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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1902
Page
3
A historical note questions Tom L. Johnson's wealth reporting in Ohio taxes. The records list only personal property values from 1894 to 1902 with no real estate in his name, prompting inquiry into where wealth was concealed from assessment and tax payment.
Cleveland faces a severe labor shortage as manufacturers and business leaders hunt for workers. The free public employment office reports nearly 500 skilled to unskilled positions unfilled, with crowds waiting around the square seeking any available job.
The Van Wert Bulletin notes Tom Johnson's critics within Ohio claim Democrats control county audits and have failed in duty. It argues the auditors were elected by Democrats and were their act, urging voters to consider replacing auditors with Republicans from elsewhere in the region.
Excerpt notes from Progress and Poverty discussions in Tom L. Johnson’s mail through Congress. It argues land should be common property to address wealth inequality. The text cites pages 137 and 237 and repeats Johnson’s campaign endorsement of land reform proposals.
An East Liverpool pottery firm declines a White House china order claiming overload. The Youngstown Telegram notes such busyness makes it unlikely workers will pause to hear free trade speeches. The New York Republican platform stresses prosperity through Republican governance and policy.
Washington October 11 The Grand Army of the Republic announces a new administration council with one member from each department headed by Commander in Chief Stewart. San Francisco chosen as the 1902 encampment site. The Union Veterans union splits amid eligibility tensions and a suspension vote against Commander Dyrenforth. Prince Chowfow Maha Vijiravuda of Siam arrives in Washington.
A Philadelphia attorney filed a petition with Attorney General Elkin to use the state name in a suit against the Philadelphia and Reading Railway for charter revocation. The suit argues a violation of the state constitution by a carrier engaging in mining Cuba's security, amid broader Cuba policy concerns. meanwhile Shenandoah reports miner Marti McAndrew fatally shot, refusing to name his assailants.
Nearly 200 delegates from about ten states at the Interstate Conference on the car situation adopted regulations urging the president to enforce the Interstate Commerce Act against coal operators and press for a special Pennsylvania legislature session. A supplemental resolution, by Judge Frank Garvin, calls for a president or a receiver to operate mines if needed, plus a congressional special session if action cannot be taken promptly.
Greenshorn North Carolina October 10 70 mills from Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alabama and Tennessee signed to form the Southern Textile Company to acquire Fries cotton mill properties. Also reports include a shooting in Shenandoah Pennsylvania a kidnapping recovery in Lafayette Indiana a dynamited cattle train near Pittston and deaths in Washington and Toledo with separate suicide and tragedy notes.
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