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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1908
Page
2
Residents flee from homes as watered ground gives way and boats carry people to safety. The Seabright Highlands railroad is submerged causing full traffic stoppage. Damages in Seabright and surrounding areas are estimated at about $100000.
Shipping on the Delaware River was completely tied up by a January storm. A northwest gale and thick snow halted arrivals and minimal movement across the river with no reports from maritime reporting stations at the Breakwater due to the weather and wire trouble.
Newport experiences a severe blizzard as winds reach 65 to 70 mph, heavy snow accumulates to 2.5 to 3 feet, and temperatures fall to 18 degrees. Ships and barges go ashore or are tied up, trains delayed, and trolley lines halted as conditions worsen through the night.
In a northeast gale and snowstorm the three masted schooner Fortuna of New London Conn capt Leighton went ashore on Lovell's Island while bound from Newburyport to Boston. The crew and Capt Leighton's wife aboard landed safely on the island. The vessel lies in an easy position but low tide prevents floating attempts.
A northwest storm batters the Virginia and North Carolina coast with wind at Cape Henry sixty miles an hour and sixty five off Hatteras. The Jamestown steamship en route from New York to Norfolk drifts off the Virginia capes. Passengers in rough Bay trip wear life preservers while the Winthrop ferry is wedged at a wharf. A seaman’s body washed ashore at Pine Beach.
New Orleans reports ice in gutters as frost and freezing temperatures grip Mississippi and Louisiana today. Temperatures run 2 to 4 degrees below freezing across Gulf Coast points, marking the coldest weather of the season.
Charles H Bundy 56 former Indiana State Prison Board member dies of paralysis at Marion burial in Spring Grove Cemetery. Mary Caroline Aszmann 82, widow of H F Aszmann, dies in Richmond St Norwood funeral Monday 12:30 at Mrs Thaw home. Leopold Wallack lawyer and director of Cuban railroads dies in New York. Baron Victor Rosen brother of Russian ambassador dies in St Petersburg. John Dove Wilson Aberdeen emeritus professor dies in San Ramo Italy. Sallie Harris 77 sister of ex Senator Cockrell dies in Oklahoma City.
Heavy snow halted Thaw trial sessions and delayed docked Adriatic as four European physicians and a nurse prepared to testify on alleged irrational outbreaks by Harry Thaw in Monte Carlo Paris and London. Justice Dowling adjourned proceedings until Monday.
British Ambassador James Bryce told a New York audience that current laws are too complex for ordinary legislators. He urged an organized system to gather and study materials for legislation and said few problems can be tackled scientifically without experts.
L L H Austin, former Toledo state senator, jailed ten days and fined $10 for conspiring with former Supreme Court Clerk Emerson to fraudulently obtain a law certificate. He was released after paying $100 and costs, having served eleven days, with meals switched to jail fare. Emerson was released yesterday.
E H Mumford of Philadelphia will lecture on The Universal System of Machine Molding at the Palace Hotel this evening at 8 o clock. The Cincinnati Section of the Associated Foundry Foremen will hear a illustrated presentation using stereopticon slides.
Grand jury returns indictments against Valentine and Sol Rosenthal for attempting to have Robert Jackson vote twice in the last election in the Eighteenth Ward. Others include gambling with nickel in slot machines, burglary, false pretenses, assault to kill, grand larceny, shooting, and related charges. Hawks found guilty of manslaughter in a family dispute killing Britt. Divorces granted in several uncontested cases. James Sanders seeks divorce from Nellie Sanders with injunction. Attorneys listed.
Ruth McCabe received $225 in a COMMON PLEAS Court ruling against Louis Koerner a furniture dealer for injuries from a fall off a defective stepladder while cleaning windows. The injury allegedly caused hip disease ending her career as a dancer and leaper.
In Insolvency Court a writ of habeas corpus was issued to obtain the release of Peter F. Arthur from Long View Asylum upon petition by Chester R. Shook for Jr. O. U. A. M. Judge Warner is set to hear January 30. Arthur has been confined five years and may regain reason, potentially ending the weekly sick benefit the fraternity has paid since December 1903.
Probate Judge Mualsbury learns Reverend Father John W. Mackey left no will. Archbishop Moeller considered as administrator as brothers and sisters reside out of state. Judge Malsbury may appoint Father Gallagher if no will is found in a few days.
Annie Prescott was granted a divorce from Frank Prescott for neglect and restored to her maiden name Annie Davis by Judge O'Connell. She taught at New Carlisle when married in 1906. Judge Swing heard Willie Belle McKay versus Jonas McKay on neglect. case taken under advisement. Louis B. Law-
Creditors brought bankruptcy actions against Gunther Bros Company alleging preferential payments to First National Bank and a late transfer of an automobile and hearse to Union Grain and Hay Company. Others filing schedules include Rabenstein Harris Conner and individuals such as Alexander Caspary and Lilian E Pomeroy. Judge Sater will preside Monday in Columbus United States Court.
Henry Stadfeld and John McGuire alias Chuck Murphy were bound over to the grand jury yesterday in Police Court on burglary charges. John McEneny, as administrator of Leroy McEneny, sues Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad for 10000 over the death of McEneny in a railroad yard accident at St Bernard. Orleatus C. Trisler is plaintiff's attorney. Judge Malsbury appointed Mrs Louis P Ezekiel to the Board of County Visitors of Public Institutions, replacing Mrs Jacob Shroder who resigned.
In Baku on January 24 a mob of railroad laborers surrounded a locomotive engineer after accidental deaths of workers at a suburban station. The engineer sped away driving the locomotive into the crowd, killing six men and wounding many others.
Harry Morton, previously pardoned by the old Board of Public Service, is re arrested on a charge of obtaining money by false pretense. Cummins ville business men say he solicited ad contracts for street cars without authority and kept funds received.
Margaret Fulton aged 86 and Jané Fulton aged 82, sisters, were burned to death in their Bridgeport Ohio home near St. Clairsville. Margaret's clothes in an invalid chair caught fire from an open grate, and Jané was burned while trying to extinguish the blaze. The sisters had lived in the house all their lives.
An old ad touts Bromo Quinine as a cure to "prevent the grip" and notes there is only one product by that name. It directs readers to look for the signature of E. W. Grove and prices the item at 25 cents.
Florence Faulkner a 20 year old telephone operator in Poplar Bluff was shot in the left side as she entered her home at 7 30 am. Physicians say the bullet’s path was deflected by a steel corset stay and the wound may not be fatal. A revolver found on a dresser is identified as her guardian’s and may have discharged accidentally. Friends doubt suicide or foul play and note she was arriving home after night work.
Governor Harris seeks higher pay for an extended Pattisan term while Ohio House sessions focus on formal adjournment. Discussions center on public utilities measure by Shuler and pensioning soldiers with G A R backing. Huffman primary, Howe tax, and Rose county option bills loom as Taft victory debate shapes action.
Danish marine writer Herr Byotts Larssen advocates a world shipowner funded stock company capitalized at 2.5 million dollars to operate tugs and tow vessels through the perilous Straits of Magellan, citing an annual loss of about ten ships and 300 men near Terra del Fuego.
John Webster aged 27 of Spring Grove Avenue and Spaeth Street was knocked down by a wild steer while driving cattle into stock yards. He was trampled, suffered a broken leg and other injuries, and was carried to a nearby hotel before a patrol transported him to City Hospital for treatment.
A coupon offering Commercial Tribune accompanying design patterns via the Fashion Department requests readers mail the coupon with 10 cents per pattern. Orders are sent to a New York factory and take several days. readers must provide their address city and state.
An elegant full length coat design for girls features up tucked fronts and back to waist flare, military collar and wide cuffs with button and braid accents. Omitting Bretelles optional. uses broadcloth melton cheviot or serge material. Requires 2 1/2 yards at 54 inches for size ten. seven sizes 8 to 14 years. Price ten cents.
A Lisbon dispatch reports Dr Farmano Lopez linked to a plot to blow up Premier Franco escaped from San Julia fortress by being handed keys through a prison grate during a visit by friends in a motor car. Guards were placed after an explosion. the fortress staff were arrested on suspicion of bribery with a reward offered for Lopez's re arrest.
A major blaze in Portland Maine destroyed the City Hall and police buildings causing about 1 million dollars in damage. The City Hall housed city and county offices and the police complex included the Supreme Judicial and Municipal Courts. Over 700 people attended a Knights of Pythias jubilee in the hall. there were no fatalities and only a few injuries.
In the Chamber of Deputies addressing the Morocco interpellation Delcasse, returning minister after 1905, spoke on foreign affairs. He earned an ovation not seen for months, with praise for his Moroccan policy and broader policy of friendly accords with other nations.
An advertisement claims Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills stop headaches from overwork nerves and anxiety. It urges taking one tablet at onset, notes wide use and reliable relief, and lists A Gardner of Janesville Wisconsin as a testimonial. Sales by local druggists with first package promising benefit. 25 cents per dose.
Andrew Jackson Detsch, 23, was acquitted after a three day trial for the murder of Harry Ferree in a Philadelphia boarding house last November. The jury accepted Detsch claim that he mistook Ferree for a burglar and fired four shots through the door.
Lima Ohio January 24 Prosecutor Benjamin Welty of Allen County filed suit to halt county funds being used for Republican state primaries. He raises ten constitutional questions including alleged Fourteenth Amendment violations and aims to proceed from state courts to the U S Supreme Court after Judge Bailey granted the injunction and then sustained a demurrer.
Special Dispatch reports a sensational hold-up on the Cincinnati Northern Traction line in Hamilton Ohio between 12 and 1 am. Conductor Louis Bockleman was robbed of $40 and a silver watch at gunpoint aboard a north bound car. The suspects fled into darkness. no solid description was obtained. Alfred Duvall of 1124 John Street was arrested later that afternoon.
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