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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
9
Chicago markets show a 1 1/2 to 2 cent rise in wheat as flour sales in Minneapolis hit record levels. Corn oats and provisions rise. strong demand and cash-buying by millers boost prices amid drought-reduced winter wheat acreage.
New York trading notes report flour receipts of 33 020 bbls with firm rye and buckwheat, and wheat futures buoyed by drought and war rumors. Corn and oats hold near firm levels asoptions and spot markets reflect mixed signals, while fats and oils, meats, and sugars show subdued to steady activity across sectors.
Special dispatch reports Chicago and Milwaukee grain markets with cash and December prices for corn, wheat, oats, rye, and barley. Listings include No. 1 hard and No. 2 Northern wheat bids, bran and flour values, and track arrivals with assorted futures figures.
Prices for dry salt meats show bacon unchanged with boxed shorts at 12.12 dollars and rib cuts around 11.25 to 12.12 dollars. Receipts list flour 58 009 bushels and corn 29 000 bushels, with ship ments showing 12 000 bbjs of flour and 29 000 bush corn and 66 000 bush eats.
Cincinnati markets show firmer wheat while corn and oats stay dull. Hay prices rise on strong demand. whisky and flour markets firm with varied grades. Receipts and shipments include wheat, corn, oats, hay, rye, and wholesale whisky barrels.
The Cincinnati Price Current reports a robust week for hogs with Western slaughter totaling 495,000, up from 445,000 the prior week and 410,000 two weeks earlier. March 1 totals show 14,845,000 hogs vs 15,470,000 last year. Prices declined to about 6.10 per 100 lbs, with lighter weights and poorer quality noted. Domestic and foreign markets were unsettled and export clearances fell versus last year.
A long feature argues baseball’s vast economic impact, noting 17 million dollars spent on professional play and extensive city investments. It covers park politics, advertising value, summer and winter leagues, attendance, and franchise costs, with examples from New York, Detroit, Philadelphia and more.
Louisvill e market reports steady prices with Burley in good condition and quality. Dark tobacco remains unchanged with fair to medium quality. Total offerings include 120 hogsheads of Burley and 84 hogsheads of dark tobacco.
Toledo reports futures for Clover cash in October at 5.37 percent, December 5.45, and March 5.05 as market prices.
Two men died and one injured when a Great Northern passenger train derailed near Mari as River in Butte Montana. Fireman William F. Ramspeck and an unidentified engine wiper perished under wreckage. Engineer Charles McClintock was severely injured as the locomotive toppled into a ditch after hitting soft roadbed. Passengers were shaken by the high speed wreck.
A Rock Island passenger train collided with a freight train at Yucon Oklahoma seven miles west of Oklahoma City. Twenty five people were slightly injured and one woman seriously hurt. The impact derailed seven passenger cars and left cars piled on their sides. Officials sent the seriously injured to a sanitarium in El Reno. Names Stella Pyle and Mrs Stephens are among the most severely injured.
Louisville reports the fourteenth annual Ohio Valley Improvement Association convention will discuss nine foot river stages and their impact on transportation rates. Delegates from Cincinnati Wheeling Cairo Sistersville Mt. Vernon Manchester and Henderson join official state representatives for the October 22 23 gathering. Secretary Ellison predicts record attendance of 750 to 1000 delegates.
United States Senator La Follette announces plans to launch a publication focused on representative government. He says the paper will be published primarily in support of government by the people, though the name has not been made public.
The steamship Michigan from Boston arrived in Liverpool on October 8 with Nova Scotia fishermen John M. Burns and John Burbine aboard. They left the schooner Bohemia in a dory on September 22 and, eight days without food or water, were sighted in fog and rescued when the Michigan found them, they flew a shirt on an oar to signal.
In Shantung province the anti German movement grows from a mining concession to a German controlled railroad. Native merchants boycott German steamers as Japanese agitators appear active in the area.
News from Myersville Mississippi reports six negroes arrested for posting night riding warnings against cotton ginning. Posses search for two more suspects. An alleged confession by Walter Robinson says negro organizations operate in Mississippi and Louisiana.
Justice Muller awarded one hundred dollars damages yesterday against W J Mann an officer of the new Humane Society who seized and impounded a team of horses owned by J R Ware Co claiming the animals were sore and unfit to work Ware's witnesses testified there was no cruelty in working the animals.
The Board of Trustees of the Toledo State Hospital invites bids for all material and labor to erect a cold bridge building from grade line up at Toledo State Hospital. Bids are due by 12 noon October 17 1908 with plans on file at the Superintendent's office. Each bid must show all interested parties and include a 10 percent certified check. a bond up to 50 percent may be required.
Chillicothe man Jim Black stabbed John Byers in a drinking quarrel, slashing throat from ear to ear. Byers lies critically injured. authorities investigate motive and timing.
A remarkable mirage over Honolulu showed an exact outline of the Pacific fleet in the southern sky. The ships appeared as if approaching from Samoa, though their distance from the port remains undetermined.
Sealed proposals in triplicate addressed to the undersigned will be received until 10 am October 22 1908 for stationery ranges and parts paper iron leather etc for replenishment of stock per schedule. Preference to domestic production. The right to reject any bid is reserved. Signed George Ruhlen Asst QMRal 3 Army Depot Q M
Proposals are invited for the River and the Main Pumping Stations project in Cincinnati Ohio. Bidders will submit plans and costs for the city maintenance and flood control facilities.
George W. Kelley files partition action in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Case No 140917 against Anna Wormley Charles Wormley and others. Property described as Lot No 42 Cedar Grove Subdivision Price Hill fronting 25 feet on Fourth Avenue with depth 105 feet. Respond by November 7, 1908 or default judgment may be entered. Attorney Alvin Kreis listed.
The notice states all articles left with Harry Goldblatt a pawnbroker past due will be sold to charges if not redeemed or interest paid within thirty days from October 9 1908. Location 36 BH Sixth Street.
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