14 Feb 1902
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1902
Page
1
A local figure once cleared by two investigations confronts renewed chatter about a famed typewriter story. Critics persist, but authorities reaffirm the exoneration, noting no new evidence links the subject to the alleged incident.
A political feature outlines Alexander Shepherd known as Boss Shepherd returning to Washington after years in exile in Mexico. It recounts his modernization of the city streets, the rise and fall in public opinion, and his planned return aided by mining wealth, with attention to public contracts and political upheaval during and after the Civil War era.
Special Despatch from Kokomo Ind notes Mary Forbes Gano Cobb is 99 and the oldest surviving Daughter of the Revolution. She descends from Francois Gerneaux exiled French nobleman and is the daughter of Major Daniel Gano and granddaughter of John Gano the Revolutionary War chaplain. Her first husband Louis H. Bryan was great grandfather of William Jennings Bryan.
French officials Lazare Weiller and Maurice de Lagotelierie visit Pittsburg and name the city likely site for a Paris government engineers school in the United States while New York hosts the political science school. Frick and Westinghouse pledge support. Morgan and Schwab back the project. Chicago also considered.
Acting Secretary Darling received a telegram from Union Iron Works announcing resumed work on the monitor Wyoming and that the strike is off. The yard now builds the battleship Ohio and several cruisers and destroyers, after a long halt with only minor progress.
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Root returned to duties today after a severe cold sidelined him, resuming his work at the department amid ongoing recovery.
A New York grand jury indicts contractors and workers linked to the January 27 Park Avenue explosion. Ira A. Shaler faces manslaughter and illegal dynamite storage charges, with others charged for manslaughter or illegal storage. Bail set at 5,000 in most cases. Murray and Smith bail 1,000 each.
The German Naval Society of Hamburg has passed a resolution calling for widening the Kiel Canal to ease congestion as the waterway has reached its traffic capacity.
Wall Street reports indicate North American and Ohio based partners to finalize takeover of Kentucky operations. Cincinnati executives James Ernst Thurnauer and J F Trevor meet with President Wetmore and attorneys to settle stock transfers and form a new securities company with plans to be announced tomorrow after further talks in New York.
In Limoges, three hundred strikers besieged a leather factory at St. Julien from Feb 12. Nonunion workers defended with a hose and boiling water until the besiegers attacked this afternoon, leaving several injured. Gendarmes and troops summoned to quell the melee.
In Columbus on February 13 the Antisaloon League reshaped its approach to local option. The Beal Bill loses the local option feature, now focused on municipal elections. a second ward based measure may follow. Debates cover petition validity and the political impact on wet and dry votes, with input from Rep Clark and remarks by Dr Cain and Joe Miller of the Brewers.
Philadelphia reports the Presbyterian Revision Committee adjourned after adopting Article V of the Brief Statement of Faith for popular use and will reconvene in Washington on April 9. The article inspired a lengthy debate though no major opposition appeared.
A special prison court disciplined nine inmates after a morning riot sparked by a feud between Nora Hewey and Anna North over an insult. Several others were punished for involvement, with sentences ranging from twenty to twenty-five days off good time, and one inmate placed on bread and water for foul language.
Commander Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army took the oath of allegiance in New York City. He said he is half American through his Virginian ancestors and has long considered the United States his country.
The article reports Theodore Roosevelt Jr. no longer in danger after illness with his daughter to succeed him and Miss Alice Roosevelt planning to go to Groton to aid her mother.
Two Toronto storekeepers promise a $1000 bonus to American men of good habits who marry their daughters. The Greek Catholic girls are educated and capable housekeepers, but the suitors must be Protestants.
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