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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1903
Page
1
Mrs Lapp Le Beemer of Crown Point Indiana testifies that five years of spinal pain vanished after using Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits two to three bottles with restoring life and health, recommending the remedy to friends and endorsing Mrs Pinkham's free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
Fragmentary OCR mentions Colonel Lynch, Boer War era service, and House of Commons context. Key entities are Colonel Lynch and Boer ant of the Second Right Corps, with hints of active service and influence on Commons proceedings. Exact details are unreadable due to garbled text.
White Pine reports a raid by 12 men claimed to be Miners Union members aiming to drive out an official. Traylor was captured and escaped, opening fire that killed James Staggs, Sam Johnson, and 3.8. Smith, wounding three others. The strike against the company followed wage cuts ordered by Manager Traylor.
President Theodore Roosevelt presses Congress to appropriate funds for Philippine relief following widespread crop failure disease and famine risk. Secretary Root echoes urgency noting drought epidemic and calls action akin to Cuba and Puerto Rico relief. The Philippine commission would allocate the funds for employment, provisions, clothing, and relief supplies as deemed best. Dying millionaire William H. Bradley dies after marrying his secretary Marie Hannemier in Milwaukee.
A passenger train collided with the rear of a freight train on the Monongahela division of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Cochrane Station near Duquesne. Seven men died, one dying later, and five were injured. The dead include baggage master C. H. Stroud and brakeman C. M. Boehmer. a conductor Ty Dit Cook was fatally injured. The freight car failed to clear the main track after a switch, causing the collision with the passenger train at 3:20 PM. Disturbing scenes followed, including a foreigner hanging from a window as rescuers worked.
Six physicians warned the surgeon general that bubonic plague is spreading from Guaymas to Topolombampo and Guayamas. They cited mortality above fifty percent and urged quarantine against infected ports to protect Southern Arizona. The report notes cargoes from infected ports unloading with no precautions.
A large turnout attended the dedication ceremonies for Washington's new public library in an auditorium setting. Andrew Carnegie, the donor, pledged continued support including a further $360,000 for branch libraries, while officials and notable figures participated in the event.
Madrid observed a vast funeral as 200,000 marched to the Pantheon with troops along the route. Ministers and royal representatives joined mourners including upper and lower class spectators, all paying respects to Senor Sagasta amid a highly public demonstration.
Washington January The House committee on military affairs completed the army appropriation bill which will be reported at 72 538 337 dollars about five million below the estimate The bill funds muster out of the Porto Rico provisional regiment on July 1 1903 with two months extra pay for each enlisted man Pay for line officers is about five million and enlisted men down from 11 5 million to 9 million Transportation funds total 15 million versus 25 million last year
Ex Governor Hastings suffers a bout of pleurisy that worsened into pneumonia after returning home Sunday morning. Doctors say his condition is serious but not yet critical while his daughter Hickok from Harrisburg has been summoned by telegraph.
Beveridge leads a convention push for statehood in Oklahoma with Indian territory. Quay criticizes the resolutions as unrepresentative after the bill was withdrawn. Nelson of Minnesota speaks but opposes the omnibus plan. Senate revives talk of a two state compromise, Oklahoma plus Indian territory versus New Mexico and Arizona, but leaders reject it as feasible.
Major General Adna R. Chaffee visited Plattsburg barracks and inspected the Twenty third Regiment bound for the Philippines. He urged married men to declare how much to send home and advised on reserving own funds, with Captain Lina Say recording each amount for deduction from the soldier’s pay to his family.
An unsuccessful attempt to rob the United States mail occurred on a Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg train near Gouverneur. Two men boarded at Gouverneur forced entry into the car and demanded the postal valuables from Clerk Stack. A passerby responded and the robbers fled the moving train. one man jumped from the train at high speed and escaped, the other vanished. The identities of the robbers remain unknown.
Testimony before a coal strike commission covered lawlessness in the anthracite region during the strike. Witnesses described violence from murder to assault, dynamite damage to houses and collieries, and boycotts. Torrey urged law amendments to shift deputy sheriff pay from companies to the people, while Chairman Gray criticized the current law as deplorable.
Thomas resigns as Erie Railroad president with February 3 departure to focus on Lehigh Valley interests. J A Middleton resigns as secretary and second vice president to become Thomas' Lehigh assistant. Norman E Ream elected to Erie executive committee. G A Richand- S$0R elected secretary to replace Middleton. Negroes Will Settle in Liberia. Tex tonic passengers heading to Liberia include 22 men 12 women 10 children from Irwin county Ga seeking new futures with about $2000.
Paris report states Vice and Deputy Consul General Edward P. MacLean died of pneumonia after a week of illness following influenza. Deputy Consul General Alison Bower is on sick leave. General Gowdy remains at the post.
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