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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
1
The article outlines vast construction needs for the canal dam and lock systems at Gatun, detailing concrete volumes, plant outputs, and timelines. It argues the project will shorten global trade routes, shorten voyages, and likely open traffic by 1912 or soon after, with nations planning celebrations and invitations to participate.
August Eberhard, a New York man, confessed to killing his Viennese aunt Mrs Otillie Eberhard for her 2500 dollars to marry a New York girl. He aimed to also kill his fiancée Ottilie, planned for two months, and fled after using a self inflicted leg wound to mislead police. An accomplice, a friend now at large in the West, is being sought.
The Prince of Wales headlined Quebec's 360th anniversary pageant with a display of colonial pageantry and a diplomatic exchange with Vice President Fairbanks. Fireworks across the St. Lawrence lit the night as warships outlined in lights watched Champlain’s reenactment and the Don de Dieu crew. The Prince later boarded the US battleship New Hampshire, inspecting guns and meeting American officers.
Ohio Board of Public Works seizes canal property in Cincinnati near Plum Street. Crew confiscates wagons and lumber from private owners, citing state law forbidding objects on canal land. Mayor Charles Cooper intervenes to reclaim two wagons. others warned to remove items by morning or face sale at auction. Crew plans weeklong canal bank clearance and builds a waste gate to drain excess water. Names: Patrick Kennedy, Philip Hoffner, W H Ohm, plus Read ing and Gerke Brewery area.
Thomas E. Watson opens his Georgia presidential campaign at the Grand Opera House in Macon. He attacks Bryan while praising Roosevelt and Taft, accusing Bryan of betraying Populist principles and siding with a platform defenders deem disgraceful. He questions Bryan’s fitness to win Southern support. In Oyster Bay, Roosevelt orders retrial of the Standard Oil case, insisting on justice and consulting Kellogg to pursue defendants.
Taft arrives at the Manhattan Hotel after an Oyster Bay conference with Roosevelt. He says the interview was satisfactory and that his acceptance speech will be sent to newspapers tomorrow. He plans a brief breakfast with his brother at the Plaza and a 5:30 pm departure for Cincinnati. Secretary Root attended the Oyster Bay talks.
Gettysburg Pa July 23 six members of the Pennsylvania National Guard were killed and about forty others injured as a fierce electrical storm struck the encampment. Wounded include Captain O J Gunning Lieutenant James A Saunders Major Christley and Private Morrison among the dead. Governor Stuart and Major C C Wylie were stunned by the shock.
In Newport Rhode Island on July 23, ordinary seaman Joseph R. Henry, a powder passer aboard the battleship Mississippi, was killed during a gun drill when his neckerchief became tangled in training gears causing his neck to break and he was drawn into the machinery.
A boxcar on a Caldwell County siding used as a temporary depot was burned by night riders at Otter Pond. Communications were cut as telephone wires burned. Caldwell authorities may seek troops from the Governor. Gano Warderse, former Gracey city marshal, was arrested for intimidation and property destruction linked to the December 7 raid.
A new witness, Blanche Hale a hairdresser from Hotel Lincoln, testified to a proposition to offer false evidence against Frank J. Gould in his divorce suit. Her account mirrors the prior affidavit by Mabel MacCauslan as detectives press the case forward.
An unidentified man committed suicide by jumping from the Suspension Bridge into the Ohio River yesterday after 4 PM. J. S. Johnson, a night watchman, and towboat crewmen saw the event and attempted rescue as the man sank. a hat recovered at Covington police headquarters was the only clue to his identity.
Judge William H. Taft traveled by regular Chesapeake and Ohio train from Hot Springs Virginia to Oyster Bay arriving in Washington at 647 AM. A Covington Virginia crowd pressed for a glimpse of Taft as his drawing room car was sidetracked for over an hour. Mrs Taft and son Charlie accompanied him along with Congressman Parsons Slemp and Gaines and Fred W Carpenter.
Frank H Hitchcock announced August 15 for opening Republican National Committee headquarters in Chicago while en route from the Colorado Springs conference. Nebraska leaders and business figures met him in Omaha as Victor Rosewater arranged events across the state. Hitchcock outlined a Sherman campaign swing in October and said Taft would not visit Nebraska this year, running his effort from Cincinnati.
Utica New York July 23 Speaker Cannon with Representatives Loudenslager and Taney spent about an hour with Representative James S Sherman. The talks reportedly concerned the Congressional Committee chairmanship but no decision was made. Sherman will stay in Utica for the rest of the month as he recovers slowly from illness and is not yet ready for active work.
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