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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
3
Covington police and fire commissioners approved a new first class fire engine from Cincinnati makers and repairs to an older engine after the boiler burst at the E. W Scales fire. Total cost 6800 dollars with plans to hire more firefighters after the new Covington firehouse is completed in about three months.
Mayor J T Earle of Latonia denies being in Louisville with affidavits against Covington Assistant Postmaster G A Seiler saying evidence of civil service violations not yet found. Seiler denies tactics at the Republican convention and calls affidavits false and spent no money on influence.
Washington street saloons refused licenses by Covington Council sat deserted yesterday with For Rent signs and removals underway. Police Chief Schuler confirmed the council action and said enforcement began.
Covington churches list sermons and events for May including Sunday closings and sabbath observance discussions at multiple congregations. Notables include Lord supper at morning services, baptism, and evening sermons by ministers such as Buckingham and Oliver. A Tom Thumb Wedding entertainment is planned by the First Christian Church.
Police Chief orders arrest of billboard law violators as ordinance takes effect. Meat and Milk Inspector Dr W A Wyman named Assistant State Veterinarian. Covington records say Russell Williams and three companions are detained as runaways. Eagle memorial services planned for May 10 in Odd Fellows Hall with remarks by Walker C Hall and County Attorney Frank Tracy. Reverend Joseph W Hagin to deliver invocation and benediction. Collector Maurice Beie reports IRS figures for the past month.
The Kentucky State Guards unit of Captain N. 8. Bennett at Newport will receive pay for about forty five men. The payroll totaling 12000 dollars, with Campbell County receiving 5000, has been certified by Adjutant General Johnson after prior delays due to a Goebel era dispute and court orders.
Colonel Mansfield of the Second United States Infantry announced a summer program at Fort Thomas beginning May 17. Daily drills start at 5:35 and 8:30 with guard mount at 9:50, battalion drills on Tuesdays and Thursdays, dress parades at 5, inspections Saturdays at 7:45, band concerts on Mon, Wed, Fri at 4, and baseball on weekends. The event marks a return of regimental drills not seen since 1897 and highlights the renowned Second Infantry band.
In Covington the Court of Appeals held taxes on mortgaged property are owed by the owner. The decision in Caroline Cane vs J C Rich reversed a Kenton Circuit Court judgment. Rich and others owned the property but mortgaged to Mrs Cane. she was not liable for the taxes.
R. H. Wichard a 32 year old grocer of Fifteenth street and Madison avenue disappeared after telling his wife he would walk down the street. He left with $67 and has not been heard from. He is 5 feet 1 and a half inches tall, 160 pounds, light complexioned, with glasses. He is a former bookkeeper and father of two children. Police Chief Schuler in Covington was informed yesterday by Mrs. Wichard.
In Newport Judge Yungblut orders Master Commissioner to sell Eleventh Street property for Paris estate settlement and divide proceeds. Receiver to hand over EB A Vance Construction Company pipes and plumbing materials. $200 claim assigned to defendant. Commonwealth v Campbell County Turnpike Company trial set. jury deliberation pending. Administrator appointed for Mrs Samantha Danks estate after coal oil fire death. Final will ruling in Mary Nuhn v Minnie Michaels ends with will probated. estate valued around $10,000 with W K Hamilton as executor.
In Kenton Court this morning arguments in the Mersman versus Gausepohl will end with a jury verdict on the William Gausepohl will. The Canada versus Licking Coal and Iron Company jury remained deadlocked and is ordered to reconvene for further deliberations. An order of distribution was issued in Stevens versus Moffett. The Murray versus Cambridge Tile transcript was moved to the U. S. Court. Standard Oil Company of Kentucky and 15 petitioners seek bankruptcy for Kentucky Grocery Company. Kalamazoo Corset Company and others petition against C. O. D. Store for bankruptcy.
The Newport Board of Police and Fire Commissioners meets as Fred Keustmer is inducted after Mayor Krieger appointed him to replace Rum mell. Fire cistern repairs are bid with $200 allocated. Police, firemen to join Decoration Day and Arion Maennercher parade. Plumbing contracts awarded. April reports show arrests and alarms.
Crime report notes persistent desk burglaries by unknown robbers in Newport. A noon theft at M. M. Ware real estate, 412 York street, saw $20 taken from a safe placed there by Miss Mayme De Vere. A separate break at East Fifth street targeted Attorney H. M. Benton’s office. no valuables stolen. Over two weeks six attorneys’ offices were looted.
The William O Bradley Republican Club of Newport plans a meeting tonight to finalize attendance for the Sixth District Convention in Covington on Monday and the State convention in Louisville the following Tuesday. The club aims to send a large delegation to challenge the Campbell County convention held in Turner Hall Newport last Saturday with John H Meyer as Chairman. Notices go to all members for the meeting and speakers are arranged.
Chief of Police Frank Ortlieb of Dayton completes the dog census reporting 680 dogs in the city an increase of 160 over last year. He will levy the dog tax next Monday.
Taylor Street Methodist with Crates. St Pauls PB E with Nash. St Marks Evangelical Lutheran led by Hanshue. Courtland Foulkes leads Junior League. Central Christian with Garrison. First Presbyterian under Whitehead. Grace M E Church with Fisher. Services include sermons on Methodism 1908, Gospel themes, and prayers.
George Ware a 50 year old Newport resident died at his home after a long illness. Jefferson Council Jr O U A M handles the funeral Sunday morning. Burial is Grant s Lick Cemetery. Widow and three children survive. Brick street paving bids open next Tuesday noon in the City Engineer s office. Estimated cost about 50000 with bidders from Springfield Ohio and Hamilton Ohio. City licenses saloons expired Thursday night and over 7000 was collected in one day by City Treasurer Lohstroh and City Clerk Davis.
Colonel Mansfield announced that 700 Second Regiment members will arrive at Fort Thomas from the Philippines Sunday afternoon May 10. On May 15 twenty three Fourth Infantry men released from quarantine will move to Fort Laramie to join the Fifth Artillery for Iloilo voyage. Colonel Augur’s condition improved in the post hospital. Fay Miller of Cincinnati was fined twenty dollars and costs after a Midway district district arrest and confinement in Newport Jail.
The fragmentary text references Master Commissioner actions and property deeds in Covington. It mentions Isadore Iversohn and Bettie Iversohn, Henry to Jennie M Hinkey, and F. M. Tracy with property measurements and street locations in Covington, including Pike, Riddle, Hawthorne, and Jefferson streets.
Property transfer recorded for Lots 233 and 234 in Buena Vista addition Newport with Mary Osky conveying to Margaret Maevis. No further details provided in readable text.
Charles A. Cummings of Cincinnati and May Phipps of Bellevue Kentucky listed as new marriage license applicants with residences noted.
Medill McCormick testifies before the House committee detailing paper contract price hikes from 1.80 to 2.20 per hundred and alleging a pool among papermakers. John Norris supports claims of restraint of trade and cites a boxboard pool collapse with sharp price drops. McCormick warns higher costs strain smaller publishers and notes paper workers earn less than many occupations.
The Senate considered Senator Elkins’s resolution to suspend the commodity clause of the railroad rate law effective today. Railroads claim they lack time to separate coal land ownership and test constitutionality amid financial strain and panic. Several amendments were offered, with debate centering on retroactivity and tariff differences for short vs long hauls.
An elevator broke at Owen Coyle's transfer warehouse in Hamilton Ohio and dropped Coyle and his son-in-law Carl F. Gross fourteen feet. Both men suffered fractured ankles and Coyle may be internally hurt. They are married and reside at 1022 Campbell Avenue.
Fifty union horseshoers from fifteen shops quit work in Toledo today to protest the shift to machine made shoes. Nineteen shops adopted an open shop policy as the strike began.
The Miami County medical society adopted resolutions favoring Dr. Charles A. L. Reed of Cincinnati as United States Senator from Ohio on May 14.
The Illustrated Magazine will publish several pictures of confirmation classes from area churches next Sunday. Featured are the German Evangelical Protestant Martini Church led by Rev. Emil E. Baum, St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Pleasant Ridge led by Rev. Frederick Hohmann, and Emanuel German Reformed Church in St. Bernard led by Rev. Anton Seyring. Copies will be free and provide Sunday reading with additional features.
Six new members joined the Cincinnati Lodge of Elks No 5 as Exalted Ruler J. S. Richardson led the initiation with Eph Dermody Dr. Forster Richard Uer John Mondary Harry Bergman Scott Holmes Ellis B Gregg and John Doyle assisting. New members include Dr W A Leach W E Foy R J aqe Herbert R Wunder Louis Homan and A Petri. Past Exalted Ruler Anthony Dunlap received a jeweled charm from Vice Mayor John Galvin on behalf of the lodge. A Memorial Committee was appointed to conduct memorial services the first week in December: Thomas J Cogan Thomas H Miller August Herrmann Frank X Krug Ben Greenwald.
Mrs. Mary Eliza Davidson wife of Captain Allen B Davidson died in Hamilton Ohio aged 67 native of Logansport Indiana sister of the late D H Hensley C Arthur Williams associate editor of The Washington Herald died in El Paso Texas tuberculosis while attending the Jamestown Exposition Charles L Lovering treasurer of the Merrimac Manufacturing Company died in Taunton Massachusetts aged 76 trustee of MIT L P Farmer chairman of the Trunk Line Association died in New York City age 69 born Ellington Connecticut began railroad service in Indianapolis later holding key passenger posts at Missouri Pacific Pennsylvania New York Lake Erie & Western and finally led to leadership roles in the Trunk Line Association
The big German ship Peter Rickmers, sailing from New York to Rangoon with case oil, drove ashore at Zach's Inlet ten miles west of Fire Island during a fierce gale. Lifesaving crews could not reach the vessel, which remained stranded as the gale intensified.
President Roosevelt offers condolences to the Emperor of Japan after the Matsushima explosion on April 30, with 207 total casualties. Baron Takahira and Admiral Saito express appreciation, praising the United States for its friendly sentiment and the impact on Japan-U.S. relations.
Official report from Tokyo says Matsushima sank after an April 30 harbor explosion at Makang. Divers found a huge rent on the port side, the after deck shattered, and interior wreckage hindering body removal. Captain and commander bodies recovered.
Henry P. Turpin, 32, died after he repeatedly attempted to drown himself in the old Pennsylvania Canal at Steelton. A bull terrier attacked rescuers during three attempts to save him, and Turpin finally drowned despite the efforts of Edward McCord, Frank Magnellia, and police. Turpin was the son of James P. Turpin, who died by suicide a decade ago.
James H. Wallick, former actor and former owner of the touring play The Bandit King, committed death by own action at the Commercial Hotel in Middletown. Officials believe dread of an operation on an injured arm prompted the act.
A sewing pattern description features a large apron for girls and adults. It outlines two yoke styles, a neck finished with a turndown collar in one view, long sleeves with optional cuffs, and a full back-covering skirt. Uses lawn or gingham. 2 1/2 yards of 36 inch fabric for size six. Pattern No. 4349 priced ten cents.
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