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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1908
Page
7
Chicago trade notes a rebound as export demand and Russian cholera fears push prices higher. Wheat leads gains with heavy primary receipts and strong seaboard demand, while corn and oats also end firmer amid broader grain strength.
New York market notes show wheat spot firm with a one cent gain as dry Southwest weather boosts export demand. No. 2 red futures rise with September at 1.09 1/2, December 1.08 1/2 to 1.09 1/2, May 1.09 to 1.10. Corn closes higher amid firm receipts and no option activity.
Charlestons and Savannahs market actions show turpentine steady at 35 percent and firm rosin across grades with varying price points. Wilmington and Oil City report steady spirits and crude turpentine with rising crude averages. Toledo lists North and South Lima oil prices.
Kansas City reports higher eggs with fresh extras at 28c and current receipts 17%c. Chicago lists butter 20-23c, daisies 17-20c, eggs firsts 2c, cheese 13-12c, poultries firm with varied rates. New York notes butter steady, cheese firm, eggs steady, and poultry prices for live and dressed meat.
In St Louis on September 19 the wool firm reports prices for medium graded combing and clothing at 16a20c, light fine at 16a16c, heavy fine at 11 1/2c, and tub washed at 20a27c.
The Supreme Assembly of the Ancient Essenic Order meets in Richelieu Hall tomorrow at 9 o clock. Supreme Senator John Herbert presides and delivers the opening address as candidates receive the Degree of the East. Officers reports are read. afternoon elections select officers. In the evening delegates and local senate members attend Mt Ararat Senate session.
A young woman, unnamed, fell from John Street Car No 4 at Harrison and Plymouth, suffering facial and body cuts. Police and a manfriend offered aid. she declined hospital admission and was treated by Dr. Stewart Hagen at 1506 Harrison Ave, with both refusing to identify themselves.
The North Cincinnati Turners plan a reception and banquet at Turner Hall on October 26 for Members Seuss Nerpel Mueller Popp and Kruelle who last month represented Cincinnati Turners at the International Congress of Turners in Frankfurt on the Main.
Colored men and women of Cincinnati will hold an emancipation celebration tomorrow at Crawford Old Men's Home College Hill. The program features music by a band recitation by Miss Mamie Burges a paper Negro Problem by George L Coleman remarks by A L Dalton and E A White, address Emancipation by Rev M C B Mason and Harry Jordan as master of ceremonies.
The First and Second Volunteer Regiments marked the forty-fifth anniversary of the Chickamauga battle. Veterans gathered at Captain Adolph Leppert's residence on Carthage Pike for patriotic speeches and a banquet after commemorating the historic clash.
In New York the securities market shows a reactionary tone after the Maine election. Prominent figures like E. H. Harriman and J. J. Hill questioned election outcomes and the campaign’s vigor while authorities weigh call loans, money flow, and drought fears on gold exports and stock prices.
Miami Lodge No. 46 F and A M received three ivory gavels donated by Brother H C Davis now stationed at Ft William Seward Alaska. The carved handles use mastodon tusks and Nome ivory, crafted by Indian artisans. Official thanks will be sent to Brother Davis.
Dr. William Boyer reported to the Coroner the sudden death of Dr. F Sage a 70 year old broker living in the San Rafael flats West Fourth street. Sage was found dead by his family in the afternoon. Death is attributed to cerebral hemorrhage.
Mr. Harry Manss of the Board of Public Service returned from Evansville Indiana after attending the funeral of his aunt Mrs. Edward Boetticher. Boetticher formerly lived in Cincinnati and was a member of the Tyler Davidson hardware firm. He now conducts business in Evansville.
Colonel Robert J. O'Brien, ill in Atlantic City, will return home the latter part of this week. A telegram to a friend said he is again able to be about after a period of illness.
In West Covington a Catholic parochial school was dedicated costing about $12 000. Bishop Maés presided with Father Libert de Waegenaere assisting. County Attorney Frank Tracey spoke on Parochial Education as the Aeolian Club sang, with mass in all Covington churches marking Pope Pius X’s jubilee.
The Campbell County Democratic Executive Committee meets in Newport to name a local ticket of Councilmen Aldermen and Board of Education members to be voted in November. It plans to abandon a primary and convention and let the committee handle the ticket. A conference of leaders and committeemen was reported as having occurred yesterday.
Nearly 1,500 Knights of Pythias from local lodges rode a special train to Lexington for the Grand Lodge gathering. The party included Col. Max Herbst and staff with multiple company contingents, a 24 piece band, and delegates from Kenton County led by John P. Heidel and others. Deputy U S Marshal Emmett Orr leads the Widows and Orphans Home in Lexington, to be dedicated during the meeting.
Covington resident George Assman reports hundreds of quail at the river shore near the Point seeking water after a drought. They flushed away with the first sounds of city life, flying up the Licking River.
Covington police received a message from Maysville requesting a sharp lookout for Brad Johnson a colored man wanted in Maysville for murder Johnson is said to have a sister living in Covington. Several locals were arrested Saturday and yesterday for drunkenness disorderly conduct and fighting including Cassie Brooks C B Brooks Norman Barry Ed Fette Dan Thompson Henry Hunt Jap Thompson Their cases will be heard in Police Court this morning.
The William Riedlin Republican Club will meet tonight to arrange active campaign activities. Mrs. Margaret Murray, 70, died yesterday in St. Elizabeth's Hospital from complications of diseases. Howard Smith, 22, and Fannie Bart, 21, both of Cincinnati, were granted a marriage license. The Antisaloon League held Latonia meetings with large citizen turnout.
Cincinnati figures lead the Ohio State Conference of Charities to Sandusky in October with C. M. Hubbard of Associated Charities of Cincinnati and Dr. A. H. Freiberg on key committees. Hubbard speaks October 6 on Rationalism in Charity. Stricker on October 7 on County Blind Relief. Next meeting eyed for Cincinnati. last was Bellefontaine.
The Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Masons in Buffalo awarded the Thirty third degree to several Ohio Masons including Eugene L. Lewis Cincinnati Eli P. Williaman Orrville William G Benham William L Van Sickle Edward L Taylor Columbus John R Lotron George F Kuhns Isaac Kinsey Dayton Charles M Edson Toledo John Peebles Portsmouth John F Lane Conneaut William A Belt Kenton George D Copeland Marion and William A Reiter Miamisburg. Notable attendees included William B. Melish Thomas Kite Joel C. Clore and George H. Kattenhorn with Kattenhorn also earning the degree at this session as the sole Cincinnati candidate.
Robert Townsend a 75 year old Newport pioneer and former Old 76 Distillery Storekeeper collapsed in York street yesterday afternoon. James Woodside and George Pagan aided him home, Dr. Senator of Bellevue summoned. Townsend revived but remains very ill with hope of recovery.
The infant son of John Corbin of 111 Monmouth Street Newport fell on a nursing bottle, breaking glass and cutting the face. The child, in serious condition and expected to die, drew the parents’ attention and required medical aid after the accident.
Jacob Hargis died at his Glenn Park home in Newport County aged over 81. Survived by two sons and a daughter, funeral services will be held at his residence tomorrow afternoon. Also noted was the Phoenix Fishing and Hunting Club barbecue in Phoenix Grove drawing about two thousand attendees, closing the club outing season. Mrs. Anna E. Raison and Newport Esther Temple officers left for Lexington Kentucky for the Widows and Orphans Home dedication.
Dr. George W. Brown lists eight Newport deaths in the past week: Freda Bauer 46 cancer Carrie Wilkening 48 Brights disease Nettie Graham 29 meningitis Martin Sinker 1 inanition Elizabeth Clemens 65 heart trouble Clifford Air 19 typhoid fever William Biltz 43 peritonitis George Lehr 82 senility Mary Duesing 35 gastritis.
Firefighters were called to Holzhauer Place yesterday afternoon to extinguish a blaze in dry weeds behind the Holzhauer residence. The fire was started by children who had built a bonfire nearby.
Latonia Socialists held their first convention at Meyers Hall on September 18 selecting Peter Blau to run for Magistrate in the Second District and adopting the National party platform.
The North Cincinnati Turners' Association Running Committee will meet Wednesday evening as the campaign between Regular and Independent ticket candidates opens. Candidate names are not yet announced. The association invites business and ladies classes to attend Indianapolis Turners German House event on October 11. Dayton Turners’ Field Day saw North Cincinnati Society boys win the relay and take seven prizes.
The Christian Missionary Society of the Tenth District of Ohio will hold its quarterly conference tomorrow and Wednesday in Harrison. Rev. John W. Hill of Central Christian Church opens Tuesday at 10 oclock. Rev. A. W. Fortune of Walnut Hill Christian Church and Rev. Newton H. Miller of Cleveland will speak, with a district Women’s Missionary Society conference Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Public sale to liquidate the estate proceeds will offer numerous parcels in Hamilton County Ohio. Read details include lots in Cincinnati Wyoming Springfield Township and Mary Avenue areas with appraisals from 375 to 600 dollars per lot and terms requiring one third cash and balance over one to two years with mortgage security. Court case 96 533 and 96 333 identify the lots and plots under Mary Anna Kauffman executrix and Albert Bettinger attorney.
The Ohio River at Cincinnati sits at 4 feet and steady yesterday evening. departures from this port include The Greenwood to Louisville. The Cricket sails from Sycamore Street at 5 p.m. today to Portsmouth and intermediate ports, while The Kentucky departs Main Street at 6 p.m. bound for Louisville and intermediate ports. Captain A R Martin takes command of Robert P Gilliam, as Sallie Marine arrives from Kanawha under Captains John Rust and B E Woodward.
River levels and arrivals at several ports are listed with conditions. Freeport Beaver Dam Louisville Cincinnati traffic notes include several arrivals such as The Greenwood and City of Alton. Memphis reports a 7.2 foot river level trending down and pleasant weather.
Samuel Davis a 39 year old colored teamster on Wehrman Avenue Walnut Hills was stabbed in the chest in a saloon opposite Grand Central Depot during a fight with an alleged assailant named William Thomas. Davis fell, Thomas fled, and Davis was taken to City Hospital with fatal injuries.
U S Engineer Office Wheeling West Virginia announces sealed proposals to build lockkeepers houses at Dams 18 and 26 on the Ohio River. Proposals due by 11 a m Eastern time September 23 1908 with public opening. Information on application. F W Altstaetter Captain Engineers.
Peter Hein, a 2% driver, fell from the second story of a stable at 1642 Walnut Street while sleepwalking last night. He usually locks doors but forgot tonight and was taken to the City Hospital. He is not seriously injured.
Police asked to aid Mrs. Riley in locating her son T. J. Riley who left the city months ago to work in North Dakota. A telegram from Minneapolis says he is ill in a local hospital and asks for money. Chief Crawford will contact Minneapolis authorities.
The funeral service for the late Henry Stix retired clothing merchant will be held at the home of his daughter Mrs E J Lowman 668 Gholson avenue Avondale this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The body will be cremated at 4 oclock this afternoon.
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