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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1902
Page
6
A post office in Frenchtown New Jersey was blown open and robbed of stamps papers from the postmaster and 50 dollars in cash. The incident is part of a roundup of crime notes across the region reported in short items.
The British admiralty has awarded contracts for three scout warships. They will reach 25% speed in fighting trim, boast 17000 horsepower engines, and have sea going qualities superior to torpedo boat destroyers.
An eastbound Northern Pacific passenger train near Drummond Montana was halted at night. Engineer Dan O Neill was killed when he refused the robber’s order and tried to accelerate the train. The bandit looted the mail and express cars and a reward of 5000 dollars was posted.
Levi Bleumenstiel & Co., tobacco importers of New York, sue former Porto Rico port collector George R. Bidwell in U S circuit court for $2 028 paid under protest on Porto Rican tobacco and cigars arguing duties violate the constitution by admitting only foreign goods tax free and plan to appeal to the Supreme Court after a verdict.
Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beresford arrived in Liverpool from New York aboard the Umbria. He toured American battleship construction and shipping matters, praising U S sentiment toward Britain and saying Britain need not fear the International Mercantile Marine Co. He noted the United States leads in engineering and administration and Britain should adopt modern ideas.
Delegates at the international tuberculosis congress toured Be litz sanatoriums as a $2,500,000 be constructed model of two separated sections. The partially occupied facility houses 600 people, half with tuberculosis and half with chronic nervous heart and kidney diseases, with严格 bed by noninfectious division.
In Oneida Tennessee on October 25 a double header freight collision on the Cincinnati Southern killed white fireman Charles Hurtt. The wreck sparked a fire destroying both locomotives fifteen cars two residences two stores and a tool house.
In Dunkirk France on October 25 dock laborers voted 1711 to 481 to resume work amid a heavy troop deployment keeping the town quiet and secure.
In David City Nebraska on October 25 Harvey Lillie a noted grain man was fatally shot by burglars in an early morning attack. Two of his three bloodhounds were poisoned earlier that week indicating premeditation.
Washington October 25 a general order issued by direction of the president states the enlisted strength of the army shall be reduced to 56989 the minimum authorized by law.
Twenty-two trolley passengers were injured Sunday after a trolley car collided with an automobile in front of Greystone, the Yonkers home of the late Samuel J. Tilden. Severe wounds were reported for Merle MacClintock and Winona Bailey, with several others treated and sent home. The chauffeur and occupants of the auto escaped serious harm as the car veered onto a grade and off the track before overturning toward Greystone.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, famed suffragist, died at her New York City home of old age. She was 87 and conscious until near the end. The family, including Mrs. M. F. Lawrence and Mrs. Stanton Blatch, and sons Henry, Robert, Theodore, and G. Smith, survive. Funeral set for Wednesday with hour to be announced.
John Volkman an 18 year old barber was accidentally shot during a medicine sales show in Cold Spring Harbor New York. Charles Meinel a troupe member aimed at an apple on Volkman’s head from about twenty feet the third shot struck the forehead and Volkman died within an hour. Meinel was arrested on a manslaughter charge awaiting a hearing.
A Belt railway locomotive meets a Rapid Transit electric car outside Chattanooga injuring seven people, two seriously. Belt officials claim the Rapid Transit signal indicated right of way was in effect, while the Belt engineer allegedly stayed on the main track. The electric car was demolished.
Indianapolis grand jury issues a partial report with 25 indictments over three weeks. Ten indictments announced. five target physicians including Joseph C. Alexander for alleged complicity in body snatching due to failure to maintain body records at the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
The royal procession marked the final inauguration ceremonies for King Edward as he and Queen Alexandra with the Prince of Wales toured London in rain. Crowds gathered as the king thanked for his recovery of health and was escorted by the lord mayor and corporation at Temple Bar to St Paul’s Cathedral.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on October 27 a group of union miners from Bellevue colliery attacked six non-union workers at Oxford colliery of the People's Coal Company. The assailants chased the men for a half mile through a gang way, yielding a brutal beating.
A Brussels dispatch reported by the Standard states General Botha and General Delarey have definitively abandoned their proposed tour of the United States and will return soon to South Africa.
A government statement compares literacy for 10 to 14 year olds in the United States. It finds 99.1 percent of native white children with foreign-born parents can read and write versus 95.6 percent of native white children of native parents. Regional differences and urban clustering of immigrants partly explain the gap. The report notes it covers long-established immigrants and not recent arrivals, leaving future trends uncertain.
General orders No 1 from Gen Robert Dyrenforth commander in chief of the Union Veterans union calls for Civil War Union veterans to form a brotherhood for mutual protection. Eligibility now extends to all honorably discharged Union veterans of good record. He emphasizes veterans should influence present affairs and unite to protect pensions and act as a political force.
The National Association of Manufacturers plans a nationwide circular to all manufacturers vowing to fight organized labor. It condemns an eight hour law as vicious and urges recipients to join the association, describing labor demands as unlawful and a bitter uphill fight.
Toledo mayor Samuel M. Jones denounces political parties as childish and immature at a Chicago Philosophical Society meeting. He praises President Roosevelt for resolving the coal strike, saying the president became more than a president he became a man.
Two workers died and a third was fatally injured when a scaffold collapsed on a 275 foot chimney at the American Sugar Refining Co. in Williamsburg. The dead were John Mulroy and John Williams of Newark New Jersey. injured was Henry Cooper of Newark. The men were replacing bricks when the scaffold slipped, tossing Mulroy and Williams to the ground while Cooper fell 76 feet to the roof.
Fire detected last night in the Mills building upper floors in the Wall Street annex. Flames burst from the eighth and ninth floors as twenty engines fought the blaze near the sub-treasury and J. P. Morgan’s office. Loss placed around 10,000 dollars.
The Sherwell murder trial ended with a not guilty verdict for Evansville defendant Sherwell, charged in the deaths of Lenna Renner and Fannie Butler the mulatto girl, after jurors retired Saturday evening and returned a verdict near midnight.
Dispatch from Constantinople says Macedonian leader M. Zonicheff was killed in a fight between insurgents and Turkish troops. The insurgents suffered 23 fatalities in the engagement.
The Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs closed its annual session in Toledo on Friday. A keynote paper by Mrs. George P. Jones of Findlay argued for a balanced view of the ultra fashionable world. Officers elected include President Mrs. Samuel B. Sneath of Tiffin and Vice President Mrs. Gilbert Harmon of Toledo.
Findlay reports a new oil well near the city center drilled after P B Morrison of the city claimed a dream showed oil burbling from his farm. Morrison’s dream prompted him to guide Mr Black to the exact spot, and drilling commenced, yielding a gusher.
A near completion agreement would let the Cincinnati Dayton and Toledo Traction Co. run loops through Cincinnati business centers on local tracks. M. J. Mandelbaum of Cleveland filed papers with Kelcey Schoepf, Cincinnati Traction Co. president. Senator Foraker and Mandelbaum revised the pact, effective now, with the Widener Elkins syndicate and Cincinnati capitalists gaining substantial Ohio road interests.
The Ohio grand lodge of Masons reconvened in Columbus and elected W. A. Belt of Kenton as most worshipful grand master. The Masonic Veterans' association chose officers led by Stacker Williams of Newark as president and James M. Goodspeed of Athens as first vice president.
Dr. F. H. Darby, superintendent, says public criticisms by Superintendent Hall of Ashtabula county home and M V Crouse of Cincinnati were unfounded. He asserts that funds are split evenly, not 5 percent to children and 95 to expenses.
The Cleveland Akron Southern Fast Line Railway Co of Akron is incorporated with 10000 initial capital. The line will be electric from Cleveland public square through Cuyahoga Summit and Stark counties to Massillon, with Akron on the way and a branch planned from between Akron and Massillon to Canton.
Herman Roet tenberger aged 11 of 43 Holt avenue was struck by an eastbound freight train while crossing a side track at Merkel avenue on his way to St Paul Lutheran school. He died instantly with his head severed. He had arrived in the country two months earlier with his parents from Germany.
Marshall O. Wagoner, a prominent Toledo attorney for six decades, died in Detroit at Emergency hospital. The nearly 90 year old former materialist turned devout Christian after his wife’s death and his vast library burning in Toledo are noted as defining moments in his life.
Elyria October 24 The Ohio Baptist convention elected officers led by President W. H. Doane of Cincinnati and Vice President Charles T. Lewis of Toledo The corresponding secretary is Rev George E Leonard of Granville the recording secretary Rev E A Read of Martins Ferry and the treasurer Rev R S Colwell of Granville The slate reflects leadership across multiple cities.
In Cleveland M H Ross alias Isaac W Bain known as Cupid Ross pled guilty to running a queer matrimonial agency. Once arrested after skipping bail he had been jailed in Missouri for a similar offense. Before Judge Wing he requested clemency and was sentenced to 18 months of hard labor in the Ohio penitentiary.
Columbus Oct 22 Dr Emerson Elbridge White educator author and lecturer died at his home aged 74 He served as Ohio state commissioner of schools Cincinnati superintendent and president of Purdue University Lafayette He was widely known for his contributions to education and scholarship.
Mrs Josie Irwin of 325 Sc College St Nashville Tennessee extols Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound as a universal cure for female diseases. She mentions widespread demand from coast to coast and states thousands of letters report relief and cures. Mrs Pinkham invites women to write for advice from Lynn Massachusetts with no charge.
A Boston Post note quotes a job applicant denying being a wet nurse and offering a provocative response to the probing question. The exchange highlights hiring humor and newspaper culture of the era.
The Missouri Pacific Railway and Mountain Route offer one way Colonists' and Settlers' tickets to California and North Pacific Coast points and to Missouri Arkansas Indian and Oklahoma Territories Louisiana and Texas on the first and third Tuesdays from October 21 to April 31 at half standard first class fare plus 2.00. See an Agent or write H. C. Townsend G. P. and T. Agent St. Louis Mo.
Prof. Fremont Hickman aged 47 died in Wooster Wednesday night from typhoid fever. He was a member of the staff of the Ohio agricultural experiment station and was widely known.
Toledo report details a derailment on the Wheeling belt line where an engine left the rails and toppled a string of box cars into a ditch. Fireman Fred Huffbrauer was crushed by debris while the engineer remained at his post unharmed.
Isaac Turii is jailed in Painesville charged with the murder of his roommate whose body was found in a cornfield last Thursday. Turii, arrested Tuesday night, was to have been married yesterday.
A compact clippings montage promoting Burdock Blood Bitters as a cure for fatigue headaches and torpid liver and June Tint Butter Color claiming premium butter quality. The notes also include quips about a strong minded woman and a talkative man.
CASE No. 30,611 recounts C. E. Boies of Akron Ohio who faced kidney and bladder trouble since the Civil War. After standard remedies failed, a box of Deans Kidney Pills bought from Lamparter & Co. allegedly stopped the latest attack within a week and the problem disappeared.
In 1896 I publicly spoke of my kidney cure with Deans Kidney Pills. The remedy relieved pain in the kidneys back muscles and limbs with no recurrences since. Free trial offered by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY mailing nationwide. Sold by druggists at 50 cents per box.
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