Condensed Briefs From Many Fronts Report Wide News
Summary of annual civil service exam figures and appointments, industry resumption at McKeesport and Boston works, notable deaths and crimes including Mrs Collins charged with poisoning, Rear Admirals White and Rodgers linked to naval events, and various accidents, strikes, and political notices across the country with emphasis on named places and persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Kiggins
Civil Service Commission
Ice
Caroline Collins
New Latbor
Mich
Edwin White
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Princesn
Rodgers
Navy Yard
White
Ohio
Naval Service
Dewees Wood Sheet Mills
American Sheet Steel Co
McKeesport
Boston Iron and Steel Mill
National Tube Co
Phillip F. Burroughe
Grain Commission
Kansans City
Urroughe
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Grain Co
Charles Carper
Lawrence Stamp
Hansom Turner
Joe
Gloria €Iafta
B Masvitta
Mountain Lake Park
Hendrey & Farmer
Newark
N. J
Post Office Department
A. W. Machen
Pittsburg
New York City
Brooklyn
Gov. Taft
Philippines
War Department
United States
Messeo
Moone
Frederick M Cushing
Manila Bay
Tower Hill
Arseuation
Winslow
Merioa
East River
Secretary of the Treasury
Manila
Independence
San Francisco
Plaed
Ag Prison
Bip
Trade Review highlights holiday market slowdowns and wage shifts
The Weekly Review notes widespread holiday closures, inventories, and repairs across industries. It reports improved collections, steel and coal activity steady, and gold and cotton markets volatile with high prices. Exports stay strong, but overall production softens with many plants idling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Treasury
Iron and Steel
United States
Canada
Steamer Menominee Struck by Hurricane in Atlantic
Passengers from the steamer Menominee report a deadly gale after leaving London December 3. A 60 foot wave capsized the ship, snapping the rudderpost and flooding cabins. One sailor died, three injured, and the vessel drifted five days before dock at Falmouth. Survivors sent to Liverpool and New York on the Cedric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Lucas
Falmouth
Liverpool
Ex Gov Jane Sharp Dies in Washington at 71
Ex governor Jane Sharp of Kansas died in Washington on Friday at age 71. A native of Pennsylvania, she moved to Kansas in the early 1850s and, as a Free Soil advocate, played a notable role in the Kansas Missouri struggle. The article notes she had lived in Washington since 155.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharp
Washington
Jane Sharp
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Kansas-Missouri
Hudson Farmer Kills Children Then Hangs Self
In Hudson New York on Christmas eve Joseph Phillips a Hollowville farmer killed his three motherless children Todo 15 Frank 11 and Carrie 10 then hanged himself in a neighbor’s barn. He had bewailed poverty and lack of Christmas gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
N. Y
Joseph Phillips
Phillips
Todo
Frank
Carrie
Arbitration Treaty Signed Between France and Italy
Paris reports that the arbitration treaty between France and Italy was signed yesterday by Foreign Minister Delense and Pininzor Tormeli, the Italian ambassador. The accord mirrors the Franco British arbitration pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Italy
Delensse
Pesiznor Tornieli
Great Britain
Barron allegedly shoots father. claims accidental
In a tragic incident Hert Barron, aged 17, reportedly shot and killed his father as he protected his mother from an assault. Barron, described as drunk, is under arrest and denies intentionality, insisting the shooting was an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jopling
Dee
Hert Barron
Aped
Anunoner
E Barron
Bar- Tron
Enys
A Checkered Career Ends in Death at Silver City
Moody Merrill formerly of Boston and alias C F Gray Gon died suddenly in Silver City New Mexico from pneumonia. Merrill had held high Boston positions, later vanished amid embezzlement charges, was arrested in New York, extradition fought, and had a pattern of rapid fortune creation and loss with complaints totaling nearly half a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feedy Merrit
Bostom
E.mebe
Jars
Silver City
N. Mi
Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico
The
Colors
New York
Southwest
Silver City National Bank
Boston
Moody Merrill
Merrill
Massachusetts House of Representatives
State Senate
Thomas N. Hart
Nathan Matthews
Odell
Decoy Letter Traps Chicago Extortionist Brennan
Chicago commercial artist Leo R. Brennan was arrested after a decoy letter led him to attempt extortion from Morgan Rockefeller Carnegie and other financiers. He claimed to threaten death over demands of 25 000 to 50 000 dollars, with no payments received.quentialities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Leo R. Brennan
Brennan
J. Pierpont Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
James Stillman
Andrew Carnegie
Field
Brown
Craig
General Postoffice
Dissolved Franklin Union No 4 Stirs Chicago Typothetae
In Chicago a dissolved Franklin Union No 4 shook the Chicago Typothetae as strike action looms. Judge Heklom had fined the union 1500 dollars for the strike, with damage suits pending for many times that amount. Employers could have seized 40000 in the union treasury if they had secured judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Franklin Union No. 4
Chicago Typothetae
Association of Employes
Heklom
Political Club Receiverships in Cook County Democracy
Chicago Dec 25 Jacob R Richards a former assessor was appointed receiver of the Cook County Democracy by Judge Brentan o on petitions by Robert E Burke allies Burke and Powers tickets named as defendants claim both sides use club funds risking treasury depletion and potential conflict over two sets of offers elections and installs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heceiver’s Hande
Chicago
Jacob R Richards
Cook County Democracy
Brentano
Friends
Robert E. Burke
City Oil
Powers
Burke
Grand Jury Report Out Of Toledo On Graft And Vice
After a five week session a Toledo grand jury issued 19 indictments with 12 sealed in original cases involving ex city officials and gamblers accused of bribery and soliciting bribes. The five count report denounces graft wine rooms gambling and licentiousness urging public demand for enforcing laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio Oil Co. buys Exchange Oil holdings in Ohio
J. C. Donnell of the Ohio Oil Co. completes purchase of Exchange Oil Co. leases in Wood, Hancock and Sandusky counties totaling 4000 acres with 275 producing wells averaging 600 barrels daily. Reported price near 600000, compared to a 250000 purchase two years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindlay
J._C. Donnell
Ohio Oil Co
Exchange Oil Co
Wood
Hancock
Sandusky
Donnell
Exchange
Corporations Win Tax Relief Ruling in Ohio
The Ohio tax revision department granted relief to Cleveland public service corporations from about 2 million dollars in additional taxes. Gov. Nash, a commission member, questioned County Auditor Wrights authority to re value utility property after the board of equalization had appraised it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Department of Tax Revision
Public Service Corporations of
Cleveland
Wright
Nash
Cuyahoga County
Public Service
Board of Equalization
Neuman Receives Life Sentence In Murder Case
Cleveland December 24 Charles Neuman 18 was convicted of first degree murder by a jury in Judge Stone's criminal court department and sentenced to life in the penitentiary under the mercy stipulation in the verdict. Attorney Hart had filed a motion for a new trial which Judge Stone overruled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Charles Neuman
Akron Man Found Dead From Escaping Gas at Club
Herbert Wilson, 29, of Akron, was found dead in the Nonpariel Athletic club rooms by friends. He sat in a chair with a newspaper in his hands when gas escaping from a chandelier caused his death, leading authorities to believe he read late Monday night before the fumes overcame him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Herbert Wilson
Nonpariel Athletic Club
Wilson
Burglarized Postoffice at Adelaide
Smith and Mitchell's general store at Adelaide suffered a Monday night burglary. Stamps from the postoffice were stolen and mail cases torn open. Thieves took goods worth several hundred dollars including boots and shoes, tobacco, and about one hundred pocket knives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Smith & Mitchell
Adelaide
Brave Sheriff’s Wife Stops Prisoner Escape At County Jail
On a Wednesday evening in Eaton the wife of Sheriff Huffman fired twice at Tred Ellis, a highwayman jailed for robbery, as he attempted to flee the county jail. She ordered his return and he complied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton
Huffman
Tred Ellis
Mrs. Benson Weaver Found Dead in Suspected Gas Poisoning
Cleveland report says Mrs. Benson Weaver died from natural gas poisoning after a Thursday discovery in her 248 Ursula Street home. Family members narrowly escaped and are ill, with Coroner Burke ruling death from natural gas poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Benson Weaver
Ursula Street
Burke
Girl Shot While Playing Santa Claus in Dayton
Florence Getter twelve was shot in the legs while playing Santa Claus at her father's home south of Dayton. The gun, held by her older sister Margaret who had taken it from a younger brother, caused injuries severe enough that amputation of one leg may be necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Florence Getter
Margaret
North American Trust Co. vs Eastern Tube Co Sale Set at 160000
In Zanesville on December 24 the court set appraisement at 160000 for the Eastern Tube Co sale under court order. The Eastern Tube Co capitalized at 1 million and the firm has been in receivership for months. sale is scheduled for February 10, 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
North American Trust Co
New York
Eastern Tube Co
Thompson
Zinn
Spivey Convicted in Oxford Shooting Case
Judge Brown directed the jury in the trial of Joseph Spivey for shooting with intent to kill Marshal John E Woodruff at Oxford on October 1 The jury found him guilty He also faced two other shooting with intent to kill charges against Jacob Manrod and John Wright and was found guilty of shooting to wound Spivey to be sentenced after Louis Spivey the brother involved in the shooting is tried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic-for-the
St. Louis
Citizens’ Industrial Association of
Chicago
Commerce and Labor
Hiram_.Wreckwith
Abraham Lincoln
Lake Shore Railroad Co
CM. Waters
Division of Salaries and Allowances
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Sullivan
Ind
Ellen Sinclair
Corea
Seoul
W. T. Sherman Doyte
Washington, D. C
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Cortelyou
Stourbridge
England
Ellis Island
Montreal
Corning
N. Y
Rock Island
Earlham
Des Moines
Union Trust Co
Baltimore
Miles White
Charles Kratz
Poe
Jostun Harbor
Gen
John Chase
Colorado National Guard
Kiowa
Jacksonville
Fla
Charleston
Dewey
Postom Harbor
Cvort
Arthur Stuart
Vineapple
Via
Malcolm McDowell
McDowell
Fiadt
Majo McDowell
Des
LF Loree
Baltimore A Ohio Railroad
Ftock Stand Co
Walliam Boheme
Loree
Rock Stand Co
Chicago, Rock Island & Vacate
Deeds
Jaredo
Walle
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Hamilton
Brown
Joseph Spivey
John E. Woodruff
Oxford
Spivey
Jacob Manrod
John Wright
Louis Spivey
Receiver Appointed for Davis Mill Co in Shelby
H B Chapman was named receiver by Federal Judge Wing for Shelby C a Davis Mill Co assets total 165 551 with liabilities 103 151. Citizens' Savings and Trust Co of Cleveland appeared as plaintiff as trustee for bonds issued by the Shelby company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
H B. Chapman
Davis Mill Co
Shelby
Wing
Chapman
Citizens’ Savings and Trust Co
Shelby Company
Woman Arrested in Oberlin on Arson Charge
Mrs. Dora Robinson, a Cleveland arrival living as housekeeper for an elderly man, was arraigned on arson charges after a fire at a residence owned by E Louise Clark. Authorities link the incident to a string of 13 suspected arson fires since August, including threats to Oberlin College and local properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agaimet
Oberlin
Dora Robinson
Cleveland
Burgner
E. Louise Clark
Oberlin College
Death of Henry Haack noted journalist and linguist
Henry Haack a Cincinnati journalist linguist and lawyer died suddenly of pneumonia aged about 80. Born in Mecklenburg Germany in 1832 he studied at German universities and became an authority in German English French Spanish Russian Danish Dutch and Swedish He worked as a writer in Montreal then taught languages at Woodward College Cincinnati and owned the Cincinnati Volksfreund from 1872 until his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Haack
Cincinnati
Mecklenburg
Germany
Montreal
Woodward College
Cincinnati Volksfreund
Will Teat Local Option Laws
Columbus indicates Joe Miller of the Ohio Brewers Association says liquor interests will test all local option laws in the United States Supreme Court. They cite the oleomargarine decision as support for a tax upholding while sale restrictions are denied. Agrator interests plan to invoke the fourteenth amendment to challenge state restrictions on citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Joe Miller
Ohio Brewers’ Association
United States Supreme Court
Dentist in Cleveland Nevada Dies by Gas Inhalation
Dr. Edgar C. Swain, a dentist, killed himself Tuesday morning at his 29 Euclid Avenue office by attaching a rubber tube to a gas jet and inhaling the fumes. He prepared the scene, undressed, and placed his clothes on a chair before turning on the gas and lying on a sofa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Nev
Edgar C. Swain
Euclid Avenue
Tie
Recluse Frank Moore Found Dead From Exposure Near Peninsula
Frank Moore aged 60 a recluse living on a 40 acre farm near Peninsula in Akron died of exposure. He was found by neighbors who broke into his house after not being seen since Thursday. Authorities believe he died Friday with no fire in the dwelling contributing to the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Frank Moore
Peninsula
Moore
Darth
Victory for Gamblera in Collinwood gambling case
Judge Strimple of the common pleas court today voided Collinwood village council ordinance banning gambling joints. He reversed the mayor’s $100 fine against Granger Lewis for violating the ordinance, ruling the action unlawful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamblera
Cleveland
Strimple
Common Pleas Court
Collinwood
Granger Lewis
National Liquor Conference Named to Oppose Local Option Laws
A national liquor interests conference will meet in Cincinnati on January 7 with delegates from bartenders to distillers. The gathering aims to craft strategies to challenge local option laws in the United States Supreme Court.
Fatal fall in Bellevue claims 65 year old Joseph Fish
Norwalk dispatch reports Joseph Fish of Roadtown Seneca county was instantly killed in Bellevue when he fell on an ivy sidewalk striking his head on a water table. The 65 year old man died from a concussionSpelling and punctuation preserved as in source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Joseph Fish
Roadtown
Seneca County
Bellevue
This County
Pioneer Club birthday party for O. F. Kelly in Springfield
In Springfield on December 25 O. F. Kelly former mayor and millionaire reaper maker hosted a candlelight dinner for more than 100 pioneers aged 75 and older. He chaired an old-time social after the meal as guests toasted and recalled boyhood days. The total age of attendees neared 4600 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Kelly
Tragic Interurban Accident in Canton Claims Father Daughter
Howard Smith of Bolivar was killed and his daughter fatally injured when a Canton and New Philadelphia inter urban car struck their vehicle while crossing the tracks near Strasburg Thursday morning. The crash occurred as they drove onto the trolley line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Howard Smith
Bolivar
Canton & New
Fatal Dynamite Blast at Union Iron and Steel Furnace
A premature dynamite explosion at the Union iron and steel furnace in Trenton killed Nichola s Jones instantly and fatally injured Patrick Stafford with Wilson Brice seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Sry
Union Iron and Steel
Mecholas Jones
Patrick Stafford
Wilson Brice
Wheeling and Lake Eria Daily Transit Update
Daily paper notes a Wheeling and Lake Erie schedule snippet with weekday service and Sunday skip. The brief appears to reflect transit stops on signal as a standard practice.
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Meliday
Arlington Lodge
Mal
Main
Witlaws
W. L. Douglass, N. G
Will Ke, Scott
Bees
Sara
156, Jr.o
Samuel Owens
Ernest F. Scott
BR. S
Pythias
Alton Lodge
Aredie
G Scott
Rephbyx
Pearman
Darcer
Warsaw
Tranway
Resden
Millersburg
E. A. Ford
Gen's
Penn's
Central Standard
Tima
Soleio
BOS
Orrvillé
Iva
Mt. Vernon
le Bolt
Mt Vernon
Ounee Orrville
Oreee Barberton
Wheeling & Lake Eriera
Westhoond
Wheeling
C. Yremande Genney
Martin's Ferry O: Een
Steubenville
Mingo Junction
Brilliant Eeseae
Dillonvale
T. Pleasant Vere Wees Eaee
Adena
Unionvale
Asee
Dee Eternae
Jowett
Belo
Aenae
Bowerston Con
Sherrodaville
Aeunees
Valley
Navarre
Massillon
Aera Ee Anon
Dalton
Ee Ane
Orryille
Ase
Smithville
Cessecere
Creston
Eres
Cerey
Ceva
Noer
Eae Ne
Lingto
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Clyde
Fremont
K Harbor
Cherry St
Eastohound
Erry St
Arbor
Biyde Or
Belevue
Monroeville
Orwalk Rere
Wellington
Spencer
Eesee
SUN
Esewes
Ore
Bs Massillon Aee
Steeee
Verre
Zoar
Scccee
Ceee
Adena Ane
Mit
Martin’s Fer
Wheeling, Cap Pp. Mp. m
Oldust
Lolan Fan Co
Scientific American
Acientife
York Ranch Ofce
G& F St. Waelington
Bill Heads
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