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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1902
Page
5
The article recalls historical figures and events with critique of war efforts and governance. It mentions Mr Justion Brewere ts corrections, potato crop damages in Dyes Alaska, postal rates, Boer War costs, and US policy in the Philippines and Cuba. It also notes figures like Senator Sewell and Tomas Mano in Cuban politics and Platt amendment debates.
News items note Representative Loud opposing any postage hike while warning of a deficit under penny postage. Havana advices predict Tomas Estrada Palma to win Cuba's presidency with broad electoral support. Also covers Roosevelt's New Year theater outing, dies, appointments, accidents, and other misc items from 1900 era events.
Partial OCR item shows a sequence of numbers 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 31 with stray symbols. The readable fragment hints at a calendar or catalog index but provides no clear event, title, or location details for a fuller summary.
A 100000 prize was offered for an airship navigation contest at the 1990 exposition after feasibility studies by the committee. Tests will occur on the exposition site with leading scientists in attendance. Santos-Dumont is viewed as a likely entrant, and the plan includes an aero nautical congress with prominent figures showcasing advances. The aim is broad participation and substantial backing for any capable inventor.
B Pettingill of Oakland has devised a secret glycerine projectile aiming to revolutionize ordnance. He seeks U S government approval with the Ordnance Department to study the device which allegedly carries 50 to 200 pounds of glycerine oil in a shell without concussion. The design purportedly directs concussion to the shell’s sides, leaving the glycerine oil undisturbed.
New York dispatch notes the White Stor ler Cymrle arriving with 47 Percheron stallions 10 French draught horses and 15 English shire horses for Wenona and Galesburg Ill. The horses are to reach the farms in less than 28 hours. Most belong to Robert Burgess of Wenona with three Percherons owned by Rev W M Springer a Baptist clergyman. Burgess and Springer were aboard the steamship.
President Roosevelt notified Representative Bartholdt Missouri he would appoint Ben Westhus as internal revenue collector for the eastern district to replace D C Grenner who resigned and Col D P Dyer as U S district attorney to replace Edward Rosier at term end Westhus takes the post once held by C N Wen neker who withdrew before confirmation The moves are seen as victories for the anti Kerens faction in Missouri.
The piece notes major English steel firms reorganizing along American lines and a $13 million steel venture by notable financiers aimed at Pacific coast production. It mentions lake passenger ships costing $400,000 and steel ties as a potential oak substitute, plus a Pennsylvania road trial of steel ties and Lengen's fire brigade reporting 690 false alarms last year, 30 malicious.
The governor reports liberal appropriations and tax relief, noting funds sufficient to cover current expenditures and $400,000 in bonds paid off. He cites cash on hand, projected revenues for 1902-1903, and cautions against overspending. The administration details bond redemptions, avoidance of interest costs, and land purchases for state penitentiary expansion in the Yazoo-Mississippi delta.
Narrative recounts a state treasury investigation in August 1901 showing cash on hand and shortages, Governor A. H. Lousapro signing a certificate, and a planned recount. It also notes Col. L Power’s death, Joseph W Power as acting Secretary of State, and national road and educational initiatives along with military, agricultural, and expo topics.
The bark Mas captained by Bondlet collided with the steamer Walla Walla off San Francisco causing extensive damage and促约40 lives feared lost. The Mas, in ballast from Glasgow, reported heavy bow damage and twisted deck gear. The Walla Walla’s crew disputed the Mas captain’s accusation of lookout intoxication while both vessels drifted apart after impact. The Mas was towed by the steam schooner Acme and cutter McCulloch on Saturday morning.
The United States Supreme Court refused to intervene in Capt. Oberlin M. Carter’s habeas corpus petition seeking release from prison at Leavenworth Kansas. The case originated in the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas, which denied the writ, and the Supreme Court, with Chief Justice Fuller delivering the opinion, affirmed the circuit court.
Jerome B. Johnson long-term inmate of Missouri penitentiary died in Memphis on January 6. He served ten years in solitary confinement for escaping by overpowering guards and was buried in Potter's Field. Known as Sefitary Johnson, he claimed to train cockroaches to come when summoned a spider to descend on cue and a white rat to carry messages.
A Liberty Nebraska special to the Daily News reports Smith Diller cashier of the First National Bank of Diller Nebraska injured himself during a personal crisis. He is badly hurt but expected to recover. Diller’s child died months ago from mental poisoning and the father has since been deranged. An appeal from the Americas Missionary Association urges congregations to observe February 12 as a Lincoln memorial day.
England and Wales have three towns of fifty thousand people. South Shields hosts a large colliery. The Severn source yields iron waters. The UK has 163 fashionbound packs and 6,272 couple of hounds. Scotland’s coast is dim and inland areas small. India imports cotton goods beyond its exports.
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