Ohio Legislature Debates Codes and Police Pay
In Columbus the Senate introduced a memorial for ex Gover nor Bushnell and another for ex Governor Foster. Bills bolster police chiefs’ pay in cities, restore it after a code change, and expand or adjust hunting and jail laws. A school code bill, rooted in Cleveland business circles, proposes city boards and life-tenured superintendents. Adjourned dates follow for further action.
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Columbus
Senate
Bushnell
Foster
L. H. H. Austin
Lucas
Ohio
Houck
Knox
Brannock
Clermont County
Bassett
Lucas County
Ohio General Assembly
Representative Treadway
Cleveland
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Cuyahoga
Hamilton
Life Saving Crew Rescues Marauders in Frozen Bay
In Mau mee bay a new gorge formed early Sunday with water rising rapidly. By Sunday night four men trapped on the terminal bridge draw and four on the Wheeling and Lake Erie draw were rescued by the Marblehead life saving station crew using a breeches buoy. The rescue followed a rope shot over the bridge. A cold front pushed temperatures to one degree below zero as conditions worsened.
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Toledo, O
Maumee Bay
Terminal Bridge
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Marblehead
Receivers Appointed for Local Publishing Firms
Springfield Ohio Jan 23 receivers have been appointed for the Home Publishing Co and the New Era Publishing Co on suits filed by C A Reeser Co Urbana Albert W Dyer and the Good Rose Co The total liabilities total 150000 while assets are placed at 75000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Home Publishing Co
New Era Publishing Co
C. A. Reeser Co
Urbana
Albert W. Dyer
Good & Rose Co
Ice Breakup Causes No Damage Along Ohio Shore
Aberdeen Ohio January 22 reports that the river gorge broke up Thursday morning and several miles of shore ice along the Ohio side released without harming river craft.
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Aberdeen
Ohio
Firemen Battle Flood Waters In Youngstown
Fire crews fought through three feet of water at the city water works station to start pumps and save the city from a flood. Damage is estimated at one million dollars as the danger passes.
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Youngstown
Pioneer Walnut Hills resident Mrs Cornelia M Wallace dies
Cincinnati January 25. Mrs Cornelia M Wallace aged 93 longtime Walnut Hills resident died Sunday at her home 2839 Stanton avenue She was born in 1811 in Burlington Vermont until her death she lived in Cincinnati Ohio
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Cincinnati
Cornelia M. Wallace
Walnut Hills
Stanton Avenue
Wallace
Burlington
Bank closes after cashier’s $200000 defalcation confession
The Produce Exchange Banking Co. in Cleveland assigns to Cleveland Trust for creditors after cashier Geo A Rose confesses a near $200,000 defalcation. Rose gambled in Chicago grain and says guilt overwhelmed him. Defiance bank telegram orders immediate closure. cashier away on private business.
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Cleveland, O
Produce Exchange Banking Co
Cleveland Trust Co
Geo. A. Rose
Rose
Chicago
Defiance
Produce Exchange Bank
Produce Bank
Cleveland
Defiance Bank
Ashland
Wis
Cleveland Bank
Three Men Swept Away by Ohio Flood
In Ashtabula County near Pierpont on January 23 a horse and cutter were swept into a stream by floodwaters. Dexter Smith drowned with body not recovered. George Hazeltine escaped after a quarter mile, injured and may not recover. Joseph Frick escaped with minor injuries.
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Ashtabula
Pierpont
Dexter Smith
George Hazeltine
Joseph Frick
Murdered Gypsy Samson Cooper to be buried in Toledo
The body of Samson Cooper, a famed gypsy, murdered at Alton Illinois on November 1, has been kept for over three months and will be taken to Toledo Ohio Monday for burial. Mrs Williams of Toledo, a daughter of the deceased, accompanied by Mr Williams, will transport the body home. Cooper was related to Sugar Stanley, reputedly America's wealthiest gypsy.
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St. Louis
Samson Cooper
United States
Alotn
Ill
Toledo
Williams
Fremont Flood Drowns Girl as River Ice Gorge Forms
Flooding hits Fremont Ohio as Sandusky River freshet and ice gorge force evacuations. Water surrounds many homes and submerges Wheeling & Lake Erie tracks. In Green Springs, schoolgirl Lottie Perin drowns crossing a creek.
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Fremont, O
Fremont
Sandusky
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Green Springs
Lottie Perin
German Press Association Ohio elects officers
At the annual meeting of the German Press Association of Ohio on Sunday Geo. Hirsch of Columbus was chosen president. Louis Wexelbaum of Springfield was named vice president and Louis Scalpenbach appointed secretary and treasurer.
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Columbus, O
German Press Association of Ohio
Geo. Hirsch
Columbus
Louis Wexelbaum
Springfield
Louis Scalpenbach
Flood Blanks Findlay as River Rises
Flood conditions in Findlay Ohio reach terrible levels with railroad traffic blocked hundreds displaced as the Blanchard River nears the Main Street bridge and water sweeps through the town.
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Findlay, O
Blanchard
Main Street
Remains to be Exhumed in Flint's Mills Case
Mrs. Eli Barden of Flint's Mills died suddenly on New Year’s Day in Marietta Ohio. It was found that all her property goes to her husband and stepchildren. The remains will be exhumed.
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Marietta, O
Eli Barden
Flint’s Mills
Senator Fairbanks to Deliver Commencement Oration
Ohio Wesleyan University announced on Friday night that Senator Fairbanks has consented to be the orator for the June commencement. He is an alumnus of Ohio Wesleyan.
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Senator Fairbanks
Delaware, O
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio Wesleyan
Steubenville Wallpaper Plant Shuts Down Through July
Steubenville Ohio January 23 The Steubenville Wall Paper Co employing 200 workers closed its plant until July 1 due to losses from intense competition and ruinous trade conditions.
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Steubenville, O
Steubenville Wall Paper Co
Engineer Albert Kingsley Dies Flood Rescue in Warren
Albert Kingsley, engineer at the Warren Electric Light and Power Co., lost his life Saturday night in the Warren flood while attempting to save drifting power poles. The plant site is surrounded by water.
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Warren, O
Albert Kingsley
Warren Electric Light and Power Co
Cleveland Weather Sees Coldest Winter In 80 Years
The official forecaster projects temperatures of 6 to 10 below zero for Monday. A century observed review shows this winter the coldest in 80 years in Cleveland Ohio.
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Cleveland
Postmaster Delegates Eligible Says Payne
Postmaster General Payne states postmasters and federal office-holders may serve as delegates to political conventions at national state or county levels. The clarification addresses eligibility and removes barriers for convention participation by officials.
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Washington
Payne
Carroll Wright to Resign as Labor Commissioner
Washington January 23 Carroll D Wright commissioner of labor announced plans to resign by year end 1904 to move to Worcester Massachusetts He will become president of Clark College in Worcester officials said all details confirmed Wright resignation aims to relocate and take Clark College post.
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Washington
Carroll D. Wright
Worcester
Mass
Wright
Clark College
Bay Mills Fire Destroys Entire Plant Complex
Fire at Hall and Munson factories in Bay Mills started Friday night and engulfed all plants. Estimated value of the factories reached 300000 with no buildings saved. The blaze affected the Bay Mills area near Sault Ste Marie Michigan.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Hall & Munson
Bay Mills
Mine Workers Debate Wage Contracts and Safety Measures
At Indianapolis on January 22 and 23 the United Mine Workers convention carried a resolution to petition Congress to end tribal tax in Indian territory and to set wage contracts expire on April 1 yearly. It also adopted mine inspectors, a strike maintenance levy, and moral support for a Trinidad Colombia journal. debated boy labor limits and an amendment widening boy employment around mines. officers reports endorsed education and legislation aims.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Post Offices
Post Office Department
Panama
Quarles
Patterson
House
Hepburn
Platt
Panama Canal
Nicaragua
Bureau of Chemistry
Bureau of Foods
Secretary of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry and Foods
United States
Morgan
Hull
Parker
Rep. N. J
Princetrep
Ill
Baker
Dem
N. Y
Gorman
Dolliver
Secretary of War
Attorney General
St. Louis Exposition
Indianapolis
Ind
Convention of the
United Mine Workers of America
Congress
Indian Territory
National Executive Board
Constitution Committee
National Organization
Trinidad
Col
Indiana
Illinois
Pittsburg
Miners’ Convention
Committee On
Mitchell
Men brave ice to feed Engal tug crew
Kenosha Wisconsin January 22 three volunteers Alderman Thomas Mader and brothers Louis and Fred Joerndt risked their lives crossing ice floes for three quarters of a mile to deliver four baskets of provisions to six men aboard the tug Engal trapped near the harbor. They braved breaking ice and leaping between floes to haul supplies to the crew who were nearly famished.
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Kenosha
Wis
Thomas Mader
Louis
Fred Joerndt
First Lake of Oil Discovered in Colorado
Florence Colorado January 22. The first lake of oil ever found in Colorado was tapped at Spindle Top Heights three miles south of Florence. Well No 812 struck oil at 2775 feet depth and is expected to yield more than six wells in the field. Oil rose within a few hundred feet of the surface.
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Florence
Col
Colorado
Spindle Top Heights
Amendment aims eight-acre homestead for every citizen
Washington January 22 Representative Thayne of Massachusetts introduced by request an amendment to the constitution. The proposal would divide United States lands so that each citizen receives eight acres in as nearly a square parcel as possible.
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Washington
Thayne
Massachusetts
United States
Ex Alderman and Clerk Plead Guilty in Water Deal Case
Grand Rapids report states ex Alderman James O. McCool pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe from Lant K. Salsbury for aiding the water deal. Ex-City Clerk Isaac F. Lamoreaux also changed his plea to guilty on a conspiracy charge related to the same deal.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
James O. McCool
Lant K. Salsbury
Isaac F. Lamoreaux
Three Baxters In Hog Cholera Tragedy In Benton
In Benton Tennessee on January 28 three men named Baxter tended hogs. Hog cholera struck the herd. two Baxters are dead and the third is not expected to live. Officials believe diseased hogs caused the illness.
Custom Cutters Association Adjourns for Philadelphia Meet
The Custom Cutters Association of America closed its session Friday in Columbus Ohio and adjourned to meet next year in Philadelphia. A spirited contest for officers was reported during the session.
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Columbus
Custom Cutters
Association of America
Philadelphia
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