Various News Notes on Trials Prices and Accidents
Several quick hits cover a torpedo boat Chauncey achieving 28.6 knots, a record auto deal worth 1 million dollars, labor coercion claims from New York to Pittston, coal price jumps in New York and Indianapolis, a murder confession in Iowa, public lashings in Michigan, Amalgamated Association debates on tin plate rebates, Johannesburg gold reef chatter, emergency hospital plans for steel plants, a wreck-prevention act in West Virginia, railroads halting anthracite sales, a Chicago money recovery, a California fossil find, tax collection push, gold beaters strike talks, a mysterious illness in the Howe family, a Scranton quarry explosion with casualties.
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Chauncey
Barren Island
New
Pittston
New York City
Grm
Indianapolis
Iowa City
Charles Novada
James Gaullagher
Gaullagher
Mich
Robert
John Scott
Judge Hall
En Vieuw
Mach
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and ‘Tin Workers
American Tin Plate O
Johannesburg
Witwatersrand
Philadelphia
Wolf Summit
Wo Va
New York
Cincinnati
Baltimore & Ohio
Coyne
Philadelphia & Reading
Lehigh
Delaware & Hudson
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Frances A Spur
Chicago
Eustace L. Furlong
Geological Department
University of California
Shasta County
Cal
Yerkes
Internal Revenue Bureau
Edward E Howe
Hazelton
Mre Howe
Scranton
Iovanni Juseppe
Court Martial Verdict Sent to Washington After Erie Trial
The Erie court martial for Assistant Paymaster Charles W. Penrose reached a verdict and adjourned, with findings sealed and to be reviewed by the Navy Department in Washington. The report will become public after secretary review.
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Erie
Charles W. Penrose
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Baltimore
Wetterhorn
Switzerland
Eastern
Missouri
Holiday
Kan
Kansas City
International Harvester Co
Chicago
Combine
New Hartford
United States War Department
Herr Ehrhardt
Dusseldorf
Germany
Ehrhardt
A. Stratton
Westchester County
New York
Snys
Cincinnati, Richmond
Jersey City
Poidebard Mill
Pittsburg
Middle Ridge
Coal Creek
Tenn
Pennsylvania
Moros Face American Action as Bacolod Fort Debated
American troops expected to advance on Bacolod amid Moro resistance and a push by Gen. Chaffee for decisive action. Mutiny aboard the Mis Hermanos ends with several killed and wounded Spaniards and crew casualties. Cholera toll climbs with about 30,000 believed affected. Gov Taft to arrive soon for a staged welcome in Singapore.
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Manila
Mindanao
Bacolod
Twenty-seventh
Camp Vickars
John Jd. Pershing
Fifteenth Cavalry
Lake Lanao
Chaffee
Zamboanga
Taft
Hera
Singapore
United States
Gov. Taft
Boer Generals Visit King Edward Aboard Royal Yacht
In London on August 18, Generals Botha De Wet and Delarey arrived in Southampton to meet King Edward aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. They toured the fleet on Wildfire with Earl Roberts and Lord Kitchener, later departing for London. Botha was sociable, De Wet kept to himself writing his war book, and Delarey debated with officers as autographs drew crowds.
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London
Botha
de Wet
Delarey
South Africa
Cowes
Isle of Wight
King Edward
Victoria and Albert
Southampton
Earl Roberts
Lord Kitchener
Waterloo Station
Gen. Botha
Gen. Delarey
Eighth Annual National Bible Conference Opens in Warsaw
The eighth annual national Bible conference opened in Winona with 1500 ministers from many denominations in attendance. Rev. Wilbur Chapman preached the opening sermon lamenting church coldness and a lack of Christ in preaching and noting widespread idleness among ministers. Represented states and Canada are in attendance.
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Warsaw
Ind
National Bible Conference
Winona
Wilbur Chapman
Canada
Train Hits Carriage in South Bend Killing One
In South Bend Indiana on Sunday Mrs Barney Tenenbaum and three children were struck by a Grand Trunk passenger train. One child was killed instantly and the other three were fatally injured. The horse reared and backed away from the train.
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South Bend
Ind
Barney Tenenbaum
Grand Trunk
Street Rail Workers Strike in Lafayette
The Amalgamated Order of Street Railway Employees ordered a strike on Lafayette street railway. The Central Labor Union declared a boycott against the company. Union men quit work after failed efforts to reinstate discharged workers and to resume talks. Cars run with few passengers while hacks are operated by union men.
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Lafayette
Ind
Street Railway
Lafayette Street Railway
Central Labor Union
Adams Express Co. investigates Fordsville robbery in Ky
Officials from Adams Express Co. went to Fordsville to investigate a robbery involving about $28,000 reportedly shipped from Deanefield. No trace of the money has been found. A Postal Telegraph lineman reported wires cut under the table in the Deanefield office.
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Owensboro
Adams Express Co
Fordsville
Rboatner
Deanefield
Socure
Ghent
Prominent New Yorker Dies After Engagement Breakup at Newport
Robert Reading Remington of New York committed suicide at a Newport club house after a broken engagement with Miss May Van Alen. He was about 35, a member of Remington Bros., and had been a familiar figure among Newport summer residents and society circles for years. The engagement to Miss Van Alen, granddaughter of Mrs. Astor, had been disputed but believed real, and its dissolution reportedly drove his despondency.
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Newport, F. 1
Robert Reading Remington
New York
Remington
Mr. Remington
May van Alen
James van Alen
W. A. Astor
van Alen
Remington Bros
Alabama attaches estate of Corbin heir in embezzlement case
In Philadelphia on August 19 an attachment was issued against the Pannsylvanis Company for Insurance of Lives and Granting Annuities, executor of the late Thomas G. Corbin estate valued at $750,000. The state seeks $15,000 to recover a claim tied to embezzlement and probate matters involving Commodore Corbin and probate judge Randolph.
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Alabama
Philadelphia
William Jay Turner
Montgomery County
Randolph
Montgomery
Ala
Colombia
South America
United States
Werbert
Charles G. Brown
Corbin
Two Held on Conspiracy to Defraud Express Company
In Fordsville Kentucky J H Boatner and A B Schlitzbaum were held to answer to the grand jury in 30000 bail for conspiring to defraud the American Express company of 28000. W A Ault was discharged. Boatner allegedly sent 28000 from Owensboro to Fordsville and Schlitzbaum claimed the money was stolen after arrival.
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Fordsville
J. H. Roatner
Schlitzbaum
American Express
W. A. Ault
Boatner
Hartford
Express Company
Owensboro
Express
Cumberland Telephone seeks injunction over New Orleans strike
The Cumberland Telephone Co. petitions for a blanket injunction against striking linemen accusing a conspiracy to halt operations in New Orleans. It alleges picketing at rail depots, intimidation of new workers, stoning of workers, and strikers crossing high tension lines to burn and ruin the company’s telephone wires.
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New Orleans
The
Cumberland Telephone Co
Revolution in freight cars with ball bearing journals
Experiments by the Illinois Central use a box car fitted with ball bearing journals to reduce friction so a single person can move the car. Several people demonstrated the ease of movement Monday while inspecting the car in the yards. The main claim is the ease of moving cars equipped with the bearings, potentially transforming freight handling.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
Iron and steel order to Lancashire by New York Ship
The New York Ship Building Co of Camden New Jersey has placed a purchase order for 80 000 tons of manufactured iron and steel with the Lancashire Iron Co of Scotland. It is described as one of the largest iron and steel orders to a foreign company in the United States.
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Camden
N J
Ug 19
New York Ship Building Co
Lancashire Iron Co
Scotland
Mus Keteer Sets World Record at Saratoga Race
Made en Mus keteer broke a world record in the second race at Saratoga yesterday. He ran seven furlongs in 1 25 flat on a circular track, surpassing the 1894 Coney Island Clifford estate time of 1 25 2-5.
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Saratoga
Coney Island
Clifford Estate
Ex-Convict Sought for Wyoming double murder
Denver reports Frank B. Keyes, deputy sheriff at Fair Play, says Thomas O'Brien, an ex convict jailed for horse stealing, is wanted in Rawlins Wyo for the 1888 murders of Morris Wain and C V Strong. The victims, east coast connections, were found dead on August 14 1888 after a hunting trip with skulls and buckshot evidence.
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Wyooming
Denver
Col
Frank B. Keyes
Fair Play
Thomas O'Brien
Rawlins
Wyo
Morris Wain
C. V. Strong
Wain
Strong
East
Wall Street
Haverford
Philadelphia
Jacob
O’brien
Canyon City
Wyoming
Uprisings in China Reach Christians in West China
Missionaries report Boxer violence across West China. A chapel in Tien Ku Chiao is burned and a preacher and four others killed. Officials executed six and crucified one. The uprising grows with widespread destruction and alarm at Chentu. Most Christians outside walled cities may lose property or life.
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Christiana
New York
Methodist Mission Board
China
Joseph Beech
Chung King
West China
Edward Manly
Spencer Lewis
Red Lantern Society
Tien Ku Chiao
Beech
Wu Kwang Tsang
Chentu
Zephyr Triumphs In $5,000 Brighton Beach Trotting
On a fast track at Brighton Beach Zephyr the bay filly, with Geers in the sulky, won the John KX Shults $5,000 purse for four year olds in straight heats. Audubon Boy, favored to challenge Dan Patch, did not start. Shadow Chimes and Fanny Dillard chased in close finishers with Dillard second in the first heat.
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New York
Brighton Beach
John KX. Shults
Zephyr
Geers
Audubon Boy
Dan Patch
Shadow Chimes
Indiana
Fanny Dillard
Connor
Dillard
Readville Grand Circuit Opens with Sensational Wins
Racing at Readville Mass on August 19 featured upset victories as favorites fell in all events. Major Muscovite won the 2:08 pace after a dramatic pre race sale price, while Baron De Shay won the 2:13 trot. Wentworth captured the Blue Fill stakes for 230 trotters with a $5,000 purse in a magnificent finish.
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Readville
Mass
Major Muscovite
Baron de Shay
Wentworth
Schwab Seen in Apparent Health at Cresson
Altoona reports C. M. Schwab president of United States Steel was seen in Cresson Sunday night and appears in good health. An uncle from the city says he is not as sick as rumor suggested and not alarmed, though advised to rest and keep quiet.
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Altoona
C. M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Cresson
P. A. Schwab
Libel Conviction in Manila Trial of Dorr and O'Brien
Judge Ambler found Frederick Dorr proprietor and Edward OBrien editor of Freedom guilty of libel against Filipino member of the civil commission Benito Legarda. Headlines deemed libelous and article not privileged as published maliciously. sentencing not announced.
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Manila
Ambler
Frederick Dorr
Edward O’brien
Freedom
Benito Legarda
Civil Commission
Torishima Volcano Eruption Kills All 130 Residents
An Aug 13–15 eruption on Torishima wrecked the island, burying 130 inhabitants. The island lies between the Bonin Islands and Hondo, Japan, with debris and ruined homes. Submarine eruptions complicate approaches by vessels.
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Yokohama
Torishina
Torishima
Bonin Islands
Hondo
Japan
Cincinnati Rogers law voided by superior court
Cincinnati superior court ruled the Rogers law unconstitutional in a decision that removes the Cincinnati Street Railway Co franchise protections and impacts the Cincinnati Traction Co operation. The suit, led by Theodore Horstman, cites unreasonably classified street railways and municipal bodies and a nonuniform operation beyond its 50-year extension provision.
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Cincinnati
Rogers
Cincinnati Street Railway Co
Cincinnati Traction Co
Theodore Horstman
Destructive Fire Destroys Howell & Son Store
A large dry goods store owned by T. W. Howell & Son burned late Thursday night and could not be controlled until early Friday morning. The adjacent Second National Bank building suffered heavy damage but the bank remained intact. A second blaze erupted on Walnut Street prompting Cincinnati aid. two engines arrived after the fire was under control. Total losses estimated at $250,000.
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Hamilton
T. W. Howell & Son
Second National Bank
Howell
Walnut Street
Cincinnati
Cleveland Plans Grand Home Week During October
Cleveland will host a week long home celebration starting October 6 with an industrial parade band concerts and Mardi Gras style events. The Upper Superior Street Business Men's association aims to raise 25000 for expenses and promises a grand scale festivities.
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Cleveland
Upper Superior Street
Derailment Injures Train Crew at Bluffton Crossing
A Lake Erie and Western passenger train derailed at the Northern Ohio and L E W crossing in Bluffton on Monday. Fireman Charles Peelner of Lima suffered a broken leg and internal injuries, brakeman A Laurence of Lima fractured kneecap, bridge man W J Kept ner of Fremont sprained ankle, and passenger LB Considine of Portland Indiana badly hurt.
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Bluffton
Lake Erie & Western
Ohio
Charles Peelner
Lima
A. Laurence
W. J. Keptner
Fremont
J. Considine
Portland
Ind
Population Up in Cleveland City Directory Report
The new Cleveland city directory to be released next Tuesday lists a population of 453 537, up 23 400 from last year. It records 151 179 names, 7 800 more than last year, with the total population derived by multiplying names by three.
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Cleveland
Preferred Death to Poverty in Columbus Case
Mrs. Isaac Rosenbaum, 40, committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid in Columbus Ohio on August 18. Widow since two years ago, she had lived in luxury until her small legacy ran out and she earned a living by keeping roomers. Her dread of poverty was cited as the motive.
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Columbus
Isaac Rosenbaum
Suit Filed for $10000 Damages Over Train Wreck Death
Mrs. Hannah McGrath as administratrix sues the Co C C and St L Railway Co for ten thousand dollars, claiming the death of her husband, an engineer on the Indianapolis rail train, caused by the wreck in Cleveland occurring April 8 one mile west of the Erie passenger depot.
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Cleveland
Hannah McGrath
Co. C. C. & St. L. Railway Co
Indianapolis
Erie
Robber Holds Up Bank President’s Wife in Home
Mrs. Frederick W. Prentiss, wife of Hayden-Clinton National Bank president, was robbed at her Columbus home on Monday. A masked gunman forced her to surrender diamonds valued at about 2500 dollars.
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Columbus
Frederick W. Prentiss
Hayden-Clinton National Bank
Man Dies in Slag Pit at Otis Steel Works
Samuel Lep skie of 385 Hamilton Street fell into a pit of hot slag at Otis Steel Co. and was burned to death in a frightful accident on August 19 in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Samuel Lepskie
Hamilton Street
Otis Steel Co
Injunction Continued Against Cleveland City Council
The Ohio Supreme Court at Columbus extended the injunction against the Cleveland city council until the final hearing of ex Judge Boynton's ouster case. The stay bars granting any franchise until the court rules, likely after the legislature's special session enacts the new code. The three cent fare road remains halted for the current council.
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Cleveland
Supreme Court
Columbus
Boynton
Drunken Row Ends in Murder Near Morrow
Frank Brace and Carrie Price had lived together for years near Morrow. On August 19 a drunken gathering with Jerry Kersey Jesse Whitacre and Robert Day led to Carrie Price being shot and killed while Brace was arrested and others injured.
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Morrow
Frank Brace
Carrie Price
Jerry Kersey
Jesse Whitacre
Robert Day
Brace
Prof Benson Dies in Gambier at 79
Gambier Aug 19 Rev Dr Edward C Benson senior professor at Kenyon College is dead at age 79 The alumni endowed the Latin professorship in his name and memory reflects his long service to the college.
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Benson
Gambier
Edward C. Benson
Kenyon College
Baltimore Ohio Railroad Schedule Notes and Timings
Daily rail timetable fragment shows northbound No. 8 from Bridgeport to Akron with intermediate stops Flushing Uhrichsville New Phila Justus Basilion Fulton Warwick Barberton and Cleveland Main Line, and southbound No. 7 with stops Akron Barberton Warwick C G Filton Massillon Justus Dover New Phila Uhrichsville Flushing Bridgeport. Sunday northbound 8 57 am and 6 28 pm southbound 9 50 am and 7 58 pm. electric car service Bridgeport to Wheeling Bellaire and Martins Ferry. V M G Carrel D Pass Agt.
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Bridgeport
Flushing
Uhrichsville
New Phila
C Dover
Justus
Basilion
Fulton
Warwick
Barberton
Akron
Cleveland Main Line
CG. Filton
A. m
Massilion
Justusl
Ubrichsville
Sterling
Wheeling
Bellaire
Martins Ferry
Noathbourd
Tid jLorain
Tan
Loratm
Elyria
Lester Juno
Grafton
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Liverpool
Face
Lester Eae
Enone Oe
Chippewa Ake
A. 71 8 6 00 420” “Sterling
Viu B. & OG
B&a
Bee
Geis Akron
Canal Fulton
A.M
Massillon
Canal Dover
Justus B. M
New Phila'l's
Ubrishsville
A. Mop. i P. M
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Michael Downing
William Dray
Lake Erie
Buaffilo
N.Y
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Great Britain
Charles M. Schwab
America
Pensacola
Fla
Nancy Mitchell
Union Pacific
Omaha
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Fielpers
St Lows Charles
Bronson
Thentire
Page Avenue
Harry King
Wardenans
Wuting
England
Annual Bible Conference
Newport
Buckeyes
Nash
General Assembly
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Pike County
Cox
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H. Sellers
Will E. Scott
Bés
Nose Council
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Orta” Hall
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Oowens
G. Ernest F. Scott
Knights OF Pythias
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Werta
Main Street
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Mt. Pleasant
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Hoverston
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Valley Junction
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