Canton Akron Massillon Line Fails To Secure Loop Rights
City council deadlocks 4 to 4 on two offers regarding a Mill and Tremont loop for the Canton Akron and Massillon Electric Railway. The original exchange proposal and an alternative both fail, prompting further dormant plans until spring and possible terminus moves to Navarre or Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill and Tremont Streets
Canton, Akron & Massillon Electric Railway Company
Board of Trade
Canton, Akron & Massillon Company
Columbian Heights
Mill Street
Messrs. Weiler
Frantz, Smith
W. F. Ricks
Anthony Howells
Colombian Heights
LM. Taggart
Massillon, Dalton & Wooster Company
C. M. Russell
Russell
Joop
Miller
Messrs. Johns
Gaddis
Waite
Messrs
Frantz
Weiler
Myers
Smith
Navarre
Canton
Mine Foreman Shot in Susquehanna Coal Mine
Wilkes Barre Pa Nov 8 Dennis Dorie foreman of the Susquehanna Coal Company mines at Glen Lyon was fatally shot by miner J C Hennesay after Dorie refused Hennesay's request for work The fatal shooting occurred at the Glen Lyon operation and local authorities pursued charges against Hennesay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Dennis Dorie
Susquehanna Coal Company
Glen Lion
J. C. Hennesay
Doris
Hennessey
Republican landslide in Ohio 1902 election victory noted
Columbus reports the Republican state executive committee announces a large statewide victory on November 4 1902 with 90 000 plurality for L J Laylin and wide majorities across counties. It lists 17 of 21 congressmen elected and thanks volunteers papers and organizations for the victory. Charles Dick chairs the committee with John Br Malloy as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Republican State Executive Committee
L. J . Laylin
Congress
Nicholas Longworth
H. P. Goebel
R. M. Nevin
D. G. Hildebrandt
T. B. Kyle
W. R. Warnock
K. H. Southard
State League of Republican
First Voters’ Clubs
College League
the Soldiers
Charles Dick
John Br, Malloy
Sec’y
Canton Teachers and Firemen Form Unions in Stark County
In Canton Stark county teachers and Canton firemen formed unions as charters arrive from the American Federation of Labor. Salary disputes led to school openings being affected as some county schools lacked teachers. Organizer James A. Robinson noted union strength shields members from retaliation. Firemen, numbering thirty seven, received AFL charters and organized locally after protests over municipal expenses and pay raises.
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Canton
Stark County
American Federation of Labor
James A. Robinson
Central Labor Union
Canton Board of Trade
Robinson
Labor
Federation of Labor
Murderers Captured After Montgomery Slaying
Washington report says Governor Taft cabled the war department that the Ladrones who murdered D. G. C. Montgomery, school superintendent, have been captured.
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Washington
Taft
War Department
Ladrones
D.gc. Montgomery
Large turnout at hospital dance and farm yields noted
A Friday evening dance drew the largest patient turnout of the season at William McKinley hall. Hospital fields yielded 6 500 bushels of potatoes, sufficient for winter. Edith Scott, daughter of Supervisor Winfield Scott, was appointed stenographer in Steward Latimer 5 office. Four patient deaths were recorded this past week. Dr H Hyman gave an illustrated lecture on Constantinople with stereopticon views. Construction on Nash cottage and cottages A and B progressed, with brickwork deferred to spring due to frost. New drive from the main road to the supervisor’s residence nears completion and grounds improvements advance ahead of winter. Dr McGeorge returned from Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Scott
State Hospital
William McKinley Hall
Nash Cottage
Evans
Columbus
Eyman
Winfield Scott
5. O. Latimer
McGeorge
Cleveland
Moulton Lectures Begin in City With Six Talks
Prof Richard G Moulton of the university extension course staff will present six lectures in the First M E church lecture room starting Wednesday evening November 12. Topics include Richard III Nemesis Romeo and Juliet Pathos King Lear Moral Problem Julius Caesar Character Othello Plot Tragedy in General. Course tickets available to adults at $1 and pupils 50 cents. single lectures 25 cents. Tickets from public school teachers.
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Richard G. Moulton
M. E. Church
Toral Declared Insane After Santiago Surrender
New York Herald report says General Toral, who surrendered at Santiago de Cuba, has become insane after receiving fall accounts of the surrender. He showed symptoms from that moment and no remedy cures consumption.
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New York
the Herald Madrid
Toral
Shafter
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago
Court Assignments for Next Week in Canton Courts
Thirty cases line the docket for Canton courts in two rooms under Judges Harter and Ambler. In Room 1, hearings precede a schedule including Hillman, Newhouse, Hellwig, and others, with multiple civil actions listed across Monday to Friday. Room 2 presents parallel dockets featuring Hirst, Evans, McConkey, and cases involving firms like The Equitable, The Harvard Company, and The Klein & Heffelman Company through Friday.
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Canton
Harter
Ambler
Court Room No
Hillman
Hillman Et al
Newhouse
Rice Et al
Hellwig
Noll
Loftis
Pennsylvania Company
Fleisher Brothers
Bloomberg & Company
Reese
Putman & Glenn
Wilson Va Bard
Dobson
The
Morgan Engineering Company
Reemsnyder
Weaver & Loave
Talbert Commission Company
Michigan Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Sabolik
Court Room No. 2
Hirst
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
Evans
Hotfaster
McConkey
Hanneman
Admr
Willaman
Willaman’s Admr
Marshall
Perry
Taylor
Rudolph
McCaughey
Bard
Iorman
Fire Exprociation of
Philadelphia
Guest
Canton- Sparta Brick Company
Harvard Company
Weber
Indemnity Savings & Loan Company
Gibler Et al
Flynn’s
Admrvsa
Berger Manufacturing Company
Alliance Eureka Oil and Gas Company
Trausne & Williams Company
Adolph
Benson
Klein & Heffelman Company
Hair
Republican returns show Laylin leads Bigelow in statewide vote
State Chairman Dick announced results from all eighty-eight counties: Laylin 436,659 votes and Bigelow 45,481. Laylin's aggregate plurality 113,799 with Bigelow at 22,421 and Laylin net plurality 91,178. Total two-candidate vote 782,140. If Badger is deemed ineligible, a new election may be needed as defeated candidate Haling says he will not accept the seat if Badger is unseated.
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Columbus
Republican State Executive Committee
L. C. Laylin
Herbert Bigelow
Laylin
Bigelow
Badger
Congress
Bis
Mtr Haling
Judge Badger
Massillon Elks Move to Raise City Hospital Funds
The Massillon Lodge of Elks forms a City Hospital Fund Committee to solicit subscriptions from individuals, lodges, churches and corporations and to hold funds in trust pending creation of a permanent body. A public address outlines aims and a plan to use entertainments for proceeds. T. Harvey Smith chairs, Victor Morgan is secretary.
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City Hospital
Massillon Lodge of Elks
Elkdom
Elks’ Hospital Committee
Massillon
T. Harvey Smith
Victor Morgan
Gloved Hand Sparked Council Row Over Electric Rail
At Friday’s council meeting L M Taggart of Massillon Dalton Wooster Co asserted rival firms used a “gloved hand” maneuver in the electric railway dispute. President Johns denied insinuations of council bribery, clarifying no purchase was suggested or implied.
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L M. Taggart
Massillon, Dalton & Wooster Company
Johns
Taggart
John Braun Arrested in Mc Donaldsville Case
John Braun residing north of Mc Donaldsville was arrested by Constable Graham on a Sunday hunting charge. Deputy Game Warden Dangeleisen filed the affidavit. Braun pleaded guilty and paid a $25 fine plus costs.
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John Braun
McDoaldville
Graham
Dangeleisen
Braun
New American enterprise eyed for Manchester trade growth
The Guardian reports a New York syndicate plans a major Manchester venture with 80 acres bought on the ship canal’s south bank for ocean steamship wharves, large warehouses, and storage for cotton. It would enable American producers to sell directly to English spinners under c.i.f terms, with warehouses in Havre and Bremen and the aim to expand cotton marketing to England and Europe.
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Manchester
the Guardian
International Mercantile Marine Company
Boston
The
Guardian
New York
Manchester Ship Canal
America
England
Havre
Bremen
No agreement reached in two trials at Canton
Rosetta Meyer v Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Company ended in a hung jury after 36 hours deliberation and no verdict. Judge Harter discharged the jurors at 10:15 p m Friday. Five days of trial produced no settlement. Crain Snyder for Meyer and Lynch Day Day for the railroad. Meyer was injured while crossing Center street when struck by a passenger train. A second trial involved David Harget v Diamond Portland Cement Company, ending with a verdict for the defendant. Harget, employed by the cement firm, claimed negligence. Sterling Sponseller represented Harget. Bow and A M McCarty defended the cement company.
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Canton
Rosetta Meyer
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company
Harter
Crain & Snyder
Meyer
Lynch, Day & Day
Sterling and
Sponseller
Harget
Bow
A. M. McCarty
Bankers Headed to New Orleans for Association Convention
Cleveland and Northern Ohio bankers departed by a special five sleeper Pullman train with Colonel Myron T. Herrick’s private car to attend the American Bankers Association convention in New Orleans.
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Cleveland
Bankers of
Ohio
New Orleans
American Bankers’ Association
Myron T. Herrick
Bankera Association
Bride of a Week A chief estate wheeler Gibson dies
John Mc Cormick Gibson dies at Asheville on November 8 after a marriage to his former nurse the previous Saturday. He left a million dollar estate to his wife in a deed dated the wedding day.
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Asheville
John McCormick Gibson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council
Heights
Dalton & Wooster
Ation
School Teachers’ Union
Philippines
Hospital Notes
McKinley Hall
Steward Latimer
Moulton
Dr Wood
Stark County Board of Elections
Secretary of State
Ree Aerinenn
Dabe
White
Hayes
Adams
Kennedy
Gennene
Foley
Duffy
Brosius
McCarty
Douglass
Raush
Aungst
Sibila
Warner
Weller
I Bornheimer
Teeters
Strom
Wetlich
Day
Krichbaum
Sterling
Elsass
Stover
Etter Enereeeeae
Schiltz
Wanes
Lavin
Ells’ Lodge
Mr. Taggart
Mc Donaldsville
NEW American Enterprise
Pullmans
Willis
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