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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1901
Page
2
Congress and House actions recapped with routine business and committee announcements. The House introduced about 1,500 bills and adjourned to December 13, while the Senate tackled Hay Payne treaty discussions in executive session and prepared a holiday recess through January 9.
The judiciary committee votes to appoint a special sub committee to review bills punishing attacks on the president and vice president and to address anarchists. It will investigate congressional power and report a measure with adequate penalties. Roosevelt reportedly declines Andrew Carnegie’s offer of 10 million in US Steel bonds for a Washington education institution.
Philadelphia firms Shoemaker & Co and Campbell & Co exchanged a postal order in 1897, but the card’s location remains unclear despite postmarks showing Philadelphia. Reports cover a Batavia abduction claim, a Brooklyn fire, silk loom strike in Manchester, drowning deaths at Pompton Lake, and US business failures. Also noted are bank teller Fitcham’s shortage, Capt Mesier’s death, ex minister Thompson, Boston conspiracy verdicts, and large US telephone industry metrics.
At Ottawa Kansas on the night of the 11th Prof. W B Patty of Chicago, a lecturer on liquid air, was badly burned when a small cannon he was using to demonstrate the explosive power of liquid air exploded.
The Louisville savings loan and building association, in business 11 years, filed a deed of assignment with liabilities around 80000 and assets at 85 cents on the dollar. The move follows an unfavorable Kentucky court of appeals decision affecting building and loan associations.
Dr. Joseph Zemp of Lucerne becomes president of the Swiss confederation for 1902 as a Catholic conservative. A separate note reports the hanging of Joseph Ernest Laplane in Montreal for murder of his boarding house mistress, with May murder cited. Russia sends 32 agriculturalists to London to study markets and English, while Senator Clark of Montana buys Gottfried Preyer’s art collection for £60,000. London and North Western Railway discusses electrifying its entire system amid growing financial interest.
Three frozen victims found near Canton Mississippi in extreme cold. A Russian region proclaims siere amid strikes and student unrest. Rhinebeck New York post office and bank robbed. $300 stolen from the post office, vault remains closed. Utica area flood losses may reach $500000. logs swept away in multiple towns. Wilmerding Pennsylvania post office safe blown. several hundred dollars taken and stamps stolen. Illinois bank creditors sue directors for roughly $160000 over alleged negligence. A Baltimore and Ohio freight rear collision kills two crewmen. Cunarder Etruria communicates with Umbria by Marconi. Senate ratifies Hay Pauncefote treaty 72 to 6. Knox nominated attorney general confirmed. House adjourns amid busy session.
A two year old commission reports to Gov Nash urging elimination of mechanical prison work and shifting convicts to hand craft production. Experts would run branches with high salaries to teach trades, use state needs, sell surplus publicly. Estimated cost about 125000 dollars over four years to phase out existing contracts.
Columbus December 14. All state departments and institutions have sent their estimated expenses for 1902 and 1903 to the Auditor of State. The 1902 estimate totals 6 380 140.86 and the 1903 estimate 5 115 836.99. Last legislature appropriated 4 790 333 for 1901. The proposed new appropriation totals 1 590 507 more for 1902 1903 despite Gov Nash urging economy.
Charles A. Wilson and August Busch were killed in the Take Shore yards at Air Line Junction when a freight car rolled onto the track they were working on. They were part of a track repair gang. Wilson left a widow and six children. His brother, foreman, had assigned him to work just an hour before.
A police telegram from Upper Sandusky reports Mrs. Valentine Wisebaker found in a bloodied home with a crushed skull and a bloody poker. She died. her son Jacob was later found in a hay mow with a bullet wound to the temple. Authorities suspect the son killed both.
John Knecht 35 was found frozen near the Superior foundry railroad tracks after leaving home for work at 6:30 am Monday. He died en route to a hospital, leaving a wife and three children.
Mayor Johnson and Councilman Howe with several colleagues devised a large scale street car system for Cleveland. The plan envisions lines radiating east and west from the public square with many cross-town branches to serve unserved areas and run parallel to existing routes in two or more sections.
Thursday afternoon a tramp called at the chief of police Neitheimer’s home north of town and demanded food. After the chief remonstrated about his intoxicated condition the man drew a revolver and shot the chief in the side before escaping.
Sensational scene in Judge B Kigger’s court as Judge Dr. Badger pulls the nose and slaps the face of former Congressman John J. Lentz. The incident follows the appointment of a receiver for the Wolz s and Guitar Co. by Judge Badger.
Washington Dec 17 The president sent to the Senate nominations of Ohio postmasters Benjamin F. Trescott Alliance Edward Snyder Columbiana John Th Kagey Louisville John J Leedom St Paris O P Shaffer Youngstown for appointment to federal postal offices.
A large store owned by John Phillips at Girard was destroyed by an incendiary fire Monday morning with all contents lost. The blaze caused about $6,000 in damage, partially insured, and badly damaged the telephone telegraph and electric light systems.
George Willard, suspected of the Sneidensticker's diamond robbery in August, was arraigned before Mayor Bosch in Hamilton on Dec 17. Three witnesses testified with two identifying him as one of four suspects. Defense requested a week continuance to present an alibi. bond raised from 2,500 to 8,000 and he remained jailed.
A Saskatchewan resident writes from Meltford praising Western Canada as a rich land for farmers. He lauds wild fruits like saskatoons and cranberries, corn height, cattle grazing, and scenic rivers. He invites readers to visit and contact the Canadian Government agent for further information.
Consular reports describe Salvador as peaceful and prosperous with a large coffee crop and expanding indigo and balsam of Peru exports. The country has no foreign debt, heavy Pacific coast settlement, and strong trade ties with the United States, especially alongside England.
A farm visitor remarks a harvest hand is suited for work. The farmer replies the man is already full of work but has never shown love for it, so the employer treats him as a good-for-nothing. The tale appears in Success.
In a casual exchange at the Cadleys' last night Miss Bragg recalls meeting a wealthy Mr Wes Tron. Miss Nagg confirms the meeting and quotes Wes describing his birdlike appetite and noting his ownership of an ostrich farm. Philadelphia press.
A brief, dated anecdote describes a diner attempting to pay a bill while lacking a tip. The waiter recalculates the total, and a mention of moonshine appears as a humorous aside. The fragment hints at a social exchange over payments and gratuities.
A constituent repeatedly called at a congressman's home only to be told the honorable member was in the bath and could not be seen. The caller left a card suggesting perseverance to cleanse the body or conscience, reflecting a humorous dispute over access and ethics.
In Cardiff Times a Welsh reader from Gelli Ysbrod near Pontypridd testifies that after months of not being able to stand due to ankle sprains, St Jacobs Oil brought immediate relief and rapid recovery. The piece notes the oil’s long history, medical acclaim, and twelve gold medals awarded by international exhibitions.
A fragment reflects a dialogue where Tess notes encouragement from a man who believed the parlor gas waned. Jess retorts that a dark hiding place would be needed to develop a negative, citing an Albany journal as the source.
New York reports flour and grain prices with beef veals and lambs listed. Cleveland notes mixed grain prices and cattle, sheep, and hogs with regional ranges. Toledo East Liberty and East Buffalo record cash wheat and cattle and hog quotes.
The London Telegraph notes the heavy remount burden with a corps needing new mounts about every four months and a regiment reporting some 3000 animals in a year. Household cavalry praised as top caretakers, capable of maximum work from heavy horses. One horse reportedly endured the full campaign and returned fit for ceremonial duties in London.
A hospital bed scene recalls a football player asking if his tackle was good while a nurse mentions injuries. An accompanying State Journal note promotes Nickel Plate Road rail travel with low rates, attentive service, colored attendants, dining car pricing from 35 cents to 1.60, and semi weekly transcontinental tourist cars between Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
An observer asks what the strong craftsman is making and he answers he is building cowcatchers for milk trains. The scene contrasts rugged labor with marvel at modern science as described in a Baltimore American piece.
Walter Baker & Co. of Dorchester Mass, the largest cocoa and chocolate makers in the world, earn three gold medals at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo this year after a Paris gold in the previous year. Their products are hailed as standard for quality and excellence.
A concise quotation-filled vignette from the Boston Commercial Bulletin notes that a promoter is one of those fellows who can sell you a colander for a wash basin, illustrating a skeptical view of promotional figures.
An old promotional item touts Cascarets as a cure for various ailments by cleansing the bowels. It claims easy natural movement and a 10 cent starting price, warning to beware of imitations. The snippet also includes a joke quote and a stray line from Tit-Bits.
The Hardsemeat Calendar V offers six Moran painting reproductions on six 10x12 inch sheets in ten colors, issued by General Passenger Department of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway. Price twenty five cents. send to F A Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago. Also brief quips and ad notices appear with miscellaneous quotes and remedies.
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