Vermont Senator Proctor’s Washington marble empire grows
The Vermont senator, longtime Senate elder, stays in Washington after adjournment to manage vast marble and granite holdings. He owns marble front houses and a large white marble apartment building, with further real estate dealings and investments shaping his profitable city footprint.
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Washington
Proctor
Vermont
Iowa
Thg Senate
Congress
Redfield Proctor
Pital
Experienced ex cabinet officers in the Senate
The article notes five former cabinet officers in the Senate bringing practical executive knowledge to legislation. It highlights Senators Knox Teller Proctor Hawkins and Alger, detailing their prior roles as attorney general interior secretary and war secretary, and their value in reviewing laws affecting the executive branch and military matters.
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Senate
House
Knox
Mcinley
Roosevelt
Judiciary Committee
Teller
Colorado
Proctor
Harrison
Hikins
War Department
Senator Alger
Michigan
McKinley
Spain
Senator Allison Reaches End of Leadership Era in Senate
The Senate mourns the absence of William Boyd Allison of Iowa a veteran statesman and longtime chair of the appropriations committee. At 77 he has weakened this year and may never again command the heavy workload or lead the chamber with his famed pacifying compromise style “Pussyfooted” sobriquet.
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Senate
William Boyd Allison
Iowa
Allison
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Public Printer Stillings Targeted by Subordinates
Washington insiders accuse subordinates in the public printing office of orchestrating delays and errors on the last day of Congress to undermine Public Printer Stillings. An investigation is ordered by the Senate, though identifying culpables is expected to be difficult. Printers blame bad copy and enrolling clerks for the blunders.
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Washington
Stillings
Congress
Public Printing Office
Capitol
Stillinga
Senate
House
Great Falls of the Potomac to Be Opened by Trolley Line
The Great Falls on the Potomac, east of Niagara, will gain new viewers as a trolley line reaches the point where rapids and a hill create scenic beauty. The area has long been famed for fishing with Potomac bass in nearby pools. ex President Cleveland and former Internal Revenue Commissioner Miller were noted visitors.
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Niagara
Potomac River
Washington
Potomac
Great Falls
Cleveland
Internal Revenue
Bryan Calls Silver a Dead Horse in Tariff Debate
The Sun Berlin cablegram reports William Jennings Bryan labeling silver a dead issue and advocating broad tariff reduction. He opposes reciprocity treaties, supports general duty cuts, and argues protection ends with all industries on a level field, shaping a 1908 fight over protection versus free trade.
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Sun
Berlin
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Bryan
Gov. Cummins
Gov. Guild
Republican Party
Guild
Great Britain
Mr. Bryan
Cummits and Guild
American Reciprocal Tariff League
Reciprocal Tariff League
Party of Free Trade
Party of Protection
Eggs and Pence in Tariff Debate
The piece argues that cheaper goods from tariff reform reduce demand rather than supply, leaving workers unable to buy. It cites eggs at two pence and Johnson’s quip on pence to illustrate that protection aims to raise both prices and purchasing power for workers.
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Scotch Highlands
Johnson
Faults of the President in The Evening Star
The Evening Star editor Crosby S. Noyes condemns Roosevelt for autocratic tendencies and questions his regard for decent people. He cites Barnes, Minor Morris, and a alleged pact with Penrose to bolster Pennsylvania machine influence, calling the Star a Pharisee in the Republican press.
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Evening Star
Washington, D. C
Crosby S. Noyes
Philadelphia
Lincoln
Washington
Star
Noyes
Roosevelt
Barnes
Minor Morris
The
the Star
Penrose
Matt Quay
Pennsylvania Republican Machine
Penrose and
Durham
National Capital
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Ohio
Democratic Measure Defeated in Congress
The piece argues the Tillman bill to ban corporate election contributions failed due to obstruction by President Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon. It criticizes Roosevelt for stifling reform and calls for accountability, referencing Roosevelt’s public tours and cabinet member Cortelyou. It condemns political hypocrisy and urged action against corrupt practices.
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New York Tribune
Congress
Roosevelt
Cannon
House
the Tribune
Cortelyou
Parker
Bliss
Teddy
Estate dispute over $10000 inheritance in Delaware
Mrs Isabell Cantle Cantlebury recently came into about $10000 after the death of J L Norton stock buyer of this city. An alleged attempt to swindle her out of the fortune was thwarted. Guardian Dr F A Stickney of Kilbourne will recover any money unjustly taken. A Chicago woman Mrs Moffatt previously tried to claim a share. Owen & Owen filed suit against Stickney and Fetzer seeking interpleader over assets reportedly held by defendants.
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Delaware
Isabell Cantlebury
J. L. Norton
F. A. Stickney
Kilbourne
Moffatt
Chicago
Rockefeller to spend summer in Cleveland Ohio
John D. Rockefeller plans a Cleveland visit for the summer with his physician Dr. H F Biggar. He is due Saturday by Lake Shore line and will reside in Forest Hill for the season. Preparations are underway at the estate as crews groom the grounds and prepare vehicles and horses for his return.
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Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
H. F. Biggar
Rockefeller
Lake Shore
Ohio
Forest Hill
Judge Upholds Jones Liquor Law As Constitutional
Cleveland judge Strimple affirmed a police justice ruling in Chagrin Falls that the Jones search and seizure liquor law is constitutional. The case involved L. Cohn, agent for a Milwaukee brewer, arrested after 20 cases of beer were seized from his wagon. Cohn claimed the beer was for delivery to customers who had ordered from the Cleveland branch.
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Cleveland, D
Strimple
Common Pleas Court
Chagrin Falls
L. Cohn
Milwaukee Brewing Company
Cohn
Brewing Company
Cleveland
Depot and Hotel at Valley Junction Destroyed by Fire
The Wabash railroad depot and adjacent hotel at Valley Junction were burned with substantial loss. The blaze consumed all railroad office records and the building housed Cleveland and Marietta and Cleveland Terminal and Valley roads per reports. Occupants escaped. hotel lessee William Zimmerman lost cash and furniture. Estimated damage ranges up to 5000 dollars.
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Canal Dover, G
Wabash Railroad
Valley Junction
Celveland and
Marrietta
Cleveland Terminal
Valley Roads
William Zimmerman
Fatal Furnace Explosion In Walcott Flats
Cleveland Ohio Nelson Reynolds a 70 year old colored man died after a furnace explosion in the Walcott flats basement The blast shook the building shattered windows tore up floors and displaced furniture He died en route to hospital In Van Wert Ohio Ed Crone Hepburn Bros livery barn employee is held on 500 bond for allegedly striking Policeman George Spahr during pursuit of a man suspected of violating a Sunday saloon closing law.
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Cleveland
Nelson Reynolds
Walcott Flats
van Wert
Ed Crone
Hepburn Bros
George Spahr
Fremont Readies Fort Stephenson 93rd Anniversary Celebration
Preparations are under way in Fremont for an August 2 celebration of the 93d anniversary of the defense of Fort Stephenson led by Major George Croghan.
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Fremont, O
Ft. Stephenson
George Croghan
Public protest halts deputy warrant in Ohio incident
In Steubenville Squire Sutherland revoked Deputy Marshal Urig’s arrest warrant for President Willard of the United States Coal Co. after publicity and officials protested the action tied to the shooting of Bradley. In Lexington Kentucky a Portsmouth physician’s son, Russell McKerrihan, under a vagrancy sentence, was found by his father while fleeing.
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Steubenville
Squire Sutherland
Smithfield
Marshal Urig
President Willard
United States Coal Co
Bradley
Ohio
Lexington
Russell McKerrihan
W. H. McKerrihan
Portsmouth
Maneuvers Ordered for National Guard Encampment
Gen. Dick issues orders for annual guard maneuvers in Tuscarawas county. First brigade encamps at Bolivar as army of the blue. second at Strausburg as army of the brown. Division HQ with engineers at Strasburg. Troops arrive before August 13 to 20. orders cover movements and subsistence.
Fire at Sutton Foundry Under Incendiary Suspicion
Toledo detectives and fire marshal units pursue an incendiary attempt at the Sutton foundry. Night Watchman Lohmer spotted the blaze early and extinguished it. If it had spread, about a score of sleeping strike-breakers above the flames could have been trapped. Company president C. E. Sutton names two discharged strikebreakers as suspects.
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Toledo
Sutton
Lohmer
C. E. Sutton
Agreement Reached In Canton Miners Strike
After a five day session in Canton Ohio a peace pact ends the fifth district coal strike. Three thousand miners secured a two year return to work with changes limited to general mine rules and no concessions altering wagon operations.
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Canton
Aged Woman Robbery Report From Wooster Ohio
While Anna Pope's family attended church a thief entered their home and stole jewelry worth 700 dollars and 150 dollars in cash. He found 80 year old Mrs Kate Rider and locked her in the bathroom before ransacking the house. A nearby residence of Rev W A Littell was entered about the same hour and cash taken. The robber escaped.
Rescued by Daughter After Gasoline Fire
Mrs. Alice Cain of Clevey poured gasoline from a bucket into a kettle on her stove after cleaning garments. An explosion followed but she narrowly escaped burning to death and was rescued by her daughter.
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Cincinnati
Alice Cain
Clevey
Formal Discharge of Toledo Detective Captain
Former captain of detectives in Toledo is formally discharged by the police chief. He will face a hearing before the mayor after an unsuccessful bid to stir graft cases against the department.
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Toledo
Williams
Robbers Strike Postoffice Then Loot Jewelry Store
Robbers entered the Crooksville postoffice and secured $38 in cash, stamps, and registered letters before attempting to loot Stubbin's jewelry store. They were frightened away and escaped.
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Postoffice
New Lexington
Crooksville
Stubbin
Tragic Collision At Iron Bridge Over Big Walnut Creek
Frank Miles of Taylor Station was killed when he struck his head against the Iron supporters beside the Interurban bridge over Big Walnut Creek east of Columbus. Edward Mack of Columbus was fatally injured in the same incident.
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Columbus
Middletown trio charged with bicycle theft fled to Indianapolis
James Rose of Haselgreen Kentucky Denny Nichols and O Neal of Hasel green Kentucky and others are charged by Sam Clark of this city with stealing bicycles. They rented three bicycles for six hours and fled to Indianapolis with the machines.
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Middletown
Wooster Woman Killed in Runaway Accident
Mrs. W. Augustus Eberley, wife of a Wooster University janitor, was killed instantly when a horse drawing a buggy panicked at an automobile. The riders were thrown from the wagon after the collision.
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Wooster
W. Augustus Eberly
Wooster University
Judge Denies Survival Allowance Claim in Marysville
Probate Judge Thornton refused to grant Mrs. Alice G. Payne an alimony of 600 dollars from the late John G. Payne’s estate. The action involved Mrs. Payne, widow of John G. Payne, and the petition for increased allowance was denied in Marysville, Ohio.
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Marysville
Thornton
Alice G. Payne
John G. Payne
Band
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