Beef Trust inquiry probes retail meat prices in Chicago
Twelve out of town witnesses testified before the special grand jury in Chicago on Beef Trust evidence. District Attorney Morrison sought price data paid by retailers to packers and prices paid to cattle raisers. Key witnesses included Armour & Co. executive R C Rowe and retailers T W Kelly and Robert Hall. New York Grand Jury also continued its Beef Trust probe with A S Edwards of Swift & Co. among those examined.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Beef Trust
C. B. Morrison
R. C. Rowe
Armour & Co
Omaha
T. W. Kelly
Cedar Rapids
Robert Hall
Kansas City
Kelly
Hall
Francis Meaghen
Crumley
Morrison
New York
Federal Grand Jury
A. S. Edwards
New York City
Corporation of Swift & Co
Cincinnati Forgery Ring Targets 200 Checks Across 100 Firms
A petty forger cashed at least 200 bogus checks for sums under five dollars over two months, deceiving more than a hundred business firms and banks in Cincinnati. He used the Great China Tea Company manager’s name, then moved through grocery and coffee chains. A check to Kraemer’s bicycle shop was marked forgery after an inner tube purchase.
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Cincinnati
Great China Tea Company
City Hall Bank
Kraemer
Seventh Street
Elm
Woman named deputy sheriff in Colorado Springs
Mrs Elizabeth Cass Goddard a leading Colorado woman was appointed Deputy Sheriff of El Paso County today. She holds full powers of the office and is the only woman in the state to occupy such a post, with duties aiding her work for mistreated animals.
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Elizabeth Cass Goddard
Colorado
Commercial Tribune
Colorado Springs
Col
el Paso County
Herrick Iii Forced to Go on a Trip
Governor Myron T. Herrick of Ohio leaves for a short vacation to Waco Texas on his physician's orders with Mrs Herrick. He has battled grip for weeks and spent a day in bed after a New York trip. He plans to return by April 10 and cancels a Cincinnati banquet honoring M. E. Ingalls.
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Myron T. Herrick
Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati
M. E. Ingalls
Big Four
Fire nearly wipes out Sunman Indiana in high wind
A blaze started in a livery stable behind the depot at 5 pm and, aided by strong winds, destroyed eight small houses including three barns along with a livery barn three hotels two saloons two residences a general store and a cigar store. Firefighters from Weisburg Lawrenceburg and Greensburg aided, eight houses burned, losses exceed $60 000 with little insurance. Big Four Station saved.
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Commercial Tribune
Sunman
Ind
Lawrenceburg
Greensburg
Weisburg
Interurbans Seek Higher Mail Carrying Rates From Postoffice
The Ohio Interurban Association met at the Gibson House to press Congress for higher Post Office rates for trolley mail service. They note current payments of three cents per mile for pouch service and seven and a half cents per car mile for a ten foot mail space, saying the terms, set long ago, now fail to cover costs.
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Ohio Interurban Association
Gibson House
American Street Railway Association
United States Postoffice Department
Postoffice Department
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Post Office Department
Ohio Association
Legislative
National Committee
American Railway Association
Bullock Electric Plant
Norwood
Chester Park Car Company
Buffalo Bill Divorce Petition Denied by Wyoming Court
Sheridan Wyoming March 23 The District Court denied Colonel William F Cody Buffalo Bills petition for divorce The judge ruled incompatibility not grounds but extreme cruelty justifies divorce The court found in favor of defendant Louisa Cody and noted the poisoning charge lacked evidence The decision was announced after depositions were read and arguments planned for later pages
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Commercial Tribune
Sheridan
Wyo
District Court
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
R. H. Scott
Wilcox and Halligan
North Platte, Neb
Bessie Isbell
Cody
Chicago
Ft. McPherson
Louisa Cody
Scott
Hamilton Walked to Death in Firm Electric Chair
Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus executed Herman Hamilton for the murder of Lee Culver in Portsmouth last May. The condemned man, cheerful in final hours, went to the chair and died seven minutes after the current was turned on. He admitted the killing after being suspected due to Culver’s money on his person.
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Commercial Tribune
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Herman Hamilton
Lee Culver
Portsmouth
Father Kelley
Norfolk & Western Terminal
10 Girls Waylay Strike Breakers at Beaver Falls
Fifty Becker Bros factory workers walked off for lower pay. A dozen to two dozen strikers then attacked two New Brighton girls on the Tenth Street bridge, beating them and tossing hats coats and dinner baskets into the Beaver River. Police arrived too late to arrest anyone.
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Beaver Falls
Becker Bros
Tenth Street
New Brighton
Beaver River
Newberry Nominated as Assistant Secretary of the Navy
President Roosevelt offered the post of Assistant Secretary of the Navy to Truman H. Newberry of Detroit and the appointment was accepted. Newberry replaces Charles H. Darling of Vermont, who resigns to become Port Collector at Burlington and return to legal practice.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Roosevelt
Trumen H. Newberry
Detroit
Newberry
Charles H. Darling
Vermont
Federation urged to boost Cincinnati growth in 1910
A. J. Conroy urged Walnut Hills Business Club members to form a city wide federation of business clubs with the slogan a half million for Cincinnati in 1910. Speakers included Joseph T. Harrison on Walnut Hills living and State Senator L. L. H. Austin praising industrial and juvenile court reforms. The club emphasized unity and progress through consolidated effort.
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A. J. Conroy
Federation of Business Clubs
Walnut Hills Club
Cincinnati
Walnut Hills
Conroy
St. Louis
Missouri
Ma Conroy
Chamberlain and Balfour at War Over Fiscal Question
London reports open warfare between Joseph Chamberlain and Mr. Balfour on fiscal policy. Chamberlain claims a Unionist majority and backs a protective candidate to contest Lord Hugh Cecil in Greenwich at the next general election.
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London
Joseph Chamberlain
Mr. Balfour
Hugh Cecil
Greenwich
Chamberlain
Lord Hugh Cecil
Supreme Court Asked To Interpret Burglary Law In Ohio
Prosecuting Attorney Rulison plans to appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court for a construction of the statute defining burglary of an inhabited house at night. The circuit court granted new trials for Harry G. Sewell and William E. Mason, who were given life sentences, pending the high court decision.
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Rulison
State Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Harry G. Sewell
William E. Mason
Paul Walker
Erred
Criminal Court
Spiegel
Ohio Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Sewell and Mason
Circuit
Hamilton County
Sewell
Mason
Russia Considers Two Year Siege As Harbin Fall Feared
From ST. PETERSBURG reports March 23 24 Russian forces face possible loss of Harbin if Sungari lines give way. Linovitch may retreat toward Lake Baikal leaving Vladivostok to Japan. Russia urgently reevaluates war plans with 200000 more troops and daily reinforcements arriving at Harbin.
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Linevitch
Linovitch
Nicholas
Harbin
Lake Baikal
Vladivostok
Oyama
Russia
Japanese Wide Turning Movement in Manchuria Warfront
Russian rear guard falls back from Santoupu toward Sungari River as Japanese flanks execute a broad turning movement. The Russian line risks isolation of Vladivostok and demands 200,000 reinforcements to brace for sustained fighting toward Harbin and beyond.
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Gunshu Pass
Manchuria
Tie Pass
Santoupu
Linevitch
Sungari River
Chantchiatu
Harbin
Siberia
Siberian
Sungari
Peace Step May Have Already Been Taken in St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg dispatch reports that ministers and court supporters backing submission of pacific proposals to Japan may have already acted. The note suggests a diplomatic move aligned with prior discussions and international reactions remain uncertain.
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Japan
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Edward Spring
West Milton
F. W. Coen
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Michigan
Mr. Darling
William Walker
Joseph T.harrison
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