Debtors Seek Prosecution of Real Estate Trust Directors
Philadelphia reports outline that bank receivership figures and the district attorney examine how directors and officers allowed the Real Estate Trust collapse. Depositors seek legal action with Samuel Clement retained to prosecute directors.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Earle
Bell
Frank K. Hipple
Real Estate Trust Company
Joseph de F. Junkin
Arling Brooks Real Estate Company
Houston
Trust Company
Samuel Clement
John H. Converse
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Chinese Emperor Promises Constitution After Reforms
The edict declares the dynasty will adopt constitutional government once the people are educated and a new code of laws is created. It cites flaws between rulers and ruled and promises administrative and financial reforms. Yuan Shi Kai has been in Peking for talks on a constitution.
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Peking
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Chi Li
Twenty May Be Lost In Storm
Sandusky Ohio September 3 The power launch Adeline carrying twenty youths from a local theatrical club is reported missing after failing to return by 8 am. Sister George of Providence Hospital organized the trip and a Marble Life saving station search yields no clues as a high sea continues to roll.
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Commercial Tribune
Sandusky, O
Adeline
Ter George
Providence Hospital
Sister George
Sheridan to be total loss after rock strike
In Honolulu on September 2 authorities abandon efforts to free the transport Sheridan from rocks. The ship is now believed a total loss with water entering above the firerooms. Crew spent a night in darkness as the vessel sits pierced amidships. cargo is being removed and plans call for anchoring and signaling for help.
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Honolulu
Sheridan
Duel Challenge Between Mt Vernon Editors Sparks Bad Blood
B O Hanby editor of The Unafraid a socialist paper in Mt Vernon challenges John D Roche editor of The Mt Vernon Daily Democrat and former State Senator to a duel Roche refuses to accept Hanby offers pistols or swords as the weapon The feud dates back several months after Roche ran for county office last spring.
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Commercial Tribune
MT. Vernon
Ind
B. O. Hanby
Unafraid
John D. Roche
Hanby
Roche
Youth stung boy with brick then buries him alive
Robert Gordon a 16 year old confesses striking 8 year old Joseph Reed with a brick and burying him under a sidewalk in front of Reed home in Chicago. Gordon aided in the search and led police to the body. Five other boys aged 15 to 20 who had been drinking with him were arrested.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Robert Gordon
Joseph Reed
Young Reed
Gordon
Reed
Panic Aboard Bridgeport Steamer Tramples 1800 Passengers
In New York on September 2 the crowd aboard the Bridgeport panicked when a naval review off Oyster Bay drew 1800 passengers. Women and children were trampled as the side wheel steamer lurched toward panic, guards submerged, and a flood swept the lower deck amid a scramble for life preservers.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Oyster Bay
Bridgeport
Stabbing at Holiness Camp Meeting Leaves Two Dead
In Lexington Kentucky two men died after a fight at a Holiness camp meeting. Richard Spalding insulted Clara Cornman and was fatally stabbed by her brother Newton Cornman. Frank Coyle, who tried to intervene, was also fatally stabbed. Dr. Thomas Martin was injured. clothing cut by Cornman. Newton and Sherman Cornman were arrested.
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Commercial Tribune
Exington
Wilmer
Jessamine County
Holiness
Richard Spalding
Clara Cornman
Newton Cornman
Frank Coyle
Cornman
Thomas Martin
Sherman Cornman
Bloodshed in Florence Mine siege leaves two troopers dead
In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania a gunfight between Black Hand suspects and Troop D of the State Constabulary leaves two privates dead and several wounded. The besieged group occupies a Florence Mine house seven miles from town. authorities plan continued assault at daylight while keeping to lawful capture.
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Commercial Tribune
Punxsutawney
Troop D
State Constabulary
Florence Mine
Florence
Peace prospects collapse as Palma rejects concessions
Havana reports President Palma refuses any mutual concession to end the rebellion and insists on fighting to suppress the insurrection. General Menocal demands a concrete offer, while promoters plan another meeting. Government funds bolster resolve with 19 million on hand and a 2 million monthly income.
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Havana
Palma
General Cebreco
General Menocal
Associated Press
Font Sterling
Interference by a Father Sparks Fatal Shooting
Emile Kech, 50, a laborer of 1516 Barton street, dies after a confrontation over his stepdaughter Lizzie Doplar’s suitor Ben Tillet, 21, of 1901 Bay Miller street. Tillet is arrested at the Fifth District on a charge of shooting to kill. Kech pleaded self defense. police seek the missing knife. Tillet, a sheet iron worker for Day & Co., denied escape as detectives interview witnesses and secure an ante mortem statement.
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Emile Kech
Barton Street
Ben Tillet
Baymiller Street
Fifth District
Ked
Lizzie Doplar
Tillet
Doplar
Kech
Conrad
Finke
Schnucks
Wimsey
Bec
Day& Co
Harrison Avenue
May Nominate Denver for Sixth District Congress
Sixth District Democrats discussed nominating M. R. Denver of Wilmington for Congress at a Cincinnati meeting. Denver, a former state central committeeman and board of managers appointee who has declined offices paying salaries, is seen as the logical nominee to unite Clinton County Democrats. The Lebanon convention opens Tuesday to decide his candidacy as Republicans may coalesce.
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Cincinnati
M. R
Denver
Wilmington
Lebanon Convention
Congress
Clinton County
Charles Q. Hildebrant
J. W. Denver
Colorado
J. J. Pugsley
Hillsboro
State Central
Pattison
Ohio Penitentiary
el Hough
Lightning Kills Woman in Church in New Berlin
Mrs James Lebeau wife of a carpenter was instantly killed by a lightning bolt at Reform Church in New Berlin Canton Ohio. Mrs Frank Fohl seated nearby was badly burned and a shoe was torn from her foot. Authorities believe the bolt came through a window to the chandelier where Mrs Lebeau sat.
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Commercial Tribune
Canton
New Berlin
James Lebeau
Frank Fohl
Alderman Seeks Fagin's Federal Marshal Post
Marietta editor A. D. Alderman seeks the United States Marshal position for the district. Cincinnati visits gauge Republican support and Foraker’s backing, with Dawes and Moore figures in ongoing patronage considerations.
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Marshal Fagin
Marietta
Cincinnati
A. D. Alderman
Vivian J. Fagin
United States
Defeated Candidate to Lead Butler County Democrats
Charles E Mason, once the Pattison ticket State Treasurer candidate, will head the Butler County Democracy at the new County Executive Committee organization next Saturday. He is expected to succeed Henry C Gray, deposed after a revolt that refused to reappoint him as County Chairman.
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Butler Democrats
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, CO
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