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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1902
Page
3
William Klumpp, husband of a woman in Michigan poisoned by alleged headache powders laced with strychnine, is arrested amid theories he mailed the powders or knew their sender. He denies the charge as communities report new local developments and incidents statewide.
A relic from the hoary past, a nearly two foot long tempered copper pick, was found buried in A. C. Hargrave's yard near Lake Gogebic. Chickens scratching the dirt exposed one end. the tool tapers to a point and the other end is sharpened like a spade. The metal is very hard and finely tempered, an example of the lost art. An attempt to tile a replica proved futile.
Joseph Youngs, a veteran copper country trapper near Houghton, reported an exciting incident when a pack of wolves tailed him as he returned to camp. He climbed a tree to take refuge, fired on the animals, and spent the freezing night there, narrowly escaping death.
Mrs Wm Strutts wife of a woods man died suddenly in Alpena from heart disease. The family, quarantined with six children near diphtheria, faced a distressing scene as she collapsed during a family dinner and died within moments.
Leon Morse the one year old son of a state game warden and a student at the Agricultural College at Lansing disappeared after his father wrote that he would visit him. The lad, an only son and slightly crippled, left the institution and has not been seen, with fears his mind may be impaired by overstudy and nervousness.
A Northfield township barn and sawmill owned by Jacob Ranschenberger burned, consuming thirty two head of cattle four horses some sheep and farm implements. Estimated loss about 500 dollars. Officials suspect the engine in the sawmill started the fire.
Harrisville population 450 hosts fifteen secret societies while defalcation by treasurer Fred Hagen climbs to 11,553 dollars. The town seeks industrial help, a vulcanizer blast wrecked Dr. Brekus's St Joseph dental office, and 18 000 brook trout fry are planted in Ottawa County streams. Postmasters named in Fairfax and Hancock, Baldwin engines arrive for Ann Arbor Railroad, a thief steals $20 from a corpse widow, Otsego bonds for 15000 to rebuild a school, a 16 year old marriage links Owosso's Rev Desjardins and Ruby Beach, the Charles W Moore steamer sold for debts, Karl Kleinstuck buys land for peat beds, and Andrew Berquish dies after drinking boiling water.
A Southern Pacific passenger train from San Antonio derailed near Maxon Texas after a broken rail at a sharp curve. The number of dead feared to reach forty with at least twenty five injured as fire consumed the wreckage and relief trains moved surgeons to the scene. Survivors described passengers pinned in cars as flames closed in. The westbound No 9 included an engine, mail car, baggage car, coaches, sleepers and a private car. Relief efforts mobilized from El Paso Del Rio and Sanderson to treat the injured.
Gen Samuel Pearson of the Boer army sends a letter to President Roosevelt claiming a British horse shipment depot in New Orleans is a military camp. He threatens to lead an armed force, asserts acting alone, and cites neutrality concerns. U S authorities deny violations and will rely on New Orleans police to curb any march. Pearson once fled Transvaal, leaving $90,000 in Barberton and his family.
The Christian Endeavor Society has attained its majority. The Methodists of Indianapolis have raised 50000 toward a hospital. The next Bishops conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church is set for May 1 at Chattanooga. Rt Rev Mgr Michael Antonini, longtime Vatican secretary, has served twenty four years. An Emanuel Baptist Church at Chester will be ready for dedication soon, costing about 15000. Dr McConnell urges shake up of seminaries focusing on quantity over quality. The Rev Henry B Taylor is installed at Church of the Redeemer. An official denial clarifies that the old St John Church in Richmond, famous for Patrick Henry, is not to be sold or torn down.
Brigadier General Frederick Funston defended the U S campaign in the Philippines at a Marquette Club banquet in Chicago. He praised Maj Waller for executing Fili pinos who stole supplies and argued the war would end only with conquest, contrasting Filipino leaders with Cuban icons and criticizing calls to abandon the islands. He urged persistent seizure of the Philippines and a postwar decision on their future.
The general strike in Boston halts freight and passenger services as about thirty thousand workers across rail, dock, and express sectors walk out. Longshoremen and coal teamsters join, crippling incoming merchandise, with unions and civic groups seeking arbitration while business sectors brace for prolonged disruption.
A bitter capitol fight ends with a 72 to 5 vote in favor of cutting Cuban tariffs. Beet sugar advocates claim Republicans favored by their reports, but lost ground after caucus. Conference adjourns for a week, next Tuesday.
A few months before his assassination Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter to Mrs. Bixby of Boston expressing sympathy for the loss of her five sons in the war.
The U S Supreme Court declares the Illinois anti trust statute unconstitutional, striking the exemption for agricultural products and livestock. The decision, in the case Thomas Connelly et al v Union Sewer Pipe Co of Ohio, affirms Judge Kohlsaat's 1900 finding that the act taxes certain groups and violates both federal and state constitutions.
Influenza epidemic in London and Greenville Mississippi. News mentions a search for a $100,000 sum, a snow slide that killed Richard Hovey age 18, and fishers in Cole Mississippi. Stone endured brutality while in brigands hands. William G Wasmansdorff of Chicago declared insolvent, owing $92,000. George Clabber of St Joseph Missouri died by suicide. Turkey claims no responsibility for Miss Stones kidnapping.
An official of the pension bureau predicts a 50 percent cut in government pension expenditures within ten years. Last year pensions cost $158 million. next year bills total $135 million. About 600,000 pensioners exist with 800,000 claims, many duplicates. The article notes expected pension reductions, deaths, and a possible rise in naval funding, plus Taft’s remarks on Philippine slavery and a new 13 cent foreign mail stamp.
Plans are under consideration to erect a new union railroad station in Chi a Aga. Officials say the project will improve transit access and stimulate local commerce, with construction timelines to be announced.
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