Rose County Local Option Bill Passes Ohio Senate
Columbus February 6 Rose County local option bill clears the Ohio Senate with twenty four for and thirteen against. Party lines ignored eight Democrats joined sixteen Republicans to pass after defeating two major amendments. Duvall of Jefferson spoke strongly in its defense asserting the saloon is crime and misery per the Supreme Court.
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Columbus
Rose County
Senate
Reeg
Senator Meek
Dayton
Vanover
Wayne County
Gayman and
Brandt
Franklin County
Ward
Cleveland
Pollock
Stark County
Isaiah Rose
Washington County
Marshall N. Duvall
Jefferson County
Duvall
Steubenville
Supreme Court
America
Labor Answerts Harry Thaw Court in Asylum Basketball Team
Organized labor’s answer to the Supreme Court decision on anti trust law aimed at unions has been presented to Congress. Representative O Connell Massachusetts introduces an amendment to exempt unions from damages for boycotts. Harry Thaw remains at Matteawan asylum unless transferred by State Lunacy Board after Evelyn Thaw’s appeal. Thaw forms a basketball club among ward occupants and daily games are planned when weather allows.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
O’connell
Massachusetts
O'Connell
New York
State Board of Lunacy
Harry Thaw
State Asylum For the Criminal Insane
Matteawan
Ferriss
Evelyn Thaw
Littleton
Thaw
Peabody and
O’reilly
Infant Drowns In Flooded Street After Fall
A man named George Calhoun slipped on ice at Third and Market streets around noon and broke his right leg. He lay unconscious, was moved to the Building & Loan office, then to Gill Hospital where the fracture was set. He remained dazed for a time and is reported as a city stranger.
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George Calhoun
Tce
Third
Market Streets
Building & Loan Office
Gill Hospital
Rose Bill Set For Passage In Ohio House
Columbus reports the House plans to pass the Rose bill with 90 or more votes after consultation between Supt Wayne Wheeler of the anti Saloon League and House Chairman Briggs of the temperance committee. They intend to refer the measure to the temperance committee for regular order to avoid giving opponents a chance to claim unfair treatment.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Wayne Wheeler
anti-Saloon League
Briggs
Temperance Committee
More Charges Against Banks Over Government Funds
Senator Culbertson of Texas broadened his attack on the treasury and administration charging New York banks used 7.5 million dollars of government money for speculation rather than legitimate business. He cited six specifications of illegal action against Secretary Cortelyou in bond issues and deposits of public money during a crowded Senate session.
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Washington
Culbertson
Texas
Treasury
Administration
Senate
Cortelyou
New York
Senate mining tour to visit Ohio mines in county
The Ohio Senate committee on mining laws plans a Friday inspection tour of lower county mines to study bills for stronger mining laws including electrical wiring in mines. Ex-State Senator Alex Smith and State Mine Inspector George Harrison are among the visiting party, seen as important for operators and miners.
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Senate Committee On Mining Laws
Ohio
Watkins
Yorkville
Miners’ National Convention
Indianapolis
Senate
Alex Smith
George Harrison
Derelict St Cuthbert May Be Sunk By Government
The abandoned steamer St. Cuthbert, rescued passengers aboard by the Cymric, is now a derelict lying about 200 miles off the Massachusetts coast in the transatlantic and coastwise lanes. Maritime circles fear it as the era’s most dangerous derelict and a request will go to Washington to dispatch warships to locate and sink the vessel.
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New York
St. Cuthbert
Massachusetts
Washington
Insanity motive cited in Pullman mechanic murder suicide
Gustave Walstead a 45 year old Pullman shop mechanic killed his 9 year old daughter Helen as she slept then shot himself. His wife attributes the act to temporary insanity caused by intense suffering from grois, noting he was devoted to his family. Authorities arrived after both deaths.
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Chicago
Gustave Walstead
Pullman Company
Helen
Gro
Walstead
Ohio saloons drop but taxes rise in Ohio year
The Ohio saloon tax shows a drop of 114 from 9533 to 9419 in January amid total tax collection of 4 600 659.41, up from 4 582 401 last year. Counties Harrison Morgan and Highland have no saloons, rural declines offset by city increases. racing circuit meeting in Pittsburgh flags 1908 stakes with purses of 400 dollars across 13 tracks, Steubenville likely to join.
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Ohio
Harrison
Morgan
Highland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Pittsburg
Steubenville
Greensburg
New Castle
East Liverpool
Canton
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Cambridge
Sandusky
Dawson
Altoona
Salem
Canal Dover
O. Cambridge
W. Va
Infant Dies in Hallway Freezing Incident
A newborn froze to death in a hallway on Second Avenue after Mrs. Koumania Galicia gave birth. Dr. Slocum of Bellevue attended the mother, who remains in critical condition as cold victims fill the city hospitals during the severe snap.
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New York
Slocum
Bellevue
Avertue
Koumania Galicia
Galicia
Weather and grain report from Chicago and Washington
The weather bulletin notes Ohio will be fair tonight with snow flurries in the northeast and colder conditions, followed by fair conditions Friday. In Chicago the grain market closes with wheat at 0714, corn at TM%, oats at 4, pork at 12.07.
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Washington
Ohio
Chicago
Immense damage from ice in Parkersburg docks
Heavy ice gorges in the Little Kanawha River broke loose in Parkersburg West Virginia on February 6 sweeping thousands of dollars worth of property into the Ohio River. The dry docks of the Parkersburg Dock Company were carried away.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Kanawha
Ohio River
Parkersburg Dock Co
Pearl Weber Released on Own Recognizance in Wheeling Case
One State witness Karnach admitted to bail and released in the Officer McDonald murder case. Pearl Weber, jailed on charges of enticing minor girls to a house of ill fame, is released on her own recognizance after key witness Margaret Olney vanished before trial. A related bond forfeiture ends the Wheeling case.
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Reddy Karnach
No Trace of Roy Winters After Jail Escape
Deputies searched Roy Winters home in Newell but found no trace of the escaped prisoner by noon today. His family denied knowledge of his whereabouts. Winters had recently married Lena Finley in the sheriff’s residence parlor and planned to elope after obtaining money from his employer at Newell pottery.
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Roy Winters
New Cumberland
Newell
Lena Finley
Newell Pottery
Senate to Recommend Adjournment For Columbus Assembly
Assembly action in Columbus sets the stage for a Friday vote on adjourning the Senate until February 6. If approved, lawmakers will face no session until then, allowing those seeking renomination to hit the primaries hard.
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Columbus
Senate Rules Committee
House
General Assembly
Sabia
Insane mother slays two children in Haverhill tragedy
In Haverhill Massachusetts on February 6 1900 after the deaths of two of her children and her sister Mrs Geo B Stevens wounded her remaining children Mary aged 10 and George aged 3 with a razor. The two children died within minutes. She told officers it was for the best when arrested.
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Haverhill
Mass
Geo. B. Stevens
Mary
George
Five Firemen Hurt by Falling Wall in Block Fire
Five firemen were injured when a wall fell during the morning blaze that destroyed the Alschuler block in Racine Wisconsin. The incident caused about 80000 dollars in losses but all firefighters were reported to recover.
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Racine
Wis
Alschuler
Immense Ice Gorge Traps Infant in Short Creek Flood
Immense ice gorge in Short Creek, running through Dillonvale, broke during a heavy rain, flooding low lands along Liberty street. An Italian miner Gordaly Bachol’s infant daughter drowned after being carried from a flooded home while a seven month old was saved. other residents fled to safety as water rose, miring basements and threatening a school building.
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Short Creek
Dillonvale
Gordaly Bachol
Bachol
Liberty Street
Rachels
Catherine
Eberle
Liberty Stret
Wheeline
Steubenville Bowling Team Wins Six Game Meet for $10 Purse
The Steubenville bowling team defeated Wellsburg in a six game tournament for a $10 purse. After leading by 204 pins in the first three games at Steubenville, the locals were edged by Wellsburg by 82 pins in the final three at Wellsburg, yet still held a 212 pin advantage totals. The scores follow.
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Steubenville
Wellsburg
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Jefferson
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Fuller
U. S. Supreme Court
Scious
Secretary OF the Treasury
Committee OF Inspection
Cuthbert
Ohio Saloons
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Erty
McDonald
Weber
Recognizance
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Ruary
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