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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1901
Page
1
Police report a January 23 blaze near Summer in Jefferson County destroyed the Ashbaugh home. John Ashbaugh and his family suffered severe burns as four children and relatives perished while the house burned. The fire, likely from an overheated stove, left Mrs Ashbaugh with a broken leg and multiple burns.
London dispatches say Boers will not quit, with Volksrust report stating conferences aimed at a summer offensive. Also notes a Stroudsburg mine meeting. stock held, $158 worth sold, ore pays $9.50 per ton with a $7 margin. Cuban welcome for American sailors includes opera, palace reception, and a gift of 1,009 cigars.
Berlin indicates the German government is preparing for military action to force a settlement of its claims against Venezuela. An ultimatum is reported as sent, threatening forcible measures to compel satisfaction of the German demands.
Lillian Vickers a Bryn Mawr College student from Los Angeles died after a bathroom fire. Fellows tried to smother flames as she ran through the hallways burning. She lingered about five hours before death in the dorm. The cause was attributed to self‑inflicted alcohol fire and other rumors denied.
New Yorker reports Lymen J Gage secretary of the treasury will give up his portfolio in about a month. The rumor is confirmed by financiers in New York and suggests Roosevelt must name a successor soon. Gage plans to leave Washington and resume banking links in the west.
Reports from Buenos Aires and Valparaiso describe government actions, with Argentina withdrawing minister Portelz and claims of public upheaval. General Roca criticizes Chilean administration amid a tense conference. In Port Townsend a Chinese stock scheme aims to ease entry as exemptions face scrutiny.
Captain John S. Parke Jr and 30 men of the Twenty first infantry engaged insurgents in Aiasos La guna province. Four were killed, guns captured, barracks destroyed. General Bell’s force routed a rebel stronghold near Batangas City, teen insurgents killed, 15 rifles and 500 rounds seized. Two Batangas priests arrested for aiding insurrection and counterfeit silver dollar manufacture.
A car ferry name unknown struck the Ludington harbor bar during a heavy southerly gale killing one man and severely scalding several others. The vessel drifted to the North Pier and was scuttled in 19 feet of water. Sparks of the incident left survivors and hospital care for injured crew and passengers after nine hours in danger. Meanwhile Secretary Wilson touted immediate microscopic meat inspections to avoid suspending exports of 26 million dollars worth of meats to Germany.
The state department of agriculture will not hold farmers institutes in Pennsylvania during Christmas week. Institutes resume December 29 and run without interruption into March. Deputy Secretary Martin, in charge, reports winter attendance well above expectations with two to three lecturers provided for each institute.
Washington Dec 23 Secretary Long declares reports of his resignation are untrue and that there is no truth in the story. He says he has not considered resigning and that his position in the cabinet remains secure despite circulating rumors.
News from Zacatecas Mexico reports a major market fire burying many workers in cellars as walls collapsed. Rescue efforts stalled by heat, officials say about 45 dead with bodies to be recovered once ruins clear.
United States Senator William J. Sewell remains at his Camden residence where doctors report slight improvements and better nourishment intake. He shows steadier condition than in recent days.
Dec 23 at Renove Pennsylvania Jona Walt h a repairman on the EB S and N W railroad met death in the woods near Kersey. Fellow workmen were nearby but he could not cry out.
London reports the wedding of Senator Chauncey M. Depew and Miss on the Kaiser steamship Ne German Lisyd, arriving December 20, now fixed for December 28 at Nice.
Montreal residents raised 39,305 for a fund to establish a fellowship in political economy at Medilla to be known as the fen.
Thursday's archive item lists tragedies and events from December including three Canyon City children burned to death, a temporary appointment in Philadelphia, a Sag Harbor banker embezzlement, a Gothenburg bank closure, a Kansas City banquet, a Belgian extradition treaty, Sedalia frost deaths, Tulsa pneumonia cases, a New London fire, and other scattered notices from towns like Watertown Huntsville Hoboken and Baltimore with brief attributions to people and places.
In Huntington West Virginia on December 23 William Lafferty was shot and critically wounded by his son Burt during a family dispute at Central City. The father then shot at Burt wounding his back. Rebecca Lafferty was also seriously wounded when she intervened. Lafferty is jailed as neighbors claim he was abusing his wife.
The MeKinley Memorial Association reports strong nationwide encouragement as it targets a half million dollars. An apportionment method based on union population and location guides state shares, with New York asked to contribute 190000, the largest portion, and North Carolina the smallest at about 1009.
Bethlehem on December 23 reports Jacob Beck a long serving justice of the peace and notary public for 49 years died at his Nazareth home from a self inflicted gunshot. He was said to have been told he was incurable and suffered political prominence as a county leader in the 1890s.
Oakland Nebraska December 21 J Sand binom an eight year old farmer was found by his son yesterday lying in a hog yard with hens feeding on his body. He was alive and inconscious, thought to have fallen in the cold weather while feeding swine. He is in critical condition and may have been attacked by animals.
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