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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1908
Page
2
A tense Cleveland gathering saw Mayor Johnson lash Harmon and Bryan foes as delegates split over initiative and referendum. The night featured fireworks, with Alfred Cohen and others urging fair, orderly proceedings while the Harmon faction pressed for anti Johnson positions.
Salt Lake City May 5 stockholders representing 76 percent of Union Pacific Railway voted to issue 100 million in bonds to finance system expansion and the acquisition of the Kansas & Western and Kansas & Northwestern Railroads. Judge W D Cornish and rl P Williams advocated the plan.
Shriners and their families reserve Chester Park for an exclusive day of festivity and invited friends. The annual outing, avoided by a Saturday schedule, moves to Friday with Manager Martin persuading the shift for the event.
Mrs Elizabeth McPhelmey of Wayne Pennsylvania, suffering temporary insanity, killed herself near her sister's home by slashing her throat with a butcher knife. She fled scantily dressed, was followed by her brother in law, and collapsed after about one hundred yards. She had made a will leaving property to her sister and jewelry to her nieces.
Denver May 6 Burton Koch a Denver fire department member shot and killed his wife Louisa wounded Matilda Morley her mother and then killed himself in a family tragedy following quarrels and separation A divorce had been granted to Mrs Koch in April but she later returned to her husband
Mayor Straub directed Chief Symmes to arrest all horse, motorcycle and automobile owners who did not obtain city licenses. Officials say locals slow to comply with the city ordinance as the Legislature has enacted a state license law.
A Helping Hand Society was organized in Hamilton Ohio at an afternoon meeting. Officers elected include President Rev W H Mason Vice President Mrs C A Gummere and Mrs R D Fisher Treasurer Berry. The group plans to establish a home for women in the city soon.
Rome May 5 Mme Anna Gould and Prince Helle de Sagan have not left Rome. They announced plans to depart and staged leaving preparations, but remain at the Grand Hotel with no announced departure date.
New York May 5 Senator Thomas F Grady announced his retirement from the Legislature and will be promoted to Congress to fill W Bourke Cochran's seat. It is also said Senator James Frawley will go to Washington to succeed Francis Burton.
In Carlisle ninth district meeting Taft delegates led by Sam J. Pugh won key votes and instructed support for William Howard Taft. Delegates Cochran Hitchens and alternates Feld Thompson chosen. Lane Blatterman Russel endorsed by Taft faction but defeated. Seventh district in Frankfort similarly chose Taft aligned delegates.
At Bowling Green Kentucky on May 5 the Republican Third District convention chose delegates for Chicago. It instructed its two delegates to vote for Taft's nomination. J Frank Taylor of Barren County was re elected District Chairman.
The Eighth strict Republican Convention in Shelbyville Kentucky selected Walter Bennett and G M Davison as delegates to the national convention. Delegates to the Louisville state convention were also elected and instructed to vote for Taft men for delegates at large.
Victory for Taft was reported at the Winchester Tenth District Republican convention. Delegates represented all counties, with Taft favoring committees and leadership roles. John Langley won the congressional nomination amid disciplined votes and competing lines for national posts.
Elizabethtown Kentucky May 5 Taft forces controlled the Fourth District Convention today J P Haswell and T C Jackson were elected delegates to the National convention
The Connecticut Republican state convention met in Hartford with a large delegation to elect at large delegates to the national meeting. A split formed over whether Senators Bulkely and Brandegee should be chosen and if they should be instructed for Taft. A prediction said about 90 percent favored Taft, though views differed on the two senators. The matter was expected to be settled the next day.
In Trenton on May 5 the Republican State Convention named an uninstructed delegation to the National convention. The body rejected resolutions endorsing Taft and Roosevelt renomination, and adopted a resolution endorsing former Governor Franklin Murphy for Vice President without opposition.
In Monroe Louisiana on May 5 the Fifth District Republican Convention chose James C Weeks of Ouachita and W T Instey of Richland as Taft delegates to Chicago. Alternates named were S J Crump of Claiborne and Leopold Blgutter of Tensas. the body adopted resolutions endorsing Roosevelt's administration.
The Thompson wing of the Ninth Congressional District Republican party met in Birmingham and adopted resolutions endorsing Secretary Taft for the Presidential nomination and instructing delegates to vote for him in Chicago. Delegates chosen were Joseph H. Montgomery and N. L. Steel of Birmingham, with N. L. Wilson of Bibb and Joseph Bryce of Blount as alternates.
In Anniston Alabama on May 5 the Fourth Congressional District Republicans elected George Parsons of Talladega and J J Abercrombie of Columbiana as delegates to the Chicago convention and chose two alternates. Delegates were instructed to back Secretary Taft for the Presidential nomination and Roosevelt's administration was endorsed.
Delegates named for Taft session include Cera Calin and Tra 3 e. local list notes Loy emoted tor Saree.
The Gunness killing saga deepens as authorities link five trunks to the Laporte farm mortuaries. Ray Lamphere is charged with murder and possible accomplice in the deaths of Mrs. Gunness and her children. Evidence ties insurance payouts to suspicious deaths of two husbands and a past fire in Chicago.
New York May 5 James M Beck counsel for H H Rogers and James Stillman says the Salt Lake dispatch on the Union Pacific merger suit was misleading and malicous He denies eight clients claimed damages and notes only a prayer for dismissal with costs. He calls the Santa Fe stock purchase claim absurd.
Washington May 5. Representative Boutell Illinois introduced a bill to end secrecy in holdings of the Tobacco Trust. The measure would require on all manufactured tobacco and snuff the name of the owning producing plant plus the producer and place and date of production.
A major blaze in Coalton Ohio leveled the police station and the fire apparatus building in the heart of the business district destroying the mayor's office and government records. The fire, of mysterious origin, began this morning in Wellston and spread through the town of 1000 residents.
Investigators reveal that the Gunness murder victim did not leave for Sweden. The body was buried 150 feet from the house and unearthed this morning. Physicians estimate death about three months prior, aligning with Mrs Gunness's statements and the unfolding plot involving Heldgren and others. John Heldgren, seeking his missing brother, confronted the scene as the remains were uncovered.
Millers and grain dealers shipping wheat from Minneapolis St Paul Duluth and Superior to Evansville Louisville Cincinnati Indianapolis and other Ohio River points will pay one cent more per hundred pounds. Chicago to Louisville Cincinnati Indianapolis and other Ohio River points rate increased. To keep local tariff with Chicago the Chicago St Paul lines will raise through shipment rates making Cincinnati 17 cents and Indianapolis 15 cents.
Michael J. Landers a recruit from a Springfield Ohio area farm wrote to President Roosevelt in bold fearless style. The letter included a photo of Landers by a plow horse in old boots overalls and a straw hat. He is under orders to report to Ft. Sam Houston Texas and will not be punished.
Rear Admiral Evans arrived in Monterey at 9:30 AM aboard his special train from Paso Robles Hot Springs. He boarded the flagship Connecticut which immediately sailed to rejoin the fleet.
Mrs. Sarah Michaels a 76 year old widow of West Lafayette was burned to death when her dress ignited as she lit a fire in Coshocton Ohio last night.
Obituary notices report Rev. John M Schaepbers rector of St Marys German Catholic Church Chicago who died on Rhodes Island while en route to Palestine. Also noted are RANDALL HUNT LUDLOW son of Mrs Frances A Ludlow. JOHN FREDERICK STRONG lumber merchant. JAMES FRYH WHITE Civil War era orderly and Baptist leader. CAPTAIN of the Ohio Legislature hospital board. Albert Auguste a Paris theologian.
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