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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1902
Page
3
Willis Gee, about 16, fell from a Detroit South ern Railroad excursion train returning from Detroit, east of Dundee depot. He had a head wound with skull fracture and was found unconscious in field, with efforts by farmers and doctors to save him continuing through the night.
In New York, anthracite coal mine and railroad leaders held a conference to discuss the strike and possible reopening plans. Operators insist no outside interference will alter their position, and Morgan is not expected to intervene. Baer and Morgan conferred, with Morgan remaining uninvolved. Reports indicate mining districts show some return-to-work activity, but timing for resumption remains unspecified.
At dawn an explosion shattered the front bay windows of Village Marshal Arthur L. Morse in Vanderbilt. Morse was away on business. Mrs. Morse, alone, saw a man flee as the blast occurred. She was briefly unconscious but recovered to describe the unknown assailant.
AL Nehels a Battle Creek druggist committed death by own action at the American House in Kalamazoo by inhaling chloroform. He joked with a clerk and seemed in the best spirits before being found dead next day with a linen handkerchief saturated with chloroform pressed to his nostrils. Nichols had left Ambers and Murphy of Battle Creek a week earlier and was addicted to the liquor habit, often taking small chloroform doses while intoxicated.
Roy Powell 8 of Treaghton visiting relatives in Tron Mountain resisted a kidnap attempt in St. Paul yards as a tramp drew a revolver. He was arrested after nearby children alerted police. the man stayed silent. A freight wreck near Hinchman on the Milwaukee line left about a dozen cars piled, no injuries.
The board of supervisors opened seven bids for the Mason courthouse construction but bids exceed the appropriation. Plans may be altered or new bids advertised. Several bids were rejected for lacking a bond accompanying them.
Estimates of the corn crop for 1002 place the output at 2,589,000,000 bushels based on government figures. If secured, after last year’s 1.52% drop to 1,000,000,000 bushels, railroad earnings in the West in the coming year are likely to show larger increases than those recorded previously.
General William Booth, commander of the Salvation Army, announces a U S revival tour in October. He aims to sweep the country from ocean to ocean and views America as the army’s home at age 73 on his fourth visit to the shores.
The piece details a tax fixing scheme tied to Chicago Masonic Temple taxes, with farmers and city swindlers among the victims. A forged receipt for 26 770 17 dollars prompted the first warrant charging Luke Wheeler as a fugitive, with detectives suspecting flight aided by powerful interests.
Elizabeth Scriven Clark widow of A C Clark, heir to a Singer Sewing Machine fortune, is engaged to Right Rev Henry Potter bishop of New York. Known for philanthropy and vast wealth, her late husband died in 1966 and left a vast estate valued around 310 million dollars.
A fire destroyed the business district of Reedly California with losses near 75000 dollars. Additional notices report Gen Lucas Meyer the Boer War commander died in Holland, Andrew Ferris of Hackensack died at 14, currency authority granted for Madill and Nowata banks, and a Marconi wireless order for Italian warships. The Linn County Bank merges with La Cygne Bank, mint construction low bid set at 213,432 by James Melionigle of Leavenworth. Mrs Mary Wade appointed Bates County oil inspector to replace husband. Brodie cyanide mill Cripple Creek destroyed costing 200000 with small insurance. Captain John Seaton’s foundry in Atchison damaged by 30000 fire.
Gen Franz Sigel died at his home in Mount Haven New York at age 75 after a long life of military service and political involvement. Born in Baden Germany in 1824 he joined the revolutionary movement of 1848 before emigrating to the United States in 1852. He rose through the Union ranks commanding a grand reserve division and later led at Monocacy defending Maryland Heights. He influenced poetry and politics as a Democratic anti-Tammany figure leaving a widow three sons and a daughter.
In Chicago the coroner's jury branded William Bartholin as principal in the murder of Mrs Annie Bartholin, with Oscar Thompson alias Oscar Isberg and Edward A Counselman named as accessories. The verdict calls for them to be held to the grand jury. Old Dad Clatfey not named. Police showed no participation by him.
A Nebraska led syndicate including T. B. Hoard and F. J. Waddell will establish Canada's first bonanza wheat operation between Craik and Davidson on the Prince Albert line. They bought forty thousand acres for 3200400, set aside 100000 for improvements, and will install steam plows and own two elevators at Garvin with planned line elevators nearby.
News notes mention Eastern Kentucky possibly gaining a north south railroad. A Mississippi shooting reports John Littl from Tallahassee killing Attie Allison, with Cullen Gates killing Homer Bennett and wounding James Crawley in Pearl County. England monitors Italy in Tripoli while the Turkish Sultan is described as amused by recent events. City National Bank with capital of 4000 dollars planned to be established at South McAlester.
President Roosevelt concluded a New England tour with a speech at Newport Providence and a stop in Augusta Maine. He urged public publicity for trusts and corporations while defending the necessity of robust law enforcement and interstate business regulation.
Designs approved for a Philippine subsidiary coinage show a Filipino artist Fi gueroa creating obverse imagery of a robed female figure with a hammer and anvil, a volcano motif, and the word Filpinas. The reverse bears the US shield and eagle. Dies to be made in Philadelphia. coins struck in Manila. Denominations include ten to fifty cents silver and copper 1.5 to five cents.
A ship load of Russian wheat imported last fall by Ramsas millers and wheat growers yielded about fifty bushels to Harper County. It cost 75 cents per bushel. J. H. Hoopes stacked three and a half bushels and threshed forty bushels from it. About 20 percent of the amount was rye and the balance a mix of two soft wheat varieties.
Twenty eight plants of the American Tin Plate Company, operating 27 mills and totaling a capacity for 129 mills, have been closed unexpectedly. The move affects fifteen plants and leaves the remaining facilities to adjust operations under the shutdown.
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