22 Nov 1905
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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1905
Page
1
The article reports widespread chatter over slot machines in Nolo ey with Mayor Rinner denying permits and stating machines operate without authorization. He reveals a city proclamation ordering removal of slot devices and urging charges against operators.
Republican senate commerce committee members debated tariff and rate measures. Elkins Aldrich Kean and Foraker favored measured action and harmony, while Cullom and Dolliver urged aligning with the president and backing his recommended course. The meeting ended without formal proposals.
Park management announces a greased pig race at the rink Thursday night with the pig as prize. Open entry to all, entrants must wear skates, a wire netting will encircle the area to keep ladies and spectators safe.
New Concord reports a Pittsburg Poultry & Produce Co. canceled two orders totaling 1500 turkeys from major Pittsburg dealers. Eastern markets overstocked, live fowl price seen around 12 cents, with dressed turkey prices possibly dropping to 13 cents per pound. Farmers holding stock expect lower prices as market glut spreads in southeast Ohio.
Telegraph dispatch reports at Hubbard Westinghouse and other plants workers drop tools after eight hours, while employers vow to maintain a 60 hour week. rural peasants fear serfdom return as bands clash with troops. government prepares habeas corpus measures and Witte support gains among zemstvo congress.
A riot at Case School and Adelbert College in Cleveland left 25 students beaten. police arrived late as signs warned Reserve students to stay off. Sophomores C. P. Malone and H. P. Burton were among those involved, sparking a bitter campus fight.
Mrs. Frederick Schott, president of the National Mothers' Congress, says former U S Senator Frank J Cannon of Utah has been condemned to die by Mormons. She claims Cannon is a hero who may become a martyr as his father, a Mormon apostle, has disowned him for his stance against the hierarchy. Cannon, son of George Q Cannon, is forty six and a Utah University graduate who later moved to San Francisco to work as a newspaper man.
A barn on A J Randies farm two miles south of town burned to the ground early Wednesday, with contents including 150 bushels of corn 40 tons of hay two plows a drill a mowing machine and a harrow. Insurance of 400 on the building and 100 on the grain will cover about half the loss estimated at 1200 by Ed Jacobs. The cause remains under question with theories of incendiary work or tramp smoking.
Temperance advocates doubt the firm after scrutiny of packages. The company plans to relocate its office from a Salieville drug store to rooms near the C. P. depot around December 1. Business has risen since the town became dry and prominent complaints prompted action.
Walter Murphy, about 24, sustained a severe mangling of his right hand on a corn husking machine at the John E. Hamilton farm near Fresno. Dr. Kitsmiller expects no amputation. A similar incident occurred weeks earlier on the Sam Boyd farm nearby. The husker had a notorious machine reputation, previously injuring John Foster near Keene years ago.
In Key West on November 22 a general strike of cigarmakers began after talks with manufacturers failed to produce an agreement. Several conferences were held with the cigarmakers union but yielded no result, and a sympathetic strike in other branches of the trade is considered possible.
President Pierce of Kenyon College, through his lawyers, demands a transcript of the inquest testimony on Stewart L. Pierson who was killed awaiting fraternity initiation. Coroner Scarborough delays until grand jury review, with mandamus threats to compel delivery. The lawyers say the testimony will support a county and official liability suit if indictments are not returned.
The trial of Ben Dickerson for the murder of Mrs. Catherine Hughes is delayed to the January term. Delays in returning Judge Eason prevent proving the bill of exceptions for the supreme court, with Thanksgiving and Thursday court sessions extending the timeline. Juror notification adds about fifteen days, pushing the trial to January.
Chicago telegraph reports Frank Vochla arrested on suspicion of killing Maud Reese a Union Traction employee in her apartment after she returned from work. Fresh head and facial wounds suggest he leaped through a window to escape.
Workmen began the erection of an addition to the Wheeling passenger station on Cambridge street. The new north end baggage room will be level with the platform and have a cement floor, replacing the current waiting areas. Colonel John Jacob Astor shown as a patriotic American, plans for his son Vincent’s education shift to an American school.
Telegraph report from Columbus notes a Thursday gathering of Republican members-elect to shape the speakership. Four or more candidates remain, including Thompson, Frizell, Huey, Bassett, with possible entries by Little, Eagleson, and Guernsey. Democrats reportedly seek cross party support to control clerkships and committee chairs.
A telegraph report from Pittsburg details a pivotal AFL session where a grievance committee sought abolition of the souvenir program linked to Labor Day events. The push claimed small unions nationwide graft and coercion by using strikes and boycotts to fund such books.
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