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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1902
Page
3
A didactic piece urges men to stop dwelling on hard times and avoid chronic grumbling. It advocates talking up prospects, dominating one’s environment, and seeking the bright side to attract success and longevity in one’s calling.
Governor Candler and the prison commissioners push to abolish private misdemeanor convict camps and require counties to work convicts on public roads. Six to seven camps lease convicts to private parties with funds largely offsetting court costs, a system the commission calls a disgrace. Field Marshal Lord Wolseley praises the U S Army as humane and effective, while critics denounce it as cowardly. The Pennsylvania coal strike looms over the presidential year, with past settlements favoring Republicans. The Agriculture Department plans experiments in Florida to teach cane growers to make concrete sugar, a hard sugar substituting syrup. A barrel of flour and warm meals offer more comfort than prayers. the fools paradise lacks the rest of the eternal.
A westbound Northern Pacific train was held at Sand Point Idaho by five to seven men who forced the engineer to stop the train and attempted to wreck the sleeper car with dynamite. The blast failed, robbers dissappeared after 15 minutes, and passengers were not harmed. Conductor William Gilbert of Helena led the train back to Spokane.
President Roosevelt directs General Miles to depart about September 15 for a formal inspection of army conditions in the Philippines. He will focus on instruction discipline and supplies and report findings without meddling in political affairs, accompanied possibly by staff officers including Lt Col Whitney and Col Reber.
London reports a late English scheme to place a combined lightship and ocean telegraph station 100 miles west of the Lizard. A vessel with a bright arclight would mark the position by night while wireless gear would manage the channel and relay news. If successful, multiple ships could guard the coast and send meteorological reports and storm warnings.
Wanted at Charlotte N C for counterfeiting Harris, a white man, has been found by local officers in Atlanta where he is serving time. His term runs until 1904 and Sheriff Wallace has asked Atlanta officers to detain him on release. Harris previously escaped from the county jail by digging through a brick wall and twice escaped from the county convict camp.
Raleigh dispatch notes Charles Morrow of Gastonia was fatally maimed when his foot slipped on loose mail sacks as a train departed Southern depot. He suffered both legs amputated above and below the knee. A separate Crandon Wisconsin report tells of George Houghton Jr. found alive after two days lost in Stone Lake woods, in surprisingly good condition given his ordeal while hunting with companions.
Noted American handwriting expert William B. Hagan, born in 1826 in New York City, died at his Troy home. He worked on high profile cases including the Davis will case, the Molineux case, and aDr Kennedy murder case. Glasgow trains collide injuring 23. One train stood at the station when struck, telescoping two cars and causing many fractures.
A verse in nostalgic refrain speaks to a sleepy child, promising a future moment when the parent remembers grief. The speaker, addressing the child at night, imagines a solemn scene of eternal sleep and a kiss preserved in memory. Eugene Mield is cited as the author.
News from Summit Hill Pa on August 26 reports strikers forming a mob to block nonunion workers. Major Gearhardt dispatched two companies of soldiers from Manila Park to restore order. Soldiers escorted workers to safety and transported them to their jobs amid ongoing unrest.
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