Congress Votes and Bills Pass Amid Partisan Clash
In Congress the house rejected the post office subsidy Conference report 145 to 156, ending ship subsidy hopes. A campaign contribution bill passed 160 to 125 with a southern representation reduction amendment. Aldrich announced a joint resolution for a national monetary commission as currency talks stall. Senate approved deficiency and military academy bills. house backed interior department reforms and forest conservation. The Lilley inquiry conclusions passed 157 to 82. the omnibus public buildings bill plus a flag protection measure moved forward.
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House
Senate
Congress
Aldrich
Committee On Finance
National Monetary Commission
Interior Department
Bureau of Mines
White
Appalachian
National Forest Commission
Lilley
Connecticut
United States
Trusted names appear in a string of scandals and indictments
James Brimmingstall of Dowagiac Michigan faces arrest on a charge of attempting to kill his wife and is suspected in six murders. J H Wade University of Michigan secretary resigns amid irregularities in accounts and reimbursement. Rev R E Ahwood Leavenworth pastor resigns after a woman accuses him of letters to her daughter. Mae C Wood loses divorce suit and liberty as Justice O Gorman orders her detained on perjury charge with $5000 bail at The Tombs. Joseph Rosenbaum elected Illinois G A R commander. Sarah Morasch found guilty of first degree murder in Kansas City Kansas for poisoning four year old Ruth Miller. David Sheehan sentenced to 15 years for desertion by a San Francisco court martial. Platt testifies in Mae Wood divorce suit denying engagement and challenging letters and marriage certificate. T A McIntyre bankrupt broker indicted for grand larceny.
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James Brimmingstall
Dowagiac
Mich
J. H.wade
University of Michigan
Rev
R Aehwood
Presbyterian Church of
United States
Thomas C. Platt
O’gorman
Joseph Rosenbaum
Illinois G. A. R
Sarah Morasch
Kansas City
Kan
Ruth Miller
David Sheehan
San Francisco
Senator Platt
Mae
Wood
Poe
Miss. Weadg
T. A. McIntyre
New York
Chicago jeweler murdered in Indiana countryside
B Krasnicka a Chicago jeweler was killed at his country home near North Judson Indiana. A workman he had discharged was arrested for the crime. Two others died and 42 were injured in a Paris sugar refinery explosion. Old Christchurch Philadelphia was struck by lightning causing heavy damage. Two bridge workers died and three were injured in Detroit when a steel girder fell.
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B. Krasnicka
Chicago
North Judson
Ind
Paris
France
Unidentified Bodies Linked to Mrs Gunness Case Near Laporte
Autopsy on one of seven bodies dug up at Mrs. Belle Gunness farmyard near Laporte Indiana points to a missing woman connected to Ennie Bisen and a clue in her home. Grand jury returns seven true bills against Ray Lamphere and indicts Mrs Gunness as accessory in Andrew Helgelein murder.
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Lamphere
Andrew Helgelein
Lusitania
Superior
Ogle Station
Belleville
Illand
Rosie Avonwall
the Daughters of Jacob
New York
McBride
Paterson
N. J
York,New Haven&Hartford Railroad Company
Boston &Maine Railroad
New Haven Road
United States Circuit Court
Boston
Zenas Crane
Dalton
Mass
Commander Peary
Presbyterian church_in_the
Ilinois Supreme Court
Alton
Ambrose
Minnie Bibb
Cleveland
Contich
Antwerp
Europe
Albia Ja
Abe Ruef
San Francisco
Harlem
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Baychester
South Bend
Ind
Marshal Hollowell
Miss Mary
Ertel
Rushville
Oklahoma Gas And Railways Besieged By Floods
Heavy rains and cloudbursts sweep the state cutting gas supply to Muskogee and southeast towns. The Missouri Kansas & Texas quits service as a bridge fails and Jenks is reported flooded with potential casualties feared. Elevators, hotels, and restaurants suspend operations as 20 inches fall in ten hours.
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Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Eufaulo
Indian Territory
Arkansas
Midland Valley Railroad
Jenks
Farmer Stabs Priest During Mass at St. Joseph's
In Salisbury Missouri Father Joseph F Lubeley aged 33 pastor of St Joseph's Catholic Church was stabbed twice at the church by farmer Joseph Schuette believed demented as worshippers restrained him at the door after high mass Mrs Barbara Ginter and John Gates aided the priest and Schuette was jailed.
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Salisbury
Joseph F. Lubeley
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Joseph Schuette
Lubeley Heck
Schuette
Barbara Ginter
John Gates
Giner Iwan
Gatas
Terribly fatal trolley crash near Chestnut Hill
In Philadelphia three people died instantly and at least five others were beyond hope of recovery after a collision of trolley cars on Germantown avenue near Chestnut Hill. One identified victim was Mrs. George D. Wagner of Cornwall Pennsylvania aged 65. An unidentified woman about 60 and an unidentified man about 45 years old are hospitalized. Forty five victims are hospitalized in Chestnut Hill and Germantown hospitals, with many others taken by private cars.
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Philadelphia
Germantown Avenue
Chestnut Hill
George D. Wagner
Cornwall
Germantowns
Chestnut Hil
Harris names three examiners for public licenses
Gov Harris appointed a three member board of examiners under state public accounting law. J S M Goodloe of Columbus Jacob H Kauffman of Canton and Guy H Kennedy of Cincinnati will certify applicants for licenses. terms vary: Goodloe one year Kauffman two Kennedy three. Kauffman is a Democrat. Goodloe and Kennedy are Republicans.
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Columbus
Kauffman
Poison inquiry yields no trace in exhumed body
Youngstown city chemist reports no poison found in Jacob s stomach after analysis. The lining has not been examined. The body, buried a month ago, was well preserved on exhumation. An inquest was called for today. The exhumation occurred at the request of insurers holding $8,000 in policies on a weekly salary of $9.
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Youngstown
George Steventon
Jacobs
Young Before
Adams Beach City lunatic dies under mysterious circumstances
Inmates at the state hospital ward housing John Adams who died Sunday were examined by Prosecuting Attorney Upham and Acting Coroner Bothwell. They belong to homicidal and personal crisis classes and testified they saw no violence by attendants and reported fair treatment.
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Massillon
State Hospital
John Adams
Beach City
Upham
Bothwell
Adams
Ohio Legal Age for Women Set at 21 in Schmidt Case
Attorney General Ellis rules Mary Schmidt 18 must stay in Delaware industrial school until she reaches 21 or trustees release her. The Ohio law allows detention until legal age, confirming the state standard for wards in such cases.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ellis Friday
Mary Schmidt
Cincinnati
Delaware
Ellis
Dedication date set for Fort Meigs monument
Columbus Ohio officials and the Fort Meigs monument commission in conference with Gov Harris fixed September 1 as the dedication day. The date precedes the grand parade at the national G A R encampment in Toledo with Senator Foraker invited to deliver the address.
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Columbus
Charles M. Shoemaker
Waterville
J. I. Pray
Toledo
J- B-Wilson
Bowling—Green
Chardon Publisher Ends Life at Gillsy Hotel
In Cleveland Ohio F W Smith 40 of Chardon shot himself through the heart at the Gillsy hotel. His body was found Thursday undressed on the bed with a revolver at his side and a note addressed to his wife Gertrude on the bureau. Smith had moved from Alliance a year ago and published several advertising journals.
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Cleveland
F. W. Smith
Chardon
Gillsy Hotel
Gertrude ‘Smith
Smith
Alliance
Governor Harris Vetoes Penitentiary Site Bill
Columbus Ohio Governor Harris on Thursday vetoed the bill to purchase a site for a new penitentiary. It marks his first veto, aside from two minor uses on an unauthorized deficiency bill. He cited excessive cost and a poorly drawn measure as reasons for the veto.
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Columbus
Harris
Liberty Prisoner Nabbed at Gates in New York Repossession
Charles A. Carleton, four and a half year inmate of Ohio penitentiary for violating postal laws in promoting a fad, fraud, was released Friday. At the prison gates a New York detective re arrested him on a similar charge with a requisition to return him to New York.
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Columbus, O
Charles A. Carleton
Ohio
New York
Bishop Horstmann Will Sets Modest Estate After Death
The late Bishop Horstmann's will filed in Cleveland probate court shows he owned little property. He distributed his worldly effects during life and died penniless except for $500 bequests to each of his three executors for masses.
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Horstmann
Cleveland, O
Jealousy Fueled Murder Shocks Newark Community
Ernest Terwilliger, enraged by domestic discord, killed his 18 year old wife during a quarrel at their home in Newark. He confessed to the double crime after arrest and is held under guard as townspeople demand swift justice. The couple had reconciled recently and lived with Charles Nutters before the tragedy.
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Newark
Ernest Terwilliger
Terwilligers
Terwilliger
Charles—Nutter
Railroad seeks injunction over ticket sales plan
Southeastern Ohio Railway Light and Power Co. sues the railroad commission of Ohio to block an order forcing ticket sales from Iron Spot to Zanesville. The company says few passengers board at Iron Spot and an office there is not affordable, arguing against opening a ticket office.
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Columbus, O
Southeastern Ohio Railway, Light and Power Co
Railroad Commission of Ohio
Iron Spot
Zanesville
Ohio State Wins Big Six Track Meet in Columbus
Ohio State University captured the Big Six intercollegiate track meet in Columbus with 47 points. Oberlin finished second with 40, Western Reserve third with 27, Ohio Wesleyan fourth with 26, Wooster fifth with 16, and Kenyon last with 9. New Big Six records were set in the one mile, 16 pound hammer throw, and the Big Six replay, as more than 5,000 fans watched at the Driving Park.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Oberlin
Western Reserves
Ohio Wesleyan
Wooster
Kenyon
Morgan appoints inspectors in state shop department
Morgan on Friday named eight male inspectors under the new law for the department. Charles Martins of Cleveland William Cope of East Liverpool Walter Cranston of Columbus J. W. Darnell of Norwood Arthur Hoerner of Leinsburg F. T. Christian of Akron John Reid of Youngstown Charles Calvin of Portsmouth.
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Columbus
Morgan
Charles Martins
Cleveland
William Cope
East Liverpool
Walter Cranston
J. W. Darnell
Norwood
Arthur Hoerner
Leinsburg
F. T. Christian
Akron
John Reid
Youngstown
Charles Calvin
Portsmouth
Markets Report Across Cities With Oil Prices and Grains
Markets note mixed prices across multiple cities. Wheat ranges from 98 to 105 cents per bushel, corn around 74 to 79 cents, oats 54 to 56 cents, and hogs around 6 dollars. Regional variations show Minnesota, Ohio, Illinois, and Pennsylvania items with steady government bonds and varied grain futures.
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Sterling “Exchange
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New London
Strait of Juan-de-Fuca
Tilsonburg
Ont
Evan T. Williams
Ironton
Helen Maloney
Arthur H. Osborne
Justice McCall
Supreme Court of New York
Samuel Clarkson
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Allen H. Hamiter
Busge
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Gov-Harris
Railroad
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York
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Pittsburg
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