26 May 1903
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1903
Page
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Mrs E B Bradshaw of Guthrie Oklahoma reports cure from a severe dyspepsia using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad argues many indigestion cases stem from female organism derangement and require a uterine tonic in addition to stomach support. It cites testimonials and instructs sick women to write to Lynn Massachusetts.
President Roosevelt stated he has not sought endorsements and expects supporters to back his administration. He praised Canton’s pro-Roosevelt county action and addressed 6,000 gathered in Walla Walla, with 11,000 others from outside areas. Mayor Hunt introduced him, with Senators Ankeny and Foster on the platform. Whitman College students shouted the Harvard yell.
Hastings Neb May 6 A succession of violent storms produced two tornadoes in Clay Franklin and Nance counties killing fifteen people and injuring many more. Five fatalities occurred near Norman Up lands Pauline Fairfield and near Norman church services were destroyed. Property losses top ninety thousand dollars with Charles Taylor reporting twenty one thousand in livestock and farm damage.
Philadelphia May 26 The Pennsylvania lines announce a broad shakeup of division superintendents as reorganization proceeds. Plans include moving headquarters from Philadelphia to Harrisburg, merging Altoona into the Middle division, and shifting middle division leadership to Altoona. Changes name McCarey Preston Lincoln Coughlin Nichol Keiser to new posts. telegraph chief Sheaffer to become assistant transportation chief. Also report two local tragedies: Henry Bright drowns in Hazleton reservoir after Walter Wilde saves a companion, and a Chicago building collapse kills one worker with another injured.
A newspaper illustration compares Eskimo children on arrival at the Carlisle Indian School from Port Clarence and Point Barrow with their transformed appearance after a year at the famous institution.
Mrs Gunning Bedford admitted the child was not hers and said she had adopted it. She was fined 50 dollars at Bow Street police court after arriving from New York on the Umbria. Prosecution showed she advertised for adopting a girl and the baby was taken from a working girl in Islington to Mrs Bedford. Counsel urged a technical offence instead of prison. In New York, an attorney said Mrs Bedford will receive 10,000 dollars from her husband’s estate, with about 300,000 reverting to American heirs.
Acting Secretary Darling will halt naval ship repairs at Bremerton until conditions near the navy yard satisfy the department. Repairs will shift to Mare Island where possible, with larger vessels heading to the Atlantic coast. Pacific orders direct Bremerton to stay idle until the Front street saloons and gambling houses close, to prevent enlisted men from exposure to those venues.
Vienna report by Marius Braun, US emigrant inspector, details reasons for ongoing heavy emigration from Austria Hungary to the United States and Canada. He cites enticing prospects abroad, local poverty and labor issues, and unscrupulous agents as key drivers, noting a clash between national and local authorities over restrictive policies. Braun cites a North Hungarian village with no male residents aged 10 to 60 as a stark example.
Washington May 26 Postmaster General Payne announces the summary dismissal of Daniel V Miller assistant attorney in the post office department for accepting a bribe tied to a case involving John J Ryan Co fraudulent use of the mails A warrant issued for Miller and another for a partner A separate report places a similar arrest in Cincinnati for a man connected to Ryan Johns A Rockville Ind arrest and related payments are noted Also New York post office promotions questioned amid political influence claims
United States Minister Bowen arrived at La Guaira on the Philadelphia and was greeted by locals and officials in Caracas. He requested quick reception upon learning of a planned demonstration and was met at the station by President Castro, the cabinet, and foreign residents. Also noted are arrival of mixed tribunal representatives and the murder trial of Richard Washington for the shooting of pugilist Goddard during the July polling.
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