Arsenic Case Shocks Plymouth Widow Eaton Held
Boston dispatch reports Mrs. Jennie May Harrison Eaton widow of Rear Admiral Joseph G Eaton is jailed in Plymouth and faces a March 26 hearing on charges of murdering her husband with arsenic. District Attorney Barker hints at grand jury action and possible lunacy inquiry as investigators seek an indictment ahead of a June Plymouth superior court trial.
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Boston
Jennie May Harrison Eaton
Joseph Giles Eaton
Plymouth
Barker
Plymouth County
Hingham
Superior Court
Aiken
Eaton
Whitney
Scott
Condon
Assinippi
Mrs. Eaton
Progressives Seek Independent House Wing With Roosevelt Backing
Roosevelt endorses a new Progressive organization in the House aimed at backing Victor Murdock for speaker and forming a third wing. A conference will organize the group with seats on key committees and a distinct policy program on tariffs banking currency and anti child labor measures. Eight injured in Akron car crash on B&O line.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Party
House of Representatives
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Murdock
Hinebaugh
Faconer
House
Representative Mann
Representative Underwood
Train crash near Maz Denna injures two Canton men
A passenger train overturned near Maz Denna fifteen miles south of Canton injuring two men from Canton. The injured are R. Pressant and William Stark.
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Maznella
Canton
R. Pressant
William Stark
End of Session Clashes in Ohio House Over Labor Bills
In Columbus on March 21 the Ohio House resurrected and passed the Vollmer anti blackist bill despite removing the blacklist section. The measure targets employers who blacklist or force union avoidance and forbids sharing employee names or conditioning work on union activity. The House also advanced the blue sky regulation bill and approved Lloyd’s segregation of adult imbeciles, while optometrist licensing moves forward and a dentist and undertaker jury-exemption bill was killed. The Denton bill proposes a state institution for the relief of the needy blind under a three-member board.
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Denton
Blue Sky
Columbus
Vollmer
Thomas
Clark
Cincinnati U
Lloyd's
Senate
Harmon
Carrol
Franklin
Donaldson
Sandusky
Supreme Court
Professor John B. Moore Appointed Counselor to State Department
The article reports the appointment of Professor John B. Moore as counselor to the U.S. State Department. It notes Moore’s academic background and anticipated impact on diplomacy and policy guidance.
Professor John Hagsett Moore Named Counselor to State Department
Professor John Hagsett Moore of Columbia University is appointed counselor to the state department. He is renowned as a writer and lecturer on international law and has served as third and first assistant secretary of state in Cleveland and McKinley's administrations. He witnessed the peace treaty signing ending the Spanish–American War in the White House.
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John Hagsett Moore
Columbia University
State Department
Pr Moore
Ite
Cleveland
Thomas F. Bayard
Delaware
McKinley
William L. Day
United States Supreme Court
John Sherman
Moore
White House
United States
Spain
Governor Cox Faces Utility Protests Over Home Rule Plan
Ohio Governor Cox remains firm on municipal regulation of city granted utilities as 600 local commissions would oversee franchises under home rule. Protestors fear loss of state public service commission authority and seek referendum options. J C Martin of Wilmington denounces the bill and demands a certificate of reasonable necessity.
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Cox
Newton D. Baker
Public Service
State Commission
Joint
Senate Committee
Wisconsin
J. C. Martin
Wilmington
Ohio Electric Light Assciation
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Berlin
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