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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
3
Reports from Denver detail factional maneuvers as Bryan supporters seek to lock up delegates while Gray and Johnson camps deny any coalition. Johnson backers claim East and South strength and anticipate a multi-ballot path to the nomination.
York dispatch reports Pere Marquette interests were alarmed by a default in the maturing 4 percent refunding bonds of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad. About 8.5 million bonds were exchanged for notes secured by 184.286 million in bonds, with the railroad under receivership and earnings weak. Pere Marquette executives protest the turn in the restructuring.
Lisbon July 1 Queen Amelie of Portugal mother of King Manuel and widow of King Carlos has been ill with diphtheria but is steadily improving and danger is over.
A New York man follows long urged Senate and House measures promoting merchant marine with discriminatory taxes and improved roads as part of Sulzer’s broader agenda.
Ex Judge Alton B. Parker William F. Sheehan and other New York delegates depart for Denver to attend the National Democratic Convention. An informal conference after President Cleveland's funeral led to plans for a series of resolutions praising Cleveland and his role in the party and nation.
President Roosevelt spends early vacation days in Sagamore Hill clearing a forty acre woods tract to extend his estate while entertaining visitors and meeting with Taft aides. He felled several trees with an ax and later hosted luncheon guests S. S. McClure Caspar Whitney and James T. Williams. He asked Sec retary Loeb to deny reports he sought a city home site in New York City.
New York July 1 Commander Robert E Peary plans to sail the Roosevelt for the North Pole search. Preparations are complete and a sufficient fund has been raised. Peary will join the ship at Sydney Cape Breton not departing from New York.
Governor Harris named B. B. Seymour of Ashtabula as State Superintendent of Banks and said he would assume the post July 9 after resigning as cashier of the National Bank at Ashtabula. James C. Wonders of Logan County was chosen as State Highway Commissioner for a term ending June 30, 1912. A Mining Commission was announced with Percy Tetlow James Hennessy H. F. McCauley and others. a seventh member will be chosen later. W. A. Galloway of Xenia was named Trustee of Wilberforce Universitys combined Industrial and Normal Departments. Colonel Charles Griswold of Cleveland was placed in the State Fire Marshal’s office under his former commander.
Blanchester Ohio July 1 Edward Crossley shot Henry Simons in an altercation over a divorce suit. Simons was struck in the head and believed to be recovering. Crossley fired after accusing Simons of abusing his sister-in-law wife of Crossley. The incident occurred near Blanchester.
Retired Rear Admiral Charles H. Rock dies in Chatham Massachusetts at 68 from apoplexy. Mina Fouts, 50, collapses in East Liverpool pharmacy. George W. Maltby, longtime McKinley monument builder, dies in Buffalo of heart disease. James E. Evans, Hillsboro stockraiser and banker, dies in Oxford aged about 50. Former Judge Robert A. Bakewell dies in St. Louis from heat. Brigadier General H. F. Hall dies in Kansas City at 73. Harry Leonard, vaudeville star of Hogan's Alley, dies in Philadelphia at 48 with wife Mabel.
Senator Isalac E. Huffman of Oxford was renominated by acclamation at the Second-Fourth Joint Senatorial District Democratic Convention in Lebanon. The anticipated Anti-Saloon League opposition did not materialize at this nominating session, though a challenge is expected at the regular election. Huffman voted against county local option and several temperance measures.
Philadelphia July 1 a woman whose name is withheld will be arrested shortly on the charge of poisoning Dr Wilson. The murder, it is said, had been planned for six months. Dr Wilson is believed to have expected an attack.
State Senator Ben F. Gayman has been virtually chosen by Democratic leaders as their candidate for Congress in Ohio's Twelfth district. He would oppose incumbent E. L. Taylor, nominated for a third term in January. Gayman has two State Senate terms from Franklin County and now chairs the Cincinnati Investigating Committee.
Boonville Indiana July 1 Raymond Oskins 27 a brakeman for the Southern Railway living in Huntingburg fell under car wheels and was instantly killed here this morning authorities reported the tragedy occurred near the yard with no survivors.
Representative James S. Sherman a Republican Vice Presidential candidate travels in a private car with Mrs Sherman and a physician from Cleveland to his Utica New York home. Mrs Sherman says the operation will be done as soon as he has recovered his strength.
Francis A. Bailey of Export Shipping Company New Jersey, evacuated with brothers and Captain Albert Oxley aboard the Utstein, escaped in a small boat from the steamer off Puerto Cortez Honduras. A search by authorities and the American Consul is underway near the coast and inland areas.
Cecilia Losh fifteen-year-old daughter of Wesley J Losh bricklayer of 62 Washington street was attacked by a Black man who forced entry while she was alone. The assailant William Hargesty thirty of Peck's addition was arrested after the girl identified him at police headquarters.
July 1 near 8 pm August Beltz ner 65 a leading Joliet businessman was shot and killed resisting two hold up men in his grocery store. Citizens form posses to capture the robbers as detectives search the area.
Detectives Hueftlein Pflug and Gramann arrested Arthur Anderson of 339 Lawrence Street James Fenton of Holyoke Massachusetts and Joseph Holbrook of Louisville Kentucky on suspicion of numerous car pocket picking cases. All three claim to be waiters and await identification.
The President approved voluntary retirement for these Navy officers on July 1. Captains include Charles P. Perkins Theodore Porter George L. Dyer Charles W. Bartlett Henry Moorell John M. Robinson Robert C. Denig George H. Peters and William E. Eaton. Commanders named are Horace W. Harrison Percival Werlich John L. Gow Harry Hall and James G. Doyle.
John Brown 70 an inmate of the Soldiers' Home Dayton Ohio died at City Hospital from injuries suffered June 9 in a fall down stairs while seeking lodging at 322 West Sixth St. He fractured his skull and Coroner Cameron was notified.
Senator Joseph B. Foraker told Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce members that antitrust policy harms prosperity and urged legislation to restore better times. He contrasted current idle workers with earlier shortages, blamed over capitalization and trading, and supported limited Roosevelt era policies with debate over tariff reform.
The Standard reports the cruiser Inflexible, undergoing official trials on the Clyde, achieved nearly 27 knots over a measured mile. The record came after reducing the ship’s armor to improve speed.
Walter J Bartnett former VP and general counsel for the Western Pacific Railway and for the California State Deposit and Trust Company was sentenced to ten years in San Quentin by Superior Judge Conley. The California Trust Company failed in San Francisco last November for about 9 million dollars.
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