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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1900
Page
12
The Fall Festival Association announced a baseball game between Business Men's Club members and the Chamber of Commerce set for Saturday June 9 on the East End gym grounds.јав
Attorney Otto Renner claimed records of the late Board of City Affairs were forged in the R J Cilley versus city case over a 270 dollar claim for Tyler Davidson Fountain tender. He sought time to produce witnesses McCallister Fischer and Miller to prove no action was taken. Case continued one month as Campbell is away.
A letter to Suret House management confirms Miss Helen Gould will arrive with a party of friends to book five bed rooms and a parlor from the 24th to the 6th. Earlier telegrams from New York said she planned a Mammoth Cave trip but likely will not stop. The letter says her party will arrive by special train this morning.
The Davenport Paper Box Company has moved to larger quarters on Main Street and has issued engraved invitations for a house warming this evening at 8 o'clock. The invitation promises dancing as a feature of the event.
Odorless and prompt disinfectant marketed for home use offers cheap cleaning.
State Board of Public Works members and staff inspected the canal within the city to assess needs and plan how the $75,000 appropriation will be spent. Chief Engineer Perkins noted the canal’s better condition than expected and suggested adding wash basins beyond Brighton to curb mud and maintain uniform depth. A final report will be presented at the board meeting on the 12th.
The widow of R. E. Cranz fainted while testifying before the Coroner about her husband's death by hanging at his Central avenue business. She recovered, became hysterical, and was not told of the suicide until three days after his death, prompting fears for her health.
Commissioner George Linnemann is expected to oppose approving a bill from the Board of Control for meals intended for the four members and the clerk of the Board of Review. He argues that board members already receive $5 per meeting and should not have the county pay for meals during service. The issue is set to be discussed at today’s board meeting led by President George Weber.
The Feast of Shebuoth, marking the revelation and deliverance of the Ten Commandments, will be celebrated by Jews in all lands. Large classes will be confirmed at temples by Rabbis David Philipson and Louis Grossman, with Abraham Brill of Union Hebrew College performing at Richmond Street School.
The Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor held its monthly meeting at Central Christian Church. Reports from Relief Missionary Lookout Prayer Meeting Sunday School Social and Musical Committees were presented. A program included recitation mandolin and guitar duets and a paper on Pointed Arguments. Officers were elected for six months: G. W. Linn president E Worthwine vice president Myrtle Lawrence secretary and Philip Fowler treasurer.
John Cain, a Cincinnati machinist age 71, collapsed and died at Ludlow Lagoon while at work. He went to the toolhouse for tools and did not return. A fellow worker found him, a doctor could not help, and Menninger's ambulance was summoned to Peck and Baum streets. He leaves several heirs.
Senator Mason cites a Senate committee report declaring alum in baking powders a health danger. He notes testimony from leading scientists condemning alum and urging a law prohibiting its use, saying cream of tartar powders are healthier with no harmful residuum and that the Navy and Army ban alum in foods.
Detective John Rayburn, acting under State Game Warden and Cuvier Club instructions, holds nets and devices seized in a case against Harry Habig of Middletown Ohio. Habig was tried at Mainville before Squire Scherer for dip netting. verdicts were nine for conviction and three for acquittal. rehearing set for June 22.
The Water Works meeting was brief with a $973,292 balance and $939,039 expenditures to date. The 1900 census shows 418,709 city residents aged 6 to 21, with 60,812 males and 57,901 females, and about 50,000 in public schools. many attend parish or private schools. Several Water Works employees were selected to go to Philadelphia for the trip.
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company won a replevin suit against Walter Maxwell of the Hotel Emery for a $500 music box. Justice Dumont ordered possession to the company, with damages of one cent. Maxwell’s counterclaim for $20 rent was dismissed as misunderstandings. A similar case against D C Podesta of Fourth and Sycamore was settled the same way.
A Walnut Hills man hosted a rousing smoker for President Starbuck of the Cuvier lasting from 2 30 to 139 p m. Attendees included Prof John Wrn Lloyd Judge Peter Swing Judge Peck Hon J M Doherty Hon T A Logan P BE Roach Colonel Jeremiah Kiersted and Prof Roberts. The event was a friendly send off before Starbuck departs for a Northwest fishing trip with speeches songs and repeated toasts ending with Auld Lang Syne.
Thomas Hurley of 1223 Bremen Street faced a police court warrant issued against him after he tore and hid a customer inquiry about whisky prices rather than delivering it. The case involves forged receipt details tied to the Rosenthal & Sons inquiry and the Ohio Messenger and Telegraph Company.
City officials confirm eight new appointments within the Water Works Department amid a purge of unconfirmed staff. The board, led by Mr Weil, assigns salaries for engineers inspectors meters laborers and firemen across multiple divisions including Front Street Pumping Station and Eden Park Reservoir. The resolution becomes effective immediately.
Official investigations cover a burned ten year old boy who died at City Hospital after a coffee spill accident. Another death from natural causes follows a Mill Creek Valley car illness. A contractor died in a Seventh street massage parlor with coroner updates pending. The case of Hannah Croon involves J W Gwynn who denies administering medicine and cites a note written by a street man. The inquests remain open.
William Wisdom Tapp aged 33 of Louisville and Edith Marie Hudson aged 4% of Covington wed in Covington yesterday. Clarence E. Wayman aged 26 of Independence and Edith G. Cox aged 22 of Scott's Post Office also married in Covington.
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