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18 Oct 1897
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune in Cincinnati, Ohio
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1897
Page
1
No Fractional Term Appointment in Removal Cases
Special dispatch reports Supreme Court ruling upholding that county officers cannot be filled by a partial term election. The decision clarifies that vacancies are filled to the next full term by law and that a successor elected to complete an unexpired term does not create a fractional term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Kinney
Hamilton County
Supreme Court
Muskingum County
Adams
Ellis
Appointed County Treasurer Declared Ineligible by Court
The court finds no statutory support for the appointment as valid and states the appointee becomes treasurer de jure only until the elected successor takes office. Commissioners refused to accept the relator’s bond or recognize his claim to the office. Bartley, C. J. 70S. 125.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Bartley
C. J
Wells-Fargo Express Looted for Two Thousand in Gold
In Oroville California on October 17 the Reno stage found the Wells Fargo office robbed of its express box containing $2000 in gold. Wires from Quincy were cut, delaying notice to other towns and allowing robbers time to vanish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells-Fargo Express
Oroville
Cal
Reno
Quincy
Weis, Fargo & Co
Editor Dana Dead He Was In A Long Time
Charles A. Dana editor of the New York Sun died at his Glen Cove Long Island home at 1 20 this afternoon after a months long illness. He had been near death for hours and his family and doctors were at his bedside. He suffered a relapse on Saturday morning and failed to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles A. Dana
The
New York Sun
Glen Cove
Long Island
Mr. Dana
Dana
Paul Dana
Draper
Underhill
Madison Avenue
Metropols
Park Row
City Hall Park
Amos Cummings
Sun
Washington
Butler Bolt
Daha
Danas
Laffan
Thomas Hitchcock
Hitchiock
Morning Sun
the Sun
Im. Prentice
McCullagh
Nye widow's losses mount as money vanishes abroad
Mrs. Clara F. Nye widow of E. W. Nye faces dwindling income of about 500 dollars yearly. Her seven thousand dollars in the First National Bank of Asheville were lost when the bank closed. She and five children were in Europe when the blow hit, aided by Chicago relatives. Buck Shoals estate, once Nye’s pride, now sits unsold with twenty five thousand dollars tied up in property in New York foreclosed on. She plans a memoir about Nye with help from Paul Potter and Lippincotts royalties provide under four hundred dollars yearly. The family remains in Berlin until spring, and the will publish a book next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Asheville
N. C
Clara F. Nye
E. W
Bill”) Nye
Humorus
Buck Shoals
French Broad River
Humorist
Bill Nye
Lorillards
New York
Paul’ Potter
New York Dramatists
Fire Causes Alarm at St Joseph Hospital in Lexington
A basement and elevator shaft fire at St Joseph Hospital Lexington this afternoon sent thick smoke through the building. Several hundred invalids were confined inside as flames raged and emergency crews fought the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Snows Storm Sets Record At Crested Butte
A blizzard like storm hit Crested Butte Colorado and has dumped continuous rain and snow for 36 hours with no letup indicated. The city reports record seasonal snowfall and ongoing heavy precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crested Butte
Col
Murdered in the Bar at Wisconsin Hotel
John Beaman, 50, proprietor of the Beaman House in Fond du Lac, was murdered at 3:45 am by William Payne, colored, in the hotel bar in the presence of white men. Payne fled, crowds hunt him, a $200 reward posted, and indignant crowds fill the streets as a possible lynching looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond DU Lac
Wis
John Beaman
Beaman
William Payne
Payne
Oil Instead of Gas Drives 75-Foot Oil Stream Near Findlay
A gas well on the Goons farm, drilled by Mott Petroleum Co of Cincinnati, showed strong gas pressure and after capping released a 75 foot oil stream. The cap was replaced after about fifteen minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Findlay, CO
Mott Petroleum Company
Cincinnati
Knights to Paris for 1900 Exposition
Elwood Ind October 17 The Elwood Uniform Bank Knights of St John and Canton Elwood Patriarchs Militant plan to attend the Paris Exposition in 1900 and join competitive drills. To raise funds they will tour the Central States with military dramas to defray expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Elwood
Ind
Elwood Uniform Bank
Knights of St. John
Canton-Elwood
Canton of
Lynching of Cole Near Wilmot Arkansas
A white man named Cole who murdered Constable James Jones was pursued by a posse and hanged near Wilmot Arkansas early Friday. Authorities describe Cole as of unsavory reputation. after being arrested he shot the officer and fled, later killed by a mob that swung him to a tree. The case ends with Cole found dead and Jones buried in the mob’s action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dermott
Ark
Cole
Wilmot
James Jones
Ogi
Jones
Killed His Sweetheart in Georgia Shooting
In Faircloth, Mitchell County, Miss Hurst sixteen, daughter of planter J. B. Hurst, was shot dead by her sweetheart Mack Lewis while on a drive. The revolver fired when Lewis handed it to her during target practice. both families are prominent in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Faircloth
Mitchell County
Lewis
Klondike Visit Brings Lippys Gold and Claims
Mr and Mrs Thomas Lippy return to Youngstown from Klondike in the El Morado Valley with 65000 dollars in gold and claims valued at 1000008 to develop next March They describe hardships of travel and mining including a cabin dug in 70 below zero mercury and thawing earth to reach pay dirt The first shovelful at nineteen feet yielded 250 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Youngstown
Thomas Lippy
Klondike
ElMorado
Lippy
Monument to Stevenson Unveiled at Portsmouth Square
A Stevenson monument was unveiled in Portsmouth Square San Francisco with remarks by Irving M. Scott Bruce Porter and Mayor Phelan. Porter designed the piece with Willis Polk and Virginia Williams assisting the sculptor. The California granite statue stands half a foot high topped by a granite cap and a bronze sixteenth century galleon sailing on the wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Robert Louis Stevenson
Portsmouth Square
Irving M. Scott
Bruce Porter
Phelan
Stevensoft
Willis Polk
Virginia Williams
Steven
California
Internal Revenue Agents seize moonshine still in Morgan County
Special Dispatch reports Lexington Oct 17 that Internal Revenue agents captured James Peyton at his moonshine operation in Morgan County. The officers destroyed the still and brought Peyton to West Liberty where he was placed under a $250 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Internal Revenue
James Peyton
Morgan County
Peyton
West Liberty
Tracy's contest record above reproach in New York mayoral race
Citizens' Union criticized as impossible to eliminate partisanship from politics. Eight candidates in the field as Creater New York ballots stir speculation. In New York territory there are over 1,000 running for elective offices and about 25,000 devote time to politics across 1,522 districts. The figures remain uncertain as parties field candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partizanship
Commercial Tribune
New York
Greater
Durrant Faces Potential Collapse Over Supreme Court ruling
Theodore A. Durrant, convicted murderer of Minnie Williams and Blanche Lamont, is said to be breaking down as his fate hinges on the U S Supreme Court decision. Jail officials fear he may collapse completely if the ruling goes against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Theodore A. Durrant
Minnie Williams
Blanche Lamont
Supreme Court of the United States
Murder on a Train and a Robbery in Ohio
Romain Operstanski of Pittsburg was stabbed on a Lake Shore freight train near Elyria by three highwaymen who looted him of twenty five cents. He died later at Huron Street Hospital in Cleveland. Police suspect an organized gang operates along the Lake Shore line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Elyria
Lake Shore
Romain Operstanski
Pittsburg
Operstanski
Cleveland
Huron Street Hospital
Senator Hanna Replies To His Accusers In Cleveland
Senator Hanna defends himself against fraud charges tied to the Union Pacific sale. He cites personal integrity, denies knowledge of a New York syndicate, and says the government contract was arranged under Grover Cleveland's administration with a rumored $5,000,000 increase. He asserts he learned of the plot only in July last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Hanna
Cleveland
Union Pacific Railway
New York World
Cincinnati Enquirer
New York
New York City
Grover Cleveland
Iso
Eight Mayoral Candidates for Greater New York Named
An ongoing lead lists eight mayoral candidates from major parties plus others in the Greater New York race. Henry George is backed by the Populists, with remarks from Senator Platt criticizing nonpartisan claims in municipal governance and endorsing General Tracy as the steadier, conservative choice for mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
New York
Republican Party
Tammany Hall
Democratic’ ‘Party
Citizens’ Union
United’ Democracy
Prohibitionists
Social Labor Party
No-teano-tiger Party
Henry George
Thos. C. Platt
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Partizan
Youngstown Carriage Co Raises Wages Ten Percent
Officials of the Youngstown Carriage and Wagon Company told their 200 employees that, due to business prosperity, all workers will receive a 10 percent wage increase on November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown Carriage and Wagon Co
Commercial Tribune
Youngstown, O
Youngstown Carriage and Wagon Company
River Gauge Says Ohio Falls to Record Low
Parkersburg West Virginia dispatch reports the Ohio River stage on October 17 at four inches, far below Government readings of eleven to fifteen inches, marking the lowest level on record since 1868 when the nearest comparable reading was five inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio River
Mistaken mob nearly lynched man in Decatur alarm
William Snyder of Lafontaine faced a lynch mob in Decatur Alabama after being mistaken for a murdered prisoner. A note from the actual suspect led to the discovery that the prisoner had escaped and then returned to jail, clearing Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Wabash
Ind
William Snyder
Lafontaine
Alabama
Snyder
Decatur
Ala
General Fitz Hugh Lee Robbed on a Street Car
In Richmond on October 17 General Fitz Hugh Lee Consul General to Cuba and Senate candidate was pickpocketed on a crowded street car heading to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He lost $20 in cash and about $150 in negotiable papers. the robbery was reported by his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Fitz Hugh Lee
Cuba
United States
Buffalo Bill
United States Senate
Advertising scheme uses church hymnbooks in Richmond
In Richmond on October 17 a new advertising plan arrives. A man offers free 100 hymnbooks to a large church, with ads printed on the hymnbook fly leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Ind
Democrats Weak: Anti-Millionaire Resolution Lacks Teeth
A criticism argues the Democrats' proposed anti millionaire measure is ineffective and political theater, asserting hollow rhetoric without real constraints on wealth or enforcement. It frames the resolution as a partisan show rather than substantive policy.
Republicans Rally Behind Hanna in Cuyahoga County
The Cleveland area unites behind the Hanna ticket as Mayor Robert E. McKisson pledges full support for the entire Republican slate. Officials note improved labor for the campaign and a harmonious party atmosphere despite local rivalries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Hanna
Senate
McKinley
Forest City
United States
Ohio
Mr. Hanna
Mayor McKisson
Robert E. McKisson
McKisson
Republican Party
Th” MecKisson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dana Dead
Chares
A. Dana
Nye
Wisconsin
Findlay
Paris
TO Stevenson
Tracy's
Senator Platt
Creater
Roman Operstanski
van Wyck
Bryan
Tracy
Greater New York
Gen. Lee
Cuyahoga
M' Lean
M’kisson
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