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Newspaper
Hayward Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1902
Page
5
Fragmentary text indicates morning services and events with names and times. Mentions include Father Thistre, Rector Wie Hume, and individuals Cyrece Comer Grave and Sander Schon. Times shown 7am and 10:30 to 2. locations include 1139 aay and 288 ps. context unclear.
Fragmentary report states Frank Lastwig attempted escape from a penitentiary facility by disguising as a ram and swimming. Lastwig reportedly drowned. body recovered. Details unclear due to damaged text but mentions a secretary and a senatorial figure in connection with the case.
Richard Cornelius of the Streetcar Employes Union hailed a near-total victory after United Railroads granted most demands. Strikers return to work with pay gains, restored job protections, and end to off‑duty harassment. City cheers as service resumes and Vining resigns.
Dr. William i L Magill former Swarthware College president and Mrs Sarsh EL Griner widow married in a quiet Friends ceremony in New York City Guests observed five minutes of silence as the couple exchanged vows The ceremony was conducted in the Friends form and signed by all attendees Meanwhile in Valley Gram a manhunt ends as Marmel Silva found after days missing Deputy Sheriff Sammonda reported Silva nearly starved from exposure and frost prior to discovery
News from Gilray confirms the accidental drowning of John Boban, a blacksmith who ran a former horseshoeing shop at the Emeryvilla race track. He was on vacation when presumed unable to swim, leaving a widow and children. The War Department issued a Cuban proclamation dissolving the Cuban Constitution and calling a Congress to meet in Havana on May 2 for electoral credentials. Edwin Ewing, a Webster era colleague in the House, died in Murfreesboro at age 92.
Conferees reach agreement on the Chinese exclusion bill and the President signs it. The bill extends current laws to the Philippines under the Geary Act, allows entry for certain purposes, and assigns registration duties to the Philippine Commission, which cannot submit Chinese to the islands. Also notes California Arizona New Mexico railroad incorporation and a death by windstorm in Nome.
Chicago reports Judge Tuthill urges Selma Langan to obtain a revolver and kill her husband Edward Langan, stating a duty to herself and her sex. The case follows a tumultuous marriage as details of abuse surface amid a broader day’s news including a hunter’s accidental shotgun injury near El Modena and raging forest fires near Las Vegas New Mexico threatening ranchers.
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