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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1901
Page
6
An early advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female weakness and related ailments. The testimonial from Mrs. George A. Strome praises improved health after using multiplePierce products including Calden Medical Discovery Pleasant Pellets and Calatric Remedy, claiming renewed strength and vitality.
Gen Hughes reports 140 Americans killed or wounded in a surprise attack near Tanmin and Jalangiga. Three officers of company C, Ninth infantry, are believed killed including Capt. Thomas W. Connell and Maj. Surgeon R. Griswold. Insurgent forces under Caballos lurk along roads in Batangas and Va yants as General Hughes heads to the scene to direct relief efforts.
Leon F. Czolgosh, the assassin of President McKinley, was sentenced in Buffalo to be electrocuted at Auburn State Prison during the week of October 28, 1901. The court noted his plea of singular responsibility and the jury's first degree verdict, with the punishment to be carried out as prescribed by law.
President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association accepts a three party investigation proposed by Gompers and Mitchell to probe charges about the steel strike failure. Burns and a second chosen by Burns would join, with Pittssburg as the meeting site and a three day acceptance window.
Rear Admiral Evans testified before the Schley naval court of inquiry about the San tiago battle from May 20, 1898 to July 5. He described the bombardment of the Colon on May 31, and other actions including the Brooklyn Texas loop. Other witnesses and cross examinations followed, with Evans noting charts’ inaccuracy and disputed accounts of the loop. The court adjourned at 3:55 p.m. until Tuesday morning.
The American board of foreign missions will refuse a 110000 ransom for Miss Ellen M Stone held by Bulgarian brigands in Duligaria. Officials say paying would set a dangerous precedent and the State Department will pursue diplomatic efforts with Bulgaria and Turkey to secure her release.
Washington reports propose renaming the Philippine Islands as McKinley Islands to honor the American negotiating team from Paris. The plan would extend to naming other islands and provinces after prominent figures such as Admiral Dewey, Gen. Lawton, Gen. Otis, and Secretary Root in a broader tribute scheme.
In Little York Ohio a farmer's wife Mrs Perry Curtis 38 drowned her four children Rosa Anna Harry and Harold Curtis and then killed herself. Relapse after leaving Massillon insane asylum is suspected. Neighbor Eugene Roberts found the bodies in a well and the coroner noted Harold was badly bruised.
News from San Antonio reports a cloudburst near Alaminto Creek in Presidio County, flooding a dry ravine and sweeping away fifteen men mining for cincibar. Nine survivors slept through the disaster, six bodies recovered so far, seven feared swept into the Rio Grande.
Rev Mr Haskell reports a letter from Miss Helen H W Stone the American missionary abducted September 5 near Djamabulas. She is in good health though held by brigands who initially treated her well. Ransom of 28000 Turkish pounds is demanded with Turkish troops pursuing. Bulgarian Macedonian committee suspected of involvement.
A palace horse car on the Pere Marquette line at Plyancush overturned after being shunted. Two racing horses died and three were killed, with eight men and boys, two women, and two girls injured. Only a lad of 45 named H. King broke an arm. The car traveled from Fort Erie to Cincinnati and the cause remains unexplained. Also brief notes: Roosevelt summons Booker T. Washington for a south conditions conference and a London report says Lord Kitchener seeks 25,000 more troops and authority to hang rebels without home-government reference.
An October 6 gathering of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland will be held in Louisville. Details on attendees and program were not fully clear in the text.
Washington Sept 30 The Schley court of inquiry reconvened at 11 o clock to correct testimony and pose clarifying questions. Capt McCalla, former Marblehead commander, testifies about engagement plans and shots at Santiago harbor, and discusses signals and communications with insurgent Cubans.
On September 6 a force of 1500 Boers under Gen. Botha attacked Ports Itala on the Zululand border. The garrison endured a full day of fighting, suffering 1 officer and 11 men killed and 5 officers and 38 men wounded, with 63 missing. Boer commandant Opperman and 19 burghers were killed. Ladysmith reports Fort Italy’s main success, with 200 Boers killed and over 400 wounded or captured.
Indianapolis Oct 1 Governor Durbin told Kentucky officials he will not decide for a week or more on extradition of W. Taylor and Charles Finley linked to the Goebel murder. Kentucky sought a careful review of the record briefs and appellate opinions before a final ruling. An anti dueling conference was set for Berlin with Prince Karl Loewenstein issuing a summons for October 19 in Beipsic. Probate notices in Calhoun County and Marshall, Kentucky notify creditors to present claims by March 10, with hearings scheduled December 9 and March 10 for estate of Louies Warn deceased.
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