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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
6
Prof W H Venable a beloved Cincinnati author and teacher is seriously ill at his Tusculum Heights home. Known for the Ohio Valley history and his completed Dream of Empire, he resigned from Walnut Hills High School due to failing health. His son Emerson Venable now holds his former post as the family and friends fear for his recovery.
A series of society weddings unfolds across Cincinnati and environs. Miss Laura Pearce weds J Merrill Wright in West Fourth street home with few relatives present. Miss Lilian Pricer marries Dr R Arnold at Walnut Hills home. Miss Jessie Jones weds Captain A W Margedant at Universalist Church Essex place Walnut Hills. Miss Anna Frank Laffey marries Charles Arthur Peak of Chicago at Holy Trinity Church Hartwell. Dr John Todd weds Miss Jessie Ware in Newport, with reception then in East Fifth street home. Additional engagements announced for Minnie Lehman Nath Beitman and Blanche Hamilton John Lehman Jr with forthcoming ceremonies in Cincinnati churches.
Special despatch reports the marriages of Andrew Williamson of Cincinnati to Mrs. Bessie Coffin and Braxton W. Carpenter of Cincinnati to Miss Ida Hatfield in Richmond Indiana. Clergy officiants were Rev. Ross Wicks and Rev. Geakle. Attendees include numerous Cincinnati residents.
Springfield society notes report the wedding of Miss Cushing to Ha Miller, managing editor of the Morsing journal, in a spring ceremony attended by local figures and family.
Sun of this city and Miss Jene Cushing of West Pleasant street married by Rev. John Clark Hill at 6 PM in a quiet ceremony. They left on the 8:40 train for a trip to the Pan-American Exposition and other points in the East and will be at home to friends after one.
The Sayre Glenn Industrial Home Board of Managers held its annual meeting and elected officers. New officers include President Mrs. I D Jones Vice President Mrs Richard Dymond and others. Also announced are committees and the Training School for Kindergartners commencement at 3 PM tomorrow on Linton Street open to the public.
Officer Hamel of the Humane Society arrested Ed Randolph in Warren County on a charge of beating a horse to death. Randolph admitted beating the animal after it was injured in a runaway, claiming it remained useful. The case, heard before Squire Williams, includes a demanded jury.
News from the city reports bartender Chris F. Lawlor died in Buffalo on his way to return home. He collapsed from apoplexy while awaiting a train, accompanied by his daughter. Lawlor formerly headed the Grand and Burnet bars and authored The Mixicologist, a pioneering drink guide. He also edited Hotel Echoes and Wine and Spirit Review.
Police report details a brawl involving Abe Flatau and the Kitzleb brothers near John and Wade streets. A second altercation saw Anthony beaten until Albert borrowed a saloon bat to aid, wounding Flatau. Dr Johnson treated the head injuries as Sergeants Rigney and Potts arrested the Kitzleb men.
Elizabeth Clifford, a lifelong blind beggar once seen outside the Public Library, died in poverty with no relatives. Despite claims she was well off, no supporters funded a decent burial, and she was laid to rest in the potter's field with no one to mourn.
Dr Newell H Grove of Wyoming married Miss Frances Shepherd daughter of Chas F Shepherd City Auditor and Clerk Hannibal Mo The ceremony took place at Hannibal Episcopal Church The bride a popular Hannibal society figure has visited Gano The groom a Cincinnati Dental College graduate has practiced in Wyoming for four years and will stay there at 610 Burns Avenue.
A pleasant Lehigh Valley Railroad trip with delightful scenery and fast trains. Dining cars offer a la carte service with stop-over at Buffalo on air through tickets to New York and Philadelphia via this line.
The Boone superintendent permitted two assistants while noting his clerk was useless to him. The report emphasizes administrative changes and the evaluation of staff effectiveness.
Denver reports George M. Bailey and associates develop a dry placer gold extraction method for arid western lands. The process, like Edison’s, uses air and a cloth drum to separate heavier gold from dry ore without water, potentially transforming western mining and global gold prices.
Findlay Ohio June 12 The Ohio Oil Company acquired the Elcho Oil Company and William Black in Hancock County in the largest deal yet in the area. The Elcho holdings cover over 700 acres with fifty producing wells on Haycock County leases. The Hide Oil Company included Pittsburgh capitalists and William Black as manager.
A pond near Henderson Kentucky claimed three young brothers aged 10 13 and 15 the sons of grocer C A McAhan. While bathing one cried for help the other two went to assist and all three drowned. bodies recovered. parents shattered by grief.
At the publishers congress in Leipsic on June 12 a resolution urged international protection for copyright owners against manufacturers of removable cylinders disks and similar devices used in mechanical music. Delegates urged uniform trade standards including prices and discounts across nations.
Trustees conferred honorary LL.D. degrees on Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana and Hon. Richard R. Warnock, congressman from the 9th district, at Ohio Wesleyan University in Columbus. It marks the first public-figure honorary degrees given by the university in ten years.
Rev James A Moore chaplain of the Convent of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Carthage has been appointed by Archbishop Elder as the first resident pastor of St Marys Congregation at Hyde Park. The parish formed four years ago. Moore, aged forty, was an assistant at St Peters Cathedral and was ordained in 1889. He will assume charge about July 1.
Benjamin Smith, 23, employed in Philadelphia, was taken from a train at Pennsylvania Depot in a dying state and rushed to City Hospital. He suffered consumption and was trying to reach Mobile to die with his family but he deteriorated and could not complete the journey.
John W. Hoyt a Fourth Street broker who recently departed the city has settled all claims or arranged for future settlements with his creditors. He is now in San Francisco where he will reside.
The Emerys have placed twelve electric fans along the Arcade at fifteen foot intervals creating a continuous breeze throughout the area. Merchants welcome the cooling improvement during the hot season.
Former Judge Sayler yesterday filed deeds showing the estate of John Robinson the circus man being divided as agreed by heirs several months ago. The settlement follows a prior agreement among the heirs outlining how the property is to be split.
Attorney Charles Warrington, longtime sufferer of Scott Ronnothe ataxia, has recently become totally blind. He is under treatment in a private hospital and continues his work as best as possible despite his affliction.
Riverside School principal J QO Beck is seriously ill with typhoid fever. Doctors say his condition is such that recovery is unlikely.
A New York Sun piece describes Bohemia near Stony Brook Long Island as a small farming community of about 300 Bohemians. The article notes their customs language and dress resemble old country life with Sunday dances and open wine, a decaying monument toJohannes near the village church prompting repair funds.
May receipts at 35 milk and cheese stations in Dickinson County reached 42 000 dollars paid to farmers. Farmers delivered about 275 000 pounds of milk daily from roughly 15 000 cows. Five new stations opened this spring with strong price gains about 10 percent higher than last year and 18 cents per pound for butter fat.
In 1900 Lucian and Alphonse Hellebush, Fourth Street jewelers, had assignments raised yesterday in the Insolvency Court. Union Savings Bank and Trust Company, Swing Cushing and Morse were noted in the proceedings.
Washington June 12 Commissioner Yerkes states National banks issuing circulating notes must pay a monthly tax of one twelfth of 1 percent on the average circulation, in addition to the annual internal revenue tax of 2 per thousand of capital stock. The tax is paid to the district collector of internal revenue.
Berlin reports a heavy securities decline on the Paris and Berlin markets spurred a run at the Dresden Credit Anstalt allied with the Kummer Electric concern and several similar banks. The Credit Anstalt and Kummer Company reportedly lost 50,000,000 marks but paid depositors. Efforts continue to stabilize the Credit Anstalt and the Kummer Company.
C F Huhlein of B F Aver & Sons expects a new company to form by July 1. The group plans major expansion of export activities with traveling salesmen, foreign branch offices, and a focused push to introduce plows worldwide.
The Union Trading Company of Cincinnati with 15000 capital stock. The Craig Baking Powder Company of Cleveland with 10000 capital. The Bank of New Matamoras at New Matamoras with 25000 capital. The Pinton Steam Pump and Manufacturing Company of Canton changes its name to the Ohio Steam Pump Company.
A Kokomo Merchants' Association meeting pledged to raise 15,000 dollars and provide a site for a new Steel and Wire Plant Company with 1,500,000 capital if the plant locates in Kokomo. The firm agreed, and a nail mill employing 1,000 workers will be built there.
New York June 12 The Pacific Fire Insurance Company reports reinsurance on many New York risks following Jacksonville fire losses. The company had claimed 60,000,000 of insurance in force, which will be covered under the new terms. Jacksonville loss is stated at 80,000.
Esther Bart Lett Clarke was granted a divorce from James King Clarke by Justice Hag ner in the District of Columbia on desertion. The husband had no objection after a prior Pittsburg case ended in a hung jury. infidelity was charged but countered by Clarke’s evidence. The decree omits alimony, though a private agreement reportedly sets $40,000 to $50,000 for Clarke.
Mrs Jennie Rochester of Los Angeles reunites with her two daughters in Memphis at St Marys School after thirteen years. Their father had kidnapped them and the family had long searched from Maine to Georgia and across the country, finally locating the girls as they neared a convent in Memphis.
Patrol 7 arrived at the Westminster Hotel near Lane Seminary last night amid excitement after reports of a man seen on the hotel roof. No man was found when officers inspected the area.
Consul Listoe reports that U S machinery such as steam pumps and wood working tools are finding a foothold in the Netherlands while American shoes struggle. Tourists are warned to carry ample funds as debt imprisonment exists in Holland and remittance norms differ.
A Geological Survey chart shows a decade of rising mineral output with total value reaching $976,000,000 in 1899. Metals dominate, led by pig iron at $245,000,000 and copper at $104,000,000, while nonmetallics total about $447,790,362 including coal and petroleum worth tens of millions. Gold totals $71,000,000 and silver about $33,000,000.
London June 12 Henry Labouchere was fined 50 pounds and costs in the King's Bench Court for contempt of c axs in commenting on a case then sub judice. Counsel for the plaintiff sought imprisonment for Labouchere and Horace Vouels, editor of Truth, but Justices Bruce and Philmore held fines and costs sufficient.
Dayton Colorado officers elected at the first biennial meeting include President E B Geiser and Vice President H F Beery of Chattanooga. Secretary R B P Nichols and Treasurer Wilbur Heathman named, with Auditor R Henry Meyers Medical Examiner J S Beck Counselor W D McKenny. Committees include Law Joseph H Griffin Warren D Shaw El Hoover Edward Anl Dayton Bert S Barlow.
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