Mandamus Suit to Be Speedily Heard in Ohio Court
A Columbus mandamus suit seeks to force the Governor to appoint a Lieutenant Governor to serve until the elected successor qualifies. Judge Burket granted leave to file the petition in a friendly suit backed by Democratic attorneys. The relator, John L. Trauger, claims the Governor should appoint someone rather than rely on the Senate President pro tem upon Nippert's resignation.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Mandamus
Burker
Supreme Court
Chambers
George B. Okey
Democratic Organization
Sheets
Burket
John L. Trauger
Honoran B. Archer
Senate
Nippert
Huling Announces Candidacy for Congress in Ohio District
Cyril Huling declared his bid for the Republican nomination for Congress in the new capitol district. He sought to avoid factional fighting and offered to withdraw from the race but his effort failed. Henry A. Williams also announced his candidacy late tonight.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Cyril Huling
Congress
New Capitol
Huling
E. O. Randall
Randall
Henry A. Williams
Love Found A Way For These Young People
Washington Ind June 13 Although invitations had been issued for a wedding at the bride home Ephraim Keith and Miss Dick Tomey were quietly married at Lawrenceville Ill this morning The bride 15 consented by her parents The marriage was set for June 15 but a license could not be secured in Indiana for a girl under 16 The couple slipped to Lawrenceville where Rev Jason Moyer married them They returned to receive community congratulations The bride a daughter of a prominent family was to graduate from the Epsom schools tomorrow night and was to be on the program but gave this up to enjoy her honeymoon
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ind
Ephraim Keith
Dick Tomey
Lawrenceville
Ill
Keith
Indiana
Jason Moyer
Epsom Schools
Old Sol at Work in the Southern States Louisville
Weather across the South turns unusually hot for June with highs around 95 to 101 degrees. Prostrations reported in Knoxville as drought and hot winds threaten crops in Texas and Alabama. Dallas area records over 90s as heat persists.
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Old Sol
Louisville
Chattanooga
Tenn
Knoxville
Texas
Dallas
Alabama
Birmingham
Daughter of Gen. Lee Arrested for Ride Incident
Miss Mary Custis Lee, daughter of General Robert E. Lee, was arrested in Alexandria on a charge of violating the Washington Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Electric Railway segregation law. Conductor Thomas S. Chauncey reported she refused to vacate a car reserved for colored passengers and she was released on personal bond after giving her account at police headquarters.
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Alexandria
Mary Custis Lee
Robert E. Lee
Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon
Fire destroys Rosenblatt leather factory in Philadelphia
Fire destroyed the novelty leather factory of H. M. Rosenblatt & Co., a four story brick building, injuring a dozen workers. About 400 employees escaped by leaping to safety onto canvas held by firemen, including 15 year old Katie Scheidel who was badly burned and in serious condition.
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Philadelphia
H. M. Rosenblatt & Co
Katie Scheidel
Obituary for Pearl Meyer Daughter of Mr and Mrs Meyer
Pearl Meyer sixteen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Meyer of 1131 Race Street died after five months illness. She was an accomplished musician with a funeral Sunday at home and burial at Spring Grove.
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Pearl Meyer
John Meyer
Race Street
Bpring Grove
Nephew of McKinley Weds Actress in Broadway Skit
June 13 New York An automobile ride ends in a parsonage ceremony as George Barber a Canton Ohio resident and nephew of the late President McKinley marries Mrs S Dilworth a widow of 221 West Fourth Street Actress Bernie Laroque is tied to the wedding party with Eugenie Bashford as a witness Mrs Tonkin the actress tied to Oswego millionaire’s son also attends the celebration.
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Commercial Tribune
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Cupid
Broadway
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Mack
George Barber
Canton
8. Dilworth
West the Fourth Street
William G. Haywood
Holyoke
Mass
Harvard
Eugenie Bashford
Thirtieth Street
Barber
McKinley
Ditworth
Worth
Chaperones
Bernieé Laroque
Tonkin
Milionaire
Irrigation Bill Clears House Amid Debate Over Lands
The House passed the irrigation bill 146 to 5 after many amendments. It creates a reclamation fund from public land sales in western states for irrigation works, with sections on contracts, water rights, and state control of nonnavigable streams. Grosvenor opposed the substitute and warned of rising farmland values and beet sugar costs.
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Interior
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Grosvenor
Beet sugar growth profitable west of Mississippi
He stated that with extensive competition in the West beet sugar growing did not be profitable east of the Mississippi River. The Grosvenor amendment was defeated 35 to 76.
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West
Mississippi River
Grosvenor
President signs river and harbor bill
The President today signed the river and harbor bill in Washington.
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Washington
Nominations sent to Senate include military and civil posts
The list names August Carmine Wolf of Warsaw and others as consuls and agents, plus naval appointments in ranks from lieutenant to captain, engineers, chaplains, and postmasters in Indiana Ohio and Montana, Lobens.
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Washington
Senate
M. 8. Elliott
Frank L. Preadwell
Dudley M. Carpenter
Daniel H. Morgan
James C. Prior
John 8. Carpenter
Livington Hunt
John A. Mudd
George W. Simpson
Harry R., Sullivan
Samuel L. Heap
Sylvester D. Boorum
William H. I. Reany
John B. Frazier
Stewart F. Smith
William G. Groebeck
Ulysses
G. White
Robert E. Peary
Richard C. Hollyron
Indiana
William W. Moss
Logansport
Ohio
John B. Elliott
Greenfield
William G. Richards
Hillsboro
Estimating Contest Offers 1490 Chances for Prizes
The notice explains a prize pool of 34,000 dollars with 1490 chances to win. If ten people each contribute an estimate, each participant gains ten chances for any prize, totaling 14,900 opportunities to win a portion of the money.
De Freyne Sues Irish Leaders Over Tenant Troubles
Dublin June 13. Lord De Freyne files a conspiracy suit against numerous Irish MPs and United Irish League leaders including John Redmond John Dillon W J O'Brien J G Swift MacNeill O Kelly and Michael Davitt seeking injunctions and damages over tenant disputes on the De Freyne estate Roscommon. Forty farms were sold after tenants refused rents and Redmond denounced police crackdowns, blaming government failure to allow buyout legislation.
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Dublin
Lord de Freyne
Irish Parliamentary Party
Troubles
de Freyne
Roscommon
John Redmond
John Dillon
W. J. O’brien
J. G. Swift
Mac’ Neill
Connor
O'Kelly
United Irish League
Michael Davitt
Mindful Subscription Pitch Boosts Tribune Circulation
A local revival of reader engagement pushes readers to subscribe to the Commercial Tribune with an estimate offer. The initiative promises to clear mental clutter by securing a service commitment and steady delivery.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Whole System Rebuild
The advertisement claims humors rule the body bringing pimples itching rheum and debility. It asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla expels these humors and builds up health strength and peace supported by thousands of testimonials.
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Hood
Dinner party in Rome honors Taft Civil Governor of Philippines
June 13 Rome. Francis McNautt private chamberlain to the Pope hosted a dinner at Pamphil Palace for William H. Taft Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands and his party. Attendees included Lewis Iddings and several cardinals and ambassadors from Austria France and Russia. The plenary reunions between Taft and the subcommission of four will begin tomorrow.
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Francis McNautt
Pamphil Palace
Prince Doria
William H. Taft
Philippine Islands
Lewis Iddings
United States
Sanminiatelli
Satelli
Ferrara
Vannutelli
Roosevelt Urges Cuban Trade Reciprocity To Aid New Republic
President Roosevelt calls Congress to grant reciprocal tariff concessions with Cuba arguing it helps Cuban independence and expands American influence in the West Indies and is beneficial to U S industries and future isthmian trade. Congress and party leaders debate strategy while Sens Hanna Root Perkins and Aldrich meet on reciprocity.
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Hawaii
Cuba
Spain
Isthmian Canal
West Indies
Central America
Porto Rico
Philippines
Ms Economic Concessi
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Root
Wood
Aldrich
Senate
Perkins
Payne Sen. Hanna
Ways and Means
House
Major Waller Defends Severe Actions in Philippines
In San Francisco Major L. W. T. Waller of the US Marine Corps says only the severest measures can stop the Philippine revolution. He claims orders from General Jacob Smith to kill armed insurgents and notes four to five hundred natives killed, with one woman shot during a fort attack. He defends his court martial as murder charges rooted in higher influence.
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San Francisco
L. W.T. Waller
United States Marine Corps
Warren
Ninth Infantry
Philippines
Waller
Jacob Smith
Hotsek
Australia
Samar
Hell
Jacob H. Smith
Howling Wilderness
Washington
Relatives Search Ends in Robbery of Soldier in Brooklyn
Thomas Hatton, a veteran from Dayton, Ohio, sought relatives in Brooklyn and was set upon by two men posing as helpers. They knocked him down, stole his clothes, a watch, and $140, and fled. Hatton, born in Brooklyn as Thomas Kane, has a long wartime history including Libby Prison and Indian wars. He carries multiple identities and poorer ties to his family remain unlocated.
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Roosevelt
Washington Post
Senator Foraker
Ohio
United States
Foraker
Senator Quay
Commercial Tribune
Brooklyn
Thomas Hatton
Soldiers
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Hatton
Thomas Kane
Libby
Thomas, Kane
Dewitt Talmage
General Wood defends Cuban policy at Boston banquet
General Leonard Wood said at a Boston banquet that nothing in his Cuban administration needs covering up. He welcomed investigations, claimed expenditures were above board, and argued Thurber testimony highlighted Cuba’s reciprocity needs rather than uncovering misdeeds. He said he acted as a trustee for Cuba and used Thurber’s mailing list to promote reciprocity literature.
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Boston
General Wood
Working Girls and Women Aid With Pinkham Remedy
A magazine-style appeal highlights factory injuries and long hours for working women. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is promoted as a remedy with testimonials from Miss May Buecher and Miss May Burichner, praising its health benefits and urging readers to write for advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss May Burechner
Middle Village
P. D
Long Island, N.Y
River Departures and River News Summary
The river traffic page lists departures from Pomeroy Portsmouth Madison Louisville and other ports with ships such as Bonanza Helen M Gould M P Wells Levi J Workum and City of Louisville. It notes advertised departures for several cities and ships including Tacoma Sunshine and City of Cincinnati amid river levels at Evansville Paducah Cairo St Louis and Memphis with incidents such as the arrest of pilot Morton H. Davis and a legal ruling on City of Golconda damages.
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Pomeroy
Bonanza
Portsmouth
Helen M. Gould
Rhys
Onses M. P. Wells
Madison
Levi J. Workum
Louisville
City OF
River Stage Drops on Ohio at Cincinnati
At 6 p.m. yesterday the Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 8 feet and falling, down 3 feet in the last 24 hours.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Wreck of the Relief and river packet schedule update
Captain Charles Menges visited Rising Sun to monitor the wreck of the Relief after it sank in feet of water with a 200 foot channel to Indiana shore. The crew, except Mr and Mrs Thomas Oldham, arrived in Cincinnati. The Bonanza will be the Pomeroy packet this evening at 5. The Helen M Gould runs to Portsmouth three times weekly. The Chile packet is the M P Wells daily except Sunday at 3. Levi J Workum and Lizzie Bay begin new Madison and Saturday trips respectively. The meet the boat trip on the Louisville line departs 9 am and returns 9 pm. The Sunshine sails next Thursday for Vicksburg at 5 pm.
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Charles Menges
Cincinnati
Monongahela Coal and Coke Company
Rising Sun
DePauw University
Parker
Broadway
Helen M. Gould
Portsmouth
Vine Street
M. P. Wells
Main Street
Levi J. Workum
Madison
Lizzie Bay
Comfort
Here
Louisville
Funder
Carrollton
Vicksburg
River traffic updates as Ohio rise and boats move
Special despatch reports river levels across towns with progress on pump-out of the I C Woodward bulkhead. Ships like Greenwood and Lorena shift positions as storms threaten and water climbs at Kanawha and Parkersburg readings.
Coffee Misbelief About Health Fueled by Long Use
A Nebraska woman credits stopping coffee and switching to Postum with curing years of stomach trouble headaches and heart pain. She reports five years of improved health since adopting Postum and Grape Nuts and urges others to reconsider coffee.
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