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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1902
Page
4
News in brief reports the Allen County Court House dedication set for Sept. 28 in Fort Wayne Indiana with President Roosevelt Governor Durbin and staff expected. arrival 6 pm departure 7 pm. Also notes on Secretary Wilson’s corn crop assessment and other dispatches from Muskegon Cleveland and Rio Janeiro.
Fort Dupont soldiers clashed with Black residents of Delaware City during a revival meeting ending in gunfire. A corporal named Vint was attacked on a bicycle, returning to report the assault, prompting about forty armed soldiers to confront the town. Dozens of Black residents were wounded as gunfire erupted. A soldier was separated, seized, and thrown into a canal but escaped.
The steamer Stevens of Buffalo bound from Duluth to Buffalo with copper and flour burned to the water’s edge off Clear Creek Ontario. The crew was saved after a perilous escape amid heavy seas. Mate Knapp and eleven crew members first reached shore and they signaled the captain with shore fires. The Union Transit Company vessel valued at about 75000 dollars.
Daisy Carlton a Bloomington waitress shot and killed Mesa Joseph Leslie after he horse whipped her following repeated quarrels about alleged attentions from her husband, who works as a cook at the chop-house. The case centers on a strained marriage and a violent confrontation at the restaurant.
Bradford B. McGregor died at Mamaroneck New York after surgery leaving an estate reportedly worth 54 million to his dying wife Clara Schlemmer of New York. He is said to have signed a will before death transferring bulk of property to the bride. The item appears in a late 19th century style notice.
Eugene Corwin, a confidential agent for Hopes & Townsend of Philadelphia, allegedly led a syndicate that robbed the firm for a year, stealing tons of ironware valued at $250,000 and selling it through factories near the Philadelphia foundry, Camden, and New York. Corwin’s accomplices are not yet arrested.
Two Chicago boys Earl Parsons and James Wallace paddled a canoe from the Chicago river mouth to the Hudson pier in New York in 34 days, crossing Lake Michigan to St Joseph and travelling via Toledo Buffalo Erie Canal Albany and the Hudson, with a 66 mile land portage between the St Joseph and Maumee rivers. They belong to the naval reserve and were hosted by New York reserves during their trip.
Elgin residents Mr and Mrs Louis Hembracht captured a burglar who forced a rear window, stole 200 dollars a sealskin jacket two gold watches and a child's savings bank. The thief was pursued by the family and found with the goods near Spaulding station. He was lectured fed and offered shelter but released.
A post office at Sharon Center Ohio was blown open with dynamite. A few dollars and stamps were stolen before the burglars fled after shots were exchanged with resident Frank Bowers who fired on them from across the street. At Chester Ohio, another post office was also blasted and a small sum of money and a large quantity of stamps taken.
A massive oil field fire in Beaumont Texas devastates derricks pumping plants and tanks across the Texas and Sabine district. Initial losses estimated at 100000 dollars, with potential for much higher damage as Spindle Top and Gladys areas burn and oil gushed through tanks and pipes. The fire endangers extensive petroleum production likely surpassing all known fields.
Riverside era brief notes report widespread forest fires near Springwater Mohula and Elkhorn with houses barns and stock burned. Cattle perished in timber areas while smoke dimmed skies at Astoria and shipping schedules suffered as fires spread through forests and threaten Mehama property values.
The Panther carried 880 marines to Colon to deter an attack on Panama City while the Wisconsin and Cincinnati prepared to land marines or shield rail property. Revolutionaries control key points along the isthmian railway and hold a Colombian warship, with gunboats patrolling near Panama.
The Cuban Senate authorizes higher import duties on boots and shoes coats lumber and provisions. Manila reports note renewed attacks on American outposts in Mindanao by Moros. The British Medical Journal says no second operation is needed on King Edward and he recovers. In a battle near Uskub Bulgarian Macedonian rebels rout Turkish forces. The Spanish public fears the king's eccentric behavior and possible mental illness. Baden citizens urge Germans to back a national school to preserve German identity abroad.
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