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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
GIANT GETS HIS DAINTY BRIDE.
Girl Leaps from Second Story to
Arms of Sweetheart z Feet Tall.

Charles Richards. whose height is Z
feet 2 inches. and Miss Emma Christman,
scarcely > feet high, both of East Herki-
mer, y. Y, went 10 the Adirondacks on
a honeymoon trip following their runaway
marriage. The brides mother violently
opposed her marrying Richards. and when
he called at the home of the young wom-
an to escort her TO church her mother
threw cold water on him. When that did
not deter him she threw hot water. But
love will find a way, and Richards sig
nailed his sweetheart to jump from an up
per story window while her mother and
her brother were guarding the doors of
the house to prevent her leaving. Gallant
Charles awaited his beloved, and when she
leaped he caught her with all the grace
characteristic of his stature. Forthwith
they went to the parsons and were joined
in wedlock. Then they dispatched a POI
liceman to the brides home for her trous-
seau.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
PAST AND RESENT
As IT COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
1elegraphic Information Gathered
by the Few for the Enlightenment
% the Many.
Tornado DESTROYS Minnesota Town.

Tornado Destroys Minnesota Town.
A tornado struck Clinton, Mimi, kill
Ing six people and injuring scores. The
town was completely destroyed. TWEEN
ty houses, a printing Office and two
churches were blown down. The tor
nado, which was unaccompanied by
rain, started three miles north of
town, destroyed two farm houses that
were in its path and swept over Clin-
ton, which has about 400 population. A
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul mixed
train was just pulling into the station
as the storm struck the town. Fifteen
freight cars we're blown OF the track.
as was also passenger coach contain
ing seventeen people. All were injured.
but il has been impossible to learn
their names or the extent of their in
juries.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
ELEVATOR AND DOCKS BURN.
100000 Fire in Duluth Imperils
Entire Bay Front.

Over a million dollars in property was
consumed within couple of hours Friday
on Rice's Point, at Duluth, by a fire
which RACED Elevator ID of the CONSOLE
dated Elevator Company to the waters
edge. destroyed the dock and sheds of the
Northern Pacific and imperiled surround
ing property valued at another million.
Valiant work by a dozen tug boats which
aided the fire department is probably all
that saved the bay front at that point
from being entirely swept away. \ small
explosion which cannot be accounted for
was quickly followed by the bursting of
the flames through the elevator roof. and
before the department arrived the building
was a veritable volcano The losses are
estimated as follows Elevator d. $780,
600: wheat. $4,000 bushels. S403,390 /;
fax, 277,O00 bushels, S274.6I0: barley.
1000 bushels. $3.50; Northern Pacific
Dock No. /. $4,000; total, S1,011.420.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
TROOPS ARE RUSHED
TO TORREON, MEXICO
Bandits Operating with Insurrec-
tiOnists, and Federal Soldiers
Are Sent to Crush Them.
UNITED STATES rs NEUTRAL.
State Department Will Make Effort
to See that Neutrality Laws
Are Enforced.

Bands of revolutionists are making
things Interestingly warm in Northern
Mexico, not far from the American line
Government troops have been rushed
to the scene. Fifteen hundred federal
soldiers have reached Tor-eon to re-
enforce the garrison there, 200 more
have reached Juarez, and in chihuahua
soldiers are patrolling the streets and
the public houses and jails are guard
ed. The Mexican ambassador to the
United States, Enrique c. Creel, has
been ordered back to Washington,
where he will ask the government that
any of the revolutionary ringleaders
who may be caught on this side of the
boundary line shall be tried for vio-
latiOn of the neutrality laws. There is
precedent for such a course.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
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CHICAGO.

The weekly review of Chicago trade,
published by II. G. Dun & CO., says:
Payments through the banks show the
moderate shrinkage which usually pre-
cedes the july distribution of interest and
dividends. The latter will approximate
largely and seek reinvestment. Financial
conditions generally reflect increasing ease
IN and ample supply of money, and the
tone is more distinctly favorable toward
advancing enterprise. Banks bid freely
for desirable discounts or favorable terms
20 borrowers
The currency drain to move crops is
likely to expand earlier this season. but
provision is made against demands and
the average of bank deposits compares en-
couragingly with that reported IN May
last.
Developments in trade circles impart
more confidence 10 the outlook. prodHc-
ton and transportation of finished pro-
ducts and general merchandise exhibit
steady recovery, and new orders for iron.
steel and various factory outputs add TO
assured period of forward work Bridges,
track elevation and other heavy constrac-
ton involve notable expenditures and adj
ditions to labor forces Increased move
ments of grain. live stock. hides and wool
sustain the recovery noted last week. and
prices show more stability.
Hot weather influences greatly stimu-
lated the absorption of lightweight APP
parel. the Improvement in aggregate sales
being particularly encouraging in the lead
ing retail lines. Personal buying of fall
and winter staples expands satisfactorily.
and an advance in the cost of some goods
in short supply appears in textiles.
Agricultural prospects become brighter
with the winter wheat harvest and excel
lent condition Of other grains. Crop mar
ketings again are heavier, and prices sus-
tain high average for live stock. despite
liberal arrivals The total movement of
grain at this port. S.7O3. 619 bushels. com
pai'es with S.037. 53S bushels last week and
Las, 4O2 bushels a year ago. Compared
with 1907, decreases occur in receipts of
49, per cent and in shipments of less
than per cent.
Live stock receipts swelled TO 81 1873
head. against 90, 726 head hast week and
211.33S head a year ago. although this
weeks gain has not extended to hogs.
Bank clearings, sos. 045,1 are 124
per cent under those of the corresponding
week in 1907.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict numbered 81. against 80 last week
and 20 year ago. Those with Eabili-
ties over 5000 numbered s. against 9 last
week and in 1907.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
DE4s lAsg2E&ERS
9R 900

Chicago-Cattle. common 10 prime
Sl.00 to $40; hogs, prime heavy. 500
10 $3.50: sheep. fair to choice S3.0C
to 500: wheat, No. ?, sec to Ole:
corn. No. 2, 69c to Zoe; oats, standard,
soc to Ole: rye, No. 2, 75c TO 76c: hay.
timothy. $500 TO $3.50: prairie, $500
TO S11.J0: butter. choice creamery. 19e
TO DC: eggs. fresh, 14c to lie; potatoes,
new. per busheI. zoe to S1.10.
Indiapapolis-Ca shipping $500
to $40: hogs. good to choice heavy.
$3.50 to S6.35: sheep. common TO prime,
$500 TO $3.50; wheat, No. .. Sc 10
SEC: corn. No white. 73c to 74c: oats,
No. , white. sic to SIC.
st. Louis-Cattle, $40 to $500: hogs,
800 to S6.05: sheep. $500 TO $500:
wheat. No. 2. 92c to 93c: corn. No. 2,
tic to re; oats. No. ., 4sc to 49c: rye.
No. 2, &c to 7sc.
Cincinnati-Ca Cattle. $500 TO $3.50:
hogs, 500 10 S6.35; sheep. S3.eo to
S435: wheat. No. ,. Soc TO soc; corn.
No. mixed. tic Is. re; oats. No. ?
mixed. 52c to-53c: rye, No . SIC TO Sc
Dctroit-Cattle. 800 TO $3.50: hogs.
500 TO S6.15: sheep, $3.50 10 500:
wheat. No. .. soc to Doc: corn. No. 3
yellow. re to 73c: oats. No. 2 white,
DOC to Sic; rye. No. 2, 16c TO &c.
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. ? northern.
S1.05 to S1.01; corn. No. 3, zoe to Tie:
oats. standard. 52c to 53c: rye. No. I,
75c to 76c; barley, No. ?, &c to &c;
pork. mess, S13.12.
Buffalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers,
$500 to S7.60; hogs. fair to choise. $500
to $500; sheep. common TO good mixed.
$500 10 $3.50: lambs, fair TO choice,
500 to $40.
New York-Cattle. 500 10 s725:
hogs. $3.50 to $3.50: sheep. $500 TO
$50: wheat. No. red, 94c to 95c:
corn. No. =. 76c to re: oats. natural
white. Sc to 60c; butter. creamery. zoe
to 23c: eggs western, Ice TO 49,
Toledo-Wheat. No. ? mixed. Sc to
sac: corn. No. mixed. Tic to re:
oats. No. mixed. Sc to 54c: rye. No.
., &C TO re: clover seed, October. S7-32
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
One Dead, Three Badly Hurt.

One man dead. one dying, snother
with his eyes gouged out and sill an
other with his face cut from his eyes
to his chin, is the result of one mans
work at a mining camp in Ohio. Mike
Kartika, armed with gun and knife,
went to the mining camp at Barton,
Belmont County. and demanded an en-
trance to the house occupied by a
number OF Hungarians. They refused
to admit him, but came out and led
him a chase. A fight followed. Kar.
tika IS under arrest at the St Glars
vile Jail.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
GROVER CLEVELAND
IS CALLED BY DEATH
Only Surviving Ex-President of the
United States Succumbs to
Long Illness.
END COMES UNEXPECTEDLY.
Country Shocked by News. of Demise
of Democratic Leader Twice
Elected President.

Grover Cleveland, the only surviving
ex-President of the United States. died
suddenly Wednesday morning at his
home in Princeton, n. J. While it was
known that Mr.. Cleveland had for the
past three months been suffering from
a severe attack Of rheumatic govt and
acute Indigestion. his death came as a
complete surprise to the country.
He had been Il sufferer from govt and
diabetes for more than two years. Early
in 1906 he was stricken with an attack
of indigestion. the result of diabetes.
and for weeks was unable to partake
of any except liquid nourishment. A
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
CREMATED BY ANGRY WIFEr
Woman Said by Police to Have
Burned Her Husband Alive.

Lying sullenly in her cell in the county
Jail in Seattle, Wash, protesting her in
nOcence, Mrs. Madeline King. 60 years
old, is preparing to be tried on the charge
of numbering her husband by burning him
alive in a bonfire in the back yard OF
their farm house. From evidence gath
cred. the police have advanced their be
lief that the crime came as the climax
of thirty-five years of life made hideous
by the abuse of husband; that. domi-
mated by an insane rage, Mrs. King de-
liberately stupeied her victim with whis-
Ky. stunned him by blow on the head
with a frying pan. dragged his limp hut
living body to the back yard and flung it
into the flames. The crime did not come
to light until a party of neighbors. who
were searching for the missing man, found
the fragments of human bones among the
charred embers of a fire near the kitchen
door. Mrs. King was arrested and i'm
mediately confessed that she had burned
her husbands body. maintaining stub
bornly that he was dead when she did so.
She still adheres TO her story despite re-
peated sweating"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
EnrInnd.. RECORD BattIe.hip.

Having already outclassed all existing
battleships and battleship plans by the
construction of the st. Vincent. which
will be launched in October. 1909, il is
now reported that England will break this
record by laying. in September next, the
keel for a still larger war craft. The
ST. Vincent is of 1920 tons and will
cost $9,500O00. while the later model
will be of 21,0OO tons and will cost SILL
100000 The latter will be equipped with
gas engines and will consequently have
no tunnels.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
A Fortune for the Needy

G. W. Averill, Los Angeles man of
moderate wealth. who is said to have just
inherited fortune of S10,O00,000 from
an aunt in Massachusetts,, says that he
proposes to make 10000 people happy by
giving them the cash help they deserve,
and will open headquarters in an eastern
city to begin the distribution. A novel
feature of his plans is his purpose to
help bad people," on the theory that the
good are taken care of by the churches
and charity. He wants to help the ex-
convicts, the Incorporate and the fallen
u-opaap
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
BOY, 12, SAVES 5 FROM LAKE
Ohio Lad Braves Heavy Storm on
Erie to Effect Rescue.

Alone in a rowboat lie Roy lie Barron,
II years of age. rescued three men and
two women whose lives were in danger by
reason of the capsizing of their sailboat
off the harbor in Lake Erie at Lorraine,
Ohio. The boy saw the vessel tip over
in sudden squall He ran to the beach,
got in a rowboat and. despite the heavy
sea, rowed to the wreck He arrived just
in time. as the two women were on the
verge of giving up their hold on the over
turned craft. Friends of the boy viii
endeavor to obtain a Carnegie medal for
him. The persons who were rescued Were
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. lie Barron. the boys
parents: Thomas Forbes and Councilman
and Mrs George A. Roth The women
tainted after they had been assisted into
the rowboat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
BARS o. s. FROM coAsTING TRADE
Canada Applies to Pacific Regula-
tons Governing Atlantic Waters.

American vessels will hereafter be ex-
cluded from the coasting trade of Canada
on the Pacific. For some years the coast
ing laws of Canada have been suspended
as far as the Pacific coast is concerned,
owing to the fact that there was not
enough Canadian and British tonnage TO
I'LL trade requirements. American boats
have done a large and profitable business
between Seattle and Nome, carrying be-
tween such ports as Vancouver, Victoria
and Skagway. 1t has been decided by the
government that there is enough British
and Canadian tonnage on the coast to
look after the trade and the same coast
ing regulation has been put into force for
the Pacific coast as applies to the At
lanfic
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
Officer Kills Robber.

Matthew Ford, town marshal of Os-
borne, Mo-, killed an unidentified rob-
Der in an exchange of shots Ford
found two men in hardware stare at
Osborne. One of the men fed, but the
other dred at the marshal with a shot
gun. Ford, who was not hurt, fired two
shots from his revolver and both took
effect. The robber died in a few
minutes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02

1t was estimated that Uncle Sam would
have to pay for about $4,000 damage
done to private property by the concus-
sion caused by the target practice at Forts
Hamilton and Wadsworth in New York
bay. While the big guns were grounding
imaginary fleets off shore hundreds of
broken windows and tumbling ceilings re-
corded the result on land. One woman
was seriously hurt by a falling ceiling in
Bath Beach Ocean liners were held up
and the big Lusitania. coming TO a sudden
halt, grounded on mud bank and was
delayed for some time. During the week
elaborate army maneuvers were conducted
by Gen. Grant with several thousand reg
ulars and militia at Pine Plains, y. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
Mother Fights to Die.

Fighting off the daughter who was fran
tically trying to prevent her from taking
fatal draft of poison, Mrs. Amelia
Frances Hill, wife Of Edward X. HILL a
prominent official of the Empire Subway
Company in New York, succeeded in Sc
Guiding herself in her room with the poi
son bottle, swallowed the deadly contents
of the bottle, and was beyond medical aid
when her apartment was broken into.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
The Automobile Turned turtle

One person was killed and two 9TH
ers fatally injured at Warren, Pa, in
an automobile accident. There were
six persons in the machine when the
accident happened. The party was
travelling at high rate of speed. and
in endeavoring to turn out of the road
to allow buggy to pass, the automo-
bile ran into a gutter and turned tur-
tie. Three of the occupants escaped
unhurt, but the others were pinned
under the machine. Anderson died
soon after being removed to a hospi-
tai. and no hope is held for the recov-
cry of the other injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02

southwestern part of Europe. the south
east corner of Africa, and the northern
portions OF the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans. In extreme southern portions
of Florida the northern limb instead
of the southern limb" was obscured.
Another eclipse, which will not be OBJ
servable here, will occur Dec. 3.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02

Of friends, many unknown personally to
her. who were made in every State
while she was in the public eye as wife
of the President
Mrs. Cleveland is the daughter of
Oscar and Emma c. Folsom, and her
father was the law partner of Mr..
Cleevland in Buffalo, where she was
born July 81, 1864.
Miss Folsom became the wife Of
President Cleveland on June ., 1886.
the wedding ceremony being performed
i'm the Blue Room at the White House
in the midst of brilliant assemblage
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
WOMEN FIGHT HIGH MEAT.
Six Hundred Hold Mass Meeting and
Parade Before Markets.

Six hundred women held a mass meet
ing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, y. Y, and
declared their intention to fight against
the increased prices of meat. The women
paraded the streets and several meat
stores were stoned. The retail dealers
declared that they were not responsible
and that it was the wholesalers who had
forced the price of meat up. The dealers
were told by the women that the condi-
ton brought about by the avarice of the
meat men would no longer be endured.
and that if the dealers wished TO act with
the people they would close their shops
and refuse TO buy at the exorbitant prices
they were made to pay.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
A Pine Line FROM Illinois.

The Tidewater Pipe Line Company.
which operates a 6-inch pipe from Brad
ford, in the Pennsylvania oil region, TO
the seaboard at Bayonne, y. J., has con-
tracted TO build at once an extension of
this line across Northern Ohio into the
Illinois oil field at Robinson at a cost of
S2,JOO,000 When completed this will be
the first time that oil has been pumped
from Illinois direct to the seaboard.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
THE "wHITE HOUSE BRIDE"

Mrs. Frances Folsom Cleveland
Widow of the Late Ex-President.
Mrs. Frances Folsom Cleveland. the
white House Bride" who is left to
Cleveland, was the youngest mistress
the White House ever had, as well as
the most favored by diplomatic society
Her grief is shared sincerely by a host
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
Fatal Collision in India.

In a collision between an express and
a freight train on the Bombay and Ba-
Der of persons were killed. 1t will be
impossible TO estimate the loss of life I'M
I'll the wreckage has been cleared away.
Four passenger coaches and four mail
cars of the express train and four cars
of the freight were burned
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
Hughes Has Narrow Escane

Gov. Hughes had narrow escape in
Albany, y. Y, from being struck by light
ming, a bolt striking an automobile in
which he was riding, SCATTERING the ISM
glass screen in front of the machine and
spending its force on the steering gear.
benumbing and burning the hand of Will
fred Plain, IT,, owner of the Ger, who
was at the wheel.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
FLAG STORY CALLED A cake. y
Betsy Ross Not Designer, Only
Seamstress, Says Investigator.

In the list of 800 places of interest in
Philadelphia prepared by the historical
sites committee for the coming Founders
week celebration there is no mention of
the Betsy Ross flag house at 30 Arch
street and historical societies are agog
over the omission. THE Betsy Ross
story is a fake beyond question" declared
William j. Campbell, who presided at the
meeting OF the committee. Mr.. Camp
bell personally investigated the flag house.
THE school-book story is nothing but a
foolish tradition" Mr.. Campbell further
explained. Betsy Ross never had any
interview with George Washington. She
was no more than an ordinary seamstress
and no doubt was glad TO get days
work sewing on any flag.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
Coffee King Commits Suicide.

Despondent because of the loss of part
of his big fortune he accumulated in the
coffee business, James II. Bennett. know n
as the coffee king. committed suicide in
his home in Brooklyn, y. Y. by firing a
bullet into his brain.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
Rescuer prowns with Girls.

Miss Iva Ehler, aged 16: Miss Maud
Worlds. aged 10, and Max Sues, aged 20,
were drowned in the river at Mankato,
Mimi. The girls we're in bathing when
Miss Ehler sank. Miss Worlds went to
her rescue and went down, and Sues then
dived for them, but did not come up.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
Heat Causes Rail Wreck.

Twelve persons were injured when a
Pullman car attached to train No. Al,
west bound on the Rock Island railroad
turned turtle near Fourche, Ark. That
the wheels struck a kink in the rails
caused by the intense heat is the official
explanation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
Boys Break from Reform School.

With suddenness that took all the
officers by surprise, sixty boys at the
Maryland School for Boys at Balti-
more, revolted and escaped from the
institution. This was the second out
break in two months. Led by one of
the larger boys. who was armed with
crowbar, they stormed the outer gate,
demolished the lock and streaming
through the portal scattered in all di-
rections. Two of the guards, in at
tempting to stop the flight of the boys,
tried to scare them by firing their pis-
tolls in the air. The only result was a
shower of bricks and stones.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
KILLED in Cannery Explosion.

The boiler of a steam pea viner operat-
ed by the Fuller Canneries Company of
Cleveland exploded near Forestville. N
Y. killing Charles Cottell and probably
fatally injuring three other men.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
Boy Burns Fathers Prou.rtv.

William Hearn, years old, son of
William Hearn. near Tippecanoe Lake,
Indiana, had ? penchant for playing
with matches. He started fire in his
fathers barn, consuming the structure
and contents. including hay, farm i'm
plements, buggies and wagons.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
Three Ohio Boys Drown.

Swartz NISSAN. aged II, was drowned
at Riverside Park, Findlay, Ohio. He
and another lad were playing in a canoe,
but the other boy escaped. Frank Horn,
aged IS. of Ridgeway was drowned in
Allen lake because he could not swim.
Ralph McMaster, aged IA. of Forest took
a cramp while swimming and was
Irounod
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
BRAZIL ORDERS 81 wARsHIPs.
South American Country Is Said to
Have Contracted for Vessels.

Twenty-seven ships of war, in which
are included three of the big Dreadnought
type, are reported to have been ordered
by the government of Brazil for delivery
not later than September, 1909. With
this news comes the story that the gov
eminent has bought from the Krupps 100
batteries of guns. Brazilian interest in
these reports is great, for the reason
that the government is hardly in posi-
tion to place any such large order for
its own use. The vessels are to be built
in England, and it is rumored they are
for Japan
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
CHEERS ROOSEVELT; MAY DIE.
Millionaire "Rooter" at Convention
Has Congestion of the Brain.

Joseph c. Butler, Cincinnati million
aire. is at the point of death in a hos
pital at Durango. Colo, a victim of con-
gestion of the brain, superinduced by
cheering for Roosevelt and other excite
ment incident TO the recent Republican
national convention and the efforts TO
stampede it for Roosevelt. During the
convention Butler was Roosevelt root
er" and he cheered for forty minutes
when the stampede was attempted. But
Ter is Al years old. He is owner of the
Commercisl-Tribune building. the Butler
Power building and many other valuable
pieces of realty in Cincinnati