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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1908
Page
2
The old Board of Education concluded its affairs with a drawing to select four ward members for the new board, while ceremonies included Decoration Day plans. Bids for the Highland and Avondale School projects were discussed, and officials addressed tax levy timing, school room use for missionary work, and condemnation actions for local properties.
Mrs M L Harris of Alton Kansas reports her one month old son’s eczema on the face cleared after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. She notes months of prior treatment yielded no improvement and praises the trio for restoring a smooth skin. The testimony dates May 14 and June 12, 1907.
The board approves two new courses for next year an English class at Avondale School Building on Tuesdays 4 to 5 and a physics course at Walnut Hills High School on Wednesdays 4 to 6. An appropriation of 25 for postage is requested. Member Osler urges no further standing committees and Schwaab moves to refer matters to the new board.
Cleveland May 25 The street railway conductors and motormen may end their strike tomorrow after a decisive 1076 to 129 vote by workers refusing to submit seniority rights to arbitration. Union leaders and company negotiators edge toward arbitration removal of the clause. About 300 strikers deserted. the Municipal Traction Company runs a normal schedule. Thirteen rioters were arrested. Otto Potschke confessed to being given dynamite at strike headquarters.
Barton Pickering patent solicitor of Dayton visited his dying sister Mrs. Wesley Mast in West Milton. He died in bed apparently after a vigil lasting till midnight. The coroner ruled heart failure as the cause. his sister also died during the night and a double funeral is planned.
Detective Sergeant P. A. Reynolds is robbed in bed while asleep as a burglar, identified as William Levy alias George Davis, steals diamond cuff links stick pins jewelry and $90 from under the pillow and leaves the policeman’s gun and star. Reynolds says he was chloroformed before the raid.
Columbus May 25 two bills failed to get legislative approval from both chambers yet were signed by Governor Harris and filed by the Secretary of State as laws. Senate President Williams and House Speaker Eagleson had signed. The Hepburn bill and the Sites bill to amend state park government were filed as valid laws though not enacted.
Mrs. Teresa Swerer of Fair avenue learned Bayard Gray the last member of the Gray family died at Portland Indiana with no will. She is his only aunt and a heir to the extensive estate.
The General Conference reports Bishop candidates after ballots with Charles W. Smith elected on the twelfth ballot and Dr. Smith editor of The Pittsburg Christian Advocate. An invitation to hold the 1912 conference at Columbus, Ohio is extended. Debate covers temperance, baptismal wording, and laymen's associations with two corresponding secretaries proposed.
Kentucky report details gunmen burning barns and scraping tobacco beds in several counties. State troops guard Mt Sterling and Madison County fields as authorities pursue indictments against alleged night riders. Adjutant General Johnston is summoned to testify on soldiers’ Jacksonville activities amid the Newt Hazlett case.
In Kansas City on May 25 the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church of America debated education and the churchs role in freedom. The gathering touched on church influence in public policy and the potential form of a political organization emerging from the discussions.
Six members of Company A, Second Regiment, Kentucky State Guards, under Captain Orman, arrived in Shelbyville to testify before the grand jury. Over fifty residents from the county section have gathered to provide evidence in the inquiry into Newton B. Hazlett's death near Jacksonville.
Rev. Mark A. Mathews of Seattle proposes a unified Protestant structure with a President and Executive Committee to direct concerted action against temporal evils. The plan aims at action not spirituality. Seven speakers, four of them black, urged more work and funding for education and religious development of blacks in the United States.
Savannah Georgia was selected as the site for the 1909 Southern Presbyterian General Assembly meeting. Debate over Calvin Day and infant salvation dominated proceedings with Prof. C Alphonso Smith urging removal of the topic. His motion failed 86 to 55 amid belief the church does not teach damnation.
In Clinton Michigan on May 25 the will dispute over Colonel Snell’s estate features positive identification of letters alleged to be from Mabel Snell McNamara of Kansas City. Banker I D Cheney linked handwriting to Mrs McNamara and to endorsements by Colonel Snell, with about 100000 dollars in checks payable to Mabel Snell.
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to recognize Ohio Railroad Commission car service rules for interstate shipments. Railroads must reissue schedules in regular form. A new set of rules for interstate traffic was prepared by railroad legal committees and will be filed after approval.
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction and fines against the Omaha Railroad and its general freight agent H M Pearce in grain rebate cases. The railroad faces $20000 fine and Pearce $2000 after a 50 count indictment for rebates on oats from Minneapolis to Duluth.
Topeka Kansas May 25 The constitutionality of the law limiting cattle shipments to avoid confinement longer than twenty eight hours without unloading for rest feed and water was sustained by Judge Pollock in United States District Court.
Oklahoma and Dallas suffer widespread flood damage as storms sweep the region. Dozens dead and hundreds homeless across Oklahoma. thousands of acres of crops ruined and numerous houses washed away. Rail lines damaged or washed out across Davenport El Reno Guthrie Apache Ft Cobb and other towns. Transport by boat prevalent as rivers remain high.
Dallas reports four lives lost as the Trinity River rose to record levels surpassing the 1866 flood. More than 4 million dollars in property destroyed, 4000 homeless, and telegraph and telephone lines out of service west and southwest of the city. North Dallas remains cut off from business districts as streetcar service is reduced and water works and light plants are swamped.
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