11 Jan 1909
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1909
Page
1
The report notes a new system connecting with Havana upon completion. It runs ten fathoms from the rail and ends at Knights' Key, mile out in the ocean. The project carried an estimated cost of 100000 dollars per mile.
Knight's Key Florida article chronicles a sea rail journey on a rear platform train across Keys toward Key West. It notes Flagler's Miami to Key West project, the eight mile Bahía Honda link, and the prospect of through Pullman service to Havana. The piece highlights the mid ocean port, local hotel with a fish trap, and the unique coastal landscape on this historic rail expansion.
Ohio gains new governor Judson Harmon as Governor Harris ends term. Crowds expected reach 100000 visitors with a 25000 parade, 8500 at inaugural ball, and a public reception at 6 PM. Francis W. Treadway to be inaugurated lieutenant governor.
Indiana legislators in Indianapolis head into a six candidate caucus to replace U S Senator James A Hemenway with no withdrawals expected before early ballots. Candidates claim solid district support while unions and party ties shape expectations as ballots begin. Inauguration of Governor-elect Thomas R Marshall scheduled at noon with pomp reduced per request. Democrats assume control of the state from 1892.
Springfield faces a postponed inauguration as the senate and house fail to agree on a joint session to canvass state officer votes from November. Perfunctory sessions are planned for tomorrow with real business set for Tuesday. Governor Deneen’s supporters fear a possible contest over the governorship. A meeting of the Republican state central committee is also slated for Tuesday morning.
Excitement runs high in Williamstown Kentucky after a deadly melee involving the Rawsons and Lanterns Friday and Saturday. Sidney Rawson and Charles Clark remain critically wounded. Sheriff Carter and deputies hunt all participants and witnesses as prosecutors promise further arrests. Lanterns George and Grover, jailed in Covington for Ethel Rawson’s murder, refuse to discuss the case, citing counsel. Relatives, including two women, say the Lanterns acted in self defense. Bail matters pending.
Taft plans to keep cabinet picks private with Knox and Hitchcock named. Rumors link George Wickersham and Richard Ballinger to key posts as Straus allies push for continued commerce and labor leadership.
Washington reports the Senate judiciary committee expects to appoint a subcommittee to probe President Roosevelt’s authority over the Tennessee Coal and Iron absorption by United States Steel. If the absorption violates the Sherman act, the panel may back a motion to sue the steel firm, worsening White House capitol tensions.
Charles P Taft his wife and daughter Miss Louise arrived in Augusta Georgia and were greeted by the president elect and Mrs Taft They plan to stay until Taft leaves for Panama Their Cuba plans may follow though not yet resolved Timothy L Woodruff and Mrs Woodruff also arrived from New York and checked into the Bon Air hotel Woodruff is in town for an outing Taft attended St James Methodist Today and enjoyed an automobile ride in the afternoon.
A mysterious murder unfolds in Marion Indiana as the charred body of 23 year old Mrs Rose Ricks is found in a barn hayloft near her home. Her husband separated from her a week ago and Levi Sutton are under arrest. A cab driver reports driving Mrs Ricks and a strange man to the barn Saturday night.
A special car on the Flint division of the Detroit United Railway carrying Odd Fellows returning from a Flint meeting collided with a milk train near Royal Oaks today. Motorman Herbert Atkinson, Joseph P. Howe, Edward Dunbar and J. G. Garrison were injured.
The US flagship Connecticut arrived at Naples with sister ships Vermont Kansas and Minnesota, part of the relief squadron for earthquake sufferers. Ambassadors Griscom and Rear Admiral Sperry are coordinating aid as Naples meets the ships’ arrival. In Messina, General Mazza enforces strict measures to protect residents and prevent looting as aftershocks continue and relief work concentrates on rescue, burial, and sanitation.
Legal Aid leaders in Cincinnati report a decisive Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling upholding a law requiring a man to obtain both his wife and employer signatures before salary assignment. The decision, sought to curb loan sharks, may influence code provisions elsewhere and prompt adoption in nearby states. Many lenders have reportedly left Massachusetts.
Vienna reports say Austria offers Turkey 2,500,000 pounds Turkish indemnity for Bosnia and Herzegovina annexation. Officials expect Turkey to accept, paving the way for peace and an international congress.
In Berne on January 10 during service near Sion a church collapsed trapping worshipers. Forty bodies recovered within an hour. sixty injured. Panic spread as villagers claimed an earthquake. Collapse blamed on ancient underground pillars.
A gas explosion at Joseph Leiter’s Zeigler colliery caused 25 deaths with eight more bodies feared entombed. Italian survivor among a large rescue effort as Coroner Dye opens an inquest and Mrs. Leiter assists widows. The mine, active since 1903, had fires recently that halted work for two months.
Weather bureau notes another cold wave sweeping the country with Southern Ohio Western West Virginia and Northern Ohio the hardest hit. Temperatures may plunge by thirty five degrees tonight in the area and about thirty degrees in the northern part of the state over the next thirty six hours. The Cincinnati office quotes the forecast as a fall of thirty five degrees or more in Southern Ohio Western West Virginia and thirty degrees or more in Northern Ohio.
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