Kentucky Official Accused of Accepting Bribe in Tax Case
State Inspector Henry B. Hines filed a report with Governor Beckham charging Lexington revenue agent A M Harrison accepted $1000 in cash from Ford Lumber Company to reduce a tax judgment. The original claim was $2400. attorney L J Moore demanded a fee on the initial assessment. Legal steps to follow in Lexington and Clark County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Henry B. Hines
Beckham
A. M. Harrison
Lexington
Ford Lumber Company
Clark County
Harrison
L. J. Moore
Moore
Lumber Company
Engineer Hill and Sun Back Home in Wyoming
John W. Hill and Henry Hill, Philadelphia City Engineer and Assistant City Engineer, returned to their Wyoming home from Philadelphia. Hill refused to discuss the Weaver grafters fight, saying testimony will come out in court. Neighbors and supporters gather, insisting their innocence will be vindicated.
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John W. Hill
Henry
Philadelphia
Wyoming
Quaker City
Wyoming Avenue
Commercial Tribune
Hill
Weaver
Mr. Hill
John W
Henry Hill
Dense Smoke From Rag Fire Hits Cigar Store
A basement fire at Gassman & Verkamp's cigar store 35 East Fifth Street caused stock damage estimated in the thousands. A passerby rogue threw a burning cigar stump. smoke filled both shops, and firemen removed the burning rubbish from the cellar after Patrolman Stephens raised the alarm with one engine and the Salvage Corps arriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gassman & Verkamp
East Fifth Street
Wagner
Optician
Stephens
Toa dstools Kill Family Disaster in New Jersey Case
Special Dispatch reports Joseph Franzoi of Minotola New Jersey died in Philadelphia hospital from eating toadstools believed to be mushrooms. The Franzoi family including father mother and two children were poisoned on July 18 with the children dying that day and the parents later moved to Philadelphia for treatment. Mrs Franzoi remains gravely ill with little hope for recovery.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Joseph Franzoi
Minotola
N. J
Franzoi
Yellow fever outbreak prompts citywide sanitation drive
New Orleans authorities report seventeen cases and six deaths from yellow fever. Mayor Behrman urges residents to screen houses, net cisterns, and check water pools to curb mosquitoes. A six day quarantine for vessels from infected ports is debated as Army Surgeon Moss arrives to assess barracks conditions.
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Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
Behrman
Mable
United States Army
Moss
San Antonio
United States
Chattanooga
Mississippi Board of Health widens quarantine to Louisiana
Jackson July 24 The Mississippi State Board of Health amended quarantine orders to cover the entire state of Louisiana. The new order takes effect immediately. A rumor of a yellow fever case at Gulfport is considered unfounded.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi State Board of Health
Louisiana
Gulfport
Mobile Quarantine Enforces Gulf Coast Towns Restriction
Mobile Alabama July 24 The Mobile Board of Health orders a rigid quarantine against every gulf coast town between here and New Orleans due to lax precautionary measures against yellow fever. The order takes effect immediately.
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Commercial Tribune
Mobile
Ala
Mississippi
Here
New Orleans
Mobile Board of Health
Gulf Coast
Yellow fever death prompts new detention camps near New Orleans
Acting Surgeon General Glennan learned from Dr. White that a yellow fever death occurred outside the prior outbreak district in New Orleans. Detention camps will be set up at Kenner Avondale Waveland Slidell and nearby railroad hamlets served from the Fontainebleau depository in Mississippi.
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Washington
Glennan
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
White
New Orleans
Kenner
Avondale
Waveland
Slidell
Fountainebleau
Miss
Rioters Seize Town in Five Hours of Bloodshed
Telegraphs from Nizhni Novgorod report that the town lay under riot control for five hours as thousands of roughs attacked respectable residents. Thirty-two killed or injured as mobs stormed homes pursuing victims.
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ST. Petersburg
Nizhni Novgorod
Marshall Islands Hit by Hurricane Devastates Atoll Chain
Sydney Nova Scotia reports a hurricane struck the Marshall Islands on June 30 causing widespread devastation across multiple atolls. Local observers note damaged settlements and disrupted communications amid relief efforts.
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Marshall Islands
Sydney
N.S. W
Greene and Gaynor Lose Appeal in Privy Council
Canadian counsel in the U S government case reports from London that Greene and Gaynor have withdrawn their petition for leave to appeal to the Privy Council. The Privy Council will dismiss the appeal on Wednesday. Habeas corpus proceedings remain pending before Judge Ouiment in Ottawa around August 7.
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Washington
MacMaster
United States
Greene and
Gaynor
Department of Justice
London
Privy Couuncil
Ouiment
Ottawa
Kaiser to Cor Reform Push Could Reshape Peace Talks
Archs report Kaiser endorses reforms in Cor peace plan as leaders signal chances for a major shift in negotiations. Officials in Gonglade advocate new governance steps to ease regional tensions and foster stability ahead of planned talks.
Russo German alliance suspected by diplomats
Diplomatic circles debate the July gulf meeting of Emperor Nicholas and Emperor William on the Hohenzollern. Officials call it a courtesy visit but fear it signals possible Russo German rapprochement to counter Britain and safeguard monarchies.
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ST. Petersburg
Nicholas
Peterhof
Gulf of Finland
Hohenzollern
Emperor William
Polar Star
Czar
Kaiser Conter
William
Wilhelm
Gulf of Bothnia
Cars Gollide Seven Hurt in Ohio Train Collision
A Dayton and Western traction line crash in Eaton Ohio injures seven riders as a westbound car from Richmond to Dayton collides with a work car at forty miles per hour. Injured include Motorman Agnor E W Craighead R J Irvin T P Lee O H Webb Thomas Weinshank and Samuel Craymer. All are expected to recover.
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Commercial Tribune
Eaton
Dayton & Western
Richmond
Dayton
Agnor
West Alexandria
E. W. Craighead
Ind
R. J. Irvin
Chicago
T. P. Lee
O. H. Webb
Mason, C
Thomas Weinshank
Indianapolis
Samuel Craymer
Buffalo
N. Y
Thousand Sheep Shot Over Trespass Claim in Ore
In Baker City Oregon on July 24, about 1 000 sheep owned by Lux and Miller of San Francisco were killed by miners in the granite mining district of Eastern Grant County after warnings to stay off mining property to protect water and forage for horses.
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Commercial Tribune
Baker City
Ore
Lux & Miller
San Francisco
Grant County
Premier Balfour says government will not resign
London July 24 The Balfour government declared it will not resign or dissolve Parliament after Thursday’s adverse vote. He argued ministers must not quit over a defeated vote and urged stability. The opposition led by Campbell-Bannerman and Redmond pressed for debate, but the adjournment passed without a division leaving an estimated 90 to 100 vote gap.
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London
Balfour
House of Commons
Mr. Balfour
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Edward Grey
John Redmond
Alexander Acland-Hood
Redmond
Sevitives
Twelve Believed Dead In the Texas Oil Fire
The Humble oil field blaze in Texas continues burning through tanks belonging to a Texas company. About twelve workers, all said to be black, are believed dead, with forty three mules also killed. Total losses exceed 600000 dollars as eight thousand and four thousand foot tanks hold millions of barrels. Firefighting efforts push earth embankments and levees while hundreds are displaced seeking shelter in Houston. Other firms with oil in the tanks include Stelzig Antil Brooks Landslider.
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Commercial Tribune
Houston
Tex
Humble Oil Fields
Texas Company
Texas
Stelzig & Antil
Brooks & Co
Landslider & Co
Woman Shot Through the Heart in Chicago Killing
In Chicago at Fifty second avenue and West Twelfth Street Mrs. James Griffin, 24, was shot and killed by Timothy Dooling who then killed himself. Annie Griffin, 17, was shot in the back of the head. Patrick Dooling, the father, was wounded in the left cheek. Dooling had demanded drinks and opened fire on his family before turning the gun on himself.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
James Griffin
Timothy Dooling
Fifty-second Avenue
West Twelfth Street
Dooling
Annie Griffin
Patrick Dooling
Indiana Crops Ruined by Rain in Princeton
Rains that were near cloudbursts hit Princeton Indiana and surrounding areas causing thousands of dollars in crop damage. Creeks overflowed flooding fences bridges and hundreds of acres of farmland. County wheat and corn crops near Princeton were destroyed and Boonville reports indicate total wheat losses with flood danger. Lowlands flood residents in river bottoms.
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Commercial Tribune
Princeton
Ind
Phillips
Boonville
Taft Arrives in Yokohama Aboard Steamer Manchuria
The steamer Manchuria with Secretary of War Taft and party aboard reached Yokohama at 7 o clock this morning after arriving at 7:30 a.m. The arrival marks Tafts first call in the Japanese port during the current voyage.
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Taft IO
Yokohama
Manchuria
Taft
Jewels on Body with Throat Cut
The body of a young woman about 22 was found in the river at Muscatine Iowa. Her throat was cut and the coroner's jury returned a verdict of murder. The victim, unidentified, wore diamonds and was well dressed, suggesting from a well-to-do family.
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Commercial Tribune
Muscatine
Iowa
Switzer land Courtesy Breach Settled diplomatics
Information from the State Department reports Ambassador Mc Cormick has satisfactorily adjusted differences between Brutus Clay American Minister to Switzerland and the French Ambassador over a dispute about an unreturned call in Switzerland.
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Switzerland
Commercial Tribune
Washington
State Department
McCormick
Brutus Clay
Bandits Bind San Francisco Man During Mexico Kidnap Gagged
B S Loomis of San Francisco was bound gagged and held prisoner in the Cerro de San Juan mountains near San Blas Mexico. Robbers planned to kill him after looting his effects but a ransom payment saved his life. Loomis oversees a fruit company in San Blas and is known in San Francisco.
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Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
B. S. Loomis
Cerro de San Juan
San Blas
Mexico
Loomis
Desperate Love Scheme Targets Latonia Actress
Latonia and Kentucky story recounts Leona Watson fending off a young man calling himself Sir Edward Drexel Casselton. He wooed, proposed in her mother’s presence, and promised wealth while posing as a nobleman. Watson’s mother confirms the ruse and notes the man’s tall, dark appearance.
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Edward Drexel Carlton
New York
Casselton
Latonia
Leona Watson
Kentucky
Watson Wilson
Leona
Sir Edward Drexel Casselman
Sir Edward Drexel Casselton
Lima Chapter in High Society Serial Ends in Mystery
Frederick E. Carlton and E Drexel Casselton are alleged to be the same man, linked to the Lima marriage of Clara Wickham. Casselton once backed a New York theatrical venture. the firm failed after lavish costuming without a public show. Wickham disputes the identification, while Chappell suspects reporters misread the facts.
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Commercial Tribune
Lima
Frederick E. Carlton
Johann Hoch
Bluebeard
E. Drexel Casselton
Flanders
Casselton
C. H. Chappell
Wickham
New York
Carlton
Kentucky man missing and tied to local events
Charles B Hymer, a Independence Kentucky saloon keeper, is missing while George F Fleming who recently bought from him attached a note for 185 dollars to the premises. B Hymer was a notable figure in Northern Kentucky politics and social circles and was the lone witness in an attempted suicide six weeks ago by William Brodet on State street near Scott. Brodet remains gravely ill but is expected to recover.
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Charles B’hymer
Independence
George F. Flemming
B'Hymer
B’hymer
Kentucky
William Brodet
State Street
Scott
Brodet
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Ford
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Immedi
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Marine Hospital Service
New Orleans Parish Medical Society
Has
Greene
Archs
Prince of the Fatherland
Norway
Germany
Russia
Britin
France
Berlin
Gollide
Dayton & Western Traction
Rick Carlton
Brooklyn
Eleanor Wnderenter
Castleton
Frelerche
Balfour Days
Chicagoan
Girl
Young Dooling
Indiana
Bandits
Queraded
Washington D. H
Charles Chalmers
Mrs. Wilson
Anna
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Wired New York
Chappell
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