Fire Destroys Walnut Street Block in Cincinnati Blaze
An early Wednesday fire originating in the Selbert Wuest paper warehouse caused massive property loss in Cincinnati. The flame swept the Walnut Street block from Second to Pearl, damaging several buildings and threatening surrounding homes. Insurance covered all listed losses, with figures including Schoellkopf Hartford Hanna Co at 15 000 and Selbert Wuest Co at 55 900.
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Cincinnati
Business
Selbert, Wuest & Co
Walnut Street
Schoellkopf, Hartford, Hanna & Co
Schoellkopf, Hartford & Hanna Co
J. C. McCullough
Union Light and Heat Co
George Hafer
A. J. Heath
G. W. Covall
C. B. Foote, Jr
Frank Coppock
Reed Case
Quo warranto challenge to Longworth bond act in Ohio court
Attorney General files a quo warranto in the Ohio Supreme Court attacking a Longworth act section that limits voting to a single ward polling place for a 1.6 million dollar city bonds election in Cleveland. The suit aims to oust the city election board and delay a large city improvement program under Mayor Tom L. Johnson.
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Columbus
Sheets
Supreme Court
Langworth
Election Board
Cleveland Election Board
Longworth
Tom L. Johnson
Found Dead in Field Near Bellaire O
Bert Fleming a 28 year old married blast furnace superintendent was found dead in a field with a bullet through his brain. He had been running when shot and was last seen with two unknown women entering the field. Police have no solid lead and suspect a relative of one of the women. a man familiar with the women has fled to Pittsburg and is being sought.
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Bellaire
Bert Fleming
Fleming
Pittsburg
Direct Legislative League Organizes in Columbus Ohio
The Direct Legislative League of Ohio formed in Columbus with President Frankenberg Columbus Vice President G H Lytle Cleveland Secretary E Welwood Cleveland Treasurer O K Hews Columbus and William Hudson Marion on the executive committee. The non partisan group aims to modify the representation system by direct initiative optional referendum and recall.
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Columbus
Direct Legislative League of
Ohio
Frankenberg
G. H. Lytle
Cleveland
E. Welwood
O. K. .Hews
William Hudson
Marion
Loyal Legion of Labor Organized in Ohio
A new organization of colored men, the Loyal Legion of Labor of the United States, was incorporated in Columbus on Sept. 2 with headquarters at Ravenna. Founders include Z W Mitchell F H Simpson E M Proctor G H Wesley and Charles Marshall. It aims to educate and Christianize Afro Americans and promote thrift economy and enterprise to improve post slavery conditions.
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Columbus
Loyal Legion of Labor of the
United States
C. D. T. Road Elects New Officers At Hamilton
In Hamilton on September 2 a meeting of the C. D. T. directors organized the company and elected George B. Cox president W Kesley Schoept first vice president C C Richardson second vice president J B Foraker Jr secretary and treasurer F R Williams assistant secretary and treasurer F J J Sloat general manager and Mr Boyer auditor.
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Hamilton
George B. Cox
W. Kesley Schoept
C. C. Richardson
J. B. Foraker, Jr
F. R. Williams
F. J. J. Sloat
Mr. Boyer
Wreck on an Electric Road Near Sheffield
Lorain Ohio September 4 A wreck occurred on the Lake Shore electric road near Sheffield when an east bound streetcar failed to heed an open switch and struck a coal gondola. The passenger car was wrecked and five people were taken to the hospital all expected to recover.
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Lorain
Lake Shore
Sheffield
Cleveland
Airbrakes Fail En Route, Train Plunges at Portsmouth
A Northern and Western railroad train derailed at East Portsmouth when airbrakes failed. Fifteen workers on the site were trapped under debris and several suffered serious injuries. Investigations underway into the failure and accident sequence.
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Portsmouth
Ohio State Fair Guest W J Bryan Delivers Nonpartisan Address
W J Bryan attended the Ohio State Fair in Columbus on September 3 as a guest of the state board of agriculture and gave a nonpartisan address in the afternoon at the fairgrounds.
Ardent Kisser Stabbing in Cleveland
In Cleveland on a Wednesday night August W. Glosch stabbed George Wolf after confronting him over kissing Glosch's daughter. The men argued on the Wolf porch, leading to four knife wounds to the head and neck. Glosch was arrested and faced cutting to wound charges in court.
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Cleveland
W. Glosch
George Wolf
Glosch
Wolf
Italians Suspected in Fraudulent Naturalization Papers
United States officials in Steubenville report a surge of fraudulent naturalization papers issued to Italians. After recent arrests, many Italians have left for Italy, with an estimated 200 fraudulent papers in circulation.
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Steubenville
United States
Italy
Gasoline Stove Blast Kills Two Women in Blue Ash
In Blue Ash, Ohio, the explosion of a gasoline stove at William Shaffer’s home caused the deaths of Mrs. Shaffer, 40, and her sister Mrs. John Henderson, 43, wife of a C and L railroad hostler from Montgomery. Henderson had been visiting.
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Cincinnati
William Shaffer
Mayor Bosch's brother arrested in poker game case
Hamilton, Sept. 2. Mayor Bosch's anti gambling order led to a sensational arrest as Patrolman Harry Metcalf, acting under the mayor's orders, took Fred Bosch proprietor of the Atlas hotel, into custody on a charge of running a poker game.
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Hamilton
Bosch
Harry Metcalf
Fred Bosch
Atlas Hotel
Corn tops price in Springfield with limited sales
Springfield Ohio on September 3 reports corn reaching its highest price in years. Beckley and Myers paid 75 cents a bushel and could buy only 25 bushels. At city scales corn stood at 65 cents, but all stock weighed there had been contracted in advance.
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Springfield
Beckley & Myers
Watkins Nominated for Short Term Public Works Seat
Columbus Ohio September 3 At a meeting of the republican state central committee George H Watkins candidate on the ticket for member of the state board of public works was nominated for the short term for the same office to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles A Stoddard.
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Columbus
Republican State Central Committee
George H. Watkins
State Board of Public Works
Chas. A. Stoddard
Democratic State Campaign Opens in Akron and Nearby Cities
The Democratic state campaign kicks off in Akron on September 9 with events planned in Wadsworth on Thursday Ravenna on Friday and Youngstown on Saturday. Mayor Johnson will lead the opening with his automobile on a special car.
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Cleveland
Akron
Wadsworth
Ravenna
Youngstown
Johnson
Election of a Colonel Ordered in Ohio Regiment
The adjutant general orders an election for colonel of the First regiment to be held September 11 in Columbus. A nomination convention will be in Cincinnati on September 8. Two majors will be elected simultaneously.
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Columbus
Adjutant General
Cincinnati
Mayor Weed Sentenced to Workhouse in Amesville
Columbus report says Mayor Alonzo Weed of Amesville was arrested for drunkenness. In police court he pleaded guilty and received ten days in the workhouse plus a $10 fine and costs.
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Columbus
Alonzo Weed
Amesville
Double Tragedy in New York: Edson Kills Mrs Pullen Then Self
Henry T Edson 39 shot and killed Fannie Pullen 37 at his residence in New York and then shot himself. The tragedy occurred amid talk of separation from Mrs Pullen and alleged financial trouble. Dr Cyrus Edson described his brother as acting strangely and in a maniacal frenzy.
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New York
Henry T. Edson
Fannie Pullen
Edson
Henry Townsend Edson
Franklin Edson
Cyrus Edson
David O. Edson
Thomas Wood
Pullen
St. Michael's Church
Steamer Vaskapu Blown Up in Black Sea Attack
Three explosions aboard the Austrian steamer Vaskapu as it left Burgas for Constantinople set the ship on fire and forced beaching. The incident near Varna caused 29 deaths with Bulgarian revolutionaries suspected of involvement, per Vienna dispatches. The vessel belonged to the Hungarian Levant Steamship Co and was built in 1891.
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Constantinople
Vaskapu
Bugas
Varna
Bulgaria
Burgas
Black Sea
Hungarian Levant Steamship Co
Viume
Austria
New Castle
London
Vienna
Tragedy at Birmingham Theater Leaves 10-Year-Old Dead
During a Library hall performance by the Star minstrel troupe in Bessemer, Edwin Neeley aged 10 died when a blank volley misfired a loaded chamber struck him. Wade LaSalle confessed after the incident that his revolver chambers were loaded with cartridges.
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Birmingham
Ala
Library Hall
Bessemer
Edwin Neeley
Neeley
Wade LaSalle
Golf Champion Falls in First Round at Glen Cove
Lewis James of Chicago, the national golf champion, was defeated in the first round by Archibald Graham of the North Jersey Club Paterson New Jersey. Graham won four up with two to play in Glen Cove on September 3.
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Glen Cove
Lewis James
Chicago
Archibald Graham
North Jersey
Paterson
N. J
Graham
Baron Rothschild Sentenced in Paris Court
Baron Henri de Rothschild appeared in a Paris police court on a charge of auto mobile searching. He was sentenced to one day in prison and fined ten francs.
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Baron Rothschild
Paris
Baron Henri de Rothschild
Russian Exhibit Plans In Agricultural Building
Commissioner General Alexadrovsky seeks 5,000 square feet in the agricultural building for a Russian government exhibit. The display would feature Russian grown cotton and tea.
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St. Louis
Alexadrovsky
Counterfeit $20 Note Reported On New Bedford Bank
The secret service reports a counterfeit $20 bill from the Mechanics National Bank of New Bedford Massachusetts. The note is from the 1882 series with check letter B charter No 743 and lists Bruce Register Wy man Treasurer.
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Washington
Secret Service
Mechanics National Bank
New Bedford
Mass
Bruce
Register
Wyman
Chicago trunkmakers strike cripples seven factories
A strike involving seven hundred trunkmakers and a lockout has halted operations at seven trunk, sachet, and dress suitcase manufactories in Chicago. About one thousand workers are idle as the industry stalls.
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Chicago
Reliance Wins American Cup Race in Dense Fog
Reliance, the American cup defender, won the third and final race in thick fog, defeating Shamrock III by three miles and securing the cup for America. Sir Thomas Lipton plans to return to England Tuesday as Shamrock buyers appear interested. Lipton praised the American win and spoke of his plans after race failures.
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New York
Reliance
Shamrock
Thomas Lipton
America
England
Herreshoff
Fife
Wringe
Barr
British papers laud US retention of America's Cup
London editors congratulate the United States on again retaining the America's Cup and commend Sir Thomas Lipton for his gallant challenge. They agree the better boat and the clever skipper won and suggest Britain has lessons to learn about yacht building.
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London
United States
Thomas Lipton
Great Britain
America
San Francisco Eyes Next America’s Cup Race
San Francisco promotion committee telegrammed the New York Yacht Club president inviting the club to choose San Francisco harbor as the next defense course for the America’s Cup.
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San Francisco
California Promotion Committee
New York Yacht Club
Venezuelan Debt Accord Signed in Paris Banks
The Brussels correspondent of the Daily Telegraph reports a debt agreement for Venezuela was signed on Thursday between a syndicate of Paris banks and Senor Velutini, the Venezuelan representative, in London.
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London
Brussels
Daily Telegraph
Paris
Senor Velutini
Quarry Workers International Union Formed in Washington
The Quarry Workers International Union of North America was chosen as the new international union name by 13 delegates from six states here. A constitution was adopted at the formation meeting.
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Quarryworkers International Union
Washington
Quarryworkers International Union of North America
International Union
Only Surviving Field Officer Remembers Mexico War
Bristol Tenn Sept 4 Col George R McClellan celebrated the 89th anniversary of his birth at his Bristol home He is said to be the only surviving field officer of the volunteer army that marched against Mexico.
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Bristol
Tenn
George R. McClellan
Col. McClellan
Mexico
Champion sets world motorcycle record at Charles River Park
In Boston on September 4 Albert Champion rode a mile in 6.0 seconds at Charles River Park, attempting to beat the 68 45 second track record and setting a new world motorcycle speed record.
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Boston
Albert
Charles River Park
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Direct Legislative League
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Organization of Colored Men Incorporated
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