Race Problem Topic Dominates Cincinnati Conference Sermon
The Cincinnati M. E. Conference sessions at High Street M E Church drew crowds as Rev Lucien M Clark of Columbus delivered a gospel sermon. Mrs Austin W Courtney spoke on the Women's Foreign Missionary Society anniversary and Rev W P Thirkield discussed the race question condemning lynching and white responsibility. Cabinet sessions moved to a private residence amid anxiety.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Cincinnati
M. E
High Street
M.E
Lucien M. Clark
Columbus
High Street Church
Austin W. Courtney
Zanesville
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
W. P. Thirkield
National Postoffice Clerks Split at Convention
Delegates from fifty five branches withdrew from the National Convention of Postoffice Clerks with leaders from cities like St. Louis Cincinnati Detroit and Nashville bolting. A rump convention formed while the majority planned to elect new officers at Savannah on Labor Day 1906. Officers named include Martin A. Desmond president John F Hanley secretary and D L Mitchell treasurer.
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Commercial Tribune
Cedar Rapids
Postoffice
St. Louis
Detroit
Cincinnati
Dayton
Louisville
Nashville
Omaha
Tacoma
Utica
Boston
Savannah
Balters
Martin A. Desmond
John F. Hanley
Cleveland
D. L. Mitchell
Cedar
Rapids
Bolters
Morocco Grants French Demands
Paris reports that the Moroccan Government has yielded to French demands and given complete satisfaction according to a dispatch from M. St. Rene Tail landier, minister to Morocco, sent to the Foreign Office.
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Paris
Foreign Office
M. St
Boy of Thirteen Fends Off Burglars at Home
In Coshocton Ohio on September 7 a thirteen year old boy named Ben Maxwell armed with a shotgun protected his three younger sisters while parents were away at the State Fair. He fired three times wounding one burglar as two men entered the house three miles above the town but the robbers escaped and left no clue.
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Commercial Tribune
Coshocton
Ben Maxwell
Girl 19 Confesses to $2500 Theft in Franks Home
Bertha Kocher, a 19 year old servant in the Franken home, admits stealing $2500 in jewelry from Samuel Franken’s residence at 756 East Ninth Street. Detectives Sweeney and Houillion uncover a second mysterious woman accused of guiding the robberies as a modern Fagin.
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Bertha Kocher
Sweeney and
Houillion
el Samuel Franken
Ninth Street
Samuel Franken
Ohio
Eighth Street
Central Avenue
Franken
Milton Franken
Miss Franken
Boys Play Auto Hold Up Traffic Near Coshocton Bridge
In Coshocton Ohio on September 7 two youths used a lantern and a fish horn to disrupt a line of farmers driving through a covered bridge two miles south of the city. They tooted and flashed lights to scare horses and cause delays until they fled leaving behind the lantern and horn.
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Commercial Tribune
Coshocton
Edict Abolishes Old Degree Exams in China
Statement from Peking reports a major edict ending the traditional examination system. Future officers to be selected from modern schooling. Government to establish schools nationwide and push more students abroad to study, mainly in the United States and Britain.
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Peking
Yuan Shi Ki
America
England
Taggart Angrily Accuses Smyser in Divorce Case
In Wooster Ohio Captain Taggart testifies in the Taggart divorce case alleging ex-Judge Smyser used his congressional influence to get a War Department order for his court martial. The exchange includes a heated exchange over a letter and signatures, with details of a family quarrel from 1903 and a courtroom reenactment of torn sleeves.
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Commercial Tribune
Wooster, CO
Taggart
Smyser
Congress
War Department
Poore
Captain Poore
Niagara to claim ashes from Niagara Falls pledge
The will of W. H. Baird, a Cleveland attorney and promoter who died recently, directs his ashes be placed in a glass receptacle and thrown into Niagara Falls from Prospect Park. It also provides that one fourth of the estate’s income be used annually to support socialist propaganda. The estate’s value is not yet public.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
W. H. Baird
Anna Wadsworth
Niagara Falls
Prospect Park
City Marshal Horace Porter fatally shot in McConnelsville
Horace G Porter city marshal of McConnelsville was shot from behind and killed by Wood Stuard brother of the Morgan County Clerk of Courts. Stuard surrendered and is jailed. Porter died from four gunshot wounds including two head shots. He left a widow and four children.
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Commercial Tribune
M'Connellville
Horace G. Porter
Wood Stuard
Morgan County
Porter
Stuard
Marshal Porter
Minnie Leland Porter
W. H. Gillespie
Zanesville
Grace
Omaha Public
Hamer
Omaha
Francis
McConnelsville
Frank Porter
George Porter
Grand Island
Neb
Albert Porter
Chas. Porter
Holcomb
Clifford McKay
Réy
Cincinnati Ad Club plans half million dollar city boomer
Representatives of civic organizations are invited to a College Hill Hotel supper on September 26 to launch a Half Million Dollars Club. The aim is to raise 500000 to advertise Cincinnati nationwide with original city promotion ideas. A committee will organize preliminaries and recruit other groups.
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Advertisers’ Club
College Hill’ Hotel
Club
Cincinnati
Jokers Choose Officers In National Press Humorists
W R Rose of The Cleveland Plain Dealer was elected President Arthur G Burgoyne of The Pittsburg Leader named Vice President Thomas F Daly of The Philadelphia Press serves as Secretary and Treasurer. The next meeting will be held in Philadelphia.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland, CO
W. R. Rose
Cleveland Plain Dealer
National Press Humorists' Association
Arthur G. Burgoyne
Pittsburg Leader
Thomas F. Daly
Philadelphia Press
Philadelphia
Tartars Surround Aoussan Troops In Baku City
A telegram from Baku's governor reports Tartars surrounding Aoussan troops in Baku, with relief urgent. Oil wells at Balakhan Sabunto and Nonani near Baku burned, Biblebat fire continues. St Petersburg presses government over Caucasus handling and oil-industry losses.
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Auousan
Baku
ST. Petersburg
Tiflis
Balakhan
Sabunto
Nonani
Caucasus
Russia
Witte Accord Praises Roosevelt at Metropolitan Club
Special dispatch reports dinner at the Metropolitan Club for M. Witte Baron Rosen and their suites. Witte toasted Theodore Roosevelt and praised the peace effort while Baron Rosen lauded the Emperor and Russia's desire for just peace. Elihu Root congratulated the envoys on their mission and conduct.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Geo. Harvey
Metropolitan Club
M. Witte
Baron Rosen
Theodore Roosevelt
Russia
Elihu Root
Theey
Riots Break Out Near Tokyo Amid Crowds at American Party
Reports from Sept 7 describe rioting in Chiba near Tokyo with the protectorate building and courthouse burned. Foreigners treated harshly as mobs attack. General Sakuma warns the public while Tokyo remains unsettled after a mob burns ten churches and a mission school.
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Tokyo
Mission House
Martial Law Declared in Tokyo Amid Disorder
An imperial ordinance imposes martial law in Tokyo. Disorder continued tonight as authorities resume control.
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Tokyo
Harriman Party in Tokyo Attacked Shielded by U S
E H Harriman president of the Southern Pacific Railroad and Marquis Ito were threatened and stoned by mobs in Tokyo. Neither was injured. Harriman travels with his family and several officials on a pleasure tour under U S protection hosted by American Minister Griscom with planned entertainments and garden party invitations.
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Tokyo
E. H. Harriman
Southern Pacific Railroad
Marquis Ito
Privy Council
Harriman
R. P. Schwerin
Pacific Steamship Company
Robert Goelet
Griscom
United States
Kabura
Arasuke
Baron Mitsui
Iwasaki
Harriman Party Attacked in Tokyo Riots Follow Dinner
Delayed dispatch reports Harriman party members stoned by crowds returning from a minister of finance dinner. Dr W G Lyle and J C Lyle injured while guards cleared streets and protected the legation. Riots predicted to resume as public meetings planned amid security deployments.
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Tokyo
Harriman
Baron Lone
W. G. Lyle
J. C. Lyle
J. C. McKnight
Dr. Lyle
Legation
R. P. Schwerin
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Mr. Schwerin
Bank
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Cabinet
Anx
Iety
Ginginnat
Postal Seceders
Morocco
Kocher
Frankens
Hina
UAST
Smylser
Niagara
McConnels
Morgan County Clerk of Courts
Witte
Roosevelt
Lega
Komura
Chiba
Protectorate
Sakuma
Harriman Party
Police Guard Newspaper
Hibaya Park
Kokumin Shimbun
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