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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1908

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Russell Slighted by Venezuelan Officials

W. W. Russell American Minister to Venezuela sails from Willemstad on the Caracas for a two month vacation in the United States. He leaves after visiting Puerto Cabello where a gunboat salute greeted his departure while Venezuelan officials stay away in protest. Paris voices French anger at Castro as The Temps urges strong action.

Good-By United States Castro Caracas Puerto Cabello Venezuela Paducah Russell Thomas P. Moffatt Ate la Guayra

Taft Reports Fruitful Panama Visit and Canal Talks

Secretary Taft wrapped up conferences with Panama and U S officials on canal treaty points. A four member arbitration tribunal will determine land titles and valuations in the canal zone with Governor Magoon as umpire. Taft plans to sail back to the United States Tuesday.

Taft Panama Amador Arias Senor Arango United States Mr. Squiers William Nelson Cromwell Panama Canal Commission Colombia Magoon Cuba Canal

Ameer Replies to Indian Remonstrance on Frontier Incursions

Simla May 10 The Ameer of Afghanistan explains frontier control difficulties and says he has ordered measures to call back tribesmen who crossed the border and to prevent further incursions on British territory.

Simla British India Ameer Afghanistan

Cleveland Continues Recovery At Lakewood Hotel

Reports from the Lakewood Hotel indicate former President Grover Cleveland had a comfortable day and his condition continues to improve. Officials provide no further details on his health or plans for the coming days.

Ewood N. J Lakewood Hotel Grover Cleveland

Ohio Woman Hurt In Boston Auto Crash

Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports Mrs. Matilda Brooks of Mansfield Ohio visiting her daughter in College Run was run over by a millionaire politician’s son’s car in Boston. She is dying and her daughter is critically ill in hospital. Mr. Brooks hurries to Boston.

Commercial Tribune Boston Mass Matilda Brooks Mansfield College Run

Typhoid Rages Through Kiev Prison

A terrible outbreak of exanthematous typhoid sweeps the Kiev city prison with over two hundred deaths reported and nearly all inmates infected. The epidemic hospitalizes and alarms authorities as conditions worsen in May.

Kiev Russia

Night Riders Strike Indiana Farm Near Aurora

Marauders believed from Kentucky damaged Henry Kaiser’s tobacco beds five miles below Aurora Indiana. They dug a grave placed an old sword a box of matches and a threatening note warning Kaiser to stop growing tobacco. Farmers stayed alert anticipating further trouble.

Aurora Ind Kentucky Henry Kaiser Kaiser

Troops Mobilize Actions Around Georgetown and Higginsport

A Troop B squad rode to Georgetown where Lieutenant Chamberlain joined after returning from Columbus. Another squad moved to Higginsport with Captain Knauss. A patrol stayed to Aberdeen eastward. Major Joseph Hall returned to Cincinnati and Colonel Kautzman left for Columbus with Dr. Brown. Troop A Captain Schofield reports Adams County line quiet. Saddler from Troop B on sick furlough. hospital empty. Gunfire heard near Rivley hills at 1 am. cause unknown.

Commercial Tribune Ripley Georgetown Chamberlain Columbus Higginsport Knauss Aberdeen Joseph Hall Cincinnati Kautzman Brown Schofield Adams County Rivley

State Guards Intrude on Kentucky Farm Vigil

Colonel E W Lillard with 63 mounted guards camps on Edwin Byars farm near Augusta after patrolling from Falmouth via Neave and Brooksville. Officials protest the troop deployment without request, threatening warrants and indictments if illegal acts occur as Ohio units patrol the opposite river bank.

Commercial Tribune Augusta E. W. Lillard Edwin Byars Falmouth Neave Brooksville Byars Lewis ‘Kinney Henry Gross Commonwealth Hennessey Ohio

Automobile and trolley collide injures Hartwell banker

A. L. Pope cashier of Elmwood Place National Bank suffered severe bruises when his automobile was hit by a Glendale trolley on Spring pike between Section and Fairview avenues in Hartwell yesterday afternoon. Eyewitnesses feared fatality as glass shattered and bystanders cried out. Pope, who lives at 223 Section avenue, was about 4:30 pm traveling north. both vehicles were at high speed.

A. L. Pope Elmwood Place National Bank Glendale Spring Pike Section Fairview Avenues Hartwell Pope Section Avenue Springfield Pike

Grocers From Midwest Rally Ahead of National Convention

Hundreds of grocers from the Midwest traveled to New York in hats bearing the Stopurkicked motto to urge prosperity ahead of the Retail Grocers Association convention in Boston. The Cincinnati delegation traveled in a special train with many members joined by families and planned a three day East tour after Boston.

Commercial Tribune New York Middle West Retail Grocers’ Association Boston St. Louis Cincinnati East New Yorkty

Woman's Body Found in Shallow Grave Near Lake Station

Lake Station authorities east of Gary Indiana report the discovery of a young woman's body, about two years old, three feet underground in a cemetery. No signs of foul play. clothing ordinary and no embalming evident. The corpse, kept in a vault, was viewed but not identified.

Chicago Lake Station Gary Ind

President Roosevelt Returns From Pine Knot Outing

President Roosevelt Mrs Roosevelt and John Burroughs flew back to Washington on a special two car train from Pine Knot near Charlottesville Virginia. The president wore a Rough Rider campaign hat and said he was refreshed by the outing as a crowd greeted at the station.

Washington Roosevelt John Burroughs Pine Knot Charlottesville Ethel Roosevelt Frank McCoy

Mrs. Eddy Rumors About Illness Denied

In Boston on May 10, Mary Baker Eddy head of the Christian Science Church was said not to take her after noon drive and rumors of illness circulated. Alfred Farlow of the Christian Science Publicity Bureau insisted Eddy drives daily in Chestnut Hill and has not missed a day since arriving last January. He called the illness rumors unfounded and urged observation of Eddy in the afternoon carriage rides.

Commercial Tribune Boston Mass Mary Baker Eddy Christian Science Church Chestnut Hill Beacon Street Mrs. Eddy

Rock Crashes Through Roof Injuring Three on B and O Express

A rock rolled from a hillside near Hammond seven miles east of Fairmont West Virginia and crashed through the roof of a smoking car on the Chicago and New York express of the Baltimore and Ohio. Three passengers were injured J B Howell head cut and bruised B F Gilmore head injured both taken to Fairmont Hospital Griffith Jones Negro Fairmont slightly injured. The train was moving at about forty miles an hour and stopped at Fairmont for medical aid.

Fairmont W. Va Chicago and New York Express Baltimore & Ohio Today Hammond J. B. Howell B. F. Gilmore Goshen Ind Fairmont Hospital Griffith Jones

Pleasure trip ends in death off Plum Island

Nine men from Ebwuryport on a naphtha launch were capsized by a large wave while crossing the bar at Plum Island. Five drowned. Captain George E. Bailey, owner of the launch, and three others were rescued by passing boats. The victims were Italian shoemakers from the city.

Ewburyport Mass Plum Island Merrimac River George E. Bailey

Cincinnati Man Commits Suicide By Poison In Kansas City

George P. Case aged 26 a storekeeper for the Pullman Company who recently came from Cincinnati where his father is well to do killed himself in Kansas City by drinking corrosive sublimate this May 10.

George P. Case Kansas City, Mo George P. Case Pullman Company Cincinnati

Big temperance meeting at Lyric attended by Governor Hanly

May 10 reports a large temperance gathering in Baltimore for the Quadrennial General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Governor J Frank Hanly of Indiana urged stronger spiritual intensity among Methodists, saying renewed zeal could convert the nation in under a year. Also showcased were remarks by Governor E W Hoch of Kansas and Bishop John W Hamilton of San Francisco at a labor memorial day event in Ford's Grand Opera House.

Baltimore The Methodist Episcopal Church Lyric J. Frank Hanly Indiana Ford Grand Opera House E. W. Hoch Kansas John W. Hamilton San Francisco

West Point Graduate Ends Life in Washington Hotel

Charles E. Bamford, a West Point graduate who resigned as a Second Lieutenant in 1906, shot himself in his Regent Hotel room in Washington. Letters among his effects point to an address in Trenton New Jersey and a plea to Adjutant Nevar Ainsworth for reappointment, suggesting a motive tied to melancholia during a civil engineering period.

Washington Charles E. Bamford West Point Regent Hotel Hamilton Avenue Trenton Bamford Nevar Ainsworth

Governor Magoon Returns from Cuba Trip in Havana

Governor Magoon arrived in Havana returning from his visit to Pinar Del Rio. He expressed pleasure at the reception and evident good will. Crowds cheered at the American colony in Herradura and at multiple stations along the train. A blind boy sang songs including one proposing Magoon as Cuba’s next president.

Havana Magoon Pinar del Rio Herradura S. ‘Magoon Cuba

Crowds Flock to Gunness Farm as Laporte Sees Transport Rush

About 15 000 sightseers visit the Gunness farm in Laporte with 4 000 more arrivals by rail and trolley. Hotels and restaurants struggle as conveyances fill and many visitors walk to the scene amid jokes and picnic scenes while authorities note missing relatives and possible victims.

Laporte Ind Laporte County Gunness Farm Darrow Death Farm Clear Lake Pine Lake

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