Armed feud forces mass as guards move to Corbin scene
Colonel Roger D. Williams with eighty picked infantry and ten artillerymen depart Lexington for Corbin to quell rising feuds after yesterday’s bloodshed. Reports say a lynch mob plans to target a White in Whitesburg tonight, prompting a high alert and rapid mobilization by Kentucky State Guard units.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Roger D. Williams
Kentucky State Guard
Henry Hutchison
McNamara
Corbin
Williams
Brankfort
Gray’s Station
Tom Shotwell
Whitesburg
Frankfort
Craig-Toliver
Rowan County
Forces gather around Corbin as town reels from riots
Middlesboro Ky Jan 17 three men dead by gunfire as factions around Corbin clash. The White and Shotwell families clash amid wreckage from dynamite and terror in the hills surrounding the town. Police chase leads to two suspects captured near Greenhill and identified as Marvin Kuhns in Lafayette police custody.
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Corbin
Rod White
Raleigh White
Williamsburg
Whitley County
Desperado Marvin Kuhns Captured After Night Stand
Ohio convict Marvin Kuhns, who escaped from the Ohio State Penitentiary last November, was captured in Greenhill near Lafayette by Otterbein citizens after a stiff fight. The posse, from a local horse thief detective group, did not know his identity at first.
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Edward O'Leary
Elmer Switzer
Lewis Hawkins
Frank Moore
Volt
Otterbein Bank
Hawkins
Kuhns
John Kuhns
Ohio
Greenhill
Otterbein
Lafayette
Thomas Cheney
Marshall County
Plymouth
Commercial Tribune
Logansport
Ind
Marvin Kuhns
Ohio State Penitentiary
Indiana
H. Volt
Elmer Laird
Miss Alta Rockefeller Weds E Parmelee Prentice in Quiet Ceremony
New York January 17 Miss Alta Rockefeller daughter of John D Rockefeller and Mrs Rockefeller wed E Parmelee Prentice a Chicago lawyer at their home in a small ceremony. Rev William H Faunce officiated. The couple plan a brief honeymoon at Tarrytown then travel to Europe. Miss Rockefeller recently returned from Germany after a delicate ear operation cured partial deafness.
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New York
Alta Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
E. Parmelee Prentice
Chicago
Harold McCormick
Musical Club
Miss Rockefeller
Katherine Clark
Rockefeller
Mary Isham Prentice
Evelyn Dalley
Bessie Swift
Myron Platt
Baird
Philadelphia
Grace Scott
Bigelow
William H. Faunce
Brown University
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Emerson B. Tuttle
Henry M. Porter
Munro Johnson
Charles R. Carruth
Tarrytown
Mr. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Europe
Germany
Carnegie's Great Plans on Lakes at Conneaut Harbor
The Conneaut Evening News reports Andrew Carnegie plans shipyards and a dry dock at Conneaut Harbor near the new tube works. The facilities would employ 2000 to 3000 men year round and create shipping competition by replacing reliance on distant shipyards. Construction could begin in spring with plans already drawn.
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Commercial Tribune
Ashtabula
Conneaut Evening News
Andrew Carnegie
Conneaut Harbor
Conneaut
Carnegie Company
Mbine
Lakes
Cleveland
Buffalo
N. Y
Great Lakes
Carnegie
Hig
Wreck of Kaisari Near Reunion Claims Twenty Five Lives
The British steamer Kaisari wrecked at Reunion after departing Rangoon on November 23. Twenty five people aboard died as a hurricane, hitting January 12, is blamed for many vessels run ashore on the island, with Kaisari among the losses.
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Reunion
Port Louis
Mauritius
Rangoon
Sandusky Furniture Factory Destroyed by Fire
Sandusky Ohio Jan 17 The Sandusky Furniture Company Factory was destroyed by fire tonight Loss estimated at about 50000 The cause is unknown and under investigation by local authorities.
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Commercial Tribune
Sandusky, O
Sandusky Furniture Company
Commercial Tribune Denies Kilgour Lease Story
The Commercial Tribune reports a pending lease and control deal for the Cincinnati Street Railway by the Elkins-Widener syndicate. President Kilgour denies any proposition or secret meetings, while his official statement confirms earlier Tribune reporting.
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Street Railway
S$ Railroad Company
Kilgour
Commercial Tribune
Elkins-Widener Syndicate
Federal Court Takes Hand In Conten Case In May
In Louisville Kentucky Judge Evans paused Sidney Stricker habeas corpus case against Kenton County jailer John Maurer. The court scheduled final hearing for the second Monday in May in Covington after certifying the detention facts and allowing Stricker to post bond. Stricker contends fines and imprisonment were a violation of due process and constitutional rights.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Evans
Sidney Stricker
Tarvin
Kenton
Attorney Stricker
District Court
Covington
Affiant
United States
John P. Maurer
Stricker
Thompson
District Court of
Kentucky
Kenton County
Sidney G. Stricker
Owensboro
Paducah
Walter Evans
Court of Appeals postpones for illness of Judge Tarvin
Frankfort Ky Jan 17 The Court of Appeals reset Theodore Hallam’s mandamus petition against Judge Tarvin for argument January 26 If Judge Tarvin cannot attend the hearing the case will be further postponed says Chief Justice Paynter
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Court of Appeals Today
Theodore Hallam
Tarvin
Paynter
Cincinnati Street Railway Directors Accept Syndicates Offer
After a three hour session the Cincinnati Street Railway directors prepared a lease form to be approved by stockholders. The board admitted the Commercial Tribune’s earlier lease report was accurate and issued a press statement. A stockholder meeting is set for February 21 at 11 in the Apollo Building with over 5,000 holders voting by letter or proxy.
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The
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Commercial Tribune
Apollo
Kilgour Announces Cincinnati Street Railway Lease Vote
Official statement to stockholders calls a February 21, 1901 meeting at Apollo Building Cincinnati to decide leasing the street railways and assets. Directors require two thirds of capital stock assent as per Ohio law of 1898. Kilgour presides, Collins serves as secretary.
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The
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Cincinnati
Apollo
Fifth and
Walnut Streets
General Assembly
State of
Ohio
Kilgour Sets Lease Terms for Cincinnati Street Railway
The lease proposal outlines a full term extending to unexpired city grants with possible renewal. It covers all real and personal property of the Cincinnati Street Railway Company except books records and cash on hand, insurance and sinking funds, and issued capital stock. Dividends guaranteed at 5 percent for the first three years and 6 percent thereafter. A lien secures rents on leased and future property in Hamilton County.
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City of
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Hamilton County
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J. W. Wilson
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