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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1906
Page
2
Investigators pursue Thaw White case motives tracing jealous threats and letters from Mrs Thaw and Stanford White. reports detail surveillance, a Paris meeting, and White fearing Thaw as police seek indictments and sanity determinations. Mrs Thaw visits Tombs prisoner as crowds gather, while Thaw shows calmer behavior and awaits legal steps.
The Census Bureau released Bulletin 45 with statistics on 369 U S cities with 8 000 to 25 000 population. It details municipal finance receipts debts and funds, plus police fire schools libraries parks water works and sewers.
Reported plans to sail today on La Provence included Stanford White John Delany and a corporation counsel with his daughter and a business associate. Harry K Thaw and his wife were also named as passengers, prompting police to question the co passengers over possible motives and connections.
Pittsburg report says David T. Watson of this city who defended the United States in the Northern Securities case will likely play a major role in defending Harry K. Thaw in his trial for the Stanford White murder. Watson, then in London, has been asked to meet Mrs. William Thaw and may sail to New York to join the case.
Thomas E. Waggamann former treasurer of the Catholic University died at a Maryland farm house at 69 from cancer of the face. He had failed for over 4 million dollars last year and built a real estate career in Washington before his financial collapse.
Jere Dunn a well known sporting figure died in Elizabeth New Jersey from cancer. About twenty years ago he gained notoriety by killing Jim Elliott in Chicago during a period when Elliott, a famed boxer, was billed to fight John L. Sullivan. Dunn was acquitted on self defense.
Hamilton Ontario obituary report states William Hendrie, President of the Ontario Hockey Club, died in Hamilton on June 27. He was a well known figure in hockey circles across Canada and the United States.
Alexander Muir author of Canada’s Maple Leaf hymn dies in Toronto. Budd get Meakin writer on industrial betterment dies in London at age 1866 birth. William Worhiel longtime National Harvester salesman dies in Marion Ohio after long illness. Mrs David Reed sister of Generals Custer dies at Monroe Michigan at age 80. Herman Marckworth attorney dies in Clifton. Thomas Longworth 74, Madisonville farmer, brother of tax collector Arch Longworth. Colonel Benjamin F M Hurley Washington County Bar dies in Hagerstown aged 72, former Lincoln secretary of the Territory.
Middletown Conn June 27 Wesleyan University's commencement awarded honorary degrees to notable figures including Doctor of Divinity Rev Albert J Nast Cincinnati and Doctor of Laws Rev Herbert W Welch president of Ohio Wesleyan University.
Three year old Lester Murduck was bitten in the face by a dog while playing outside his home at 2293 Colerain avenue. He was rushed to City Hospital where the wounds were cauterized.
Return fare to Chautauqua Lake set at 11.30 dollars via Erie Railroad with travel on July 6 and 27. Tickets available at 416 Walnut Street and at the Depot located at Fifth and Baymilére.
Attorney General Moody orders suits against many railroad companies for violating safety appliance laws. Atlantic Coast Line lists fifty two alleged violations, with cases filed in multiple districts nationwide. Moody stresses strict enforcement to protect travelers and railway workers.
Judge Judson Harmon was named receiver of the C H D Railroad for a second time under the Central Trust Company of New York proceedings. The retitled action aligns with creditor demands and keeps powers and bond at ten thousand dollars, matching the prior six months' authority.
The Indiana Appellate Court upheld the right of appeal from the Railroad Commission and refused to dismiss Monon Railroad’s appeal. It ruled the appellate court has exclusive jurisdiction to decide the law's constitutionality when called, without ruling on the law's overall constitutionality.
The State Supreme Court ruled that Lehigh Valley Railroad preferred stockholders are entitled to cumulative dividends dating from 1893. The decision upholds a Philadelphia court ruling that restricted common stock payments until 10 percent annual preferred dividends from October 17, 1893, are paid. The dispute involved more than $91,000.
H F Ball superintendent of motive power for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern RR accepts the vice presidency of the American Locomotive Works. Headquarters for ALCO are in New York. He will resign his current railroad post.
W G Brown, previously chief clerk to O P McCarty of the B and O Southwestern, is promoted to Assistant to General Passenger Agent McCarty. Brown, longtime railroad man, started as a messenger boy and will assume the new role on July 1.
The New York Ontario & Western Railway declared an annual dividend of 2 percent, marking a 0.5 percent rise from last year. The decision was announced in New York on June 27.
The freight rate cut plan for San Francisco building material is dropped by supporting roads. Cincinnati railways suspend all forms of special tickets. Clergymen must pay full fare under the two cent per mile law. Rhode Island Company orders seventy cars from Cincinnati Car Company. Mead named Master Car Builder of Panama Railroad. A sixty mile Madisonville Hartford and Eastern line to be built with Kentucky capital from Henderson to Mitchell. Morgan interests to resume Pere Marquette depositions affecting a 3 million bond.
Commercial Tribune report from Columbus notes Governor Harris refuses to discuss nominations two years ahead. He says he will focus on duties and let the future take care of itself. No appointments announced yet and politicians are unsure who will receive posts, with Railroad Commission naming expected but not yet indicated.
Yale alumni dinner in University Hall heard President Hadley announce that Secretary of War William H. Taft was elected to Yale's corporation to replace Chauncey M. Depew. Taft won 3,087 of 3,703 votes with 206 for Catlin and 410 scattering, prompting strong applause.
The Ministry of Justice in Paris recommends reducing Ott F. Shepard's three month sentence for an April 1905 automobile fatality to six weeks. He faces a fine of 120 dollars and 4000 dollars damages. no starting date for imprisonment has been set. Shepard is a New York resident and Vanderbilt descendant.
New York dispatch reports Eva Booth commander of the Salvation Army in the United States is seriously ill at her home. All of her engagements have been canceled.
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