of measures outside the agreed agenda.
Otto Carmichael reports New York marks summer's end with brown faces on Broadway and hotel tugs off duty. He notes Chauncey Depew and J. P. Morgan resuming work, reporters gathering aboard ships, and the seasonal transition from resort pages to deskbound business.
President Roosevelt spoke at Symphony Hall Boston arguing for government action to curb trusts while acknowledging state law differences. He urged steady public duty and warned against hysteria insisting reform requires persistent effort and broad citizen involvement. The remarks followed his Lynn and Lodge stop en route to Maine.
General Dick arrives in Columbus with M W Hissey to coordinate Republican State HQ. Senator Hanna plans a Columbus visit with General Assembly members to influence municipal code legislation. Tom Johnson expected soon, with potential clashes between Hanna and Johnson over the code. Campaign opening debated, likely in a small town, with top Republican orators planned, including Cabinet members.
Indianapolis report describes Jack Cullen and Walter Mazelin two students from a Blake street area clashing in a bare knuckles fight near Blake and North streets. Cullen knocks Mazelin out in the second round as bystanders serve as seconds and timekeepers.
Berlin reports the death of Henri Sie miradzki a renowned Polish historical painter best known for The Living Torches of Nero Born in Poland he rose to fame for his dramatic period works in European galleries and exhibitions.
The Schiltz guardian appointment case in Zanesville pits the Schiltz family against rivals for control of the late millionaire Wm D Schiltz estate. Legal skirmishes continue with no sign of abating as both sides push for guardianship and millions in dispute.
Unofficial bulletin from Salt Lake City notes Brigham Young, president of the Twelve Apostles in the Mormon Church, was operated on for dropsy during a health trip through Jackson Hole and the Teton Basin and is described as in critical condition.
A teaser outlines a forthcoming feature in the Sunday Commercial Tribune promising guidance on managing a pretty woman. The item is fully illustrated and encourages readers to obtain next Sunday's issue for the full explanation.
Rev. Sar. Small of Georgia, campaigning for Pexotmdl W. Clement and the Local Option League, collapsed on stage at the Auditorium in Brattleboro Vermont as a packed audience watched. He was helped off by Colonel Miles and is under a physician's care at the Brooks House tonight.
Henry W. Hollenberg, missing from Coney Island two weeks, returns home to New Rochelle. He says undertow swept him out to sea and he survived on wreckage until a fishing smack rescued him. Gray drowned at Coney Island the same day. police once suspected the pair fled together and left clothes in a bathing house to fake a drowning.
Frederick Dorr proprietor and Edward OBrien editor of Freedom were sentenced to six months in Bilibid Prison and fined 1000 each for libeling Benito Legarda native Civil Commission member by an article in Freedom. They were convicted of sedition as well, with appeals to the Supreme Court of the islands pending.
London August 25 Field Marshal Lord Wolseley replies to a correspondent that the reported remark best in the world about the American army is accurate. He says he believes the description fits the American forces and stands by the statement.
A. C. Steece, brother in law of Solicitor General Richards, says Richards will not resign. Steece, who has been with Richards at South Duxbury, returns home and asserts resignation rumors are without foundation.
The Ohio General Assembly convenes its sixth session with Lt Governor Gordon taking the Senate presidency. The day features no major bills, a memorial for Rep William Bell, and discussion of the Nash municipal code and franchise protections, as leaders weigh amendments and constitutional changes for city governments.
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