Taft Warned Of Plot In Topeka Letter
An unsigned Topeka letter sent in August warns President elect Taft of an alleged assassination plan. The State Journal published the letter today, circulated by Topeka police chief Taft, and the writer is described as mentally unsound. The note cites four or five men near Rock Island Railroad yards planning to kill Taft from a skyscraper in Chicago.
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Topeka
Kan
State Journal Today
William H. Taft
Taft
Kansas
W. H. Taft
Rock Island Railroad
Chicago
Crank Seeks Roosevelt Try, Arrested at Sagamore Hill
John Coughlin, aged self-styled detective, armed with a nonloaded .32 Bulldog revolver, was stopped near President Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill home by Secret Service. He claimed to seek an audience to order 16,000 troops to combat Boston yeggmen and was jailed after a brief struggle. Coughlin said he had spent three years in an asylum for the insane.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
President Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Secret Service
John Coughlin
Boston
Coughlin
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Roosevelt
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Mineola
Tennessee Republicans unite after Wright withdrawal
Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee announced the withdrawal of Judge Wright, the governor nominee of one Tennessee faction. The move clears the field for Tillman, the rival faction’s nominee, and national headquarters said it should unite Tennessee Republicans for an all out effort to win the state.
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Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Judge Wright
Tennessee
Tillman
National
Spain Delays Joint Note on Morocco Situation
Paris reports the Spanish government has proposed minor modifications to the joint French Spanish note to the powers about the Morocco situation. The changes are expected to delay the issuance of the note for several days.
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Morocco
Little Boy Healed by Cuticura Ointment After Severe Eczema
A mother recounts her six week old son's terrible facial eczema and ongoing itching. Doctors and skin specialists offered little relief until Cuticura ointment provided cooling relief and healing. The case improved markedly over time. the boy, now seven, is reportedly free of eczema. The testimony cites Klumpp of Niagara Street, 1907.
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Niagara St
N. d
Count de Toulouse Lautrec Arrested for Cashing Stolen Coupons
Antwerps police arrest Nicholas B. Savine known as Count de Toulouse Lautrec and Prince Savine on a charge of cashing stolen coupons. He claimed American citizenship and displayed Illinois naturalization papers. He says he fought in Manchuria against Japan and served in the Spanish-American War.
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Count de Toulouse-Lautrec
Illinois
Siberia
Bremen
Spain
Nicholas B. Savine
Toulouse-Lautrec
Prince Savine
Europe
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Savine
Nicholas
Russia
Manchuria
Chicago
Campaign of Republicans and the 1858 Ohio rally
The piece surveys the 1858 campaign era, detailing Republicans labeling Buchanan supporters as Buchaneers and a Dayton rally of over 100,000. It notes Fremont and Fillmore fusion in Pennsylvania, Greeley’s attacks on Buchanan, and the election outcome in Ohio and New York.
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Ostend
Dayton
Ohio
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Indiana
Fillmore
Pennsylvania
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People's
Fire destroys Longworth Burn barn and rigs
Early morning flames destroy the Longworth Burn property including a dog in its bed that perished. The blaze consumed a stable area once owned by Charles Halman, canal collector, and damaged rigs and a shed. Watchman William Losey narrowly escaped injury as horses were driven from the burning site by police.
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William Losey
R. E. Bosley Wrecking Company
Groesbeck Estate
Lumber Merchant Claimed by Death Heads Two Firms
The death of a lumber merchant, leader of two major firms, leaves a widow and six children. The man had served as a presidential elector in 1900, with prominence in business circles. He was survived by his wife and offspring.
Kentucky family rows end fatally at depot in Flemingburg
In Flemingburg Kentucky Mrs Bessie Bramel Smoot shot and killed her husband Edward Smoot in the depot waiting room this morning. She fired three shots into his breast then attempted to shoot herself but only wounded her flesh. The couple had been estranged.
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Lexington
Flemingsburg
Bessie Bramel Smoot
Edward Smoot
Hyatts' wife shot. husband later commits suicide
Mayfield Kentucky Henry Hyatt aged 50 shot his wife twice near their Marshall County home after separation dating back a year. She was dying, and Hyatt then killed himself a short distance away. The incident occurred about ten miles east of Mayfield near the state line.
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Mayfield
Henry Hyatt
Hyatt
Here
Marshall County
American woman scales Huascaran in Peru
Miss Annie Peck of Providence Rhode Island becomes the first to summit Mt Huascaran on her second try. She estimates the peak at 26000 feet. A Swiss companion suffered frozen feet leading to gangrene and a guide survived a 1000 foot fall. The ascent started August 29 after a prior climb to 25000 feet ended due to a guide's illness.
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Lima
Peru
Annie&. Peck
Providence
R. I
Mt. Huascaran
M B Farrin dies after brief illness in Avondale home
M B Farrin of Cincinnati prominent lumber and business figure dies at his residence 3666 Reading road Avondale after three days of illness chiefly acute indigestion that developed into heart neuralgia. He was 57 and survived by six daughters Mrs Ralph Renau Mrs Chester Korn Mrs A J Pfiester Mrs Paul Richardson Miss Harriet Farrin and Miss Medora Farrin. wife summoned from Grand Point Michigan. He held leadership roles in Farrin Lumber Company Farrin Korn Lumber Company Central Box Shop Company Merchants National Bank and Ohio Cement Company and chaired several clubs and associations including the National Oak Flooring Association and Masonic bodies.
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Reading Road
Avondale
Farrin
Grand Point
Mich
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Farrin- Korn Lumber Company
Central Box Shock Company
Merchants’ National Bank
Ohio Cement Company
Manufacturers’ Club
Lumbermen’s Club
Queen City Club
National Oak
Ralph Renau
Chester Korn
A. J. Pfiester
Paul Richardson
Harriet Farrin
Medora Farrin
Fire at Longworth Homestead Destroys Stable
Congressman Nicholas Longworth and his wife wake during a midnight blaze at the Grandin Road homestead. The brick two story stable burned, eight horses saved, several carriages and the coachmen’s apartment destroyed. Loss estimated at $2000.
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Nicholas Longworth
Longworth
Michael Condran
Vatican Meets Over American Church Appointments
At Rome on September 7 the Congregation of Propaganda discussed American questions for over three hours. It proposed new candidates for the San Francisco coadjutorship and approved Bishop Muldoon of Chicago becoming Bishop of Rockford. It also shifted the Canadian ecclesiastical seat from Victoria to Vancouver with new bishops named for Victoria and Antigonish.
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Congregation of the Propaganda For
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Augustin Dontenwill
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Orth
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Antigonish
Rare dragon lizards arrive at Bronx Park Zoo
New York reports two foot dragon lizards from Vera Cruz arrive at the Bronx Park Zoo. Scientists call them linear descendants of the dinosaur, noting their two legged, tail dragging gait and combed heads. They are nonpoisonous and timid despite ferocious looks.
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New York
Vera Cruz
Bronx Park Zoo
Raymond L. Ditmars
Reptile House
Mexico
Man kills wife with flatiron in Brookville tragedy
In Brookville Indiana on September 7 Jesse Woodruff aged 63 crushed his wife's skull with a flatiron and then shot himself twice with fatal intent. He died later with his own life hanging by a thread while authorities investigate the violent act.
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Brookville
Ind
Jesse Woodruff
Explosion on Ohio River boat rocks Higginsport area
Eight hundred quarts of nitro glycerin exploded with terrific force in a flat boat near Higginsport Ohio while being moved down the Ohio River. No lives were lost though numerous nearby houses suffered damage.
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Gallipolis
Higginsport
Ohio River
Muldoon Named Bishop of Rockford Ill
The Rt. Rev. P. J. Muldoon of Chicago is appointed Bishop of Rockford Illinois. Born in Stockton California in 1863 he was ordained in 1886 and has served in Chicago including recent years as auxiliary bishop of the diocese.
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P. J. Muldoon
Rockford, Ill
Muldoon
Stockton
Cal
Feudist Killed in Kentucky Hotel Feud Sparks Murder
Ferris Arnett, 23, recently from Breathitt County Kentucky and involved in feud troubles, was shot dead in Hamilton. Buck Cottongame, a former Breathitt County resident who runs a Kentucky boarding house, fired two shots as Arnett slept on a couch. Cottongame was arrested, claiming Arnett had followed him to kill. The feud stemmed from the Hargis Mareum murder case.
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Breathitt County
Buck Cottongame
Cottongame
Kentucky
Arnett
Rewards for 221 Jackies
Melbourne Sept 7. News that rewards are offered for 221 men who failed to report aboard ships when the fleet departed for Albany. The patrol from the American fleet has not found many of the stragglers.
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Albany
Mary A MacMahon Obituary in Storrs Church Life
Mrs Mary A MacMahon wife of Rev E T MacMahon D D pastor of Storrs Congregational Church died yesterday after weeks of illness. They lived in the city since last November with Dr MacMahon taking charge of the congregation. She was 39 and left two sons. Also noted is the death of David D Stubbs son of James C Stubbs and J E Stubbs, linking to Occidental and Oriental Steamship Co and Nevada State University, with references to Ashland Ohio and San Francisco.
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Harriman Lines
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Nevada State University
San Francisco
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California
Ashland
Covington Newport Labor Day Picnic Draws Thousands
Thousands attended the Kenton and Campbell County Trades and Labor Assembly outing at Latonia race track with 10 000 to 15 000 noted. Events included trotting and pacing races, a baby show, bicycle races, boxing, foot racing, and a cake walk, with Latonia and Covington winners and local officials speaking.
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Bellevue
W. G. Riddle
Dart Simms
John Bauman
Bettie Guard
Maurice Britt
Bob Wilkes
K Fisk
George M
Gus Staggenbereg
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Mr. Brady
Nellie M
George Schneider
Kenton County
Latonia
Mice blamed for serious blaze at Newport store
A Newport fire damaged Hilbert Bros grocery in the Posey Plant Building at Third and Monmouth. Mice gnawed a box of matches starting the blaze. about $1,000 in losses, with $500 to stock and $500 to the building, insured. Firemen fought the flames with five locomotives delivering water for around three hours.
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Brent
C. & O. Railroad
King Edward avoids reception during Doncaster visit
King Edward plans a week at Doncaster race meeting and vetoes reports he would receive Cardinal Vincent Vanutelli the Papal Legate to the Eucharistic Congress. The Protestant Federation had urged the king not to receive the legate citing old laws. The semi official note confirms the king’s racing plans.
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Doncaster
Vincent Vannutelli
Westminster
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England
Newport Detectives Round Up Loiterers in City Yard
Detectives Sheeran and Morton of the Newport Police Department rounded up a gang of loiterers in the C. and O. Railroad yard earlier yesterday. Ten men were jailed on loitering charges after being found in a box car. the group included Albert Monroe Joe Deter man George Kelley Henry Pitchard Howard Reid Ea Loehlan Joe Bauman Martin French and James Burns.
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Morton
Newport
Ea Loehlan
Joe Bauman
Wheeling
W. Va
Martin French
James Burns
Louisville
Democratic City Convention Looms in Central Garden
Speculation grows as Democrats plan a delegate mass convention next Saturday in Central Garden after the party split and protests over primaries. Republicans prepare for a hard campaign with an executive committee meeting tomorrow to form a campaign committee.
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Democratic Machine
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Music Choral Society to Organize in Newport News
The Kentucky Academy of Music Choral Society meets tonight at 8 o'clock at Prof. D. J Winston's residence 828 Columbia street to organize and plan activities for the year. Rev J W Crates of Taylor Street M E Church leaves for Middlesboro to attend the South M E Church annual conference. Ola Holzen of East Tenth street was arrested by Officer Benke on a warrant from Maggie Mabous for using language to provoke the peace, with the affidavit alleging vile names.
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Columbia Street
J. W. Crates
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South M. E
Ola Holzen
East Tenth Street
Benke
Maggie Mabous
Highland Board Discusses Howell Shooting at Meeting
The Highland Board of Trustees met at police headquarters to discuss the shooting of Thomas Howell by Chief of Police Thorny. No action was taken.
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Highland Board of Trustees
Thomas Howell
Thorny
Committee names drawn for Campbell County primary race
The Campbell County Democratic primary for Circuit Judge sees Otto Wolff and Ramsey Washington backed by rival factions. A five member committee led by Donelan selects election officers and plans to meet to finalize polling officials next Saturday amid party dissension.
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Otto Wolff
Ramsey Washington
Donelan
Henry Maher
John Reynolds
Charles Kinney
Jacob Roll
Democratic Party
Wolff
Washington
Honduran Rebel Captain Captured Sentenced to Death
Passengers arriving in San Francisco report Captain Lee Cannon, a Cornell graduate said to lead in the Honduran revolution, was captured after his last stand in which he is believed to have killed fifteen men. He faces death sentence.
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Sydney
Panama
Lee Cannon
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Covington Woman Hurt Exits Streetcar on Pike and Madison
Mrs George Egan wife of a Covington saloon keeper on West Fifth street fell while alighting a street car at Pike and Madison streets yesterday. She sustained a severe injury to her left limb and was taken home. Joan C Perry elected Covington Union delegate to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen biennial convention to be held next week in Columbus Ohio.
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Covington
West Fifth Street
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Covington Union
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Mass Convention Set by Campbell County Republicans
The Campbell County Republican Executive Committee votes to hold a mass convention at Music Hall Newport on Saturday October 10 at 2 PM to nominate a Circuit Judge candidate and Newport city ticket for November. Chairman Theodore Marz presided at Baschang's Hall where all precinct committeemen attended. A resolution allows the Chairman to adjourn the convention if Sheriff deputies or others interfere. Campaign plans for the November election were also discussed.
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Music Hall
Newport
Campbell County
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Theodore Marz
Baschang’s Hall
Eighth Street
Washington Avenue
Special Officer Hurt in Riot at City Park Meeting
Special Policeman Thomas Kole, sworn in by Mayor Krieger, was beaten by youths during holiness meetings by the United Brethren Mission in a City Park tent. The incident began when Kole struck a man named Reisch in an argument, leading to a mob assault and panic among attendees.
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United Brethren Mission
Kole
Krieger
Holiness Band
Bregel
Reisch
Covington
Beating Charge Levels at Covington Children's Home Leader
Thomas, superintendent of the Protestant Children's Home on Covington's Madison Avenue, was arrested on a disorderly conduct warrant. Humane Officer Eaton said the 14 year old John Henry Brennen accused Thomas of unlawfully striking him with a strap attached to a stick. Brennen said he ran away after being whipped.
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Madison Avenue
Covington
Booth and Stevenson
Benjamin P. Eaton
John Henry Brennen
Brennen
Names and Residences in Ohio Notice
Howard Bridwell of West Jefferson Ohio Maud Martin of West Jefferson Ohio George R Tyler of Cincinnati Ohio Mary Turner of incinnat Ohio
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West Jefferson
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George R. Tyler
Cincinnati
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Incinnat
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