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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1907
Page
1
Riga September 19. Convicted before military tribunals for participating in the 1905 Russian rebellion, twenty-two persons have been sentenced to death. Several condemned are women and nearly half of the others are 18 or 20 years old. Trials rushed and justice travestied.
In Washington on September 19 the general mood is that Attorney General Bonaparte plans to retire soon from the administration. He has shifted toward aggressive "corporation annihilation" policy, diverging from associates and even President Roosevelt who favors broader reform.
West bound Lake Shore Electric limited car struck an open switch at Hays Siding two miles east of Toledo at noon killing conductor Frank Burns and an unidentified man and injuring twenty five others. The dead and injured were moved to Toledo on a special car.
Chicago reports indicate federal probes into the rise in meat prices and possible pre announcement meetings among heads of major packing houses. If verified, millionaire packers may be cited to appear before Federal Judge Grosscup to show cause why they have not violated the 1905 injunction.
Rescue teams struggle as fire traps miners believed entombed in Malta mine near Sparta. Efforts by two teams fail to restore escape routes. Authorities fear all lives may be lost as flames spread and hope fades.
Jim Lee Rankin reports the fifth sub-district of the United Mine Workers in Eastern Ohio and Panhandle West Virginia now employs fourteen thousand miners, the highest on record. Audited books show a healthy six month balance and receipts totaling 3 050 72 with expenses 3 034 48 leaving 7 622 32 in the sub-treasury. five cent monthly dues from 108 locals sustain a strong district, while the national treasury holds about half a million dollars as a strike defense fund ahead of the April 1 contract expiration.
In his sixth annual Steubenville district report Presiding Elder Manchester highlights work at First Church with Kramer and Smith, plans for a modern church, and debt paid via weekly contributions. He notes deaths in Cleveland and Steubenville, European immigrant needs, and calls for missionary workers. lists other East Ohio district appointments and vacancies.
Driver C A Sunderlin, injured in the Pleasant Heights driving park wreck on Tuesday, is on the road to recovery though nervous and sore. His right side was crushed by the horse, ribs bent but not broken, and breathing has been hard. A noted United States driver with seven horses, he has won three races on the Grand Circuit since July 4.
Canton Ohio September 19 updated notes report the bodies of President McKinley and Mrs McKinley moved to new bronze caskets within the mausoleum on Monument Hill with US soldiers observing. The transfer occurred from prior caskets in a privacy guarded process. The president’s body will be moved to the sarcophagus today. The remains of their two children will soon be exhumed and placed beside them.
Buffalo dispatch says a large wooden freight vessel burned from water line to mast tips with no living soul aboard. The Eastern States was bound from Cleveland to Buffalo and Marine officials scour the lake seeking survivors or vessel identity.
Washington dispatch reports fair weather in southern Ohio with showers in the northern portion. Skies clear tonight with improving conditions likely by Friday.
Probate Court hears cases in Ohio v Tidrick a juvenile charged with stealing 153 from the railroad. Hearing set for Sept 21 with W R Alban for State and Medill for Tidrick. Rape charge against Steve Smook a juvenile from Rush Run, age 16, also to be heard. Other probate matters include estates of Honora Purcell Kinsey T Cole Rachel H Smith and Thomas J Lyons with hearings and appointments set through September and October.
Delegates arrived from Pittsburg at 3 30 p m in four cars via the Tri State traction line. The Fire Department demonstrated a high pressure exhibit with six hose steamers spraying water over the courthouse tower to the visitors’ delight. Afterward the party toured the water works and grounds noted as the best in the United States before a luncheon at Stanton park.
An authority on park plans will review ground across the river where D. J. Sinclair suggests a park with grounds for baseball tennis circuses and football to boost shows and crowd access. The park near League park aims for next season with easy hauling and multiple circuses per year if approved.
The body of William W. Barnhart, drowned last Sunday in the river opposite East Liverpool, was found Wednesday near Port Homer by Perry Gibson and Emory Taggart. It was taken ashore, examined at Paisley’s undertaking parlors in Toronto, and shipped to East Liverpool the same day. the corpse was badly decomposed with a blackened face and a memorandum book found with it.
The State Railway Commission heard arguments in the Ed J. Bickerstaff Wheeling traction case seeking abandonment of the street railway over Altamont Hill. Attorneys Huston Alban for Bickerstaff and Erskine Smith for the railway represented the parties as witnesses were about to be examined.
The Thirtieth O V S survivors held a reunion in Toronto that terminated Wednesday. Officers chosen include President Major Moore of Barnesville, Vice President W. P. Riley of New Lexington, and Secretary O. E. Hunt of Newark.
Relics found in Barnhart clothing include a gold watch an open face watch in a gun metal case and 30 cents in money a ring bearing initials LL and a note recalling the incident. Barnhart attempted to board the Joseph Cook from a skiff when the steamer struck the skiff and overturned it leaving him drowned.
Wednesday's card offered lively finishes amid heavy track conditions. Unfinished 2:14 pace saw Red Line win heat and race with The Blackbird second. Idol Star led a 2:28 pace chase before Directly and Constan tine descendants. Bel Eagle won the 2:23 trot as nine started. Baron Said clinched the 2:19 pace in a nine-horse field. Friday’s program canceled due to lack of entries and low turnout.
Charles Taylor retires on the Pennsylvania Railroad pension from the Pitcairn shops, triggering promotions for other workers. A veteran machinist, he began as an apprentice at Steubenville and Indiana rail road and long served in the Pennsylvania mechanical department, including as foreman of the erecting shop at Pitcairn before retirement.
Treasurer N. L. Shepherd announces the next reunion to be held in New Lexington Perry County on September 17 commemorating the Antietam battle anniversary.
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