07 Mar 1902
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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1902
Page
1
A severe snow storm began Tuesday evening around 7 at night and continued through Wednesday, reaching about 20 inches on the level with 4 to 6 foot drifts in many areas. Winds were strong and rad readings into town were impossible, leaving stations 1 to 2 hours behind schedule and giving the town a deserted look.
Miss Elsie Weaver of Hanover visits friends in town while Rev P M Spangler and family from East Berlin stay with Harry Myers. Nora Bupp and Elsie First from East Berlin and near this place also visit. Benjamin Albrizi dies at home aged 76 1 24. Interment Sunday with Rev D Everly officiating. John Muritz visits Robert Myers near New Chester. Local residents entertain visitors from York. Concert by Silver Lake Male Quartet planned for Feb 17 at Jr O U A M hall. Adams county almshouse records show 4460 meals and 2230 lodgings in 1961. 82 male and 29 female inmates and 16 men 20 women in the insane department. Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy praised by C S Wingsfield of Fair Play Missouri. available from Randolph Wehrle.
A meeting of the lot holders of the New Oxford Cemetery Association will be held in the room of H. K Schnell in New Oxford on Saturday March 15 1902 at 2 o clock p m. The President and Managers will present their fiscal report followed by an election for a President and Four Managers to serve the ensuing year. A G Diehl Secretary February 1902.
Widespread flood in Wilkes-Barre and surrounding towns from heavy rain and Susquehanna rise. 9 deaths, $1.69 million in damage. High water swamps bridges and towns from Pittston to Sunbury. many residents evacuate to upper floors or boats. Several communities report houses swept away or flooded basements and mines filling with water.
Allentown Pa March 3 six hundred thousand dollars will hardly cover the loss from Friday's freshet. Debris must be cleared before accurate figures. About 40 firms and manufacturers suffered losses from 1000 to 45000 while two hundred families lost furniture. Most victims are poor and hardship follows the disaster.
Bethlehems residents repair homes after high water disaster that swelled beyond earlier estimates. Banks of Bethlehem Steel and New Jersey Zinc plants must regain full operation. damage tallied around $300,000. In Bedford a county bridge was crushed by a mountain ice surge, flooding lower town and destroying houses.
Passaic River flood subsided in Paterson and Passaic New Jersey as authorities report the worst is over. Widespread damage, extensive homelessness, and insurance shortfalls are noted. Burials delayed, cemetery vaults repurposed. Outwater bridge collapse claims six unknown lives. Dundee district and Wallington suffer deserted streets and uninhabitable homes. Business and newspapers halted due to gas and electricity outages.
Governor Taft testified before the house insular committee on Philippine slavery, noting it was confined to the southern Moro Islands. Slaves included men women and children bound by debt, with gradual liberty purchase possible. Authorities rarely recognized slavery, and Taft warned against ending by force as slaves might resist. The United States’ influence was expanding toward eradication.
Governor Taft and associates sought to learn slave counts to avert force but natives claimed slavery. Taft put the southern slave population at about 250,000 to 309,000 in a region of 1,000,000 to 1,500,000. He noted slaves were punished by masters with whippings, and that sale occurred with no known separation of mothers from children.
Lord Kitchener reports from Pretoria on March 4 detailing a Boer assault that routed a British wagon convoy near Vondenop southwest of Klerksdorp. About 632 British were killed wounded or captured, two guns captured, with 1,200 to 1,700 Boers present including Delarey Kemps Celliers Lemmer and Potgieter. Leminer reportedly killed. Anarchy cases in Washington involve anarchistic documents arriving at treasury, to be raised with the International Postal Union.
Philadelphia markets March 4 show steady wheat No 2 Pennsylvania red at 84-4c, corn No 2 yellow steady, rye flour around 3.25 to 3.35 per barrel, oats quiet No 2 white clipped. hay No 1 timothy at 25.15 to 25.50 per large bale. beef steady at 19.50 to 20.50 per hundredweight, pork firm at 19.36, live poultry prices 11 for hens, 3 for old, 8 for old roasters, butter 30c, potatoes eastern market 3s to 3e per bushel. live stock markets show buffalo and cattle activity and shipping demand.
Henry Taylor of New York found guilty of conspiracy to bribe a Grand Rapids jury. Henry G. Marquand of the Metropolitan Museum of Art died in New York. A Camden, New Jersey foreman was crushed between drilling cars. A Keokuk farmer was killed by a stray bullet. Myron McCord named U. S. marshal of Arizona. Columbus, Georgia train washout and bridge damage. Two children burned in Alexandria fire. Smallpox toll rises in New York. vaccination campaign starts. O Donován Rossa dying of blood poisoning in Colorado Springs. Leavenworth street car manager fined for union discharge. John L. Mason, Mason jar inventor, dies in New York. Virginia bill to arm women with pistols proposed. Richmond fire damages L. C. Younger & Co. wholesale in Rich Teend. Baltimore conductor charged with ticket embezzlement. Paris unemployed riot injures policemen. Fire destroys J. A. Case Co. offices in Fargo. Charles W. Julius found dead in New York. Robert Downs shot in left eye. loss of sight expected. Lord Kitchener near field marshal promotion. Newfoundland census at 220 249. Detroit man shoots wife then himself. Frederick Woodbridge named Columbia philosophy chair. Adjutant General Stewart resumes duties. Aste Press Building in New York wrecked by explosion. woman killed. Australia gold output reported. Crescent Democratic Club marks 29th anniversary. Maryland to permit women lawyers. U S Senate confirms Brown as collector at Erie. Philadelphia cruiser sails to Guayaquil to display flag.
In Atlantic City on March 3 a schooner named Lamedeo Buuzah capsized near Ocean City. Enoch Townsend of Linwood and another man, a Portuguese sailor, were beaten and went under before rescuers could reach them. Local authorities investigate the incident as a maritime accident.
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