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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
2
A bomb placed on a locked club door detonated as the door was opened injuring Buegel. The device wrapped in a Times-Star newspaper likely aimed at a specific target. Police suspect local construction and a locally made mechanism with buckshot or iron filings caused the blast.
Buegel told City Hospital he believed a pipe bomb attached to a door handle was a prank. He described discovering a piece of eight inch pipe with two wires, unwinding one wire and then a flash blinded him briefly. He says he would have acted more cautiously if he had known.
Burgel described wires and a damp powder fuse at a club bomb incident. He said he did not feel pain and laughed earlier at the joke. He denied noticing bystanders while improvised weights were strapped to him. The blast reportedly fizzed rather than exploded properly.
The Phoenix Club, once offered by Theodore Mayer & Bros with a high asking price, drew interest from New York theater managers for a potential playhouse. The building’s versatility let agents withdraw after limited sale prospects. Later talks considered city acquisition for police headquarters.
The report describes Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg killed by a bomb matching a Phoenix Club weapon. The blast occurred as he neared home, throwing him about forty feet. The weapon used dynamite gunpowder and a spring fuse, with oak splintering and smoke filling the room. investigators note the bomb resembles those tied to the Haymarket era. The perpetrator in the Haywood case had been tried and acquitted weeks earlier in Cincinnati.
Joseph H Lightmer of 811 Race Street recounts waking to a blast described as a cannon like sound. He saw smoke rise and several people walk the street. A trapped man was carried to a patrol wagon as onlookers speculated about a couple near the club fleeing.
The Phoenix Club, Cincinnati's wealthy Jewish-descended social group, is described as a target by an anarchist who believed it symbolized capitalism. Clerk D. Anger cites the attack as reckless, noting the building's exterior placement would lessen bomb damage.
Police seek a well dressed man and woman reported near the Race street entrance to a club before or after a blast. Witnesses vary, some recall them as guests cast as bystanders. Investigators believe the couple may hold key details and urge identification.
William Graham the hallman recounts a near miss at the Race street club. He describes hearing a pistol shot like explosion, blood from Buegel, and confirms the bomb was attached to a doorknob with a wire wrapped in paper. Graham suspects a planned killing aimed at a club member.
Clerk D A Fraser recounts the blast that occurred with three men present Buegel Graham and hallman and says the infernal machine was likely meant for a wealthy member leaving the club Fraser notes he heard the explosion and suspects a person with anarchistic tendencies placed the bomb on the door knob aiming at a rich man as he departed the club.
Frank J. Buegel a 40 year old married head barkeeper and general storekeeper with several children lives at 88 West McMillan street. He was boarding the last street car on Clifton avenue when the bomb exploded. He has no known foes.
An employee known for over twenty five years at the Cub Club sustained a severe wrist injury when a large rubber hand was twisted to halt bleeding after his left hand was torn open. He remained calm and waited for medical aid.
A powerful windstorm east of Tallahassee, Florida, destroyed tobacco sheds and barns in Leon County with heavy crop damage. Wires were down and communication hindered, but no fatalities were reported.
A storm swept Grady County last night damaging several houses and crops and destroying a storehouse and a school building. B. W. Keenar and family escaped injury when their residence collapsed onto the occupants. No fatalities are reported at this time.
Right Rev. Henry Codman Potter, 74, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of New York, is gravely ill and confined to his room after a week with a physical breakdown from overwork. His doctors and friends say stomach and liver trouble have worsened his condition, forcing him to abandon participation in church activities.
A fatal clash occurred at City Hall in Fort de France during municipal election tensions. Band led by Vice Mayor Labag clashed with supporters of Mayor Severe, resulting in the mayor's death and multiple injuries and deaths among others.
The report outlines House and Senate actions on teacher certificates and tax collection fees. It notes conferees named for Espy and Welker measures and discusses railroad infrastructure bills for grade crossing eliminations and elevated railways amid debate and political maneuvering.
Columbus April 30 The Legislature adjourns to May 9 with normal school bills shelved on the calendar. The Howe bill creating a commission to study a new penitentiary site passes the House with a $150,000 appropriation. Kealy’s attempt to substitute Hebrew for Christian fails as the insurance charter bill passes. Espy bills on public accounts and teacher certificates advance amid party turf battles.
Secretary of State Thompson named one Republican and one Democrat to each election board in Cuyahoga Hamilton Franklin and Lucas counties. Cleveland will have A N Rodway and Jerome H Shafrank, Cincinnati John W Flack and John Rolsen, Columbus James A Allen and John C Felton, Toledo John W Dowd. A Democratic contest in Lucas will be settled next week by the Democratic State Central Committee with two applicants in Toledo John A O Dwyer and James A Bailey.
A man believed to be Francis J. Black killed himself in Central Park New York on April 30. A note found on him asks that his baby be delivered to a medical college and about 180 dollars be given to "some poor, worthy people." No other identification was found, only eight travelers' checks and a signature.
Ellis concludes the Hunt law bans a party interest by a corporation using property money or corporate power but does not bar a corporation from publishing a newspaper in support of a political organization. The ruling was communicated to Secretary Thompson in Columbus Ohio on April 3.
New York April 30 Victor Nora Morawetz, chairman of the executive committee of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, said he expects to retire temporarily from Atchison management to obtain rest and time for other work.
Berlin April 30 The imperial government must borrow 250000000 during the next five years for fiscal needs despite no yearly appropriations increase before 1912 Secretary of Treasury Sydow informed the Reichstag Appropriations Committee.
News from El Paso reports S. C. White keeper of the Halfway Station on the Dolores Company's trail in Chihuahua was killed by robbers last Monday. White belonged to the Masonic lodge at Brownsville Texas. A year ago on this trail William Smith and others were attacked in a related incident.
Mme Gould and Prince Helle de Sagan reached Rome today from Naples. The party plans to visit the Spanish Steps area and then head toward the Riviera for a future stay.
The text reports states Maine North Carolina and Maryland indorsing War Secretary Taft while dismissing the opposing faction. It notes expected conventions in Ohio and describes delegations and calls forming around Taft with comments on unity and splits. It mentions Senator Foraker and Representative Mouser amid convention disputes.
Greenville Ga April 30 The Republican convention of the Fourth Georgia Congressional District chose E J Hinton of Meriwether and Alph Able of Marion as delegates and Charles Williams and C Okeely of Greenville as alternates to the National convention in Chicago. Resolutions endorsed the Roosevelt administration but did not instruct delegates on a presidential candidate.
The Fifth District Convention of old line Republicans in Lake Providence Louisiana elected S. W. Green and J. W. Cook as delegates to the National convention. Both delegates were uninstructed.
The Thirteenth Ohio District Republican Committee met in Bucyrus and chose Judge E. D. King of Sandusky and James B. Hopley of Bucyrus as uninstructed delegates to the National convention. A minority group named Ramel A. Judson of Sandusky and Rep. Grant E. Mouser as delegates, instructed for Taft.
War Secretary Taft departs Washington for Charleston to board the cruiser Prairie and sail to Colon to study issues around the Panama Canal project and U S Panama relations and the Panama Colombia boundary dispute accompanied by Canal Commission counsel Rogers and aide Mischler.
The Fifth District Republican Convention met in Lewisburg Tennessee on April 30 endorsing Roosevelt administration and instructing delegates for Taft for president. Zachary Carson of Rutherford County was nominated for Congress.
General Woodford denied reports that Governor Hughes would withdraw his name from the presidential canvass before the Chicago National convention. He spoke at the New York delegates conference at the Hotel Astor and reaffirmed Hughes’s continued candidacy and non withdrawal until the convention decision.
Special Dispatch reports Representative Herman Goebel’s bill to consolidate libel suits is stalled in the House Judiciary Committee. Representative Littlefield leverages committee time with a separate liquor traffic bill, hindering Foster who oversees the Goebel measure.
John Norris of the American Newspaper Publishers Association testified before a Senate committee on rising newsprint costs. General Felix Agnus, Baltimore American, said International Paper forced a $12 per ton increase on January 1 and hinted at tariff-based rate changes. The chair warned publishers to attend and provide testimony.
La Porte Indiana April 30 Ray Lamphere arrested on suspicion of starting the fire that destroyed Mrs Della Gunness country home and killed Mrs Gunness and three children He faces a first degree murder charge Lamphere gives conflicting statements about his whereabouts during the blaze He says he walked from La Porte to a job site six miles away between 3 and 4 am and saw the roof on fire but did not raise the alarm for fear of suspicion
Mrs David Brown of Locke Crawford County Arkansas says eczema plagued her ankles for two years. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills three times, symptoms subsided quickly and have not returned for seven years.
An advertisement touts Cutiura Soap Ointment and Pills as an irresistible remedy for skin diseases like humors eczema fetters and rashes. It claims absolute gentleness immediate relief and a speedy cure when all else fails. External and internal treatment is offered for every humor intents and adults.
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