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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1902
Page
8
Alarming London news reports indicate King Edward VII underwent a successful operation for acute perytphilitis amid suspicions of Bright's disease. Officials postponed the coronation and ordered widespread social cancellations as the king’s condition remained grave and uncertain.
News of Minor Note reports Kansas City planning a new ping-pong factory. Reuben Bryant longtime Masonic member dies at his Sparta Missouri home after fifty years in the craft. John G Milburn linked to McKinley death site may be NY gubernatorial hopeful. Charles M Schwab denies Cramp shipyard purchase rumor.
In Paris, Mme Humbert and her husband are fugitives from Paris sought by New York police after an $8,000,000 fraud on French bankers. They allegedly used a claimed American inheritance to secure loans and hid funds in two safes. The scheme implicated prominent judges and politicians amid libel suits and political turmoil.
Reports show the ant hracite strike began May 12 with losses tallying around 25 million dollars. Violence and unrest are cited as two boys are shot and workers beaten while watchmen and businesses report major losses.
Chicago Board of Trade figure James A Patten mayor of Evanston Ill closed a long oat deal begun in September. Profits estimated at 500000 with 400000 bushels traded in hours and May oats reaching 494 5 cents. Patten reportedly managed 10000000 bushels overall with costs under 40 cents.
Reports describe brutal killings with many bodies mutilated beyond recognition. Nine men identified as members of the gang including two Teresa police. Maj Waller questioned for interviews and possible court martial. Secretary Moody seeks full denial. President Roosevelt reportedly unsettled by the episode. Strong reinforcements ordered to crush the ladrones.
The Philadelphia Mint will undergo a costly five month recount costing about $60,000 to verify all stored wealth. New superintendent Landis oversees safety of bullion and coins, with potential personal liability for shortages found within a year. Current holdings include bullion and coin values totaling over 259 million dollars.
A parade of prominent names spans politics and finance. Patten leads a Chicago board role, later becoming Evanston mayor, while Roosevelt, Miles, West, Spooner, Beveridge, Croker, Carr, McCroskey, Vanderbilt, Penrose, Boncher, McBride, Yerkes, and Carter are cited in brief notes on offices, ambitions, retirements, and curious facts.
Helen Gould donates a new Brooklyn Navy Y M C A building costing 165000 dollars. The seven story structure, 100 feet frontage and 35 feet depth, is built entirely from Gould’s funds and is nearing completion, to be the finest of its kind.
Miss Gould built a stone brick and iron memorial house with a roof garden for meetings and summer comfort. The Women’s Auxiliary of the Y M C A will furnish it. It will feature over 200 sleeping rooms, a restaurant, bowling alley, two gyms, barber shop, two large auditoriums, reading lounges, and related spaces to create a bright cheerful facility.
Secretary Treasurer Wilson issued a call under President John Mitchell for a national convention of mine workers in Indianapolis on July 17. The meeting will decide whether soft coal miners join the Pennsylvania anthracite strike, with Illinois Indiana and Ohio shaping the outcome. Delegates number about 1000, based on local union membership, and voting strength ranges 1700 to 1800.
Reports note rising annual mail mileage by rail from 173 thousand to over 302 million miles. Grain transit terms are denied extension. Michigan Central trims passenger times for faster service. Two lines organize at Charleston Virginia. Cincinnati Southern plans twelve acre switch-yard improvements at Chattanooga. Burlinton and St Paul may add fast Chicago Omaha trains. Southern Pacific trims passenger fares in Oregon. A giant locomotive is being assembled at Topeka Santa Fe shops. Export grain flour rates to New York fall, with flour now 13c and 15c respectively.
A simple cheap glass cutting apparatus uses emery powder to carve initials and borders. A stencil guides the cut while a concealed turning mechanism moves the work, enabling rapid engraving on tumblers bottles and mirrors. The setup includes a spindle a cork support a drum and pulleys or holes to guide a cord with a weight for steady rotation.
A small Irish military detachment reports repeated visits to Colonel Harvey’s wife Mrs Harvey, who outlived her husband and was said to be “in the churchyard these ten years and more.” The exchange ends with a sharp quip about her absence.
An Oxford undergraduate attends a supper where assembled fathers are mocked for sparing funds for their sons. After a long silence he voices a mild protest urging, “let us remember that they are our fellow-creatures.”
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