Candidates Reply to Honest Elections Charges in 1905 Cases
Prosecution candidates Hiram M. Rulison and Froome Morris defended their records after the Honest Elections Committee accused widespread fraud in the 1905 election. Rulison detailed grand jury actions and indictments, while Morris challenged the committee to name specific derelictions and defended his courtroom focus and integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram M. Rulison
Common Pleas
Froome Morris
Hamilton County
Rulison
Messrs
Morris
Honest Elections Committee
Eeer
Elmwood
Board of Elections
Grand Jury
Edward Loftus
Robert Jackson
Ike Valentine
Sol Rosenthal
R. L. Mélendy
Kansas City
Elliott H. Pendleton
Mr. Morris
Cincinnati
Mr. Pendleton
Elect‘cn
Valentine and Rosenthal
Melendy
Columbia
Root Assured of Warm Welcome at Taft Parade in Cincinnati
Preparations race toward a large parade and rally in Cincinnati led by Grand Marshal Hake for a Taft demonstration. Secretary of State Elihu Root will speak at Music Hall on Wednesday aided by a reception at the Linton Hotel and a motor tour of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen City
Music Hall
Elihu Root
Citizens’ Ta#t Club
Cincinnati
Judge Taft
Root
Messrs
Leopold Markbreit
Samuel W. Trost
J. Stacy Hill
Fred A. Geler
Thomas P. Egan
L. L. Sadler
Albert H. Mitchell
Miller Outcast
J. J. Hooker
Jacob G. Schmidlapp
Joseph T. Carew
Lucien Wulsin
Michael Ryan
James Albert Green
Linton Hotel
John Proctor
P. W. Durr
R. E. Edmondson
Charles Cooper
H. W. Hamann
Joseph Blair
Stanley Struble
Young Men’s
Blaine Club
Race Street
Fourth Street
M. J. Keefe
Democratic Campaign Committee
Workmen’s Hall
R. L. Owens
Oklahoma
Mayor Rose
Milwaukee
Senator Owens
Stanley Bowdle
Espy
James E. Campbell
United States
Keefe
Finley
South
Markbreit
W. E. White
Mebane
N. C
Taft
Mr. White
Mr. Taft
Greensboro
North Carolina
Roosevelt
Bryan
North
Board of Elections
Police Department
Fred W. Carpenter
J. M. Dolle
Republican State Committee of
Kansas
Dolle
Supreme Court Sets Aside Ballot Orders in Denver
The Supreme Court voided District Judge George Allen’s directive to place anti Guggenheim and Business Men tickets on the November 3 ballot. It also rescinded Allen’s order to jail Secretary of State Timothy O’Connor for contempt of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Herschede-Dempsey
William Jennings Bryan
Lueders
Chicago
Kansas City
Denver
Bryan
Philippines
Hiram Rulison
Common Pleas
W. L. Dickson
Joseph Gilligan
Dr. Nelson
Col
Supreme Court
George Allen
Secretary of State
Allen
Timothy O'Connor
Lutherans Elect Ohioans States Officers In 4 State Synod
The Evangelical Lutheran Synod covering Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Michigan and Eastern Indiana closed sessions in Lima and selected Loudonville for next year’s meeting. Officers elected include President the Rev. M. R. Walter of Gahanna, Vice President the Rev. M Li Baum of Bartons Dayton, and Treasurer the Rev. C. W. Backman of Ambus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Indiana
Loudonville
M. R. Walter
Gahanna
M. Li Baum
Bartons Dayton
Eat Aresse
C. W. Backman
Ambus
Outlaws and Night Riders Scene in Kentucky Politics
Governor Willson says both groups are active in electing Democratic congressmen. Report mentions brutal actions as lawlessness flares in Kentucky with continued notes on punishment and public order without detailing locations or participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willson
Jury To Investigate Reelfoot Lake Outrages
Judge Joseph E. Jones convened a special session in Union City to form a grand jury over the Reelfoot Lake attacks that led to Captain Quinten Rankin’s death near Trenton. The proceedings included threats against Trenton residents and a note predicting hell and violence with a horse and rider on the back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union City
Tenn
Joseph E. Jones
Dresden
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit
Reelfoot Lake
Quinten Rankin
Trenton
Jones
Rankin
T. J. Happel
Masked riders terrorize Obion area in daylight
In Obion Tennessee two masked men appeared in daylight within three miles of the town. One man demanded breakfast from Mrs. Beard at the Ward farm and then ate while she hid the mask. Later a second masked rider halted Will Brown as he drove by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obion
Tenn
George Beard
L. A. Ward
Night rider presses for business in tense exchange
The night rider demands a clear business, receiving seemingly adequate replies as he orders Brown to proceed, framing a terse confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Night riders assault woman in Morgantown
In Morgantown Kentucky on October 26 night riders dragged Mrs John Sprague from her home and whipped her severely. Her son in law Perry Embry tried to defend her and was shot and slightly wounded. Embry went to the courthouse to swear out warrants but was badly beaten after an altercation with a man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
John Sprague
Perry Embry
Outlaws Burn a Barn in Humphries County
Nashville report says John Curtis’s barn in Humphries County was set ablaze Saturday night. Oil was spread around the structure and Curtis, a Farmers’ Union member, is believed to have faced night rider hostility. Bloodhounds are tracking the riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
John Curtis
Humphries County
Buil Curtis
Farmers’ Union
Sixty One Prisoners in Custody at Camp Nemo
CAMP NEMO Reelfoot Lake Tenn Oct 26 Fourteen more prisoners were brought into camp today in connection with recent night rider outrages in this section. This makes a total of sixty one prisoners now in custody here. Three mounted scouting parties went
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp
Nemo
Reelfoot Lake
Tenn
Prisoner Ring Leader Accused as Camp Prisoners Return
A camp detachment led by Captain C B Rogan arrived with two prisoners still missing for the night. Captain J B Osborne and Captain H H Holmes commanded other detachments. A prisoner's wife identified a wagonload as ring leaders and said she will testify before the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B.rogan
J. B. Osborne
H. H. Holmes
Rogan
Grand Jury
Fallis Bank Robbery Net $3500. Bookkeeper in Custody
The First State Bank of Fallis in Lincoln County was robbed of 3500 dollars in currency and gold. Bookkeeper George Schinake was arrested and held for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
First State Bank of
Fallis
Lincoln County
George Schinake
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E. R. Monfort
George B. Fox
A. J. Miller
William R. Thrall
Anthony Tering
John Kissane
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William M. Allen
W. Nixon
C. Wood Walter
H. D. Crane
George W. Weedon
John Ringold
Walter Widhgar
George Newstedt
C. J. McDiarmid
M. L. Alexander
John H. Gibson
Frank Lawrence
Lewis M. Webb
Chester F. Korn
George Griffith
E. H. Hargrave
James Orr
J.A. Graydon
E. A. F. Porter
Walter Geier
Edward Morrisey
Norman G. Kenan
A. E. B. Stephens
A. G. Stagman
Arthur M. Spiegel
Joseph Lemkuhl
George B. Munday
W. T. Porter, Jr
Taft First Voters’ Club
Stamina Republican League
Elm Street
Citizens’ Taft Club
M. R. Waite
Sycamore
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W. R. Collins
George W. Clapp
American Laundry Machine Company
Dwight 8S
Marfield
Democratic Committee
A. F. Otte
Independence Party
Mr. Otte
Otto Armleder
W. C. Culkins
City Club
Flach
Sony
J. T. Blair
Blair
Dudley C. Outcast
Joe Blair
Frank Kinney
Edwin J. Howard
Nicholas Longworth
Buckeye
Longworth
Y. M. C. A. Debating Society
United States District Attorney
Thomas Darby
Fleischmann Republican Club
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Richard Moore
Jesse Glover
Campbell Clar
C. M. Leonard
Edward Gaither
E. Duval Colley
The
Ohio Colored American
Henry Hamann
Hamann
Eighteenth Ward Hanover Club
Charles P. Taft Republcan Club
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Mound Street
Harris
Benson's Hall
Central Avenue
Samuel Cohn
Toledo
Judge Lendergs
Democratic Party
Max Levy
Pavilion
St. Gregory Streets
Mt. Adams
William Littleford
Thorne Baker
D. J. Ryan
James Luff
Good Citizens
Norwood Baptist Church
Melville Ritchie
M. C. B. van Pelt
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Hunyadi
Janos
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Pittsburg
Atlanta
Cleveland
Indianapolis
San Francisco
Seattle
Brantford, Ont
Paris
Berlin
London
Evangelical Synod
Sgured
Lebus
Kentucky
Doctor
Tennessee
Malcolm R. Patterson
Oklahoma Bank
Bookkeeper
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