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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1901
Page
7
A Michigan report details a major fire at the Burdick building in Weidman damaging multiple blocks. Other items include a stepmother charged with brutality, new hotels and banks planned, tax sale notes, mining accidents, frost damage in Berrien County, and a Kalamazoo Supreme Court rail ruling.
Railroad Commissioner Osborn reports Michigan railroad earnings for the last calendar year at 89 007 805 dollars with July tax due of 1 853 549 dollars an increase of 122 773 from prior year. Largest tax by Michigan Central and leased lines 350 800 Pere Marquette 225 651 Grand Trunk 113 601 Chicago and Northwestern 80 807 Duluth South Shore and Atlantic 808 000 Grand Rapids and Indiana 74 883 Wa?dash 38 45
Two girls located a 45 year old man’s skeleton in the woods about one and a half miles from Swan Creek. Sheriff Beasley presided as jury and ruled death unknown as the cause. No identification. some speculated it could be Geiser the train robber. Dr Bills said the man had been dead over a year.
A morning fire wrecked the best portion of Erie village’s business district, destroying two story brick buildings and three frame structures. The blaze started in a frame building and within an hour all structures on the block burned. The village lacks fire protection and neighboring towns arrived too late. Loss estimated at 12000 with 450 in insurance. brick buildings may not be rebuilt.
Reports span diverse events from a new elevator project in Kinde to Alpena seeking a Massachu setts shoe factory location. It notes deaths in Allegan and near Negaunee, a push for a special election in St Joseph County, and business moves by Edwards Hines Co. and Garth Lumber.
The oil boom in Texas wanes and small investors face heavy losses as many speculative oil companies offer little real value. Promoters profit from treasury bonuses while wages and salaries of officers drain funds, delaying returns for widows, clerks, and families.
Chicago wins the 1904 International Olympian games hosting rights after a Paris meeting presided by Baron Pierre Coubertin. Delegates from England France America Holland Belgium Sweden and Hungary approve Chicago's bid citing a $100,000 pledge and support from U S representatives.
Five cadets are dismissed and six suspended as the Secretary of War upholds Colathe, superintendent at West Point, for punishing cadets who attacked the commandant and vandalized his house. Cadet MacArthur, son of Gen. MacArthur, is among the notable names in the class. Further actions on second class men were not taken on, per Secretary Rout. The motive centered on authorities enforcing hazing rules at the academy.
Plans approved for a new Washington Department of Agriculture building costing under two million dollars. The structure will be white marble in a U shape, four stories tall, with a 400 foot front and two wings.
The Michigan Legislature considered substitute bills consolidating interurban railway laws. A heated session saw amendments to a freight classification bill creating a governor appointed commission to set rates. Gov Bliss signed twenty seven bills as talks on ad valorem taxation of railroads advance amid fading term dates.
A compiled list of acts approved by the governor includes provisions for Saginaw and other counties, appropriations for the Industrial Home for Girls, amendments to West Bay City zoning, fishing restrictions, debt funding for Tentwater, and various school, road, and municipal measures across multiple counties in Michigan.
A Florida disaster report recounts a massive blaze in Jacksonville that destroyed 148 city blocks, left about 10,000 homeless, and caused a multi‑million dollar loss. The fire started at the Cleveland Fiber Company and spread rapidly through Beaver Ashley and Church streets, destroying key landmarks and prompting $200,000 state funds and bonds for rebuilding. Relief pours in from Atlanta Charleston Detroit New York Boston Chicago and others.
In Hebrews verses 11 to 14, a noted critique explains Christ’s superior priesthood through a heavenly tabernacle and his own blood, contrasting it with Aaron’s Levitical rites. The discussion emphasizes eternal redemption, once-for-all access, and the spiritual meaning beyond ritual bloodshed.
Rev. Edward S. Phillips of St. Gabriel's Hazelton vanished two weeks ago. A decomposed body found Thursday in a Ninth Avenue house is identified as the priest. Kirk Stanley, massage operator, is held on suspicion of involvement. Police pursue murder theory amid AOH and temperance ties.
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