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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1899
Page
2
Mrs Lucy Smith a widow with three hungry children stole four loaves from wholesale merchant A C Marglous in St Louis. Marglous had her arrested but the prosecutor declined to issue a warrant saying starvation makes such theft excusable leading to her release.
A New Jersey vice chancellor ruled the Cumberland Glass Blowers Association cannot enjoin the Glass Blowers Association of the United States from participation in a strike, finding that lawful means of persuasion without coercion justify a strike action amid a Bridgeton dispute. The case arose from last March's strike, since amicably settled. Rich ore from Isabella mine yields high value. two carloads reaching up to 200,000 dollars in gold terms, with ore from Mollie Gibson cited as historic as a high-yield producer.
Mysterious infant delivered by express to Mrs Selin Setters in Bristol, Indiana. She plans to adopt. The well-clad baby, tagged and likely from near a Lake Shore station, unnamed origin.
Chester W. Kingsley former Cambridge mayor presents Brown University Providence with a gift toward a 2,000,000 endowment fund. The contribution supports the drive to complete the endowment in coming years.
The library of former United States Attorney General A. He. Garland, deceased, was auctioned in Little Rock for just 25 cents. The collection comprised 2.40 volumes, reflecting a negligible total value at the public sale.
Dun and Co weekly review notes a surprising small shrinkage as year end nears. Demand for consumption outstrains productive capacity, enforcing contracts and steady employment. Wool prices rise on speculative buying while interior prices push up. Cotton softens as large stocks withheld. Failures: 221 US, 33 Canada, versus 248 and 22 a year ago.
Eleven thousand dollars in currency was found in the sod cabin of Mrs. Lucy Hunnicutt who died on her claim in the Cherokee strip just south of Hun newell Kansas. She was formerly Miss Crow, daughter of W D Crow of Putnam County Indiana. A former Greencastle music teacher she ran for land at seventy, obtained a claim, divorced her husband and lived alone for six years with neighbor aid.
In Jefferson City Missouri an escaped convict J L Craft killed Henry Speaker an 18 year old youth who was out hunting. Craft fled by rope from a third story shop jumped into a grocery wagon and sped through the city before taking shelter in a farmhouse where constable Cramp finally shot him in the head and captured him.
The United States Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Claims in finding the Los Abra Silver Mining Company claim against the Republic of Mexico fraudulent and unfounded. The claim valued at about 84 million dollars was rejected. The ruling accompanies a naval prize money case about the Buena Ventura, where condemnation was reversed and sale proceeds ordered to be given to the vessel owners.
A severe freight wreck on the New York division of the Pennsylvania Railroad between Plainsboro and Princeton New Jersey killed engineer Speigler and fireman Hennicker and seriously injured a brakeman Zagbaum. About thirty cars were destroyed as three trains were damaged and the wreckage delayed operations.
Postmaster Frank W. Chapin of Salisbury Massachusetts was sentenced to one year in state prison for using 800 of post office funds to cover medicine and food for his aged mother and invalid father. Bondsmen repaid the shortage. townspeople cited his past honesty and need for clemency, but Judge Lowell imposed the sentence despite appeals from 100 citizens.
Great Britain appoints F King in Ottawa to represent her government in delimiting the provisional boundary between Alaska and Canada near Lynn Canal under the modus vivendi of 1900. The United States designates O S Titman of the Coast and Geodetic Survey as its representative.
A 60 year old Theodore Nelson shot his young wife at Wheeler Michigan after years of alleged attentions from David Goddard. He tried to shoot himself but the cartridge failed to explode. neighbors then restrained him. The case follows a series of violent events in a single unsettling report.
Captain J. C. Ayres of the ordnance department, U S Army, was killed in Washington D C by a fall from a horse and being run over by a team. Born in Wisconsin, he entered the army from that state and graduated from the Military Academy in 1872. He served in the infantry, then the ordnance corps, with a recent assignment in Washington as an assistant to the chief of ordnance. His wife is Gen Rodman's daughter.
Mrs. Sarah A. Lansdown died at the home of her stepmother Mrs. Dr. Deane in Kansas City from starvation after becoming crazed by religion in Stanberry Missouri. She refused to eat or drink for fourteen days, receiving minor nourishment by force. Her mouth and throat dried, she lost the power of speech and could only write responses when questioned.
The Kansas State Supreme Court in Topeka invalidated a law prohibiting corporations employing more than ten people from paying wages in scrip, ruling it unlawfully discriminates between larger firms and small outfits. A separate decision struck down the rule restricting employment beyond eight years of public work.
Nationwide commemorations mark the 100th anniversary of George Washington's death with ceremonies in Washington and Mount Vernon. President McKinley leads observances as Masons, veterans, and civic groups participate across the United States, with processions, bells, and a vault tribute to the first President.
Col James Franklin Bell a regular army officer and former Seventh Cavalry member earned new honors after defeating Philippine guerrillas near Mangetorem. He led a bayonet charge, captured a captain and two privates, and earned a presidential commendation. Born in Kentucky, he attended West Point and graduated in 1875. The article also notes political race hints across several states and local elections in 1900s America.
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