Senate debates anti pass railroad bill as reform efforts resume
Large Washington protests are noted on the anti pass amendment to the railroad rate bill with reconsideration planned. Pension bills break records in the House while Hepburn attacks navy court martial and broader trade questions spark debates among senators and representatives.
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Stanley
Kentucky
Department of Commerce and Labor
Obacco Trust
American
Continental
Imperial Tobacco Cos
Platt
United States
Lincoln
Bailey
Interstate’ Commerce Commission
President Affirms Open Acceptance of Key Amendments in Rate Bill
Washington officials released letters from the president and Attorney General Moody clarifying the railroad rate bill debate. The president said he was satisfied to have amendments like Long Overman Bacon and Spooner included but did not pledge to insist on any specific set as a condition of approval and insisted he was not dictating a program.
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Overman, Bacon and Spooner
Washington
Senate
Tillman
Chandler
Lodge
White House
Moody
Allison
House
Overman
Bacon
Spooner
Mr. Chandler
Nick and Alice to Attend Ceremonies at Marietta
Washington May 11 Senator Dick led an Ohio delegation to request an invitation for a tablet ceremony at Marietta Ohio marking the Northwest Territory capital. The October celebration will feature a notable ceremony with the full Ohio delegation and many prominent national figures. Representative Nicholas Longworth and Mrs Longworth plan to attend.
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Ohio
Roosevelt
Marietta
Marimia
Northwest Territory
Nicholas Longworth
Longworth
Farmer Objects To Air Line Survey Through Farm
Theo Nemeyer of the Co-operative Construction Co was shot by W A Masters while surveying an elevated air line route through Masters farm near Bryan Ohio. Nemeyer survived, Masters was arrested and released on a 2000 dollar bond.
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Masters
Ohio incubator babies hold first convention in Cleveland
Cleveland May 11 The Ohio Association of Incubator Babies will hold its first annual convention at Guna Park June 22. Delegates from across Ohio will discuss the nursing of infants incubated in the state with topics including The Soothing Syrup The Teething Period The Bottle Abuses and Uses and The Safety in a Misnomer. Dr Stewart will be temporary chairman. Several hundred Ohio babies have been incubated to health and strength.
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Ohio Association of Incubator
Stewart
Ohio
New Ruling Extends Lake Erie Bass Season in May
Sandusky Ohio May 14 The fish and game commission met and ruled the spring bass fishing season will run May 14 to May 25 despite law stating May 20 finish The commission noted bays entering Lake Erie could harbor caught bass and instructed wardens to halt arrests until after May 25 preserving the extended period
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Fish and Game
Fish and Game Commission
Lake Erie
Jury's Vocal Efforts Serenade Court After 48-Hour Deadlock
In Sandusky Ohio on May 12 Judge Reed ordered the jury in Elmer Hagemann versus Policeman John Hennesy to stop singing selections such as Pull For the Shore In the Sweet Bye and Bye We Won t Be Home Till Morning and Home Sweet Home The jury of prominent business and professional men had been out 48 hours without a verdict A discharge order followed and the court was serenaded from outside with Whats the Use of Knocking When a Man Is Down
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Sandusky
Reed
Elmer Hagemann
John Hennesy
Trouble Over Minister's Daughter Charges Exonerates Work
In Granville the Presbyterian church controversy over Pastor Dr C L Work led to a Zanesville presbytery commission which exonerated him. Seven women including Work's daughter had accused Dr J D Thompson of immoral conduct. the matter reached the state medical board which will decide by July 1.
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Presbyterian Church of
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C. L. Work
Zanesville
State Medical Board
Itinerant preacher and family murdered near Milton
A traveling preacher Ackerman his wife and seven children aged up to fourteen were killed their bodies burned in their home ten miles north of Milton Santa Rosa county Florida. The crime discovered by appoint ment party. Physicians say heads crushed and skulls crushed. Milton citizens have raised over a thousand dollars as a local reward and Governor Broward is being asked to offer a state reward.
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Schusseler
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Oriental Ports
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Milwaukee
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Tunis
Carl Schurz
New York
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International Postal Congress
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Harrison Snyder & Son
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Greenfield
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Aggressive Policy Backed to End Ohio Canal Strike
Coal operators in the middle district of Ohio vote to back the Pittsburg Vein Operators' association plan to force a settlement. Representing major Ohio mining, the groups align with a Chicago joint meeting policy and warn miners of a short arbitration window before resuming operations with available labor.
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Pittsburg
Chicago
Fire Bug Targets Horses in Mt. Vernon Barn Blazes
Mt. Vernon Ohio patrons police and citizen volunteers patrol the area to catch an incendiary blamed for burning barns over three weeks. Seven horses killed and hundreds of dollars in property damaged, fires concentrated around horse stalls, suggesting a motive against horses.
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Mt. Vernon
Trampled by mob after begging for food in Ohio
In Hamilton Ohio on May 12 Robert Nixon, a colored man from Odessa Del, sought food at Mrs Lizzie Longfellow’s residence near the C H & D depot. Refused, he insulted her and threw coal. Mrs Longfellow pursued him as a crowd of women formed, someone knocked him down along the railroad track and the mob kicked and struck him.
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Robert Nixon
Odesta
Del
Nixon
Lizzie Longfellow
Orrville murder arrest over shooting claim
Detective Charles Sidle of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co arrested Harry White of Massillon and A Miller and Wm Everhart of Alliance, charging them with the killing of Thos Dye of Orrville about a month ago. The prisoners claim the shooting was accidental. A large crowd gathered as they were brought in but no trouble occurred.
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Charles Sidle
Pennsylvania Railroad. Co
Harry White
Massillon
A. Miller
Wm. Everhart
Alliance
Thos. Dye
First Erie county arrest under search and seizure law
In Sandusky Ohio on May 11 the first arrest in Erie county under the new search and seizure law occurred. Roy Rams dell swore an affidavit charging Charles Linder of Groton township with selling liquor to William Ross. Linder’s Groton establishment was searched weeks earlier, yielding three cases of beer.
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Erie County
Roy Ramsdell
Charles Linder
Groton Township
William Ross
Linder
Williams
William Kelly Dies While Driving Roadster Span
In Wooster Ohio on May 11 William Kelly was found seated upright in his carriage still holding the reins though dead from heart trouble. He had set out from Wooster to return home to New Pittsburg and his horses wandered the highway as night fell.
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Wooster
William Kelly
Kelly
New Pittsburg
Relief Fund Report Shows New San Francisco Subscriptions
The finance committee daily report through May 12 1906 records $5 984 656 70 promised plus $309 750 verbal promises unconfirmed making a grand total of $6 794 406 70.
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Relief Fund
San Francisco
Finance Committee
Ohio Inspectors Meet ICOonspiracy Details Soon
In Cleveland on May 12 the interstate commerce commission will hear sensational disclosures about Standard Oil control of Ohio oil inspectors. A former manager will testify to co operation between Standard agents and inspectors and how the oil inspection department was used to crush independent firms.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Combine
Young man marries his sweetheart's mother in Boston
Boston reports Grover Cleveland White aged 18 wed his sweetheart's mother Mrs. Caroline Christine Swanson, 42, leaving Juniette, 17, to mourn. The marriage ties two generations, shocking the community.
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Grover Cleveland White
Caroline Christine Swanson
Juniette
Chamberlain to Wed Miss Ivy Murial in London
The engagement of J. Austen Chamberlain former chancellor of the exchequer in the late Balfour cabinet to Miss Ivy Murial daughter of H. L. Fundas Datchett Buckinghamshire and now chief staff officer at Gibraltar is announced in London
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London
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Ivy Murial
H. L. Fundas
Datchett Buckinghamshire
Gibraltar
Five Guards Deployed Near United States Printing Co Plant
Cincinnati May 11. Striking electro typers and strike breakers clashed with non union men prompting Chief Millikin to detail five guards and a sergeant to patrol near Fifth and Lock streets by the United States Printing Co plant. There have been several outbreaks with revolvers used. no disturbance reported.
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Millikin
Fifth and
Lock Streets
United States Printing Co
Zion City leadership to wage court battle over control
General Overseer Voliva and allies abort peace talks and move to sue for supremacy in the Zion City dispute, signaling a courtroom struggle between factions.
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Chicago
Zion City
Voliva
Ohio cobalt mining charter granted to develop Canadian lands
Steubenville Ohio May 12 The Ohio Cobalt Mining Co has been granted a charter by the Canadian government to develop lands in the Cobalt silver mining district It is capitalized for 60000 Steubenville and Toronto capitalists are the incorporators.
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Ohio Men’s Venture
Steubenville, O
Ohio Cobalt Mining Co
Steubenville
Toronto
Charges Filed Against Local Police Chief by Henry Brownell
Washington D C May 12 Henry Brownell chairman of the local option committee has filed charges against Chief of Police Smith alleging drunkenness congregating with and allowing others to congregate for the purpose of drinking and giving away intoxicating liquors.
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Washington D. H
Henry Brownell
Local Option Committee
Smith
Vigilancia Missing After Havana Fire Delay
Havana reports ward line steamer Vigilancia due Monday has not appeared. Suspected to be delayed by the fire in her hold, first reported May 12 by wireless from Cape Lookout Lightship 72.
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Havana
Ward Line
Cape Lookout
Brick Plant Destroyed in Zanesville Fire
Zanesville Ohio May 18 The Fultenham Brick Co plant was almost totally destroyed Sunday afternoon by a fire of unknown origin. Loss is estimated at 15000 dollars with no insurance.
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Dowie
Voliva
Zion
Omaha
Neb
Allen Williams
Tonawanda
Detroit River
Callum’s Bay
Frank Sharp
Henry Grimes
Pennsylvania
New Orleans Naval Stores Co
S. Shotter & Co
Gusport
Miss
Robert J. Wynne
London
United States
New York
Washington
James V. Falker
Newburyport
Mass
Zanesville
Fultenham Brick Co
Farmer Held Up by Masked Robbers Near Marshallville
C E Sigler a farmer was held at gunpoint robbed and bound by masked robbers on a lonely road near Marshallville Sunday night in Wooster Ohio reporting May 14. The assault occurred as Sigler traveled a rural route and the robbers used classic gagging methods before fleeing.
Isle of Pines Treaty Action Reported in Havana
The American executive assembly of the Isle of Pines has authorized S.A. Pearcy to proceed to Washington immediately to work for the defeat of the Isle of Pines treaty. The move signals ongoing opposition to the terms and seeks to influence U.S. policy on the island.
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Havana
Executive Assembly of the
S.A. Pearcy
Washington
Quash Sumons Sought in Monnett Case Against Massillon Bridge
In Cleveland on May 10 a motion to quash the summons was filed in the U S court in the case of ex- Attorney General Monnett against the Massillon Bridge Co alleging a member of the bridge trust.
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Cleveland, C
Monnett
Massillon Bridge Co
Bridge Trust
United States
Columbus Will Be Dry in Sunday Patrol Plan
Columbus Ohio May 11. The city will enforce a dry day with Chief O Connor appointing several additional patrolmen to work all day on Sunday. The move aims to curb alcohol sales and ensure compliance with local laws.
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Columbus
O’connor
Fire destroys bakery and seven homes in Hamilton district
A blaze in Hamilton Ohio on May 14 swept a bakery and seven nearby homes within 100 feet, plus a barn a mile away. Total loss estimated at 23000 dollars. Fire damage affected East Hamilton along Shuler Avenue area.
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Shuler Avenue
Receiver Bushnells Report on Denison Firm Liabilities
Cleveland May 14 The report of Receiver Bushnell of the defunct firm Denison Prior Co fixes total liabilities at 2 295 386 with paper assets of 2 740 280 Of the assets all but about 600 190 is worthless.
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Cleveland, C
Bushnell
Denison, Prior & Co
Brother Shoots Brother in Cleveland Scrape
In Cleveland Ohio on May 14 Geo Brockway fatally shot his brother Horatio Seymour Brockway and then tried to kill himself with a shotgun. Horatio died early Sunday morning.
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Geo. Brockway
Horatio Seymour Brockway
Horatio
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