Actress Clara Bloodgood Ends Her Career With Suicide
Baltimore December report states actress Clara Bloodgood shot herself in her Stafford Hotel suite after matinee performance amid fears of nervous prostration. A bellboy heard a pistol blast as she failed to answer door. Coroner calls it self-inflicted. husband reportedly en route to the city.
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Baltimore
Clara Bloodgood
Stafford
The
Academy of Music
John Emerson
Bloodgood
Wess
Mrs. Bloodgood
Rush to Withdraw Deposits Triggers Bank Suspension
Customers overwhelmed Hamilton Bank prompting officials to rush withdrawals before a forced suspension. The dispute centers on secure deposits and the bank's liquidity, signaling a serious financial panic in the area. Officials warned of further actions as the bank faced steep withdrawals and mounting pressure.
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Hamilton Bank
Cleveland Clears Checks And Clears Usury Bank Probe
Cleveland directors plan new clearing house checks totaling about 35.9 million in $1 $2 $5 and $10 denominations. unsigned by business houses, bearing E R Dale signature with bank countersignatures. New York reports detail a Hamilton bank collapse probe by Receiver Frank White alleging usurious lending, large overdrafts by E R Thomas and W R Montgomery, and securities concerns. Criminal action discussed. disclosures show extensive withdrawals by bank executives before suspension on October 23 and numerous maker and guarantor liabilities totaling millions against the bank’s papers.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland Clearing House Association
E. R. Dale
New York
Frank White
Hargilton Bank
E. R. Thomas
W. R. Montgomery
Jerome
K. White
R. Thomas
F. Augustus Heinze
Montgomery
Hamilton Bank
William K. Montgomery
Thomso
O. F. Thomas
David Sullivan
Augustus Heinz
Otto Heinze & Co
Robert Macklay & Co
National Commerce and Immigration Recommendations
Oscar S. Straus issues the annual report urging national control of corporations and tighter steam vessel regulation while noting a gradual easing of immigration for Chinese higher classes. He cites rising corporate publicity needs and compares 1905 to 1907 immigration figures, with 1,298,413 applicants and 13,064 rejections in 1907 and a sharp rise in admissions.
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Washington
Oscar S. Straus
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Congress
China
Miners Dead After West Virginia Mine Explosion
At Monongah West Virginia an explosion in Consolidated Coal Co. Mines Nos 6 and 8 killed an estimated 400 to 400 workers with many more rescued but in critical condition. Rescue teams worked as bodies and injured were found. most workers were at work in the two mines when the blast occurred.
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Monongah
W. Va
Consolidated Coal Co
Baltimore
America
Heirs of McKinley Sued Over Will Construction in Ohio
In Canton and Cleveland Ohio, a suits seeks a definite construction of William McKinley last will and testament. Abner McKinley administrator files suit against McKinley heirs and related parties to resolve will provisions as creditors push for estate action. Cleveland women form a lobby to abolish the death penalty backing Senator Schmidt and Brand Whitlock’s bill.
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Canton, O
Common Pleas Court
William McKinley
R. §. Shields
Abner McKinley
Helen McKinley
Sarah Duncan
Ida Cooper
David McKinley
James McKinley
Grace Heidt
Mabel Baer
Anna Allen
Cleveland, O
Cleveland Society
Women’s Club
Council of Women
Thomas Schmidt
Brand Whitlock
Toledo
Stella Jacobs
Enraged Neighbors Rescue Baby From Man in Youngstown
In Wick Extension, enraged neighbors beat Arthur Huntrey after seizing his 2 year old son and accusing him of planning to throw the child into the Mahoning river. Two police officers arrived to break up the mob and Huntrey was jailed on a Humane Society warrant. The crowd says Huntrey, intoxicated, would have drowned the boy without their intervention.
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Youngstown, O
Arthur Huntrey
Wick Extension
Mahoning River
Huntley
Humane Society
Negro Hines on Trial For Murder in Dayton
Layton Hines stands trial in Dayton charged with the murders of Anna Markowitz and Abraham Cohan at McCabe's Park. He allegedly confessed to the coroner, sheriff, and county prosecutor, then recanted. Defense are Mose Jones and Charles Kumler. Sparks from seven tons of powder at King’s Mills sparked a massive blast injuring five workers. The explosion wrecked the glazing mill and rattled a 20 mile radius, likely due to a machinery spark ignition.
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Negro Hines
Dayton
Layton Hines
Anna Markowitz
Abraham Cohan
McCabe’s Park
Schuster
Bees
Nevin
Col.ision
Mose Jones
Charles H. Kumler
King’s Mills
King’s Powder Works
Smohe
Kirby Acquitted in Washington D. C. shooting verdict
The jury acquitted George Kirby a saloon keeper here after he shot and killed Fred Marchant a local businessman. Kirby cried when the verdict was read and argued he was drunk at the time and did not know what he was doing.
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Kirby
Washington D. H
George Kirby
Fred Marchant
Marchant
State Auditor Calls For Bank Statements in Ohio
State Auditor Guilbert issued a call for a statement of the condition of the state banks of Ohio at the start of business. There are 645 banks, with Cleveland leading at 37, Cincinnati next with 27, and Columbus third with 19. Aggregate capital amounts to $40,000,000.
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Columbus
Guilbert
Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Physician Killed by Train in Steubenville
Steubenville Ohio reports the death of 57 year old Dr J S Cleeland a Pittsburg physician and oil operator who was struck and killed by a Panhandle freight train while crossing the tracks.
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Steubenville, O
J. S. Cleeland
Pittsburg
Panhandle
Not Party To Sales Cadiz Ruling
In Cadiz Ohio the circuit court with Judges Burrows Cook and Laubie held that express companies receiving money for liquor packages shipped cash on delivery are not a party to the sale of the liquor. The decision clarifies liability and roles in C O D liquor transactions. The ruling impacts carriers and merchants in similar shipping arrangements.
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Cadiz
Burrows, Cook and Laubie
Receiver Appointed at Williams Coal & Coke Co
Steubenville reports M. Brown designated receiver for the M L Williams Coal and Coke Co at Portland station amid allegations of debts totaling about 29000 dollars. Creditor action and company affairs under court oversight proceed.
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Steubenville, O.—D
M. Brown
M. L. Williams Coal & Coke Co
Portland Station
Village In Millville Narrowly Escapes Fire
Fire started in the hotel building and likely had incendiary origins. Four hundred farmers rushed to help after bells rang, aiding in battling the blaze as Millville village barely escaped extensive destruction near Hamilton Ohio.
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Hamilton
Millville
County charges ex-Treasurer with $242,122 graft
Eaton county brings formal guilt against former Treasurer Alonzo Scott for 242,122 dollars alleged to have been received from Eaton banks for county deposits and in collecting delinquent taxes.
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Eaton
Alonzo Scott
Eaton Banks
Former Clerk Arrested for Contempt in Bogus Certificate
St. Clairsville Ohio Lawson E Emers on a former clerk of the supreme court was arrested by Assistant Supreme Court Marshal McCallister. He was taken to Columbus and faces contempt charges for issuing a bogus certificate.
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St. Clairsville, O
Lawson E. Emerson
Supreme Court
McCalister
Columbus
Boy Beaten by Older Boys Left for Dead in Gutter
Nine year old Earl Boughton of Niles Ohio was attacked by several older youths. He was beaten into insensibility and his lifeless body dumped into a gutter. He is believed to be dying.
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Niles
Ohio Crop Report Shows Wheat Down Since November
The December 1 crop report states the 1908 wheat harvest at 80 percent of normal, down two points from November 1. Forty-three percent of the 1907 crop was sold from the thresher. Insect damage was under 2 percent. The 1907 corn crop totals 102,284,045 bushels, about 23.6 million less than 1906, with much of the yield soft and unsalable.
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Columbus, O
Former Congressman Outhwaite Dies in Columbus
Joseph H. Outhwaite, former Ohio congressman, died at his Columbus home of pneumonia. He chaired the Pacific railroads and military affairs committees in Congress and later served five years on the fortifications board. He was ill only two days.
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Columbus
Joseph H. Outhwaite
Ohio
Outhwaite
Congress
Fortifications Board
State Board Seeks 850000 For Canal Improvements
Columbus Ohio Charles E Perkins chief engineer of the state board of public works announced that 350000 would be requested from the general assembly to improve the canals. Of this total 500000 would go to the Miami and Erie canal while the Ohio and Erie waterways could use 350000 for improvements.
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Columbus
Charles E. Perkins
State Board of Public Works
General Assembly
Miami and Erie Canal
Ohio and Erie Waterways
Merchant Marine League Plans Dec 21 Convention
Cleveland aims to boost shipping interests with an active campaign. The Merchant Marine league plans a notable convention in the city on December 21 to influence Congress and national shipping policy.
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Cleveland, O
Merchant Marine League
Congress
Pardons Board Rejects Appeals of Two Ohio Murderers
The State Board of Pardons refused to intervene in the cases of Frank Earl and John Soloy. Earl killed William Legg the Sidney butcher and is slated for electrocution December 20. Soloy, condemned for murdering a 14 year old girl, is to be executed December 13.
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Columbus
State Board of Pardons
Frank Earl
John Soloy
Annex
Earl
William Legg
Sidney Butcher
Soloy
Heavy sentences imposed in Columbus case
In Columbus Ohio Thomas Hoffman twenty of Orbiston was sentenced by United States Court Judge John E Later to twelve months in Mansfield reformatory and fined twenty five dollars. Erastus W Willson was sent to jail for six months and fined fifty dollars, and Roy Jones was fined twenty five dollars for sending obscene letters through the mails.
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Columbus
Thomas Hoffman
Orbiston
United States Court
John E. Later
Mansfield Reformatory
Erastus W. Willson
Roy Jones
Not Guilty Verdict In Forgery Case Against A F Bickly
After a five day trial Judge Ahead in Greenville Ohio presided over the case of Attorney A F Bickly charged with forgery and uttering a forged receipt. The jury returned a not guilty verdict after being cut time at 30 minutes.
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Hamilton
A. F. Bickly
Judge Ahead
Greenville
Ohio
Hatpin Killed Child Doyle West Case Review
A postmortem on Doyle West aged 8 months found a six inch hatpin in the stomach. The pin nearly surfaced at the hip after the child reportedly swallowed it four months prior, causing extreme suffering.
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Tiffit
Doyle
West
Squire Samuel Bloom Dies in Cincinnati Home
Squire Samuel Bloom, a long time Cincinnati justice of the peace for eighteen years and with twenty one years in local justices courts as constable or magistrate, died at his home.
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Samuel Bloom
Cincinnati
Squire Samuel Bloom
Murder Mystery Uncovered In Marion Pool Of Blood Found
School children discover a pool of blood two stained handkerchiefs and a three foot gas pipe with bloody hair at one end, leading police to believe a murder mystery has been unearthed in Marion Ohio.
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Marion
Newark Woman Found Starving in Suburban House
Mrs. Emaline Albert of Newark Ohio was found starving and freezing in a city outskirts house. Her son, her sole support, is in jail and she had not eaten for two days.
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Newark
Emaline Albert
Wife Rushed and Shot by Husband in Nashville Tragedy
Frank Click, 25, a machinist, shot his wife Ruth Click three times in the Bilbo Avenue area. One bullet struck her heart and she died instantly. Click then shot himself in the head and lay dying at the city hospital. The couple, married last July, had traveled from Memphis to Nashville, where Ruth had been staying with her father W. N. Bilbo.
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Nashville
Tenn
Frank Click
Ruth Click
City Hospital
Click
Memphis
Hive
W. N. Bilbo
Bilbo, Avenue
Sallie Hughes
Grandmother Accuses Self of Killing Grandchildren
In Somerville Massachusetts Mrs Emery Huntley 45 walked into a police station Dec 10 and confessed to killing her two grandchildren Raymond Shomo 6 and Caroline Huntley 4. The children were found dead at her home after being stupefied with illuminating gas and drowned in a bathtub They had been visiting their grandmother Their mother had died by suicide shortly after the husband’s death and Mrs Huntley had been deemed mentally weak for some time.
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Somerville
Mass
Emery Huntley
Raymond Shomo
Caroline Huntley
King Oscar II of Sweden Dies at Palace in Stockholm
Stockholm December 9 King Oscar II died at 9 10 am in the royal apartment surrounded by his family including Queen Sophia and Crown Prince Oscar Gustaf with state ministers nearby. Crowds assembled outside with bowed heads and tearful eyes as news spread across the country.
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Stockholm
Oscar II
Sweden
Sopha
Oscar Gustre
Oscar
Wireless Phones Work Faultlessly in Navy Test Cruise
Washington, Dec. 10. Torpedo flotilla vessels on a Norfolk to Pacific cruise demonstrated wireless telephone use. Messages were verified over a distance exceeding 13 miles. All 16 battleships slated to sail will be equipped with wireless telephones.
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Washington
Norfolk
Pacific
Red Cross Campaign For Monongah Miners Victims
The Chicago Red Cross society plans a whirlwind 48 hour drive starting Monday to raise 5000 dollars for destitute relatives of the miners killed in the Monongah explosion. The appeal targets immediate relief for families affected by the West Virginia disaster.
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Red Cross
Chicago
Ill
Chicago Red Cross Society
Mononigah
W. Va
Whole Block Burned in Pawnee Oklahoma Fire
Fire in Pawnee Oklahoma destroyed an entire block including the Globe Hotel the Masonic Lodge building and the post office with losses estimated at two hundred thousand dollars.
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Pawnee
Okla
Globe Hotel
Masonic Lodge
Jealous Man's Crime in Hannibal Missouri
Isaac Wilcox a telephone lineman shot and killed Mrs. Wilkinson and her brother Cotton Hanson at Louis Liebe's home then killed himself. Wilkinson was a widow and Wilcox had once been a suitor for her hand.
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Hannibal, Mo
Wilcox
Pennsylvania Railroad Eyes Telephone Train Operation
Johnstown Pa December 10 The Pennsylvania Railroad is said to be contemplating installing telephone operation across its entire network including main line and branches to coordinate train movements and communications.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania ‘Railroad
Goldfield Mines May Opened Attempt With Non-Union Men
Captain Wm Cox, Gov Sparks’ representative in Goldfield Nevada, said a Mineowners’ Association report claimed an effort would be made this week to reopen the mines with non union labor.
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Goldfield Mines
Goldfield, Nev
Wm Cox
Sparks
Goldfield
Ners’ Association
Steamship President Grant Delayed By Heavy Weather
Boulogne notes that the steamship President Grant carrying Secretary Taft and party bound for sailing from the port Sunday faced a delay due to heavy weather.
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Boulogne
President Grant
Taft
Midville Marshal Records Fatality In Contested Incident
In Midville Georgia a Black suspect fatally wounded Marshal Brin's son by gunfire. The assailant faced court action after drawing a weapon during the confrontation, with officers ordering him to appear Monday. The suspect shot the marshal three times, then minutes later died.
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Midville
Marshal Brinson
Fifteen ships rendezvous at Hampton Roads harbor
Three battleships joined the Kansas Rhode Island and Connecticut at Norfolk rendezvous bringing the total to fifteen ships at the rendezvous in Hampton Roads.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Kansas
Rhode Island
Monks Fight Bandits at Pskov Monastery Victory
News from St. Petersburg reports a monastery near Pskov attacked by 20 Lettish Esthenian bandits. Monks defended fiercely, six monks killed and three wounded. Troops pursued the attackers, who were exterminated after a last stand in a house near the station.
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St. Petersburg
Pskov
Roops
Burglars Break Into Herbert L Swift Mansion in Chicago
Burglars entered the Swift residence in Chicago and rifled the house of jewels, family date and other valuables. The value is not yet estimated. Among the items taken were heirloom family plate, cut glass and silver belonging to Mrs. Swift.
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Chicago, Ill
Herbert L. Swift
Great Lakes Losses Hit 135 Lives in 1907
Detroit report shows 135 lives lost on the Great Lakes in 1907 and $2,000,000 in damage. The figures underscore the peril of winter shipping and the need for safer navigation.
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Detroit
Mich
Great Lakes
Shot Woman Found Dead Near LaSalle Street Station
Chicago December 7 Godfrey Voegels of 461 North Marshfield Avenue was found shot to death within 200 feet of the LaSalle Street railroad station, a murder mystery police call one of the darkest in years.
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Chicago
Godfrey Voegels
North Marshfield Avenue
LaSalle Street
Treasury buys 300000 ounces of silver at 57.686c per ounce
The treasury department announced a purchase of 300000 ounces of silver on Friday at 57.686 cents per fine ounce. One third of the quantity will be delivered to each of the New Orleans Denver and Philadelphia mints.
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Washington
Treasury Department
New Orleans
Denver
Philadelphia
Tucker Freed in Federal Court Demurrer Ruling
In Topeka federal court on December 7, the demurrer to the indictment of Secretary H. H. Tucker Jr. charging mail fraud in promoting the Uncle Sam Oil Co. was sustained and Tucker was freed.
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Topeka
Kan
H. H. Tucker, Jr
Uncle Sam Oi Co
Tucker
Guasca Sinks After Collision Off Paranaguá
The Brazilian steamer Guasca of 550 tons, under Capt Ramos, was sunk off Paranagué, Brazil after a collision with an unknown vessel. Thirty people aboard drowned, according to Rio de Janeiro reports dated December 7.
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Rio Janeiro
Ramos
Paranagué Brazil
Sought the Governor's Life: Madman wounds labor leaders
An insane man entered the Massachusetts statehouse anteroom and fired at three labor leaders as Gov. Guild’s door was closed. Edward Cohen, Lynn president of the AFL state branch, was probably fatally wounded. Dennis D. Driscoll, Boston secretary, seriously injured. Arthur M. Huddell, Boston former Central Labor Union president, injured. John A. Steele of Everett, just released from Danvers asylum, claimed he came to get the governor.
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Boston
Statehouse
Five Years Prison and 1000 Dollar Fine for Wife Beating
New York judge Justice Dowling imposes the maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $1000 fine on John Nahan for assaulting his wife with a shovel after she refused to give money for liquor. The victim sustained serious injuries and Nahan previously served three workhouse sentences for wife beating.
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New York
John Nahan
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
Nahan
Harris Charged With Systematic Diamond Robbery
Louis W Harris age 18 formerly employed as bookkeeper and city salesman for Rudolph Noel & Co Maiden Lane diamond brokers was arrested and charged with systematically stealing diamonds totaling ten thousand dollars from the firm in New York on December 6.
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Kew York
Louis W. Harris
Rudolph Noel & Co
Maiden Lane
Mrs Louisa Taft Visibly Failing in Millbury Mass
Millbury Mass Dec 6 Mrs Louisa Taft aged mother of Secretary Taft remains in unchanged condition since Wednesday with death regarded as imminent.
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Millbury
Mass
Louisa Taft
Taft
Many Saloons Closed in Illinois Dry Sweep
Chicago December 6 six hundred saloons were closed as a local option from last election took effect at midnight. Eight counties are totally dry and six allow saloons in only a few precincts across fourteen counties transitioning to dry status.
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Chicago
Illinois
Diamonds and Jewels Stolen in Memphis Flats
Diamonds and jewels valued at several thousand dollars were stolen from the apartments of Mr and Mrs Russell Clarkson on the second floor of the Marchal Court flats in Memphis Tennessee on December date.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dec
Russell Clarkson
Marcheal Cous
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