Thaw Verdict in White Murder Case and Inquest
Coroner’s inquest concludes Stanford White died from a pistol wound inflicted by Harry Kendall Thaw at Madison Square Roof Garden. Thaw shows calm demeanor as grand jury files murder in the first degree and Mrs Thaw’s testimony prompts crowd at the Tombs.
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White
Phan
Nicholas L. Stokes
Timothy D. Lehan
Edward H. Conway
Madison Square Garden
Thaw
Stanford White
Madison Square Roof Garden
Twenty-sixth Street
Madison Avenue
Plumber Rescued After 22 Hours Buried by Sand Pit
Jeremiah Fisher a plumber was trapped in a Tompkinsville sand pit after a street car caused a collapse. Rescuers fought shifting sand for hours, then attached ropes to lift him as dawn lit the scene. He remained in fragile condition but alive after the long ordeal.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Jeremiah Fisher
Tompkinsville
Staten Island
Fisher
Thaw's Face Analyzed By Columbus Doctor
Dr George M Stockton superintendent of the Columbus State Hospital analyzed a photo of Harry K Thaw noting chin weakness signs of degeneracy left eye strabismus ear lobe and ear attachment. He said the face is asymmetrical with the right side smaller and the nose deflecting right and that dissipation is marked. He added it would be hard to prove emotional insanity and nothing shown proves Thaw unsafe.
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Thaw
Commercial Tribune
Outlook
Columbus
Ohio
George M. Stockton
Columbus State Hospital
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Obituary notices for Hudspith Day and Craik
William H. Hudspith, 44, of 943 Rhond Street, longtime Sanders Packing House engineer, dies at home. Funeral tomorrow at 2:30 PM. Captain Samuel H. Day, US Army, native of Chillicothe, Ohio, dies in San Diego. Dr. Robert Craik, McGill University dean 1839–1901, dies in Montreal at age 77.
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William H. Hudspith
Rhond Street
Engineers’ Association
Sanders Packing House
Samuel H. Day
United States Army
Chillicothe
San Diego
Cal
Robert Craik
McGill University
Montreal
Quebec
Ohio Teachers Association Warns Against Graft in Education
The fifty eighth annual Ohio State Teachers Association session closes with officers elected for 1928 29 and a warning from Dr C D Miller Lima College and Chas L Van Cleve Mansfield against graft tied to book companies.
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Commercial Tribune
Bay
Ohio State Teachers’ Association
C. L. van Cleve
Mansfield
George Buck
Dayton
W. H. Rice
Chillicothe
Myra Hanson
Toledo
J. W. Moore
Leetonia
M. S. Maharry
Shelby
Ironton
F. B. Dyer
Cincinnati
John Morris
Alliance
J. M. Frederick
Cleveland
W. W. Boyd
Columbus
C. J. Marshall
Evelyn Thompson
H. B. Williams
Sandusky
C. D. Miller
Lima College
Chas. L. van Cleve
Bailey Named for Judge in Northwestern Ohio
Ottawa Ohio June 28 Attorney John B Bailey of Ottawa Putnam County was nominated for Common Pleas Judge of the Second Subdivision Third Judicial District by Democrats at Napoleon. The subdivision includes Henry and Putnam counties and is normally Democratic. Bailey ex Prosecuting Attorney of Putnam County was a prior candidate but lost to Judge Michael Donnelly. The convention carried Bryan sentiment evident through the gathering with Putnam and Henry among the most enthusiastic Bryan strongholds.
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Commercial Tribune
Ottawa
John B. Bailey
Putnam County
Common Pleas
Ohio
Napoleon
Henry
Putnam
Bailey
Michael Donnelly
Meat Dealers Arrested in Indianapolis Probe
Five meat dealers led by Harry Matzke Henry Coleman Joseph Cook William Grund and Frank Fitz were arrested on charges of selling meats with preservatives. Cook's trial is scheduled for July 6. The arrests follow State Chemist Barnard findings that thirty dealers sold meats containing sodium sulphite.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Harry Matzke
Henry Coleman
Joseph Cook
Wm. Grund
Frank Fitz
Cook
Barnard
C T Collings Forbids Oil Price Cuts in Standard Oil Probe
An Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into oil transport rates and alleged price fixing opens with witnesses from Wise Oil of Shreveport and others. Testimony links Wells of Waters-Pierce and Standard Oil to rate increases and pressure on competitors. Collings reportedly ordered against cutting prices at Pelzer.
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Dispatch
Tao Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
Interstate Commerce Commission
James Wise
Wise Oil Company
Shreveport
Robeline
Texas & Pacific
Mansfield
T. C. Freeman
Louisiana Railroad Commission
Wise
Bodeau
Vicksburg
Shreveport & Pacific
Mr. Wise
Mamsfield
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Marshall
Tex
Waters-Pierce Company
Southwestern Oil Company
Waters-Pierce
J. F. Battle
Commission
Findlay
Mississippi River
Charles A. Prouty
Standard Oil Company
Thomas C. Anderson
Record Oil Refining Company
Petit Oil Cany
Louisiana
Standard
Petit Company
Garfield
Chicago
East St. Louis
Prouty
Martin Carey
Buffalo
Fayetteville, Tenn
Tennessee
Memphis
Frisco Railroad
National Refining Company
Standard Oil
Arkansas
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Canadian Pacific Leases Office In Sinton
Canadian Pacific leased the left side office at the Sinton Hotel and will take possession October 1. George L. Brown and C. E. E. Usher, Canadian Pacific passenger agents, were in town finalizing the lease. They declined to reveal the financial terms.
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Canadian Pacific
New Sinton Hotel
George L. Brown
C. E. E. Usher
Montreal
Brown
Commercial Tribune
East
Company Expands Cincinnati Operations Amid Growth
The firm cites Cincinnati’s location as ideal for its expanding service. New offices were moved from the Cafew to the Mercantile Library Building, but the space remains insufficient for current business.
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Cincinnati
Cafew
Mercantile Library
St Paul Lines Threaten Tariff Withdrawals Over Demands
Kansas City shippers say the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Road refused to cancel a concession from the wrecked rate structure. Eastern connections threaten to withdraw all tariffs for Western destinations carried by the St Paul rails. The St Paul executive traffic officials remain firm, with limited Western line support. The Wabash backs the Eastern position by upholding the contested practice at Chicago.
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Commercial Tribune
Kansas City
Milwaukee & St. Paul
St. Paul
Wabash
St. Joseph
Omaha
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Lake Erie
Chicago
Ellis Rules Excess Fare Violates Common Law
Attorney General Ellis declares that the Freiner two cent fare law does not cover trips under five miles, but charging more than the established longer-distance rate is a common law violation. Example: Bellaire Zanesville to Caldwell trip fell from fifteen cents round trip to fifteen cents one way for three miles, signaling possible rate reductions where no interurban competition exists.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ellis
Freiner
Bellaire
Zanesville
Duvallo
Caldwell
Kansas City Southern to Build New Lines to New Orleans
Kansas City Southern Railway plans a southeast line from Leesville Louisiana crossing the Watkins and Gulf Road at Oakdale and the Colorado and Southern New Orleans Line at Eunice and the Southern Pacific at Crowley. If access and terminals are secured in New Orleans the line could end there. A second route from Mena Arkansas to Hot Springs is also planned with a bought short line and a Kansas incorporated connecting company.
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Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Kansas City
Kansas City Southern Railway
Leesville
Oakdale
Colorado & Southern
Ark
Hot Springs
Kansas
Railroads Consolidate to Form Indianapolis Southern
Articles of consolidation filed in Indianapolis unite the Indianapolis Southern Railway with the Illinois & Indiana Railroad, creating the Indianapolis Southern Railroad. The new line aims to run a direct route from Indianapolis to New Orleans via connections with the Illinois Central, with tracks from Bloomington to Switz City and a future line to Effingham, Illinois.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Southern Railway
Illinois & Indiana Railroad
Indianapolis Southern Railroad
D. M. Parry
New Orleans
Indianapolis Southern
Illinois Central
Bloomington
Switz City
Illinois & Indiana
Effingham, Ill
Judge Upholds Tax Suit Against Southern Pacific
In Louisville on June 28 Judge Wilson of the County Court sustains George H. Alexander tax collector’s right to prosecute a suit against the Southern Pacific Company. The suit, filed February 12, seeks repayment of taxes on 300 million dollars of omitted personal property for 1905. The Southern Pacific will contest the matter.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Wilson
George H. Alexander
Southern Pacific Company
Southern Pacific
Railroad notes and visits across divisions and officials
railroad executives from the C H and D and B O S W travel on inspection trips through Ohio Indiana and Illinois. Shriners plan Mammoth Cave excursion with about 160 riders. Pere Marquette case proceedings extend with testimony through July 12 and a later filing window.
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W. B. Calloway
C. L.thomas
Ralph van Dyke
Chicago
Cincinnati Southern
Lawrence Maxwell, Jr
Pere Marquette
Marietta Favored for Crippled Child Care Institute Site
A Columbus dispatch reports Marietta is being considered to house the Penyesce Institution for Crippled and Deformed Children. A commission including Governor Harris and other officials will determine the site, with Senator Rose visiting to discuss the plan. The leading choice is a location on the city's western heights.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Marietta
Penyesce Institution
Harris
Guilbert
Boy Highwaymen Rob Man on Walnut Street
John reported to police last night that he was held up and robbed at Walnut street and the canal around 10 o clock. He named two assailants a Negro man and a white boy about 17. They took four dollars and were not traced.
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Billy
White
Thaw
John Ee
John Street
Walnut Street
Canal
Bryan Praised As Democratic Candidate At Wisconsin Convention
At the Milwaukee Democratic State Convention the platform endorses William J. Bryan for president in 1908. It calls for enforcement against trusts, tariff revision, direct election of senators, and government regulation of public service firms. Applause burst for Bryan as the Bryan plank was adopted after a three minute ovation.
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Commercial Tribune
Milwaukee
Wis
Committee
William J. Bryan
United
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Gothlin Claims Urged for Railway Commission Post
Dayton businessmen urge Governor Harris to appoint O. P. Gothlin to the State Railway Commission. Delegation led by Senator S. H. West includes J. Flickinger B E Neiswonger W B George Beichelberger Flotow Kinsey Beiser Nevin Moore and other officials. Harris heard the case but did not indicate action.
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Commercial Tribune
Outlook
Columbus
Ohio
Dayton
Harris
O. P. Gothlin
Railway Commission
S. H. West
J. Flickinger
The
Dayton Journal
G. Harries Gorman
B. E. Neiswonger
Aikin Law Doubles Marion County Revenue
Special dispatch reports Marion Ohio as of June 28 noting the Aikin law reduced Marion County saloons from seventy six to fifty one while revenue nearly doubles. Six month tax intake totals 277,920.77 dollars, close to last year's Dow tax collection.
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Commercial Tribune
Marion
Charles L. Allen
Marion County
Cuticura Remedies Praise Ends Eczema Suffering
Mrs Emma White of Camden New Jersey testifies that Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent cured her long standing eczema after trying three doctors. She washed with Cuticura Soap applied the Ointment and took Resolvent and reports facial skin clearing completely after four bottles.
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Emma White
Cherrier
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