04 Oct 1902
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1902
Page
1
In a clarification, Mr Ridgeley states the reserve action is not stalled while discussing the plan to abolish the bank reserve. The matter involves United and the secretary, outlining the political finance stance and potential constitutional concerns.
Emile Zola’s funeral arrangements shift to preserve order as the prefect of police implements a double police presence. Cretas will not attend after Mme Zola’s plea to Dreyfus to stay away to avoid disturbances at the cemetery and ceremonies.
Tom the fractious elephant at the Central Park Zoo was killed after a death sentence due to unruly behavior. It took twenty eight minutes to administer six hundred grains of potassium cyanide in bran mush, witnessed by a small audience of park officials and keepers.
Noah Hale, a market gardener from six miles outside Sault Ste. Marie, shot and killed his son Frank and severely injured his wife with the gun’s butt after domestic quarrels. He fled into the woods, a pursuing posse tracked him, and a noon shot in the forest is believed to be his self-inflicted death.
The chestnut crop in the county is not abundant nor of exceptional quality. Retailers pay 5 a bushel while consumers face about $9. A note mentions Capt John B King, long chief marine clerk in Baltimore, named United States pension agent for the Glatricé region covering Maryland Delaware Virginia and the District of Columbia.
In Gaithersburg Maryland last night Hon Ashley Gould praises large turnout at Republican meetings in Montgomery County. Colored voters opposed to Representative Pearre attend in force and urge his renomination, while a Democratic colored candidate is largely repudiated. The campaign, though in early stage, signals strong support for Pearre and likely reelection by a handsome majority.
Joshua Olden aged 90 was charged with trespassing on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad property at Werverton after being ordered to stay away. The defense argued right to access stations, while Justice Hoffman ruled the right exists only if visiting the station as a passenger or on business with rail officials.
Clay Gromnickis, a resident near Middlepoint, loaded a smooth bore 20 gauge gun to shoot five birds in a barn. The gun exploded badly burning his face, with eyebrows and lashes singed. The lock flew past his head and lodged in an oak board of the fenos, narrowly avoiding fatal injury.
Excursion tickets are available for the Wickine station heading to Washington D C. The regular Sunday trip to Baltimore will depart tomorrow morning at 6 10.
A long debate over the coal strike sees President Roosevelt urging immediate resumption of operations to meet public needs. Mitchell signals willingness to appoint a tribunal if miners and operators cannot agree, while Pennsylvania governors vow to restore law using state troops if necessary.
Estimates by railroads forecast 460000 visitors for the G A R encampment in Washington next week. Extra tracks are laid on all entering roads to handle passenger traffic as only essential freight moves. About 1000 regular army soldiers and a District militia brigade join several thousand Sons of Veterans to escort the naval veterans parade Tuesday morning.
Chicago court refuses to grant citizenship to Lee Guy Dean, a Japanese national. Judge Carter cites statute restricting naturalization to whites and Africans and finds Mongolians ineligible. He notes no local precedent supports a different ruling and references a Massachusetts decision denying such applications.
Scores from yesterday show Boston 4 New York 3 and Brooklyn 3 Pillsburys m. St Louis-Chicano game details unclear with fragmented names. The report lists Boston and New York along with Brooklyn and St Louis teams, indicating close finishes in a busy NL slate.
Washington. Oct. Last evening President Roosevelt chaired a conference on the coal strike. Miners declared the strike would continue unless concessions were made, while operators refused any compromise beyond previously offered terms. They left for New York without agreement, signaling no early settlement.
General Gobin arrived in Wilkesbarre and declined to comment on the Washington conference failure. He toured the Ninth Regiment camp and moved on to Panther Creek. The lack of an arbitration agreement depresses local interests as miners brace for possible concessions amid cold weather. A riot at Nottingham mine ends with a deputy shooting a striker, Joseph Yorkman, in the abdomen, as troops quell the crowd and the deputy is handed to civil authorities.
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