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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
5
The Shriners will hold a business meeting Saturday evening at the Scottish Rite Cathedral on Broadway. After the meeting, Dr. J. D. Buck will speak on the Pleasant Things of Life.
The three month old infant of Mr and Mrs Herbert Owens of 1605 Carll Street North Fairmount died yesterday from measles and both parents are also ill with the same disease.
G. H. Rudig of 900e Kenyon avenue swore to a warrant in Police Court yesterday for the arrest of former bartender George Roe, charged with petit larceny.
The body of W. R. Blair was buried yesterday afternoon in Spring Grove Cemetery. The Rev. Lewis Lee conducted the services in the cemetery chapel with Price Hill Lodge F and A M in attendance.
House Detective Wappenstein of the Jiotel Linton arrested John Herbert Roach a traveling salesman from Louisville Kentucky for defrauding an innkeeper. He allegedly failed to pay a $25 hotel bill.
Secretary C. W. Moss of the Civil Service Board examined twelve tariff clerk applicants for the Interstate Commerce Commission. He planned to travel to Terre Haute Indiana to arrange filling several internal revenue force positions.
The Ladies' Aid Society of St. Mark's Episcopal Church Oakley will present an entertainment for parish poor. Misses Alice A Folger Anna Weicher Celeste Seymour and Amy Rosin will participate tomorrow evening.
The fourth lecture in the course at the YWCA will be given tomorrow at 3 45 p m by Dr Edward Mack of Lane Seminary. The subject is The Reign of Solomon the Age of Gold. The lectures are open to all women regardless of membership.
William Geiger 55 of Ashland Ky was badly hurt after a fall down several steps at the Closterman furniture factory 219 West Second street He was rendered unconscious and taken to City Hospital with doctors fearing a skull fracture The sheriff of Ashland County was injured in the incident
William Burmaster a sheet metal worker of 324 West Front Street was yesterday notified of a $2000 legacy in Lancaster Ohio. He left his home in 1867 returned in 1887 and again left with plans to return in twenty years but did not.
President H. Lee Early of the Lower River Road Improvement Association appointed W. H. Gibson of Delhi Thomas Lee of Home City and William White of Fernbank to a committee. They will draft plans for merging Delhi Home City and Fernbank aimed at obtaining Cincinnati water.
G C Batten and Frank C Batten contest the will of Miss Louisa Butcher of Stafford Monroe County C alleging an estate worth 500000 dollars. Batten says Miss Butcher was their aunt and left the sizable estate.
The Cincinnati Club at Melrose Avenue Walnut Hills hosted a card tournament last night with fifty players. Whist and euchre dominated as contestants competed for numerous prizes into the night. The club plans a grand carnival for roller skating members on February 22 attracting a large indoor skating crowd.
William Brockman a 46 year old railroad engineer was taken to City Hospital after a fall from a Clark street car on Spring Grove avenue and Addison street. He suffered a fractured right wrist and heavy bruising. Maggie Neil a 24 year old colored resident fell from a Norwood car on Voraker avenue and was hospitalized with a broken wrist and multiple cuts and bruises.
Two counterfeit silver dollars reached the Cincinnati Subtreasury after passing Cleveland bank clerks. The fakes, from Cleveland, are lead or Babbitt metal plated with silver. Secret Service traces the counterfeiters as Cleveland remains the only known circulation point.
Tracey brothers Guy and John M. Tracey of Findlay street ran a cooper shop together until a two year rift. A dog acted as their intermediary and last Tuesday a quarrel led to an alleged assault with Guy arrested on a warrant. They appear in Police Court today.
Funeral notes describe the life of General Cowen, whose body lies in the cemetery he designed. The obituary outlines his public service and the projects he contributed to, including his architectural and civic impact. The ceremony marks a final farewell to a figure known for planning memorial spaces.
General Benjamin R. Cowen, seventy six, longtime Clerk of the United States Courts for Southern Ohio, died at 5 30 p m yesterday at his Walnut Hills home after a brief illness spanning ten days. He served since 1884 and held key posts in state and national politics as a staunch Republican.
Prof. Paul Clemens, envoy of Emperor William, lectured at Cincinnati University on Historic Art. He said real art develops slowly in a country and while America earns fame through its artists it has not yet reached the top. He praised American architecture but criticized Washington’s Congressional Library as having too many colors and too many artists.
The Kilwinning Lodge of Masons held its annual inspection last night at the Masonic Temple conducted by I N Kahler appointed by the Grand Lodge of Masons Ohio. Fred Gear Jr was made a Master Magon and Judge J H Bramwell and Rev W D Cole spoke at a banquest. The group discussed preparations for the Grand Lodge of Ohio meeting in October in this city.
Benjamin S. Cowen and Sidney J. Cowen of the city mourn the death of General Cowen a longtime clerk of the United States Courts and prominent public figure. He led Ohio Masonry and G A R roles and served as Special Master in railroad foreclosures. Funeral plans unsettled but burial expected in Sill Bt Church cemetery after services tomorrow.
Henry W. Robion, 35, of 3876 Warsaw Avenue, entered Central Police Station and asked to be jailed. Officers, initially reluctant, arrested him after boisterous demand. He posted bail with a bondsman and will face Police Court today on drunkenness charges.
Gibulum G lodge of P 14 hosts a special communication at 7 30 PM for petitions for the reunion class with an 8 PM rendezvous by Ohio Consistory 32 to confer the 30th degree Visitors welcomed James A Collins secretary 38
Police seek where Paul von Butzinski alias Paul Brown bought the revolver used in his death at 528 George Street. Two eyewitnesses now say it was self inflicted. Inquiries shift from murder to suicide as rooming house tenants face loitering charges in Police Court.
The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company reports that since 1846 it has paid policyholders 4 900 000 more than it has received and holds 65 000 000 in good assets for their benefit. The issue lauds the management for this result.
A dense list of obituaries and funeral announcements includes names such as Debenezer M. Brown at Virginia Flats Hyde Park and Hannah Buckton Norwood with January dates. Doepke William F. and Thecla Santen with January 29 entries. Maria Tobias and Maria Len others noted with ages and burial plans. Various addresses and churches are listed along with funeral times and private burials. Additional entries report illnesses and causes including pneumonia cancer and gastr ic ulcers.
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