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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1902
Page
2
George Kline, accused of murdering his mother in law Mrs. Caroline Klein in Baltimore, Md, was acquitted on insanity grounds. He knocked her down and kicked her to death after she threatened arrest for abusive language. The case hinges on mental state at the time of the crime.
Pope Leo fainted during an audience with American pilgrims. Rail unions met in Chicago to discuss meat provision. Frank Kendall lumber yard in Kedren Ark burned with 4,000,000 feet of lumber. loss $50,000, insured. Kilpatrick ship sails from San Francisco for Manila with recruits and 100 marines. Dynamite thaw attempt by black railroad laborers in Naritus Pa ends in explosion. 3 killed, 7 injured. West Point cadets dismissed for deficient studies. Smallpox vaccination deemed a crime by Dr Bracken of Minnesota. Cincinnati Safe and Lock Co seeks receiver. assets $42,000, liabilities $100,000. Pensacola fishermen's strike settled amicably. ships iced and prepared for sea. Edinboro Pa business district fire damages $35,000. town lacks fire protection. Montreal fire damages Royal Electric Light works. $50,000 loss. Chicago Union Station ticket office fire imperils 60 employees and 200 patrons. $12,000 in property. Michigan Buggy Co. factory burns in Kalamazoo. $100,000 loss. rebuilding planned. Outlaws near Anadarko ET killed two officers. 100 pursuit. Gen. Palmer to found $2.5 million sanitarium after Rio Grande Western railroad retirement gift. Floyd C. Dillingham of Maine proffers suicide at Waterville. illness noted.
Thirty five new buildings planned at West Point with a five million dollar appropriation. Philadelphia mayor William S Stockley paralyzed and in critical condition. Powder house explosion at Clearfield Pa kills John C Stewart, four injured. Smallpox concerns arise at Princeton. Sheldon Manufacturing Co. of Binghamton NY enters bankruptcy with assets 48 000 liabilities 35 000. Navy surgeon J J Buchanan dies at Newport RI. Equitable Gas and Electric Company collector George D Straiton arrested for larceny 6000. Arthur Pue Gorman elected US Senator by Maryland Legislature by wide margin. Dayville Woolen Company bankrupt liabilities 387 821 assets 170 865. Diamond jewelry stolen from Edward Burgers loan office NY. Two youths drown skating on Youghiogheny River Osceola Pa. another rescued. Fire destroys Kennard granite office block Manchester NH loss 500 000. Annie Beaudry shoots Jennie Gagnon then dies. Gagnon critical. NYC tunnel electrifies in Park Avenue. steam replaced. Frick plans coal company consolidation worth 200 million. Wire and nails price association planned in Pittsburgh. Tugboat captain Thomas OBrien and an unknown woman found dead. gas poisoning suspected. Pennsylvania Maryland boundary survey notes displaced stones. Buffalo fire kills Henry Pearlstein family. arrests follow. Boston sleigh crash injures Mr and Mrs Cheney. Electric car incident beyond.
George K. Nash begins a second term as Ohio governor after a Monday inauguration in Columbus. In the state capital, the Senate and House re-elected Senator Joseph B. Foraker. In other news, Ford Krauskauf was killed and Robert Maxwell fatally injured in Mannard's mine near Cannellsville, a Kansas City murder led to a 25 year penitentiary sentence for Thomas Redmond, Parker-I Hughes case favors Albert Parker in Topeka, a Chicago restaurant robbery saw a $38 loot stolen by six men, North Enid Bank in Indian Territory robbed of $2,000, a forest fire in the Tushkamp district threatens timber and property near the Frisco railroad, George H. Phillips falters on the Chicago Board of Trade, and Eastern Minnesota Railway President Hill buys the Enterprise iron mine for $160,000. A Baker City incident notes a planned human sacrifice was prevented.
Across several states an opera house fire in Fayette Missouri causes heavy losses, while a Chicago newspaper owner gains control of the Inter Ocean. Fire and crime touch Kansas and Oklahoma, with family tragedies, robberies, and accidents reported, including a San Francisco suicide attempt and a waterway accident near Caddo bridge. Legislative notes span Minnesota passes and cabinet talks on commerce and pensions.
The article notes uneven early 1901 prospects with Cleveland banking worries tied to local troubles, while nationwide commerce shows signs of activity in building and rail equipment demand. It reports large car production, shifts in foreign bids, Chicago bank clearings up 193 percent, and insurance rate rises by the Underwriters' Association. Wheat yields hit a record 678,061,400 bushels with May wheat at 821/4 cents, while Brazil coffee prospects falter amid drought and sugar prices stay low.
Paraguayans depose President Aceval and install Hector Carvallo as leader. A new ministry is named after a fatal Senate riot. The piece also notes Germany’s wealthiest man Herr Krupp and his annual income.
Charles M Schwab rebounds after Monte Carlo losses. Whitelaw Reid named special ambassador to attend King Edward VII coronation. US wheat yield estimated 14.8 bushels per acre in 1901 vs 13.3 last decade average. Canadian PM Laurier learns R B Dobell killed at Folkestone after a riding accident. Navy cable from Cavite reports ten days of march across Samar with ambushes and captures. Frank Holt, Alcatraz escapee, recaptured after reappearing on a steamer with $2 from a stranger.
Washington notes show the coinage committee agreeing to maintain silver parity with gold and the agriculture committee granting public hearings on margarine tax bills. Senate committee exonerates General Landon in the hep. A rising plan in Congress aims to relieve the President from pressures of office seekers in military affairs.
The snippet lists live stock and grain prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and more. It covers cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs potatoes and clover seed with varied price ranges and grade descriptors. It also notes The National Bank of Chanute is authorized to begin with capital of 50 000.
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