21 Feb 1902
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1902
Page
1
A long promotional passage extols Paine's Celery Compound as a cure for liver disease nerves and general debility. It highlights Sister Carter and over a thousand nurses testifying to rapid relief and lasting cures while warning of cirrhosis dropsy and cancer from liver disease.
Reports from Barcelona detail heavy street fighting as rioters attacked trains and looted shops while incendiary posters appeared and authorities hunted anarchists. Five hundred killed or wounded. martial law reportedly prepared across Spain as battles extend to Mataro Tortosa and Tarragona.
Philadelphia on February 21 Miss Gertrude Gothie 22 was shot dead by her lover George Sutton 19 who fired at her then wounded himself. Sutton and his mother had visited the home and left the lovers alone. Sutton claimed a struggle over a revolver caused the hand wound and then he killed Miss Gothie before turning the weapon on himself. He survived and is recovering in hospital.
The appeal of Thomas G. Barker, convicted in Hudson county for shooting Rev. John Keller, was heard in the New Jersey Supreme Court. Barker seeks to admit testimony about alleged improper conduct toward his wife, arguing insanity. Decision reserved. Intercollegiate sport notes: Wisconsin and California accept invitations to send relay teams to Penn relay events in April. first time such mixed representation occurs.
New York reports valet Charles F Jones testified in the Patrick murder trial describing an August plan to kill Texas millionaire William Marsh Rice. Jones said mercury and iron pills weakened Rice while a chloroform cone smothered him, with Patrick declaring it time to act after a $25,000 draft arrived.
Washington reports that Secretary Tong plans to retire in McKinley’s final year, but changes likely wait until Congress adjourns possibly into autumn. Officials believe the matter is settled, though no firm action is expected immediately.
In the Senate Patterson argues that 6 000 000 Filipinos are Christians but not Protestant and warns that if they learned Protestant principles in Methodist Presbyterian or Baptist churches their advocates would face public wrath over harsher Philippine policy. Other senators clash on sectarianism and policy. Deputy actions in the Indian appropriation bill also noted.
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