Murder and morphine death swirl in Covington case
A tangle of love jealousy and a morphine poisoning ends with Margaret Shannon Griffith dying at City Hospital while associates Belle Tomlin and George Bell face officials. William Brodet shoots himself after a quarrel over a saw loan leaving his wife injured, police sort motive and events as coroner inquiries continue.
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Margaret Shannon Griffith
City Hospital
Belle Tomlin
Mound Street
Miss Shannon
George Bell
Pendleton Street
William
Brodet
Boss Carpenter
Scott and
Twentieth Street
Covington
Bell
Ritterhouse Street
Lumber clash leaves man dead in Blue Creek fight
In a lumber camp fight at Blue Creek on July 23 John Moore shot and killed fellow worker Thomas Lowrey amid a dispute among woodmen. The incident occurred during a confrontation involving fellow lumbermen and their shotguns.
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Charleston
W. Va
Blue Creek
John Moore
Thomas Lowrey
Roosevelt and Edward Toasted at Reid Dinner
London June 23 Whitelaw Reid American Ambassador appears publicly for first time at a Pilgrims Society dinner at Claridge House. The event honors Reid with royalty and British leaders, toasts salute King Edward and President Roosevelt as two great peacemakers.
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Edward
Reid
London
Lord Roberts
Henry Watterson
Elbridge T. Gary
Prof
Gildersleeve
Bishop Doane
Albany
Lawrence Alma Tadema
Lord Alverstone
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
F. C. Burnand
Frederick Bridge
Lord Balfour of
Burleigh
W. J. Bell
M. J. Burn
Thos
Hutchinson
D. C. Haldeman
Henry Irving
Inverclyde
Henry Arthur Jones
Rudyard Kipling
Lord Kinnaird
Ray Lankester
Lord Liangattereck
Thomas Lipton
Sidney Low
A. H. Lee
John Pound
L. Hamilton McCormick
Lord Napier
Magdala
Duke of Newcastle
George Newnes
William Osler
George White
Timothy L. Woodruff
Bishop Potter
New York
Joseph Chamberlain
Lansdowne
Mortimer Durand
Washington
Jos, Choate
Lord Beresford
America
St. James
Great Britain
Startling Theft of Blum Medal From Museum
The gold medal prize from the Cincinnati Art Museum, valued at $500, was cut from a glass display with a diamond. Three visitors were present shortly before the theft. detectives are puzzled as to the culprit. The piece belongs to Mrs. Henrietta Haller and was loaned to the museum for the Blum exhibit. Nearby thefts at the Art Academy are suspected to be related.
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Cincinnati Art Museum
Robert Blum
Academie Des Beaux Arts
Paris
Blum
Cincinnati
Henrietta Haller
Dayton Street
Haller
J. H. Gest
Albert Haller
Gest
Art Academy
Nonunion Iron Molder Attacked by Strikers
George Oakley, 45, a nonunion iron molder new to the plant, was assaulted by three men in Clinton Street vicinity after entering a confectionery to buy a paper. He suffered a split left eye and scalp wounds treated by Dr. E S Wiggins, and authorities suspect strike sympathizers who knew his routine. One slingshot used in the attack was left behind.
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George Oakley
Victor Knecht& Foundry
Wade and
Barton Streets
Clinton Street
Oakley
Evacuation Ordered Near Vesuvius
Naples June 20 The Prefect orders residents near Mount Vesuvius to prepare to flee as alarming volcanic activity increases. Authorities warn of dangerous lava and ejecta from the crater. residents must evacuate nearby homes and seek shelter farther away.
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Naples
Mourt Vesuvius
Soubrette Hansi Rossi Dies After Long Illness
Hansi Rossi, German Theater soubrette from Cincinnati, dies at Grand Rapids Michigan after cancer operation. Born in Berlin in 1874, she trained at royal ballad school and rose to opera singing before moving to America with family settling in Grand Rapids. Her death ends a celebrated yet tragic career.
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City Hospital
Grand Rapids, Mich
Hansi Rossi
Miss Rossi
Grand Rapids
Mich
Cincinnati
Michigan City
Germany
Cincinnati German Stock Company
Grand Opera House
Gustav Zinke
Johanna Levin
Berlin
Royal Opera
von Huelsen
Royal Ballad
Europe
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Breslau
Leipzig
Copenhagen
America
Carl Frischer
Soubrette
Unions barred from using boycotts to ruin rival firms
United States Circuit Judge Morrow granted a temporary injunction against the California State Federation of Labor and the San Francisco Labor Council stopping a boycott against Loewe hats of Danbury Conn. The court found unions conspired to damage Loewe by coercing patronage and labor action, beyond protecting collective rights.
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Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
United States
Morrow
Dietrich E. Loewe & Co
Danbury,Conn
California State Federation of Labor
San Francisco Labor Council
Loewe
Friends of Labor
Drowning during swimming lesson in Kanawha River
In Charleston West Virginia on June 23 Harry Flynn aged 19 drowned while friends taught him to swim in the Kanawha River.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harry Flynn
Kanawha River
Soldiers kill many strikers in Lodz Poland
Martial law may be declared as troops storm barricades during a general strike in Lodz Russian Poland. The city is in panic with factories and shops closed, barricades up, and ongoing gunfire. Casualty numbers vary but dozens killed and hundreds wounded are reported.
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Lodz
Poland
Russian Poland
Death of Judge Stephen Neal Author of Fourteenth Amendment
Lebanon Ind June 23 Judge Stephen Neal author of the four teenth amendment of the United States Constitution died at his home after several months illness He was conscious until three minutes before death Surrounded by relatives and intimate friends funeral will be held Sunday
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Commercial Tribune
Lebanon
Ind
Stephen Neal
Philadelphia Gas Plant Lease Talks Stir City Officials
Two electrical experts hired by United Gas Improvement of Philadelphia study Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company service. Sample gas shows 20 percent heat unit shortfall. mains leakage cited. Reports favor power house condition but candle power may be deficient. Lease discussions with Philadelphia interests begin at 4 1 2 percent, rising to 6 percent. Norman Kenan may retire as president if deal proceeds.
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United Gas
Philadelphia
Light Service
The
Cincinnati
Gas and Electric Company
Cincinnati Gas and Electric
ener-Elkins-Dolan-Morgan Syndi
Cate
Walton Clark
Pert
K. Schoepf
Norman Kenan
A Herrmann
Negotiations Press Cincinnati Gas Plant Lease to Eastern Capitalists
Reports indicate continued talks to lease the Cincinnati Gas and Electric plant to Philadelphia syndicate interests controlling lighting and trolley networks across many states. Experts hired by the Philadelphia group have analyzed Cincinnati gas and electric facilities and reported findings to their superiors. Walton Clark of United Gas Improvement Company and gas operations expert is present in Cincinnati as guest of W Kesley Schoepf.
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Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Walton Clark
United Gas Improvement Company
Clark
W. Kesley Schoepf
Syndi
Hill Arrested Again On Second Forgery Warrant
Philadelphia June 23 Former Chief of the Bureau of Filtration John W Hill was arrested for forgery and falsifying city records for a second time this week He was held on 2000 bail after a hearing The case centers on padded work estimates for contractor Daniel J McNichol Defendants counsel seeks time to prepare and there are rumors of further arrests in municipal affairs
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
John W. Hill
Bureau of Filtration
Hill
S. G. Garrett
Filtration Bureau
Daniel J. McNichol
Hay Will Act On Chinese Boycotts
Special Dispatch reports that at a Cabinet meeting in Washington on June 23 the administration discussed Chinese immigration and the Chinese exclusion laws. President and cabinet members urged fair treatment for applicants, while Secretary Taft criticized overzealous evidence gathering. Has will seek to adjust misimpressions in China and continue diplomatic and trade relations, amid concerns over a Chinese boycott impacting American prices.
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Commerccial Tribune
Washington
Taft
China
Secre
Secreta
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