Fatal clash on Cincinnati farm ends in death and arrests
A noon confrontation on the Charles Jones farm near Reading pits nine deputies of a magistrate against a father, son, and two women. One man is killed, the father severely injured, and a deputy slightly hurt by a stone. Tom Jones and Will Crawford are jailed on resisting an officer after preliminary readings.
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Charles Jones
Country Club Road
Cincinnati
Christ Hospital
Tom Jones
Will Crawford
Jones Farm
Reading
Squire Charles V. Dils
Main Street
Hamilton County
Squire Oils
Rabid Dog Terror at Winton School Injures Pupils
A dog believed rabid attacked a second floor classroom at Winton Place School before noon. Three pupils William Mack Ida Flaherty and George Bolam were bitten in the hands and limbs. Principal W H Maddux cornered and killed the animal with a bat. The dog had bitten Ethel Maddux on the lawn earlier. Doctors treated the four children and the dog will be examined by the Health Department. If signs of madness appear all children may be sent to a Pasteur Institute in Chicago or Cleveland.
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Winton Place
William Mack
Ida Flaherty
George Bolam
Ethel Maddux
Cincinnati Student Fined for Disturbance at Yale
William Goebel of Cincinnati was fined 35 dollars for creating a disturbance at Yale. Graham Foster of Stamford was fined 15 dollars. Charles H. Gilbert of Brooklyn and Benjamin Wallis of Boston were not fined as the Yale student trials concluded.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
William Goebel
Cincinnati
Graham Foster
Stamford
Charles H. Gilbert
Brooklyn
Benjamin Wallis
Boston
Pet
Foster
Wallis
Phipps Named State Oil Inspector in Ohio
Governor Harris announced W H Phipps of Paulding County as State Oil Inspector to succeed W T Finley whose term expired May 15. Phipps is a Republican official and has been active in politics, with no prior office held. Mal Karshner had been favored by Taft headquarters for the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Harris
W. H. Phipps
Paulding County
W. T. Finley
Phipps
Republican State Central Committee
Republican Exécutive Committee
Finley
Republican State Central Canontates
Suc
Ceeds
Democratic State Central Committee
Mal Karshner
Taft
Manufacturers Urge Cannon To Defeat Anti Inunction Bill
New York May 19 The National Association of Manufacturers urged Speaker Cannon to oppose any anti injunction legislation in a telegram approved at its annual convention. President John Van Cleave announced plans to broaden the federation’s activities to state capitals to defeat pro labor efforts and to advocate tariff revision in 1909. The group also backed omitting class declaration planks from party platforms and forming a permanent tariff commission.
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New York
Cannon
House of Representatives
National Association of Manufacturers
Washington
Association
John van Cleave
National Manufacturers’ Association
Albany
Harrisburg
Boston
Columbus
Springfield
van Cleave
John Kirby, Jr
Dayton
Night riders burn tobacco barn near La Center
In La Center Kentucky on May 19 a masked group drove to H G Maddox’s farm and set fire to a tobacco barn. Flint Randall and Miss Maggie Tate witnessed the raid and were forced to attend a prayer meeting as the flames rose and the song Nearer My God to Thee echoed over the burning timbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Center
H. G. Maddox
Flint Randall
Maggie Tate
Kentucky State Guard Heads to Frankfort After Incident
Augusta Kentucky May 19 Colonel E W Lillard Captain Norman and twenty five State Guard infantrymen left by way of Maysville for Frankfort Lillard went to his Danville home Brigadier General Roger Williams investigated Private Green on charges of discharging firearms on a public highway and frightening travelers The general ordered Green stripped of his uniform sent home He noted no need for troops to stay long in Augusta.
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Commercial Tribune
Augusta
E. W. Lillard
Norman
State Guard
Maysville
Frankfort
Lillard
Danville
Roger Williams
Green
Williams
Troop Movements Reported in Ripley Area and Local Trial
The A Troop detachment at Decatur may be returned to Adams County while Troop B patrols from Aberdeen to Higginsport and toward Georgetown and Russellville. Jess McAfee, charged after firing a shotgun at troopers near Barr's Schoolhouse, was released after a hearing before Justice Yates. The Equity Society Board of Control is ready to receive pooled tobacco at the large local warehouse, though much of last year’s crop remains with growers.
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Ripley
Decatur
Adams County
Aberdeen
Higginsport
Georgetown
Russellville
Jess McAfee
Barr's
B Troop
Justice Yates
Board of Control of
The
Equity Society
Law and Order League posts $500 reward in Ohio County outrages
The newly formed Law and Order League in Rising Sun Indiana announced a $500 reward for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for recent night rider outrages in Ohio County.
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Commercial Tribune
Rising Sun
Ind
Law and Order League Today
Ohio County
High Officials Accused by Miss Mae Wood in Divorce Suit
New York May 19 high government officials in Washington and New York allegedly conspired to obtain Senator Platts love letters to Mae C Wood. A statement by J Martin Miller alleges officials planned to use the letters against Platt and hand them to Mr Loeb in Washington. The court denied a motion to dismiss the suit and Miss Wood testified about a $7500 release payment.
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New York
Washington
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Mae C. Wood
Miss Wood
Senator Platt
J. Martin Miller
Miller
Senator Flatt
Mr. Loeb
Wynne
Howe
Platt
Loeb
London
Robert Wynne
Aneeaeak
Winess St
Platts
Miller Bearg
Ender
A. H. Hummel
le Barbier
London Consul General Wynne declines comment in Piatt divorce case
Robert J. Wynne the Consul General at London refused to discuss Mae Wood's divorce suit against Senator Piatt, saying he had nothing to say on the subject. The remark came in response to a previously filed statement, and Wynne remained silent on the matter tonight.
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Robert J. Wynne
London
Mae Wood
Piatt
Secretary Loeb Denies Allegations in Wood Platt Suit
Secretary Loeb said he knows nothing about the statements signed J. Martin Miller in the Wood Platt suit and that the allegations touching him are wholly untrue.
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Washington
Loeb
J. Martin Miller
New York
Roosevelt Sends Congratulatory Cable to Czar on Birthday
President Roosevelt sent a cablegram to the Czar of Russia offering cordial felicitations and good wishes on the czar's 40th birthday, noting the custom among rulers to congratulate one another on birth anniversaries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Proof grows Mrs Gunness died in Laporte fire
In Laporte Indiana authorities confirm the dentures found in the Gunness house match Mrs Bella Gunness. Coroner and sheriff push toward official finding of death as the grand jury continues. Victim claims and letters link additional suspects as investigators pursue the notorious case.
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I. P. Norton
Millionaire shot by son to stop wedding in New York
George Sterry senior, a 72 year old philanthropist and prominent businessman, was shot and killed by his son George Sterry Jr. in the Weaver & Sterry office on Pine Street to prevent his planned marriage to Miss Rachel Blaikie. The son then killed himself. The elder Sterry held multiple directorships including Bloomfield Mills and Spring Coal Mining, and his family noted a prior absence of warning about his state of mind.
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New York
George Sterry
George Stery, Jr
Weaver & Sterry
Pine Street
Sterry
Princteon Theological ‘Seminary
American Bible Society
American Tract Society
Bloomfield Mills*Company
Spring Coal Mining Company
Rachael] Blaikie
East Orange
N. J
George E. Sterry, Jr
Manhattan Square Hotel
Weaver
John J
James J
Wife poisoner in declared guilty in Ohio case
Van Wert Ohio May 19 After an eight day trial sixty eight witnesses for the state and eighteen for the defense the jury found Martin B Brown guilty of wife murder by poisoning He was advised mercy but the jury opposed the mercy recommendation Brown gave strychnine to his wife under the pretense of powders prescribed by a family physician for grip.
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Commercial Tribune
van Wert
Martin B. Brown
Brown
Probes $1,000,000 Failure of McIntyre & Co
New York on May 19 criminal charges against members of the stock brokerage firm T A McIntyre and Co were presented to District Attorney Jerome by receiver C C Burlingham. Jerome sent the charges to a grand jury and proceedings were to continue tomorrow with probable action expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
T.A. McIntyre & Co
Jerome
C. C. Burlingham
Rioting Spreads in Gar Strikes and Girl Killed
Cleveland Ohio May 19 Rioting widened during the street railway strike. A four year old was killed when struck by a car operated by an inexperienced motorman. Four other people were shot or burned. police and guards exchanged many shots as crowds attacked cars and crews. State arbitrators pursued reconciliation while Carmen's Union pressed a petition plan for a public vote on the franchise.
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Yetta Wolkinski
Lakewood
Clifton Boulevard
Western Terminal
W. J. James
John Swento
P. C. Elsholz
John Gray
George Alexander
Mace Burlingame
Yetta Walkinson
Woodland Avenue
Municipal Traction Company
Possibilit Sa
Carmen’s Union
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W. H. Maddux
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Daen Burns
Miss Mae Wood
Loeb and
Ing
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Tribune
T. C. Platt
Czar
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Smith
Lamphere
Smutzer
William Riedinger
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Gunness
David Hicken
Waukesha
Jennie Graham
Indiana
Henry Gurholdt
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