Narrow Escape As Cable Snaps On Incline Ride
A private Price Hill incline cable failed during a northbound lift, sending a loaded car with Edward Bris ker and Joseph Strassell toward disaster. The pair, unhurt aside from minor cuts and a brief stun, rode in on crushed wagons and mangled horses, saved by sacks of fertilizer.
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Price Hill
Edward Brisker
Warsaw
Austerlitz
Joseph Strassell
Green Township
Brisker
Strassell
George McDuffie & Rees
Mt. Auburn
Cincinnati
Tily
Pettebaum
Mexican porter attempts suicide at Owl drug store
Robert Watkins, 30, of Garfield Place, bought carbolic acid at the Owl drug store on Fifth and Walnut, then drank it before collapsing in the street. A private watchman knocked the bottle away. a stomach pump was used at City Hospital. Watkins, who gave the name John Snyder, is described as a Mexican porter recently in the city.
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Robert Watkins
Garfield Place
Owl
Fifth
Walnut Streets
Watkins
E. A. Ohm
Tom Flanigan
Osmond
John Snyder
East Fifth Street
Wetterstein
Platt Deposes Much of His Fortune Amid Divorce Pressure
Senator Thomas C. Platt has deeded away nearly all his fortune to ward off a possible divorce settlement. Mrs. Platt accuses a plot to ruin her and alleges her husband and son in law Major Carmody conspired against her. She vows to resist and says she is no weakling.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Thomas C. Platt
Tioga Lodge
Platt
Highland Mills
Janeway
Mae Woods
Francis J. Carmody
Mrs. Platt
Carmody
Roosevelt Discusses Cuban Intervention and Governing Plan
President Roosevelt told his Cabinet and callers that U S actions in Cuba aim to restore order and protect interests for the Cuban people. He signaled possible extra Congress action and favored Magoon as provisional governor of Cuba, with Taft and Winthrop considerations noted.
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Island
Congress
Charles E. Magoon
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Cubay
Taft
Beekihan Winthrop
Porto Rico
Magoon
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Islands
Winthrop
Cuba
Mr. Taft
Washington
Man Known as Rags Cannon Leaps to Death From Bridge
A 35 year old ex pugilist and soldier known as Rags Cannon leaped from the Suspension Bridge into the Ohio River after betting a sailor a cigarette could be done. The body was not recovered by late last night and witnesses place the jump from the bridge guard rail. Cannon formerly boxed and served in the Cuban War and had recent work as a bartender. His mother Mary F Cannon lives at 133 East Tenth street Covington.
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Ohio River
Cannon
Second Street
Moore
Arnold Michael
William Lyder
Globe Soap Company
Vine Street
Second District
Krumte
Mary F. Cannon
East Tenth Street
Covington
Fatch
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Royal
Dauphin
Sheriff Powers
Hoyle
Lyons
Mob Rampages After Negro Suspect In Jail Shootout
At Mobile Alabama a riot formed as Deputy Sheriffs and a mob sought the teenage suspect Dick Robinson. Roy Hoyle was killed and Alderman Sidney Lyons wounded as shots rang out when a door was breached at the county jail. The mob intends to lynch the fugitive.
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Commercial Tribune
Mobile
Ala
Roy Hoyle
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Sidney Lyons
Dick Robinson
Ruth
Blount Sossaman
Nob
Alderman Lyons
Deposed U S Marshal to be succeeded by Eugene Lewis
A federal officer's post was ended after an orderly transfer ordered by the Attorney General Moody. Marshal Vivian J. Fagin resigned last June 6 and will hand the office to Eugene Lewis once bonds and formalities are completed. Lewis, a prominent Republican and former County Auditor, is expected to assume command promptly.
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United States
Vivian J. Fagin
Washington
Moody
Fourth Ward
Eugene Sir Lewis
Mr. Lewis
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Warsaw Street
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Roosevelt
Knox
Foraker
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Ohio
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Mob
Lewis
Marshal Fagin
B. R Cowen
United States Court
Fagin
Gilad
M1 Kragin
Eugene Lewis
Shriners
Elks
Cincinnati Gymnasium
Primrose
Race Street
Marshal’s Force of Deputies
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