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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1901
Page
2
R. G. Dun & Co. Weekly Review predicts overall prosperity despite a small New York bank failure. Reports cite strong trade, rising railway orders, and steady wages as construction booms, textiles recover, and leather markets hold. Failures total 204 in the U.S. and 2 in Canada.
The American Linoleum Company of Barberton with $200 000 capital stock, The Makers' Security and Investment Company of Cleveland with $10 000, The Jung Brewing Company of Cincinnati amendments to charter to manufacture mineral waters and all kinds of alcoholic beverages, and Harris Toy Company of Toledo increasing capital stock from $50 000 to $100 000.
The Girls' Bachelor Club at the School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia dissolves as only one of sixteen members remains unmarried or unengaged. President Miss Anne Joyce stands alone, with Cupid blamed for twelve marriages and three engagements since the club began in 1895.
Mrs Louisa Hoskot dies age 99 years 4 months 23 days in Dayton Ohio born in Prussia came to the United States in 1846 with husband and six children survived by four children thirty repachilaren forty two great ndchildren and three great-great grandchildren.
Charleston West Virginia June 28 The bar of Southern West Virginia hosted a farewell banquet for Judge John J. Jackson US Court upon his retirement from the bench in this state as it moves to the new Southern District of West Virginia. Ex Governors Atkinson and MacCorkle E L Butterick and Wesley Mollohan J W St Clair and Judge Jackson spoke. About one hundred guests attended.
Lexington Ky June 28 A K Wright representing Georgetown College won the Chautauqua intercollegiate oratorical contest receiving 75 Clark Kie 4 of State College placed second with a prize where details end.
Special Despatch to Commercial Tribune Lancaster Ky June 28 John William Carpenter a young man from Woods neighborhood was lodged in jail this morning He is accused of burglary.
Across the Ohio River at Owensboro Kentucky two youths Howard White and John Lysén both 12 were drowned while bathing in the river. Bodies have been recovered. Curtisville was the reported nearby location.
Comptroller Dawes has directed Bank Examiner Raynor to conduct a rigid inquiry into all conditions leading to the Seventh National Bank of New York collapse. If any legal violations are revealed, prosecutions will start. Raynor will inform the U S District Attorney of New York as findings progress. He may act without Washington guidance. Officials focus on overcertification of checks and the Marquand loan, with directors given until Saturday to cure the loan.
Braddock Pennsylvania news reports three boys aged 7 to 10 repeatedly stole horses and buggies in a spree. John Gamble and Elmer Gamble with Leo Hopkins, all seven or ten, were arrested after a series of thefts ending near South Pittsburg. They faced authorities with their father promising to move if allowed to go free.
Incredible reports from Governor Dole and Hawaii farmers describe prolific soil and year round crops. Potatoes, radishes, lettuce, celery and strawberries show rapid, perpetual yields while wheat and oats offer only single annual harvests. Pineapples begin bearing at four months and continue for years.
The Rev Dr Richard Harcourt of the People's Methodist Church Reading held a baptismal service with a $1 prize. Fifteen babies were baptized and each received a gold dollar. Parents handed the child to the altar as Harcourt spoke of offering gold before the coin was handed to a church officer for bank records.
J W Gossard sociological student living at the Auditorium Annex spent a week in the Workingman's home in the Levee area. He says he survived on seven cents a day for food and ten cents daily with lodging and breakfast, detailing meals and costs while observing how the poor lived on scant wages.
Between July 1 and 9 and September 1 to 10 the Colorado Special offers quickest travel to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo via Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern lines. One night to Denver with stamps to W B Kniskern Chicago for Colorado Illustrated or contact an agent at 435 Vine Street Cincinnati.
A State Department briefing says Russia may assert full control over Finland customs, aligning Finnish duties with Russian tariffs. Finland relies on American agricultural machinery and wheat, risking disruption of United States exports if Russia tightens trade barriers. The inquiry seeks foreign trade relations, with a U S vice consul in Helsingfors likely to report.
Mollie Crane, in Owensboro Kentucky, claims God decreed she must wed Rev. Father E S Fitzgerald. She sold her furniture, traveled to Henderson, stayed at Dixon Hotel expecting the priest, then returned after not being met. She threatened to kill him if marriage failed. She has been arrested and will be tried.
In Nyack New York heirs fought over a six foot antique brass faced clock buried near an oak tree for forty years. Garret Sargent died in April leaving the clock to his son Charles prompting a potential bitter probate fight. Lawyers advised settlement and the will will probate with Charles receiving the clock and family mansion.
In a London Leader humor piece, M. Dupert quarrels with a neighbor nicknamed Chopinette over cows kept near Pantin. A plan to murder Chopinette unfolds involving Julot and Chocolat who obtain blood from a rabbit, but misadventure leads to arrests and ongoing music at night.
Washington June 28 The claims of Charles B Hoover second lieutenant and Frank Weyler quartermaster sergeant both of Company L First Ohio Infantry for extra pay and commutation of rations were disallowed by the Auditor a decision the Comptroller of the Treasury today affirmed after an appeal.
Special Despatch reports a carpenter fatally injured today after a belt derailment. He suffered severe leg injuries including a double fracture. Further details pending official statement.
A noted medical authority argues that nicotine in tobacco smoke and fusel oil in whisky are not the sole toxic culprits. He notes tobacco smoke contains little free nicotine, while nicotine’s harmful effects come from related oils like pyridine. Furfural and aldehydes in whisky drive headaches, not fusel oil itself, refining the view of what harms tobacco and alcohol.
Mrs. James Ariello told Magistrate Meade in a New York Police Court that she dreamt of macaroni and shuddered at the name after a long era of meals three times daily. Judge Meade ordered James Ariello to pay 3.50 for nonmacaroni foods, though he quipped that amount could buy a month’s macaroni.
Kenosha philanthropist and former mayor 7G Simmons led a day of factory labor at Simmons Manufacturing after a strike, with executives joining hourly workers to keep the foundry running. The company declared no concession to strikers and prepared for a prolonged dispute while urging nonunionized return to work.
A veteran recalls intercepting a wagon train thought to be Confederate during the Civil War. The “train” turned out to carry a woolly head asking if Mass Lincoln had paid, prompting a retreat and a six month silence about the episode.
A London Kentucky message reports a deadly duel on Sextons Creek Henry Turner and his nephew William Turner riding with Noel confront two Parretts. Barrett dies from three gunshot wounds and the Turners are wounded. The incident is said to be a local fatal quarrel not tied to prior feuds.
Rufus Boles and Miss Maggie DeLae from Lexington Ky arrived in Aberdeen O to wed. Boles claimed seven months of effort to win her. Father opposed the match and threats of trouble followed as plans faltered.
Reports claim a ring within the city dispensary inflates inquest fees to jail the insane. John Ross, epileptic and confined at Central Asylum, faced an inquest with questionable testimony. Miss Lillian Ward, 17, was also incarcerated without knowledge. Attorney General Taylor pledges investigation and possible trials. further revelations expected.
On June 28 in London the Duke of Manchester appeared for what may be his final Bankruptcy Court hearing. Creditors accepted a 12s 6d pound compromise, with unsecured debts listed at £30,710, later scaled to £19,713, against £5,000 in assets while he blamed losses from theatrical ventures for his collapse.
Storms sweep the northwest causing thousands in losses. A tornado near New Richmond, Wisconsin damaged farm buildings and livestock with no fatalities. Flooding rain reached four inches, Star Prairie and nearby areas reported heavy losses, while Hector and nearby towns saw crop destruction from hail and threats of damage.
The Huntsville Herald narrates Randolph County residents finding bright ore in a log cabin in Silver Creek Township. A magnified mortar sample showed silver and gold ore, hinting at rich deposits. Eighty acres nearby were bought and mining will proceed with locals invited to invest early.
The New York Herald lauds Dumas Celebrated Crimes as essential for understanding great criminals and history. George Barrie & Son advertise an illustrated pamphlet and seek agents, listing 1313 Walnut Street.
The article describes Dutch Miller, a famed American criminal linked to Birmingham safe blowing, facing execution in Alabama. It covers his German origins, time in Cincinnati and Atlanta, a southern crime spree, and his claim of innocence as he faces death. He is remembered for nursing the injured in Indianapolis fire and his apparent loyalty to a father in Germany.
In Massillon Ohio on June 28 Miss Margaret Morgan and Walter H Allman were quietly married at a parsonage instead of a planned elaborate ceremony. The mother of the bride suffered apoplexy and the bridegroom’s father a stroke. both families report serious conditions. The couple, both well known, had planned a five week tour and the groom is a Johns Hopkins graduate. his father heads the Beehive department store.
A north bound Toledo and Ohio Central extra freight collided with a southbound train near Peoria on the St. Marys Division. Both engines telescoped and cars derailed. Conductor Ed Porter of aresi sustained serious injuries. engineers and firemen escaped harm. Cause believed to be a order misunderstanding.
At Captain Meredith Moore's home in Jefferson City the Tribune notes five residents whose combined ages total 388 years, all at least seventy, with Lizzie Bazey and Mrs. Colonel Tarlton each in their eighties. Iso Baker is 79, Miss Holliday 76, Captain Moore 75.
At a June 2 dance on Duck Run in Portsmouth Colorado Marion Crabtree, an assistant floor manager, became abusive clearing the car and attempted to push long from the floor. Long drew a knife and Granaroes was wounded with three breast injuries, one near the heart. No arrests yet.
Colonel Thos Grover manager of the Grand and People's Opera Houses in BVANSVILLE Indiana is near death in a local hospital after an operation for a class. The attending physician says there is no hope for recovery and Grover is known to the theatrical profession nationwide.
ROMF June 28 report from Paris states the Pope is seriously ill is unfounded. The Pope remains in good health and yesterday received the Austrian Ambassador to the Vatican along with several other persons in audience.
Thomas J. Bigstaff of Mt Sterling has filed suit in Kentucky against Judge E C Orear of the Appellate Court for 11000. He claims the sum is a balance due from the unsettled law partnership Bigstaff & Crear, which lasted from 1883 until a few years ago. The case draws interest due to Bigstaff’s prominent Eastern Kentucky family and the potential impact on local legal circles.
Fragmentary note reports the Newgifts giving up their car following a fete. The text mentions keeping horses and implies a shift from motor to equine transport amid celebratory events.
The Fall Festival Directors toured the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo on June 23 arriving early and meeting Mayor Fleischmann. Cincinnati’s visit drew strong notices at the Midway and Old Nuremberg. John L. Shuff staged a bull fight stunt, winning applause and free show access. The party plans to depart Sunday morning at 8:55 for home.
The Western Association of Writers elected officers with W. W. Pfrimmer as President. Indiana vice presidents include George F. Cotton Irvington Mary H. Flanner Indianapolis T. J. Bassett Thorntown H A Gobin Greencastle Josie V H Koons Muncie S P Thompson Muncie and Mrs A P Zollars Fray ne for Ohio Coates Kinney KF Qidham and Julie C O Hara Cincinnati for Illinois I M McGovern Chicago J N Matthews Mason and Chas Eugene Banks Chicago. The secretary is Enos B Heiney Huntington Ind and treasurer Jethro C Culmer Spencer Ind. The meeting and steamboat program featured readings by several authors and an essay by E C Blum Chicago.
In Salem Indiana Adaline Bolling, longtime housekeeper for Wiley Williams, secured a $1500 judgment after three Washington Circuit Court trials for breach of promise. The suit, once for $10,000, drew notable attention due to the prominence of the parties and likely double the judgment in costs plus attorney fees.
Reverend John Cushman Ford, pastor of the Baptist Church, accepted a call today from the Cleveland Calvary Baptist Church in Assillon. The decision concludes a lengthy deliberation and signals a change in pastoral leadership for the Baptist congregation.
Grafton Thresher a 22 year old from Cove Kentucky drew a revolver on a Sedamsville car at 8 40 and threatened to kill Conductor Bryan Marshal for not closing a window Patrolman Cobb was aboard and placed Thresher under arrest
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