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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1900
Page
7
Windsor School Walnut Hills presents an entertainment this afternoon at 1 30 titled Around the World in Eighty Days. The Humane Society holds its regular monthly meeting this afternoon and the superintendent presented a report that was approved by the board.
Mrs. Sarah Lewis white and George Washington colored wed yesterday on Si an Street by Rev. R. M. Glasper proprietor of a barber shop. Also reports on U S Courts admission of several attorneys and a G A R committee call for Decoration Day meeting. Noble dies in Rocky Ford. A J Noble contractor painter father notified. Census enumerator R M Jewell records 345 names in a day in the Thirteenth Ward.
Mrs. Mattie Wallace of 510 Carlisle avenue was stabbed by her husband and taken to City Hospital. Doctors said the wound was superficial and not life threatening so she left the hospital to go home. An Audubon Society meeting is set for 3 30 this afternoon at the Cuvier Club rooms with remarks by an ornithologist and Miss Gertrude Harvey.
The Cincinnati Elks plan to host the next Grand Lodge meeting in their city. Amid opposing claims from Richmond and Milwaukee, Cincinnati is viewed as a suitable compromise and likely favored by many members of the order.
The quarterly meeting of the W R C of Cincinnati and vicinity will be held Thursday afternoon June 14 Flag Day. Members of Wm H Lytle W R C No 134 will entertain in their Race street hall. The program will be provided by the different corps beginning at 2 30 p m Friends are invited to attend.
The Cincinnati Street Railway Employees Mutual Aid Society No 1 announces its annual picnic at Reichrath s Park on June 21. Members selling 25 tickets receive a gold lapel button. the top seller earns a solid gold lapel button encrusted with diamonds.
The Concordia Branch of the Fraternal Center will meet Friday June 15 to decide steps toward dissolution. Dr H C Barker was elected Examining Physician, while President Geiser contends the lodge lacks authority to elect officers and appointed a successor. Local officers back Barker, and dissolution is expected to be discussed.
Decennial appraisers struggle to receive pay after bonds were issued for expenses. Auditor Lewis, who previously paid the men, says he is done and that the money must come from County Commissioners. A committee from the Assessors spent most of yesterday at the Courthouse, bouncing between offices until late afternoon when it was agreed the bills would be passed by the Commissioners at tomorrow’s session.
Dr Lewis Curts retiring head of the Methodist Book Concern was surprised by colleagues at Wiley Chapel. A gold stem-winder watch and tributes marked eight years of service as ministers and staff praised his kindness and efficiency before his July 1 departure to Evanston near Chicago.
Delinquent Tax Collector Charles Arnold plans a suit against County Treasurer Tilden R. French over tax returns for an assigned business Consumers Ice Company. The issue hinges on whether an assignee must list property for taxation, with authorities split. The Jackson Brewing Company case and a Supreme Court view are cited, while officials warn of potential tax evasions and unfair competition.
Hon JF Fisher, United States General Appraisers of Merchandise, will visit the Custom House next week to hear importers protests pending before the General Board of Appraisers. Attendees are invited to meet him Monday June 11 at 10 30 a m at the Federal Building Custom House offices. Many protests have awaited decision and are expected to be decided during his visit.
The Board of Legislation Finance Committee met to review six months of estimates for the current year. Chairman Beneker led discussions with Iliff Schwenninger and Wuebbing, City Auditor Skiff, and Board President Allison. An amendment to Section 11 on lighting funds was debated and adopted to allow Welsbach burners if deemed advisable. The ordinance allocates funds to city departments for the period, with general and special fund tables included.
The Public Service Board set a hearing for next Monday on claims for damages and street upgrades. City officials report permit lapses for electric poles, networked conduits plans on Reading road, and undergrounding poles by phone and telegraph firms. Exceptions include Wesley avenue asphalt bids rejected, McKenna Harrold Jordan alleys brick work, and new proposals pending. Additional items cover temporary laborers, damages claims on Guy street, and personnel changes at the infirmary.
A list of engaged couples with ages occupations and street addresses from Covington Ludlow and nearby areas. The names include Benjamin Dulweber and Nannie Noble, Henry Walther and Katharine Schwartz, Louis Blair and Charlotte Bliss, J Howard Renshaw and Estella McKeag, Oscar Christiansen and Amelia Neuer, Albert Fritzins and Emma Lockheart.
Kanawha towboats bring a large coal cargo down the Ohio River. The government lowered movable dams to boost river swell aiding shipments to Cincinnati. One accident occurred when the steamer Otto Marmet grounded its tow at Clarion, leaving three barges on rocks.
Alga McBeth three years bronchitis. Thomas Wolf eleven months measles. Oliver Edwards sixty six years apoplexy. Mary Loesch thirty two years phthisis. John Kennedy twenty four years inquest pending. Raymond Hoffman one year spinal meningitis. Clark Hendrickson three months inanition. Bertha Kruck one month inanition. Joseph Hegel eighty two years asthma. James Whittaker fifty seven years cancer. Amelia Woodward eight years appendicitis. Rose Schlichte twenty five years nephritis. Albert Cock thirty four years bronchitis. Cecilia Gibbons thirteen years endocarditis. Annie Dee three years inquest pending. Anna Witt fifty four years diolemia. Thomas Donegan fifty four years carcinoma. Edith Brooks five months septic infection.
Sealed proposals will be received at the Carthage Ohio clerk’s office until noon July 9 1900 for five village bonds totaling 2500 dollars dated July 9 1900 and due in ten years. Interest at 5 percent annually payable at the German National Bank Cincinnati. Bonds issued under Ohio Revised Statutes and village ordinance to fund sidewalk construction. Bonds sold under par with bidders listing gross payment and accrued interest. Council reserves right to reject. L H Hall Clerk Carthage June 7 1900.
Library Trustees designate a crafted memorial volume for Mrs. Whelpley as tribute to late Public Librarian A W Whelpley. The volume includes trustees resolutions Unity Club tributes funeral addresses and a portrait with a fitting inscription. Janes A Green will convey the volume to Mrs. Whelpley.
Prospectus distributed in the city announces subscriptions for New Central Station Heating Company with capital of 500000 dollars in 6 percent preferred stock and 1500000 dollars of common. Only 100000 dollars of preferred stock offered now with a premium of one share of common stock per preferred subscription. Subscriptions payable 10 percent on application 20 percent in fifteen days 20 percent in thirty days and the remainder in sixty days.
The Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home near Sandusky invites sealed proposals by June 18 1900 for constructing two cottages on home grounds. Bond of 1000 required with bid. bids may be rejected. Architect H Lindsay of Zanesville to supervise.
The annual meeting of stockholders of the Cincinnati Musical Festival Association will elect three directors hear reports and conduct other business. It is set for Monday at 3 o clock in the Chamber of Commerce Building on the fourth floor in Cincinnati.
Bids due by 12 noon Friday June 15 1900 at the office of the Board of Public Service for Grandin road widening grading crossings macadamizing to 25 feet with culverts drains and retaining walls as specified by the Chief Engineer. The board may reject all bids and requires indorsed envelopes two disinterested sureties and printed bid forms. Also bids invited for rights of way Bennett an to Edwards road trunk sewer and drains with appurtenances under same procedures and specifications.
Friday June 15 1900 bids requested for 2000 tons of coal at Hartwell Ohio for steam purposes with specifications on file. Also bids received by 12 noon June 8 1900 for rebuilding part of a retaining wall on Third Street near Martin Street with plans in the Chief Engineer office and board files. Both bids require two disinterested sureties and printed forms.
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