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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
2
In the December executive session the Hay Pauncefote isthmian canal treaty was ratified by 72 to 6, and P C Knox was confirmed as attorney general. The House did not meet. The next days saw little business and a revenue bill for the Philippine Islands pass after hours of debate by 163 to 128.
Report says President Roosevelt will not accept Andrew Carnegie’s 10 million bond offer to finance a Washington higher education institution. The government will end microscopic inspections of hog livers and all American meats on January and March 1902 due to funding gaps.
Statistics report 4311 exchanges 2 278 717 telephones in use and nearly 500 million dollars invested. One company employs 33 000 people handles two billion calls yearly. manufacturing outputs 3 000 telephones daily.
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train rear ended a freight near Keyser West Virginia on January 1. The conductor and brakeman, asleep in the caboose, were killed as the wreck caught fire and both bodies were consumed.
Reports show 25 schools unheard from and a Mc Kinley memorial fund total of $2 300 in public schools with an expected final of $2 500. The article also notes extreme cold in St Paul and other varied local and national events including a university donation and a pending decree on free textbooks.
A Vienna dispatch reports Senator Clark of Montana purchased Gottfried Preyer’s collection of pictures for £60,000. The London and North Western railway considers electrifying its entire system. Russia imposes a partial siege in 20 towns due to strikes and student rioting. A peasant revolt in Mitau’s Count Palen estate leads to a mob siege and fire. The American tobacco combine bought Dresden’s Jasmatzci factory and Kyriazi Bros. in Berlin and plans broader actions in Europe.
The 19th reports confirm Thomas McCabe of Hibernia found 200 feet underground in a New Jersey mine after being missing over a week. Ballston Bank resumes after a 16 day pause with teller vacancy filled. Turkish troops in Siemietza imprison leaders until pay arrives. Marion Manufacturing Brooklyn factory destroyed by fire with James Hall killed. Postmaster Herbert Matney at Wytheville charged with mail theft and released on bail. Charles Brent consecrated first bishop of the Philippine Episcopal Church. Appointments: J R Crossland to Liberia ministry and J C Dancy to recorder of deeds in DC. Copper prices drop another cent. Senate confirms several presidential appointments. House has no business, adjourns to Jan 6.
The Philippine commission report outlines a move toward a mixed American Filipino government with ultimate American control, limited local suffrage, and land title reforms. It notes widespread peace except in border areas, rising demand for English education, and extensive U.S. teacher deployment and new Manila secondary schools.
Illinois Supreme Court orders Scott v. Mayor and City Council of Alton referred to Madison County circuit court for a third trial. The four year case notes that colored children in Alton attended private schools. prior verdicts favored the council but the high court finds the verdict unsupported by the weight of evidence.
It is believed the schooners Maud Brown and Ella Brown, which sailed from New York for Beverly, Massachusetts on November 5, will never be seen again. Maud Brown last reported November 13 and Ella Brown November 10 during a heavy gale off Cape Cod that sank several schooners. In all, 13 crew members were aboard these vessels. Insurance companies carrying the vessels are preparing to pay the claims.
Washington awaits action after Chairman Ray of the judiciary committee introduces an anti anarchy measure. It would punish assaults on the president and executives with death. It also makes it a felony to advise or teach overthrow of the government and targets conspiracies to kill foreign rulers.
Wellesley Massachusetts December nineteenth 1902 President Caroline Hazard reports J D Rockefeller has offered 150 000 dollars for a dormitory and heating plant if an equal amount is raised to the college endowment fund from other sources before commencement day 1902 The proposal ties the gift to matching funds and emphasizes endowment growth.
The steamship San Blas, which departed San Francisco for Panama fifteen days ago, was wrecked near La Libertad in El Salvador. All passengers and crew were saved.
The Kanawha Belle steamer on the Kanawha river between Charleston and Montgomery went over Lock No. 3 at Paint Creek last night. Eight deck hands drowned as the boat broke in two and wrecked. officers survived. Len Martin, a passenger, died later. The Calvert fleet rescued the survivors. The boat valued at $10,000 and uninsured.
A Pittsburg Bessemer & Lake Erie train derailed at Houston Junction near Mercer Pennsylvania. A day coach jumped the rails and rolled over after being diverted from a switch. About a dozen passengers were injured, with Frank Davy George Mahoney and Mrs Elizabeth Haywood among the most seriously hurt.
The Maruba owned by Rockefellers returned to Toledo after two days trapped in nine inches of ice on Lake Erie. Capt. Gunderson and 18 crew members faced a blizzard and near sinking when government range lights were out. Two tugs broke a passage, but the vessel could not advance until they found it two miles from the prior location.
At Springdale Arkansas a lone robber entered the bank at noon and forced the assistant cashier to hand over about seven thousand dollars. A citizen was forced to surrender cash under threat, and the thief dropped one thousand on the sidewalk before fleeing on a buggy toward the mountains. Bloodhounds pursue him as officers close in.
Denver grand jury returns indictments against 17 gambling house proprietors and 12 building owners, targeting major venues in the city. The case signals a broad crackdown on gambling operations.
Washington December 20 Colonel Hepburn Iowa chairman of the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce reported a bill for a Nicaraguan canal. The measure would authorize the president to secure from Costa Rica and Nicaragua the territory needed and to construct the canal with an appropriation of 10 million dollars and a total estimated cost of 180 million. The house agreed to take up the bill on January 7.
St Louis faces a coal shortage that may halt many street car lines. Unseasonably warm weather, slick streets, ice floes, and low water have reduced coal supply well below market demand. East St Louis carload lots sold yesterday at near record highs. most offices cut orders by 75 percent or more.
A head on collision between northbound and southbound Southern Pacific passenger trains near Uplands, between San Francisco and Los Angeles, killed a fireman and two other trainmen and injured about 25 passengers.
From Guthrie Oklahoma Territory December 20 reports say Cherokee Indians in the hills near Tahlequah are starving due to failed crops and a blizzard. The distress underscores the harsh winter conditions and agricultural failure affecting tribal communities.
London December 19 A mob of several thousand besieged Birmingham town hall during David Lloyd George MP's pro BoER address. Stones shattered windows as the crowd hissed shouted traitor and sang Britons Never Will be Slaves. Police were overpowered and Lloyd George escaped disguised as a chief constable after hours of pandemonium and injuries.
The World's Union of Christian Endeavor is incorporated under Massachusetts law with Rev Francis E Clark as president and J Willis Baer as secretary. The United society notes 61 920 societies and 3 820 000 members, with strong gains in India Japan and Europe as leaders prepare international campaigns. Clark sails to Europe January 4, Baer to the Pacific January 6, and Eberman plans visits across the southern states.
Daniel Bradburn and David Fagan fought a duel at Hal's boarding house after a dispute over stolen money. Bradburn died within 25 minutes, Fagan wounded and jailed with a bullet wound said to be fatal. Mrs Hall and Mrs Addis aided victims. Hall injured her hand.
The Manila Times reports a campaign to clear Samar, with 330 Cavite marines stationed at Balangiga. Marines and soldiers will advance from the south, burn and secure the country northward, joining other regiments to trap Lukban's army and end the resistance.
Andrew Carnegie met with the president at the White House yesterday over a proposed ten million dollar gift to found a university of higher learning in Washington. Carnegie indicated there would be no trouble and the plan should develop favorably.
Louis Rock, born December 15, 1794, on a whaling voyage from Havre to Newfoundland, died in Ludington Michigan at age 107. He was the oldest man in Michigan and the first white man to enter Yosemite Valley, an event dated 1944 in the report.
The National Broom Manufacturers' Association of the United States and Canada, meeting in Chicago, decided to raise broom prices and is considering a further increase.
Chicago reports Dr John Alexander Dowie testified in court about payments to his brother in law Samuel Stevenson. He described signing checks totaling fifty thousand dollars to settle debts and linked stock endorsements to Zion lace industries. Dowie’s demeanor shifted during cross examination as he denounced Stevenson and defended his own prophetic role.
In Russellville Alabama on December 20 a clash between City Marshal Ben Barrett Deputy Sheriff Hargett and the Williams brothers resulted in Henry Williams dead and Tom Williams wounded with a chest wound. Frank McClurg a merchant was fatally shot and fell after crying I am a dead man.
A gas explosion in the Soho furnace at Jones & Laughlin Pittsburg injures three and kills ten laborers on the top of a 120 foot furnace. Molten metal and flames engulfed the men as they rushed toward the elevator with no escape. The plant suffers about 20000 dollars in damage.
Henry C. Payne and Mrs. Payne arrive from the east after his selection as postmaster general. Payne says McKinley offered missions he could not take and denies any plan to succeed Hanna as Republican leader, adding Hanna would be pleased by the appointment.
Washington December 19 Admiral Sehley by counsel filed with the secretary of the navy his bill of exceptions to the majority findings of the court of inquiry and a letter to be heard in connection with objections to Admiral Dewey's individual opinion. Secretary Long said no oral argument on Admiral Sampson's protest would be heard but a written statement would be accepted.
Cairo telegram says petroleum operators at Geb El Geit after two years of work struck oil at 2115 feet. A gas flow caused an explosion wrecking pumping plants and blocking the well. The finding is viewed as evidence of oil fields in Egypt.
Easton Pa Dec 20 The Hyatt School Slate Manufacturing Co plant at Bangor was destroyed by fire last evening Loss 60000 partially insured The factory was the largest of its kind in the United States and employed 125 hands This is the third time the company has been burned out in 14 years.
Huntingdon Pa December 20 Fire last night destroyed the Opera House block injuring no one reported losses reach 150000 dollars with partial insurance.
A freight train derailed into an open siding near the W. and L. E. depot at Chagrin Falls, four cars struck the depot, and a coal car rammed into the building. Agent B. R. Hooper survived but with a broken arm and serious injuries.
George Ammon, former turnkey at the county jail, was found guilty by a United States court jury of permitting inmates to escape. The escaped prisoners included Joseph Ripley known as Topeka Joe Tom Steward and Joe Keegan involved in a West Toledo post office burglary. David Morgan another prisoner evaded capture but was recaptured in Rochester New York and testified in Ammon's case. Ammon claimed forceful resistance but witnesses contradicted him. Sentencing pending.
A stranger entered the Justice Webb office in Youngstown and demanded the safe. He attempted to strangle clerk Miss Clementine Hamilton after she refused, but she seized a revolver and fired, injuring no one as the man fled with $2,000 unseen.
In Mingo Junction the post office safe was damaged beyond repair by robbers who did not reach the strong box. About three hundred letters were opened containing checks drafts and money orders. Town Marshal Linn confronted the robbers and chased them off after a long range exchange of shots.
The governor issued a requisition at the request of the state fire marshal for Robert Meenan, currently in Racine Wisconsin, to be sent to Port Clinton on arson charges. He allegedly set fire to his house, which carried $3,000 in insurance, and prevented firefighters from entering to fight the blaze.
Directors of the Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Co. voted to raise capital from 2 million to 4 million dollars to finance a mammoth open hearth steel furnace and plant expansion. The additional stock will be largely taken by current stockholders.
Akron reports Harry Kidwell a yard conductor for the Cleveland Akron Columbus railroad and Nicholas Broegi a shop machinist were found dead in a boarding house room. Officials believe a natural gas stove outage and restart during the night caused the deaths.
Effie Ragland and her children Charles 21 George 12 and Cora 20 all colored were arrested in Chillicothe on Wednesday charged with the murder of Mrs Charles Ragland who died Monday night. Postmortem indicated poisoning as the cause.
The Ohio supreme court has allowed the motion to advance Mayor Johnson of Cleveland’s suit against the state board of equalization. The case seeks a reassessment of railroad property statewide for taxation and will be heard early in January.
The president sent to the Senate the nominations of five Ohio postmasters including Benjamin F. Trescott Alliance Edward Snyder Columbiana John B. Kagey Louisville John J. Leedom St Paris and O P Shaffer Youngstown for confirmation.
Springfield Ohio dispatch states Miss Eleanor Ludlow niece of ex Governor Bushnell denied yesterday that she is engaged to Captain Richmond P. Hobson. She said there is positively no truth in the report of the engagement.
A.S. Kirgan of Amelia vicinity was found frozen to death yesterday within about 40 feet of his residence. He was 66 years old.
Lorain reports Thomas E. Sharkey aged 30, sole support of a widowed mother in Collinwood, was found mangled and frozen a mile east of Elyria after being struck by a Lake Shore train yesterday. He worked as a brakeman on the road.
In Marion on December 20 a blaze at the Hotel Western caused about 1000 dollars in damage. Proprietor James Bouser saved his wife and children by weaving a rope from blankets and lowering them to safety before escaping himself.
Cleveland attorney C M Vorce collapsed in a downtown store yesterday with a fatal heart attack. He fell to the floor and died before medical help could reach him.
Sidney Johnson a colored waiter from Columbus was found yesterday with both hands frozen to a baggage car handrail while riding a Hocking Valley passenger train at Marion. He was attempting theft of a ride and was discovered by railroad staff during the cold December day.
Columbus reports King Irvin, a laborer at the Marting steel furnace, was overcome by gases and tar fumes and collapsed onto hot metal. His death was instantaneous as his flesh was burned.
Articles of consolidation were filed with the secretary of state to form a combined company with capital stock of 500000 dollars. The merger joins the Springfield Home and Xenia Citizens telephone firms in Columbus on December 18.
In a letter dated May 27 1901 James Armstrong of Meltford Saskatchewan extols Western Canada as the Garden of Eden with wild fruits such as strawberries cranberries saskatoons huckleberries currants plums and cherries. He notes crops at five cent wheat prices cattle branding and sheep shearing, urges Reed City readers to visit, and invites information from a Canadian government agent.
A congressman tells callers he is in the bath to avoid meetings. A constituent who returns daily with a grievance is repeatedly informed the honorable Mr. X is bathing. The man leaves a card urging perseverance and criticizing the politician's conscience and record.
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