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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1902
Page
3
Wreckage from the steamer City of Duluth struck while piling for the fifth crib of the St Joseph harbor pier. Steel sheeted hull remnants caused delays, with authorities surprised the wreckage still present after years of removal plans. Other notes report regional events including openings, accidents, and local developments.
The State Association of Congregational Churches at its sixty first annual meeting in St Johns Wyhe votes to seek Michigan legislation prohibiting Sunday marriage licenses and to require nonresidents to obtain licenses at least five days before ceremonies.
John MacCauley, a Grand Rapids business man of MacCauley Bros. steamfitters, was found wandering in woods near Cooper after missing days. He carried an unused Niles to Grand Rapids railroad ticket and said he fought twelve hoboes before Buffalo Bill’s show rescued him, then his brother returned him to Grand Rapids.
The Avery sawmill, a major Alpena facility owned by Richardson Lumber Co., was destroyed by fire. Valued around 50,000 dollars and insured for 87,000, the plant will be rebuilt. The company, holding large hemlock and pine stocks and five pine rafts, will run another mill at night with the Avery crew. This marks the eleventh Alpena mill destroyed by fire or explosion.
Herbert S Brice, 87, a melancholia patient at Oak Grove hospital Flint, hanged himself in a room adjoining the Turkish bathroom in Noyes Hall. He stood on a table, tied a rope to the ceiling, and leaped. death occurred within minutes. He had been a patient since last fall and was half-brother of future Ohio senator Brice.
John Thirling, Lake Cora postmaster and leading grape grower, reports over 1,000 added acres to Michigan’s grape belt. He says prospects for a large crop are the finest in years as vines endure cold snaps and now hang on thousands of miles of wires across several counties.
A half holiday movement at Grand Rapids shows promise. A Kalamazoo carpenter, 19, John Van Beck, was struck by lightning and killed. A four year old son of Frank Evana of Vassar was killed by a train. Jake Cofield in the Thumb is jailed for stabbing Leon Parent. Parma’s creamery changes hands to become a flour and feed mill. Rev J R Andrews of Lansing admitted to Kalamazoo insane asylum. James Walsh, 21, Chicago head waiter on the Barry steamer Charles H Hackley, drowned at Muskegon. Harold Raymond, 12, fatally wounded by an accidental rifle discharge near Escanaba. The Free Baptist Church at Davison was dedicated debt free. cost eight thousand dollars, three thousand short funded at dedication. Frank C Andrews and H R Andrews of the wrecked City Savings Bank of Detroit were held for trial July 2. Naval brigade planned to cruise off Manistee during State National Guard encampment. Ollie Miller of Bailey lost front teeth and part of his lip and nose while pulling stumps. John Hisgen, 70, a wealthy Holland resident, died by poison. dissappointment from family leaving Germany cited.
The Rochambeau monument unveiling in Washington honored the French commander who led Allied forces in the Revolution. The bronze statue in Lafayette Square complements the Lafayette memorial, with French delegates, diplomats, and officials attending. Rochambeau aided America’s victory, aiding funds and troops, and later received honors from Congress and Louis XVI.
Senator George F. Hoar of Massachusetts denounces the Philippine war in a forceful speech condemning policy. He accuses the administration of wasted treasure and lives, describes American conduct as ruthless and hypocritical, and contrasts humane officers with brutal tactics in the islands.
The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in session at New York adopted the creed revision report with virtually unanimous consent and little debate. Changes include broader salvation for infants, dropping the term anti Christ for the pope, and additions on God's love for all, missions, and the Holy Spirit. Ratification will go to presbyteries, with only two dissenting votes.
A retired farmer warns that sharpers prey on official agricultural notices. After departments announce pests or pests appeared such as the elm insect or cabbage pests, smooth-talking men push powders and remedies that promise protection but ruin trees instead. The 17-year locust outbreak prompts new fraudulent methods.
Dudley Morgan, a Black man, was taken from a train in Lansing Texas by about four thousand armed whites. He confessed to a crime and implicated another man. Morgan was bound to a stake, a pyre of incrust material piled around him, and burned alive as the crowd demanded a slow death. His victim Mrs McKay identified him as her assailant.
Henry E Harris aged 35 author of The King of Andora died in Duluth Minnesota from promitire poisoning. He was the son of the late A A Harris a distinguished Virginia Confederate officer and long resident of Fort Scott Kansas, prominent in Kansas politics.
After St Pierre’s destruction, Mount Pelee and La Soufriere keep erupting intermittently over Martinique and St Vincent. Deadly ash, stifling air, and new craters alarm residents as searchers work through putrid ruins. Official toll reaches 28,000 buried plus 3,000 drowned. northern St Vincent laid waste with pestilence and fires. Relief arrives from United States charity and diverse private aid, breaking prior scarcity.
A historical commentary cites census data on mobility in the United States. It notes that over 13.8 million native-born residents live outside their birth states, and about 10.5 million foreign-born residents exist, implying high interstate and international mobility. It highlights New York's outflow and inflow and Vermont's unique pattern of residents living elsewhere relative to its population.
The Chinese government states southern province rebels have been completely defeated and their leaders captured, signaling a decisive victory for the central authority.
A compact study of the early church council in Jerusalem addressing Gentile inclusion without Gentile circumcision. It covers the dispute's roots, Peter and James' guidance, Paul and Barnabas's mission, the Antioch delegation, and the consensus that God’s mercy crosses race lines. The council's letter to Antioch outlines practical rules to avoid offense among Jews and Gentiles, including abstaining from idols offerings and immorality.
A man with an incandescent beard riffs on life insurance, noting how agents claim you may die soon to push applications while their own belief lingers you will live long. The exchange ends with a clipped line, hinting at satire.
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