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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1903
Page
2
Kansas City Southern and Missouri Pacific are reported as operating in complete service from Kansas City. The two lines imply full operational status and coordinated service from the hub city.
Bodies of four more flood victims were found on North Harrison Street and surrounding streets near Peoria. Among the recovered are Mrs. Jessie Marpleston and five children with their grandmother Mrs. Shouk wilew. A color man’s body was located at Crane and Monroe, unnamed. A five year old white boy reportedly escaped a drift on Jefferson Street. Donations exceed 203000 with large contributions from Philadelphia St Louis and Chicago. Railroads are improving operations.
Two hundred people in Black Walnut on the Missouri north bank near St. Louis are cut off as rising water blocks escape. Sheriff Dierkes seeks aid from St Louis police and river steamers. breakdown of nearby Conlogue Levee also drives 200 colored families to safety. Rescue efforts face high water and current, with Potential Spread Eagle steamer likely to aid.
In Kansas City Kansas and Missouri relief efforts expand as the Business Men's Club reports further $500 gifts and a $1,000 chamber draft inquiry. The flood aftermath shows partial recovery with rail lines, utilities resuming service and ongoing donations aiding the suffering across the river.
The piece argues Laylin may seek a third nomination as Secretary of State, aided by his department knowledge and role in tax and election reform. It notes his growing popularity, prior election dynamics, and the political calculus of preserving party influence and drafting a new election code.
Rev. Abram Wyman of Topeka Kansas, president of the Foster Humane Society, sent an urgent telegram to the Humane Society of Cincinnati seeking financial aid. He said the district’s animals face starvation and suffering without swift, scientific assistance to procure fodder for thousands of horses and other livestock.
Harry Egan of Neave and Storrs streets, 21? years old and single, rolled headlong down stairs at 1 am while returning home with alcohol. He suffered multiple facial injuries including a broken nose in three places and a skull fracture at the base, then was taken to Betts Street Hospital by patrol wagon.
GUAYAQUIL Ecuador June 4 two slight earthquakes were felt here today. Residents reported minor shaking and no damage. No injuries or further activity were immediately noted.
An early 20th century ad promises Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It claims relief from back pain dizziness and nervousness and offers free samples by mail along with pamphlets and testimonials. The text cites druggist sales and a New York address for Dr Kilmer & Co.
The article describes a heated Republican State Convention laboring to place an old soldier on the ticket for School Commissioner, with Jones of Massillon as the chosen candidate amid backroom maneuvers and narrow escapes. Watkins faced a close contest while Wickham’s covert support loomed in reserve. Democratic plans in Franklin County set June primary and convention timing. Governor Nash and other officials plan to attend Senator Hanna’s daughter’s wedding.
Cleveland June 6 Senator Hanna said there is no truth in reports he would sail for Europe to s tve or three months. He plans to leave Cleveland soon for a long rest but has no intention of leaving the country or going to Europe.
Special Despatch reports from Bellefontaine on June 6 that Judge Duncan Dow of the Common Pleas Bench of Logan and Union Counties is expected to seek the district nomination for Congress at the upcoming summer 1904 convention. Incumbent W R Warnock of Urbana will also run for a third term. The district covers Delaware, Union, Champaign, Heflin and Logan counties.
The Tuscarawas County Democrats met in New Philadelphia to nominate a ticket for Representative W. A. Gold Auditor Victor Donahey Sheriff Charles Wagner Treasurer Samuel Roser Commissioner Lewia Kinsey Surveyor Paul Murray Infirmary Director Simon Limbaugh The delegates to the State convention are listed and were uninstructed.
A June 6 report from Topeka says Sheriff McCullough of Cheyenne County appeals for militia to guard the Dewar family prisoners charged with killing the Berry family. Governor Batley declines militia, ordering the prisoners moved. Washington also notes a General Land Office inspector will investigate killings tied to homesteaders and a cattle company in Northern Kansas.
Wind-driven blazes swept eight Hudson River watershed counties causing widespread destruction. Despatches from Newcomb and North Creek report stronger winds and tougher conditions for extinguishment. About 50,000 acres of timber burned in Indian Lake Cedar River Washington Hamilton and Essex Townships with charred landscapes from Indian Lake to Blue Mountain Lake.
Fire swept Hopewell Cape on June 5 destroying around twenty five houses and causing losses exceeding 900000 dollars. Flames devoured the woods in sections for days and many principal buildings including the Courthouse and two steamers, a new river steamer and the Delta, were burned.
Reports from Glens Falls New York say Adirondack fires are under control though a new heavy wind could rekindle them. Great destruction is reported near Indian Lake as forces fight the blaze on the fire lines.
Estimates released today peg Aroostook County losses from fires and drought at over 1000000 and Northern and Eastern Maine damage at five million dollars, highlighting severe agricultural and property impact across the area.
At Asbury Park New Jersey on June 6 the Reform Church Synod ended a dispute over form revisions by adopting Dr Hutton's compromise. The revised communion form becomes optional while the old form remains available. Rev N M Stebbins of Dubuque Iowa was elected theology professor at the Western Seminary to replace the retiring Dosker. The synod adjourned to Monday.
Special Despatch from Dayton Ohio says Judge C W Dustin of this city on the M County Common Pleas bench is boomed to succeed Judge A N Summers on the Circuit Court. Summers has been notified for State Supreme Judge. Clark County endorsed Dustin and Montgomery County may follow. Summers' term expires in February.
June shipping notices show vessels arriving in Genoa and Scilly while others sail to Cherbourg Basel and New York. The Kroon ians Umbria and Barbarossa depart or pass New York routes with multiple legs via Naples Antwerp London and Genoa. Several ships report arrivals at New York from Naples Cherbourg and other ports in early June.
Fragmentary despatch notes a special commercial report with unclear details. Reads like a crippled transcription with scattered words and no coherent event or names to identify.
The readable fragments hint at a local event or notice involving named entities, but the text is garbled. No clear people, organizations, or places can be identified to form a coherent card.
Jackson Tenn June 6 The state Supreme Court ruled the Jim Crow street car segregation law unconstitutional noting the caption failed to identify the act it sought to amend.
Bloodhounds on the trail to find W. H. Boston's killer in Lexington Kentucky were pulled off after scent dissipated. The murderer remains at large as the scent failed to lead to a track.
Berlin reports the death of Dr. Milan Sachs a young Viennese physician from plague contracted while researching at the Bacteriological Institute. He had studied plague in Agram and Balkan cities and died after being moved to an isolated barrack. Authorities vow strict precautions to prevent spread.
Dr. Thomas Hicks 54 native of Canada inventor of the Hicks process for extracting ores died at his Fort Wayne home tonight. His invention drew mine owners from around the world.
The Weather Bureau recorded 96 degrees in the shade between noon and 1 pm in San Francisco. Only June 21, 1891, with 100 degrees, surpassed today as the hottest day on record.
The Georgia Peach Growers Association based in Macon filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging current freight rates on fruit to Northern and Eastern markets threaten the peach industry. Named defendants include Atlantic Coast Line Central of Georgia Seaboard Air Line Southern Atlanta and West Point Georgia Southern and Florida Georgia Railroad Company Western and Atlantic Macon Dublin and Savannah Pennsylvania New York New Haven Hartford and Baltimore and Ohio. The filing contends Eastern rates are about one third higher per mile than Western rates, with three quarters of peaches moving East due to larger markets, implying railroad cost per car should be lower for Eastern shipments.
Northbound freight No 32 overturned after a car wheel burst near the train center. Ten cars laden with pig iron and lumber were smashed. Detours were set via Versailles and Georgetown over the Southern line until the wreckage was cleared at 6 52 oclock. No injuries reported.
In Hamilton Ohio on June 6 promoters Herman Dukeme, J A Magaw, J B Foraker Jr, Miller Outcast and John A Caldwell of Cincinnati won a twenty five year franchise from Butler County Commissioners for an electric road from Hamilton to Richmond Indiana via Darrtown. The grant requires an annual rental of 60 per mile.
A neighbor known as Aunty offered food and health tips to a mother with chronic indigestion and a delicate baby. Following her advice to try Grape-Nuts improved the mother's digestion and nourished the child, with praise from the grandmother as well.
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