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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
7
Chicago market mixed with gains in wheat and corn amid light trade and harvest delays. September wheat closed up modestly while corn and oats rose. provisions fell on heavy liquidation and limited cash supply.
William E. Robinson, 30, commercial agent for the Atlantic Coast Line Railway, was found dead in a Hast Terrace room. Neighbors reported a odor, an interior search found him partly undressed on a bed with a Bible beside him. He had last been seen Friday. his family in Orlando and his father in Covington, Ky. His widow will travel to Chattanooga next morning. four children remain.
The steam er J. T. Hatfield struck a rock twelve miles above Cincinnati tearing a hole in the hull and breaking timbers. The coal trade packet sank but will be raised. Owned by Hatfield Coal Company of Cincinnati. Value not specified.
George Ade brings Just Out of College to the Walnut for a Sunday matinee. The comedy follows a graduate who begins his career and quickly proves himself a capable, energetic artist while navigating romance and new character types. The play promises fresh departures and sharp traits in the hero.
Nature students cite Prof Wormwood at the Zoo to support a claim about a monkey named Romeo. After a zoological electrician slipped from a chair during repairs, Romeo laughed loudly for five minutes, then the visiting crowd renewed interest as performances continued.
Anderson Township hosts Harvest Home starting tomorrow with a welcome steamer arrival and a full rural show. Tables booths and canvas displays will feature soil produce poultry cut flowers and household goods with a mile dash on the race track and exhibitions of live stock grains paintings and agricultural tools. Friday spotlights include driving by local ladies and gentlemen and a display of horses and mules.
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports from Columbus that smaller vaudeville and moving picture theaters across Ohio and neighboring states are prospering through summer. The National Vaudeville Managers Association met at the Chittenden Hotel with about 30 Ohio managers and similar numbers from nearby states. National officers present include O. C. Murray of Richmond Indiana, William McStouffer of Monessen Pennsylvania, and Gus Sun of Springfield Ohio.
A week of feasting unfolds at the Lagoon with 130 at a mutual aid banquet and 300 plates prepared for the International Railroad Master Blacksmiths Association delegates. The sixteenth annual convention closes with a veranda banquet and regional festivities including singing and music contests worth 800 dollars.
A gala performance of a Kotzebue play translated into Esperanto celebrated by delegates. Actors portrayed eleven nationalities, marking an international cultural event in Dresden.
The Department of Justice will investigate charges of an alleged theatrical trust after representations by managers. Officials say no inquiry has begun and no start date or powers discussion has been set.
The Lyceum reopens Sunday with The Rocky Mountain Express, a railroading spectacle praised for its dramatic engine and train collision scene. The renovated theater promises renewed audience interest after a successful previous season and invites patrons for next week’s performances.
The spectacle at Chester attracts crowds with the barrel dive act. Dilger, handcuffed and sewn into a sack then weighted in a leaded barrel, resurfaces each time unharmed, drawing ongoing speculation about his survival from the lake.
The downtown theaters benefit from cooler weather with unusually large attendance for openings including the People's last night. The Ducklings burlesque and vaudeville troupe by Heuck Amusement Company delivered surprises in act quality and company equipment. Miss Louise Dacre scored a hit.
Miss Dacre acts in Mrs Kelly's Dublin Bar and The Irresponsible Oh Mr Brown delivering lively humor and songs despite hoarseness. Will Colton shines in Berg's Merry Girls with a bright specialty while McIntyre and others perform well. The People’s show features a handsome company, pretty costuming, and beautiful scenery and lighting.
The Metropolitan Opera Company plans a strong finish to its Chester run with Rigoletto this Sunday. The company, praised for devotion by Sheehan Hemmi Richards and a capable cast, promises one of the season’s best local performances.
The free vaudeville bill at Chester this week showcases Arnaldo and his trained big cats, Clayton, Jenkins and Jasper in A Dark Town Circus, Austin and Austin with a five-member company in comedy, Kurtis and Busse with trained dogs, and Harry Walters the clever Hebrew monologist. The lineup is described as one of the most pretentious summer park shows.
The comedy drama Pan-Handle Pete, drawn from a Sunday paper cartoon, will be shown after Bunco in Arizona at Heucks. The piece has prior Cincinnati success and is expected to draw large crowds Sunday amid Bunco in Arizona’s Indian, cowboy, and broncho busting finale.
Children under 12 ride free and enter free to the grounds to see real bears and Great Dane dogs by Prof Spessfardy. The event contrasts real animals with toys and offers prizes for toy dolls and Teddy bears. A vaudeville lineup follows with Three Gypsy Fortune Tellers and several acts.
Charles W. Bowser stars as a likable grafter in a Columbia opening bill sketch titled Superstition. Edith Hinkle plays a trance medium who entices a city politician into a revealing climax as a reporter exposes secrets. Bowser has drawn strong notice from New York critics for the performance.
In Colerain and Spring Grove avenues Reichrath Park hosts the Imperial Hungarian Military Band. an extension is unlikely as Mr. Ugronyi accepts an offer to take the group north. The concert run concludes in a few days with the band’s performances drawing crowds.
For the last days of the Cincinnati engagement a concert programme features the spectacular composition The Spanish American War and Keler Bela’s Hungarian Festival Overture. Friday promises a classical evening with Sonnenleitner's Tyrolean warblers and dancers.
Colonel Ike Martin shows a massive 3000 pound giant squid at Chester Park in Cincinnati. The 30 foot long monster from the Gulf of Mexico draws unusual attention as a free attraction during its final week in the city.
Fairview Nebraska Aug 18 William J Bryan in preparation for a ten days trip spent the day drafting speeches for Indianapolis Topeka and other stops He used the Enid National Bank liquidation and reorganization under state law to attack Congress leaders for not enacting national bank reform allowing Oklahoma banks to operate under state law.
In Indianapolis at the old settlers reunion John W. Kern Democratic nominee for vice president spoke briefly urging a campaign of friendship. He said Americans share a love for the flag and should enter, wage, and exit the campaign as friends.
Coroner called in to inquest on 17 year old Anna I Sahm of Jackson Township who was killed when lightning struck a barn where she and her sisters were milking cows. The eldest daughter died while two others were unconscious. father survived with a shock and helped rescue livestock before the barn burned. The injured girls were expected to recover.
A list of fresh cases in Common Pleas Court numbers 140683 to 140698 includes writs of habeas corpus for Harry Cohen, multiple divorce and alimony actions such as Lillie Traver v Frank Traver and Ada Jones v Frank B Jones, damages claims against The Erie Bel scan Company, and liens or quiet title actions for Catherine Lindsay and Lena Spaulding.
Lemms Aug 18 Mr Wright completed repairs to his aeroplane and moved it to a shed at Auvours. Flights are expected to resume Thursday as tests proceed with the machine.
Dennis Coakley engineer of a Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton freight was killed in a collision at Liberty Indiana between west bound and east bound freight trains. Brakeman Charles Raser was painfully hurt but survived. Several other crew members suffered minor injuries and tracks were detoured while Dayton wrecking crew cleared the scene.
Brokers Smith Bros. & Co leased the third floor at Court and Broadway to Western Fence Co for Peck Anderson & Peck for three years eight months from September 10 1908 at 2960 dollars. Dr Alfred W Creath rents Apartment No 5 in City Hall Bank Building for 390 dollars yearly. R B Cadwalader sold Neva Taylor a Sheridan Road Chicago vacant lot with 50 ft front for 7000 dollars. buyer plans a 60000 dollar flat building.
A dense listing of property transfers and mortgage activity in the area. Entries include John D. Moore to James Weston on Lot 2 sub. Valentine Nicholas to Anna E. Sanford on Lot 36 in Smith & Whaley’s sub Burgoyne street. numerous deeds between individuals and banks, with parcels on Fourth street Dixmyth MOGUMER, Floral avenue, McMakin avenue, and Harrison pike. Also shows leases such as Adolph H. Maenz to William L. Benham for Idlewild avenue property and various mortgage filings and cancellations with Southern Ohio Savings Bank, Columbia Bank, and others.
National Editorial Association members met in St Paul with President H B Warner denouncing the Paper Trust for price coercion. He praised the press for sparking public confidence and noted contest among cities Toledo Cincinnati Seattle Atlantic City Put in Bay Chattanooga and Chicago for the next convention. Seattle leads the bid for 1909.
The River reports departures from Greenland at 6 p m and Lizzie Bay to Cincinnati at 5 p m The Courier shows 11 p m departures from Pomeroy Daily except Sunday 5 p m Maysville Daily except Saturday 11 p m Louisville Daily 5 p m Sunday 9 a m The river stage notes Ohio River at Cincinnati yesterday 6 p m 8 feet 3 inches and on stand
Yesterday the port saw packets leaving for Maysville Indiana Louisville Kentucky Madison and Greenwood for Pomeroy Today the port lists arrivals including The Courier from Maysville and Madison City of Cincinnati from Louisville Lizzie Bay from Madison and Greenland from Pomeroy The Greenland leaves at 5 p.m from foot of Sycamore for Pomeroy and way ports The Courier leaves at 11 p.m for Maysville and intermediate ports Lizzie Bay departs 5 p.m from foot of Main for Madison and way ports City of Cincinnati departs 5 p.m from foot of Main for Louisville and way ports
News From Other Ports reports river levels at Beaver Dam Freeport Wheeling Madison Louisville and St Louis with numbers and trends. Vessels arrived including The City of Cincinnati Tell City and Berenda Wagle and departed The City of Cincinnati Peters Lee Spread Eagle and Dubuque.
Captain John Sears 78 died in Columbus and will be buried in his old army coat stained with President Lincoln’s blood. Sears, a lieutenant in the eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, held Lincoln in his arms after Booth shot the president and later guarded the death chamber in the same box. Burials set for Lancaster Wednesday morning.
Sealed proposals in triplicate will be received until 11 a.m. September 18, 1908 for furnishing and delivering fresh potatoes and onions to the subsistence department at Forts Brady and Wayne Rock Isle Arsenal Fort Sheridan Fort Thomas Canton and Columbus Barracks for eight months starting November 1 1908. Envelopes must be endorsed Proposals for fresh vegetables and addressed to the Commissary at the supplying post. EH Anderson Capt Comdg Acg Chief Comdiy
Sealed proposals in triplicate for miscellaneous supplies for Manila and Newark will be received until 10 o clock a m August 2 1908 at General Depot Q M and New York depot G Ruhlen Asst Q M General U S Army reserves right to reject all bids and favors domestic production applicants may apply for schedules and details
U S Engineer Office Cincinnati announces sealed proposals for dredging Evansville Harbor Indiana. Bids due by 2 p m August 31 1908 and will be opened publicly. Information on application. William T Rossell Colonel U S Army Corps of Engineers小时前
Real estate inventory shows numerous 1.5 and 2.5 story homes on streets such as Amazon avenue Clifton avenue Carthage pike Beech avenue Davern Parkson Place Richwood avenue and Riddle road. Owners include William Fundies J H Dahlmann Mrs Josephs Papenbrock F A Danchester 8 D Cooper and Henry Weber with prices ranging from 1200 to 3500.
Sealed proposals in triplicate will be received by the Depot Quartermaster U S Army Philadelphia for furnishing forty thousand olive drab heavy woolen blankets. Quantity may increase 2 to 50 percent. Domestic manufacture preferred. Proposals due September 15 1908. LT. Col. W. W. Robinson Chief Quarter Master.
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