Notable United States Court of Appeals Session Opens With Justice Harlan
The United States Court of Appeals convened in the Custom-house with Justice Harlan presiding. Judges Taft Lurton Hammond Barr Severson Swan Clark attended. eight cases on the calendar, including Main Street Railway line dispute, were discussed alongside several decisions. A large legal audience and prominent citizens filled the room as new attorneys such as Scheiber Dorger McClure Moloney Marmon Holloway Johnson Mason were admitted to practice.
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United States Court of Appeals
Justice Harlan
Supreme Court
Circuit
Michigan
Ohio
Tennessee
Kentucky
Frank Loveland
Justice Harlar
William H. Taft
Horace H. Lurton
Tennesee
E. 8. Hammond
John W. Barr
Henry F. Severens
Augustus J. Ricks
Hié
Henry H. Swan
Charles D. Clark
Hugh
Main Street
Lurton
Sage
Ohio Supreme Court
Louisville Trust Company
Lorton
F. Scheiber
Milwaukee
I. J. Dorger
H. B. McClure
E. B. Moloney
Cincinnati
N. L. Marmon
Samuel Holloway
Memphis
Tenn
R. W. Johnson
Galion
F. Howard Mason
Buffalo
Randolph
Albert Mitchell
Fidelity, Standard Preferred
Travelers
Mitchell
Taft
Pierce
van Dusen
Jourdmon Et al
Ewing
Mulcahy
Lake Erie & Western Railway Company
Main Street Line Decision In Ohio Supreme Court Case
Judge Lurton reads the Main Street Electric Case involving Louisville Trust Company versus the City of Cincinnati. The suit, tied to a mortgage bond issue for the Cincinnati Inclined Plane Railway, seeks to clarify how a Supreme Court of Ohio ruling affects the city’s street franchise and ownership held under municipal ordinances.
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Main Street
Lurton
Main Street Electric
Louisville Trust Company
City of
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Inclined Plane Railway Company
Supreme Court of Ohio
Superior Court of Cincinnati
City of Cincinnati
Inclined Plane Railway Company
Jment
Ofio
Chises
Ity
Dynamite Guns Helped Cuban Victory At Battle
Special Cable reports Havana fears as Gen Maceo leads Cuban forces to decisive win using dynamite guns for the first time. Madrid reacts with feverish interest as Weyler’s Madrid policy runs its course. In Matanzas province a reserve plantation clash leaves insurgent Gen Serafin Sanchez dead.
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Patriots
Commercial Tribune
Havana
Maceo
Madrid
Weyler
Serafin Sanchez
Matanzas
Laboring laundress gains inheritance in Ohio estate
Nora Wills, a seven year laundress in Indianapolis, inherits a Hamilton Ohio farm and 7500 dollars after her adoptive family line ends. Orphaned young, she was raised by Charles and wife near Hamilton, later married with a child. Her husband died leaving nothing, with the estate passing to the adopted child per will. Mrs Wills recently worked at Armstrongs laundry.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Nora Wills
Hamilton
Cummings
Wills
Armstrong’s
Meteoric mass crashes to earth near Roseville Ohio
At Roseville on the C M V railroad a solid body fell from the sky around 3 PM drawing large crowds. The meteor buried itself in a creek bottom on the James farm about a half mile from town and, judging by the crater, weighed 300 to 400 pounds. The projectile is being unearthed.
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Commercial Tribune
Zanesville
Roseville
James Farm
Pretty Belle Freeland Sentenced for Counterfeiting
Belle Freeland, the counterfeiter once arrested for passing bogus ten and twenty dollar notes, was convicted in a Clarksburg U S Court and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. The pardon earlier granted by the President did not take effect.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkdprsburg
W. Va
Belle Freeland
United States
Clarksburg
Eve Mt Vt
Presidelan
Fugitive Arrested in Akron After July Shooting
Rafael Maglione, sought since July for shooting John Kline in a horse trade dispute, was arrested in Akron Oho. Maglione says he has remained in Pennsylvania since the incident. Kline, initially thought fatally wounded, has nearly recovered.
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Commercial Tribune
Akron
Rafael Maglione
John Kline
Pennsylvania
Kline
May Go to Soldiers Home for Carl McElhinney
Marshal Kosier surrendered Carl McElhinney to Sheriff Garver after the Dalton incident. The boy, who murdered a child, could not bond out and was shown the prison blocks with no fear. Prosecutor Funck orders a transcript change as Wooster citizens seek to place Carl and a brother in the Soldiers and Sailors' Orphans' Home at Xenia.
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Commercial Tribune
Wooster
Frank Kosier
Dalton
Carl McElhinney
W. W. Garver
Funck
Carl
Xenia
Judge Denny Drops Out Clearing Breckinridge in Seventh District
Lexington Kentucky October 5 Judge G Denny Jr Republican candidate retires from the race leaving Colonel W C P Breckinridge with a clear field. He cites the Seventh District Committee's 1896 action and calls for unity behind McKinley Ho bera t and party nominees.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
G. Denny, Jr
Congress
W. C. P. Breckinridge
Republican District Committee
Frankfort
Ees
McKinley
Election Bets Barred Ohio Grand Jury Action
Warren Ohio October 5 Judge T J Gillmer instructed the grand jury to indict every person with evidence of betting on the November 3 election. Speculators in this county face serious trouble under the instruction.
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Commercial Tribune
Warren, CO
T. J. Gillmer
Quarreled Over Five Cents Leads to Court Action
In Delaware County on October 5 Rev. H. C. Clay's son Charles was bound over to court on a charge of shooting during a home dispute that began over five cents. The incident followed a quarrel at the residence, with the outcome leading to legal action.
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Commercial Tribune
Delaware, CO
H. C. Clay
Charles
Noa
Burglar Steals $150 After Window Is Raised
Sherman Sargent, a 26 year old grocer on St. Clair avenue, wakes to a burglary as a intruder with a revolver orders him to toss his trousers out the window. The burglar enters, takes $150 from under a pillow while Mrs. Sargent and the baby flee to the porch.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Sherman Sargent
St. Clair Avenue
Chase Street
Sargent
Flood Toll Rising in Sinaloa After Surging Rivers
Special dispatch from Guadalajara reports Mazatlan and coastal ports in Sinaloa hit by floods. Over 100 bodies recovered, many more missing as rivers breach banks and villages washed away. Shipping damage feared. coast vessel safety scant. Public appeal planned for storm relief funds.
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Commercial Tribune
Guadalajara
Mex
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
Hypnotists Held Responsible for Subject’s Damages
Judge Foote of Atlanta rules that a hypnotist is responsible for the acts of his subjects. At a local theater a subject imagined he was a monkey and bit a man’s hat. the hypnotist and manager refused to cover the hat loss. The charge was sustained and the hypnotist bound over.
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Atlanta, Ga
Judge Foote
Atlanta
Choctaw Council Convened. Martial Law Possible
The Choctaw Council meets at Tuska homa with Marshal McAlister and deputies present. Indian Agent Wisdom sends Capt. Jack Ellis with Indian police and a contingent of soldiers. Gov. McCurtin to be inaugurated midweek. martial law warned if trouble erupts.
Ohio Family Struggles After Loss Of All In New York
An Ohio family of three, Arthur Henry Croft his wife and infant, traveled to New York with 85 dollars seeking return to England. A thief stole their savings, eviction followed for non payment. After nights on the streets they found shelter from charitable locals as they face possible collection to send them home.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Ohio
Arthur Henry Croft
Crofts
Toledo
England
Croft
Died on the witness stand in Chicago court
Clifford B. Everham quotation manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company died of heart disease today in Criminal Court. He collapsed while testifying in a case and died within an hour. He had served Western Union over twenty years and was regarded as one of its best and most capableemployees.
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Chicago
Clifford B. Everham
Western Union Telegraph Company
Louisville Ministers Refuse Woman Address on Mission Work
The Louisville Ministerial Association rejected Mrs. Henrietta C. Ogden’s request to address them about Mission Work. Dr. T. T. Eaton led the opposition, declaring it unscriptural for a woman to speak to a male-dominated body, while some members favored hearing her but faced strong objections.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Louisville Ministerial Association
Henrietta C. Ogden
T. T. Eaton
Ministers Divided Over Politics in Pulpit Debate
At the Indianapolis ministers meeting on October 5, the group agreed sermons should avoid politics for church harmony, while ministers may personally participate in campaigns. Rev. Dr. Lucas argued ministers' pulpit roles stay separate from political speeches, urging action against what he called cowardly conduct by politicians.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Lucas
Sixth Christian Church
Strikers Threaten as Quarry Union Walkout Spreads
Elyria Ohio October 5 The Grafton Stone Company quarry near the C L W railroad is idle as 66 workers join a union walkout. About 95 of 130 workers belong to the Quarrymen's Union and 23 deputies guard the site after non union crews were hired. Strikers, many Finns, warn of possible damage to buildings as union leaders in Cleveland direct actions.
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Commercial Tribune
Elyria
Grafton Stone Company
Salisbury
Cleveland
Bottle men wage talks in Pittsburg
Green glass manufacturers and workers gathered in Pittsburg for a wage conference to resolve pay and cuts. Workers seek restoration of last year's 5 percent rise after a 15 percent cut in 1898, while manufacturers demand a 50 percent reduction. The Glass Blowers Association Wage Committee, with representatives from multiple states, plans further adjustments amid light stocks and potential plant restart if McKinley wins.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Glass Blowers’ Association of America
D. A. Hayes
Newark
Ene Arrington
Eygies
Ines
Agard Reator
Farrell
St. Louis
C. Canning
Muncie
Ind
Western Bottle Blowers
Seana Me Brooklys
George Non
Illville
N. J
Eastern Association
McKinley
Geen Bottle
America
Choctaw School Fire Claimed Four Boy Victims
Four Choctaw boys burned in Spencer Academy fire at Antlers Oklahoma Territory. Schoolboy arsonist, about nineteen, set the blaze to go home and tried to recruit another boy. He faces U.S. court action as items burned belonged to white residents.
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Commercial Tribune
Antlers
I. T
Jeter
Spencer Academy
U. S
Children Elope to Indiana County Court
Lawrenceburg Ky Oct 5 a seventeen year old boy Abrose Haydon and fourteen year old Lola Perry eloped from Palmer Precinct in Kentucky to Jeffersonville Indiana this morning. Abrose is a son of A Haydon and Lola a daughter of Mr Robert Perry both of Palmer Precinct about ten miles from Lawrenceburg.
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Commercial Tribune
Lawrenceburg
Ambrose Haydon
Lola Perry
Jeffersonville
Ind
A. Haydon
Sie
Robert Perry
Palmer Precinct
Breen stabbed by rival in Fleming County politics quarrel
Word reached relatives that Eg Breen was stabbed and wounded by Bob McDonald on Sunday at Arth Misls, Fleming County, during a quarrel over politics. The event was reported from Maysville Kentucky.
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Commercial Tribune
Maysville
Oi Eg Breen
Bob McDonald
Arth Misls
Fleming County
Despondent Wife Plunges Into Rain Barrel
In Richmond Indiana on October 5 Mrs. Joseph Skinner of Wayne County ended her life by jumping head first into a rain barrel filled with water near Whitewater. Her husband discovered the body later, and authorities report the death was by her own action connected to domestic distress.
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Joseph Skinner
Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Ind
Whitewater
Wayne County
Fire of public anger over Stanford assault reaches peak
The incident occurred in Stanford Kentucky when Miss leton, daughter of a farmer, was assaulted this afternoon. Reynolds was arrested and faces charges. The community fears reprisal as tempers flare.
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Commercial Tribune
Stanford, Key
Missleton
See
Reynolds
SUCCOR FOR ARMENIANS Refugees to be settled across the country
A cable from Gen Booth to Salvation Army headquarters says 150 Armenians escaping massacres in Constantinople are en route to New York under Frances Willard's auspices. Commander Booth Tucker notes plans to divide the refugees among friends nationwide and settle some on a Salvation Army farm colony.
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Salvation Army
New York
Booth
Constantinople
Frances Willard
Booth-Tucker
Postmaster Rules Crack Down On Mail Wrapper Notices
Postmaster General Wilson issued an order prohibiting notices like please send out or please post up on third class mail wrappers. Such wording will push the matter to first class rates. The words personal or to be called for are considered part of the address and allowed.
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Washington
Wilson
Women Barred From Ohio Reformatory Case
Columbus Oct 5. Judge John Cee of Springfield has ruled that women cannot be sent to the Ohio Reformatory at Mansfield. He sentenced agents Margie Wilson and Jessie Blair for the killing of their husband’s wife in a related case.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
John Cee
Springtel
Margie Wilson
Jessie Blair
President Cleveland to Leave Gray Gables for New York
President and Mrs. Cleveland will depart tomorrow with the First Family. The plan is for the President to ride the Oneida to New York while Mrs. Cleveland travels by train. She will visit the Benedicts of East Greenwich.
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Mrs. Cleveland
New York
Buzzard's Bay
Mags
New Chinese Railroad Branch Approved for Siberian Link
Peking reports the Chinese Government consents to a Siberian Railway branch across Northern Manchuria with a promotion clause granting China the right to purchase the line after thirty years. This move signals extending rail connections and potential shifts in regional trade routes between China and Siberia.
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Peking
Mazoheria
China
Chap II Speaks Up Frankly in Ohio Campaign
Chap II criticizes Democratic claim in Ohio and says his speech has driven supporters away from Bryan. He argues the party misrepresents aims and warns of shaping the race.
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Chap II
Ohio
Bryan
Ohio campaign rumors shape 1900 election talk
Special dispatch reports three New York papers claim the Republican National Committee fears Ohio may go sound money. Ex Governor Campbell urges caution, predicts Ohio leans Republican, and notes fusion has not helped Democrats. He expects northern states to stay Republican and southern states to favor Bryan. He cites last week as crucial and comments on campaign funding impact.
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Willman
Altgeld
Ite
Rp Aenstinae
Tillman
Bryan
Tribune
New York
Republican National Committee
Ohio
Executive Committee
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Hanna
Quay
Joe Manley
N. B. Scott
West Virginia
Powell Clayton
Arkansas
S. M. Taylor
T. W. Graydon
Hamilton County
Higgins
Delaware
Cheney
New Hampshire
Campbell
Commercial Tribune
Ner
James E. Campbell
Washington
Bryah
Buckeye
Democratc
Major McKinley
Middle Western
Potomac
Ohio River
Indiana
Crushed by Falling Barn Injures Twenty in West Canaan
In West Canaan Ohio on October 5 a barn frame collapsed during raising at Daniel Wile’s farm. Twenty men were injured including Cyrus Ewing with a broken jaw and Henry Snell with multiple rib fractures. two may die. Around three hundred bystanders witnessed the accident.
Thirty Five for M Kinley in Columbus Rally
Washington Polen an 85 year old Azalia pioneer attended a Columbus Republican rally with his son. He has twenty two children and thirty eight descendants who are voters. thirty five are expected to vote for McKinley.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ind
Washington Polen
Azalia
Aee
Oie
Louisville Woman Bets $500 on McKinley Victory
A Louisville woman, Mrs. Marie Shreve Ransom, offers to bet $500 that William McKinley will be elected president. The wager amount would be donated to the deserving poor of Louisville and Lexington.
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Louisville
Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Marie Shreve Ransom
William McKinley
Ohio
United States
Stone and speakers rally for Bryan and Sewall in Paris
Hon. W. D. Stone addressed a large audience at the courthouse this afternoon in support of Bryan and Sewall. In the evening Judge Geo. Denny and Allen O. Myers spoke to residents, urging the ticket.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
W. D. Stone
Bryan and Sewall
Geo. Denny
Allen O. Myers
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H.R. Durton
Tennesse
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Pretty Belle Freeland
Penitentiary
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Seventh District Committee
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Western Union
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