William J. Erwin, who was arrested several months ago by Deputy State Fire Marshal Jack Ambrose in this city, was convicted of arson Thursday, after a trial at Wilmington.  His conviction was brought about mainly by the testimony of three alleged accomplices, who are also under arrest. C. J. Minnick, Izear Beltz and his wife, Kate Beltz.  The fire in connection with the case was the destruction of two frame dwellings at Blanchester, December 30, 1902.  Erwin and Minnick were comparative strangers, having gone to Blanchester from Tennessee.  They are said to have represented themselves as Reform league detectives.  The testimony showed the arson had been carefully planned.  the insurance money, $750, was not fairly divided by Erwin and the others evened up by confessing.

 Frank Isaminger, 35, of 2349 Kenton street, Walnut Hills, died at the city hospital Friday, after a lingering illness.  He was a brother of James C. Isaminger of the Times-Star editorial staff, and his death will be mourned by a host of friends.

Ruth Wheeler, the 15-year-old colored girl who ran away from her mother, Mrs. Anna Wheeler, at Fifth and John streets, Thursday night, was before Judge Caldwell in the Juvenile court, Friday.  she promised to be good and help her mother whom she was permitted to accompany home.

Members of the Socialist party met in Workmen's hall Thursday evening and talked of plans for a better political organization in this city and the over-the-river municipalities.

Rev. Dr. Wm. Rosenau, one of the most prominent rabbis in this country, arrived in Cincinnati Friday morning to fill his engagement to speak at the Elks' memorial service at the Grand Opera House Sunday afternoon.  Rabbi Rosenau will also fill Dr. Grossman's pulpit at the Plum street temple Saturday morning.

LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE removes the cause.  To get the genuine, call for the full name and look for the signature of E. W. Grove, Md.

At the annual meeting of Cincinnati Mailers' Union No. 17, held last evening at Workmen's hall, the following officers were elected: President, E.O. KELLER; vice president, Henry GRIMM; secretary-treasurer, Harry QUERNER; recording secretary, Edward EBY; sergeant-at-arms, Louis QUERNER.

The next time the waiters at Williams's restaurant, on Sixth street, get an invitation to "come out and put me out," they will probably decline with thanks.  Their experience with a man claiming to be Frank MEEKS, a molder living in Covington, early Friday morning is the cause.  MEEKS and a companion were in the restaurant, and for some reason were invited to get out.  They did so, after an argument, in which MEEKS showed no dangerous proclivities.  On the pavement MEEKS became belligerent, according to the story the police have and invited several waiters to step out and be whipped.  Where two or three are gathered together against one, it looks easy, so out stepped the white aprons.  Then MEEKS drew a pistol, and the disappearance of the aprons looked like the Hanlon brothers in their best days of stage work.  MEEKS is said to have corralled the group in the hallway and held them prisoners until Patrolman LOWENSTEIN appeared.  He took MEEKS to Central Police station and charged him with carrying concealed weapons.  The woman escaped arrest.

Sunday will be notable for the Lincoln park Institutional Baptist church and the pastor, Rev. George Ridgeway Robbins.  It will mark the sixteenth anniversary of Dr. Robbins’s pastorate of that church.  There is but one other minister of the 252 Protestant churches in Cincinnati who has been with one church that long – Rev. David McKinney of the Reformed Presbyterian church.  During Mr. Robbins’s pastorate he has received into the church 1,422 new members, of which 1,016 have been on profession of faith, making in all 1,900 members in the two pastorates that mark his ministerial career.  At the morning service the topic will be “Our Work.” With a prelude, “The Man for Cincinnati’s Sins.”

Drs. George Fackler, P. S. Conner, John Withrow, William Taylor of the city hospital staff presented some facts which startled the Board of Public Service Friday.  In effect, they said that with two wards which are now empty utilized, and by making use of the ward now given over to female help, there would be room enough in the present city hospital to prevent overcrowding for thirty years.  They said that but one in ten of the patients came from the hilltops, and that a certain class of patients should be removed to a "lock" hospital.  They asserted that nine-tenths of the medical staff favor the retention of the hospital on the present site.

The crew of Patrol 1 was surprised by the recovery of a supposed dead man, with whom they were about to start for the morgue from Baker alley Thursday night.  Detective Jackson and Callahan were told by a citizen that a man lay dead in the alley.  They investigated and saw a man lying behind a cellar door and apparently dead,as his hands and face were cold.  The patrol was summoned and the body taken from its position with difficulty, because wire had been entangled, probably by jokers, about the man's legs.  A large crowd had collected and when, after the man had been placed on a stretcher, he raised up and muttered, "Wot ish matter wish you?" there was amazement.  Instead of the morgue the man, who gave his name as Walter Hamilton, but whose correct name is said to be Heck, was taken to Central station.