22 Oct 1901
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1901
Page
1
Senator Hanna calls for a short decisive contest urging urgent support for Foraker and Ohio voters. He outlines key issues and emphasizes unity to win under best conditions.
Freshmen win the flag rush at the University of Cincinnati in a chaotic event that draws large crowds. Coeds aid competitors with refreshments as sophomores and freshmen clash in fierce fighting on the campus. The morning rush begins at dawn with a greased flag atop a pipe, guarded by freshmen, while police keep order.
Peking reports discuss appointing a new heir as Dowager Duchess meets Prince Ching and viceroys in Ho Nan Kai-Feng to discuss empire affairs. Pu-Chun and Pei-tse a nephew of Prince Tuan figure among candidates amid reform tensions and Boxer era history.
Berlin report on a Bund der Industriellen meeting discussing the American danger and a plan for a central European customs union against the United States. The group backs tariff measures and seeks unified rules to secure favorable trade with the United States, while noting the difficulties.
James C Adams former Portsmouth city clerk pleaded guilty to grand larceny for embezzling 1200 in city funds. He was secretly arraigned before Judge Milner with sentence deferred for a few days.
Nine year search ends as Peter Bell of St Marys Mercer County Ohio learns his daughter living with a caravan near Carthage is recovered after a band of gypsies abducted her. Bell and his wife tracked the group from Illinois to Indiana. The girl says she endured beggary and hardship under the caravan. Captain Weston extradition to Mercer County looms.
Albert York, locally a victim of a betrayal that led to a sister’s death years ago, was nearly killed by three men from west of Findlay. York returned to town last week after fleeing to the West, and the assailants acted to avenge the sister’s death by the husband of the betrayer.
Cleveland dispatch reports Colonel Myron T. Herrick is planned for the Rome ambassadorship within months. The move follows a prior offer to the Russia post rejected for business reasons and reflects continued consideration of friends of the late President McKinley for high honors.
France delays coercive action on the Lorando claim while interior turmoil grows. Macedonia abuses Armenia unrest Crete tensions threaten peace as Russia and France press joint representations to the Porte to enforce Berlin treaty clauses and broader guarantees.
Ohio officials say United States Steel Corporation subsidiaries have paid foreign corporation taxes totaling 5,318 for American Tin Plate Company and American Sheet Steel Company. The attorney argues the steel group is stock ownership and not doing business, but penalties could total 52,000 if suit proceeds.
Lawton Oklahoma Oct 2 James D Wood who drew the capital prize in the Lawton land district at the El Reno lottery last August and claimed nearly 50 000 has died of typhoid fever after a brief illness Before his death all contests against his quarter section claim adjoining the town of Lawton were disposed of by the Interior Department and his widow will gain undisputed possession of the property.
Chicago report says Dr. B F Berry General Secretary of the Epworth League and editor of the Epworth Herald is gravely ill at his home. He has been near nervous collapse after months of overwork and contracted pneumonia following a rainstorm during the Rock River Conference in Evanston.
Senator Joseph B. Foraker spoke at the Marvin Opera House to a packed Findlay crowd. Ex Secretary Charles Foster attended, escorted by 200 Young Men's Republicans and Grand Army members. He praised McKinley Roosevelt and denounced Democratic disunity while urging unity to keep national strength.
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