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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1901
Page
2
Washington reports Joseph N. Wolfson who was convicted in 1896 of colluding with a bank bookkeeper in the embezzlement of $640,000 and sentenced to eight years has been pardoned by President McKinley.
Obituary notes John Costello the clown Dan Costello dies in a New York hotel. May Wright Sewall urges women's meetings for international peace on May 18. Buffalo strike of 200 press assistants seeks $9 weekly. New York allows women taxpayers to vote on municipal spending and auto speed limits. Beaver Falls engineer death and a steel girder collapse. Railroad sympathy strikes dropped after union leaders' refusals. Carnegie Steel bonds valued at $160 million to be shipped to New York for exchange. Wall Street seat price rises. Marine engineers arrive in Buffalo to replace strikers. Gannon case in Scranton Habeas Corpus proceedings. Missouri burglar falls in river. Philadelphia textile employment gaps show 20,000 employed, 35,000 part-time. Rogues’ gallery planned for transatlantic liners. Utica jewelry theft. U.S. business failures rise. Carnegie library gift bill signed. Lowell fire destroys shops and works. The 80s are valued at $100,000.
West and south obituary notes Capt Eddy Iron a veteran lake captain died at Pentwater Michigan on the 24th aged 60 He claimed to be the first captain to enter Chicago with any size vessel The Illinois legislature on the 23rd passed a bill banning cigarettes pepper or envy substitute into the state
A fire completely destroyed the Gurney Refrigerating Co plant at Lac du Lac Wisconsin on the eighth, entailing a loss of about 100000, covered by insurance. Other items note Bryan declining another presidential run, a U S game seizure under the Lacey act totaling over 22 000 birds, a contested St Louis mayoral race, Texas oil charters totaling 19990000, Minneapolis mill work label dispute, Ashland Wisconsin forest fires, and a Burnsville North Carolina student shooting during a play.
Rome reports Bresci, the assassin of King Humbert, has gone insane due to jailer mistreatment. In Japan over 20 banks suspended payments with a looming panic. Famine in Kherson and Bessarabia has killed about 20,000 since February, with worse to come before 4901 crops mature. Provincial authorities struggle to cope.
Big land purchases near Gloucester City and Mount Ephraim total fifteen farms. Investor H. C. Frick of Pittsburgh may build a large steel plant on the site, with western New Jersey access and proximity to Philadelphia.
American forces under Captain Wilson Chase attacked the insurgent general Cailles at Dugot-Dugot, Laguna. Cailles escaped initially, but his adjutant general, staff, and 14 men were captured along with 20 rifles and stores, while insurgent major Velo and two soldiers died. Across the region, the Philippine commission expands governance in Camarines and Nueva Caceres as order returns slowly.
Report from Kuo Lu says Gen Ketteler's brigade met Chinese forces on April 23 and dealt immense losses before Chinese retreated over the wall. Waldersee reports four engagements April 23 and 24 with Chinese defeated and pursued to Ku Kuam, casualties four officers and three men killed with 32 wounded.
The Mechanics' Savings bank of Westerly Rhode Island will not open today and will liquidate due to doubtful asset value. About 2000 depositors hold nearly 1 million dollars in deposits and securities worth under 1.1 million dollars. The action follows a Sunday notice declaring no money would be received or paid out until authority is granted.
Georgia governor rebuts reports of remarks on the negro question saying the Savannah paper’s quote about the south not needing or wanting Yankee aid is false while asserting the rest of his statements are substantially correct. He spoke to the press in Atlanta on April 29.
Washington reports C F Saylor, head of the USDA beet sugar investigation, says 13 new factories are planned this autumn, with Michigan adding three and states like Ohio Indiana New York Colorado Utah North and South Dakota Illinois considering plants. The nationwide total could reach 42 factories in operation by next autumn, signaling a thoroughly established industry. California leads production with eight factories, Beotlong stands out for growth, and beet pulp is valued as dairy and stock feed.
A fire in Houston on April 29 killed five people including Job Copping, his wife, and three children. A Black man was arrested for starting the blaze to seek revenge after being fired. The infant of Mrs. Copping died with its mother, and Mr. and Mrs. Hopper were badly injured after leaping from the burning building. Similar fires in Illinois and Wisconsin reported elsewhere, with one death and heavy losses, including George Hoffman's livery stable and Israel Raymond at the Gurney factory.
Paris report notes Ottoman liberal committee in Constantinople appeals to the French League of the Rights of Man to advocate freeing Murad I, once sultan since 1876, imprisoned 25 years in Thragan, deprived of books or contact, described as tortured in a living grave.
At the Rosebud mine near Aurora Missouri two miners were rescued alive after 60 hours entombed. William Shane and George Foster were found alive though Foster was pinned by a rock and Shane had a broken arm and possible mental collapse. One miner Grant Shard died instantly from rock collapse.
Omaha, April 29. After overnight reflection the jury found James Callahan not involved in the kidnapping of Edward Cudahy Jr. The verdict surprised the court and Judge Baker voiced strong disgust. Callahan still faces two other counts which the state may pursue if new evidence emerges.
A cheerful woman falls into a lengthy malaise with headache backache insomnia nerves and faintness. Her husband urges resilience while a misjudged doctor fails to diagnose a female illness. Mrs Pinkham’s remedies are praised for relief and gratitude from many women.
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