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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1906
Page
2
Officials report slight improvement but depend on Consulting Engineer Hill to restore normal water supply. Pump No 9 started to aid delivery, though its capacity and reliability remain uncertain as repairs conclude. Downtown supply to be cut briefly tonight for a cap update.
A Mt Auburn waterless district committee led by Rev Dudley W Rhodes met the Board of Public Service to seek practical relief. Members complained no hilltop residents had water. temporary aid was pledged. Water was hauled by sprinkling wagons to Christ's Hospital, the orphan asylum, Glencoe Hotel, and cisterns at Auburn and McGregor avenues.
The report details severe water famine affecting hospitals and orphan asylums on hilltops. The German Protestant Orphan Asylum in Highland avenue briefly lacked cistern water, while the Deaconess Hospital in Clifton depended on wagoned supply, muddy and unusable, since Friday afternoon.
A physician endorses Postum as a coffee substitute in the Alkaloidal Clinic. He cites heart trouble, indigestion, and nervousness cases improved by using Postum, notes his family favors it, and describes preparation steps plus the claim of rapid rebuilding with a ten day trial.
Mrs J Reginald Foster and her estranged husband plan new marriages with different partners. Mrs Foster will wed Frederick William Penn on June 18 in Jersey City, while Mr Foster will marry Miss Marie Rogers on June 25.
Water promises failed as of 5 PM with no supply available except what was stored in cisterns. At Christ's Hospital in Mt. Auburn only water drawn from a fire cistern at Auburn and McGregor avenues was accessible.
Mt Auburn and nearby areas suffer continued drought as Josephine Street remains the sole draw point. Low lying homes see water in basements while high ground has none, with limited pressure and residents clamoring for wagons and power-house water to operate traction cars.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate the government refuses to recognize the right of state employees to strike. Details on involved agencies or dates are not readable.
The Indiana Stationary Engineers annual convention in Evansville closes after a Friday night session and a basket picnic in a city park. The next meeting will be in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Mayor Dempsey told The Commercial Tribune he did not meet with Mr. Hill due to a scheduling conflict and sought to learn why Mt. Auburn tanks were not filled. He asked Cincinnati housewives to defer Monday washing to ease the Water Works Department’s burden.
Paris June 10 The Elysee Palace announces a cabinet plan to present to the Chamber of Deputies. It calls for deficits to be met by supplementary taxation and an income tax on capital incomes. It also proposes a pension bill for workers and moves toward a general amnesty and court reform.
Henry J. Latshaw former Fifth Missouri District Congressman died in Kansas City aged 71. He was a longtime Missouri political figure and ally of Robert G. Ingersoll. Henry Weber, 73, of Newport at 611 Elm Street, a retired machinist with I. E. Greenwald forty three years, leaves widow and seven children. Funeral plans pending.
June 10 dispatch from St. Petersburg notes a revived belief in the Goremykin ministry's retirement amid cabinet discord over Suichinsky agrarian reforms. Executions abroad continue, with Warsaw and Riga reports showing death sentences and uprisings. Elections favor Social Democrats as agrarian unrest widens.
London dispatch says noncommissioned officers of the cavalry guard and Probrajensky Guard Regiment are under arrest and confined to barracks Novocherkassky Regiment is dispersed to towns after revolutionary literature was found in its quarters.
In Bielostok Russia on June 10 Chief of Police Derkatchoff was shot dead while out driving. His coachman was severely wounded. Simultaneous attacks hit the secret police in a different town section, with one officer wounded.
Six people were killed in Warsaw riots today tied to a claimed vendetta for the execution of workman Marczewski who was killed for trying to shoot a police officer.
Ripon Wis June 10 with the start of commencement week. President R C Hughes announced that two Ripon College professors will be pensioned under the Carnegie fund. Dr E H Merritt former college president and thirty years on the faculty and Prof C H Chandler of mathematics are the first educators to be pensioned under the fund.
In Constantinople on June 10 the Porte replied to a collective note from the powers. It confirms the assurances required for their consent to a 3 percent customs duty increase for seven years and announces plans to implement the surtax on September 14.
A British journal surveyed major advertisers asking when to stop advertising. Replies warn that halting now harms long term reach, value, and market position. They urge immediate action to test and resist contrary advice.
The new 2 million Christian Science Temple in Back Bay Boston was dedicated with six services drawing over 40 000 attendees from across the United States and abroad. Mary Baker Eddy delivered a dedicatory address while Edward A. Kimball read the address and the church sung, with thousands outside unable to gain admission.
A large sightseeing car overturned in the Brighton district injuring 34 Christians. The vehicle, on a suburbs tour, failed brakes on Commonwealth Hill and crashed through a fence into Kenilworth Golf Club grounds, tossing most passengers from the vehicle.
William K. Howe and Ethel Howe of Florence South Carolina filed suit in Lexington Circuit Court to invalidate Major Barak G. Thomas's May will. They claim a longtime servant unduly influenced the testator while his mind was impaired, challenging the Pryor bequest which may total about 50000 dollars.
The United States cruiser Tacoma and tug Potomac escorting the Dewey dry dock arrived at League Island Navy Yard after leaving the Dewey at the Suez Canal. Officers report the Dewey broke adrift five times and weather remained harsh throughout the voyage.
Two tour suggestions from a hundred highlight Pacific Coast to Northwest scenes and rail travel. Options include Lake Park Minnesota Scenic Rockies Cascades Colorado Salt Lake City and other attractions with round trip rates from St Louis and Chicago through June 18 to 22 and daily rates to September 15.
Dr Henry Van Dyke delivered the Princeton commencement sermon on The Contagion of Virtue urging graduates to oppose lies and defend honest praise. He warned against muckrakers while calling on the class to join those awake and sane, casting their lot with the fulfillers not the destroyers.
General Manager Miller denies a Huntington dispatch that an insane operator locked Wabash traffic at Andrews Indiana. Everett Falam, with limited telegraphy knowledge, rattled a block wire causing temporary confusion but no train dispatch disruption or stoppages occurred.
E R Longman of Cincinnati swore out a warrant against Henry Robinson for a criminal charge involving eleven year old Lena Finton adopted from Cincinnati Children's Home. Superintendent Crouse notified by wire. Rev Longman traveled to Findlay and caused the arrest. Robinson is neighbor to the child's adopted father.
Three men drowned when the yacht Lottie with a Brooklyn fishing party aboard capsized in a sudden storm in New York Bay. The deceased are William Mormon Paul Smith and George Gise.
A race riot between Armenians and Mussulmans in Iran sparked by a brawl in Tiflis. Troops dispersed the riot after eleven Armenians and two Mussulmans were killed and sixteen wounded.
The United States battleship Maine arrived in New York and spotted an open boat with two men forty five miles out from Boston who asked to be taken aboard. A whaleboat was sent, but a fog settled and the crew could not locate them after two hours. The Maine continued to New York.
A rock blast in the Battery tunnel south tube near the Brooklyn end caused a blowout that filled part of the bore with water and mud, nearly drowning thirteen workmen. Foreman with a nicked handle kept calm, guided crew to an air lock, closed flood doors, and brought all to the surface.
A physician, G. M. Fisher M D of Big Pool Maryland, writes in May 1905 praising Cuticura Remedies for eczema. He cites personal cure in 1897 after using Cuticura Resolvent and Soap and endorses publishing the letter.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Set for one dollar claiming treatment for pimples, scrofula, and skin humors. It recommends hot baths with Cuticura Soap, dry gentle, apply Cuticura Ointment, then cleanse the set, and lists related products and distributors.
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