Milburn Defends Standard Oil Private Pipeline Claim
John C. Milburn outlined the Standard Oil defense contending New Jersey pipelines from boundary lines to Bayonne refineries are private lines not covered by the Hepburn law and not subject to interstate commerce rules. Government prosecutor Kellogg argues the Jersey lines are part of the national system and liable as common carriers reaching the seaboard.
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New York
John C. Milburn
Standard Oil Company
C. N. Payne
Trust
Milburn
New Jersey
Boundary
Bayonne
Jersey
New Jersey Line
Standard of
Seaboard
Milburn Saia
Kellogg
Knights of Pythias District Meeting in Toronto
The Gem City welcomed Knights of Pythias for the 23rd Ohio District annual meeting at Pierce’s rink with a banquet in Castle Hall. Highlights included addresses by B. M. Rutledge and William Tiron, musical solos, and remarks on the order’s growth and benevolence, concluding with a social adjournment.
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Knights of the 23Rd Ohio District
Pierce
Castle Hall
Toronto
B. M. Rutledge
Twenty Third District
K. Reeves Anthony
Watt
John W. Porter
Isq
Clay City Lodge No
K. of P
Clay City Lodge
Ne Watt
William Tiron
Martins Ferry
Poirter
God
Brotherhood of Man
Margaret Yingst
Jay S. Paisley
Inq
Steubenville
Pythian Lodge
Feo
Jay Gould Franey
Love
Edge Kerr
R. H. Minteer
Cadiz
Senage A. F E. Kerns
Findlay
Chidren
Kerns
William Beatty
Toledo
Ohio
Former Pastor Views Ministers Salaries and Calling
The article recalls Rev Dan Bradley now Pilgrim Congregational church pastor in Cleveland who argues ministers can live on varied salaries. He cites personal ranges from seven dollars a week to higher amounts and says true ministers stay in music despite pay. It also reports Rev J C Carpenter of Pittsburgh noting insufficient pay drives ministers from pulpits as many have left for life insurance work.
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Cleveland
Bradley
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Dr. Bradley
J. C. Carpenter
Pittsburg
Mr. Carpenter
Interurban expansion for Steubenville and East Liverpool
Plans from Bis Projects of Steubenville and East Liverpool Traction Co to build a 420 foot car barn at East Liverpool for shops offices and club rooms with sub stations at Toronto and Industry and an estimated cost of 50 000 to 60 000 for the building and 18 new interurban cars at about 10 000 each President Van Horn Ely visited the northern end of the line to inspect the new work.
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East Liverpool
Steubenville
Toronto
Industry
van Horn Ely
King Alfonso Heads to Malaga After Flood Disaster
Reports list 150 dead from yesterday's cloudburst and floods in Malaga and nearby towns. Thousands are homeless and destitute, with famine feared as King Alfonso travels to the scene.
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Malaga
Spain
Alfonso
Man in Jail After Bribery Attempt in Stand Oil Case
Findlay Ohio Sept 26 Byron W Williamson jailed on charges of offering a bribe to juror Chas Thomson in the Standard Oil case tried last June. Williamson’s signed statement accuses former Senator Thos H MeConica of inspiring the attempt. MeConica, a Foraker leader, has long been linked with Standard interests as a lawyer.
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Findlay
Ohio
Byron W. Williamson
Chas. Thomson
Standard Oil
Governor appoints Icar Sheppard to State School for the Blind
Governor Harris announced the appointment of Icar Sheppard a Republican of West Alexandria Prette county as a trustee of the State School for the Blind to succeed H P Grouse formerly of Toledo now in Oklahoma.
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Columbus
Harris
Icar Sheppard
West Alexandria
Prette County
State School For the Blind
HP. Grouse
Toledo
Oklahoma
Lipton would race under new rules for 1200-footers
Sir Thomas Lipton announced in London that he will challenge the New York Yacht Club to a race for 1200-footers if they agree to new rules but he will never race again under the old rules. He said he will never race again with a freak.
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London
Thomas Lipton
New York Yacht Club
Oo Footers
Lipton
Reverend Henry Woods Called to Pastoral Service
The Presbyterian Banner reports Rev Henry Woods D D formerly pastor at First Presbyterian Church in this city from 1862 to 1867 has accepted a call to serve as pastor in fact at East Buffalo Pennsylvania. After 37 years as professor at Washington and Jefferson College he retires and is now installed. The East Buffalo congregation expresses confidence in his qualifications and calls him to undertake the pastoral office.
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Presbyterian
Henry Woods
D. D
First Presbyterian Church
Washington and Jefferson College
East Buffalo
Woods
D. J
Woman Found Dead in Akron Bed with Chlorform Saturated Cloth
Mrs Matilda Cooper was found dead in her Akron home with a handkerchief tied over her mouth and cotton batting in her youth. The cloth was saturated with chloroform. Cooper claims two prior suicide attempts by his wife and the coroner is investigating the death.
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Akron
Matilda Cooper
Cooper
First frost arrives but crops safe in valley areas
The first frost of the season appeared Wednesday night but likely didn’t harm crops. A partly cloudy sky kept temperatures from dropping further with lows near 38 degrees. high ground escaped frost while valley land showed a mantle. Warmer weather is forecast, aiding ripening of corn and tomatoes.
Maxwell’s headstand blocks streetcar line in Pittsburg
Pittsburg report notes 32 year old George Maxwell of Fifth avenue and De Soto street stood on his head in the center of the Fifth avenue inbound streetcar track blocking service for two blocks. He carried 278.40 dollars of a 300 dollar stake to spend on mint jumeps and high balls, and was arrested by Special Officer James Kirk who lifted him by the seat of the pants. Maxwell, an acrobat, remained sober all summer and saved his money.
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Pittsburg
George Maxwell
Fifth Avenue
DeSoto Street
James Kirk
George
Maxwell
Three Coal Miners Die in Local District Incidents
Three coal miners were killed in separate accidents in the sub-district on Wednesday. Aurey, near Adena, was found dead after attempting to move cars in the mine. George Childs, a resident of England, died from a stone fall in Ragland. George Ewing, of the Gordon Coal Company, died after a fall at the Lucy mine near Stewartsville.
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George Childs
England
Ragland
Rngland
George Ewing
Lucy
Gordon Coal
Stewartsville
Bellaire
Ewing
Pith
Ohio forecast: partly cloudy tonight and Friday
The Weather Bureau reports for Ohio a partly cloudy sky tonight and Friday with temperatures slowly rising.
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Washington
Ohio
Pythians Ride Special Car After Banquet Service
After a late banquet, the street car company operated a special car following the 11 30 run. The two cars carried a tired yet happy and enthusiastic group of Pythians, enjoying the ride and camaraderie.
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Cilly
Wealthy Man Pledges Two Million for Presbyterian Missions
J J Porter a Pittsburg milliner and former Steubenville businessman told the synod East Liverpool delegates that wealthy church members are ready to fund a two million dollar mission drive by the time the churchs semicentennial celebration occurs next year. Ri M Russell praised the plan as delegates adopted resolutions to raise their share, with local attendees listing James Archer George Swan J W Burns and others. The Steubenville presbytery reports a net membership gain of 43 this year, while Sunday school grew and Young Peoples societies showed a five year cumulative loss.
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United Presbyterian Church
Ri. M. Russell
East Liverpool
J. J. Porter
Pittsburg
Steubenville
James Archer
George Swan
J. W. Burns
Toronto
P. N
Stones Mother In Law Brands A Falsehood
An effort to beat the high cost of living in the city aims to unite La Belle Iron Works workers into a cooperative grocery venture. Fifty or more men are being recruited to form a company that will supply groceries and meat at fair prices and avoid past cooperative pitfalls. The plan references the failed cooperative schemes of the past and the notorious “three miserable weavers of New Rochelle.”
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la Belle Iron Works
New Rochelle
Satchel Left Behind At Hotel Recovered By Resident
Miss Ella Brady found a suitcase in the yard of her North High street home on Wednesday morning after seeing a hotel notice about a satchel theft. The satchel had been carried there by a prowler who fled along the W and L E R tracks. Inside were dental tools and other items, prompting Brady to notify police. A man came down after the satchel following her call to the Imperial hotel, but it was not the advertised satchel.
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North High Street
Ella Brady
Miss Brady
Imperial
Court News Court approval sought to move bridge funds
In the Court of Common Pleas an application by the County Commissioners to transfer 16000 dollars from the bridge fund to the county fund was filed. Several cases were settled or dismissed with costs, including Orr versus Martin, Stocks versus Stocks, Keel versus Houston, Hill versus Ohio Coal and Sewer Pipe, Norton versus Norton, Ferguson versus Ferguson, Andrews versus Reed, Burrier versus Burrier. Chisolm and Chisolm granted a divorce with custody awarded to the plaintiff.
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Court of Common Pleas
Alban
Robert H. Orr
John A. Martin
Margaret V
Stocks
Samuel Stocks
Anna J. Keel
James C. Houston
Arthur D. Hill
Ohio Coal and Sewer Pipe Company
Margaret A. Norton
Lorenzo Norton
Edith Ferguson
Charles W. Ferguson
George F. Andrews
C.N. Reed
Plaintie
Louisa I. Burrier
Joseph Burrier
Thomas Chisolmi
Nettie Chisolm
STARS WIFE DIES IN LEAP
New York September 26 Despondent over health and reverses Harry Chernock a garment cutter age 0 attempted to kill his wife by stabbing her with a pair of tailor s shears and then leaped from a four story window dying in a hospital hours later Mrs Chernock awakened by her husband getting out of bed saw him seize shears from an adjoining room before she could stop him he stabbed her with them He then opened a window and plunged four stories to the yard Mrs Chernock likely to recover
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New York
Harry Chernock
Tailors
Confessed Ferguson Murder Suspect Linked to Ohio Posts
The Dispatch reports on Kovovic's confession tying him to the Ferguson murder and detailing his movements through Benwood Ohio Mingo Junction and Steubenville with work at the Ferguson contracting firm. It notes alibi questions and plans to charge him in 1903.
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Standard Oil Co
Gem City
Knights of Pythias
Dan Bradley
Bis Projects
of Steubenville & East Liverpool Traction Co
Trophe
Crime
GOV
P. Grouse
Thomas
Given
Ular
Investi
Jack Frost
Etation
Aurezo
Ming
Petchilla
Aurey
Roby Pany
Adena
Willene
W. &Ty
U. P
Stone
of la Belle Iron Works
Satchel
Court News
Ferguson
Kovevie
Harry Stone
Ohio Penitentiary
Lewis
Liggett
Samuel Ferguson
Milovar Korovic
West Middletown
Dispatch
Benwood
W. Va
Burke
James Francis Burke
J. 5. Ritz
Wheeling
Mr. Ritz
Ritz
Patrovic
Korovic
Underwood
Lewis Liggett
Kovovick
Kovovic
Washington County
Mingo
Kovovicc
Ferguson Contracting
Independence
Gillespie Company
Mingo Junction
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