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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1902
Page
1
A French astronomer hosts a public demonstration drawing many guests to observe a celestial event. The invitation highlights the fiftieth anniversary of an associated achievement and explains the significance of the display.
Scientists prepare to reuse the identical pendulum from Foucault's famed test. A seventy five yard wire will suspend the pendulum from the Pantheon dome, drawing notable interest and attention.
Paris invites to Pantheon as Foucault pendulum tests earth rotation with a 60 pound device, while New Orleans reports on a Cuba bribery tale involving Governor Wood, Maximo Gomez, and a $25,000 payment tied to Estrada Palma’s Cuban crisis.
Eddie Guerin and George Miller of Chicago received life imprisonment in Paris for the AmEx office burglary on April 26, 1901, stealing 6000 francs. May Churchill, nicknamed Chicago May, was sentenced to five years. Churchill kissed Guerin as verdicts were read. guards separated the pair.
Washington dispatch notes Senator Elkina’s resolution seeking Cuba annexation and calls for spending on U S interests rather than aid to the Cuban cause. Beet sugar leaders resist sugar trust terms while vowing unity with Democrats to shape reciprocity legislation.
Unprecedented snowfall sweeps the midlands blocking trains by six foot drifts at Meauwpoort. Telegraph wires down and Cape mail blocked at Springfield for twenty four hours. Three engines used to extricate the train as cold intensifies at Pretoria and Capetown.
The president plans an extended late autumn tour through the West and Northwest starting in September with a possible October swing through the Southwest. Objectives include San Diego and other Southern cities with potential stops in Kansas Nebraska and New Orleans.
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