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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1900
Page
9
Division within the Board of Public Service emerges over the Bank Street switch project. The dispute centers on plans, authority, and timelines as officials weigh which agency leads the installation and oversight. Stakeholders seek resolution through committee discussions and scheduled votes.
A divided Board of Public Service rejects a Cincinnati Southern Railroad plan to lay a Bank Street switch after inspection, with terms for track use and safety. Corporation Counsel Kinkead urges funding condemnation costs from the city treasury, amid Ohio Supreme Court shifts.
The ordinance reallocates 1060 from contingency to cover midyear shortfalls and directs payment. A separate measure sets the Mayor’s private secretary at 2600 annually with a 1500 stenographer and adds a clerk and messenger. It also notes Clerk Lamping and Detective Wappens tein leaving Mayor Fleischmann’s staff. Kept secret names cloak the other appointments.
Cincinnati inventor W. J. Youmans, a young Main street clerk, unveils a coin wrapper that can wrap any size coin and print the exact contents of the roll. The device saves time for banks and large institutions and marks a notable early achievement for a twenty year old.
Trustees of Green Township in Cheviot hold a special meeting to block dancing at saloons on Sundays along the Westwood line. They seek power to arrest musicians and threaten action against uncooperative premises to forestall Cheviot’s incorporation and preserve Sunday revenue.
The parents of 35 year old George Hanna of 416 Hawthorne Ave Price Hill seek news of his whereabouts after two years without contact. Former private secretary at the Commercial Tribune to Ellis then Managing Editor and later Assistant Corporation Counsel Hanna left after consolidation. He and Tribune colleague Harry Loree were last heard together in Baltimore before Loree died in the Windsor Hotel fire. The family suspects Hanna enlisted under an assumed name in the Spanish American War and was killed and has asked the War Secretary for guidance. He was a former University student.
Informal yesterday discussed Cincinnati as the next NEA annual meeting site. The general committee meets Monday at City Hall Board of Education rooms. About 1600 dollars has been raised to fund a sixteen member committee for the Charleston, South Carolina conference starting July 7, with a potential 10000 dollars if Cincinnati wins the convention.
John H. Guinn, a colored man who gave powders to Hannah Croon of 319 Longworth Street, was arrested on a warrant by Dr A Ravogli charging illegal medical practice. The coroner suspects no link to Croon’s death but may order a postmortem to determine the true cause. The State Medical Board plans prosecutions. Detectives Oim and McDermott arrested Guinn at 712 Fourteenth Street last night.
Helen Gould arrives by private car from the East at Cincinnati and checks into the Burnet House with a party of ladies. She refuses interviews despite heavy local interest as Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce invites a meeting and delivers roses and a courtesy note.
Mary Snyder, 21, a domestic, wrote farewell notes to friends relatives and employers before taking her own life in the canal. Her body was recovered shortly after.
Miss Gould travels with relatives to Cincinnati on a Berea College visit invited by President William G. Frost. The party plans church services and city tours including Clifton, Spring Grove, and Ft Thomas while fending off lingering attention from locals. A decrepit caller and a uniformed man are deterred by clerks, and one skeptical resident remains outside the Burnet hotel seeking a ten‑minute audience. The scene ends with broader city chatter and a stray note of tragedy as a local girl commits suicide by canal.
The Board of Managers of the Home for Incurables reports success from a recent old rubber collection and sale raising about $376. A second old rubber day is set for October 1, inviting donations. residents can arrange pickup via the Kemper lane home or have items sent directly.
The column touts picnic staples and summer fashion from Don’s, Brewster’s, and Peebles’, with kitchen and skin care items. It highlights wire grass fiber for furniture by McAlpin, declining shoe soles, and a parade of negligee shirts, neckwear, hats, and dress skirts from multiple downtown retailers.
A Cincinnati Single Tax Club gathering is set for today in Room 11 of the Hulbert Block at Sixth and Vine. The agenda includes adopting a constitution and appointing a district President and Secretary in line with the Ohio State League convention in Columbus advising district-wide action.
Mrs Caroline Carroll nearly 100 dies at Walnut Street home after daughter Mrs Sullivan mistakenly gives carbolic acid instead of medicine. She had fallen last week and fractured her left hip. coroner investigation follows the fatal error at bedside.
Joseph Dupps a 52 year old cigar maker killed himself at his home yesterday morning by hanging from a door knob. He may have leaned from a chair after placing the noose around his neck and the cord broke as he died. His wife heard the crash and found him. Coroner Schwab noted long illness and wishes of death. He leaves a widow and eleven children.
Strong signals point to a court challenge over Charles Arnold's claim to the Delinquent Tax Collector post in the County Treasurer's office. The contention centers on whether the contract with the Commissioners and the Treasurer is legal, with Solicitor Wilson expected to opine that the arrangement may be illegal.
A woman discovers her son Claud McMillin aged 20 is buried in a potter’s field after vanishing from Riverside on a freight trip. The report traces his disappearance to a train journey with two companions. The second portion covers Superintendent Boone’s proposed school year curriculum and teaching method emphasizing flexible, student centered instruction, self help study, and daily music and drawing.
An important document outlining the course of study was submitted to the principals' meeting for discussion and approval. The submission signals a planned review of curriculum and educational aims by school leadership.
A Cincinnati school board member states there is no plan to compel pupil admission. He says enrollment rules will remain flexible and address individual cases. Public interest centers on fair access and orderly school operation.
The Business Men's Club and the Chamber of Commerce nine meet next Saturday for a festive baseball game. A parade of veterans heads from Fourth and Vine to the East End Gym grounds aboard trolley cars donated for the occasion. Lineups include N. L. Pierson J. L. Pierson and others, with practices set at Avondale Club grounds Tuesday at 3 oclock.
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