Ohio proposes new penitentiary to curb tuberculosis
The Ohio Board of Penitentiary Managers drafts a bill for a new prison, backed by Governor Herrick, to be built on a rural site with open air work for tubercular inmates. The plan, supported by the Pardons and Charities boards, creates a site commission and aims to modernize ventilation and sanitation beyond current facilities.
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Herrick
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Board of Penitentiary Managers
Ohio
Board of Pardons
State Board of Charities
Pen Se
Board of Managers
Arabian Rebels Seize Sanaa and Moroccan Commission Chief
Reports say Sanaa the Yemeni capital with 5,000 garrison fell to Arab insurgents after the governor rejected terms. In Paris Count de Sergenzac aiding the Moroccan Commission was captured by Arabs amid fear France’s Morocco policy faces a setback.
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Aden
Arabia
Sanaa
Yemen
Paris
Count de Segonzac
Morocco
de Sergenzac
France
Pastor Corkran Found Guilty in Wilmington Proceeding
Rev. Dr. Wilbur F. Corkran was found guilty by a fifteen-member Wilmington Methodist Episcopal Conference committee after trial for stock dealing. He was suspended for one year as the panel ruled gambling and imprudent unministerial conduct, but not guilty of falsehood or fraud. Corkran had served as presiding elder twice and attended two General Conferences.
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Commercial Tribune
Wilmington
Del
Wilbur F. Corkran
Wilmington Methodist Episcopal Conference
Corkran
General Conference
Theater Collapse in Santiago Leaves Many Dead
The Lyric theater in Santiago de Chile collapsed tonight causing numerous deaths and many injuries, authorities report.
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Santiago DE Chile
Vincennes Attorney Kills Former Councilman in Saloon Clash
In Vincennes Indiana at noon attorney Louis A Meyer shot and killed Colonel Ayers J Taylor a former Councilman following a threat to “kill them on sight.” Taylor a Kentuckian and former Circus worker was 56 and had just announced his candidacy for Councilman at Large.
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Commercial Tribune
Vincennes
Ind
Louis A. Meyer
Ayers J. Taylor
Meyer
Samuel W. Williams
National Populist
Taylor
Williams
Terré Haute
Vesuvius Erupts Again Over Naples
Vesuvius is in eruption throwing lava red hot stones and a tall smoke column. Detonations heard far away accompany an earthquake felt eighty miles. Many foreigners including Americans gather to view the spectacle yet cannot approach the crater due to incandescence.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Woman Sues After Street Car Jerk Lands Man In Her Lap
Mrs. Martha Bunch of Covington sues Theodore Wolking and the South Covington and Cincinnati Street Railway Company for 10390 damages. She alleges a Covington bound car sped around a curve near Suspension Bridge, causing Wolking to fall into her lap due to no strap grip, resulting in mental and physical suffering.
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Covington Street Car Company
Theodore Wolking
Latonia
Martha Bunch
Madison Avenue
Covington
Henry Bunch
B. F. Graziana
South
Coroner Abandons Efforts to Identify Woman Found in Bloody Run
The coroner says identification is impossible. the body of a colored woman was buried in potters field after a weeks long mystery. Clothing remnants were kept at the morgue while authorities weigh a boy’s account of the discovery in Bloody Run Norwood.
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Bloody Run
Norwood
Cincinnati
Cameron
Potter’s Field
William Weinup
Sully Proposes to Pay in Full to Creditors
Daniel J. Sully, linked to the cot ton bull movement collapse, announced plans to eventually pay all creditors in full beyond the estate distribution. Attorneys are considering a proposed plan to settle the remaining indebtedness and cancel it, with details to be released soon.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Daniel J. Sully
Sully
Sixty to Seventy Missing After Alaska Schooner Plunge
Ad vices from Unga Alaska dated March 10 via Valdez March 17 report the schooner Pearl which left December 7 for Sanak Alaska has not arrived. Fresh lumber and other wreckage drifted ashore at Sanak and 36 aboard may have been lost on a rock nearby.
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Commercial Tribune
SAN Franqisco
Unga
Alaska
Valdez
Pearl
Sanak
Wiaur Ia
West Virginia Mine Disaster Leaves 23 Dead
At Red Ash and Red Rush mines near Fayettesville two explosions trapped and killed 23 miners and entombed a score more. Rescue workers race to recover bodies while hoping some survivors remain. cause of blasts unclear. The Red Ash and Red Rush mines are owned by New River Coal Company.
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Score
West Virginia
Commercial Tribune
Fayettesville
W. Na
Riyers
New River Coal Company
Hay Falls Ill Boarding Steamer for Mediterranean Voyage
Secretary of State Hay, taken ill at the White Star dock in New York, was wheeled to the Cretic and boarded for a six week rest trip to Southern Europe. He, Mrs. Hay, and Henry Adams accompanied the party, but only the secretary and Mrs. Hay sailed. The steamer started on schedule, with Hay resting at landings and then moving aboard in a wheeled chair. The ship lacks wireless telegraph and will report his condition only after reaching the Azores.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Hay
Mediterranean
Washington
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Clarence Hay
Henry Adams
Niedringhaus
Warner
Detweiler
Laclede
William Warner
Godfrey
St. Louis
Grace
Richard C. Kerens
Hades
Wife Arrested in Poison Plot Against Civil War Veteran
Jennie Rood, 40, was jailed in Marion Indiana after confessing to attempting to poison her 78 year old husband John K. Rood at breakfast. Police and Dr Hurty found strychnine in the pancakes and coffee. She sought his estate to marry a younger man and claimed he was too smart to eat the poison. The couple had lived on his pension and property valued at about 5000 dollars.
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Reod
White
Rood
Hurty
Russia Ignorant of Army Fate in Manchuria
Dispatches from Manchuria report the retreat ongoing with little new light on Russian losses or units. Fakoman has fallen to forces described as Chinese bandits possibly a Japanese vanguard, as Oyama pursues toward Harbin with unclear timing.
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Russia
Manchuri
ST. Petersburg
Manchuria
Fakoman
Kaiyuan
Tie Pass
Sungari
Linevitch
Oyama
Harbin
Mukden
Rojestvensky
Togo
Kuropatkin
Big Tobacco Deal Revived for Next Summer
The Burley Tobacco Growers' Company plans another effort to corner the growing tobacco crop next summer. Farmers across the Burley belt have pledged their crops, with capitalists offering loans on current crops as markets slowly move. Archibald Stuart advocates the plan amid lingering market tightness and delayed releases.
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Burley Growers’ Association
Burley Tobacco Growers’ Company
Tobacco Trust
Burley Tobacco Belt
Archibald Stuart
Missouri Senate Elects Warner After Riot Packed Session
In Jefferson City on March 18 Major William Warner of Kansas City Republican won the U S Senate seat after seven ballots in joint session ending a prolonged deadlock since January 18. The chamber erupted as Democrats opposed to Warner clashed with Republicans. the seventh ballot produced 91 for Warner, 83 for Cockrell, and 1 for Niedringhaus.
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Commercial Tribune
Jefferson
City
United States
Francis M. Cockrell
William Warner
Kansas City
Missouri
Warner
Cockrell
Thomas K. Niedringhaus
Richard ©. Kerens
Assembly Chamber
Major Warner
Niedringhaus
Wiles
Senator Kinney
St. Louis
McKinley
Kerens
Grace
Harrington
Bauman
Clarke
Peck
Young
Frisbie
McIndo
Kérens
Martin
Thompson
Bartholdt
Parker
Hoeber
Watts
St. Joseph
Whitaker
Seenatne Allen
Allen
Casey
Miller
Richardson
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