Warrant Issued For Capitol Scandal Figures in Pennsylvania
Warrants for fourteen individuals tied to the State Capitol scandal were issued by Harrisburg officials on evidence from the Attorney General. Charges allege conspiracy to defraud the state via false invoices with four suspects facing additional false pretenses counts.
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Commercial Tribune
Harrisburg
State Capitol
Todd
Joseph M. Huston
Stanford B. Lewis
Philadelphia
John H. Sanderson
H. Burd Cassel
Marietta
Pennsylvania Construction Company
James H. Shumaker
Johnstown
George F. Payne
Charles G. Wetter
Capitol Ad
Iliam P. Snyder
Spring City
Auditor General
William L. Mathues
Media
Charles F. Kinsman
Wallis Boyleau
John G. Neiderer
George K. Storm
Pennsylvania Bronze Company
Sanderson
Frank Irvine
Auditor General's Office
Colonel Blankner Ill After Fifty Years in Service
The report notes Colonel Fred Blankner, longtime Third Assistant Sergeant-at-arms of the Ohio House, is ill with a lip cancer. Doctors say the cancer is not immediately life threatening as he has quit cigars and shows signs of improvement.
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Blankner
Ohio House
Commercial Trisone
Colonel Blankner
State House
Ohio
Ohio General Assembly
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Foraker
McKinley
Nash
Bushnell
Seargeant
Germany
America
Columbus
O. Vo. I
Ohio House of Representatives
House
Lincoln
Old State House
Ohio to gain Jamestown land only after claims paid
Braxton Campbell of the Ohio Commission explains a contract giving Ohio ownership of the Jamestown Exposition land rests on two prior claims. Uncle Sam’s $1,000,000 advance must be reimbursed from gate receipts, with banks holding a $340,000 blanket mortgage. Ohio may receive deed only after these liens are cleared, amid looming foreclosures and potential sale to the government or banks.
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Braxton Campbell
Ohio Commission
Campbell
Commercial Tribune
General Assembly
Sam
Federal Treasury
Mr. Campbell
Uncle Sam
Hampton Roads
Jamestown Company
Exposition Grounds
Norfolk
Ohio Building
Exposition Company
Jamestown Exposition Company
House
Senate
Edward Hafner
State
Capitol Scandal Probes Lead to Arrests in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on September 18 arrests were tied to a governor reported Capitol scandal inquiry. The commission’s findings name eighteen people and firms in Capitol contracts and urge prosecutions to recover part of the nine million dollars the state paid to contractors.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Stuart
Capitol
600 Chinamen Drowned Rumor Reaches Seattle
An unconfirmed report from Seattle claims 300 Chinese people were drowned in Bristol Bay Alaska. No confirmation yet, but the rumor may relate to a supposed ship loss in Bristol Bay.
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Commercial Tribune
Seattle
Wash
Bristol Bay
Alaska
AIDNAPER SHOOTS HIMSELF IN HOTEL
Joshua Harrison of Currituck County North Carolina who abducted the son of State Senator Beasley shot himself in the Gladstone Hotel Norfolk Virginia. He is dying in a local hospital after Supreme Court denied him a new trial yesterday.
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Aidnaper
Beasley
Harrison
Supreme Court
Mrs McKinley's Body to Be Moved in Canton Mausoleum
In Canton Ohio on September 18 troops guard the McKinley mausoleum as the new casket for Mrs. McKinley rests in the sarcophagus on Monument Hill. The late President McKinley's body lies nearby in a new casket to be transferred tomorrow. Both bodies are reported in good preservation.
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Commrcial Tribun
Canton
McKinley
McKinley Mausoleum
Monument Hill
United States
President McKinley
Charles N. Haskell Chosen as Governor of Oklahoma
Special Dispatch reports Oklahoma voting results show the constitution adopted by a 3 to 1 margin. Prohibition leads by about 30,000, with the Democratic State ticket led by Charles N. Haskell elected by over 20,000. Democrats appear to win four of five U S Representatives and a large legislative majority. Robert L. Owen and T. P. Gore expected as U S Senators.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Charles N. Haskell
Muskogee
United States
Robert L. Owen
T. P. Gore
Big Earnings Of Subsidiaries Of Oil Trust
A Hillsboro Ohio crowd attends the Hillsboro Centennial with Civil War reunions and Foraker speech. In New York the Standard Oil subsidiary profits are revealed with 1903 and 1906 earnings of Indiana New York and New Jersey units, grand dividends, and shifting assets under Kellogg and Fay questioning.
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OIL Trust
New York
Standard Oil Company
Frank B Kellogg
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Landis
Chicago
Indiana Company
Mr. Kellogg
Clarence G. Fay
New Jersey
New York Company
Fay
Kellogg
Charles M. Pratt
Water-Pierce Oil Company
Texas
Pratt
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
M. M. van Buren
van Buren
Standard Company
van Beuren
Dempsey Out Pfaff Likely To Head Democratic Ticket
Cincinnati drama unfolds as Mayor Dempsey refuses renomination and signals support for Frank L. Pfaff. The City Voters League outlines nonpartisan standards and urges voters to back capable candidates, highlighting the need for honest leadership and citywide improvement.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Board of Public Service
Frank L. Pfaff
Pfaff
Cincinnati
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