23 Apr 1908
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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
1
Simla reports a serious uprising in northern India led by the Mohmand tribe with 10,000 fighters and Afghan recruits. British troops are being mobilized as General Kuchner and divisions prepare for frontier deployment amid suspected Afghan Amiri incitement.
The Ohio senate reevaluated and passed a reform bill restoring the federal plan for municipal government after a chaotic day. Debates centered on council control, department heads, civil service, and city contracts, with tense clashes between Representatives Roberts and Shuler. The measure, backed by Paine and others, sought centralized mayoral power, a three member civil service commission, and a board of control for contracts.
The article reports Ballon No 19 from the signal corps landing near Delaware City with President’s son aboard and notes prior failed earthings. It also covers civil service reform plans appointing a three year term for commissioners and merit system classification for city employees, with police and fire exempt from rank changes unless charges arise. The piece mentions a proposed $7 million battleship funding amendment and congressional proceedings including House rule passage and a defeated bill.
An extra session will be called in Albany to adjourn the afternoon. Gov Hughes planned to summon a special session to address public service amendments and bills to curb race track gambling. The session had failed earlier to approve the direct nomination bill and related amendments. Three children burned to death in Clinton County in an incendiary fire. A house fire killed three members of the Brumfeld family as they slept. Bank wrecker John K Brown finished a seven year sentence and was released. A man named Tolle Stefan, a Macedonian, was killed stepping in front of a train. Goldlin Carpenter, 8, drowned after slipping into an open cistern.
Cleveland quite ill in Lakewood New Jersey April 23. The condition of former providence linever Chewolwindy ie brain causing great distress led to his death in the old quarters 4 Lakewood hotel though the hotel bath been closed. Mrs tebelond te im emitted at endances o Him. Dr Regant of New York stated today he did work estwriden the faraer preedent Ih any great data fren.
The report details a federal grand jury investigation into alleged manipulation by paper manufacturers connected to a perceived paper trust. Witnesses testified about sabotage and attempts to prevent thefts as authorities pursue leads on who damaged mills and fronts.
Two brothers aged about one year, Janne and Thomas, were struck by lightning at their home in Annapolis on Wednesday while standing at a window. The incident left them dead, with authorities noting no other injuries among nearby witnesses.
The Fort Stevens jetty accident left two workers dead and six injured when a pile driver ran off the track into the ocean while workers were on the jetty. Rescue efforts followed as authorities investigated the New Oregon incident reported April 4.
A fragmented humorous column cites Ferguson’s wife arguing his escape and hypocrisy accusations after a retouched photo incident. It shifts to an Englishman’s courteous flattery at Vermont and a joke about Mrs Hunter and a market bid, noting social pretensions and market jokes in Harper’s Weekly.
A jumble of clipped phrases from several papers mocks flippant takes on life and betting. Disjointed lines mention the Baltimore Sup, Toledo Blade, Pittsburgh Gazette, and Washington Post, with scattered references to autos, peaches, pessimists, and naming a losing horse.
Vienna dispatch notes rising tension as Russian and Turkish forces prepare for possible clash amid ongoing unrest in Europe. Russian officials claim no hostile intent while speculation grows that premised turmoil could be exploited to seize new territory.
Washington April 24 The St. Paul Minneapolis and Seattle Railway Company incorporated in South Uwkote with capital of 1000 for construction yard called a railway from St Paul to Seattle was barred from the mails by a fraud order. Three other corporations Cooperative Construction Company Great Northwestern Fiscal Agency and Northern Investment Bureau with the same officers were included in the fraud order. All offices listed in the New York Life building in St Paul.
Washington April 23 President Roosevelt will veto the naval appropriation bill. The Senate would fail to authorize funds for two battleships as proposed. A planned amendment to allocate 87 million toward ships was rejected, signaling the administration’s naval program faces stiff opposition in Congress. Senators warn the move may undermine broader military plans and provoke a political fight over army and navy expansion.
A man leaped from a fifth floor window during a domestic quarrel with his wife in an urban home. He died on the sidewalk while his wife Mire Glassen stood nearby. The incident followed a heated argument, with investigations to determine responsibility ongoing.
Mixburg April 21 Mour Thal Lin lnborer were killed today by a gas explosion in Mine Ne of the Elsworth Coal company at Vilaworth Pa There were between seventy five and one hundred in the mine when the explosion occurred The damage was slight
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