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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1901
Page
4
Advertises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney bladder and liver troubles. Claims wide testing in hospitals and private practice, with a free sample by mail and a book on kidney and bladder health. Promotes the regular fifty cent home size and mentions a special readers offer.
Elias Campbell of Terre Haute reported a scheme as men formed secret beer clubs to bypass saloon bans. A. D. L. Courtney of Waveland, secretary of the subordinate lodges, was arrested and fined, exposing the organizers who were fined and charged.
In Vincennes Indiana on July seventh Thomas Dant and Samuel Price are charged with assault and attempted murder in a strike against nonunion workers at the Prospect PAE coal mine two weeks earlier. Witnesses say women were nearly beaten to death and the men allegedly worked for Montgomery and Montgomeryian interests. Police hold twenty-two warrants for other workers.
Secretary Love ordered Captain Peoaty of the battleship bows to the Cidlin coast near Talento for docking and overhaul. Commander McCrea of the gunboat Machias at Colon is to bring his vessel north stopping at San Juan and Porto Rico for coal.
War Department releases Major General Adna R. Chaffee military governor’s first annual review. He notes insurgent forces in Batangas Laguna Manila area and Samar Mindoro Cebu Bohol, with guerrilla warfare fueled by geography and rebels. He urges gradual civil administration alongside troops and cautions no major troop reduction before Jan 1908.
In St Louis police and detectives raided the Southern Telegraph and Moncey Order company rooms suspected of placing horse race commissions. The crowded rooms were cleared and eight wagonloads of men were taken to four courts.
Chicago dispatch reports the National Livestock association ended its convention with Kansas City selected as the next host. The gathering adjourned after a spirited contest among Portland Oregon and Kansas City Missouri supporters. The 1903 convention will start on the second Tuesday in January.
Sofia reports a pending surrender at Salonica of American missionary Ellen M. Stone and her companion Mme Tsilka. The note indicates the surrender is imminent and tied to the long diplomatic case surrounding their capture in the region.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the Hay Pauncefote treaty by unanimous vote. Senator Bacon reserved amendments but supports a favorable report. Frye Cullom and Lodge plan to bring the treaty to the floor in executive session early next week, aiming for ratification before the Christmas recess.
A Canadian Pacific freight train on a curve above the Fraser River derailed after a rock slide. Engine and fireman died when the engine and three cars careened 300 feet down the bluff. Engineer Randall and Fireman Petrulf were crushed under the engine. The wreck left three cars off the bank.
The east bound Oregon Railway and Navigation passenger train derailed 12 miles east of The Dalles. Engineer Maurice Cavanaugh was badly injured, fireman Frank Crase seriously hurt, and a passenger wounded. A 7 inch device on a curve indicates deliberate sabotage.
In Andalusia Alabama Sheriff Bradshaw and deputies chased suspected conspirators near Opp. J W Dorsey a leading Opp merchant and council member was killed in a gun battle while Pate Atkins died from wounds. A white rescuer Fitzalmmons was wounded as 22 captured negros were returned to Andalusia.
A new Virginia corporation, Red Jacket Coal and Coke Company, consolidates mines in the Thacker field. With 2.4 million dollars in stock, the outfit operates Red Jacket coal mines and can produce about 1 million tons per year.
Vienna dispatch reports thousands of starving unemployed rioting daily in Prague while large police forces maintain order amid the unrest.
Astoria reports the British ship Nelsons, an old wooden vessel commanded by Captain Perrian, foundered in a fierce gale off the coast. The Tatoosh crew, led by Choonda Rathey, rescued a few mayday attempts but the Nelsons and all 28 crew members perished in darkness after the ship shifted course and sank.
The tug Gypsum King under Captain Divzard reached St. John N B with one steel barge in tow. He reported two other barges, each with five crewmen, broke away about six miles off Point Lepreaux in the Bay of Fundy. Fears remain they are lost. the barges carried about 1,000 tons of gypsum each.
Commissioner Jones presented a Ute delegation to President Roosevelt who greeted them warmly. One interpreter heard the president recall leading 50 Indians in his Spanish American War regiment and praised their soldiers, pleasing the visitors.
Columbia City Indiana December 3 Rolla Mosher 15 slipped on a log his gun discharged shattering his arm at the elbow while hunting with companions at a local woodlands scene.
Berlin December 5 in the Reichstag Dr Paache of Halle University warned that the United States is Germanys most dangerous immediate trade enemy. He cited US industrial growth and rising foreign commerce arguing for defensive preparation against Americas expanding influence.
Adrian Michigan December 56 coroner's jury finds the deadly collision on the Wabash railroad near Seneca last Wednesday night between trains 12 and 4 was caused by the negligence of the Wabash Railroad Company and its trainmen of train No 4.
The Spectator rates President Roosevelt's essay The Citizen and the Public Man highly praising his moral vigor likened to Cromwell. It argues he will play a great and good part and become the sweetest influence in American civil life for years.
Washington December 7 Representative Crumpacker of Indiana has introduced a bill to amend the apportionment act. The plan bases House membership on votes cast rather than population, reducing Southern representation and increasing Northern representation.
Miss Besse Blair daughter of Hon A G Blair minister of railways and canals and H A Harper assistant editor of the Labor Gazette were drowned in the Ottawa river last evening after separating from a private skating party. They broke through thin ice at a swift section.
Will Awatt Trial reports Miss Jane Toppan indicted by the Brand jury in Barnstable Mass for the suspected murders of Mrs. Mary B Gibbs Adelle Davis and Mrs Jenevieve Gordon at Cataumet Mass. She was remanded to sail to further proceedings.
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