24 Apr 1902
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Newspaper
Condon Globe
Location
Condon, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1902
Page
1
Freeman witnesses a village death where a dying man recalls family guilt over a past crime. The scene unfolds with delirium and tense memory, culminating in a death marked by a violent recollection and a haunting revelation in the sick room.
The narrator recalls a tense night scene and seeks a factual basis for a confession heard during slumber. In the village, a middle aged draper with gossip ties shares grim anecdotes about dangerous chemical work, eye burns, and a fatal accident on a night shift, hinting at broader threats and fear.
The narrator returns to lodging as fall chimneys spew black smoke over the village. The street noises pick up with clogs clattering and workers departing to Lacroix and Steinhardt's Chemical Works. The men appear fearful yet wondrous in appearance as they move to their duties.
Washington April 21 renewed indications show strong effort in the conference committee against the amendment to build the canal for far less than the estimate. Supporters of the project fear the true cost and the political stakes shape the debate among lawmakers and party allies.
In Louvain and elsewhere crowds clash with civic guards after calls for reform and royal intervention. Five die and about 12 are wounded as mobs throw stones. Socialist leaders urge calm while Parliament faces possible dissolution and partial reform.
Hamilton reports a fresh success as General Ian Hamilton captures 64 Boers in a new drive. In Peoria Illinois, three bold burglaries yield upwards of $2,000 in cash and valuables. Police alerted early. burglars hidden with revolvers on victims.
In London on April 10, Irish Nationalist leader John Redmond denounced a supposed conspiracy to commit crime in Ireland while England faced coercion. He warned Ireland would meet coercion with renewed strength and resolve as Mr Wyndham faced pressure to change policy. Wyndham defended government actions as protective, citing widespread intimidation and social misery rather than political motives.
Secretary Root travels to Cuba to observe field conditions and plan the withdrawal of U S troops. He says the trip is to assess needs on the ground and carry out orders to withdraw, with no major significance. Other short items note a ship casualty and wireless telegraphy bid for Alaska, plus a Kansas court ruling on bond debts and a London inquiry into Colonel Lynch amid high treason charges.
Miles City Montana April 17 About 13000 belonging to the First National Bank of Miles City were destroyed in the mail burning of the east bound Northern Pacific passenger train wrecked east of town when a bridge fell, causing the disaster.
The Treasury Department declines to admit M Santee-Dumont's airship machinery free under bond as scientific apparatus but will consider further proof he may offer that the apparatus is entitled to such admission.
Don Francisco d Acsit former king of Spain died in Paris at age eighty after exile since 1868. Born Aranjuez in 1822 he married in Madrid in 1846 and held the title Duke of Cadiz. The fragmentary report from the Department of the Seine notes his death in April.
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