Democrats Fight Over Cin cinnati Investigating Committee
A Columbus dispatch reports Governor Harris cites Senator Espy as the motive for the Cincinnati committee probe fizzle. The Kealy resolution and Democratic Senate control loom as the path for a commission. Lucas County rep O Rourke describes his candid pledge to uncover graft, later replaced by Hillenkamp amid Democratic maneuvering.
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Commercial Tribune
Outlook
Columbus
Ohio
A. L. Harris
Espy
Cincinnati
Thompson
Kealy
Senate
House
Little
Supreme Court
Williams
Cuyahoga County
Dan O’rourke
Lucas County
Hamilton County
Hillenkamp
O'Rourke
Mr. O'Rourke
Demo
Dr Frank Brouwer Acquitted in Wife Poisoning Trial
In Toms River New Jersey after a ten day trial Dr Frank L Brouwer was found not guilty of murdering his wife by poison. The crowded courtroom erupted in cheering as the foreman announced the verdict and Brouwer expressed thanks to Judge Hendrickson and his jurors.
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Commercial Tribune
Toms River
N. J
Frank L. Brouwer
Hendrickson
Brouwer
Dr. Brouwer
Women barred from teachers clerks exams in Philippines
Circular by the Civil Service Commission prohibits women from taking the exams for teachers or clerks unless they are wives immediate relatives or fiancés of men who passed. Engaged partners of successful men or current government holders may compete. Initial salary set at 1200 dollars annually with yearly increases. Exams scheduled in the city on November 30 and December 1.
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Philippines
Civil Service Commission
Taft Says He Will Not Be President
In Richmond on October 17 Secretary Taft declined to say if he would be the next President or if Roosevelt would accept a third term. He stated he could not speak for Roosevelt. The Taft party then reached Washington that night with Mrs. Taft and others.
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Hillencamp
Lucas County
Hamilton County
Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Taft
Washington
Roosevelt
Bacon
General Funston
Vance
John L. Vance
Albert Bettinger
Cincinnati
Bettinger
Ellison
Monongahela
Allegheny
Muskingum
Little Kanawha
Ohio
Board of Engineers
Congress
Pittsburg
Cairo
Carnegie Hero Fund awards sixteen more medals and funds
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced sixteen new awards including bronze medals for Samuel M De Sherbinin and Arthur Simon for rescuing others from drowning, a bronze medal plus funds for Henry J. Schiller, and several other medals for teens and adults across Ohio Indiana Wisconsin Illinois and Kentucky recognizing life-saving efforts from 1904 to 1906.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Axte
Samuel M de Sherbinin
Langham
Province
Saskehetawan
Canada
Alfred O. Burnham
Arthur Simon
Valparaiso
Porter County
Ind
Golda
Mabel Lippman
Henry J. Schiller
Sandusky
Wendell B. Tu
RAILWAY FIGHT FOR ILLINOIS CENTRAL CONTINUES
Chicago October fight over control of the Illinois Central Railroad heated up as Stuyvesant Fish clashed with E. H. Harriman’s ally Cromwell before 259 stockholders. Fish rejected Harriman proxies and nominated James DeWitt Cutting, declaring support for independent direction against the Harriman bloc.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Ilnois Central Railroad Company
Stuyvesant Fish
Road
William Nelson Cromwell
E. H. Harriman
Southern Pacific
Cutting
Cromwell
de Forest
Grinnell
Charles M. Beach, Jr
J. T. Hanrahan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Mr. Fish
Mr. Hanrahan
Harriman
Board of Directors
Fish
Union Pacific
Illinois Central Company
Convention Opens at Portsmouth Ohio Valley Meeting
The Ohio Valley Improvement Association gathers in Portsmouth with about 300 delegates from Ohio committees. In Portsmuth a court convicts Standard Oil of Ohio trial eyes jury after seven-day conspiracy case. tension rises as judge rebukes all.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Ohio
Congress
Great Central Valley
Middle West
Lake Erie and
Ohio River Ship Canal
Foraker Discusses Civil War Aftermath In Chattanooga
The Society of the Army of the Cumberland, meeting in Chattanooga for its forty first annual reunion, heard Senator Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio address political and racial issues tied to the Civil War. The gathering drew thousands of veterans, with Ohio symbols prominent, and a banquet to close the sessions.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Joseph B. Foraker
Ohio
Senator Foraker
Gates P. Thrus
Two Face Murder Charge In Philadelphia Apartment Case
Philadelphia on October 17 charged with the murder of Mrs. Maurice K. Lewis who was slain in an apartment house on September 10. Charlotte Kelley proprietress and Hall Somers awarder were committed to prison by Judge Jermon to await grand jury action.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Maurice K. Lewis
Charlotte Kelley
Hall
Somers
Twardar
Woroner Jermon
Brooks asks for federal troops to curb Ute band
Governor Brooks telegraphed the Interior Department requesting Federal troops to help preserve order and to arrest and remove a band of Ute Indians near Gillette Wyoming.
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Commercial Tribune
Cheyenne
Wyo
Brooks
Interior Department
Gillette
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