Johnsons Three Cent Fare Scheme Ends In A Fiasco
Cleveland bids for eleven proposed street railway lines at three cent fare attract only two bidders. J B Hoefgen bids on one line with nine tickets for 25 cents. Cleveland Electric protests bidding method and warns transfers burden. Mayor Johnson hints at court test over Denison avenue line.
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Johnson
Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
J. B. Hoefgen
New York
Hoefgen
Rhodes Avenue
Cleveland Eletric Railway
Horace BE. Andrews
Witt
Cleveland Electric
Cleveland Electric Railway
Denison Avenue
Two Boys Poisoned by Paris Green Cookies Near Upper Sandusky
Two young brothers from Wharton, Ohio, nearly died after eating cookies that had been coated with paris green. The suspected purpose was to kill flies, with the toxic sugar mistaken for a treat. The incident occurred July 18 in Upper Sandusky and highlights the danger of pest control substances left within reach.
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Commercial Tribune
Upper
Sandusky, O
Elmer Cram
Wharton
Paris Green
Coat and hat found by canal linked to possible suicide note
Patrolman Leppert found a man's coat and black derby hat on the canal bank north of Liberty street. A note in the coat pocket from the wife says she will never live with him again, suggesting the husband may have taken his life in the canal. Police searched the canal without success. coat and hat are stored at the Third District Station.
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Leppert
Canal
Liberty Street
Third District
Anna
Vatican
Francis Joseph
Austria
Leo
Plot to murder Prince Ferdinand surfaces in Europe
American Board of Foreign Missions reports a plotted assassination of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. The prince is barricaded in his palace as conspirators plan killings in September. Bulgarian security fears a wide conspiracy and limited escape options for the heir.
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Commercial Tribune
Boston
American Board of Foreign Missions
Europe
Prince Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Langley Aerodrome Almost Wrecked By Sudden Sailboat Runaway
Special dispatch from Widewater Virginia reports Prof Langley’s aerodrome on a houseboat anchored near Quantico broke loose in a southeasterly gale. The vessel raced down the Potomac for over an hour, dragging a buoy and carrying the model propeller launch. No serious damage was noted as crowds watched in concern.
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Quantico
Potomac
Maryland
Prof
Langley
Ohio Jury Finds Louis Harmon Guilty of First Degree Murder
In Columbus on July 18 the jury convicted Louis Harmon of murder in the first degree for the June 11 killing of George Geyer at Alton. Harmon and accomplices tied Mrs. Geyer and shot Geyer after demanding money, leading to crowded death chamber awaiting execution.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Louis Harmon
George Geyer
Alton
Ohio
Harmon
Miles Wallingford
Otis Loveland
Geyer
Navy Recruiting Draws 237 Applicants in City
The naval recruiting station at Fifth and Walnut closed after a week of testing 237 applicants. Ninety six fit the program as physically sound and were to depart by a special 7:30 a.m. C&O train to Fortress Monroe. Two recruits later caused trouble, Boutet and Young, as a citybound car incident ended with seven assaulted. both jailed for disorderly conduct.
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Fifth and
Walnut Streets
Uncle Sam's Navy
Cincinnati
Naval Service
Fortress Monroe
UN Doyle
Guy Young
Edward Boutet
Chester Park
C., D. & T. Traction Company
Spring Grove Avenue
Boutet
Traction
Tenth District
Will Name Her Triplets Teddy Mack and Mark in Ky
Mrs Mahala Reece 36 a Jewel Pike County Kentucky woman gave birth to triplets all boys weighing a combined sixteen pounds last night She will name them Teddy Mack and Mark and plans to seek a presidential honor to help support the children Her husband is deceased.
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Commercial Tribune
Mayking
Mahala Reece
Pike County
Reece
Teddy
Mack
Mark
Honus
Royal Visit Preparations Under Way in Ireland and Britain
London hosts King Edward and Queen Alexandra as preparations for the Ireland tour reach a high pitch. Dublin and Cork pledge welcome addresses while security measures mobilize around the royal entry and a state reception. Queen Alexandra to greet schoolgirls in Phoenix Park amid nationalist tensions over home rule.
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London
Edward
Ireland
United Kingdom
Dublin Corporation
Cork
Th’ Eliles
Duke of Connaught
Royal Household
Dublin
Metropolitan Police
Royal Horse Guards
Victoria and Albert
Berehaven
Queenstown
Phoenix Park
Alexandra
Pope’s Condition Worsens as Conclave Hope Teeters
In Rome on July 18 the Pope showed a serious mood and a rapid pulse, with doctors noting gradual sinking from general causes rather than immediate surgery. He avoided visitors, nourished poorly, and officials received a subtle test of conclave sentiment while denying cancer rumors and awaiting rest.
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Rome
Not Enough Cars to Haul Away Kansas Wheat Crop
Topeka Kansas July 18 On the eve of marketing the great wheat crop a serious car famine exists. The Secretary of the Board of Railway Commissioners said it would be impossible for the railroads to secure enough cars to prevent the famine. High market prices spur farmers to push grain to market.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Anderson
Board of Railway Commissioners
Eighty Eight Evansville Rioters Indicted
Evansville Ind July 18 eighty eight persons charged with taking part in the recent riot looting of hardware stores attacks on soldiers and jail. grand jury indictments include burglary and with intent to kill. Most indicted are described as negroes. Names given incomplete.
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Evansville
Ind
Tite
Fifth Cleveland Child Born at Buzzards Bay Home
Buzzards Bay Mass July 18 ex President Grover Cleveland and Mrs Cleveland welcomed a son at their summer home. Attendants and the family physician were present. The baby is the fifth child in the Cleveland household following Ruth Esther Marion and Richard Folk.
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Buzzards Bay
Mass
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Ruth
New York
Esther
White House
Marion
Richard Folk
Princeton
Campbell's Office Fixtures Attached in Suit Against Colonel Campbell
A suit in attachment seeks 208 dollars for printing briefs in the William Goebel murder case. Col. T C Campbell, prominent attorney, has his office fixtures seized in Dumont Norwood court. The attachers, led by E A Cohen, aim to recover the debt, with Campbell disputing the amount and promising possible compromise. Campbell, in Pittsburg, aids the Brown murder mystery case and has ties to the Goebel prosecutions.
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Court of Justice of the Peace Dumont
Norwood
T. C. Campbell
William Goebel
Kentucky
E. A. Cohen
Rosenthal ,& .Co
Campbell
Suite Dumont’s
Cohen
Timberlake
Colonel Campbell
Boylan
Campbell & Clen ‘Dening
L. L. Sadler
Livestock Commission
Squire Dumont
Vesstriae
Pittsburg
Joseph O. Brown
Camp‘bell
J. R. P.’Brown
Cdlonel Campbell
Arthur
Justus Goebel
Commonwealth
Frankfort
Henry Youtsey
Caleb Powers
Jim ‘Howard
Youtsey
Excursion Steamer Panic Follows Severe Delaware Storm
A July storm with 44 mph winds and 1.5 inches of rain battered the region. A Huntington boy drowned in a swollen rivulet while nearly 1,000 excursionists fled the steamer Thomas Clyde at Woodland Beach as it listed and dumped passengers into panic. The ship sailed to Camden for repairs. another vessel Cape May crashed into a Chester dock.
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Philadelphia
Edward Bricker
Huntington
Delaware River
Thomas Clyde
Chester
Eddystone
Woodland Beach
Addie
Camden
Cape May
Passenger train shaken by magazine explosion near Pearisburg
A blast at a magazine near Pearisburg killed two laborers James Phillips and George Noel and injured ten others. A Norfolk and Western passenger train 200 yards away had its windows broken and coaches damaged as all aboard were shocked. Surgeons aboard a special train carried the wounded to Bluefield hospital. Cause of the explosion is unknown.
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Roanoke
Pearishburg
James Phillips
George Noel
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Bluefield
Feud Between Aged Men Ends in Deaths in Wichita
In Wichita Kansas on July 3 Dr W Doyle age and George P Varnouf age 64 killed each other after a feud over grazing a horse on park property in charge of Vac rout. Doyle then took strychnin and died and Varnouf died soon after.
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Wichita
Kan
W. Doyle
George P. Varnouf
Steamer Peter Burns on Volga River Drowning Fifty Sixty Onboard
A special dispatch from St. Petersburg reports the steamer Peter on the Volga has burned with about sixty people drowned. The disaster occurred during cruise traffic on the river.
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London
St. Petersburg
Peter
Volga
Russian Foreign Office Says Government Cherishes American Friendship
St Petersburg July 18 The Foreign Office notes it refused Kishineff petition due to outside interference in Russia’s internal affairs and would have objected to printing the text. It says the incident is closed and Russia still values American friendship. It adds no formal statement on Manchurian talks yet and that pourparlers continue with ports not yet chosen.
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Foreign Office
Russia
Amer
Orders Expel Jews From District Villages
Kishineff district police circulate orders to expel Jews who have settled in district villages without rights following April disturbances. Instructions urge vigorous action to remove such Jews and threaten Governor notification if not carried out.
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ST. Petersburg
Kishineff
Mrs McCormick Seeks Bail in Poison Case
In Memphis on July 18 formal bail was requested for Lizzie McCormick in the famous poison case. Attorney M B Norfkeet asked that she be admitted to bail before Judge Moss, who said he would set bond Monday. McCormick, arrested in Cincinnati, is charged as the sender of poisoned whisky that sickened and killed John B. Ficker and others.
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Commercial Tribune
Memphis
Lizzie McCormick
M. B. Norfkeet
Moss
Nerger
Remarkable Rubber Plant Found in West Africa Trade
Washington reports a Liverpool firm trading with West and Southwest Africa received a new underground rubber plant. The barkless root contains 6 to 6½ percent rubber at one month, rising to 12 to 14 percent when bark is removed. The plant is said to yield extraordinarily elastic rubber.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
General Guenther
Reuter
West
Africa
English West Africa
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