05 Jun 1902
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
1
At Huntingdon Reformatory on Tres 3 Dight two inmates Roberts Black and Clyde Walker attacked Electiman A Hoe Isen Ting in the dynamo house, bound him, seized keys, and fled to the main entrance. They assaulted Henry Stevens with a lead pipe before Isenberg freed himself. A general alarm followed and the duo was overpowered. they remain in dungeon custody.
Four men charged with assault and robbery escaped from the Somerville jail by sawing bars after using a broom handle rod to free a fever cell. A fifth man missed the escape as a patrolman fired at the fleeing group, claiming a hit. Named escapees are John Dolan George Watson James Kelley and Charles Miller. A rod from two broom handles aided the break. Minister Confessed Arson to San Cruz Dairy Fire. Santa Cruz California June 5 Rev James Laurier Rogers a former Baptist minister now Muslim confessed arson and is in custody. He set fires at dairy buildings for revenge while working there for his health. He says he also taught English to Cuban refugees in Jacksonville. He will be examined for sanity.
Senator Buencamino testifies before insular affairs committee urging Philippine independence. He says Aguinaldo's secretary wrote the independence address and accuses four Filipino agents abroad of blocking freedom. He describes Aguinaldo’s palace as a prison rental, large as the White House, with a full retinue and food provision. He contests bribery claims and urges American guidance as Filipinos emerge from Spanish rule.
Amid a fierce beef packers strike mob violence and heavy police fatigue plagued the Chicago stockyards. Wagons ferried supplies through crowds firing revolvers as hundreds of officers faced blasts of stones and bricks. A Sixteenth Street clash left workers injured and a driver near death, while officials pressed for a settlement as National Guard units stood ready for duty.
Gusy gran mud volcano near Koti village, Caucasia, erupted with cannon-like reports. Surrounding areas engulfed in flames, sheep killed but no fatalities reported. a few shepherds burned.
General Horace Porter, US ambassador to France, will grace the West Point centennial ceremonies from June 9 to 12 as grand marshal. Porter, long head of the Paris embassy, is famed as an international orator and has a distinguished military career.
In Vereeniging a large crowd gathered around the railway to sing together as Boer and British delegates met. The Boers voted 54 to 6 for surrender and preparations are under way for the commanders to surrender on the race course. Women in concentration camps long to return home, awaiting supply depots. A thanksgiving service is planned on Church Square next Sunday. King Edward plan to grant Lord Kitchener £50,000 is debated in Parliament while Roosevelts adviser consider appointing a coal commission in New York and discussions on an Isthmian canal continue.
London June 3 Reuters reports 75 killed in Elgran Chaco district central South America Bolivian and Argentine regions. Two villages destroyed and the district inhabited by bands of Indians.
Wilkesbarre area reports miners quitting over fear of bodily harm. Susquehanna Coal Company No. 5 at Nanticoke shuts down engines as firemen refuse to work, threatening water supply. Fire alarms disrupt town. officials plan coal mine water support and borough water conservation. President Mitchell notes rising idle workers and improved order, while talks on broader strike response continue.
A representative from a local coal firm reports President Baer of Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron says there will be 20 concessions or arbitration failed to end the strike, and only unconditional surrender by the strikers will end the conflict. Baer says Morgan interests’ direction is solely in his hands, with no advisory body, and he will seek victory at any cost, accepting no hampering constraints. The note adds that he seeks no shared responsibility and only follows his own counsel. Also reported is a second item: Cristel Harrington accompanies King Menelik’s envoy to King Edward’s coronation with 12 horses and troops.
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