Sophia Hemphill Leaps to Her Death on River Bridge
Sophia Hemphill of Thorntown Ind. is reported to have jumped from the Suspension Bridge near Cincinnati, witnessed by City of Louisville crew and Ludlow officials. Her past included a Toledo marriage, a divorce, and a tumultuous affair with Dick Sheridan. investigators note premeditation and a possible family scandal.
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Sophia Hemphill
Thorntown
Ind
Cincinnati
Toledo
Hamilton
Dr. Hemphill
Dick Sheridan
C. Homer Sheridan
Hemphill
Dick Sher
Tolédo
Davis’ House of Ill Fame
George Street
Louisville
Brennan
Vera Stuerwald
Sophia Vemphill
W. A. Orr
Mr. Orr
J. Dillon
Covington
Dillon
Farrell
Ludlow
Greenup Street
Holman Street
Harry Berte
Pene Lee
Vine Street
Lyceum Theater
Dayton
Commercial Tribune
Indiana
Chicago
Berte
Woman Drowns After Jump From Bridge Witness Details
Eye witness recounts a death by self harm on a bridge as bystanders watch a victim flounder in the river below. Ida Curtis, a city hospital employee, was on the Holman avenue car headed into the city when the car stopped abruptly and the motorman and others acted.
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Coney Island
Ida Curtis
Holman Avenue
Convention Set for June 18 and 19 in Columbus
Columbus Bureau reports the Republican State Central Committee plans a June 18 19 convention in Columbus with Senator Foraker likely to be temporary Chairman and John R Malloy expected as temporary Secretary. Governor Nash may address Kenyon College June 26, altering dates. delegates may be chosen by convention or primary per evolving rules.
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Columbus
Commercial Tribune
Republican State Central Committee
Senator Foraker
John R. Malloy
Kenyon College
Central Committee
United States
Fagin
Cincinnati
Hocking
Kilbourne Campaign Talks Over Fifth Judicial District
Special Despatch reports Colonel James Kilbourne in a Columbus conference with Judge Morris Donahue Representative Finch and Kilbourne Campaign Chair Charles Gilliam and Treasurer William Orr. They discussed conditions in the Fifth Judicial District spanning fifteen counties amid Kilbourne's active support for Donahue's circuit court nomination.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
James Kilbourne
Morris Donahue
Finch
Perry County
Charles Gilliam
William C. Orr
Kilbourne
Fifth Judicial District
Stark
Perry
Muskingum
Tuscarawas
Knox
Holmes
Wayne
Ashland
Donahue
Dor
Cena
Removal urged for Dr McCormick at Hopkinsville asylum
State Inspector Hines reports to Governor Beckham that charges of immorality against Dr McCormick and a female attendant are well founded and that his usefulness has ended. The report, noting no other charges, recommends McCormick be removed with an expected order tomorrow. Hannah York, part of the case, has since married and resides in Marion Indiana. Governor Beckham has not yet decided on a successor.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Henry B. Hines
Hopkinsville Asylum
Beckham
McCormick
Beck‘ham
Hines
Hannah York
Marion
Ind
Secofmucks
Fleischmann Case Hearing Opens in New York Courts
Testimony continues in the Fleischmann estate contest at 36 Wall Street before a referee. Julius Fleischmann leads the defense with Henrytta and Max C Fleischmann as principals. Johanna Fleischmann appears as plaintiff seeking control and accounting of the business and goodwill amid fraud accusations and contested indentures.
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Despaton
Ed Tribune
New York
Juane Brown
Wall Street
Fleischmann
News York
Julius Fleischmann
Cincinnati
Henrietta and
Maximilian
Johanna Fleischmann
Bronson Winthrop
Root, Howard, Winthrop & Stilson
John E. Parsons
W. W. Vaughn
Bambridge Smith
Lester Mettler
Mr. Winthrop
Charles Fleischmann
Johanna
Fleischmann & Co
Maximilian Fleischmann
Winthrop
Udo M. Fleischmann
Helen Fleischmann
Charles M. Fleischmann
Louisa Fleischmann
Gracie Fleischmann
Henrietta Fleischmann
Max C. Fleischmann
Louis Fleischmann
Josephine Bleier
Benjamin Biei
Girl of Fifteen Dies After Poisoning at Home
In Columbus Ohio a fifteen year old girl Gertrude Crites died after taking a poison dose. Her mother and stepfather had decided to send her to a convent following troubles including an incident with a baby she had been entrusted with. The family physician was not allowed to treat her.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Gertrude Crites
George Dixon
Whail
Wall Street's Record Day as Markets Roar Loudly
New York April 30 Wall Street runs money mad as 3,190,857 shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange and 511,200 on the Consolidated Exchange. Bond sales reach 6,288,000 with shares moving at times at 10,000 a minute amid pandemonium on the floor.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Consolidated Exchange
Stock Exchange
Tobacco maker Jacob Zimmer dies at 36 in Miamisburg
Jacob Zimmer a leading tobacco buyer and originator of the Zimmer brand died at his home in Miamisburg near Dayton at age 36. He represented major Eastern firms in the tobacco growing area for years, with his Spanish tobacco noted among his early products. He leaves a family including Mrs Elizabeth Hecker of Miamisburg Mrs Louise Swartzstrauber of Mexico and sons Charles George Zimmer of Houston and Harry Zimmer of Indianapolis.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Jacob Zimmer
United States
Miamisburg
Zimmer
O Zimmer
Spanish Tobacco
Elizabeth Hecker
Louise Swartzstrauber
Mexico
Charles and
George Zimmer
Houston,Tex
Harry Zimmer
Indianapolis
Steel Trust Plans Office Move to Youngstown Plant
The National Steel Company will move its New York offices to Youngstown Ohio near its key plant. Allied units American Steel Hoop American Sheet Steel and American Tin Plate will also relocate their main offices by order of United States Steel Corporation. Treasurer F S Wheeler declined to discuss details.
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New York
National Steel Company
Youngstown
Allied
American Steel Hoop Company
American Sheet Steel Company
American Tin-Plate Company
United States Steel Corporation
F. 8. Wheeler
Waldersee appoints chief of staff after HQ fire
Peking April 30 Major General Von Guyl named Chief of Staff to Field Marshal Von Waldersee succeeding General Schwartzhoff who was killed in the fire that destroyed the headquarters.
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Peking
von Guyl
Marshal von Waldersee
Schwartzhoff
Count von Waldersee
McKinley Captures Hearts in Dixie Memphis Speech Fused with Welcome
President McKinley toured through Alabama and Tennessee greeting cheering crowds in Corinth and Memphis. Confederate veterans in old uniforms formed a guard of honor as a cabinet meeting on wheels occurred in the observation car. He delivered a notable speech praising unity and the Tennessee volunteers.
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Tenn
Heart of
Dixie
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee River
Corinth
Miss
Grant
Forrest
Washington
Carmack
River Bluffs
McMillin
Guard of Honor
Custom House
Arkansas
Court Square
Williams
Tennessee Volunteers
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Charlies Fleischmann
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