Robbers Wreck Two Ohio Banks and Defy Arrest
Special Despatch reports a major bank raid in Tiro Ohio as masked men failed to open Brown and Dickinson Bank. Citizens fired on the robbers as they dynamited the safe fleeing toward Crestline. One barber injured. one robber wounded. search continues with bloodhounds and a posse in pursuit.
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Ohio
Commercial Tribune
Bucyrus, CO
Tiro
Brown & Dickinson
Dickey
J. Mitchner
Lige
Dwyer
Robbies
Liberty
Crestline
Mansfield
Bank Wreckers Loot Danville Bank in Knox County Raid
Robbers blew open the private Wolfe bank in Danville at 3 am and escaped with little cash after a volley of gunfire. Villagers pursued. two robbers were shot but none captured. Sheriff Lynde and a posse combed eastern Knox County all day.
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Commercial Tribune
T. Vernon
Albert E. Wolfe
Danville
Knox County
C. W. Waughter
Waughter
Lynde
Cashier Must Pay Shortage of Bank
The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed an Allen County ruling holding Augustus Kolb, former cashier of the American National Bank of Lima, liable for 18 258.72 dollars missing from bank funds on December 24, 1898, despite no evidence of theft or forced entry. The bank also sued Vice President N L Michel who aided the cashier.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Supreme Court
Allen County
Augustus Kolb
American National Bank Company
Lima
Kolb
N. L. Michel
Mobs Riot in Spanish Towns Prompt Martial Law Outlook
In Madrid on October 15 an extraordinary cabinet meeting under the Queen Regent discussed outbreaks in Seville and other cities. Troops dispersed a mob at the Convent of St Savior after doors were burned. Martial law is likely to extend to more towns facing revolutionary disturbances.
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Madrid
Toi
Seville
St. Savior
Few Changes in German Tariff Bill Remain Unchanged
Berlin reports the Bundesrath will make few changes to the tariff bill. Agricultural duties stay unchanged. The bill will be sent to the Reichstag after its next session resumes.
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Berlin
Berliner Neueste Nachrichten
Bundesrath
Reichstag
Senator Depew Marries Miss Palmer This November
A Washington dispatch reports the marriage of Senator Depew and Miss May Palmer will be held the week of November 17 at Mme Von Andre’s European home, sister of the bride.
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New York
Senator Depew
Miss May Palmer
Washington
Mme. von Andre
Miss Palmer
Sugar Trust War On Beet Industry Warns Of Financial Crash
Washington report warns the American Sugar Refining Company may trigger antitrust agitation in Congress by trying to crush beet sugar with low refined sugar prices. The piece notes Havemeyer’s waning influence, beet sugar growth under government support, and fears of a New York market crash if trust agitation rises in the coming winter. It cites Treasury experts predicting potential national calamity from such a clash.
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Washington Bureau
Coercial Tribune
Washington
American Sugar Refining Company
The
Sugar Trust
Congress
Henry O. Havemeyer
Havemeyer
McKinley
Wilson
Michigan
Ohio
California
Treasury Department
New York
Treasury Service
New @York
Wall Street
Times
Wealthy student confesses thefts to cover gambling debts
Fred Mitchell a 20 year old student from Wauseon Fulton County arrested for robbery after being caught stealing a jewel case from Edward Scranton residence on Thirteenth street. He confessed to a string of larcenies tied to gambling losses and said his parents provided a large expense account. The arrest shocked Toledo Medical College where he was a class leader.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Fred Mitchell
Wauseon
Fulton County
Toledo Medical College
Mitchell
Edward Scranton
Thirteenth Street
Scranton
Naval gunners to be commissioned officers
The Navy Department announced that Francis Martin and Henry B. Soule have passed examinations and been recommended for appointment as officers in the line. They will be the first enlisted men to receive such advancement.
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Washington
Navy Department
Francis Martin
Henry B. Soule
Five Cleveland Banks Plan Consolidation in City
Five of Cleveland's largest banks the Bankers' National Century National Cleveland National Metropolitan National and American Exchange National discuss unifying into one institution with about 1.5 million capitalization. If three join the others liquidate assign $500 000 as their share and distribute remaining assets as dividends. A committee from each bank is studying the plan.
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Cleveland
Bankers’ National
Century National
Cleveland* National
Metropolitan National
American Exchange National
Visit Expected From Mrs McQueston To South Florida Relatives
Mrs Jennie McQueston of Xenia Ohio is due in Jacksonville this week to visit relatives in South Florida. She is resting in Eastern Georgia from a sprained ankle and would have arrived Saturday if not for the injury. She walked the entire distance.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Jennie McQueston
Xenia
Florida
Georgia
Attempt 10 Cross Ocean in Balloon a Failure
Count de la Vaux failed to cross the Mediterranean in a balloon after departing Les Sablettes near Toulon. Adverse winds and heavy rain pushed the voyage toward Spain. the crew boarded the cruiser Du Chayla and landed safely after forty two hours with minor balloon damage and no injuries.
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Paris
Toulon
Count de la Vaux
Spain
St. Laurent
Port Vendres
du Chayla
Claypool and Bookwalter in Public Business Rift
Open rupture between John W. Bookwalter and his long time business manager A L Claypool. T D Wallace placed in charge of books as settlement talks proceed. Bookwalter, famed owner of Grand Opera House and Bookwalter Hotel builds, returns from Europe to resolve strained relations. Attorneys McMahon and Johnson work toward reopening both properties.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
John W. Bookwalter
A. L. Claypool
T. D. Wallace
John ‘McMahon
Dayton
Bookwalter
James Johnson
Claypool
Opera House
Sailors Cut Fire Hose On A German Ship
Sailors aboard the coast ironclad Hagen mutinied by cutting the fire hose and damaging fire apparatus, following a pattern similar to recent behavior on the cruiser Gazelle. Discontent over curtailed furloughs is blamed for the action reported by Tageblatt on October 15.
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Irondlau Hagen
Gazelle
Hagen
Ter
Tageblatt
Syndicate Trips Insurance on King Edward Life in Event of Coronation
London reports a group of tradesmen and others fearing loss from the coronation have taken a one year life insurance policy on King Edward for a large sum at ten guineas per cent. The policy reflects high anxieties about the crowned ceremonies and potential economic impact.
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London
The
Daily Chronicle
Edward
Chemist Finds Poison but Keeps Back His Report
Dayton Ohio October 15 Prof Curtis C Howard of Sterling Medical College said he examined Mrs Pugh and found arsenic in her stomach and kidneys but did not release a public report. He reported to Coroner Hatcher who may delay Friday morning hearing.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Curtis C. Howard
Sterling Medical College
Columbus
Mary Witwer
Pugh
Frank D. Witwer
Howard
Hatcher
Police Court
Prof
Witwer
Rosebery Urges Britons to Awake to Education and Enterprise
Lord Rosebery spoke at Birmingham urging Great Britain to emulate the United States in political and commercial schooling. He warned against complacency and praised American restless enterprise, urging Britain to improve machinery and methods while resisting finality and overconfidence.
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London
Lord Rosebery
Birmingham
Great Britain
United States
America
Schley Court Hears Sears On Cuban Campaign At Santiago
The Schley Court of Inquiry heard Lt. Cmdr. James H. Sears recount the Cuban campaign including Cienfuegos siege the Santiago blockade and the Cristobal Colon bombardment. He described ranges from Cienfuegos and Santiago and praised Schleys calm bearing under fire while Brooklyn Texas and other ships exchanged shots. Brooklyn incurred twenty wounds but damage deemed not serious.
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Washington
Schley
James H. Sears
Admiral Schley
Cienfuegos
Santiago
Cristobal Colon
Cervera
Viscaya
Brooklyn
Sears
Lemly
Raines
Secretary of the Navy
Santiago Harbor
Ellis
Yeoman
Oregon
Victory
Cook
Mr. Rayner
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Roosevelt
Ontario
Ward
Utica
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Eheuwfrom Senft
Depew
Bure
Squire Croker
New York Herald
Croker
Tammany Hall
John Kelly
England
Cleveland Banks
Lettes
Witner
Rosebery
Texas
Commodore Sears
Commodore Schley
Massachusetts
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