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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1902
Page
2
The will of Miss Harriet S. Benson is admitted to probate in Philadelphia. Her estate, over 2 million dollars with 500000 in charitable bequests, and ten codicils, reflects a prominent Philadelphia philanthropist's endowment.
Secretary Moody ordered the battleship Wisconsin and cruiser Cincinnati to Panama to enforce treaty guarantees with Colombia and prevent disruption of traffic across the isthmus. A marine battalion of 380 will support transit duties, with the Panther en route to Colon to land forces if needed.
In Ogden Utah on September 12 the Republican state convention nominated Joseph Howell of Wellsville for congress and Judge William McCarty of Sevier county for supreme court justice. The platform omitted Cuban reciprocity after a bitter beet sugar debate, and Sutherland's insurgent allies prevailed against endorsing the president's Cuban policy. Beveridge spoke to open the campaign, then again at the close after platform adoption. The convention also backed Roosevelt's renomination in 1904 as his own successor by a cheer.
St. Petersburg dispatch reports Wertschvik district commander aims to boost male births by ordering 50 strokes with the knout for the father of every girl born. Several men have already been knouted under this ruling.
Bay City Michigan dispatch reports a double header freight train on the Michigan Central collided with a switch engine yesterday in West Bay City. Both freight engines were demolished and damage totals about $20,000. The engineers escaped injury. The switch engine derailed and crossed Midland street, smashing through the Clifton House bar room.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co directors authorize 42.5 million dollars in additional common stock, a 30 percent allotment to existing issues. The funds will finance equipment 20 million and track expansion over key points. Ten million will cover recent securities purchases.
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania nine men faced a riot charge after the Maltby incident last Monday. Ten men were named but three were discharged and seven held in bail of one thousand dollars each for trial. bail was posted.
A blaze last night destroyed the Fredericksburg Brewing Co. plant in San Jose California with losses estimated at 300000 dollars. Firefighters fought the flames through the night and no details on injuries or cause were immediately available.
Kalama Washington reports devastating Lewis river fires killing D L Wallace his wife and two children a 12 year old Manley boy and others. Five logging camps burned and 50 timber sections destroyed with Oak Point on the Columbia also wiped out. In Portland 300 homeless across Multnomah and Clackamas counties and towns Palmer Springwater Lentz hit hard with urgent aid needed.
A mob in Butler Pennsylvania attempted to lynch Jerry Bennett for assaulting a six year old girl but was held by Sheriff Hoon. The town was quiet by nine, while authorities prepared for potential arrests and prosecutions after Bennett’s case goes to court next Tuesday.
Salt Lake City education officials ordered that no married woman shall be employed as a teacher in public schools. Married teachers will be asked to resign. Board president Newman cites a married woman’s duties to home and husband as incompatible with school work.
Charles B. Robson of Atlin British Columbia, a wealthy mine owner, went insane and jumped into the river in Saginaw after forcing his wife Phoebe Grant Stephens to walk the streets in her night clothes at 2 45 am. The river is being dragged for his body.
Ottawa Sept 15 The Palma trophy was won by the British team on the Rockliffe rifle range with a score 12 points ahead of the Americans and 86 clear of the Canadians The final stages were tight as at 800 yards the Americans led by 22 points but the British overtook them at 900 yards The 1000 yard round ended with equal scores for Britain and the United States.
The auxiliary cruiser Panther under Capt. Wilson departed League Island navy yard at 6:15 p.m. for Colon. It carries 320 Marines commanded by Lieut. B. R. Russell, plus a field battery of four Colt rapid fire guns and two other field pieces with ample ammunition. The ship had a full coal supply and was ready to sail.
Manila September 15. Captain Bilo a leader of ladrones in Bulacan province Luzon guilty of 30 murders and an outlaw for years was killed by native constabulary last Friday. He was surrounded but refused to surrender and the constabulary then shot him to death.
Mr. Reitz formerly state secretary of the Transvaal will sail September 25 for New York to deliver lectures. The talks will raise funds for his own finances and for the Boers during a series of appearances in the United States and Amsterdam.
Governor William A. Stone of Pennsylvania visits New York to press for settlement of the anthracite strike with P. A. B. Widener and J. Pierpont Morgan. Morgan declines to intervene as other leaders meet to discuss an unconditional miners’ surrender and potential state arbitration.
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on September 11 a coroner's jury ruled that Italian union miner Castelli died from a gunshot wound inflicted by unknown parties after strikers at Maltby killed him last Monday.
Helena Montana September 11 J H Andr ess cashier of the Helena Water Works Co arrested on a charge of embezzlement with an alleged shortage of eighteen thousand dollars.
The consul general in New York received a cable from President Castro stating a fierce Tuesday battle at Finaquilo ended with the revolutionary army defeated and national peace secured.
Edward C. Stimson of Cripple Creek, judge of the Fourth judicial district, was yesterday nominated for governor by the Democratic state convention on the first ballot in Denver.
The William H. Stevens, a Buffalo bound steamer loaded with copper and flour, caught fire and burned to the water’s edge off Clear Creek on Monday night. The crew were saved. Vessel valued at about $50,000 with $45,000 in insurance. Cargo valued around $100,000.
Cincinnati hosts the fifth annual convention of the National Association of Master Bakers with more than 500 members in attendance. The gathering focuses on industry standards and collective matters affecting bakers nationwide.
Columbus reports senators Hanna and Foraker seek to delete the Nash code franchise clause and insert a curative measure to protect Cincinnati Traction Co. interests. Mayor Tom L. Johnson criticizes franchise laws. debates continue as Republican leaders push code timing and amendments.
Akron reports the common pleas court discharged its petit jury as Summit county awaits a new jury law from the legislature. A damage case raised the issue that the old Mahoning county act used for counties with 33 000 to 50 000 residents was invalid class legislation, leaving Summit without a constitutional jury statute since 1890.
Columbus reporters note the public hearings on the Nash municipal code closed Friday. The committee expects to report the code to the house by next Friday with major changes. The board plan will be removed and replaced by elected single heads of departments and officers including director of public improvements, director of public safety, an auditor, solicitor, and treasurer.
Columbus police have been alerted to a jail delivery at Dayton Friday and ordered to watch for four escapees: Joseph Parker a colored man held on murder suspicion, William Hickey charged with horse stealing Edward Williamson accused of pocket picking and Ira Bechtel charged with burglary.
Wellington reports Mrs. Nelson Long died after Friday morning when she lit a fire. She poured what she believed to be kerosene into the stove but gasoline ignited, causing a deadly accident.
Canton Ohio September 13 79 year old farmer Joseph Fox was thrown from a wagon when his team suddenly started and died from a broken neck. The incident occurred while delivering apples to a nearby cider mill.
Elyria Sept 13 Sheldon Streator aged resident of North Eaton was instantly killed when a Big Four train struck the rear of his buggy. The impact demolished the buggy and threw him about 40 feet against a fence.
Hamilton Sept. 10 J C Hoover the millionaire manufacturer and traction road builder announces completion of plans for an electric railway system in eastern Indiana He will build the Cincinnati Hamilton Indiana traction road to Oxford and to College Corner on the Indiana line He has organized the Richmond and Ohio Traction Co which will extend the Cincinnati Hamilton Indiana road from College Corner westward to Liberty and Richmond Indiana
Frank Hines of St. Marys Wapakoneta shoots six people at a wedding dance in San Souci park after a brawl at a resort near St. Marys. The altercation began when park owner Schmid turned out lights and ordered dispersal. shots wounded Ella Wilkinson Rose Whitehead Miss Hines and three men.
Over fifty thousand testify Doans Kidney Pills cure kidney ailments from backache to diabetes. A Goshen man recounts a thirty year struggle ending in a permanent cure after using Doans Kidney Pills. Free trials offered by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo. price 50 cents at druggists.
Princeton graduate W. J. Montgomery found a note rolled in a peach pit from Miss Caroline Hunt of Kingston New Jersey. The message invites a single, good looking man to respond about the peach’s taste and a possible meeting.
The Geological Survey studies water bearing rocks in the Great Plains between the Mississippi and the Rockies to locate underground streams and reservoirs and determine well depths. Findings show extensive water bearing strata underlying the plains, bending upward to surface along the eastern flanks of the Rockies and Big Horn mountains and in the Black Hills uplift.
A humorous note suggests saving Panama hats by cutting earholes in the sides for future use with a horse next summer, as advised by the Chicago Tribune.
For forty years Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry has been claimed to cure summer complaint, dysentery, diarrhoea, bloody flux, and stomach pain, with a record of never failing to deliver results.
Mrs Fijit asks about the new preacher after church. The husband answers he is great but woke him only once, a light humorous note in the Ohio State Journal.
The phrase appears as an advertising slogan for Thomas' Electric Oil and Monarch over pain, highlighting preparedness and injury caution in promotional copy. It emphasizes prevention and relief without detailing a specific event or story.
In Indianapolis News the street car notice outlines daily work times with seven for the works eight for clerks and nine for shirks reflecting a compact transit schedule tease aimed at readers.
Dramatic account of a woman named Mrs Proxnam describing her experience with the change of life. She recalls two years of suffering including sudden heat and quick chills, with fluctuating appetite and other distressing symptoms. The piece presents a personal testimonial styled in period newspaper voice.
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