Fight in county jail leads to lockup of two prisoners
David Weston and William Baldwin awaiting grand jury action on highway robbery charges in Massillon started a melee with two other inmates in Canton’s county jail. Jailer McKinney and deputies intervened. Baldwin, Weston and others were restrained and locked in cells. Fetter suffered a minor cut. Baldwin uses a crutch. Weston and Baldwin had provoked repeated trouble and threats, but were kept separated until court action. The report also notes Knights of St George district convention closing with a banquet and constitutional discussions.
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Canton
David H. Weston
William Baldwin
Grand
Massillon
Charles McKinney
Baldwin
Weston
Robert Fetter
Albert Willis
Sheriff McKinney
Harvey Zaiser
Marshal Bour
McKinney
Sheriff Zaiser
Fetter
Knights of St. George
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Barnett Hotel
Robertson
Thomas Filmer
Youngstown
West Lebanon News Briefs Aug 22 Local Farm Purchase and Services
William Poorman reports buying an 108 acre farm in Richland county after selling his current farm to Calvin Hawk. Rev Adair filled the M E pulpit in Rev Warner's absence. Local residents attended Mrs Lentz funeral in Wilmot. Mrs Sim Card of Cleveland visits her brother in law S Card.
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Lebanon
William Poorman
Richland County
Calvin Hawk
Adair
M. E. Church
Warner
Lentz
Wilmot
Sim Card
Cleveland
Card
Sigel Surrenders Death of Civil War Vet Franz Sigel
General Franz Sigel died at his home in New York at 11:45 a.m. on Thursday after two years of illness. A German immigrant who arrived in 1852, he organized a regiment at the outbreak of the Civil War and aided keeping Missouri in the Union. He faced many principal engagements and his death ends a storied career as soldier, politician and editor.
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New York
Franz Sigel
Mott Avenue
Germany
St. Louis
Labor Assembly Sees Largest Meeting With Parade Invite
The Trades and Labor Assembly held a large Thursday session, among the most attended in its history. A Central Labor Union request urged sending Bernard Bell as delegate to a labor candidate convention, with John Evans as alternate. A committee urged employers to hire union labor for the street fair, and delegates from the Woman's Labor League were installed. An invitation was extended to Massillon district miners to join the Labor Day parade and urged employers to participate in the industrial parade.
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Trades and Labor Assembly
Assembly
Alliance Central Labor Union
Congress
Bernard Bell
John Evans
W. E. Kyle
Frank Flickinger
T. Bi
Superintendent resigns at Delaware girls home aftermath
Capt A W Stiles resigns as superintendent of the girls industrial home effective October 1 with his wife also resigning as chief matron. The move follows the Nora Ferris case and a state board inquiry that condemned lax management while two trustees dissented. Public sentiment favors Stiles stepping down amid ongoing concerns at the institution. A letter from 1900 praises Gall Powder for horse sores, endorsing Slusser's Gall Care as effective and economical.
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Delaware
A. W. Stiles
Girls’ Industrial Home
Nora Ferris
Jackson
Scb
Stiles
State Board of Charities
Trustees’ Board
Hubbard
Columbus
Christian
Marion
Nash
Delaware County
Massillon State Hospital contracts awarded for six buildings
R H Evans & Co of Salineville secured the six building contract for the Massillon state hospital at 149,987 dollars with completion by October 1, 1903. Trustees met in Columbus with architect Packard and named the infirmary Nash cottage in honor of Governor Nash while Sherrard Cottage will honor late Robert Sherrard.
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Massillon State Hospital
R. H. Evans & Co
Salineville
Massillon Institution
F. L. Packard
Columbus
S. J. McMahon
Cambridge
J. H. Newton
Newark
J. B. Zerbe
Cleveland
H. C. Eyman
Massillon
Sherrard
Robert Sherrard
Steubenville
Nash Cottage
Nash
Toledo
Tobey
Toledo State Hospital
Winfield Scott
Strike at a Poorhouse Shocks Bowling Green
In Bowling Green Ohio a rare strike at the infirmary led to staff demanding pay, forcing Superintendent Farmer to settle wages. He locked out the workers, hired new help, and operations resumed normally with the paupers cared for as before.
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Bowling Green
Farmer
Accidental Gun Misfire Injures Hinderer Child and Others
A Chauncy Albright case left a 3 year old Hinderer child severely shot while standing seventy feet from the gun muzzle. Frances Fasnacht and Harry Gregg were struck but not seriously harmed. The Fasnacht farm east of the city hosted the accident during thrashing. several farm hands narrowly escaped.
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Chauncy Albright
John Albright
Thomas Hinderer
Frances Fasnacht
Harry Gregg
Miss Fasnacht
Mr. Gregg
Fasnacht
A Party of Progress and American Education
London reports two volumes of essays on American secondary instruction. Sir Joshua Fitch notes Americans lack party dynasties and ecclessiastical privileges, describing the nation as a party of progress. Essays by Sanford Fox Mark and others praise universal enthusiasm for top quality education for youth.
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London
British Board of Education
United States
Joshua Fitch
America
8. Sanford
Brooklyn High School
G. L. Fox
New Haven, Conn
H. T. Mark
The
Daily Chronicle
Wood Refuses to Run Against Burton in Cleveland
Dr. Morgan Wood declines to run for Congress on the Democratic ticket against Theodore Burton. He told Mayor Johnson at noon Friday and the mayor immediately announced the decision. Wood, a renowned city pulpit orator, had earlier stirred interest by being named a candidate.
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Cleveland
Morgan Wood
Congress
Theodore Burton
Johnson
Dr. Wood
Spain in Cuban news and Weyler honored
News by wire notes Cubans cheer Spain while General Weyler is honored. Judge Day is likely to be appointed to the Supreme Bench succeeding Justice Shiras. Izzet, second secretary for foreign correspondence, promised settlement of American claims and proposed resuming diplomatic talks with the Porte through the US minister.
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Constantinople
Izzet
United States
Porte
Leishman
Trouble in One Province in the Philippines
Washington reports insurgent activity in the mountain districts of Tobaco Malanao and Tivi in Albay province. Rebels about three hundred clash with native constabulary. natives killed and Chinese abducted at Baytayan. A sick constable at Malanao dismembered. Guevarra aids civil authorities in Samar. Diosdios band disperses after warning from Guevarra.
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Washington
Manila Mail
Tobaco
Malanao
Tivi
Albay
Baytayan
Malolos
Pullian
Guevarra
Samar
Diosdios
Calbiga
Gueverra
An Eccentric King Shocks Spain With Fractured Plans
Madrid reports King Alfonso defies councillors by spurning a European marriage. He seeks a South American heiress to mend finances, win republican favor, and boost Latin prestige. He orders crown envoys to seek wealthy eligible daughters and vows to dissolve the ancient Annanciade order for a new Alfonso XIII title.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Spain
South America
Grand Order of the Annanciade
Order
Suprem e Bench Scoop Names Ohioan as Shiras Successor
Oyster Bay reports indicate President Roosevelt has chosen a successor if Justice Shiras retires. The proposed candidate is Judge Day, who once acted as secretary of state under McKinley. Senator Pritchard of North Carolina suggested a North Carolina pick, but the President confirmed the selection is an Ohioan and rejected Judge Taft as candidate.
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Oyster Bay
L. L
Roosevelt
New England
Justice Shiras
Supreme Court
Judge Day
John Sherman
McKinley
Pritchard
North Carolina
Shiras
Taft
Cannon on the Campaign Returns to Washington
Representative Cannon of Illinois, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, visits Washington after a Massachusetts coast trip aboard the Dolphin. He rejects promises to revise the tariff next session, saying it would disrupt business and prosperity. He expects tariff changes eventually but not during the current campaign.
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Washington
Cannon
Ilinois
House Committee On Appropriations
Massachusetts
Moody
Congress
Illinois
Priest Resigns in Cincinnati and Leaves Catholic Church
Rev Thomas Haggerty once active in Cincinnati and linked with the Dallas diocese resigns as priest and withdraws from Catholic Church He cites the churchs stance against socialism as incompatible with his economic creed and plans to devote himself to propagating socialism to advance the cause across the region
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Cincinnati
Thomas Haggerty
Dallas
Tex
Dunne
Father Haggerty
Father Hageverty
Cubans Cheer Spain as Laborers Are Dispersed
In Havana on August 23 city laborers sent to the wharves to assist unloading public works cargoes refused to work amid a dock strike. Key marched back to the palace and was dispersed by police as the crowd cheered for Spain and for General Weyler.
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Havana
Key
Spain
General Weyler
Surprise to England on Washingtons Ancestors Home
London observers express surprise at US reports that the home of George Washington ancestors Dear Banbury would be bought and moved to the St. Louis fair. They deem the plan absolutely impracticable.
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London
United States
George Washington
Banbury
St. Louis Fair
Annual Tuscarawas Township Sunday School Convention
The twentieth annual Tuscarawas Township Sunday School Convention will meet at Crystal Springs four miles west of the city for five days next week. The program includes talks by Rev. Charles F. Thompson Navarre Rev. W. H. Berry West Brookfield Rev. Dr. Dawson Lorain and Rev. D. M. Christian Tiffin field manager of the Christian World. The Stanwood band provides picnic music and Heidelberg University President Dr Charles E Miller will preach Sunday morning. Dr Miller a former Massillon resident and Heidelberg graduate previously served for nine years as pastor in Dayton.
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Tuscarawas Township Sunday School Association
Crystal Spring
Crystal Springs
Charles F. Thompson
Navarre
W. H. Berry
West Brookfield
Dr. Dawson
Lorain
D. M. Christian
Tiffin
Christian World
Stanwood Band
Charles E. Miller
Heidelberg University
Miller
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