Gunfire on moving train wounds two soldiers
A Toledo naval reserve train and a Panhandle train carrying the Seventeenth U S Infantry clashed near Mingo Junction. Two soldiers, C A Fridley and T M McDonald, were wounded by small shot while the Toledo train fired on the Panhandle car. Authorities began investigations led by General Axline and Secretary J L Rodgers with orders for a full inquiry and arrest of the shooter.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
L. M. O’brien
U. S
Steubenville
Mingo
Toledo
Naval Reserve
Myer Geleerd
Erie
C. A. Fridley
T. M. McDonald
Fridley
McDonald
Seventeenth
J. Linn Rodgers
Miller
Panhandle
Rodgers
Military Department of the State
Naval Battalion
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Norwalk
Pennsylvania
Seventeenth United States Infantry
Mingo Junction
J. L. Rodgers
Toledo Sailor Arrested on Train Platform
A. H. Gould, a member of the Seventeenth Regiment naval reserves in Toledo, was arrested on the train platform this evening and remained surprised by the incident as details unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Toledo
A. H. Gould
Toledo Train Incident Raises Military Discipline Question
Private Gould fired shells reloaded at the Steubenville farewell train causing alarm when fired from a window toward another train. Adjutant General Axline arrived in Toledo to review the case and determine appropriate action. Geleerd vouched for Gould as a valued man, while Axline praised the naval reserves' conduct in Steubenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould
Michigan
Geleerd
Wheeling
Toledo
Axline
Steubenville
Columbus
Ohio Centennial Exposition Planned for 1908 in Major City
The Ohio Centennial Commission, created to mark Ohio statehood, aims to hold a statewide industrial exposition in 1908 larger than any before except Chicago and Philadelphia. It plans state and federal funding, and will choose Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, or Toledo as the site. Members include B M Ritezel Ralph Peters Samuel Mather Guy Major and Frank Huffman with a sub committee to inspect Nashville Exposition.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ohio Centennial Commission
Sullivan
Bushnell
Ohio
B. M. Ritezel
Warren
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Toledo
Ruezel
Herman Dennison
Nashville Exposition
R. C. Dawes
Marietta
Ralph Peters
Samuel Mather
Guy G. Major
Frank G. Huffman
Dayton
Baptists ask Whitsitt to resign as president faces heresy charges
Lawrenceburg Ky Aug 27 The Association of United Baptists adjourned after electing E Burrus Mercer County Moderator and J T Hughes Anderson Secretary A resolution requesting Dr Whitsitt President of Louisville Seminary to resign on account of charges of heresy was adopted.
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Commercial Tribune
Lawrenceburg
Association of United Baptists
E. Burrus
Mercer County
J. T. Hughes
Anderson
Dr. Whitsitt
Louisville Seminary
Headless body ID inquiry links to photographer William Edwards
William A. Murray wife and daughter Ella from Petersburg Va arrived in New York to identify fragments as those of William Guldensuppe now believed to be Edwards a photographer. Murray noted similar arms and hands while missing tattoo marks and a vaccination scar. Ella matched Edwards forefinger scar and nail trimming. Edwards once worked for Murray and left for Lawrenceville Va on June 10 amid collection troubles.
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New York
William A. Murray
Ella
Petersburg
William Guldensuppe
William G. Edwards
Murray
Edwards
Ella Murray
Lawrenceville
Mr Fleischmann Is Ill After Serious Attack Aboard Yacht
A nephew of Charles Fleischmann went to Bellevue Hospital with a request for a doctor for his uncle aboard the Hiawatha at the foot of Twenty sixth Street East River. The physician reported the condition serious after an attack of illness aboard the yacht.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Charles Fleischmann
Banker David J. Seligman Dies After Surgery at Long Branch
New York banker David J. Seligman aged 47 died at the Hollywood Hotel Long Branch tonight after an operation for appendicitis. He was the senior member of the firm founded by his father.
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New York
David J. Seligman
Hollywood Hotel
Long Branch
Selman
Mrs. Wilkinson Found Dead in Toledo Home
Mrs Florida E Wilkinson a noted newspaper woman was found dead in her Toledo home this afternoon The death is described as due to illness with the cause not fully stated The obituary notes she was the author of several books and a prominent local figure
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Florida E. Wilkinson
Etree
Om Balan R
Yen the cl More
Coal operators plan mine starts to break strike in Pittsburg district
Coal operators in the Pittsburg district move to start several Wheeling division mines with railroad cooperation to upset the strike. Officials expect no general walkout at St Louis while local miners face wage offers and threats, with guards hired to protect mines and 500 miners affected.
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Pittsburg
Wheeling
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Cleveland
St. Louis
United States
Patrick Bolan
St. Loui
Warner
Henry Filversheim
Pennsylvania
James Jones & Sons
Catsburg
Ivil
Ratchford replies to Pittsburg operators on coal strike
President Ratchford of the United Mine Workers issues a statement criticizing the operators press committee and their anti arbitration stance. He supports a general conference and a living wage basis while noting acceptance of the Pittsburg district meeting but opposing the proposed terms.
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Columbus
Ratchford
United Mine Workers
Pittsburg
Dolan
Typhoid Epidemic Spreads at Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum
Typhoid fever spreads through Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum in Lexington with three attendants infected after the wife of Dr. Porter Prather’s assistant were attacked. Superintendent Wylie attributes the outbreak to pond ice used in drinking water while Dr. Rhorer cites defective sewerage as a cause.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum
Porter Prather
Carrie McFeat
J. C. Brachfield
Steenberger
Wylie
Rhorer
Pick Pockets Steal Thousands From Mackinaw Excursion
In Toledo Colorado on August 27 pickpockets targeted eleven Mackinaw excursion coaches from Devil's Lake. Contractor Geo E Whipple lost a wallet with 5000 dollars and negotiable securities along with nearly thirty gold watches reported stolen.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo, CO
Mackinaw
Devil’s Lake
Geo. E. Whipple
Twelfth Street
Loves One Legged Man Tracked To St Louis Elopement
A Kentucky couple and their six year old daughter are found in St Louis after a weeklong search. Herman Housefeld, a one legged Louisville butcher, is jailed for carrying concealed weapons as his wife Kate Housefeld and their child are reunited with him.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Herman Housefeld
Kate Housefeld
Housefeld
Kate
Clara
Fifteenth Street
Louisville
William M. Wood
Frances
Wood
Murder by Robbery Gone Wrong in Camden County
Ed Hison, a farmer near Claiborne in Monroe County Alabama, was killed by Jack Pharr, a colored burglar, after catching him attempting a robbery. Pharr confessed after capture on Wednesday night, and a mob hanged him by the neck from a tree.
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Camden
Als
Hison
Lrving
Claiborne
Monroe County
Jack Pharr
Pharr
Negro mob pursues assailant after kidnapping in Kingston
In Hickory Bush, six miles from Kingston, Joseph Depew a colored man, waylaid two young girls named Doody in the woods. The older child escaped but the six year old was seized and assaulted. her condition is serious. Depew is being hunted by hundreds of miners and faces probable lynching if caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
N. Y
Hickkory Bush
Joseph Depew
Doody
Depew
Mob hange in Mooreville over attempted assault
Reports from Mooreville twenty miles away say Wiley Johnson a Black man was hanged by a mob last night for alleged assault on Mrs Clunty who cooked for Captain McCullichs family News reached Rosebud by telephone this morning detailing the lynching with no further legal action noted
Robbery on trolley car near Lansdowne Park
Two masked men armed with revolvers held up a Springfield trolley car near Lansdowne Park two miles from town shortly before 10 o'clock. They bound the motorman Andrew Shanks and took cash boxes and a good watch, escaping with 13 dollars in cash and the watch.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Lansdowne Park
Andrew Shanks
Bloody Barroom Fight In Steubenville Leaves Man Dead
Tonight at MecCann's saloon in Steubenville Ohio a barroom fight involved members of the Eighth Ohio National Guard and local young men. Henry Geyer of Company B Akron shot and mortally wounded John Ovington and fled, later arrested with aid. A bystander Straub of Mansfield aiding the escape was also arrested. A mistaken identity incident left Corporal, son of a Wooster minister, badly beaten before rescue. Geyer’s second shot wounded Orville Hill in the left wrist.
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Commercial Tribune
Steubenville
MecCann
Bowery
Henry Geyer
Company B
Akron
John Ovington
A Straub
Mansfield
Ovington
Geyer
Orville Hill
Blumer & Sartain Pecking House Fire Claims Livestock
A blaze at Blumer and Sartain's pecking house in Columbus Ohio tonight destroyed the facility and its contents. Thirty five hogs and seven cattle perished in the flames with an estimated loss around fifteen thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Blumer & Sartain
Luetgert Jury Selection Stagnates in Chicago Trial
At the Luetgert trial the juror panel remains largely unsettled as one juror is discharged and another seated, leaving eight sworn jurors. Luetgert complains of a newspaper image he says invades his privacy and seeks to address the jury personally. His request to explain matters to the jury persists as lawyers flag slow progress in forming the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Luetgert
L. A
Adolph L. Luetgert
Wheat Cars Plunge From Trestle. One Killed
Erie Railway crews switching a train of wheat cars back of the Allen Mills caused two cars to leave the track. The cars toppled over a trestle into a ravine twenty feet below. Switchman Zach Bolich was crushed to death. Harry Stoner escaped with minor injuries.
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Commercial Tribune
Akron
Erie Railway
Allen Mills
Zach Bolich
Harry Stoner
Bolich
Stoner
Identified Canton bank robber G Gerbick slain by police
Dr. T C McQuate and G L Grove viewed the body of the Canton bank robber shot last Sunday night and identified him as George Gerbick of Chambersburg Pa. Gerbick was Grove s brother in law and had a criminal record of jail breaks. The corpse lies at the Cleveland Medical College.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
T. C. McQuate
Stark County
G. L. Grove
Louisville
Canton
George Gerbick
Chambersburg
Franklin County
Gerbick
Grove
Cleveland Medical College
Afridis Take a Town in Sharp Kohat Raid
A Simla dispatch reports the Daulatzai Afridis near Kohat descended from the hills on Thursday night and overwhelmed the village of Ublan setting fire to most buildings. General Biggs moved against them Friday morning and after fighting drove the attackers back to the hills with heavy losses. British casualties included one Sepoy killed and a native officer and two Sepoys wounded.
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London
Simla
Kohat
Ublan
Biggs
Kohet
Expedition to afridis and swat tribes reported
The government plans a large force expedition against the Afridis. Upper Swat tribes paid 20 000 rupees in fines for revolting. General Blood’s column returned to Thana. Shabkadar is quiet and Simla believes the Orakzais are not ready to attack the Samana Range posts.
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Simla
Swat
Blood
Thana
Shabkadar
Samana ‘Range
Mad Mullah Commands Afridis After Capture of Khyber Forts
A Bombay dispatch reports the Mad Mullah of Haddad ordered the Afridis who seized the British forts in the Khyber Pass to seal up the victory. The natives are said to withhold details of the capture.
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London
Bombay
Mullah
Haddad
Afridis
Khyber Pass
Barber shoots couple after theater outing in Chicago
Chicago August 27 Arthur Storey and his wife were shot at their apartment by H C Dunker a barber who had boarded with them. Dunker escorted Mrs Storey to the theater and on returning home fired two shots injuring Storey in the groin and Mrs Storey in the spine. Both were taken to a hospital with poor prospects for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arthur Storey
Forty Third Street
H. C. Dunker
Dunker
Secret joint meeting of Ohio coal groups held in Columbus
The Ohio Coal Association and the Ohio Coal Exchange convened in Columbus in a prolonged session that remained secret, with none of the delegates willing to discuss details. James H. Hoyt of Cleveland attended as a coal industry representative.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ohio Coal Association
Ohio Coal Exchange
James H. Hoyt
Cleveland
McKinley Arrives Quietly in Cleveland Surprise Reception
President McKinley lands two hours early from Buffalo and stays with Senator Hanna in Cleveland. Elaborate public reception plans collapse. a 3 PM Hollenden Hotel affair is set as compensation. The Comanche voyage, naval salute, and reception details are outlined amid calls for a quiet visit.
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Cleveland, CO
McKinley
Cleveland
Buffalo
Andrew Johnson
Pennsylvania Company
Hanna
Tippecanoe Club
Cuyahoga
M. T. Herrick
Naval Reserves
Meyer McKisson
Tippecano Cluab
Great Western Band
Windemere
Fremont
Columbus
Canton
Washington
Alger
Miss Alger
Frederick Alger
H. M. Hanna
William Chisholm
Hobart
Hollenden
Four fall from scaffold in Rock Island building collapse
In Rock Island Nova Scotia Aug 27 contractor C J W Schreiner bricklayers W H illis and John Lowe and colored hodcarrier Joe Crudup fell from a third story of a new building to the stone sidewalk. Willis died within ten minutes. Schreiner suffered a bad temple cut and internal injuries. Lowe and Crudup were severely bruised. All believed to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
C. J. W. Schreiner
W. H.illis
John Lowe
Joé Crudup
Willis
Schreiner
Lowe
Crudup
Cuban Officer Returns Home After War
Captain Ira A. Parley arrives in Cleveland after fourteen months in Cuba. He says Cuban rebels will be free before winter and credits Consul General Lee for saving his life. Parley reports brutal Spanish cruelty, widespread unpaid troops, and strong eastern resistance, while denying attacks on Havana.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Ira A. Parley
New York
Farley
Land of the Living
General Lee
Havana
Cuba
Noted Toledo Teacher Sia Wilkinson Found Dead in Bedroom
Mrs Florida B P Wilkinson, a local music and French tutor who moved from Florida with her daughter, was found dead in her Toledo bedroom. Authorities indicate possible self-inflicted death with a post mortem to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sia Piortaa Wilkinson
Dena
Sheriff George Pritchard fatally shot near Cloudland
Cloudland North Carolina August 27 Sheriff George K Pritchard brother of Senator Pritchard and Mitchell County official was fatally wounded while attempting to arrest Monroe Garland a noted desperado Garland fired wounding Pritchard in the lungs and neck then turned on Deputy Blalock who shot him dead Blalock was lightly wounded Pritchard 41 leaves a large family and the Bakersville area is in turmoil
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Cloudland
N. C
George K. Pritchard
Senator Pritchard
North Carolina
Mitchell County
Monroe Garland
Pritchard
Garland
Blalock
Eitt
Bakersville
Engine Plunges on Sand Mountain Rail Line
An engine from Bade Coal Mining Co. on a narrow gauge line toppled from a Sand Mountain trestle near Chattanooga. It rolled 20 feet down the slope, taking trees with it. Six aboard. manager F B Connor badly hurt with two broken ribs. Fireman injured. engineer and supervisor unhurt.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Bade Coal Mining Company
Sand Mountain
F. B. Connor
Mr. Sheddon
St. Louis
Het
New Eye Case Company Formed in Cincinnati
National Eye Case Company of Cincinnati was incorporated today in Columbus with 25000 dollars capital by F N Simpson Frea Spencer J C Richardson Jr C L LaBorteaux and W W Cist The Cincinnati Rolling Mill Company filed to change its name to the Cincinnati Rolling and Tin Plate Company in the same filing window
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
National Eye Case Company
Cincinnati
F. N. Simpson
Frea Spencer
J. C. Richardson, Jr
C. L. LaBorteaux
Cincinnati Rolling Mill Compa
Cincinnati Rolling and Tin Plate Company
Ohio Slave Rider Dies Leaving Underground Rail Legacy
Chicago August 27 William Cratty of Marysville Ohio died last night after aiding the underground railroad by helping to free 8000 enslaved people Cratty contributed to the abolitionist effort and supported safe passages for freedom across borders
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
William Cratty
Marysville
Five Villages Wiped Out by Mayon Volcano Eruption
Reports from Tacoma Washington describe widespread devastation around Mayon Volcano in Luzon. Five towns Santo Nino San Roque Misericordia San Antonio San Isador destroyed. Libbat Lifog bury 115, with 400 killed already and more expected as lava flows reach the sea.
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Commercial Tribune
Tacoma
Wash
Mayon Volcano
Luzon Island
Mayon
Santo Nino
San Roque
Misericordia
San Antonio
San Isador
Lifog
Libbat
Nueva
Bacacay
Tobaco
Guinea Obatan
Baxe
Gends ’ Tong
Manila
Guinea
Guinea Obatan Were Sent To the Manraro Mountains
A Tragedy of Errors Burglary Arrest Mix-Up in St Paul
Chillicothe O Aug 27 Mrs Anna C Hichénlaub learns her son Anton is under arrest in St Paul for a burglary he did not commit. He traveled from Des Moines to St Paul where four witnesses identified him as the burglar Charles F Dark. The 1889 burglary occurred while Hichenlaub was working in Columbus Ohio. Affidavits are prepared to prove he was elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Chillicothe
Anna C. Hichénlaub
Anton
St. Paul
Eichenlaub
Des Moines
Shock kills mother after buggy accident in Chillicothe
In Chillicothe Ohio on August 27 Mr and Mrs William Dumm and their two daughters traveled to Kingston in separate buggies when the horses ran away. Mrs Dumm was knocked unconscious and died after seeing her daughter Essie apparently dead. The daughter survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Chillicothe
Wm. Dumm
Kingston
Accidental Shooting Fatal for Hodgensville Boy
A twelve year old boy was accidentally killed in Hodgensville Kentucky when a playmate 12 year old Clarence Winsett fired a loaded shotgun they believed unloaded while pointing it at each other. The incident occurred this afternoon and the victim was the son of Mr Ralph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Hodgensville
Ralph
Clarence Winsett
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General Axline
U. S A
Johnston's Island
Sandusky
Wrenn
Land
United Baptists
Wm. Edwards
MR. Fleischmann
New York Harbor
Seligman
Dillonvale
Ment
G. I. Grove
Apfridis
MR. Hanna
Bar Association
American Bar Association
Hap
Association
Association of Wiliam McKinley
National Bar
Woolworth
Omaha
Andrew Squire
A. L. Marvin
Ohio Circuit Court
John Prentiss Poe
Maryland
Capt. Farley
Florida BP. Wilkinson
Florida
Pirat
Shiranes
Gamma Prefecture
Japan
St. Pauly
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