Court clarifies school election ruling in Columbus
Chief Justice Burkett said the court did not decide whether school board elections occur this year. It denied mandamus for lack of authority over nonofficials. Defendants are party executive committee members, not election board members. Special Counsel Bennett is ill. Secretary of State advises boards to follow the attorney general’s opinion delaying elections until a supreme court decision.
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Columbus
Burkett
Supreme Court
Bennett
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Track Walker Warns Trains From Mountain Slide
Coshocton Ohio reports Charles Wolf, a track walker, heard a call to return and spotted a hillside slide near dawn. He flagged trains including a Panhandle passenger train, preventing disaster as an abandoned mine overflow filled with water and debris. The railroad will empty the mine.
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Coshocton
Charles Wolf
Panhandle
Extraordinary session tracks Panama canal treaty debate
Washington reports show the senate advancing on the Panama canal treaty with Colombia. Key moves include Morgan securing a concession to attach the Spooner act, plans for a Tuesday vote, and Cuban reciprocity rising in priority amid expectations of adjournment by week’s end.
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Washington
Senate
Gallinger
N. D
Clark
Ark
Stone
Morgan
Colombia
Senator Lodge
Senate Committee
Daniel
Committee On Foreign Relations
Cullom
Committee On Commerce
Dr. Crum
Spooner
Panama Canal
Murder and double tragedy in St Paris Ohio
In St Paris Joseph H Gibbs and his wife were found dead in a pool of blood on main street after Gibbs shot his wife near the village church and then killed himself. Mrs Shehee fled after Gibbs fired at her and missed. The jealous dispute appears to have precipitated the killings.
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Joseph H. Gibbs
Springfield
St. Paris
Gibbs
Jim Shehee
Mrs. Shehee
Brothers Oppose Each Other for Township Trustee
Ed Potter the Republican won the township trustee nomination at the Wednesday night convention while his brother Zach Potter the Democrat secured the same office on the party ticket. Both are popular and running hard, making the race close in Delaware Ohio.
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Delaware, O
Zach Potter
Zach
Poisoning Attempt on Lewis Wiler Family in Defiance
Police investigate an attempted poisoning in Defiance Ohio as Mrs. Wiler kneaded dough containing paris green. She tasted the green mixture and fell ill but was saved by a doctor. Officials suspect a motive tied to Mr. Wiler, a noted local politician, with further developments expected.
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Lewis Wiler
Self-experimentation with drugs ends in death of Fred Pritchau
In Cleveland on March 14, authorities report Fred Pritchau of the wholesale drug store shipping department died after he habitually mixed drug doses to treat illness. Thursday night he took one of his own mixtures and fell gravely ill, dying Friday morning.
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Cleveland
Fred Pritchau
Pritchau
Clovernook Sold to Proctor. to House the Blind
Clovernook in College Hill has been transferred from the Cary heirs to William A. Proctor. The estate will become a home for the blind run by Misses Georgia and Florence Trader, stemming from a year old library for the blind initiative at the public library.
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Cincinnati
Clovernook
Cary Sisters
College Hill
William A. Proctor
Georgia
Florence Trader
Public Library
Amica ble settlement averted at Alliance steel plant
Alliance Ohio March 12 Officers of the American Steel Foundry and a committee representing 800 employees reached a friendly agreement. The plant, a branch of the American Steel Casting Co, had threatened dismantling and abandonment if a settlement was not reached, and work resumed Wednesday night.
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Springfield
E. L. Buchwalter
American Seeding Machine Co
Drowning in Hocking River Near Logan
Gus Yegee a lineman for Logan Home Telephone Co. drowned when a skiff they used to string a line across the Hocking river capsized Yegee could not swim and sank while his companion reached shore safely in the high raging current.
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Logan
Gus Yegee
Logan Home Telephone Co
Hocking
Yegee
Reverend Chas W. Potter Dies After Long Illness
Toledo reports the death of Rev. Chas W. Potter formerly of Detroit and six years head of the Adams Street mission. He died Wednesday from starvation due to stomach cancer despite being surrounded by food.
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Toledo
Chas. W. Potter
Detroit
Adams Street
Potter
Traveling salesman dies registering at Logan hotel
A traveling salesman, William H Ely or William Henry, collapsed and died while registering at the Logan hotel on Thursday night in Bellefontaine Ohio. Bottles of medicine from Lima Cleveland Marion and Springfield were found on his person.
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Bellefontaine, O
William H. Ely
William Henry
Logan Hotel
Lima
Cleveland
Marion
Springfield
Captain James H. Morrison Dies in Hamilton
Capt. James H. Morrison, prominent Hamilton resident and former Hamilton council president, died Friday of paralysis at his daughter's home, Mrs. C. J. Whitaker. He served as captain of Company C, 18th O. V. L. in the Civil War.
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James H. Morrison
Hamilton, O
Jas. H. Morrison
Hamilton
Hamilton Council
C. J. Whitaker
Company C
18Th
O. W.L
Bishop N Stitt Dies After Long Illness In Springfield
Springfield Ohio March 14 Bishop N Stitt of 54 North Yellow Spring street died Friday after an eleven year illness. His wife asked what he wished for a birthday present as he would be 51 Friday. His answer was Heaven.
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Springfield
N. Stitt
Yellow Spring Street
William D. Schultz Returns Home After Recovery
William D. Schultz the young millionaire recently recovered from illness returned home Friday. His wife confirmed he has fully regained his health after a six month stay in a New York sanitarium.
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Zanesville
William D. Schultz
New York
Excessive Fees Alleged in Belmont Indexing Case
Law son Emerson clerk of the Ohio supreme court and former Belmont county clerk was sued in St. Clairville for 600 dollars claimed as an overcharge for indexing. The action was brought by Belmont County on a Friday in March.
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St. Clairville, O
Lawson Emerson
Ohio Supreme Court
Belmont County
Justice Day Illness and Recovery Updates
Justice Day of the supreme court lies ill at Arlington with pneumonia as of March 13 with Mrs. Day and two sons at the bedside and Senator Hanna visiting. By March 14 reports say his condition improves and physicians aim to limit infection with no unfavorable signs.
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Washington
Justice Day
Arlington
Harden
Justice
Senate bans insurance company combinations in Tennessee
Nashville Tenn March 11 The senate passed a bill prohibiting compacts or combinations among insurance companies. Under its provisions the Kentucky Tennessee board of underwriters will be barred.
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Nashville
Tenn
Senate
Kentucky-Tennessee Board of Underwriters
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