Thaw questioned by lunacy commission in New York
The report details Harry K. Thaw being questioned for hours by the lunacy commission and cross examined by Jerome. It notes involvement of alienists for the prosecution and a delayed court report, alongside a broad roundup of international and domestic affairs from the era.
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Harry K. Thaw
Jerome
Galusha . A. Grow
Glenwood
Kursk
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Jules van den Pereboom
Russels
William B. Thayer
Emery, Bird Thayer Dry Goods Company
Kansas City
Paul J Weller
Chicago
Johnstown
N.Y
BE. S. Loveland
Collis P. Huntington
Oneonta
N. Y
Jim Wiliams
Lillie
Mizener
Colbert
I. T
Durant
Pennsylvania Railway
Youngstown
Otto Britting
Milbrook
N. J
Moscow
William K. Niver
Syracuse
Taft
Foraker
United States Senate
Ohio
Bitlis
Turkey
W. H. Ogden
Ripon
Wis
North Jersey Street Railway Company
Newark
Russell Sage
New York City
H. E. Bowman
Columbus
Delphos O.F
Germany
Southern Railway
Atlanta
General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller
Yale University
Princeton University
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Millsaps College
Jackson
Miss
President Names 18 Railroad Men Given Posts
The president has appointed eighteen railroad men to key positions, signaling a reshuffle aimed at strengthening management and operations across rail lines. The roster includes noted executives from major railway companies and transportation unions.
Roosevelt policy on railroads defends fairness and regulates without ownership
President Roosevelt clarifies he is not hostile to corporations and urges government regulation over railroads. He rejects owning railroads and will push for enacted legislation, maintaining his stance from prior addresses. A Illinois Manufacturers delegation sought a Springfield speech to reassure business leaders, but he declined.
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Washington
Roosevelt
C. H. Smith
Ilinois Manufacturers’ Association
Ohio Will Be Contested-Recorder Refuses To Make Returns
Dayton Ohio county recorder Theobald refuses to file quarterly office returns with County Auditor Kauffman prompting a formal test of the county salary law. Attorney General Ellis seeks mandamus to uphold the law affecting Ohio recorders. McMahon to represent Theobald. The ruling, in effect since January 1, draws local dissatisfaction over nonreimbursement when receipts fall short of expenses.
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Dayton
Theobald
Kauffman
Ellis
County Recorders of
Ohio
John A. McMahon
Storm ends as Licking County Bank proves safe
Newark reports prompt payment of all deposits and large currency piles quiet a bank run at Licking County Bank and Trust Co. Directors and officers from Newark banks issued statements assuring the public of the bank’s safety and noting assets sufficient to cover every depositor, with $240,000 extra.
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Newark
Pe Ciers
Licking County Bank and Trust Co
Licking County
the Licking
Miller bound over for grand jury in Bonell death case
Kelly Miller, a young widower and Wheeling & Lake Erie ticket agent, appeared in magistrate court with his two young children as Josiah Bowell accuses him of giving drugs to his daughter. The girl on her deathbed signed a statement naming Miller as the cause of her trouble, and Miller was bound over on $2,500 bond to the grand jury.
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Coshocton
Kelly Miller
Cora Bonell
Miller
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Josiah Bowell
Ashland Man Paroled in Stir Escapes at Depot Fight
Mansfield Ohio reports Lloyd Daugherty of Ashland paroled after age father sought release. He fought near the B&O depot, was badly cut, and after escape from Capt. Charles, fled for two hours before recapture while trying to board a train to Ashland.
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Mansfield
Lloyd Daugherty
Ashland
Daugherty
George Charles
By the Temperance Law That Ruined His Business Mast
Canton reports John Mast once operated wholesale beer in Millersburg until the town went dry. His ventures failed in Fredericksburg and Orrville, driving him to despondency. Now confined in Canton city prison and slated for transfer to Massillon state hospital.
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Canton, O
John Mast
Mast
Millersburg
Fredericksburg
Orrville
Massillon State Hospital
Six Die In Missouri Texas Wreck Near Ft Worth
Ft Worth, Tex April 2 Six train men were killed in a head on collision between two Missouri and Texas freight trains six miles south of here on a downhill run. Fire followed the crash and two brakemen were cremated before help arrived. Over 300 cattle perished and eight merchandise cars burned. The wreck was blamed on the north bound train failing to receive an order.
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Ft. Worth
Tex
Missouri & Texas Railroad
Here
Williams brothers jailed for postal order crime in Ohio visit
Lima, O residents Newton Williams and Orville Williams, Ohio brothers, faced consequences after visits to their mother in the city revealed a scheme. Newton, who came three years ago, was convicted for receiving raised postal orders sent on to him and is serving five years at Leavenworth. Orville, sought in Kansas for forgeries, was nabbed at his mother's home and will be sent back.
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Lima
Ohio
Williams Brothers
Newton
Orville
Kansas
Leavenworth
Jola
Kan
Cure For Laziness Ordered By Cleveland Judge
Cleveland juvenline tale reports Judge Lee Addams orders Amerigo D Olive aged 14 to sleep on a hard board for laziness. Sheriff to supervise until the youth promises better behavior.
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Cleveland
Lee Addams
Amerigo D’olive
Mil lard McCawley Shot by Stepson at Brookport
Metropolis Illinois reports Capt Mil lard McCawley a prominent river man shot and killed by his stepson Daily Crouch at Brookport after domestic trouble. McCawley broke in the door and was shot in the head twice. Crouch acted in self defense.
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Metropolis
Ill
Millard McCawley
Daily Crouch
Brookport
McCawley
Crouch
Guest at Hamilton party charged with theft in cloakroom
Sam Fields, guest at a Hamilton house party hosted by Charles Truelock on Chestnut street, is jailed on robbery charges after—according to Officers Tucker and Wilmer—stolen hat and pocketbook were found at Fields's boarding house. The incident followed the party where Frank Meyer reported missing items from the cloakroom.
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Hamilton
Sam Fields
Fields
Charles Truelock
Chestnut Street
Frank Meyer
Tucker and Wilmer
First Wife Accuses William White of Bigamy
Maggie White of Springfield charges William White of Troy with bigamy. White, who wed Maggie in 1901, then married Claudie May Watson here three years later, was arrested in Troy and brought to this city to answer the charge. Officials have pursued him since last July.
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Urbana
William White
Troy
Maggie White
Springfield
White
Claudie May Watson
Husband Arrester in Chicago Widow Killing
In Chicago on April 2 Mrs. Sarah Graff of 446 West Harrison street lay dead in bed with a deep gash over her right temple. Blood spatter stained the room floor and bed clothing. Late in the day her husband, the deceased’s spouse, was arrested and offered no denial of the killing.
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Chicago
Sarah Graff
West Harrison Street
Graff
Receiver Appointed for Lorain & Elyria Ice and Coal Co
Lorain Ohio reports an application for a receiver due to inability to meet paper falling due. Jacob Kuebler of Sandusky indorsed the company notes and requested the receiver. Assets are listed at 90600 with liabilities at 55000.
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Lorain, O
Jealousy Fatal Shooting At Portland
Roscoe James, son of the Oregon penitentiary superintendent, shot and killed Miss Grace N. Disney of Warren, then fatally wounded himself. Doctors fear he will die from the self inflicted head wound.
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Portland
Ore
Roscoe James
Oregon Penitentiary
Grace N. Disney
Warren
Temperance Forces Win in Millersburg Primary
The democratic primaries drew a large vote in Millersburg Ohio with temperance supporters winning the race for mayor J. T. Shaw marshal J. E. Albritton treasurer B. J. Young and clerk Holler Bell. The battle centered on the marshal position.
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Temperance
Millersburg
J. T. Shaw
J. E. Albritton
B. J. Young
Holler Bell
Columbus Brewers To Strike Urges Jurisdiction Over Workers
In Columbus Ohio the brewery workers union issued an ultimatum to local breweries to place engineers and firemen under their jurisdiction or they will halt beer production. The A F L has ruled that brewery workers lack authority over those craftsmen.
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Columbus
Brewery Workers’ Union
A. F. of L
Texas Stonecutters Strike in Texas Cities
Dallas April 2 Granite cut ters in all the larger cities of Texas struck. They demand an increase of from 33 to 35 cents per day. The master stone masons, it is believed, will attempt to have open shops.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Soap Plant Sold In Toledo Sale Of Old Bell Bros Plant
The Bell Bros Soap Co plant in Toledo Ohio, one of the nation’s oldest, was sold to Iowa Soap Co of Burlington Iowa for 30000 dollars. The Toledo plant is expected to be practically rebuilt.
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Toledo
Bell Bros. Soap Co
United States
Iowa Soap Co
Burlington
Becker and Brockman Petition Reaches Supreme Court
The petition in error in the case of Robert E. Becker and John E. Brockman against Harry A. Freiberg from the Hamilton County circuit court reached the Ohio Supreme Court. The matter concerns property conveyed to Joseph Freiberg and tied to assets of the Robert EF. Becker Co.
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Supreme Court
Columbus
Robert E. Becker
John E. Brockman
Harry A. Freiberg
Circuit Court
Hamilton County
Joseph Freiberg
Robert EF. Becker Co
Farm Hand Kills Boss then Takes Own Life in Quarrel
Fergus Falls Minnesota April 2 Jacob Granstad a prominent farmer was shot and killed by Hans Gilbertson a farm hand who then shot himself dead The murder and death by own action stem from a wage dispute.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Jacob Granstad
Hans Gilbertson
Snow Falls Over Frostburg Maryland
Snow covered Frostburg with more than an inch of snow on April 2 as Cumberland reports wintery conditions in the region.
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Frostburg
Cumberland, Md
82 Year Old Broadway Gypsy Leader Dies in Toledo
Isabel Broadway aged 82, oldest survivor of the Broadway tribe of gypsies founded in Somersetshire England, died at her Toledo home of her stepson. The tribe came to America 50 years ago.
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Toledo, O
Isabel Broadway
Somersetshire
Eng
America
Toledo man commits suicide in woodshed rear home
Frederick Navarre a 56 year old lumber carrier in Toledo died by hanging himself with a strap in a woodshed behind his residence. Neighbors say he was demented. The incident is reported as a self inflicted death with no further details given.
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Toledo
Frederick Navarre
Strike resumes as Montgomery Traction car damaged
In Montgomery Alabama on April 2 strike sympathizers hurled bricks and stones at a Traction Co. streetcar injuring a motorman. Several arrests were reported while twenty nine cars remained in service and regular service has been resumed.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery Traction Co
Toledo man Kiley located after disappearance in Buffalo
Frank Kiley, a Toledo and Ohio Central railway soliciting agent, vanished after questionable bucket shop dealings and was later found in Buffalo on what is described as private business. The case appears to involve a routine missing person inquiry with no further details released.
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Kiley
Toledo, O
Frank Kiley
Toledo & Ohio Central Railway
Buffalo
Bulgarian Attacks Burn Serbian Towns in Belgrade Report
Belgrade reports bands of Bulgarians attacking Rudnik and Topolcha, burning 30 houses and killing seven men. Women and children are said to have been maltreated amid the violence.
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Belgrade
Servia
Servian
Rudnik
Topolcha
Lake Erie & Youngstown Railway Incorporation
L. E. & Y. Incorporated at Columbus announces a capital stock of 10000 to commence business. The report does not specify the line type but lists Conneaut and Youngstown as termini for the new railway venture.
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L. E. & Y. Incorporated
Columbus, O
Lake Erie & Youngstown Railway Co
Conneaut
Youngstown
Kirtley Plans Steel Freight Boats for M and E Canal
Defiance Ohio public works board member William Kirtley Jr is nicknamed Admiral Kirtley by colleagues for pushing capital investment in a line of steel freight boats to run on the Miami and Erie canal.
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Kirtley
Defiance
Wm. Kirtley, Jr
Menber
State Board of Public Works
Admiral Kirtley
M. and E. Canal
Tragedy in St Joseph as Traveler Killed in Rescue
Charles L. Stanley a commercial traveler was killed in St Joseph after rushing to aid a woman reportedly assaulted by Wesley Christopher who was arrested. The incident occurred in an alley and Stanley was shot in the heart.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Charles L. Stanley
Wesley Christopher
Christopher
Stanley
New Hotel Planned at Superior and Bond Streets
The Raymond property in Cleveland at Superior and Bond streets is subleased by Mall Building Co. to New York capitalists for 24000 dollars yearly for 99 years. A 16 to 20 story hotel will be erected on the site.
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Cleveland
Cleveland, C
Raymond
Superior and
Bond Streets
Mall Building Co
New York
Old offender Hirschberger given 489 days in workhouse
Hamilton Ohio Milan P Hirschberger who broke Policeman Welsh's nose during arrest was sentenced to the maximum 489 days in the Cincinnati workhouse by Mayor Thomas. His parents testified against him, confirming a history of prior offenses.
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Hamilton, O
Milan P. Hirschberger
Welsh
Cincinnati
Thomas
Hirschberger
Flames threaten 12 story Milwaukee railway exchange
Fire in Milwaukee railways exchange tower, a 12 story brick building, risks total destruction as flames spread through the structure. Firemen battle the blaze with heavy smoke and reports indicate the early stages of the disaster.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Railway Exchange
Missing Railway Agent Probed for Possible Suicide
An agent for the T and O C railway has vanished from home amid rumors of gambling at bucket shops. He reportedly owes friends more than 7000 dollars and his office fears he may have harmed himself.
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Toledo
Frank Kiley
T. & O. C. Railway
Springfield firm buys water works bonds in Cincinnati sale
Springfield, C seasongood and May er of Cincinnati purchased 35000 dollars of four percent twenty year water works bonds at par with accrued interest up to March 1 and a premium of 1100 dollars.
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Springfield
Seasongood & Mayer
Cincinnati
Kenyon Bank Creditors Hear 8 Percent Dividend Ordered
Bellefontaine Ohio notes another 8 percent dividend to creditors of the defunct Kenyon bank at Rushsylvania. The total paid to creditors now reaches 18 percent.
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Bellefontaine, C
Kenyon Bank
Rushsylvania
Oil well on Barnes farm shoots gas and oil yield
Brink Haven Ohio reports the Barnes farm well was shot and produced 1,500,000 cubic feet of gas and 75 barrels of high grade oil. Storage tanks are being ordered for the oil by Quake Oil and Gas Company of Chester, Pennsylvania, the developers.
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Brink Haven
Barnes Farm
Quake Oi & Gas Co
Chester, Pa
Local Minister Reports Shotgun Kill of Silver Loon
Marysville Ohio Reverend A E Harford of the Methodist church, described as skilled with a shotgun, reportedly killed a silver loon seen in the area. The bird measures about three feet, with the event described in terse local notes.
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Marysville
A. E. Harford
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