Taft Speaking Tour and Clews Endorse Taft for Presidency
In Cleveland Taft will address the Red Cross and Chamber of Commerce events before a banquet. Congressman McKinley California speaks on Ohio and the Pacific Slope, Governor Griggs New Jersey on the Grand Old Party, and Rev Dr Sutphen will deliver McKinley’s eulogy. Henry Clews advocates Taft’s election and suggests a Roosevelt swap of portfolios with Taft becoming President.
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Tippecanoe Club
Taft
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
D.E. McKinley
Calfornia
Ohio
Pacific Slope
John W. Griggs
New Jersey
Paul Sutphen
McKinley
Clews
Henry Clews
New York
Cleveland Chamber of Coerce
Roosevelt
Taft Party Heads to McKinley Day Banquet in Cleveland
Secretary Taft departed Washington at 9 PM for Cleveland to attend the McKinley Day banquet of the Tippecanoe Club, where he is expected to speak. He plans to return Friday, joined by Representative McKinley of California and General Edwards of the Interior Bureau.
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Taft
Washington
Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Tippecanoe Club
McKinley
California
Edwards
Insular Bureau
Republican Cen tral Committee Indorses Candidates and Names Delegates
At the meeting in the Courthouse Smith Bennett of Bucyrus was endorsed for Attorney General and J W Seelers of Findlay for School Commissioner. Delegates and alternates to the State convention March 3 and 4 were chosen including Dr W M Smalley Carry M G Champers Nevada W H McBride Sycamore E D Brown Sycamore and alternates Zeack Brinkerhoff
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Commercial Tribune
Upper Sandusky, CO
Republican Central Committee
Smith Bennett
Bucyrus
J. W. Seelers
Findlay
W. M. Smalley
M. G. Champers
W. H. McBride
Nevada
E. D. Brown
Sycamore
Zeack Brinkerhoff
This City
Charles Steck
Salem ‘Township
A. Y. Walton
J. IW
Wyncoop
Haitian Revolution Continues as Leaders Seek Asylum
Haitian Minister Leger told Assistant Secretary Bacon that the island's uprising persists. Rebels, led by General Firmin, seek asylum in consulates yet State Department officials vow to bar residence in American consulates to prevent arrest before embarkation.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Leger
Bacon
State Department
Firmin
Paris Archbishop Cardinal Richard Dies in Paris
Francois Marie Benjamin Richard archbishop of Paris died in Paris from lung congestion after a brief illness. Born Nantes March 1 1819, he became cardinal in 1889 and will lie in state at the archbishopric before funeral services at Notre Dame Cathedral Saturday.
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Paris
Francois Marie Benjamin Richard
Cardinal Richard
Nantes
Notre-Dame Cathedral
Fallieres
Archbishoppric
Amiette
Obituary notices span prominent figures across the nation
Obituaries report Norman Galt a Washington jeweler age 44 Dr Gustav Karsten Illinois language head pneumonia Urbana Ill Charles Davis former El Paso mayor and customs official meningitis in El Paso Tex William Harkness Keys former mill executive buried in Mexico City Count Leopold Lippe regent of Lippe died Heidelberg Germany and Rab John Coburn 83 Indianapolis lawyer former congressman obituary chronology and locations
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Norman Galt
Washington
D. C
Galt
Gustav E. Karsten
Department of
University of Illinois
Urbana
Ill
Charles Davis
el Paso
Tex
Paso del
William Harkness Keys
Stearns-Foster Cotton Mills
Lockland
Glendale
Mexico City
West Indies
Mexico
William A. Collett
Harveyburg
Collett
Warren County
Count Leopold
Prince of
Ernst
Lippe-Blosterfeldt
Countpold
George Schaumburg- Lippe
Leipsic
Lippe-Biesterfeldt
House of Lippe
Karl Alexander
Ral
John Coburn
Indianapolis
Ind
Cincinnati Probe Bill 15 Passed in House
In Cincinnati debates on Senator Espy milk sale bill focus on dairy cows fed on starch waste. Dr. Allen and Dr Zeckendorff clashed over Fleischmann distillery claims as other witnesses spoke for dairy interests. House action included pay raises for assessors and a vote on the Drake committee. several bills were decided, one defeated, one recommitted.
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Senator Espy
Dr. Allen
Cincinnati
A. Zeckendorf
Fleischmann
Hamilton County
Allen
Zeckendorf
J. H. Esterkamp
Dairy and Milk Dealers’ Association
Herman Cellarius
Clifton Springs
Dr. Schmidt
Petition from Pension Office workers seeks Powers pardon
Eight hundred Pension Office employees signed a petition asking Kentucky Governor Willson to liberate Caleb Powers, linked to the Goebel assassination case. Vespasian Warner urged the pardon, the petition argues Powers is innocent or sufficiently punished, and the drive spread through divisions with over 250 signatures in one day.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Pension Office
Willson
Kentucky
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Commissioner of Pensions
Vespasian Warner
Pardoning Commission
Newport
Bryan the Chief Guest at Dinner
William J Bryan was the chief guest at a dinner in his honor hosted by Senator Newlands at Woodley. Thirteen Democratic Senators attended along with Judson Harmon. The dinner followed another similar event the previous night as part of a two night series.
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Commercial Tribunea
Washington
William J. Bryan
Newlands
Nevada
Woodley
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Bryan
Senate
McEnery
Louisiana
McLaurin
Money
Mississippi
Martin
Virginia
Overman and Simmons
North Carolina
Raynor and Whyte
Maryland
Stone
Missouri
Taliaferro
Florida
Taylor
Tennessee
Teller
Colorado
Till
South Carolina
Tobacco trust probe continues as hearing moves to Louisville
Government case against the American Tobacco Company moves from New York to Louisville with testimony from Castleberry Dunkerson. He says the Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Company controls 85 to 90 percent of the local market and that the trust concentrates buying to influence prices. Witnesses discuss union labels and the role of the International Union of Tobacco Workers.
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Witness
Commercial Tribune
Louisville
American Tobacco Company
New York City
Nashville
A. G. Ronalds
United States Court
Cy, J. McReynolds
Department of Justice
W. W. Miller
Imperial Tobacco Company
Junius Parker
New York
Castleberry Dunkerson
Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Company
Louisville Warehouse Company
Dunkerson
Green River
Anthony McAndrews
International Union of Tobacco Workers
Trust
Equity Pooled Tobacco Sold in Lexington Sale
A Winchester telegram reports twenty hogs heads or 20 000 pounds of Equity Society pooled tobacco sold to a Louisville firm. The buyer and price are not named, but current sales average about twelve cents per pound for the 196 crop.
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Equity
Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Winchester
Equity Society
Louisville
Fire destroys Fay Brown grocery near Hopkinsville
A Hopkinsville area grocery, Fay Brown's store six miles west, was burned by at dawn. A note signed N. R. warned Brown his home would be burned next, with crime blamed on thieves using night riders as cover. Loss estimated around 2000 dollars, partly insured.
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Commercial Tribune
Hopkinsville
Fay Brown
N. R
Bromwell Brother of Oakland Death Reported
BEREAVES OCTOGENARIAN B T F Bromwell bailiff of the United States Court received word by telegram yesterday of the death of his brother Lewis Bromwell in Oakland California. His mother now in her eightieth year is sick with grip and prostrated with grief. Last week a letter said the son was in good health and would visit the Cincinnati home next spring. For many years Mr Bromwell has been associated with the insurance interests of San Francisco.
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B. T. F. Bromwell
United States Court
Lewis Bromwell
Oakland
Cal
Cincinnati
Mr. Bromwell
San Francisco
Opening Session of Clothing Cutters Association Held
About two hundred delegates from the United States and Canada attended the first meeting of the Clothing Cutters Association in Washington. The session opened with a call to order as delegates gathered from across the country.
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Custom Clothing Cutters’ Association
Commercial Tribune
Washington
United States
Canada
Totom Clothing
Cutte Association of Meeting
Witness Describes Secret Oil Rates in Standard Oil Trial
In Washington on January 28 the government showed that secret rates were adopted by Illinois railroads including the Chicago and Eastern Illinois. Deputy Commissioner Durand said a vice president admitted occasional secret intrastate adjustments to keep rates from shippers and rival lines. The court noted a 6.0 cents per 100 pounds rate from Dalton to East St. Louis filed publicly, while a Chicago to East St. Louis rate secretly given to Standard Oil was not filed with the ICC.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Illinois
Standard Oil Company
Durand
Dodge
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
East St. Louis
Chicago & Alton
Newman Elected President of Pittsburg & Lake Erie
Pittsburg January meeting of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad held elected W H Newman as president and named a slate of directors including J P Morgan and W K Vanderbilt. The company reported 1907 total earnings of 14 916 184 with net earnings of 3 383 982 and total expenses of 11 331 201 up from 11 193 988 in 1906. Freight earnings rose on coke tonnage and local passenger traffic.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad Company
W. H. Newman
W. K. Vanderbilt
F. W. Vanderbilt
H. Mck. Twombly
J. P. Morgan
William Rockefeller
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
J. M. Schoonmaker
J. G Robinson
W. M. Watson
John B. Jackson
George E. Shaw
Directors of Little Miami Railroad Elect Officers
At the annual stockholders meeting in the Fosdick Building yesterday morning four directors for three years were elected: Charles P. Taft M. M. White Louis Hauck and Frank J. Jones. The afternoon session organized the board and elected Frank J. Jones President Briges S. Cunningham Vice President Henry C. Urner Secretary Treasurer and William Worthington General Counsel.
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The
Little Miami Railroad Company
Fosdick
Charles P. Taft
M. M. White
Louis Hauck
Frank J. Jones
Briges S. Cunningham
Henry C. Urner
William Worthington
Rates on Glass Are Probed by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission, in an opinion by Commissioner Clements, dismissed without prejudice the complaints by Pittsburg Plate Glass Company against the Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company and others, and against Illinois Central Railway, alleging unjust rate discrimination against plate glass shippers in favor of imports.
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Clements
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company
Illinois Central Railway Company
Wooster & Mansfield Electric Railway Names Directors
At the annual Mansfield meeting the Wooster & Mansfield Electric Railway Company elected directors Frank A. Bare Charles Brumfield B L Chase J C Chesrown D H Graven David Collier and M M Vannett. J Chase was named president with David Collier secretary and D H Graven treasurer.
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Wooster & Mansfield Electric Railway
Commercial Tribune
Mansfield
The
Wooster & Mansfield Electric Railway Company
Frank A. Bare
Charles Brumfield
B. L. Chase
J. C. Chesrown
D. H. Graven
David Collier
M. M. Vannett
J. Chase
Traffic Officials Decide Tariff For Coal Routes Held In Pittsburg
The annual meeting of traffic officials from Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia railroads transporting coal between the Pittsburg district and lake ports decided to keep last year’s rates in effect for the coming year.
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Ohio
Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Lake Ports
Railroad Dividends Set Amid Legislation Push
Directors in New York declare a semi annual dividend of 1 percent on Cleveland Cincinnati and St Louis Railway stock, a cut from prior six months. New York Chicago and St Louis Railway declares 5 percent on both first and second preferred, second preferred up 1 percent. Railroads unite to seek legislation increasing mail pay and easing government restrictions. over fifty small lines form an association, including Cincinnati area routes.
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Cleveland, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Company
Big Four
New York City
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company
Cincinnati Territory
Bromine Quinine Brand Ad Warns Against Counterfeits
An old advertisement urges readers to avoid fake bromquinine by seeking the signature of B. W. Grove on the box. It claims the product relieves the cause of constipation and criticizes imitators.
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B. W. Grove
Hyde Park Declared Dry Under Local Option Law
Judge Woodmansee rules precincts B K L and M Firgé Ward Hyde Park will be dry from February 18 after 178 eligible voters signed the petition. Two saloons must close. appeal anticipated. The petition had 196 signatures with 166 registered voters and 12 of 30 unregistered eligible to register.
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Woodmansee
Circuit Court
Eldredge Defends County Local Option Amid Liquor Debate
Antisaloon League leader C W Eldredge says eight to ten counties with major saloon revenue could not be voted dry under county local option. He cites Cuyahoga Hamilton Montgomery and Franklin with high liquor business and notes most workers are in big cities, arguing the plan would not end liquor firms or revenue. About 75 to 80 counties back the law, while others remain undecided.
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C. W. Eldredge
Antisaloon League
Cuyahoga
Hamilton
Montgomery
Franklin
Ohio
Brewers Circulate Appeal Against Prohibition
A circular from this city urges farmers and manufacturers to defeat any prohibition bill. It claims breweries spend one hundred and ten million dollars annually and pay one third of the national taxes, insisting farmers would suffer without brewers buying rye barley and oats. The circular, posted in public places, says it is the farmer’s duty to oppose prohibition.
Indorse Resolution Force Defeat County Option in Labor Vote
The Central Labor Council read Hotel and Restaurant Employees Association resolutions urging defeat of local option. The council endorsed the measure without dissent and planned to open meetings to the public after March first. A committee will seek an ironworker inspection of viaduct work and may hire an attorney. Nominees were listed for upcoming election including John G. Miller and John Gilliam for president.
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Labor Council
Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ Association
Central Labor Council
Cosmopolitan Hall
Pmployees’ Association
Board of Public Service
John G. Miller
John Gilliam
Charles Stalf
John E. Longstreet
James Wood
William Blum
E. B. Karrick
Frank Stephens
E. L. Hitchens
John Connolly
Charles Ackerman
Guardian
William Lammers
William Quinlan
William Bley
J. Reef
Suspect Murder of Army Officer Raises Questions
Police declare it impossible for the victim to have inflicted the injuries. Army officer death prompts suspicion surrounding the incident as investigators examine possible foul play.
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ARMY
Death at 528 George Street Baffles Police Inquest
The man found dying from a bullet wound at 528 George Street is believed to be Paul Von Buczinski, a former German officer and Blount noble. A revolver lay nearby, witnesses claim he shot himself, while police question two women at the boarding house and await coroner findings.
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Henry
Paul von Buczinski
George Street
Lemmink
Sweeney
Cameron
Georgie Winters
Buczinski
Convers
Hayashi Explains Japanese Policy in Diet Debate
Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi outlined government foreign policy in the Diet, citing a definite settlement of the Canadian emigration question with Canada and a forthcoming settlement in talks with the United States. He noted unsettled China negotiations over the Hsinmuntan Fukumen Railroad and Korea’s Kantao boundary dispute, stressing rigid limits on emigration and stressing arbitration based on evidence.
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Tokyo
Diet
Hayashi
America
Canada
Rodolphe Lemieux
Japan
Viscount Hayashi
China
Hsinmuntan Fukumen
Kantao
Korea
Plan to Rob Big Four Train Upheld in Lawrenceburg
Authorities in Lawrenceburg and Cincinnati learned that a gang planned to hold up the Chicago theater train on the Big Four Railroad. Brakeman Scully was robbed in a caboose at Lawrenceburg Junction of a small sum and a watch. Police believe the same gang plotted a midnight Monday robbery. vigilance thwarted the plan as robbers dispersed.
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Lawrenceburg
Cincinnati
Scully
Caboose
Big Four
Clark
Letter and clues link man to robbery and possible German origin
A late 19th century suspect identified as Paul Von Butzinski, born 1879 in Gleiwitz, is connected to a robbery through a letter and a German army card found in his room. Police search targets Decatur Alabama and the man’s old country parents are to be notified. Post-mortem remarks discuss a possibly self inflicted or other shooter, with a burned hair region noted on the victim.
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Borman
Paul von Butzinski
Gleiwitz
Beuthen
Silesia
Berman
New Decatur
Ala
Coe
Sisters Turn From Coffee to Postum Improves Nerves
An Indiana man shares his five year battle with coffee affecting his stomach and nerves. After trying milk and hot water, he switched to Postum on a recommendation, noting clearer nerves, better appetite, and steadier health as he followed package directions for preparation.
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Indiana
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Proge OF Tobacco Trust Continues
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