Week of executions and plunder across nations and states
Alfred Hawkins hanged at Whitcom Washington for murder of D M Woodbury over two years earlier. Charles Reeves hanged at Boonville ML for murdering his wife on Feb 24. Elijah Chapman, colored, executed at Washington for killing Ida Simmons. George T Brons of Equitable Life shot his wife and killed himself in Brooklyn. Edna Dashiell recounts Bruns jealous. Count Matsukata and Japanese officials in US seeking $100000 loan to fund ships rails and mining in Japan. William Brown robbing Chicago victimizes Chris Erickson. multiple shots fired. Miss Anderson witnesses. Ohio State pardons board rejects pardons for Frances L Taylor and daughter sentenced for kidnapping Margaret Taylor. Australia endures seven dry years. stock losses. Halifax riot involving Fifth Canadian Mounted Rifles. Nelson Pease Bond dies in Lake Champlain after hazing. Osceola bond settlement. $200000 original, now over $500,000 due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Hawkins
Whitcom
Wash
D. M. Woodbury
Charles Reeves
Boonville
Elijah Chapman
Washington
Ida Simmons
George T. Brons
Equitable Life Assurance Company
Brooklyn
N.Y
Edna Dashiell
Bruns
Count Matsukata
Japan
Atlantic
United States
William Brown
Chris Erickson
Chicago
Brown
Erickson
Miss Anderson
Ohio State Board of Pardons
Frances L. Taylor
Miss Frances L. Taylor, Jr
Little Margaret Taylor
Taylor
Australia
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Halifax
N. S
Albemarle Street
Martin
University of Vermont
Nelson Pease Bond
Lake Champlain
St. Clair County
Jude
Osceola
John B. Henderson
John F. Phillips
Notable Crime and Public Safety Wrongs Across Nations
A string of incidents from eight states and overseas includes Abraham Witherup being lynched in Pans Missouri for murder. Lorenzo Faulkner, a railroad man, dies after killing his wife and himself in Salt Lake City Utah. Pat Sheedy plans to expand into Buenos Aires commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo Faulkner
Florden
Utah
Pat” Sheedy
Buenos Aires
Oliver Lamar
Jad Iy
Mendenhal
Kansas
Gor Leweling
Jewell City
Chicago
Almose
New York
Hoar Condemns Philippine War In Forensic Speech
Senator George F Hoar of Massachusetts denounces the Philippine war condemning American savagery and cruelty while praising humane officers. He argues independence principles should have spared hatred and avoided bloodshed, contrasting past gratitude with ongoing suffering under U S policy in the islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Hoar
Massachusetts
Presby terian Creed Change Adopted by General Assembly
The Presbyterian General Assembly in Newark quickly adopts the creed revision report with near unity. The changes alter infant damnation and the Pope references, add a new chapter on God's love for all, missions, and the Holy Spirit, and make several chapters declaratory for ratification by presbyteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian General Assembly
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Newark
Rome
Swindling Farmers by Pest Remedies Exposed
A retired farmer warns that sharpers exploit government notices about pests such as cabbage insects elm pests and the 17 year locusts. They hawk powders and methods promising protection that instead ruin crops, capitalizing on official announcements and public belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Agricultural Department
Washington
Burned at the Stake in Texas Mob Atrocity
A mob of about 4000 men abducted Dudley Morgan in Lansing Texas and burned him alive after taking him from a train. His victim Mrs McKay identified him as the attacker and urged a slow death. The mob prepared a cremation field and tormented Morgan as the husband set the blaze. Henry E Harris died in Duluth Minnesota from ptomaine poisoning at 35, son of A A Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley Morgan
Lansing
Texas
Morgan
McKay
Henry E. Harris
Andura
Duluth
Minn
A. A. Harris
Fort Nerott
Kuan
Kansas
Year of Disasters Signals Devastation Across the World
The five months of 1902 brought numerous calamities as nature unleashed cyclones storms and quakes. Goliad Texas suffered ninety deaths and over a hundred injured while Coal Creek Tennessee faced a deadly mine explosion. British India endured a hurricane destroying homes and rail lines. Combined natural losses exceed forty eight thousand lives with overall totals near sixty thousand, plus additional human-caused disasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goliad
Texas
Coal Creek
Tenn
Scinde
British India
Nature
Indiana Officials Vow Retaliation for Brown County Whitecaps
Authorities promise full retaliation after Brown County whitecaps attack unoffending residents. An Attorney General agent says arrests will follow as clues are pursued. Citizens fear retribution yet demand justice while grand juries fear personal attack and fail to indict or convict. Governor Durbin intensifies crackdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Brown County
Ind
Attorney General
Durbin
Brown County Outrage Probe Sheds Light on Local Crimes
A state investigation targets five or six cases from the past year amid whitecap notices causing 20 to 30 families to leave Brown County. Six outrages show brutality, with alibis undermining grand jury indictments and several acquittals. Also, Congress earmarks 50 000 for McKinley death expenses. doctors to receive 31 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown County
WeKinley
Congress
Iident McKinley
Twenty Five Story Skyscraper Planned for New York
The Boreef building on lower Broadway between Cedar and Thomas streets near Wall Street sold for 3 million dollars. A 23 story skyscraper costing another 3 million will rise on the site. The current seven story building, opened in 1878, was once New York’s finest. The land sold for 3 million 90 thousand dollars, bought for 121 thousand in 1828 by John Jacob Astor. Patronize those who advertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boreef
New York
Broadway
Cedar
Thomas Streets
Wall Street
John Jacob Astor
Crusade Against Illiteracy Targets Southern Education
Northern leaders promote education in the South at the fifth annual Conference for Education in the South held in Athens Georgia. Robert C Osden of New York presided as wealth and noted figures joined in support. The group pledges to raise ten thousand dollars annually to expand schooling and reduce illiteracy amid stark regional disparities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Conference For
Education In
Robert C. Osden
New York
Athens
Ogden
David H. Greer
St. Bartholomewyw's Chaurch
Albert Shaw
Review of Reviews
Felix Adler
St. Clair McKelway
Brooklyn
Ohio
Mississippi
Louisiana
United States
Alabama
North Carolina
Conference For Education In the
Congress Debates Philippine Question and Immigration Bills
The Senate and House conducted extensive sessions on the Philippine question with resolutions and conference reports. Immigration debates dominated the House, with Underwood’s educational test provision adopted and Cuba and Canada provisions included, while private pension bills moved through both chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Underwood
Ala
Cuba
Canada
Mexico
Patterson
District of Columbia
Fernie Mine Disaster Kills 109 Miners in BC
A blast devastates Fernie shafts Nos 2 and 3 in British Columbia killing 109 miners. Fourteen to twenty four escaped with injuries as fire damp and a pipe-lighter caused the explosion. Fire was later checked and relief details awaited as authorities assess the two shafts near Coal Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernie
KRC
British Columbia
No. 2
No. 3
Coal Creek
Decorah Flood Claims Three Lives and Major Damage
A cloudburst caused Dry Rock creek to surge into Decorah Iowa washing away homes bridges and trees. Three people perished including John Garver and an unidentified child. Over 40 miles of rail track were destroyed and more than 500000 in property was lost leaving many families homeless and cut off from the outside world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Iowa
Dry Rock Creek
St. Paul
John Garver
Charles Clark
Garver
Threshing Machines Sent West From Kansas City
Fifty carloads of threshing machines departed Kansas City for the Grain belt of Kansas Nebraska and Dakota. Roosevelt Harvard 1880 presented the Harvard Union library with a full set of his works. New York police crack down on pool rooms. Cook County Sheriff Magerstadt seeks Republican mayoral nomination in Chicago. Former Buffalo city treasurer Gerst pleads guilty to defalcations, fined 1000 dollars and released. J D Hazen 80 acre apple orchard near Hiawatha Kansas destroyed by kerner worms with trees doomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore M Roosevelt
Harvard
Harvard Union
New York
Metropolis
E. J. Magerstadt
Cook County
Chicago
Philip Gerst
Buffalo
N. Y
J. D. Hazen
Hiawatha
Kar
Washington Notes on Disputes and Appointments
Arbitrators ruled against Salvador in a US citizen claims dispute. Secretary Shaw eased customs rules to admit free luggage aboard and offer a 300 dollar appeal exemption. Captain Bertram S. Neumann was dismissed after a court martial in Pensacola. The President pardoned five union miners in Virginia. He opposes the cattlemen's grazing lease bill. Army surgeon Captain Harry Littlefield linked beriberi to diet in Philippine prisoners. Nominations include H. G. Squiers for minister to Cuba and Edward S. Bragg for Havana consul general. The Ohio McKinley memorial college cornerstone was laid May 14 by President Roosevelt. Congressman Foss criticized navy ships as largely peacetime, while Admiral Schley supporters pushed excluding Maclay volume from the naval academy. Rail union talks were cited as driving the coal strike. The Supreme Court ruled regular officers cannot be court-martialed for volunteer service charges. British camp at New Orleans deemed lawful, with strict neutrality and no recruiting. Coghlan to command North Atlantic station. Higginson seeks a second admiral. Harrington named as Coghlan’s successor at New York yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Salvador
United States
Shaw
Bertram S. Nuemann
Marine Corps
Pensacola
Virginia
Harry Littlefield
Philippines
Peter C. Deming
Volunteer Service
New Orleans
Moosevelt
Dio
Coghlan
North Atlantic
Higginson
New York
Caplin F. F. Harrington
Weather and wages drive New York business mood
Weather and wages in New York, the only seriously disturbing factors in business, with excessive moisture and low temperatures clouding crop prospects. Pittsburg wage gains boost retail trade while mills resume, and railway earnings for early May rise sharply. Pig iron hits April record. furnace stocks fall to lows as output nears 29 million tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pittsburg
BK. G. Dun & Cos
Markets Across Cities Show Wide Price Range For Livestock
A garbled market summary lists cattle and hog prices for Chicago, Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, New York, and Buffalo. It shows varied figures for cattle from $3.00 to $7.50, hogs up to about $7.50, sheep around $1.00 to $5.75, and grains including wheat No 2 and corn with mixed regional quotes. It ends with a note that Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer announced a withdrawal of the extra tax of one penny on checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
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National Baseball League
Pitteburz
Philadelphia
Boston
Leamie
Baltimore
Cleveland
Abraham Witherup
Pans
William Grow
J.P. Miller
Stewart County
Tennessee
J. Miller
Hopkinsville
Jerhn
Semple
Camden
Tral
United States District Court
Boston Ice Company
Milton
N. H
Havana
Wud
Senator Blakee
Islands
Senator Hoar
H i
I Cc Ogder
Republic of Cuba
Family of Independent Nations
Republic
Wellington
Shattue
Committee On Immigration
Charles 2 Thomas
Emmett Tompkins
John J. Lentz
Rhea
International Committee of the
Fort Niobrara
Nebraska
Dubois
Navy
Interior Departments
James W. Long
Army
Loud
Cal
Mesars
Sullaway ON
Sulzertn Yo
Miers
Kansas City
Dakota
Pennsylvania
Minneapolis
Temarkets
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