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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
3
Newport officials announce Edwin Smith will be deposed as chief and Harry H. Deputy will be installed. The board and Mayor Nelson confirm the change despite Smith’s efforts to counteract it.
Newport City Council met in regular session last night. City Auditor Albert Silva reported bonds and interest coupons totaling 176 259 38 awaiting cancellation and the matter was sent to Ways and Means to cancel the bonds. The Seventh street reconstruction between Saratoga and Monmouth was referred to Improvements. Orchard street reconstruction from Eighth to Ninth was adopted with grade and estimate. Isabella street reconstruction from Third to Fourth was adopted with cost estimates. The engineer's report recommended buying from George Wiedemann Brewing Co for 1200 to widen Putnam street. the brewing company will pave at its own expense. Fourth street repairs east of Park avenue will use screenings due to lack of funds. An ordinance allowing a 20 year street railway franchise with a 66 foot viaduct over Taylor's Mill Bottoms was passed with amendments by unanimous vote.
William Coughlin indicted for robbery in Campbell County Newport was tried again in the Newport Circuit Court. After a prior two year penitentiary term he pled to assault and battery and received six months in the city jail. His partner John Smith already serves two years in the penitentiary.
Last night the progressive euchre by the Spiritual Temple women drew a large crowd and proved socially and financially successful in Newport. Residents report floods affecting Topeka attendees and local clergy notes while court actions, church fundraising, and community events fill the day.
Walters Wells aged 32 and Luella Smart aged 21, both of Latonia Kentucky, were married last evening in Latonia. The officiant was Charles J. Pirman of Newport, with Lacy M. Kiefer of Bellevue acting as attendant.
Bertha and John W Schneider transfer Lot No. 220 in South Bellevue Land Company's subdivision to Edward Wolf for 2128 dollars. Ola C Wheeler and Charles C Richardson sell a Ward avenue lot in Bellevue 30 by 100 feet to Anna Egbers for 3450 dollars. Harry and Alice Evans convey a Highland District Ohio avenue lot 50 by 200 feet to H A Schriver for 2550 dollars.
Owensboro Kentucky June 4 A remarkable gathering at the Waveland home of Mr and Mrs James Weir honors his long career The Weirs include Mr Weir aged 82 and his sister Mrs Anne Elliott aged 80 The subject Mr Weir born June 6 1821 in Greenville Ky is Owensboro s oldest bar member and long serving president of the Owensboro Deposit Bank later renamed National Deposit Bank He helped found Owens Nashville Railroad later part of L N system and remains a longtime bank leader with a distinguished Centre College background.
The Kentucky State Federation of Woman's Clubs meets with large attendance on June 4. President Mrs. George C. Avery urges compulsory school attendance and school suffrage for literate women on school matters. Treasury shows $306.21. Federation notes a traveling library program and strong library support by clubs.
Colonel I N Fisk and W A Sassman of the Oriental Carnival Company oversee Dayton street fair setup to open June 9 and run all week. Local merchants back the event as a promising week. John Hug fined for contempt of court. Dave Hardy dismissed for lack of prosecution. Joe Hooker Post G A R to decorate veterans graves at St Francis Cemetery next Sunday. Arthur C Forster and Louise Helen wed June 14 at the bride’s home. Marquis D English and Anna Mary Dayier wed Wednesday night. Dayton Mutual Aid Society plans annual outing at Clark’s Grove next Sunday.
Bellevue council adjourns to revive fire and police report proposing a city building at 10000 cost. Ways and Means fixes tax rate at 1.9 mills per $100. Marriage of Orlando D German and Miss Henrietta Underwood reported. Newport and Dayton discuss street railway franchise ordinance.
The Department of the Lakes awarded a 19975 dollar contract to remodel the drill hall into a post exchange. A second contract for heating wiring and plumbing will be awarded on June 12. Lieutenant Paul Hurst, recently back from Washington DC, has been relieved as Adjutant of the First Battalion at his request. Lieutenant Henry B. Wygant was appointed to fill the vacancy and Hurst was assigned to Company B. Education announces a commencement Thursday the 18th at the Central School Building.
At a Covington Board of Education session W. W. Warrington reported a ten dollar bribe from a Schulz brother urging re election of Miss Schulz as a teacher. The issue triggered calls for investigation while Old teachers were largely retained and Miss Schulz was replaced in the First District. A committee was named to probe the matter and another resolution questioned Miss McCarty’s residency.
The Socialist party of Campbell County met in mass convention at the hall at Fifth and Monmouth streets to name a county ticket for the November election. Adam Nagel presided as Chairman with Frank Strine as Secretary. Nominations include Circuit Court Judge M A Brinkman, Circuit Court Clerk Leonard Bauer, Commonwealth's Attorney F H Strine, State Senator John R Lyon, and State Representatives Robert Schriver and J H Hater for the Eighty sixth District.
Suit filed in Circuit Court by John Struewing against Ernest Resius and Covington city for 1000 damages over water flow onto Struewing property in Western row. Grace Kelly sues John Kelly for abandonment and support failure. Victor Landrum and Hentry Black fined 10 dollars and costs for disturbance and breach of peace. Boarding house keeper Miss Jane Irvine reports a carpenter’s visit led to missing silver watch a revolver and a gold ring after a 20 minute intrusion.
Jerome B Walker aged 32 of Freedman Indiana and Virsa M Davis aged 34 of Jem. W Va wed in Covington Kentucky by Rev. N H Carlisle. Harry L Hamilton 24 of Covington and Jessie A Nrad 17 of Newport wed by Squire Dunn. Duvall D Robinson 30 of Cincinnati and Mattie Case 22 of Red Bank Ohio wed by Rev J I Blackburn.
John Keefe transfers 23 by 90 feet on the east side of an alley between Greenup and Garrard streets, 123 feet north of Eighth street, Covington for $700. William McGraw sells 25 by 89 feet on Trevor street for $1,100. Virginia Hellman transfers seven Franklin subdivision lots in Prospect Hill to Kate H. McMullen for $1 and other considerations, with the same property then sold to Harry C. Deglow for $250.
Special Despatch. Kentucky Court of Appeals hands down decisions reversing Milligan v Masten and Daniel v Bullitt, affirming Forsythe v Huey and Pepper v Pepper, affirming with damages in several railroad cases, setting aside submissions in others, and admitting George L Edwards of the St Louis bar to practice in the court.
Fred Groenemeier of John street visited relatives in Enterprise Indiana last evening. Public Library Trustees met and welcomed several new subscribers. New volumes were added to the library in the past week.
The piece argues that the abolition stems not only from weapon changes but from a broader shift in military opinion. It notes a growing reluctance among white men to kill and suggests this sentiment is especially strong in the Anglo-Saxon race.
George Kisler, 29, of Bromley Kentucky, employed by the Weir Frog Company in Cincinnati, had his arm crushed between the elbow and shoulder yesterday. Patrol 4 transported him to City Hospital.
A brief editorials note warns of retaliation if Britain raises tariffs to shield its economy from American goods. The piece argues the United States should respond firmly, implying parity in tariff policy and not yielding to perceived Yankee threats.
In Jackson Kentucky on June 4 the Hargis faction secured the initial advantage in the Marcum assassination case. John Jones named Special Elisor will summon 100 Magoffin County jurors. Guards remain at the jail and at the Hargis store while witnesses are watched. Magic light sightings confuse locals as tensions rise ahead of next week’s proceedings.
Samuel A Hoffheimer president of the White Mills Distillery Company and two officials were arrested in Louisville on warrants charging them with defrauding the government by equalizing at the distillery. Bond set at 1500 for each, cases set for hearing the following Saturday.
A Presbyterian pastor in San Francisco uses a lively ad in Monday papers to attract worshippers. The Second Presbyterian Church advertised two sermons and music, drawing a large crowd and sparking comments from an old-timer about unfamiliar attendees.
The Chicago and North Western Railway advertises four fast daily trains to St Paul and Minneapolis from Chicago at 9 a.m. 6 30 p m Limited 8 p m and 10 p m electric lighted Northwestern Limited Tickets and information available from ticket agents or W N Breeze 435 Vine Street Cincinnati Ohio.
At Richmond Indiana the Indiana Medical Society opened its annual convention with a welcome by Prof D W Dennis of Earlham College. Dr James F Hibberd aged over 80 was honored for his leadership in multiple medical societies.
News from Bluefield West Virginia reports the capture of Clifton Brandan in Lexington Kentucky. Brandan, a convicted killer and alleged desperado, formerly became a minister after a gubernatorial pardon and returned to Clinch Valley where he attacked his daughter’s husband Fleming and shot his wife.
Dayton Ohio June 4 physicians from Cincinnati participate in Ohio Medical Society sessions with Dr Henry Ward Bettman on Absence of Gastric Suice and Dr Alfred Friedlander on Rheumatism in Childhood. Dr Horace Whitacre discusses Conservative Treatment of Knee Joint Infections.
The Real local option vote in Wooster today produced a wet majority of 14 out of 1,604 total ballots. Drys carried only the ward housing the college, as observed in this hotly contested race.
The State Association of Bankers adjourned in Parkersburg after two days of sessions electing officers led by President Robert L. Archer of Huntington. Other officers include First District J. Lee Harne New Martinsville, Second District A C McCandlish Piedmont, Third District Mason Machews Lewisburg, Fourth District J O Reynolds St Marys, Fifth District Edward Man Bluefield, and Secretary Treasurer C T Hiteshew Parkersburg.
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Heart Cure claiming heart disease can be cured by strengthening the heart nerves enriching the blood and improving circulation. The copy emphasizes safety and certainty though lacks clinical detail.
General John B. Gordon, head of the United Confederate Veterans, urges citizens to send flowers for the graves of Confederate dead at Camp Chase in Columbus Ohio on June 11. He praises Colonel Knauss and Ohio citizens for decorating Confederate graves and erecting a monument, calling such acts evidence of fraternity and unity for the Republic's future.
The Association of Wholesale Grocers of West Virginia met in secret session with seventy five wholesalers and fifty establishments represented. Officers elected include President R G Hubbard and Vice President L G Race, with J B Stephenson as Treasurer and a slate of directors and an executive committee. The convention closed with a banquet at the Jackson Hotel and next year’s gathering will be in Clarksburg.
The Postmaster General announced the appointment of rural free delivery carriers to fill vacancies across Ohio. Routes include Mineral City, Black Run, Cumberland, Chardon, Novella, Harshman, and Painesville with named carriers and substitutes listed for each route.
The Grand Lodge of the Elks donated 2000 dollars to relief funds for Topeka and Kansas City areas. Joseph T. Fanning and George P. Cronk announced the contribution and pledged additional help if needed, with funds to support the general relief program where most needed.
Police and outside detectives concluded that clues in the Hicks murder mystery were fruitless. They found many letters in Hicks room but nothing indicated an enemy or threats against him.
June reports show ships arriving and sailing at New York Naples Marseilles Glasgow Queenstown and other ports. Vessels listed include Palalia Deutschland La Savoie Cala broa Prinzess Irene Algeria Concordia Sarmatian Armenian Altonia Friesland and more with routes to Genoa Hamburg Philadelphia Boston New York and Liverpool.
The piece reflects on animal intelligence and human bias by examining donkeys geese and owls. It argues that donkeys can be intelligent and patient and rejects the idea that cruelty makes them stupid. It notes wild geese prove clever, while owls appear wise due to brain structure and quiet demeanor.
The Philadelphia Press reports allegations by an American missionary of severe abuses of Black men in the Kongo Free State under Belgian rule. The British House of Commons urged cooperation with Berlin treaty signatories. The US abstained from committing to responsibility for the proposed state.
A former regular army man, taken prisoner by Moros in the Philippine Islands, calms his ravings about alleged torture. He describes the rat punishment dungeon. The piece critiques anti-imperialists and contrasts condemnation with a soldier’s conviction.
In Atlanta constitution lore, Brer Thomas is said to be felled by grace and cheerfully welcomes renewed health. He claims the rest helps his rheumatism, and the community notes his improved condition after being taken in again.
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