Dodsworth crossing project eyed for safer route in Cumminsville
Vice President Green of the B and O W railroad discusses a plan to eliminate the dangerous Dodsworth crossing in Cumminsville. The railroad would pay half the cost of widening Strong Street and diverting two car lines to a new route, with traction company sharing the remainder if approved. Final terms to be set at a conference with Mr Schoeps. total cost estimated at about 120000 dollars.
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Cumminsville
Bouscaren
Commercial Tribune
Green
the Traction Company
Strong Street
Schoeps
Streng Street
Exciting day in Fridgo politics
In Fridgo, District Attorney Langdon, suspended by Acting Mayor Gallagher, gained a temporary restraining order against Abe Ruef from interfering with the DA’s office. Judge Sewell set a hearing for next week as a crowded court adjourned with Langdon and Heney cheered by supporters and Ruef hissed by others.
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Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
Langdon
Gallagher
Sewell
Abraham Huef
Ruef
Board of Supervisors
Francis J. Heney
City Council Allocates 2000 Dollars for Mayor Snyder Search
At the October 26 meeting the City Council appropriated 2000 dollars to prosecute the search for the body of Mayor Snyder who drowned in Rice Lake. The action aims to aid recovery efforts and continue the investigation into the incident.
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Commercial Tribune
Snyder
Rice Lake
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough Separate in London
A London dispatch reports the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough formally separated after royal efforts to reconcile. The separation avoids court action, the Duchess pays $100,000 a year to the Duke, and custody of the two children remains with the Duchess. The rift centers on alleged infatuation with a society woman.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
London
Duchess of Marlborough
Edward
Marlborough
Train Hero Newton Tillotson Saves Pair in S C
Newton Tillotson a 56 year old Southern Railway employee for 22 years was killed when he leapt in front of a fast passenger train to rescue an aged man and woman crossing the tracks in a buggy. Witnesses cheered his self sacrifice before learning he had died.
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Commercial Tribune
Spartanburg
S. C
Newton Tillotson
Southern Railway
Tillotson
Utes Move Toward Cheyenne Territory in Raid Plot
Sheridan Wyoming reports indicate Utes are moving northwest toward the Northern Cheyennes to induce an alliance for a raid. 1200 rounds of ammunition were sent from Ft. McKenzie to Major Grierson of the Tenth Cavalry, who plans rail travel toward Arvida to reach within fifty miles of the Utes as they move along the Little Powder River.
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Commercial Tribune
Sheridan
Wyo
Ft. Custer
Mont
Ft. McKenzie
Grierson
Tenth Cavalry
Gillett
Arvida
Utes
Powder River
Hartje perjury trial tale of coercion and cash gifts
In Pittsburg on October 26 the Hartje divorce case witness Clifford Hope a former Hartje chauffeur testified under pressure claiming coercion and a second confession. He admitted receiving money from John L Welshons but said he merely borrowed it and that detectives bought his confession with liquor. He broke down repeating the line Youve got me all tangled up as court adjourned.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Clifford Hope
Augustus
Hartje
Hope
Liverpool
Allegheny
John L. Welshons
Robb
Robinson
John F. Scott
Fresh trouble with Canadians at Newfoundland waters
Fresh trouble arises as American fishermen newly arrived at Bay of Islands refuse to honor the prior compact with Newfoundland colonials. The two sides, under pressure from Captain Anstruther of the Brilliant and US agent A M Alexander aboard Potomac, seek a new compromise over purse seines and night fishing.
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Potomac
Guban Troops Move to Occupy Santa Clara Provinces
Havana Oct 26 Brig. Gen Bell orders the Fifteenth Cavalry to occupy Santa Clara Esperanza Cienfuegos Cruces and Santo Domingo to replace rural guard garrisons and free them to chase marauders. Policy follows Governor Magoon not to use American troops in suppression duties.
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Santa Clara
Bell
Esperanza Cienfuegos
Cruces
Santo Domingo
Magoon
Cardinal Lecot Appeals to Bordeaux Faithful Against Seizing Church Property
Archbishop Lecot warns Catholics not to join false Catholics and bad priests in forming associations to take over church property. Disobeying parishioners lose the right to confession and sacrament, while priests face prohibition from preaching and administering sacraments. The archbishop says those who wrongfully acquire church property will die in sin and carry the obligation to their posterity.
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Bordeaux
France
Cardinal Lecot
Lindo Heroes Honored in Vicksburg Park
In Vicksburg Mississippi on October 26 the Illinois Memorial Temple dedication at Vicksburg National Military Park featured a grand parade led by Governor Deneen and Governor Vardaman. The marble temple cost 200000 dollars with 6000 Illinois soldiers named inside it. Illinois funded 260000 for park monuments.
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Deneen
Joseph Stockton
Vicksburg
John A. Logan
Illinois National Guard
Vicksburg Park
Commercial Tribune
Miss
Illinois Memorial Temple
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National Guard of of
Mississippi
Charles S. Deneen
Tlinois
Vardaman
Illinois
Vicksburg National Park
State of Illinois
Cow swallows kite twine in Odd New Albany sight
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports a cow in New Albany, Indiana, after noon yesterday trotted toward a kite tied in a pasture. The cow swallowed a ball of twine from the ground, chased the rising kite, broke through a fence, and raced to its owner’s home, frightened but unharmed.
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Commercial Tribune
New Albany
Ind
Lee Hazlewood
John Hazlewood
Pope Pius Receives German Foreign Secretary in Vatican
In Rome on October 26 the Pope welcomed German Foreign Secretary Herr Von Tschirsky and Frau Von Tschirsky at the Vatican. Baron Von Rotenhan accompanied them as Cardinal Agliardi and other officials observed a cordial half hour audience during which greetings from Emperor William were exchanged.
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Cardinal Agliardi
Holy Roman Church
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Herr von. Tschirsky
Papal Library
Baron Rottenhan
William
Emperor William
Holy See
Hygiene over math urged by Michigan educator at teachers meeting
Ellsworth Gage Lancaster of Olivet College addressed about 750 teachers at the Michigan State Teachers Association convention in Battle Creek. He proposed raising school entry age to eight, shortening overall study to four years before high school, making hygiene the priority over geography and arithmetic, delaying arithmetic until age thirteen, and urged hiring a capable State Superintendent for at least six thousand dollars a year.
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Commercial Tribune
Battle Creek
Mich
Michigan State Teachers’ Association
Ellsworth Gage Lancaster
Olivet College
Olivet, Mich
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Petroleum bomb destroys school in Prussian Poland
Berlin reports a Bendzikowo schoolhouse burned after a petroleum bomb exploded. The act is blamed on Poles protesting German religious instruction for Polish children. In Bomberg district about 20,000 pupils strike over being taught in German while Dr. Studt vows a personal investigation.
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Bendzikowo
Prussian Poland
Bomberg
Studt
Bellamy Storer Arrives in New York
Bellamy Storer formerly American Minister to Austria-Hungary from Cincinnati arrived in New York on the steamer La Provence, reported by the Dispatch to the Commercial Tribune dated October 26.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Bellamy Storer
Cincinnati
Austria-Hungary
French Warship Sent To Tangier Amid Morocco Turmoil
Paris dispatch reports France will send a warship to Tangier due to anarchy in Rabat and Casablanca with Raisuli controlling territory between El Araish and Tangier. Madrid notes Spain may dispatch cruisers to protect its subjects. Tangier reports warn of a critical Moroccan crisis as diplomats push for changes.
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Morocco
Tangier
Rabat
Casablanca
Raisuli
Arizilla
el Araish
Madrid
Crop Reports Denounced At Equity Convention
East St. Louis Oct 26 The American Society of Equity denounces Department of Agriculture crop reports as aiding speculators and adopts a resolution to ask Congress to discontinue the bulletins. It also creates a press bureau with headquarters in Indianapolis to issue top bulletins only on matured crops. The convention adjourns.
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East ST. Louis
Department of Agriculture
American Society of Equity
Congress
Indianapolis
Roosevelt Sends Metcalf to Probe San Francisco Japanese Bias
President Roosevelt orders Victor H. Metcalf to leave Washington for San Francisco to thoroughly investigate anti Japanese sentiment and the exclusion of Japanese children from public schools. The mission seeks light on causes, with district attorney reports to be reviewed upon arrival.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Victor, H. Metcalf
Metcalf
Oakland
Bay
San Francisco
United States District Attorney
Department of Justice
Japan
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